I would love to try this, just to experience it. I wonder if it is more effective than simply broadcasting a reverse wave-form of the person's speech (like noise cancellation head-phones)?
If the AC is correct, then it's a good fight to make most* tax-payer funded research results public domain.
*However, there ought to be some important caveats. Any legislation which includes the words "all", "always", "never," or "none" should be looked at very carefully. Absolutes are usually not a good thing. Of course, then we have to trust the government when they tell us that this research shouldn't be released due to "National Security," but we pretty much already live in that world.
I can confirm this. I was at Rice from 1993 to 2000 (TFW!). During that time you were required to live on campus for your freshmen year. A significant portion of people got booted off campus their sophomore year, but you were all but guaranteed housing for years 3 and 4, if you wanted to pay for it. Since then they have expanded housing, so there may be space for all students for all 4 years. Certainly back in the 1990s most people desired to live on campus, though we didn't have filtered internet. Of course, back then we were just downloading binaries off of USENET, not sharing video torrents.
Oh, right - Because unis make a fortune charging students an arm and a leg for subpar basic services.
But, isn't it more expensive for the university to maintain filters on their firewall? If the university's (and IT department's) primary goal was to make money, they wouldn't spend extra manpower managing the network this way. If they are doing this, then they must see a reason for it other than profit (whether that reason is right or wrong). It sounds to me like they are just doing some ham-fisted QoS management.
Now, granted I'm not a search engine code monkey, but I assumed that when I typed in a search query on YouTube, it basically fed "<query> site:youtube.com" to the Google search engine. Seems trivial (and desirable from Google's perspective) to link that history to your YouTube account.
And of course, there are many people who choose to leave their cars unlocked (having removed all valuables, of course) to forestall having to deal with a broken window.
I would agree with you, if all the cries were about the deadly viruses, but flu???? Dangerous??? Common, even the statistics say the opposite, and that is even if you get vaccinated,
You know why kids don't get polio, whooping cough, mumps, measles, influenza, etc. as much as they used to? Because they get vaccines.
Regarding authenticity, I can confirm the information relating to Ben Boychuk in the budget document. He did indeed leave Heartland for Manhattan Institute. I had dinner with the guy once, but he de-friended me on FB because I kept challenging the crazy links he would post.
I used to butt heads with Jim Lakely on a small, multi-author politically slanted blog he contributed to. I was friends with him briefly on FB, but I couldn't take his near constant right-wing/libertarian rantings. By all accounts he's an intelligent guy, but he has some of the craziest ideas. He's a really good fit for that organization. When he got that job, the action at the blog dried up, which was unfortunate. I had a lot of fun debating there, as one of only about 3 active left-leaners.
So don't let your abhorrence, righteous indignation and knee jerk reactions to media code words close your eyes to what is really going on and what is really being said.
Heh.... I think you miss my point. Perhaps I didn't make it well enough.
By saying you're standing with child pornographers on this point, you are validating the MP's claim that this issue has anything at all to do with child pornographers. It doesn't.
But, I see what you're saying. I guess using the media code words to provoke knee-jerk reactions among the less technically literate public is one strategy you can use to fight this battle. I just don't think it will be a very effective strategy. When people see the technorati supporting child pornographers, I think their first reaction will be to agree with the MP, and they probably won't have a second.
meh... it's a rough measure for sure. We could look up government spending and GDP for various countries and compare them. I suspect we'd see a rough correlation for all countries, and a tighter correlation for countries with similar political structures. I went to GDP first because it's commonly used to "normalize" spending/revenue comparisons. A lot of people/sites will cite spending/revenue as a percentage of GDP in order to compare countries or time periods.
Population would be another measure to look at. Total wealth might also make sense. Hmm... perhaps you'd want to use something that is measured by dollars, so as to control for inflation.
It's quite amusing to read that blog post while pretending they are talking about the band 311.
Passengers who need to have some small quantities of liquids, gels and aerosols may now do so, and 3-1-1 accommodates those needs while adding a significant level of security designed to protect the flights. Without 3-1-1, we would have had to maintain the total liquids ban... You can be sure that we put our very best people on this, as did our Federal and international partners. 3-1-1 was the result of some excellent research by some of the best people our country has to offer.
Don't buy into his false equivalency. I don't and won't speak out when they come for the child pornographers, because they damn well should come for child pornographers. The other groups you list are not the same (except maybe terrorists).
This post, and many others I've seen, say "I'll stand with the pornographers. They're better than a tyrannical governments." That is insane and stupid. It gives credence to his false argument. You're not standing with the pornographers, you're standing with law abiding citizens you have a right to privacy. That child pornographers benefit from this as well is an unfortunate side effect.
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I would love to try this, just to experience it. I wonder if it is more effective than simply broadcasting a reverse wave-form of the person's speech (like noise cancellation head-phones)?
Your ISP knows all about . . . what the cat looks at while you are away.
http://barelyferal.tumblr.com/
Holodomor not ringing a fucking bell for you?
That's the holodeck program Wesley used to re-enact the Lord of the Rings, right? I thought the Arwen sub-routine went a bit too far.
Mod parent Insightful.
If the AC is correct, then it's a good fight to make most* tax-payer funded research results public domain.
*However, there ought to be some important caveats. Any legislation which includes the words "all", "always", "never," or "none" should be looked at very carefully. Absolutes are usually not a good thing. Of course, then we have to trust the government when they tell us that this research shouldn't be released due to "National Security," but we pretty much already live in that world.
Now he is advocating destructive social trends in the hopes of getting away with the largest tax evasion scheme in history.
Can you explain what you mean? The only tax policy I heard him recommend recently were upward adjustments to capital gains.
I can confirm this. I was at Rice from 1993 to 2000 (TFW!). During that time you were required to live on campus for your freshmen year. A significant portion of people got booted off campus their sophomore year, but you were all but guaranteed housing for years 3 and 4, if you wanted to pay for it. Since then they have expanded housing, so there may be space for all students for all 4 years. Certainly back in the 1990s most people desired to live on campus, though we didn't have filtered internet. Of course, back then we were just downloading binaries off of USENET, not sharing video torrents.
Oh, right - Because unis make a fortune charging students an arm and a leg for subpar basic services.
But, isn't it more expensive for the university to maintain filters on their firewall? If the university's (and IT department's) primary goal was to make money, they wouldn't spend extra manpower managing the network this way. If they are doing this, then they must see a reason for it other than profit (whether that reason is right or wrong). It sounds to me like they are just doing some ham-fisted QoS management.
Youtube is not Google Search.
Now, granted I'm not a search engine code monkey, but I assumed that when I typed in a search query on YouTube, it basically fed "<query> site:youtube.com" to the Google search engine. Seems trivial (and desirable from Google's perspective) to link that history to your YouTube account.
What Vet puts a healthy dog to sleep?
They have a pretty awesome FAQ too.
And of course, there are many people who choose to leave their cars unlocked (having removed all valuables, of course) to forestall having to deal with a broken window.
try to find out what it is in your email is triggering the ad you are receiving.
Probably the Days of our Lives listserv.
Microsoft matches donations to political organizations?
I would agree with you, if all the cries were about the deadly viruses, but flu???? Dangerous??? Common, even the statistics say the opposite, and that is even if you get vaccinated,
You know why kids don't get polio, whooping cough, mumps, measles, influenza, etc. as much as they used to? Because they get vaccines.
,quote>LightSquared, naturally, continues to deny that the interference is real.
Cue the Interference Deniers in 3...2...1...
I'd understand if it was a car or gun, where he could do something stupid with it, but the internet?
They're doing it so he doesn't download a car.
Microsoft also gave $61k in 2011. I wonder how much they'll give in 2012 now that this is leaked.
Regarding authenticity, I can confirm the information relating to Ben Boychuk in the budget document. He did indeed leave Heartland for Manhattan Institute. I had dinner with the guy once, but he de-friended me on FB because I kept challenging the crazy links he would post.
The funny thing is these guys were chortling mightily at the release of the "Climategate" emails a couple of years ago.
Is this Alanis Morissette-ironic, or actual-ironic?
I used to butt heads with Jim Lakely on a small, multi-author politically slanted blog he contributed to. I was friends with him briefly on FB, but I couldn't take his near constant right-wing/libertarian rantings. By all accounts he's an intelligent guy, but he has some of the craziest ideas. He's a really good fit for that organization. When he got that job, the action at the blog dried up, which was unfortunate. I had a lot of fun debating there, as one of only about 3 active left-leaners.
So don't let your abhorrence, righteous indignation and knee jerk reactions to media code words close your eyes to what is really going on and what is really being said.
Heh.... I think you miss my point. Perhaps I didn't make it well enough.
By saying you're standing with child pornographers on this point, you are validating the MP's claim that this issue has anything at all to do with child pornographers. It doesn't.
But, I see what you're saying. I guess using the media code words to provoke knee-jerk reactions among the less technically literate public is one strategy you can use to fight this battle. I just don't think it will be a very effective strategy. When people see the technorati supporting child pornographers, I think their first reaction will be to agree with the MP, and they probably won't have a second.
meh... it's a rough measure for sure. We could look up government spending and GDP for various countries and compare them. I suspect we'd see a rough correlation for all countries, and a tighter correlation for countries with similar political structures. I went to GDP first because it's commonly used to "normalize" spending/revenue comparisons. A lot of people/sites will cite spending/revenue as a percentage of GDP in order to compare countries or time periods.
Population would be another measure to look at. Total wealth might also make sense. Hmm... perhaps you'd want to use something that is measured by dollars, so as to control for inflation.
It's quite amusing to read that blog post while pretending they are talking about the band 311.
Passengers who need to have some small quantities of liquids, gels and aerosols may now do so, and 3-1-1 accommodates those needs while adding a significant level of security designed to protect the flights. Without 3-1-1, we would have had to maintain the total liquids ban ...
You can be sure that we put our very best people on this, as did our Federal and international partners. 3-1-1 was the result of some excellent research by some of the best people our country has to offer.
... to a non-technical problem.
Don't buy into his false equivalency. I don't and won't speak out when they come for the child pornographers, because they damn well should come for child pornographers. The other groups you list are not the same (except maybe terrorists).
This post, and many others I've seen, say "I'll stand with the pornographers. They're better than a tyrannical governments." That is insane and stupid. It gives credence to his false argument. You're not standing with the pornographers, you're standing with law abiding citizens you have a right to privacy. That child pornographers benefit from this as well is an unfortunate side effect.