So it's possible for data abusers to come up with loopholes and strategies against political/legal solutions but not against noscript, adblock, etc? The people who want your data are more clever than that.
Whether or not the people currently in office have the will to do so or not, it's entirely possible to regulate and/or ban the collection and resale of personal data. There may be nothing to stop the import and export of personal data now, but that could change -- if the political will is there. It's up to us to create that political will.
Everyone writes a bad sentence now and then. When it happens, it's best to say "oops", fix it and try to avoid doing it again. Getting defensive about it is not the way forward.
On what grounds do you call the US "socialist"? Socialism implies worker control over production. Where is the worker control? Worker power has been in decline since the 1970s.
And how is this a managed economy? (which is not the same thing as socialism.) The US economy during WWII was a managed economy. It isn't now. No one is telling factory owners to make smidgets instead of widgets. I don't see a price or wage control regime.
Just because you or the Koch bros. cannot do everything you want doesn't make this a managed economy.
I have internet at work, i have internet at home. I can do without it during my commute. If i can, i travel unplugged. For calendar, navigating, memos, etc. i either use my head or paper. My dumbphone is more than enough for me.
Considering that the iPud had to go through security, i don't see the danger to the plane. And if someone did have a means of planting it there without taking it through security, why choose the Rube Goldberg way to take down a flight? There would be more direct means. Yeah, airport security is bullshit, but that's mostly because it's based on crazy paranoia.
I give you that the iPud could have been loaded with malware.
I think it reveals the American oligarchy's ideal media. It's true that in the mean time they've figured out that a bit of user content allows for all sorts of targeted advertising -- not to mention free content. Otherwise, it sounds more or less like the near future of the internet.
Indeed, that quote is garbage. I've added Kenneth Goldsmith to my list of idiots.
Photography made the mechanical production and reproduction of images possible. As far as writing goes, the web has made for a change in the mode of distribution, but writers are still stringing words together. That hasn't changed since the Babylonians. It's not going to, either.
Gutenberg and typewriters brought bigger changes than hypertext.
What is the literary problem that hypertext is solving? In most cases there's no need for it. Infinite Jest might work better with hyperlinks -- if you can stand reading something like that on a screen.
There's tons of literature on the web now. If you write poetry or fiction and you're name isn't Stephen King or something, that's where you're publishing. In fact there is a good deal of literature in html format, but most of it doesn't use hyperlinks because the work doesn't call for it.
I write fiction and poetry and publish on the web. I'll use hyperlinks when i feel a need to. I haven't so far. Maybe when i set something in the mid-nineties...
There you go: a popular work of not-necessarily linear fiction. All those footnotes break the flow of the narrative and yet people love the book. It's not the only example, nor is it the most out-there.
If you had actually read Marx you'd know that he avoided laying out a blueprint for an alternative system. There are multiple reasons for that: his dislike of utopian socialists, his focus on analysis & critique of capitalism, & his hegelianism come to mind right away. He tended to think that the Paris Commune got a lot of stuff right. It's true that some of the problems of the analysis negatively influenced actually existing socialism, but still, there's no plan for the Soviet state in Capital or anything like that.
You say it's easier to change corporate behaviour. Really? We have built in, direct mechanisms for changing state behaviour (voting). The market, when it even exists, is indirect at best. In any case, vast sectors of the economy -- including the one being discusssed -- are run by cartels & monopolies. Good luck changing any of their behaviour with your chump change.
The Japanese said that too: can't happen here, Chernobyl caused by incompetent Russki operators, faulty Russki design yadda yadda. Guess what? Japanese nuclear scientists/engineers & operators make mistakes, too.
The number one problem is the profit motive -- which is also a design feature of the American nukes.
Exactly the same thing happens here. For example, while current Wisc. gov. Scott Walker was Milwaukee County Executive, his staff was busy writing posts on local newspaper sites, writing letters to the editor, etc., all in preparation for his run for higher office. Now playing in a federal investigation near me! The Walker people were incompetent enough to get caught, but who could doubt that this goes on every minute of every day here in nuestra Estados Unidos.
Putin is a putz, but America should put its own house in order.
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We're talking regulatory & legislative capture here. In lay terms, the regulators are in the carTel's pocket. Illegal? Maybe, but that can be changed.
So it's possible for data abusers to come up with loopholes and strategies against political/legal solutions but not against noscript, adblock, etc? The people who want your data are more clever than that.
Whether or not the people currently in office have the will to do so or not, it's entirely possible to regulate and/or ban the collection and resale of personal data. There may be nothing to stop the import and export of personal data now, but that could change -- if the political will is there. It's up to us to create that political will.
Everyone writes a bad sentence now and then. When it happens, it's best to say "oops", fix it and try to avoid doing it again. Getting defensive about it is not the way forward.
Both Gates & Trump were born into money. Gates' father was a successful lawyer, Trump pere a real estate baron.
Socialist? Managed economy?
On what grounds do you call the US "socialist"? Socialism implies worker control over production. Where is the worker control? Worker power has been in decline since the 1970s.
And how is this a managed economy? (which is not the same thing as socialism.) The US economy during WWII was a managed economy. It isn't now. No one is telling factory owners to make smidgets instead of widgets. I don't see a price or wage control regime.
Just because you or the Koch bros. cannot do everything you want doesn't make this a managed economy.
You would be ripped off if you were in the US.
I have internet at work, i have internet at home. I can do without it during my commute. If i can, i travel unplugged. For calendar, navigating, memos, etc. i either use my head or paper. My dumbphone is more than enough for me.
I know that's supposed to be funny, but it's pretty much what i think of smartphones. You forgot to mention the rip-off data plan.
Considering that the iPud had to go through security, i don't see the danger to the plane. And if someone did have a means of planting it there without taking it through security, why choose the Rube Goldberg way to take down a flight? There would be more direct means. Yeah, airport security is bullshit, but that's mostly because it's based on crazy paranoia.
I give you that the iPud could have been loaded with malware.
Can't see paying nearly 1k/yr for smartphone service. It's not even close to worth it. I can wait until i get home or get to work.
I think it reveals the American oligarchy's ideal media. It's true that in the mean time they've figured out that a bit of user content allows for all sorts of targeted advertising -- not to mention free content. Otherwise, it sounds more or less like the near future of the internet.
Indeed, that quote is garbage. I've added Kenneth Goldsmith to my list of idiots.
Photography made the mechanical production and reproduction of images possible. As far as writing goes, the web has made for a change in the mode of distribution, but writers are still stringing words together. That hasn't changed since the Babylonians. It's not going to, either.
Gutenberg and typewriters brought bigger changes than hypertext.
What is the literary problem that hypertext is solving? In most cases there's no need for it. Infinite Jest might work better with hyperlinks -- if you can stand reading something like that on a screen.
There's tons of literature on the web now. If you write poetry or fiction and you're name isn't Stephen King or something, that's where you're publishing. In fact there is a good deal of literature in html format, but most of it doesn't use hyperlinks because the work doesn't call for it.
I write fiction and poetry and publish on the web. I'll use hyperlinks when i feel a need to. I haven't so far. Maybe when i set something in the mid-nineties...
There you go: a popular work of not-necessarily linear fiction. All those footnotes break the flow of the narrative and yet people love the book. It's not the only example, nor is it the most out-there.
If you had actually read Marx you'd know that he avoided laying out a blueprint for an alternative system. There are multiple reasons for that: his dislike of utopian socialists, his focus on analysis & critique of capitalism, & his hegelianism come to mind right away. He tended to think that the Paris Commune got a lot of stuff right. It's true that some of the problems of the analysis negatively influenced actually existing socialism, but still, there's no plan for the Soviet state in Capital or anything like that.
You say it's easier to change corporate behaviour. Really? We have built in, direct mechanisms for changing state behaviour (voting). The market, when it even exists, is indirect at best. In any case, vast sectors of the economy -- including the one being discusssed -- are run by cartels & monopolies. Good luck changing any of their behaviour with your chump change.
The Japanese said that too: can't happen here, Chernobyl caused by incompetent Russki operators, faulty Russki design yadda yadda. Guess what? Japanese nuclear scientists/engineers & operators make mistakes, too.
The number one problem is the profit motive -- which is also a design feature of the American nukes.
There's stuff like the Pentagon's military analyst program. See
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Pentagon_military_analyst_program
In fact, media massaging is so pervasive in the political culture that even local pols do it. Check this out:
http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/02/scott-walker-john-doe-investigation-explained
Exactly the same thing happens here. For example, while current Wisc. gov. Scott Walker was Milwaukee County Executive, his staff was busy writing posts on local newspaper sites, writing letters to the editor, etc., all in preparation for his run for higher office. Now playing in a federal investigation near me! The Walker people were incompetent enough to get caught, but who could doubt that this goes on every minute of every day here in nuestra Estados Unidos.
Putin is a putz, but America should put its own house in order.