I'd venture to guess that the brain is reaching towards past experiences and memories and maybe even imagined experiences in order to figure out a way to process the reason for the NO CARRIER signal. It sounds like a self-preservation process that has to rely on whatever data is accumulated in its database. The tunnel effect I think was explained by neuro-scientists as the firing of the cells in the visual cortex. It happens at other times than just death experiences so it seems a likely reason.
We have a built-in need to figure out patterns in the randomness and this may just be the final throes of that instinct.
No one is really questioning that there is abuse. I think that's assumed. The real question is why the surveillance is even happening. I'm guessing they are aware of these "abuses" but since no one can ever know about them, it's no big deal. Spy agencies spy, we get that. They just shouldn't treat every citizen as a terrorist and assume it's acceptable.
You are being monitored and tracked and you are the enemy. Maybe not yet, but they can make you into anything they want. Information is power and they know everything on everyone. Scary.
I do that exact same thing. Most of the "HUGE ISSUES ZOMG" are either some preference that didn't meet personal expectations or just plain 'ol PEBKAC. I also take note of the volume of reviews too. If 5000 people rank a product 4 stars, that's a lot of use cases to check out. If a bunch of people report the same failure, it points out commonality and such.
I am kind of OCD about making important purchases though:P
I'm in business and never understood that either. Perpetual increase can only lead to bad things. Either you become a monopoly and eliminate competition (not legal) or you miss your numbers and tumble into obscurity and death. What's so bad about raking in a stable profit of 10 billion a year? Do that consistently and it sounds like you are super successful. To wall street it sounds like you are dying and all investors need to bail. Crazy.
I think you have to look at the root cause. This reactive bs isn't working. Terrorists don't hate us for our freedoms or whatever. They hate the US administration mostly because of their support for Israel. Americans don't usually see that whole side of things due to media control but it is bad and it makes the USA look like an oppressive regime. To most of the Palestinian world, the US is as complicit as Israel when they decide to commit atrocities in that region.
I can almost guarantee that if we quit screwing with middle-eastern politics, we would have our "safety". Sure it would likely cause chaos but that region hasn't changed in thousands of years and honestly never will.
Even more than that, it's a power play to the rest of the world to show that mighty Russia does not bow to the whims of the west. All of Europe flipped out when they thought he was on a plane, it makes them look subservient to US powers. This was like a gift for Russia.
American is granted asylum in Russia from the evil oppression of the USA. You just can't make this sht up...
I thought the USA gets most of their foreign oil from Mexico and Canada. Middle East is an afterthought from what I remember. I think the US aspires to be like the Saudis. They are are getting there year by year.
That's what I was thinking when I first saw this. Since we can't take money away from killing people in the various deserts in order to feed the poor working class slaves, how about we eat bugs instead. It's a typical American political mindset to bandage a problem instead of addressing the root cause. Guns, drugs, crime, etc etc. Ban guns, war on drugs, imprison everyone. Crazy country indeed and I live in Texas.:P
I like that "We'll think about advertising" bit. Let's build a massive user base and mehhhh maybe think about the possibility of possibly having ads... maybe. Or you know, most definitely and the plan is already written:P
Social media to monetize with advertising! This is news?
That's such a gross display of corporatism.. crazy. How can companies basically make laws to benefit big business and no one has a problem with it? I'm sure the government is just looking out for the people.
This country seriously needs a reboot. The corruption is so blatant and the apathy is even worse.
That seems like something that is insanely overlooked. It is basically a free ride right into a target area. I guess they don't expect someone's bag bombs to have enough yield for big damage. A well-funded terror cell could make that happen I'm sure.
As a kid in Canada, I thought "Paki" was an accepted term for Indian people. That didn't go over well when I moved to a more ethnic city. I didn't realize it was a euro slang and not just a generic slang term.
Money is power, greed is power, religion is power. Politicians become corrupt because they are above everyone else and can usually get away with breaking laws. They can change the rules and that kind of power could be addictive. The side-money they make probably helps too.
Once you use the cheat codes, it's hard to take things seriously:P
I did too and I do as well. I remember the taste of the sulphur drops when the wind blew the smoke back our way. I am in Austin now so it's a step up:P
Usually outside the country. I like Al-Jazeera as they might hate the US but at least it's not partisan. Especially since both sides are corrupt and neither side can see their party has gone bad. BBC is ok too but they don't want to anger the homeland.
Religion is always a battle about who's invisible friend is better when they are basically from the same sources. Religion has done nothing but separate people from each other and act as an excuse for mass murder and repression.
It's time we step out of the neolithic caves and discover reason. Thunder is not a god, the sun is not a god, etc... The closest thing we have to gods are humans and we choose to live like animals instead, fighting over imaginary lines on a map.
I sometimes wish I was part of the ignorant masses... it just seems so easy for them.
Did anyone else think of a walking stick bug? I had a vision of a creepy spynet made up of little bug-bots. Sounds more like a DARPA thing than a Google thing but who can tell anymore:P
A population is easy to control if you keep them poor and ignorant. Mix in some government controlled media to tell the plebes what to think and how to vote and now you have full control without anyone really knowing or caring. The dissidents can be silenced and shunned by the majority as the nationalistic ideals emerge that true patriotism is doing what uncle sam tells you to do.
They do sell a lot but they don't make a lot from it. The margins are almost negative after all the overhead that goes into supporting it. It's really all Dell's fault for making computers so cheap with their crazy business model.
Let's just say I have a long personal history with them and it wouldn't surprise me one bit. Consumer took a big hit a couple years ago because they were ignoring that segment to coddle services. They spent billions on Perot and infrastructure for cloud services. They are changing the company and want to do it in private so when they are done, they can walk down wall street again.
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I'd venture to guess that the brain is reaching towards past experiences and memories and maybe even imagined experiences in order to figure out a way to process the reason for the NO CARRIER signal. It sounds like a self-preservation process that has to rely on whatever data is accumulated in its database.
The tunnel effect I think was explained by neuro-scientists as the firing of the cells in the visual cortex. It happens at other times than just death experiences so it seems a likely reason.
We have a built-in need to figure out patterns in the randomness and this may just be the final throes of that instinct.
Well you aren't seeing it because that's how the system is supposed to work.
Case in point: http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/08/05/more-surveillance-abuse-exposed-special-dea-unit-is-spying-on-americans-and-covering-it-up/
No one is really questioning that there is abuse. I think that's assumed. The real question is why the surveillance is even happening. I'm guessing they are aware of these "abuses" but since no one can ever know about them, it's no big deal. Spy agencies spy, we get that. They just shouldn't treat every citizen as a terrorist and assume it's acceptable.
You are being monitored and tracked and you are the enemy. Maybe not yet, but they can make you into anything they want. Information is power and they know everything on everyone. Scary.
I do that exact same thing. Most of the "HUGE ISSUES ZOMG" are either some preference that didn't meet personal expectations or just plain 'ol PEBKAC. I also take note of the volume of reviews too. If 5000 people rank a product 4 stars, that's a lot of use cases to check out. If a bunch of people report the same failure, it points out commonality and such.
I am kind of OCD about making important purchases though :P
I'm in business and never understood that either. Perpetual increase can only lead to bad things. Either you become a monopoly and eliminate competition (not legal) or you miss your numbers and tumble into obscurity and death.
What's so bad about raking in a stable profit of 10 billion a year? Do that consistently and it sounds like you are super successful. To wall street it sounds like you are dying and all investors need to bail. Crazy.
I think you have to look at the root cause. This reactive bs isn't working. Terrorists don't hate us for our freedoms or whatever. They hate the US administration mostly because of their support for Israel. Americans don't usually see that whole side of things due to media control but it is bad and it makes the USA look like an oppressive regime. To most of the Palestinian world, the US is as complicit as Israel when they decide to commit atrocities in that region.
I can almost guarantee that if we quit screwing with middle-eastern politics, we would have our "safety". Sure it would likely cause chaos but that region hasn't changed in thousands of years and honestly never will.
Even more than that, it's a power play to the rest of the world to show that mighty Russia does not bow to the whims of the west. All of Europe flipped out when they thought he was on a plane, it makes them look subservient to US powers. This was like a gift for Russia.
American is granted asylum in Russia from the evil oppression of the USA. You just can't make this sht up...
Well they do own a good chunk of the US economy. Just look into Bin Talal and all the junk he's got his hands on.
I thought the USA gets most of their foreign oil from Mexico and Canada. Middle East is an afterthought from what I remember. I think the US aspires to be like the Saudis. They are are getting there year by year.
That's what I was thinking when I first saw this. Since we can't take money away from killing people in the various deserts in order to feed the poor working class slaves, how about we eat bugs instead. It's a typical American political mindset to bandage a problem instead of addressing the root cause. Guns, drugs, crime, etc etc. Ban guns, war on drugs, imprison everyone. Crazy country indeed and I live in Texas. :P
It's "jury-rigged" and is a nautical term based on Latin etymology. Jerry-build is the other one though.
I like that "We'll think about advertising" bit. Let's build a massive user base and mehhhh maybe think about the possibility of possibly having ads... maybe. Or you know, most definitely and the plan is already written :P
Social media to monetize with advertising! This is news?
That's such a gross display of corporatism.. crazy. How can companies basically make laws to benefit big business and no one has a problem with it? I'm sure the government is just looking out for the people.
This country seriously needs a reboot. The corruption is so blatant and the apathy is even worse.
That seems like something that is insanely overlooked. It is basically a free ride right into a target area. I guess they don't expect someone's bag bombs to have enough yield for big damage. A well-funded terror cell could make that happen I'm sure.
As a kid in Canada, I thought "Paki" was an accepted term for Indian people. That didn't go over well when I moved to a more ethnic city.
I didn't realize it was a euro slang and not just a generic slang term.
Well heck, it works for politicians and they can end up running a country.... :P
Yes, why isn't this modded to a +5 yet?
Money is power, greed is power, religion is power. Politicians become corrupt because they are above everyone else and can usually get away with breaking laws. They can change the rules and that kind of power could be addictive. The side-money they make probably helps too.
Once you use the cheat codes, it's hard to take things seriously :P
I did too and I do as well. I remember the taste of the sulphur drops when the wind blew the smoke back our way. I am in Austin now so it's a step up :P
Usually outside the country. I like Al-Jazeera as they might hate the US but at least it's not partisan. Especially since both sides are corrupt and neither side can see their party has gone bad.
BBC is ok too but they don't want to anger the homeland.
Religion is always a battle about who's invisible friend is better when they are basically from the same sources. Religion has done nothing but separate people from each other and act as an excuse for mass murder and repression.
It's time we step out of the neolithic caves and discover reason. Thunder is not a god, the sun is not a god, etc... The closest thing we have to gods are humans and we choose to live like animals instead, fighting over imaginary lines on a map.
I sometimes wish I was part of the ignorant masses... it just seems so easy for them.
I ain't afraid but apparently it's not worth much anyway. If someone tried to steal my identity they'd end up worse off at this point :P
We are at war with Eastasia. We have always been at war with Eastasia.
Did anyone else think of a walking stick bug? I had a vision of a creepy spynet made up of little bug-bots. Sounds more like a DARPA thing than a Google thing but who can tell anymore :P
I can just see the type of carnies this would create. Might be a good role for the socially awkward genius types :P
A population is easy to control if you keep them poor and ignorant. Mix in some government controlled media to tell the plebes what to think and how to vote and now you have full control without anyone really knowing or caring. The dissidents can be silenced and shunned by the majority as the nationalistic ideals emerge that true patriotism is doing what uncle sam tells you to do.
They do sell a lot but they don't make a lot from it. The margins are almost negative after all the overhead that goes into supporting it. It's really all Dell's fault for making computers so cheap with their crazy business model.
Let's just say I have a long personal history with them and it wouldn't surprise me one bit. Consumer took a big hit a couple years ago because they were ignoring that segment to coddle services. They spent billions on Perot and infrastructure for cloud services. They are changing the company and want to do it in private so when they are done, they can walk down wall street again.
Too bad my stock is worthless :P