I have a non-addictive personality in general... perhaps it would be more accurate to say "anti-addictive" as there have been times when I would go overboard with some activities. X-Wing vs Tie Fighter, for example, cost me hundreds of dollars in "sick days" after calling in to work because I wanted to accomplish something. (Sick and stupid right?) I came to my senses after a paycheck demonstrated the value of my lost time. Anyway, I don't really play games which are time consuming and/or deeply involving... not often anyway.
But if I were a gamer, I would be intensely offended by Valve's activities. Then again, I spent some really late nights playing Halo 2 losing sleep and feeling miserable... yeah... I did it again. Didn't cost me money, but cost me in health and rest and all that. It was while playing that and similar games that I really appreciated how much I hate cheaters. Aim-bots and all this other crap just served to anger me...which kept me awake playing. Eventually, I woke up to what I was doing (again) and restored myself to healthier ways. But I do know cheaters see cheating as a game in and of itself which is why they do it.
So I understand why Valve wants to do it but as a Bill of Rights guy, I am deeply disturbed and disgusted by Valve's actions as well. (Yes, I know Valve isn't government but the principles have a way of bleeding into all walks and areas of life and it's quite likely that they are sharing data with government as just about everyone seems to be. Go visit Dick's Sporting Goods and see how much information they try to get from you when you buy guns and/or ammo. Holy crap it's scary and disgusting. And they CERTAINLY and DEFINITELY share data with the government electronically.)
I'm not going to say I don't care about this or that I don't have a dog in this fight. I do. I see many of the principles laid out in the BoR as common sense and as a structure for how to maintain mutual respect for various parties not only government.
Personally, I think people should stop playing shooting games and buy real guns and ammo. It's harder to cheat, for one, but is more expensive to be sure. But the effect of practice and skill certainly serve to trigger those accomplishment feelings. Also, PC gamers can also appreciate the desire to acquire high performance devices of all sorts ranging from scopes to lasers and all sorts of creative and amusing shotgun ammo. Caution: Guns and Ammo are expensive... way more than PC gaming. But the fun is unquestionable.
Stop using the software and services of these rights offenders entirely. They need to understand where the line should be drawn.
We know why some things are where they are. Most of it is either forms of fillers, addictive elements, taste stimulants or simply ways to keep government subsidies flowing and justified. (Seriously, why so damned much corn?!)
They keep pushing the envelope of what's "acceptable" and push for ever decreasing standards. You know who else had been pushing for decreased standards? THE BANKING and SECURITIES MARKETERS. We know the result of that. But that's just money. Other big players in food and pharma want to do the same things but that's our LIVES we're talking about. A crash means mass misery and death and possibly even genocide.
Iphone is no longer being introduced and announced by the famous spokesman. The changes in the device are minor, incremental and predictable. People are still using their iPhone 4 and some even earlier -- they are just about done with the hype and hysteria.
Sounds like a great money-making scheme to me. Get some drugged up homeless guy convinced it's a space ship and that he'd be helping to shoot it down and then capture the video on your phone for evidence and poof! $10,000!
Insurance fraud is a big giant problem and more often criminal. But since this is another of those "too big to fail" organizations, we'll just have to let this one slip. The executives enabling and making this happen, of course, keep their bonuses and all that but there may be layoffs or raises may not come again this year.
So when ordinary US people cry out saying "They're taking our jobs!!" People respond with "get a better one!" But when big business says "They're taking our sales!!!" what happens? THIS. Imperialism.
Experience in the US Navy here, specifically the targeting and tracking systems. But you don't have to know what I know to know what R2D2 with a hard-on does. It is missile defense and quite effective. It works by sending projectiles at the incoming missile to disrupt it.
Anti-aircraft is a similar notion -- send up fireworks which spread particles into the air in front of aircraft and hope it interferes with the planes. A missile defense system doesn't "chase" missiles, it is launched in front of them. They then explode in front of them in hopes of disrupting them in some way. Advanced systems, in my mind, would be a CWIS at the end of a missile system. It's not hard to imagine.
I do not agree with some of the comments here. I have found Sony laptops and desktops to be wanting in so many ways not the least of which is the repairability. It amazes me they could actually put that many screws into such tight spaces. The screws must double the weight of their machines or more. And the durability of their machines? Ridiculous. I can't say that I ever bought or used any of their "high end" machines, but the ones I have worked with had problems at all levels. And I hate the software. There's simply nothing I like about Sony computers. They need to disappear, not get passed on to the next unfortunate recipient.
I know. Some things need multiple attempts. Just look at how many times they tried the Federal Reserve scam before it worked? Or how many times they tried to get aspartame past the FDA?
But it doesn't escape administrative inertia, cultural bias, and more importantly (and not mentioned) extreme government regulation of curricula. There are those who theorize this is all "by design." It's hard to imagine because no one wants to believe it. I had a pretty decent educational experience even if I didn't 'get it' at an early enough age due to a touch of ASD. (I'm actually glad it wasn't diagnosed back then -- I likely wouldn't have been forced to deal with it and adapt. These days when people are diagnosed with a 'condition' they quickly give up and get comfortable in their cozy little category.)
But we also have this culture of blame and lawyers who think the answer is to sue everyone and everything into oblivion. The system is more interested in protecting itself than in doing their jobs well.
The government at all levels have been resisting the category of "utility" for internet providers. That category shift is long over-due as everything connects to and through the internet. It is presently more of a utility than the telephone companies are given that many people have given up on land lines long ago. But then issues like rates, quality of service, neutrality and more come to the forefront and no one (read: internet providers) wants that.
But ask yourself what defines a public utility? Then ask how internet access fails to meet that definition.
If you're tired of this nonsense in the year 2014, then push for government to do what it should have done almost 15 years ago.
Oh they can compete. They don't WANT to compete. Competition lowers their profits. They STILL measure success in growth. That makes them more like a voracious bacteria than business people operating in a financial ecosystem.
People are starting to get into the habit of speaking up and speaking out. They are taking action and it may start to become increasingly fashionable to do so. (In fact, I would urge for people to make it increasingly fashionable to do so.) The 80s was a period of what many thought was a renaissance but was actually a backward step for US and human culture. This whole "looking out for #1" thing really did a number on people. The sophisticated and respected wisdom of urban dwellers such as those found in New York and Chicago informs people that they should just mind their own business and not get involved. Murder and mayhem next door? Don't get involved. Don't see anything. Don't know anything.
But we are all beginning to realize that this does nothing to insulate us or protect us in any way. Today, we are ALL "random" targets of criminals, government and criminal government. We either hang together or we hang separately.
There does not seem to be a shred of unbiased, agenda-free news out there. Some would argue there has never been such. But these days, it seems to be far less than when I was younger. The consolidation of news business is more than bad enough. That government is attempting to define "news media" is worse because people are tiring of the clearly-tainted news sources and are seeking out alternatives to attempt to balance what they hear.
Even the sheeple are beginning to see that there is something wrong with the way things have been going. The news needs to be run at a low-level and as free of money interests as possible.
If Google and NASA cannot watch the device being created, then they have to take it on faith. It is "untestable." Any attempt to test it destroys it. There are explanations favoring the quantum and explanations favoring the conventional.
I find the parallels striking what with all the money spent and all the faith required?
Artificial fertilizers I would be more concerned about. We humans like to simply our understanding of things and then we act on them based on our simplified models. "Pure fertilizer" would likely be missing some important 'other things' which generally occur within nature. To put it in ways which are more understandable:
Homegrown, organic tomatoes are absolutely rich, meaty and flavorful. Industrial tomatoes are red balls with squishy water in them. They lack texture and flavor. I tend to thing there are 'other things' which are missing in the industrial produce. So in reality, this type of push could literally boost the quality of output. (Note that I don't say quantity... good food for people is also attractive to pests of all sorts.)
Back in ancient Japanese times, the smell of feces was referred to as the smell of life. A rather positive spin on things but it's also important to note that they actually did what is being discussed in the article. They used human fecal matter in their farming.
But what about today? The stuff we eat isn't exactly "mostly vegetarian" as was the case in ancient Japan. Also, the stuff we eat isn't entirely natural. Putting the additive and preservative rich fecal matter into the soil might yield less than optimal results. And all the other drugs and stuff we ingest adds to the complication. Finally, the typical pollution we take in will also find its way into our waste. Today's human waste isn't exactly what I would call "entirely natural."
So I hope they do their homework on this. At the very least, feed it to a bunch of worms for processing. If the worms can process it, perhaps it's closer to being safe afterward than if they didn't.
This is not a rough edge of anything. This is someone (a party, a company) seeking to deny other people the ability to do it themselves. This isn't a rough edge. This is flat-out interference in business that isn't theirs.
Sometimes I am annoyed that the word "too" exists. Change the spelling so that the different meaning stands out. Not like context wouldn't play a role there. But in cases like these, I think there aren't enough "o"s in "Too much" or "Too far" or "Too stupid."
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I have a non-addictive personality in general... perhaps it would be more accurate to say "anti-addictive" as there have been times when I would go overboard with some activities. X-Wing vs Tie Fighter, for example, cost me hundreds of dollars in "sick days" after calling in to work because I wanted to accomplish something. (Sick and stupid right?) I came to my senses after a paycheck demonstrated the value of my lost time. Anyway, I don't really play games which are time consuming and/or deeply involving... not often anyway.
But if I were a gamer, I would be intensely offended by Valve's activities. Then again, I spent some really late nights playing Halo 2 losing sleep and feeling miserable... yeah... I did it again. Didn't cost me money, but cost me in health and rest and all that. It was while playing that and similar games that I really appreciated how much I hate cheaters. Aim-bots and all this other crap just served to anger me...which kept me awake playing. Eventually, I woke up to what I was doing (again) and restored myself to healthier ways. But I do know cheaters see cheating as a game in and of itself which is why they do it.
So I understand why Valve wants to do it but as a Bill of Rights guy, I am deeply disturbed and disgusted by Valve's actions as well. (Yes, I know Valve isn't government but the principles have a way of bleeding into all walks and areas of life and it's quite likely that they are sharing data with government as just about everyone seems to be. Go visit Dick's Sporting Goods and see how much information they try to get from you when you buy guns and/or ammo. Holy crap it's scary and disgusting. And they CERTAINLY and DEFINITELY share data with the government electronically.)
I'm not going to say I don't care about this or that I don't have a dog in this fight. I do. I see many of the principles laid out in the BoR as common sense and as a structure for how to maintain mutual respect for various parties not only government.
Personally, I think people should stop playing shooting games and buy real guns and ammo. It's harder to cheat, for one, but is more expensive to be sure. But the effect of practice and skill certainly serve to trigger those accomplishment feelings. Also, PC gamers can also appreciate the desire to acquire high performance devices of all sorts ranging from scopes to lasers and all sorts of creative and amusing shotgun ammo. Caution: Guns and Ammo are expensive... way more than PC gaming. But the fun is unquestionable.
Stop using the software and services of these rights offenders entirely. They need to understand where the line should be drawn.
Won't someone think of the products!?
We know why some things are where they are. Most of it is either forms of fillers, addictive elements, taste stimulants or simply ways to keep government subsidies flowing and justified. (Seriously, why so damned much corn?!)
They keep pushing the envelope of what's "acceptable" and push for ever decreasing standards. You know who else had been pushing for decreased standards? THE BANKING and SECURITIES MARKETERS. We know the result of that. But that's just money. Other big players in food and pharma want to do the same things but that's our LIVES we're talking about. A crash means mass misery and death and possibly even genocide.
Iphone is no longer being introduced and announced by the famous spokesman. The changes in the device are minor, incremental and predictable. People are still using their iPhone 4 and some even earlier -- they are just about done with the hype and hysteria.
Does iPhone even matter any longer?
Sounds like a great money-making scheme to me. Get some drugged up homeless guy convinced it's a space ship and that he'd be helping to shoot it down and then capture the video on your phone for evidence and poof! $10,000!
Insurance fraud is a big giant problem and more often criminal. But since this is another of those "too big to fail" organizations, we'll just have to let this one slip. The executives enabling and making this happen, of course, keep their bonuses and all that but there may be layoffs or raises may not come again this year.
I guess I was wrong. Sorry.
Was he out of his vulcan mind?!
So when ordinary US people cry out saying "They're taking our jobs!!" People respond with "get a better one!" But when big business says "They're taking our sales!!!" what happens? THIS. Imperialism.
Maybe the people will wake up to the fact that they don't need this crap.
Also my first thought and glad I found the same thought here so I didn't become redundant.
Question: Doesn't this qualify as Prior Art? It should.
Experience in the US Navy here, specifically the targeting and tracking systems. But you don't have to know what I know to know what R2D2 with a hard-on does. It is missile defense and quite effective. It works by sending projectiles at the incoming missile to disrupt it.
Anti-aircraft is a similar notion -- send up fireworks which spread particles into the air in front of aircraft and hope it interferes with the planes. A missile defense system doesn't "chase" missiles, it is launched in front of them. They then explode in front of them in hopes of disrupting them in some way. Advanced systems, in my mind, would be a CWIS at the end of a missile system. It's not hard to imagine.
That's all that needs to be said about it.
I do not agree with some of the comments here. I have found Sony laptops and desktops to be wanting in so many ways not the least of which is the repairability. It amazes me they could actually put that many screws into such tight spaces. The screws must double the weight of their machines or more. And the durability of their machines? Ridiculous. I can't say that I ever bought or used any of their "high end" machines, but the ones I have worked with had problems at all levels. And I hate the software. There's simply nothing I like about Sony computers. They need to disappear, not get passed on to the next unfortunate recipient.
I know. Some things need multiple attempts. Just look at how many times they tried the Federal Reserve scam before it worked? Or how many times they tried to get aspartame past the FDA?
But it doesn't escape administrative inertia, cultural bias, and more importantly (and not mentioned) extreme government regulation of curricula. There are those who theorize this is all "by design." It's hard to imagine because no one wants to believe it. I had a pretty decent educational experience even if I didn't 'get it' at an early enough age due to a touch of ASD. (I'm actually glad it wasn't diagnosed back then -- I likely wouldn't have been forced to deal with it and adapt. These days when people are diagnosed with a 'condition' they quickly give up and get comfortable in their cozy little category.)
But we also have this culture of blame and lawyers who think the answer is to sue everyone and everything into oblivion. The system is more interested in protecting itself than in doing their jobs well.
The government at all levels have been resisting the category of "utility" for internet providers. That category shift is long over-due as everything connects to and through the internet. It is presently more of a utility than the telephone companies are given that many people have given up on land lines long ago. But then issues like rates, quality of service, neutrality and more come to the forefront and no one (read: internet providers) wants that.
But ask yourself what defines a public utility? Then ask how internet access fails to meet that definition.
If you're tired of this nonsense in the year 2014, then push for government to do what it should have done almost 15 years ago.
Oh they can compete. They don't WANT to compete. Competition lowers their profits. They STILL measure success in growth. That makes them more like a voracious bacteria than business people operating in a financial ecosystem.
People are starting to get into the habit of speaking up and speaking out. They are taking action and it may start to become increasingly fashionable to do so. (In fact, I would urge for people to make it increasingly fashionable to do so.) The 80s was a period of what many thought was a renaissance but was actually a backward step for US and human culture. This whole "looking out for #1" thing really did a number on people. The sophisticated and respected wisdom of urban dwellers such as those found in New York and Chicago informs people that they should just mind their own business and not get involved. Murder and mayhem next door? Don't get involved. Don't see anything. Don't know anything.
But we are all beginning to realize that this does nothing to insulate us or protect us in any way. Today, we are ALL "random" targets of criminals, government and criminal government. We either hang together or we hang separately.
There does not seem to be a shred of unbiased, agenda-free news out there. Some would argue there has never been such. But these days, it seems to be far less than when I was younger. The consolidation of news business is more than bad enough. That government is attempting to define "news media" is worse because people are tiring of the clearly-tainted news sources and are seeking out alternatives to attempt to balance what they hear.
Even the sheeple are beginning to see that there is something wrong with the way things have been going. The news needs to be run at a low-level and as free of money interests as possible.
Yes, it's like testing a witch.
If Google and NASA cannot watch the device being created, then they have to take it on faith. It is "untestable." Any attempt to test it destroys it. There are explanations favoring the quantum and explanations favoring the conventional.
I find the parallels striking what with all the money spent and all the faith required?
Artificial fertilizers I would be more concerned about. We humans like to simply our understanding of things and then we act on them based on our simplified models. "Pure fertilizer" would likely be missing some important 'other things' which generally occur within nature. To put it in ways which are more understandable:
Homegrown, organic tomatoes are absolutely rich, meaty and flavorful. Industrial tomatoes are red balls with squishy water in them. They lack texture and flavor. I tend to thing there are 'other things' which are missing in the industrial produce. So in reality, this type of push could literally boost the quality of output. (Note that I don't say quantity... good food for people is also attractive to pests of all sorts.)
Back in ancient Japanese times, the smell of feces was referred to as the smell of life. A rather positive spin on things but it's also important to note that they actually did what is being discussed in the article. They used human fecal matter in their farming.
But what about today? The stuff we eat isn't exactly "mostly vegetarian" as was the case in ancient Japan. Also, the stuff we eat isn't entirely natural. Putting the additive and preservative rich fecal matter into the soil might yield less than optimal results. And all the other drugs and stuff we ingest adds to the complication. Finally, the typical pollution we take in will also find its way into our waste. Today's human waste isn't exactly what I would call "entirely natural."
So I hope they do their homework on this. At the very least, feed it to a bunch of worms for processing. If the worms can process it, perhaps it's closer to being safe afterward than if they didn't.
This is not a rough edge of anything. This is someone (a party, a company) seeking to deny other people the ability to do it themselves. This isn't a rough edge. This is flat-out interference in business that isn't theirs.
Sometimes I am annoyed that the word "too" exists. Change the spelling so that the different meaning stands out. Not like context wouldn't play a role there. But in cases like these, I think there aren't enough "o"s in "Too much" or "Too far" or "Too stupid."