If Gandhi were alive today, he would DDoS British Salt [Manufacturer's] website, so that no one buys salt from them.
I'm fairly sure this is untrue. Gandhi advocated peaceful, non-violent protest. He specifically advocated boycotting the monopolists, not bombing their operations.
As well, the typical 1960s sit-in (ideally) didn't break anything. It just brought eyeballs to look at the venue in an attempt to discredit it. OTOH, DDoS-ing a website is effectively muzzling that site. It's crowd-sourced/flashmob censorship.
Then again, I admit I'm a bit conflicted on this as I'm of the opinion that corps have way overstepped their design boundaries, so attacking a corp. shouldn't be considered to be the same thing as attacking a person. People are persons. Corporations are legal system fictional persons.
Not that I'm advocating violent protest against corps or anything (have I mentioned I'm incorporated?). I'd just prefer the legal system made some sense.
I wouldn't mind that ruling so much if it were accompanied by "...and has all the responsibilities of a person." Then the boards of companies who willfully contribute to consumer deaths could be sent to death row.
Why the boards? The shareholders ought to shoulder the responsibility. This'd make shareholders much more involved in their decision (they'd have to be) and would go a long ways toward making the ratings agencies (Moodies, et al) and stock traders more responsible. Due diligence and accountability are two sides of one coin.
If they can prove the board lied to them, then it's the board's fault and the shareholders can sue 'em to transfer the blame to the board.
This was possible for a long time with phones yet it wasn't phone tracking which for the most part killed phone theft but remote kill switches.
Theft, shmeft! I want the thieves tracked down and caught. Killing the box just means you need to buy (from Intel?) another box. Great for Intel's sales, but no help to us!
And what does killing the CPU do to the data on the drives in the box? Methinks nothing. If it's not encrypted, they've got your data. Who cares about the box (hint: only Intel, as they can supply a replacement). This is a really dumb "solution" on Intel's part.
Wars have started over less and have cost more with millions dead between WW1 & WW2. I personally don't want a WW3 and don't delude yourself on the power of words!
So, you're of the opinion that NK should continue to expect blind support from China because that maintains the status quo, regardless of what it costs China and the rest of the world to maintain this "pleasant fiction" held by NK? And, it's your opinion that China continuing to prop up a ruthless dictatorship that has nukes is a good thing for "Peace In Our Time"?
That first sentence describes pretty much how we ended up with WWI. Franz Ferdinand is shot, war is declared, treaties demand that allies come to their rescue; WWI.
You are aware, I hope, that N&S Korea are still in a state of war as NK refused to sign an armistice agreement? Gee, I wonder why. Maybe 'cause it kept Chinese cash flowing across the Yalu River all these years?
Doesn't anybody read history anymore? Appeasement didn't work in 1939 either.
I just hope there aren't too many civillian casualties (N and S Korean, not to mention Chinese and Japanese) when the !@# inevitably hits the fan.
My post doesn't actually state this is what I believe... I do agree with that opinion.
So, to recap, you didn't actually say that WL is doing anything illegal (I did notice that), those other guys (not to mention myself) are either psychic or somehow managed to read through your "baffle 'em with BS" act and read into what you wrote just what you meant, and you now admit that you do share the opinion of the proles that WL's doing something illegal.
The obvious question now is, again, what is it that WL's done that's illegal? I'll follow that up with, who are you working for, Fifth Collumnist? The US State Dept?
As for Nixon, read a book! "All The President's Men" comes to mind. For extra credit, compare the early Karl Rove to Donald Segretti.
I'm not US-ian either, BTW. There's lots of non-US-ians who can handle stuff like this.
North Korea should not have heard that China would rather see it become part of South. This is shit stirring, just like the shit stirring in a playground amongst children! If anything this will make North Korea more paranoid and secretive. Iran should not [have] heard that the King of S-Arabia wants the US to bomb it
What?!? North Korea most certainly should have its nose rubbed in the fact that their (so far) sugar daddy is about fed up with NK's actions and about to pull the plug. I suspect China told them exactly that when the Great Leader visited Beijing recently. Their shit's been going on since the early fifties, and I don't blame China in the least for finally waking up to reality.
As for the Iran - Saudi Arabia bit, I was ecstatic to hear that come out. For years, we've watched a sabre being rattled at Iran (ostensibly because it's a threat to Israel), and I expected it was only a matter of time before another ("sadly regrettable") invasion took place. Now we know why all this posturing has been taking place. A bunch of mop-headed tyrants with a lot of oil has been lobbying the US in favour of it.
How the fsck you can call this "shit-stirring" is beyond me. I call it well overdue "light of day" comeuppance for a couple of the most brutal dictatorships on the planet! Maybe Iran has been trying to build a bomb. With two of the most powerful nations on Earth training their sights on me, I'd be pretty damned nervous WTF they were up to too. Neither has ever been shy to flex their muscles.
These are two of the most uplifting facts I've seen this decade! Bravo China! Keep it up! I didn't know you had it in you. As for Saudi Arabia, I hope I live long enough to see the House of Saud burn in a long overdue popular uprising against its tyrants.
You should be ashamed of yourself. You're most definitely "useful idiot" material in the making.
Where'd you get that idea? There's lots of ways to run a tyranny. Arguably the most benign way is to convince the mob that they're in control (aka. "Mobocracy").
The accepted way to attribute a quote to an author, poet, or lyricist is:
- R. Heinlein
In a dictionary or literary work, yes. This, on the other hand, is the Internet, and a self-described technology related nerd/geek community site. You're expected to equate RAH == Heinlein. What do you see when RMS shows up, "Root Mean Squared"?
Not even bothering to plug that into a search engine to figure that out for yourself nailed your/their(?) coffin shut. Try harder next time.
I'm still waiting for someone to come along who is "left wing" socially, and "right wing" fiscally. That would be nice. Maximum real liberty (not that so called liberals really want liberty anyway) combined with maximum amounts of economic freedom.
Those are small "L" Libertarians. Granted, a majority of them seem protectors of corporatism (I've never understood why, though it's perhaps knee-jerk anti-unionism). One of their mantras is F. Bastiat's "Laissez nous faire!" [paraphrased "Leave us alone."]
They don't care what consenting adults do with themselves in private, they're convinced the drug war is far worse than the alternative, and they love legislative paralysis (hard to screw anybody over when none can agree who to screw or how to do it). They're big on small gov't, non-interventionism, usually consider Wall St. a corrupt Ponzi game, etc.
If you're coding even barely decent software and not getting paid for it, you are doing something very very wrong.
You've a very simplistic view of the world out there. What are you, twenty-two?
You're right. I left management of the economy in the hands of those who insisted it's their job. Now, in the midst of Great Depression II, who's hiring? Gov't? I can't work for them, sorry.
Just before the onset of GDII, I was finishing up a 1.25 a. contract with one of the biggest corps out there, and they were scouring their (off-shore) employee base for people who could take over what I was doing. This was before GDII hit! I trained the three people they came up with to do it. Boy, did they look scared; deer in the headlights scared. I've no idea what eventually came of it (they don't pay me to care after end of contract).
Then, because it was such a sexy problem, I signed onto a new high-tech startup doing development and administration in return for shares in the co. It worked out well and I have my shares. Where do you think that startup is now, in the depths of GDII?
And comparing it to writing a book is just idiotic. Imagine working on a software project for 1-10 years and then getting paid for it... or not.
I suggest it depends on the book. Technical Manual book, Isaac Asimov book, or J. K. Rowling?
Frankly, that sounds a lot like contracting to me. You spend a great whack of time developing and honing your skills, marketing yourself to recruiters/headhunters, and slowly pissing away your savings until you finally manage to find someone with the smarts to notice that you can solve their problem.
Then some pissant like Bernie Madoff or Norman Greenspan tosses a spent match into a gas can and blows up the economy. Again.
Yeah, I'm definitely doing something wrong, but tell me again, why is Wall St. still getting their outrageous bonuses? Why's Madoff's family still rich, and free?
Why, when I did such great work for them, did they still want to off-shore my position ASAP when they were (and still are) wallowing in cash? No, it's not because I'm expensive (I'm not). It's because their shareholders and board of directors are far more greedy than I.
Do you know how many people are struggling to make a living off writing? Do you know what kind of investment it takes to write a book, putting years of your life into it, and not knowing at all if it will pay off?
Do you know how many people are struggling to make a living off software engineering? Do you know what kind of investment it takes to perfect your skills with highly technical subjects, putting years of your life into it, and not knowing at all if it will pay off, or that any of those skills will still be useful tomorrow due to the speed of technological advancements?
See the pattern? You argue for a culture of entitlement.
Seriously? Are you 3 years old and still think being a 'pirate' in any form is 'good'?
Seriously? I heard one just the other day: Guy buys dvd (last copy in the store). It's damaged. Futz around with return credits, when he knows it won't get him what he wants? No. DL a pirated version. He's paid for his copy. Where's the beef?
Do you really think that's immoral? It may be illegal, but that's because of your fsck'd up legal system. Here in Canada, we pay a tax on all blank media, ostensibly to cover piracy for the producers. Guess what happens in real life (ACTA, Bill C-32(?))?
And I, like him, assumed it was a typo. I've never heard of an AK-74. About a quarter of the way through the thread, somebody was responding to AK-47 posts with AK-74. What?!? "Meh. Sticky fingers."
Being a spelling & grammar Nazi is a sign you do not *poses* the intelligence to contribute to the conversation
Ah, insult people who call you on your laziness and slipshoddiness. If you can't be bothered to proofread what you write, why should I bother reading it? Whether you accept the fact or not, a spellchecker is not a sufficient replacement for your brain.
People who complain about spelling nazis are just too damned lazy to care what others get from their message. Why bother writing it in the first place if you don't care what your readership gets from your words?
Oh wow, you programmed C for 20 years? incredible.... oh wait, guess what, any kid can program in C, it's taught at high schools, that's no accomplishment. When you get a Nobel prize for an incredible Scientific discovery (which is what Men have been doing, we've created all Science and Technology you see around you, you ungrateful cunt) then you can run your mouth about equality and what is and is not offensive, until then, STFU.
Wow. The most egregiously asshole-ish asshole I've yet to come across. Huh.
High praise, assholish-wise. Do you specialize in this? Done research to hone your skills? It's paying off. I never want to come closer to a parsec between us. Great job. You're officially an imbecile.
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So much for that quaint anacronysm, "Assumed innocent until proven guilty."
"Yo, sarge, maybe he just mis-remembered it?" "Nah, he must be trying to trick us. Off with his head!"
That's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism, not racism.
I'm fairly sure this is untrue. Gandhi advocated peaceful, non-violent protest. He specifically advocated boycotting the monopolists, not bombing their operations.
As well, the typical 1960s sit-in (ideally) didn't break anything. It just brought eyeballs to look at the venue in an attempt to discredit it. OTOH, DDoS-ing a website is effectively muzzling that site. It's crowd-sourced/flashmob censorship.
Then again, I admit I'm a bit conflicted on this as I'm of the opinion that corps have way overstepped their design boundaries, so attacking a corp. shouldn't be considered to be the same thing as attacking a person. People are persons. Corporations are legal system fictional persons.
Not that I'm advocating violent protest against corps or anything (have I mentioned I'm incorporated?). I'd just prefer the legal system made some sense.
Why the boards? The shareholders ought to shoulder the responsibility. This'd make shareholders much more involved in their decision (they'd have to be) and would go a long ways toward making the ratings agencies (Moodies, et al) and stock traders more responsible. Due diligence and accountability are two sides of one coin.
If they can prove the board lied to them, then it's the board's fault and the shareholders can sue 'em to transfer the blame to the board.
You're correct, I didn't know that. So, did they do it right?
Theft, shmeft! I want the thieves tracked down and caught. Killing the box just means you need to buy (from Intel?) another box. Great for Intel's sales, but no help to us!
And what does killing the CPU do to the data on the drives in the box? Methinks nothing. If it's not encrypted, they've got your data. Who cares about the box (hint: only Intel, as they can supply a replacement). This is a really dumb "solution" on Intel's part.
Indeed, and what a foolish way of doing it! If it's connected via 3G, report its GPS location quietly, FFS!
Powerful magnet passed over harddrive. Granted, it's tough to do that remotely, and easily recovered with proper backups.
So, you're of the opinion that NK should continue to expect blind support from China because that maintains the status quo, regardless of what it costs China and the rest of the world to maintain this "pleasant fiction" held by NK? And, it's your opinion that China continuing to prop up a ruthless dictatorship that has nukes is a good thing for "Peace In Our Time"?
That first sentence describes pretty much how we ended up with WWI. Franz Ferdinand is shot, war is declared, treaties demand that allies come to their rescue; WWI.
You are aware, I hope, that N&S Korea are still in a state of war as NK refused to sign an armistice agreement? Gee, I wonder why. Maybe 'cause it kept Chinese cash flowing across the Yalu River all these years?
Doesn't anybody read history anymore? Appeasement didn't work in 1939 either.
I just hope there aren't too many civillian casualties (N and S Korean, not to mention Chinese and Japanese) when the !@# inevitably hits the fan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience
So, to recap, you didn't actually say that WL is doing anything illegal (I did notice that), those other guys (not to mention myself) are either psychic or somehow managed to read through your "baffle 'em with BS" act and read into what you wrote just what you meant, and you now admit that you do share the opinion of the proles that WL's doing something illegal.
The obvious question now is, again, what is it that WL's done that's illegal? I'll follow that up with, who are you working for, Fifth Collumnist? The US State Dept?
As for Nixon, read a book! "All The President's Men" comes to mind. For extra credit, compare the early Karl Rove to Donald Segretti.
I'm not US-ian either, BTW. There's lots of non-US-ians who can handle stuff like this.
What?!? North Korea most certainly should have its nose rubbed in the fact that their (so far) sugar daddy is about fed up with NK's actions and about to pull the plug. I suspect China told them exactly that when the Great Leader visited Beijing recently. Their shit's been going on since the early fifties, and I don't blame China in the least for finally waking up to reality.
As for the Iran - Saudi Arabia bit, I was ecstatic to hear that come out. For years, we've watched a sabre being rattled at Iran (ostensibly because it's a threat to Israel), and I expected it was only a matter of time before another ("sadly regrettable") invasion took place. Now we know why all this posturing has been taking place. A bunch of mop-headed tyrants with a lot of oil has been lobbying the US in favour of it.
How the fsck you can call this "shit-stirring" is beyond me. I call it well overdue "light of day" comeuppance for a couple of the most brutal dictatorships on the planet! Maybe Iran has been trying to build a bomb. With two of the most powerful nations on Earth training their sights on me, I'd be pretty damned nervous WTF they were up to too. Neither has ever been shy to flex their muscles.
These are two of the most uplifting facts I've seen this decade! Bravo China! Keep it up! I didn't know you had it in you. As for Saudi Arabia, I hope I live long enough to see the House of Saud burn in a long overdue popular uprising against its tyrants.
You should be ashamed of yourself. You're most definitely "useful idiot" material in the making.
Where'd you get that idea? There's lots of ways to run a tyranny. Arguably the most benign way is to convince the mob that they're in control (aka. "Mobocracy").
In a dictionary or literary work, yes. This, on the other hand, is the Internet, and a self-described technology related nerd/geek community site. You're expected to equate RAH == Heinlein. What do you see when RMS shows up, "Root Mean Squared"?
Not even bothering to plug that into a search engine to figure that out for yourself nailed your/their(?) coffin shut. Try harder next time.
Those are small "L" Libertarians. Granted, a majority of them seem protectors of corporatism (I've never understood why, though it's perhaps knee-jerk anti-unionism). One of their mantras is F. Bastiat's "Laissez nous faire!" [paraphrased "Leave us alone."]
They don't care what consenting adults do with themselves in private, they're convinced the drug war is far worse than the alternative, and they love legislative paralysis (hard to screw anybody over when none can agree who to screw or how to do it). They're big on small gov't, non-interventionism, usually consider Wall St. a corrupt Ponzi game, etc.
You've a very simplistic view of the world out there. What are you, twenty-two?
You're right. I left management of the economy in the hands of those who insisted it's their job. Now, in the midst of Great Depression II, who's hiring? Gov't? I can't work for them, sorry.
Just before the onset of GDII, I was finishing up a 1.25 a. contract with one of the biggest corps out there, and they were scouring their (off-shore) employee base for people who could take over what I was doing. This was before GDII hit! I trained the three people they came up with to do it. Boy, did they look scared; deer in the headlights scared. I've no idea what eventually came of it (they don't pay me to care after end of contract).
Then, because it was such a sexy problem, I signed onto a new high-tech startup doing development and administration in return for shares in the co. It worked out well and I have my shares. Where do you think that startup is now, in the depths of GDII?
I suggest it depends on the book. Technical Manual book, Isaac Asimov book, or J. K. Rowling?
Frankly, that sounds a lot like contracting to me. You spend a great whack of time developing and honing your skills, marketing yourself to recruiters/headhunters, and slowly pissing away your savings until you finally manage to find someone with the smarts to notice that you can solve their problem.
Then some pissant like Bernie Madoff or Norman Greenspan tosses a spent match into a gas can and blows up the economy. Again.
Yeah, I'm definitely doing something wrong, but tell me again, why is Wall St. still getting their outrageous bonuses? Why's Madoff's family still rich, and free?
Why, when I did such great work for them, did they still want to off-shore my position ASAP when they were (and still are) wallowing in cash? No, it's not because I'm expensive (I'm not). It's because their shareholders and board of directors are far more greedy than I.
Do you know how many people are struggling to make a living off software engineering? Do you know what kind of investment it takes to perfect your skills with highly technical subjects, putting years of your life into it, and not knowing at all if it will pay off, or that any of those skills will still be useful tomorrow due to the speed of technological advancements?
See the pattern? You argue for a culture of entitlement.
Seriously? I heard one just the other day: Guy buys dvd (last copy in the store). It's damaged. Futz around with return credits, when he knows it won't get him what he wants? No. DL a pirated version. He's paid for his copy. Where's the beef?
Do you really think that's immoral? It may be illegal, but that's because of your fsck'd up legal system. Here in Canada, we pay a tax on all blank media, ostensibly to cover piracy for the producers. Guess what happens in real life (ACTA, Bill C-32(?))?
And I, like him, assumed it was a typo. I've never heard of an AK-74. About a quarter of the way through the thread, somebody was responding to AK-47 posts with AK-74. What?!? "Meh. Sticky fingers."
Why is this modded troll? I thought the same thing.
An AK-47 can shoot through a tree. An M-16 can hit exactly the right tree. Choose your weapon carefully, depending on what's required of it.
Damn, I'm tired of all the kneejerk "Troll!" accusations we see today. If you can't argue your point, slander them! Yeah!
You can! Depends on the Canadian, and what your offer is. What do you expect my duties to be, master?
Ah, insult people who call you on your laziness and slipshoddiness. If you can't be bothered to proofread what you write, why should I bother reading it? Whether you accept the fact or not, a spellchecker is not a sufficient replacement for your brain.
People who complain about spelling nazis are just too damned lazy to care what others get from their message. Why bother writing it in the first place if you don't care what your readership gets from your words?
Wow. The most egregiously asshole-ish asshole I've yet to come across. Huh.
High praise, assholish-wise. Do you specialize in this? Done research to hone your skills? It's paying off. I never want to come closer to a parsec between us. Great job. You're officially an imbecile.
"A few years ago...", you upgraded them to 3.11?!?
I hope they sue you.
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