I would be happy about the premium service, to keep you people from cancelling my music. But, then again, there is no way that any jukebox in any of *your* bars is going to have the kind of music on it that I'm into anyway. And no bar that would let you people in is going to serve the kind of food I eat, or the drinks that I'm into these days. I would tell you about it, but you wouldn't get it. You see, I don't even *own* a TV. And everything you like is just a ripoff of the *real* stuff that only a few people like me know about. Of course, you don't get it. But I wouldn't expect people like you to understand. You should probably stick with your radio music. Doubt you could handle the real stuff anyway.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm taking my custom painted iPad to a club that you haven't heard of, in a part of town that you've probably never been too, to listen to music you wouldn't understand, with people you would never meet. I would say goodbye, but no one says that anymore unless they're being ironic--or do they?
Yeah, I didn't see anything in their response about any "due process of law." Sounds like they just want to make sure the request comes from a recognized government official or office (presumably so they can blame it all on them if there's a PR backlash).
it's clear that the big wireless companies are willing to shut down service—but they want the government to offer some direction. "Verizon Wireless understands that there may be some cases where shutting down wireless service to an area is necessary," the company wrote to the FCC on May 1. "In such cases, wireless carriers need a process for ensuring that the decision to shut down the network has been appropriately vetted and that the request comes from a single, reliable source."
In other words, as long as it comes from a recognized government official, we'll be happy to comply.
I think that's the same policy telcos have in Egypt and Syria, no?
Wrong. In a truly dog-eat-dog world, any dog that gets too far ahead gets eaten by the pack.
Yeah, except it has never once worked out that way in reality. In lawless regions or other areas where the government is weak, what inevitably happens is that you end up with a handful of powerful warlords who basically terrorize and dominate the populace. They build up their own private armies to not only protect themselves from the "pack" but to do whatever the fuck else they want too, including showing up at your home periodically to take anything they want and rape your wife. Life is great if you happen to be one of those warlords (or one of their family or close friends). Life is complete shit if you're anyone else.
And you're not escaping the leash. You're just trading in the democratic government leash for the much tighter and shorter leash that the rich and powerful will have you on in your libertarian paradise.
"You want us to save you? Sure thing. $20 billion, in cash, transferred to us before we launch--plus everything of value on the boat, including the boat itself. Don't like the terms? Fine, die."
That's one of the problems with libertarian dreamers. They crave a dog-eat-dog world, but they all think THEY'RE going to be one of the top dogs. They watch Firefly and think they're going to be Malcolm Reynolds. It never occurs to them that the vast, vast, vast majority of citizens in a truly libertarian system would basically be dirt-poor slaves to a handful of top dogs, and the odds of you being one of those top dogs (unless you're *already* very wealthy and powerful) is slim to none.
Yeah, except my Alfa Romeo came with a blutooth-only remote input that I can't use with my top of the line all-on-one remote. My Ford works just fine with it.
Yeah but, is there really anyone who wants a 360 at this point who doesn't already have one? I mean, the console has been out for almost 7 years. You can buy one used for next-to-nothing (hell, I've got an old non-HDMI model just sitting in my closet at home). Is there still someone out there still "on the fence" about buying a console that came out in 2005?
If you read up on Sealand, my favorite incident is the fire that effectively ended that wackjob dream. Here these are these libertarians screaming that they're an independent country and don't have to pay taxes. But then comes a fire and what's the first thing they do? They start screaming for the British Air Force and Navy to come save them.
Libertarians don't want to pay taxes, but let one of them dial 911 just once and be told "Tough shit. Deal with it yourself" and watch them scream like little girls.
Why is it that every Libertarian seems to think that they can skirt laws just by taking some boat out to international waters? As if the nearby country is going to be like "Damn, we know you committed the murder, but you were JUST over the line into international waters, so we're going to have to let you go!"
At those prices, I expect it to come with a warranty that backs up their "Lasts X years" claim. If you say it lasts 10 years, and you can't even offer a 5-year warranty, I'll keep my $60, thanks. I've seen too many of these bulb manufacturers make promises they knew they couldn't keep. CFL's in particular seem very sensitive to electricity fluctuations and brownouts. I've got a couple of fixtures in my house that burn through them like crazy, even after replacing the switches (finally just put a incandescent back in them and they do fine).
No way I'm slapping down that kind of money for a bulb unless I can be sure the thing is really going to last, and that the company has enough faith in it to put their money where their mouth is. I'd hate to buy a bunch of those only to have some local brownouts blow them in their first year (and find out the company won't back their product up with a replacement or refund).
Actually, Under Siege (the sequel to Under Ash) sounds like an interesting game. It's not often you get to hear the Palestinian side of the Israeli occupation in the U.S. (though you'll certainly get no shortage of blatant pro-Israeli propaganda) . Unfortunately, it's banned here.
I'm used to it, though. There is a lot of stuff you can't buy here. Still waiting for them to release "Space Race: The Untold Story" in the U.S. It's one of the best docudramas on the space race ever produced. It was produced by the BBC. National Geographic aired it in the U.S. twice and then it disappeared forever (think it slipped in under the radar until someone noticed it). Not holding my breath on the chances of a DVD release of a documentary that tells the Russian side of the Space Race and acknowledges some of NASA's more uncomfortable truths. Good luck getting anything but NASA propaganda in the U.S.
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Well, I'm a BeOS shill myself--not that any of you have probably even *heard* of that.
It's a living.
Because if it's as good as baby elephant, count me in!
Forget a zoo, I want one for my home. I'm putting it right next to my miniature pony for the cutest backyard pen ever!
I would be happy about the premium service, to keep you people from cancelling my music. But, then again, there is no way that any jukebox in any of *your* bars is going to have the kind of music on it that I'm into anyway. And no bar that would let you people in is going to serve the kind of food I eat, or the drinks that I'm into these days. I would tell you about it, but you wouldn't get it. You see, I don't even *own* a TV. And everything you like is just a ripoff of the *real* stuff that only a few people like me know about. Of course, you don't get it. But I wouldn't expect people like you to understand. You should probably stick with your radio music. Doubt you could handle the real stuff anyway.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm taking my custom painted iPad to a club that you haven't heard of, in a part of town that you've probably never been too, to listen to music you wouldn't understand, with people you would never meet. I would say goodbye, but no one says that anymore unless they're being ironic--or do they?
"Has been appropriately vetted" can mean anything. "Due process of law" suggests the involvement of the courts or a judge.
Yeah, I didn't see anything in their response about any "due process of law." Sounds like they just want to make sure the request comes from a recognized government official or office (presumably so they can blame it all on them if there's a PR backlash).
Or is the answer always, "never"?
No, but I would hope the answer would be a little better than "As long as the guy asking has proper government credentials."
it's clear that the big wireless companies are willing to shut down service—but they want the government to offer some direction. "Verizon Wireless understands that there may be some cases where shutting down wireless service to an area is necessary," the company wrote to the FCC on May 1. "In such cases, wireless carriers need a process for ensuring that the decision to shut down the network has been appropriately vetted and that the request comes from a single, reliable source."
In other words, as long as it comes from a recognized government official, we'll be happy to comply.
I think that's the same policy telcos have in Egypt and Syria, no?
I think you just confused tyranny with liberty
You think that getting rid of government is going to get you the latter. In reality, it's going to get you the former.
dging by what I've seen at waiting rooms doctors have no shortage of work load
Yeah, and you can bet they want to KEEP it that way.
I'm pretty sure the American Medical Association (made up of doctors) is going to go apeshit over even the suggestion of this.
Wrong. In a truly dog-eat-dog world, any dog that gets too far ahead gets eaten by the pack.
Yeah, except it has never once worked out that way in reality. In lawless regions or other areas where the government is weak, what inevitably happens is that you end up with a handful of powerful warlords who basically terrorize and dominate the populace. They build up their own private armies to not only protect themselves from the "pack" but to do whatever the fuck else they want too, including showing up at your home periodically to take anything they want and rape your wife. Life is great if you happen to be one of those warlords (or one of their family or close friends). Life is complete shit if you're anyone else.
And you're not escaping the leash. You're just trading in the democratic government leash for the much tighter and shorter leash that the rich and powerful will have you on in your libertarian paradise.
the only problem that i can forsee however is piracy
Come on, why would pirates want to bother with a bunch of super-rich guys on a poorly defended boat?
Oh man, would I love be the one taking that call.
"You want us to save you? Sure thing. $20 billion, in cash, transferred to us before we launch--plus everything of value on the boat, including the boat itself. Don't like the terms? Fine, die."
That's one of the problems with libertarian dreamers. They crave a dog-eat-dog world, but they all think THEY'RE going to be one of the top dogs. They watch Firefly and think they're going to be Malcolm Reynolds. It never occurs to them that the vast, vast, vast majority of citizens in a truly libertarian system would basically be dirt-poor slaves to a handful of top dogs, and the odds of you being one of those top dogs (unless you're *already* very wealthy and powerful) is slim to none.
Yeah, except my Alfa Romeo came with a blutooth-only remote input that I can't use with my top of the line all-on-one remote. My Ford works just fine with it.
Yeah but, is there really anyone who wants a 360 at this point who doesn't already have one? I mean, the console has been out for almost 7 years. You can buy one used for next-to-nothing (hell, I've got an old non-HDMI model just sitting in my closet at home). Is there still someone out there still "on the fence" about buying a console that came out in 2005?
If you read up on Sealand, my favorite incident is the fire that effectively ended that wackjob dream. Here these are these libertarians screaming that they're an independent country and don't have to pay taxes. But then comes a fire and what's the first thing they do? They start screaming for the British Air Force and Navy to come save them.
Libertarians don't want to pay taxes, but let one of them dial 911 just once and be told "Tough shit. Deal with it yourself" and watch them scream like little girls.
Why is it that every Libertarian seems to think that they can skirt laws just by taking some boat out to international waters? As if the nearby country is going to be like "Damn, we know you committed the murder, but you were JUST over the line into international waters, so we're going to have to let you go!"
At those prices, I expect it to come with a warranty that backs up their "Lasts X years" claim. If you say it lasts 10 years, and you can't even offer a 5-year warranty, I'll keep my $60, thanks. I've seen too many of these bulb manufacturers make promises they knew they couldn't keep. CFL's in particular seem very sensitive to electricity fluctuations and brownouts. I've got a couple of fixtures in my house that burn through them like crazy, even after replacing the switches (finally just put a incandescent back in them and they do fine).
No way I'm slapping down that kind of money for a bulb unless I can be sure the thing is really going to last, and that the company has enough faith in it to put their money where their mouth is. I'd hate to buy a bunch of those only to have some local brownouts blow them in their first year (and find out the company won't back their product up with a replacement or refund).
Actually, Under Siege (the sequel to Under Ash) sounds like an interesting game. It's not often you get to hear the Palestinian side of the Israeli occupation in the U.S. (though you'll certainly get no shortage of blatant pro-Israeli propaganda) . Unfortunately, it's banned here.
I'm used to it, though. There is a lot of stuff you can't buy here. Still waiting for them to release "Space Race: The Untold Story" in the U.S. It's one of the best docudramas on the space race ever produced. It was produced by the BBC. National Geographic aired it in the U.S. twice and then it disappeared forever (think it slipped in under the radar until someone noticed it). Not holding my breath on the chances of a DVD release of a documentary that tells the Russian side of the Space Race and acknowledges some of NASA's more uncomfortable truths. Good luck getting anything but NASA propaganda in the U.S.
Don't knock the F-22. It's a great plane--as long as the person flying it doesn't need oxygen, anyway.
Jesus will only come back if you also end all corporate regulation. It's in Revelations somewhere.
Congressman: So this satellite...
NASA: The "A-TOP" Anti-Terrorist Observation Platform, sir.
Congressman: It says it's for observing terrorists, but it looks like it's for monitoring the weather...
NASA: It's for monitoring terrorist efforts to use the weather as a weapon, sir.
Congressman: They can do that?!?
NASA: They're very clever, sir.