That sounds suspiciously like the "if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide" argument. The fact is, we now live in a 24x7 surveilance police state, with the corporate bloodsuckers monetizing the raw data wherever possible.
The approved method was to smoke a lot of reefer in the parking lot, and eat a couple of brownies. About the time the smoke was wearing off and Keir Dullea's pupils stopped dialating, the brownies were really fully kicking in for the "My God, it's full of stars" bit. I remember the very very first time I saw it (no brownies as yet), I was the only person in the theatre who had read the book already. I remember narrating (as best I could) "what the fuck is going on?" for the people around me.
Local jurisdictions grant monopoly franchises because corporations insist upon them. The (land) phone lines, electricity, water, sewer, natural gas, roads/sidewalks and cable TV connections to YOUR house (and everybody else's) are Natural Monopolies, where the capital costs are so high for last-mile coverage that "easily switching to a competitor" isn't possible because there aren't any and never will be. A corporation isn't going to wire every house in a city on the off chance that they might eventually get half of them as customers, but only after they engage in a price war with their entrenched competitor who already has 100% coverage.
Taking a look at the clusterfuck that is the overlapping cell phone networks shows you how your idea works, and an individual cell phone tower covers the entire last mile, not just a single location.
Tell us another free-market libertarian fairy story.
Yeah, I don't think you want to go with "this (selectively bred) experimental species (Africanized bees) escaped containment and has since been wreaking environmental havoc" as a positive example for why this decision is a Good Idea.
The digital driving license will not record the location of its user or serve as a tracking device.
See? It says so right on the tin. No. Really. Big Brother isn't watching. No matter what kind of Terrist/AmberAlert stuff we later proclaim, we PROMISE we won't use this to indiscriminately do whatever the fuck we feel like. Really. You can trust us. Honest.
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That's an amazing grasp of market economics you have there.
Give it as much creedence as you would "Gartner predicts...".
Oh, lighten up. The original was submitted via UDP.
"There can be only one." Where have I heard that before?
Sorry, on the "atrocities against humanity" scale, self-taught Visual Basic beats all that hands down.
That sounds suspiciously like the "if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide" argument. The fact is, we now live in a 24x7 surveilance police state, with the corporate bloodsuckers monetizing the raw data wherever possible.
The approved method was to smoke a lot of reefer in the parking lot, and eat a couple of brownies. About the time the smoke was wearing off and Keir Dullea's pupils stopped dialating, the brownies were really fully kicking in for the "My God, it's full of stars" bit.
I remember the very very first time I saw it (no brownies as yet), I was the only person in the theatre who had read the book already. I remember narrating (as best I could) "what the fuck is going on?" for the people around me.
I see you waving that red herring.
Local jurisdictions grant monopoly franchises because corporations insist upon them. The (land) phone lines, electricity, water, sewer, natural gas, roads/sidewalks and cable TV connections to YOUR house (and everybody else's) are Natural Monopolies, where the capital costs are so high for last-mile coverage that "easily switching to a competitor" isn't possible because there aren't any and never will be. A corporation isn't going to wire every house in a city on the off chance that they might eventually get half of them as customers, but only after they engage in a price war with their entrenched competitor who already has 100% coverage.
Taking a look at the clusterfuck that is the overlapping cell phone networks shows you how your idea works, and an individual cell phone tower covers the entire last mile, not just a single location.
Tell us another free-market libertarian fairy story.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is going to get the death penalty for this.
With apologies to Michio Kaku (again), but Ray Kurzweil is still the biggest hack on the planet.
Absolutely. Almost as much as I miss Passenger Pigeons and AMC Gremlins.
Yeah, I don't think you want to go with "this (selectively bred) experimental species (Africanized bees) escaped containment and has since been wreaking environmental havoc" as a positive example for why this decision is a Good Idea.
LOL, headline should be: "Americans less likely to believe in U.S. Privacy laws than the Easter Bunny".
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Most of the Emacs users are still waiting for it to load so they can cast their vote.
Agreed. They should have used "CIMON: your plastic pal who's fun to be with".
Well, he was nominated, but he closed the ticket five minutes later with a WONTFIX.
Sorry. If this humor's too meta for you, we can get a fat man and shoot at his toes to make him dance.
Who cares?
They both said "nothing".
I accidentally called Siri "Alexa", and now neither one of them is speaking to me.
Hey, I've got some stuff on 8" floppies that'd give her a run for her money.
I took my superionic ice for a ludicrous mode drive in my Tesla with my katana and pit bull.
Can you say "rent seeking"? Sure, I thought you could.
See? It says so right on the tin. No. Really. Big Brother isn't watching. No matter what kind of Terrist/AmberAlert stuff we later proclaim, we PROMISE we won't use this to indiscriminately do whatever the fuck we feel like. Really. You can trust us. Honest.