My laptop might as well be a desktop, it goes nowhere now.
When I go out I don't need music to distract me, because I'm in the sticks. I want to hear the silence of the countryside (and there is a spot where it is totally silent - just four miles away from Nottingham city centre! You can hear the blood rushing through your ears). I need to be able to hear the bending grass as the rabbit steps over, and that satisfying slap as the pellet blats through its skull at 630 feet per second tells me I'm eating good fresh untainted meat that evening.
fuck all that shit, if you want privacy online, DO SHIT OFFLINE.
Anyone else remember way back when we actually had to go face to face for human interaction because international calls cost a fucking fortune? Facebook has killed not only the art of conversation, but it has also seriously harmed the human psyche in terms of our ABILITY to socialise in what scant twenty years ago would have been considered normal modes of interaction.
Think about it: if you have accounts on any website that offers it for "free", and that includes Slashdot, ANYTHING you post on them, any email you send through GMail, or Yahoo, or MSN/Hotmail, any photo you post on Facebook, any tweet you send, from the moment it hits the site and regardless of "privacy" settings, belongs to the company that owns the service. You're not a valued client to them for the simple reason that you're not paying out of your pocket for the service. What you're *giving* these companies is something far more valuable: your personal data. This they use to target ads, to collect statistical data, and yes, to track you as an individual through trackable crumbs left on your computer and through your online accounts.
Don't take my word for it, have a proper read through the terms and conditions on these sites. Somewhere in there, in not so many words, hidden in among the boilerplate, is the phrase, "WE OWN YOUR DATA".
so you do what the Romans did. Keep the masses idiotic, fed and entertained. Bread and circuses. Schools can fail right and left, as long as the system churns out enough starving idiots to keep the mill running, their blood can lubricate the machinery. "No child left behind"? Surely, "No child without a drudge job, and so long welfare system". They've got it well under way in the UK, the welfare system is so badly raped it's nonfunctional, the economy is fucked beyond measure and the only jobs available are lowskill/noskill shelf stacking and street sweeping at poverty wage. Basically if you're not working you have no income and unless you have a box trailer with 4 acres of dirt on the roof, you're going to starve to death if you don't freeze first.
really? So, when did you "choose" to be straight/gay/into goats/whatever?
It's not a question you (or anyone) can answer honestly because there IS NO ANSWER that is a: truthful and b: honest. The idea that you make a conscious decision about your sexuality has been debunked so many times it's not even funny.
what if it's the gene itself that switches individual selfishness on?
It can't all be nurture, just like being homosexual vs being heterosexual. It's not a lifestyle choice, it's what you are. Validated data proves it. You're born gay or you're born straight, you're born terminally magnanimous or you're born an arsehole.
except it's the selfish assholes who equip themselves to guard what they have against anybody else getting it. The selfish assholes survive because they have the keys to the grain silo, everybody else (read: who hasn't got a copy of the key) can go die in a field. Selfish asshole (=selfish gene) survives, the meek inherit the Earth. From six feet beneath it.
what proportion of annual turnover have Morris et al paid over the Kessler decision?
I daresay not nearly enough to HURT THEM or even cause them to change their behaviour for the better.
(according to Beachler, Morris, which holds fully 1/7 of the global tobacco industry under its corporate flag, paid 1.1 billion Dollars in 2004 and 550 million in 2010, out of the total global annual revenue for the entire industry in legitimate trade of US$400billion (2008) (Morris makes $28billion in DOMESTIC revenues per year). In six years Philip Morris paid a grand total of 0.5% portion of its annual turnover in RICO penalty, which given the variability of the stock market can be written off as a rounding error! In fact, Morris writes off the fines (or any civil settlement, for that matter) as "goodwill expenses" and claims it back on its tax returns!)
new tubs are made of laminated composite, which is designed to SHATTER if you drop something heavy like a deadweight human body on it. This is primarily to prevent drowning. I won't even go there with the rest of it because frankly I think you're being a twat for the sake of being a twat.
uh... it's a matter of public record what Blair did, I mentioned nothing about lizards (you did) so don't pull that Icke bullshit on me, and I wouldn't know about Thatcher's gastronomic habits.
ah, the crotch rocketeers. See, they won't stop after you on a busy twin track and ask if you need help. They'll gun it and blast past you so fast the draft blows you over. I can only apologise for them, they think they're bikers, they're really just kids.
Bank of America? It's been under constant investigation under RICO for the last three years or so. If such behaviour didn't exist, why is there a SPECIFIC law concerning it?
18 U.S.C. ch. 96 1961-1968 for reference
the Kessler decision seems to have had little effect on the tobacco industry. In fact, it's bigger than ever.
that is word for word the advertising blurb I suggested for Beko not too long ago. I've got a cooker that is completely FUCKED one WEEK out of warranty.
putting your full weight on the door is NOT normal treatment. That was action clearly intended to push the components past their designed stress capacity. In fact, I would be concerned if the hinge DIDN'T give way with someone's full weight on it - what if it was your neck across it? Would you want the hinge to hold turning the door into a garotte? Or would you want it to give way, potentially saving your life?
you have the right to SAY you're going to shoot me in the face. You DO NOT have the right to actually shoot me in the face. That would be attempted murder. Which is AGAINST THE LAW.
Your reading comprehension sucks balls, by the way.
the thing is, they're looking at not just money claims for this, they're looking at deciding summary cases online as well! It's bad enough that plans are already afoot to embed magistrates in police stations - these are people who can send you to prison without a jury trial for up to two YEARS - now we're talking about full-on judges who have the entire sentencing structure to choose from - added to that the fact that you are NOT guaranteed a jury trial, and if you demand one after the judge has said no, you have no appeal against that decision. He'll more than likely have you excluded from the chamber and carry on in your absence.
Slashdot Mirror
nice if you've got last.net email domain to validate your account on.
I went one better: I got rid of my phone.
My laptop might as well be a desktop, it goes nowhere now.
When I go out I don't need music to distract me, because I'm in the sticks. I want to hear the silence of the countryside (and there is a spot where it is totally silent - just four miles away from Nottingham city centre! You can hear the blood rushing through your ears). I need to be able to hear the bending grass as the rabbit steps over, and that satisfying slap as the pellet blats through its skull at 630 feet per second tells me I'm eating good fresh untainted meat that evening.
fuck all that shit, if you want privacy online, DO SHIT OFFLINE.
Anyone else remember way back when we actually had to go face to face for human interaction because international calls cost a fucking fortune? Facebook has killed not only the art of conversation, but it has also seriously harmed the human psyche in terms of our ABILITY to socialise in what scant twenty years ago would have been considered normal modes of interaction.
Think about it: if you have accounts on any website that offers it for "free", and that includes Slashdot, ANYTHING you post on them, any email you send through GMail, or Yahoo, or MSN/Hotmail, any photo you post on Facebook, any tweet you send, from the moment it hits the site and regardless of "privacy" settings, belongs to the company that owns the service. You're not a valued client to them for the simple reason that you're not paying out of your pocket for the service. What you're *giving* these companies is something far more valuable: your personal data. This they use to target ads, to collect statistical data, and yes, to track you as an individual through trackable crumbs left on your computer and through your online accounts.
Don't take my word for it, have a proper read through the terms and conditions on these sites. Somewhere in there, in not so many words, hidden in among the boilerplate, is the phrase, "WE OWN YOUR DATA".
so you do what the Romans did. Keep the masses idiotic, fed and entertained. Bread and circuses. Schools can fail right and left, as long as the system churns out enough starving idiots to keep the mill running, their blood can lubricate the machinery. "No child left behind"? Surely, "No child without a drudge job, and so long welfare system". They've got it well under way in the UK, the welfare system is so badly raped it's nonfunctional, the economy is fucked beyond measure and the only jobs available are lowskill/noskill shelf stacking and street sweeping at poverty wage. Basically if you're not working you have no income and unless you have a box trailer with 4 acres of dirt on the roof, you're going to starve to death if you don't freeze first.
bribing the military? How about *owning* the military?
Naming no names, of course.
really? So, when did you "choose" to be straight/gay/into goats/whatever?
It's not a question you (or anyone) can answer honestly because there IS NO ANSWER that is a: truthful and b: honest. The idea that you make a conscious decision about your sexuality has been debunked so many times it's not even funny.
what fines?? They're written off and claimed back on tax as deductibles!
it is also replete with examples of selfish assholes who glut while all around the angry mobs are too starved to raise their voices, never mind arms.
so if he was being supervised how the FUCK did he manage to fuck the hinge?
He wasn't being supervised that closely, now was he?
Any more holes you'd like poking in your expert opinion?
what if it's the gene itself that switches individual selfishness on?
It can't all be nurture, just like being homosexual vs being heterosexual. It's not a lifestyle choice, it's what you are. Validated data proves it. You're born gay or you're born straight, you're born terminally magnanimous or you're born an arsehole.
except it's the selfish assholes who equip themselves to guard what they have against anybody else getting it. The selfish assholes survive because they have the keys to the grain silo, everybody else (read: who hasn't got a copy of the key) can go die in a field. Selfish asshole (=selfish gene) survives, the meek inherit the Earth. From six feet beneath it.
what proportion of annual turnover have Morris et al paid over the Kessler decision?
I daresay not nearly enough to HURT THEM or even cause them to change their behaviour for the better.
(according to Beachler, Morris, which holds fully 1/7 of the global tobacco industry under its corporate flag, paid 1.1 billion Dollars in 2004 and 550 million in 2010, out of the total global annual revenue for the entire industry in legitimate trade of US$400billion (2008) (Morris makes $28billion in DOMESTIC revenues per year). In six years Philip Morris paid a grand total of 0.5% portion of its annual turnover in RICO penalty, which given the variability of the stock market can be written off as a rounding error! In fact, Morris writes off the fines (or any civil settlement, for that matter) as "goodwill expenses" and claims it back on its tax returns!)
new tubs are made of laminated composite, which is designed to SHATTER if you drop something heavy like a deadweight human body on it. This is primarily to prevent drowning. I won't even go there with the rest of it because frankly I think you're being a twat for the sake of being a twat.
uh... it's a matter of public record what Blair did, I mentioned nothing about lizards (you did) so don't pull that Icke bullshit on me, and I wouldn't know about Thatcher's gastronomic habits.
ah, the crotch rocketeers. See, they won't stop after you on a busy twin track and ask if you need help. They'll gun it and blast past you so fast the draft blows you over. I can only apologise for them, they think they're bikers, they're really just kids.
cctv
that is all.
Bank of America? It's been under constant investigation under RICO for the last three years or so. If such behaviour didn't exist, why is there a SPECIFIC law concerning it?
18 U.S.C. ch. 96 1961-1968 for reference
the Kessler decision seems to have had little effect on the tobacco industry. In fact, it's bigger than ever.
that is word for word the advertising blurb I suggested for Beko not too long ago. I've got a cooker that is completely FUCKED one WEEK out of warranty.
putting your full weight on the door is NOT normal treatment. That was action clearly intended to push the components past their designed stress capacity. In fact, I would be concerned if the hinge DIDN'T give way with someone's full weight on it - what if it was your neck across it? Would you want the hinge to hold turning the door into a garotte? Or would you want it to give way, potentially saving your life?
I'm not going to bite because you've already made up your mind and you are WRONG.
damn.
Wait, do Caterpillars and different coloured laces count?
you have the right to SAY you're going to shoot me in the face. You DO NOT have the right to actually shoot me in the face. That would be attempted murder. Which is AGAINST THE LAW.
Your reading comprehension sucks balls, by the way.
the thing is, they're looking at not just money claims for this, they're looking at deciding summary cases online as well! It's bad enough that plans are already afoot to embed magistrates in police stations - these are people who can send you to prison without a jury trial for up to two YEARS - now we're talking about full-on judges who have the entire sentencing structure to choose from - added to that the fact that you are NOT guaranteed a jury trial, and if you demand one after the judge has said no, you have no appeal against that decision. He'll more than likely have you excluded from the chamber and carry on in your absence.
giggity!