For the rest of the world, 9/11 should be Fuck America Day and it should be so until the USA own up to their responsibilities towards the victims of the Iraq War.
Why "should"? it is, at least in this "rest of the world" I am in! After 9/11 US started to fuck America(ns) real bad too, not just the ROTW. Don't you even realize how fucked you are? Wait, it'll get better!
Do you also refuse to watch movies because you don't get the files used in production? Or refuse to listen to a CD unless it also comes with sheet music?
No, I just refuse to watch movies or listen to music which imposes unreasonable limitations on me as part of their drm, which is pure chicanery, for instance trying to tell me for how long or how many times or where i'm allowed to watch and listen.
And yes, i'm aware there's a vast majority who simply doesn't mind and... guess what: I don't mind:)
i fail to see the real value for society of you having your favorite ad delivered just in time so that you don't forget to buy the crap you don't need.
but that's not the point. people doesn't spread their legs for ads, they do just for being connected. they LOVE it and don't mind the implications. and there is nothing wrong with this... as long as transparency and fair use of that information are granted. the main implication is that this isn't the case.
what about this: we start tracking deals, contracts, relations, contacts and interactions of governments, banks, corporations and wealthy individuals worldwide, in full detail, and make it public to do some nice collective dataminng on that stuff. bet we do some interesting findings.
It's pretty obvious that Chrome scared the shit out of Mozilla. Being for years the only remarcable contender (hats off) for ubicuous IE crap, from 3.0 on FF just got fatter and fatter. At 3.5 I even swiched to Opera because of FF being so overloaded and bulky wtih useless dumb eye candy that slowed everything down. Then those evil guys at google suddenly come up with some REAL new ideas and improvements... They shook the whole browser bizz (just look how IE, FF, Opera just rushed to copy chrome's ideas), but that's clearly the end of FF's leading role in particular. This dumb release flopping is just hysterical need for hype. But so long. Sure, it's still a good browser, and there's the extensibility thing for which I will still keep FF around for specific tasks... but in terms of user share FF is doomed. Yes, by Chrome. And future is still painted IE-deep-retard-blue, nerds will use whatever they find cool (insignifficant in the large picture) and the smart option will be... yep, Chrome, for a while. (Until it becomes fatassed and fucked, just like FF).
A simple 1 cent charge on a Credit Card (or a $10 charge that buys you a $10 credit at your choice of Amazon/Fandango/Barnes & Nobles/other corporate sponsors) would do 99% of the work of verifying identity.
Hey, 1 cent is still money! I'm not rich!
But I could readily spare a sample of fingernail so facebook could dna-certify my account. And, if we are to go really that much nuts... you have to admit that dna is far more reliable than credit card data.
Sounds like distraction, so it seems they're really doing something about.
Controlling or shutting down network segments or individuals would require preparation, I don't believe such an operation could be planned and carried out to have any signifficant effect on the situation right now. Nonsense.
I even doubt it could be effective at all. But a planned strategy could be effective for controlling regular citizens in the long run. Maybe there's already a plan and the riots are purely instrumental, the real distraction?
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For the rest of the world, 9/11 should be Fuck America Day and it should be so until the USA own up to their responsibilities towards the victims of the Iraq War.
Why "should"? it is, at least in this "rest of the world" I am in! After 9/11 US started to fuck America(ns) real bad too, not just the ROTW. Don't you even realize how fucked you are? Wait, it'll get better!
Do you also refuse to watch movies because you don't get the files used in production? Or refuse to listen to a CD unless it also comes with sheet music?
No, I just refuse to watch movies or listen to music which imposes unreasonable limitations on me as part of their drm, which is pure chicanery, for instance trying to tell me for how long or how many times or where i'm allowed to watch and listen. And yes, i'm aware there's a vast majority who simply doesn't mind and ... guess what: I don't mind :)
a good example of ... aggregate public :-)
i fail to see the real value for society of you having your favorite ad delivered just in time so that you don't forget to buy the crap you don't need.
but that's not the point. people doesn't spread their legs for ads, they do just for being connected. they LOVE it and don't mind the implications. and there is nothing wrong with this ... as long as transparency and fair use of that information are granted. the main implication is that this isn't the case.
what about this: we start tracking deals, contracts, relations, contacts and interactions of governments, banks, corporations and wealthy individuals worldwide, in full detail, and make it public to do some nice collective dataminng on that stuff. bet we do some interesting findings.
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Speak for yourself.
It's pretty obvious that Chrome scared the shit out of Mozilla. Being for years the only remarcable contender (hats off) for ubicuous IE crap, from 3.0 on FF just got fatter and fatter. At 3.5 I even swiched to Opera because of FF being so overloaded and bulky wtih useless dumb eye candy that slowed everything down. Then those evil guys at google suddenly come up with some REAL new ideas and improvements... They shook the whole browser bizz (just look how IE, FF, Opera just rushed to copy chrome's ideas), but that's clearly the end of FF's leading role in particular. This dumb release flopping is just hysterical need for hype. But so long. Sure, it's still a good browser, and there's the extensibility thing for which I will still keep FF around for specific tasks ... but in terms of user share FF is doomed. Yes, by Chrome. And future is still painted IE-deep-retard-blue, nerds will use whatever they find cool (insignifficant in the large picture) and the smart option will be ... yep, Chrome, for a while. (Until it becomes fatassed and fucked, just like FF).
A simple 1 cent charge on a Credit Card (or a $10 charge that buys you a $10 credit at your choice of Amazon/Fandango/Barnes & Nobles/other corporate sponsors) would do 99% of the work of verifying identity.
Hey, 1 cent is still money! I'm not rich! But I could readily spare a sample of fingernail so facebook could dna-certify my account. And, if we are to go really that much nuts ... you have to admit that dna is far more reliable than credit card data.
Sounds like distraction, so it seems they're really doing something about. Controlling or shutting down network segments or individuals would require preparation, I don't believe such an operation could be planned and carried out to have any signifficant effect on the situation right now. Nonsense. I even doubt it could be effective at all. But a planned strategy could be effective for controlling regular citizens in the long run. Maybe there's already a plan and the riots are purely instrumental, the real distraction?