Since the Americans hold their Constitution so dear, almost to the level of Scripture itself, maybe a proper way to deal with corporate parasitism, is to make it unconstitutional to make any law which props up a failing business model or restricts competition in a free market.
Slashdot is an intolerant echo chamber of hard-right American libertarian thought, which tolerates no dissent.
It's impossible to point out to you lot that a powerful state in the West holds a very thin line between civilization and chaos.
Anybody who dares to disagree is crucified.
FWIW, I think the Guardian and Snowden are terrible traitors who will end up with the blood of thousands innocents on their hands. And it WILL take the blood of innocents to show you that we abandon our strength in the face of the barbarian hordes, at our own peril.
But go right ahead. Prove me right and moderate me down into a smoking crater.
The Shuttle was such a gigantic black hole for cash, that they didn't have any other man-rated systems, and wouldn't have for several years afterwards.
However, if the commercial crew program succeeds, the US will have three commercial operators, alongside the US government system (Orion/SLS). I'm not sure anybody else comes even close. And in my mind, commercial cargo and crew to LEO is a massive, completely underrated achievement.
The Russians have Soyuz (which, due respect to them, although small, is cheap, utterly reliable, and has achieved flight rates in the past of up to 1 a week). They've tried replacing it several times, but haven't exactly covered themselves in glory doing so. How long has Angara been under development for? It's been so long, I've lost track...
The Shuttle was a terrible compromise born of Beltway requirements and funding struggles, but for what it did, was an incredibly capable vehicle. E.g. we'll likely never see a spacecraft with so much downmass capability ever again.
Anybody heard of SLOP (Severe Loss of Perspective Syndrome?)
The techno-libertarian community seemed to get a big dose of it when we saw those leaks from Snowden and friends. All of a sudden, we were the Devil incarnate, despite:
1) surveillance being subject to judicial and legislative oversight 2) not being anywhere near as far-reaching as SORM or the Chinese systems, or 3) anybody being hauled away in the dead of night for offending the sensibilities of anybody in power.
I suggest that some people need to grow up, and realise that the West is the absolute paragon of virtue compared to what Russia, China and Muslim countries are doing.
I shudder to think what will happen to the world when the baton of world domination is handed to these despots. I know the techno-libertarian crowd will be celebrating.
They may well be falling for the daft Arab notion that the enemy of their enemy (in this case, Iran) is their friend. Just ain't so!!
Frankly, I'm glad the neoliberals lost the argument for intervention in Syria. It's not our fight.
Besides, it's nice to see Muslim hypocrisy stand out for the whole world to see, when they don't lift even a finger to help their ummah bretheren in Syria. Saudi are demanding we take refugees and pay out loads of money. They're rich -- let THEM do it.
They're not buying debt out of the kindness of their hearts. Nobody invests in anything unless they get some kind of return. And t-bills are about as close to risk-free you can get.
And besides, all the people wringing their hands about the US public debt should note that if you compare debt-to-GDP, the US is actually in pretty good shape compared to many countries.
I personally don't give a flying fuck about the insecure Chinese need to 'catch up with the West' by hook or by crook. Scientific exchange is fine, and to be encouraged (even at the lowest ebb in the Cold War and afterwards, there's plenty of scientific collaboration between Russia and the West). But if the Chinese want to behave like thieving dicks and then alienate potential friend and get banned from every conference on Planet Earth, it's ultimately THEIR problem.
Sorry, I focused on your use of the word 'probably', which is ambiguous, and sounds a bit like a weasel word.
I note that while it's using oxygen-rich preburners, they're still using multiple small combustion chambers.
And the Russian space industry have had major management and quality control issues for quite a while. All the technology in the world will not help if one's industrial base can't reliably deliver working hardware.
It's virtually impossible to become a Chinese citizen.
At least the Chinese have a firm grip on what kind of people enter and settle their country, and good for them. White countries have simply become the dumping ground for the world's Third World trash, and anybody objecting to it is automatically branded racist.
America (and the West) made a terrible mistake in the early Nineties with the Operation Sundevil busts, criminalizing white-hats and grey-hats, at the behest of greedy private businesses, when what they SHOULD have been doing, is doing what the Chinese are doing right now -- turning those bright kids around to serve their interests of their country. The Chinese have turned hacking into a national sport and have cultivated a massive talent pool ready to tap when needed.
We are being ruled by venal, sort-sighted fucking idiots.
Amazon might think they're clever, until they step on the toes of the greedy car dealer lobby.
It'll be interesting to see how they make THAT problem go away.
This is America ("the land of the free") we're talking here -- where any whiny, greedy anti-social bitch with deep enough pockets can carve out a niche for themselves by merely buying convenient laws and regulations.
If the content producers succeed in demanding -- and getting -- the right to force other people to prop up their business model at their own expense, it could open the gates of Hell for anybody with an oversized sense of entitlement to do the same.
Google are quite within their rights to tell the "creative" industry parasites to go and fuck themselves. If people are stealing their stuff, it's THEIR problem that their failing business models aren't keeping up with reality.
There's ALWAYS some arsehole out there who thinks the world owes him a living.
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Since the Americans hold their Constitution so dear, almost to the level of Scripture itself, maybe a proper way to deal with corporate parasitism, is to make it unconstitutional to make any law which props up a failing business model or restricts competition in a free market.
Slashdot is an intolerant echo chamber of hard-right American libertarian thought, which tolerates no dissent.
It's impossible to point out to you lot that a powerful state in the West holds a very thin line between civilization and chaos.
Anybody who dares to disagree is crucified.
FWIW, I think the Guardian and Snowden are terrible traitors who will end up with the blood of thousands innocents on their hands. And it WILL take the blood of innocents to show you that we abandon our strength in the face of the barbarian hordes, at our own peril.
But go right ahead. Prove me right and moderate me down into a smoking crater.
Smacks of the same kind of whiny, middle-class stupidity that brought us PETA and their "Sea Kittens" campaign.
Mate, you need to calm down.
The Shuttle was such a gigantic black hole for cash, that they didn't have any other man-rated systems, and wouldn't have for several years afterwards.
However, if the commercial crew program succeeds, the US will have three commercial operators, alongside the US government system (Orion/SLS). I'm not sure anybody else comes even close. And in my mind, commercial cargo and crew to LEO is a massive, completely underrated achievement.
The Russians have Soyuz (which, due respect to them, although small, is cheap, utterly reliable, and has achieved flight rates in the past of up to 1 a week). They've tried replacing it several times, but haven't exactly covered themselves in glory doing so. How long has Angara been under development for? It's been so long, I've lost track...
The Shuttle was a terrible compromise born of Beltway requirements and funding struggles, but for what it did, was an incredibly capable vehicle. E.g. we'll likely never see a spacecraft with so much downmass capability ever again.
Interesting how while the enemy lost a guy, they still painted it as a victory overall.
So how do you define 'winning' and 'losing' in this situation?
Like with terrorism in general, they win by not losing; we lose by not winning.
Them's fighting words.
Maybe you need to take a step back from the keyboard and take a time out.
Anybody heard of SLOP (Severe Loss of Perspective Syndrome?)
The techno-libertarian community seemed to get a big dose of it when we saw those leaks from Snowden and friends. All of a sudden, we were the Devil incarnate, despite:
1) surveillance being subject to judicial and legislative oversight
2) not being anywhere near as far-reaching as SORM or the Chinese systems, or
3) anybody being hauled away in the dead of night for offending the sensibilities of anybody in power.
I suggest that some people need to grow up, and realise that the West is the absolute paragon of virtue compared to what Russia, China and Muslim countries are doing.
I shudder to think what will happen to the world when the baton of world domination is handed to these despots. I know the techno-libertarian crowd will be celebrating.
Let's talk about your anger management issues.
'Stupidity' might be it.
They may well be falling for the daft Arab notion that the enemy of their enemy (in this case, Iran) is their friend. Just ain't so!!
Frankly, I'm glad the neoliberals lost the argument for intervention in Syria. It's not our fight.
Besides, it's nice to see Muslim hypocrisy stand out for the whole world to see, when they don't lift even a finger to help their ummah bretheren in Syria. Saudi are demanding we take refugees and pay out loads of money. They're rich -- let THEM do it.
They're not buying debt out of the kindness of their hearts. Nobody invests in anything unless they get some kind of return. And t-bills are about as close to risk-free you can get.
And besides, all the people wringing their hands about the US public debt should note that if you compare debt-to-GDP, the US is actually in pretty good shape compared to many countries.
I personally don't give a flying fuck about the insecure Chinese need to 'catch up with the West' by hook or by crook. Scientific exchange is fine, and to be encouraged (even at the lowest ebb in the Cold War and afterwards, there's plenty of scientific collaboration between Russia and the West). But if the Chinese want to behave like thieving dicks and then alienate potential friend and get banned from every conference on Planet Earth, it's ultimately THEIR problem.
Explanation's simple. It's click bait.
Nice ad-hominem.
Sorry, I focused on your use of the word 'probably', which is ambiguous, and sounds a bit like a weasel word.
I note that while it's using oxygen-rich preburners, they're still using multiple small combustion chambers.
And the Russian space industry have had major management and quality control issues for quite a while. All the technology in the world will not help if one's industrial base can't reliably deliver working hardware.
Looks scary -- but at least you'd hear it coming.
Oh, so stopping our enemies from stealing from us is now "protectionism".
Guess I learnt something new today.
Hahahha, Chinese whataboutery. Never gets old.
It's virtually impossible to become a Chinese citizen.
At least the Chinese have a firm grip on what kind of people enter and settle their country, and good for them. White countries have simply become the dumping ground for the world's Third World trash, and anybody objecting to it is automatically branded racist.
'Russia probably has better rocket tech than America'?
[citation needed]
"a tiny part"
20% drop in the value of Bitcoin, on the closure of a single website screams 'LACK OF LIQUIDITY' to me.
Let's hope the Feds have the brains to let the latest bout of volatility go away before cashing their seized Bitcoins and sending it to the Treasury.
Probably done by spammers.
E.g. Creating huge amount of damage for other people to clean up, to collect a few illicit pennies for yourself.
This is typical spammer MO.
Mod parent up.
America (and the West) made a terrible mistake in the early Nineties with the Operation Sundevil busts, criminalizing white-hats and grey-hats, at the behest of greedy private businesses, when what they SHOULD have been doing, is doing what the Chinese are doing right now -- turning those bright kids around to serve their interests of their country. The Chinese have turned hacking into a national sport and have cultivated a massive talent pool ready to tap when needed.
We are being ruled by venal, sort-sighted fucking idiots.
That's how we roll.
Amazon might think they're clever, until they step on the toes of the greedy car dealer lobby.
It'll be interesting to see how they make THAT problem go away.
This is America ("the land of the free") we're talking here -- where any whiny, greedy anti-social bitch with deep enough pockets can carve out a niche for themselves by merely buying convenient laws and regulations.
If the content producers succeed in demanding -- and getting -- the right to force other people to prop up their business model at their own expense, it could open the gates of Hell for anybody with an oversized sense of entitlement to do the same.
Google are quite within their rights to tell the "creative" industry parasites to go and fuck themselves. If people are stealing their stuff, it's THEIR problem that their failing business models aren't keeping up with reality.
There's ALWAYS some arsehole out there who thinks the world owes him a living.