Wow, thanks for that -- I need to watch those again. And, to be topical, at least to the subject (which amuses me to no end that it's the subject of hundreds of posts in this article!): "I picked a bad week to quit shooting heroin!"
In the latter case the only proof we will ever have is after the TSA is shut down and disbanded and aircraft start falling out of the sky. Kind of a rough way to prove a point, wouldn't you say?
Well, I'd say that the TSA now have a method of proving their usefulness. (Not that I blame you; it is a simple thought experiment, after all, and the "false flag attack when disbanded in order to prove the agency's worth" can also be found in plenty of historical examples.)
Thanks for posting this. Those fuckers can't run a site. I have tried to sign up on no less than four occasions, when I saw it mentioned here. It's in some sort of limbo, where I can't use my email address to sign up because it thinks I already have, but when I click the link "forgot password" it asks for an email address and says it'll send me something, but no, nothing even arrives. I suppose I could try from another email address, but this type of shit makes the user feel that it's not worth the effort. And it should be; this is our fucking freedoms we're discussing.
What really irks me is that case of American hikers caught by the Iranians in Iraq. First of all, why do they have to go to Iraq to go hiking? They KNOW it's dangerous. By being caught, they gave Iran a bargaining chip. What the hell is wrong with these people?
Based on extensively researching Covert Affairs, I can safely say that any American hiking near the Iranian border works for the CIA.
Yes, I agree; sometimes I do extrapolate too far. (It's useful to find the endgame, though.)
Slashdot requires you to wait between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.
See, now this is like a government statement: it is a bald-faced lie (I'm wearing a goatee, so I lie less?): it is designed to stop scripts from auto-posting. Not from "other users not having a chance to post." Fuck you and your inaccurate statements, Slashdot. Sorry, I was trying to say something useful.
That aligns with something I've started saying recently: every action has friction associated with it. (See my comment history; originally it was in response to "tech companies should lobby", versus not lobbying and spending that money on more constructive tasks -- but allowing the media companies to change the playing field is not really a more constructive task...)
Then again I suppose you don't have any friends so you wouldn't know how you interact with friends and how you make more friends.
Project much? (What was that about incoherent arguments?) Sounds more like you're saying, "practice your networking skills in college; those people will go by the wayside, but your increased skills will help you in the future." Of course, you're not saying exactly that; you seem to be attacking "idiots", but there's still a silver lining in your cloud.
Why dont the top 100 odd tech firms just get their boards together and buy out the entertainment industry,
Because most tech firms have bigger fishes to fry (and better ways to spend/invest their money).
Better, in general, agreed. Not quite sure that other ways to spend money are better in the current environment. Every action has some friction associated, and inaction against those who are taking everything from you has some significant friction, indeed.
I've heard that "in the future, the currency will be bullets. Because you can 'buy'[1] something with them; or, you can 'BUY'[2] something with them." [1] -- hand held out, open palm; [2] -- hand held with index finger pointing and thumb up (simulating a sidearm).
Perhaps it'll be the future soon? Speaking of which, Jonathan Coulton has some new music, and a blog post about SOPA/PIPA/MegaUpload on his site.
Plus, the innovation it will unleash when all those rent-seeking collaboration-killing laws become irrelevant will bring soo much new life into the dying(yes DYING!!) economies of the developed world.
This somewhat (yes I see the irony) reminds me of the end of the movie Avatar, where the narrator said "The humans retreated to their dying world" etc. It is sad to watch us die, especially knowing the true causes. We are all Cassandra.
Make reading up on news get you points in some kind of alternate-reality game (ARG), discussing news and being politically active gets you points, too. Perhaps points to make your shopping or recreation cheaper (but there's probably other incentives).
I very much like your idea and would invest in it. Both with my money, and with my time, participating (in fact, I somewhat already do -- here).
Not only those old folks; also, Disney: many of their movies are retellings of Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales -- often with a happier ending, so not only are they not being true to the original, they're creating derivative works -- which they now want to prevent the rest of the world from being able to do, all to protect "a stupid mouse."
I think you misspelled "con"... (A "long con" is befriending someone for a long time, in order to ultimately defraud them and abandon their friendship.)
Just take our financial system as an example, that system is flawed too, and thousands of financial industry executives and mortgage brokers have taken advantage of that fact, but you don't see the FBI or the Federal Reserve suddenly storming those guy's mansions with SWAT teams and throwing them in jail.
Agreed; we need more technically competent people to abandon their roles and seek government positions, because those positions are currently mostly filled by people close to "too-big-to-fail finance". Unfortunately, most technically competent people enjoy controlling machines more than they enjoy controlling humans. What is really too big to fail? Fucking physics. And it's already been proven to fail (was different at the big bang; is different within a black hole; and might be different as the universe ages); but we know that banking which requires exponential growth will fail, and much sooner than physics will.
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Wow, thanks for that -- I need to watch those again. And, to be topical, at least to the subject (which amuses me to no end that it's the subject of hundreds of posts in this article!): "I picked a bad week to quit shooting heroin!"
Believe me, I used to proctor the TSA exams
Um, eww?
The TSA has not caught ONE terrorist. They are 100% ineffective and needs to be removed as an expense that the american people do not need to carry.
Exactly; last week, they didn't even detect a gun until the passenger had already gotten past the checkpoints!
In the latter case the only proof we will ever have is after the TSA is shut down and disbanded and aircraft start falling out of the sky. Kind of a rough way to prove a point, wouldn't you say?
Well, I'd say that the TSA now have a method of proving their usefulness. (Not that I blame you; it is a simple thought experiment, after all, and the "false flag attack when disbanded in order to prove the agency's worth" can also be found in plenty of historical examples.)
Thanks for posting this. Those fuckers can't run a site. I have tried to sign up on no less than four occasions, when I saw it mentioned here. It's in some sort of limbo, where I can't use my email address to sign up because it thinks I already have, but when I click the link "forgot password" it asks for an email address and says it'll send me something, but no, nothing even arrives. I suppose I could try from another email address, but this type of shit makes the user feel that it's not worth the effort. And it should be; this is our fucking freedoms we're discussing.
"Fuck!"
Heck, everyone connected with any part of internet would all be guilty of insulting islam and therefore target for murder, then.
Well, I did my part this morning: I imagined that the shit I took was an image of Mohammed, just before I flushed him.
What really irks me is that case of American hikers caught by the Iranians in Iraq. First of all, why do they have to go to Iraq to go hiking? They KNOW it's dangerous. By being caught, they gave Iran a bargaining chip. What the hell is wrong with these people?
Based on extensively researching Covert Affairs, I can safely say that any American hiking near the Iranian border works for the CIA.
Colleges often do an amazing job of turning out alcoholics
and other people barely capable of functioning in society, much less a job.
Unfortunately, I resemble the first part of that remark; fortunately, I do not resemble the second.
So we're creating a generation of debtors. That ought to help with the tribulations of the future.
It's what the Fed wants... (I agree with your post, in case that wasn't clear.)
Yes, I agree; sometimes I do extrapolate too far. (It's useful to find the endgame, though.)
Slashdot requires you to wait between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.
See, now this is like a government statement: it is a bald-faced lie (I'm wearing a goatee, so I lie less?): it is designed to stop scripts from auto-posting. Not from "other users not having a chance to post." Fuck you and your inaccurate statements, Slashdot. Sorry, I was trying to say something useful.
destruction of society
Citation, please.
The Occupy movement.
That aligns with something I've started saying recently: every action has friction associated with it. (See my comment history; originally it was in response to "tech companies should lobby", versus not lobbying and spending that money on more constructive tasks -- but allowing the media companies to change the playing field is not really a more constructive task...)
Hi, friended based on this post (because Slashdot doesn't tell you when or why). Wednesday was like the fifth of November.
Then again I suppose you don't have any friends so you wouldn't know how you interact with friends and how you make more friends.
Project much? (What was that about incoherent arguments?) Sounds more like you're saying, "practice your networking skills in college; those people will go by the wayside, but your increased skills will help you in the future." Of course, you're not saying exactly that; you seem to be attacking "idiots", but there's still a silver lining in your cloud.
Why dont the top 100 odd tech firms just get their boards together and buy out the entertainment industry,
Because most tech firms have bigger fishes to fry (and better ways to spend/invest their money).
Better, in general, agreed. Not quite sure that other ways to spend money are better in the current environment. Every action has some friction associated, and inaction against those who are taking everything from you has some significant friction, indeed.
I've heard that "in the future, the currency will be bullets. Because you can 'buy'[1] something with them; or, you can 'BUY'[2] something with them." [1] -- hand held out, open palm; [2] -- hand held with index finger pointing and thumb up (simulating a sidearm).
Perhaps it'll be the future soon? Speaking of which, Jonathan Coulton has some new music, and a blog post about SOPA/PIPA/MegaUpload on his site.
Plus, the innovation it will unleash when all those rent-seeking collaboration-killing laws become irrelevant will bring soo much new life into the dying(yes DYING!!) economies of the developed world.
This somewhat (yes I see the irony) reminds me of the end of the movie Avatar, where the narrator said "The humans retreated to their dying world" etc. It is sad to watch us die, especially knowing the true causes. We are all Cassandra.
Make reading up on news get you points in some kind of alternate-reality game (ARG), discussing news and being politically active gets you points, too. Perhaps points to make your shopping or recreation cheaper (but there's probably other incentives).
I very much like your idea and would invest in it. Both with my money, and with my time, participating (in fact, I somewhat already do -- here).
Thank you; I like learning new terms.
"standing on the shoulders of giants"
Not only those old folks; also, Disney: many of their movies are retellings of Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales -- often with a happier ending, so not only are they not being true to the original, they're creating derivative works -- which they now want to prevent the rest of the world from being able to do, all to protect "a stupid mouse."
Circular logic FTW?
this is TOTAL bullshit. it was totally to the contrary.
Oh, look, you do have a shift key!
Politics is a long game
I think you misspelled "con"... (A "long con" is befriending someone for a long time, in order to ultimately defraud them and abandon their friendship.)
I like the idea of a scatological researcher relaxing to some bee-bop-a-doo-whop-zam-bing-bow in its off hours.
Just take our financial system as an example, that system is flawed too, and thousands of financial industry executives and mortgage brokers have taken advantage of that fact, but you don't see the FBI or the Federal Reserve suddenly storming those guy's mansions with SWAT teams and throwing them in jail.
Agreed; we need more technically competent people to abandon their roles and seek government positions, because those positions are currently mostly filled by people close to "too-big-to-fail finance". Unfortunately, most technically competent people enjoy controlling machines more than they enjoy controlling humans. What is really too big to fail? Fucking physics. And it's already been proven to fail (was different at the big bang; is different within a black hole; and might be different as the universe ages); but we know that banking which requires exponential growth will fail, and much sooner than physics will.