Why do all that? Just open a legit retail phone outlet, activate them to your own stable of fictional characters, and thereby siphon off as many phones as you need.
I can see it now -- some enterprising Russian mobster selling fake identities for everyday use by regular non-criminal people, which he generates and maintains for a small monthly fee. I don't see how this is functionally different from the identity theft industry, except for occasionally needing to create "original" documents since it won't use a pre-existing identity.
As I understand the law, it is NOT a crime to call yourself whatever you wish, so long as there is no intent to defraud.
I've heard rumblings in the past about the Feds deliberately trying to dry up the cash economy because so much of it goes untaxed, since of course in the govt's eyes, we're nothing but ATM machines. I do sometimes wonder if relatively lax credit card regs might have a dual goal -- to reduce use of cash, as much as to make banks rich.
I thought I saw a post that mentioned shortwave, but lost it and can't find it again offhand. Anyway, I'm now wondering if a more-portable implementation of shortwave, bypassing the phone carriers altogether, might be in our privacy futures (not to mention in Evil Terrorists' futures). No reason the SW transmission can't be somehow encoded prior to transmission, is there?? (Hey, no one ever broke those random-number-strings, eh?) Main limit would be the atmospheric bounce patterns, but that's not a concern if you're all in the same general region anyway.
I know a woman who was a firefighter. When she got divorced, her ex used that in court to take the kids. He was a lousy father, she's a good mom, but that wasn't relevant, all that counted was that she was in a high-risk job. She had to give up her job to get her kids back, even part time.
Goes to show how this equality thing can bite you in the ass.
I think what the parent post meant was that the *AA has decided that if they can knock over Sweden, the rest of Europe will fall like dominos to the *AA's will, which of course is to outlaw all filesharing entirely.
Actually, this is evidence that the Earth is *supposed* to be much warmer than it is, but has been artificially cooled by invasive influences, such as asteroid strikes.
(Which may not be an entirely facetious comment, now that I think about it.)
True -- what the heck is it with corporations, at first they're perfectly profitable doing what they do best, and everything is copasetic; then they reach a certain threshold of size and growth, and suddenly they borgify like this.:(
Google is becoming the Microsoft of the internet.:/
I'm not sure it's so much "burying usenet" as it is about prioritizing their search for websites. So a crappy mirror on a WEBsite will get listed far above the real thing.
Tho I do think the Googleborg has gotten way out of hand, as demonstrated by recent changes that clearly do not give a shit about what users want (you know, the ones who made Google's marketshare so large in the first place), and are mainly geared toward sucking profit out of corporate partners.
Exactly, to the point that people who enjoyed the camraderie of Usenet finally said to hell with it, and went off to Yahoo Groups or webforums or other places with more controllable access -- solely because of the kooks and trolls and sockpuppets and sporging and all the other crap that eventually made it impossible to have a rational discussion on Usenet.:(
Attempts at moderating, no matter how gently phrased, invariably became "You're not the boss of me!" flamewars, which only made matters worse.
There are still spasms of sanity in isolated parts of Usenet, but once you get below a critical mass of regular posters, people lose interest and wander away, no matter how dedicated they used to be. And now that there are so many options elsewhere, even the sane users are diluted down below that critical mass.
I'm now imagining commercial flights where instead of seats, you have rows of what amount to bicycles and treadles, so the passengers provide the motive power:)
Back in the early days of the gas price spike (initially in the mid-1970s) I found that the optimal fuel-conservation speed for my old car was 52mph. Not 50, not 55. (And a bit less against headwinds.) The difference was about 3mpg, which was worthwhile over a long trip. Multiply that times the cost of jet fuel and you betcha, 2 or 3 kph is significant.
My truck makes this obvious. With the accelerator at the "55mph normal" position, and a 30mph headwind, it slows down to about 40-45mph, all by itself. I have to feed it a lot more gas to get back to 55mph. Same effect as if I were driving 80mph. (If it would go that fast.:)
Whether this is true varies wildly, depending on the drug as much as the format. Some are stable indefinitely; others have a fixed shelf life; still others degrade slowly over time.
Three realworld examples, all liquid injectables (as stored in the fridge) that I have considerable firsthand experience with across several decades:
Epinephrine: when the bottle says it's expired, it WILL stop working within at most a few weeks.
Oxytocin: remains effective for 3 to 5 years after the expiration date, but becomes weaker over time, so needs increased dosage. Soon after it reaches "double dose required", it stops working entirely.
Atropine: I have some on hand that is now approx. 22 years old (stale date was in 1991, which as I vaguely recall gave it a 3 year shelf life) and it still works as good as ever.
Anyway, you can see the danger of generalizing too broadly:)
And if this is the first time they've observed it, they're mighty slow and should maybe ask some livestock producers what goes on in the barnyard. This sort of behaviour often happens if the female can reach the male's equipment during sex. Frex, bitches will sometimes give the male a good scrubbing while tied (and v.v.), and I've seen more than one do some obvious stimulation if she thinks he's too slow (grab the poor male's penis in her teeth and drag him around, or knock him down and dig madly at his genitals).
A lot of animals masturbate too (sometimes in creative ways), and if they use a "humpin' helper" may be picky about the gender of their "hump". Many bitches are enthusiastic lesbians most of the time. I've often seen bitches run over to a tied pair and back up into 'em like "me too!" And so on.
"You should not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harm it would cause if improperly administered."
-- Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of the U.S.
Dogs and cats too (risk is about 1% per studies I've seen). The problem isn't the chip; it's the coating that's designed to cause scar tissue to anchor it in place. Chronic irritation can cause a tumour in susceptible tissues and/or individuals.
I don't know about the others, but uTorrent appears to write random garbage filched from similar filetypes on the same drive. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but that's what I've seen when I've looked at 'em with a hex viewer.
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Why do all that? Just open a legit retail phone outlet, activate them to your own stable of fictional characters, and thereby siphon off as many phones as you need.
Phone laundering, the next big thing...
I can see it now -- some enterprising Russian mobster selling fake identities for everyday use by regular non-criminal people, which he generates and maintains for a small monthly fee. I don't see how this is functionally different from the identity theft industry, except for occasionally needing to create "original" documents since it won't use a pre-existing identity.
As I understand the law, it is NOT a crime to call yourself whatever you wish, so long as there is no intent to defraud.
I've heard rumblings in the past about the Feds deliberately trying to dry up the cash economy because so much of it goes untaxed, since of course in the govt's eyes, we're nothing but ATM machines. I do sometimes wonder if relatively lax credit card regs might have a dual goal -- to reduce use of cash, as much as to make banks rich.
I thought I saw a post that mentioned shortwave, but lost it and can't find it again offhand. Anyway, I'm now wondering if a more-portable implementation of shortwave, bypassing the phone carriers altogether, might be in our privacy futures (not to mention in Evil Terrorists' futures). No reason the SW transmission can't be somehow encoded prior to transmission, is there?? (Hey, no one ever broke those random-number-strings, eh?) Main limit would be the atmospheric bounce patterns, but that's not a concern if you're all in the same general region anyway.
And I'm sure every phone is used ONLY by the person who bought it, RIGHT???
Artificial eyes... witness to a crime... a little photoshop and hacking magic... what? I didn't see nothin'!!
I know a woman who was a firefighter. When she got divorced, her ex used that in court to take the kids. He was a lousy father, she's a good mom, but that wasn't relevant, all that counted was that she was in a high-risk job. She had to give up her job to get her kids back, even part time.
Goes to show how this equality thing can bite you in the ass.
I think what the parent post meant was that the *AA has decided that if they can knock over Sweden, the rest of Europe will fall like dominos to the *AA's will, which of course is to outlaw all filesharing entirely.
Thst was my thought too. You don't see much malware code on Sourceforge, do you?? Why on earth would someone opensource their biological weapon??
While the concept is good from a research POV, it's hardly going to save us from a nutcase armed with a hacked copy of Recombinant DNA For Dummies.
Actually, this is evidence that the Earth is *supposed* to be much warmer than it is, but has been artificially cooled by invasive influences, such as asteroid strikes.
(Which may not be an entirely facetious comment, now that I think about it.)
True -- what the heck is it with corporations, at first they're perfectly profitable doing what they do best, and everything is copasetic; then they reach a certain threshold of size and growth, and suddenly they borgify like this. :(
Google is becoming the Microsoft of the internet. :/
I'm not sure it's so much "burying usenet" as it is about prioritizing their search for websites. So a crappy mirror on a WEBsite will get listed far above the real thing.
Tho I do think the Googleborg has gotten way out of hand, as demonstrated by recent changes that clearly do not give a shit about what users want (you know, the ones who made Google's marketshare so large in the first place), and are mainly geared toward sucking profit out of corporate partners.
Exactly, to the point that people who enjoyed the camraderie of Usenet finally said to hell with it, and went off to Yahoo Groups or webforums or other places with more controllable access -- solely because of the kooks and trolls and sockpuppets and sporging and all the other crap that eventually made it impossible to have a rational discussion on Usenet. :(
Attempts at moderating, no matter how gently phrased, invariably became "You're not the boss of me!" flamewars, which only made matters worse.
There are still spasms of sanity in isolated parts of Usenet, but once you get below a critical mass of regular posters, people lose interest and wander away, no matter how dedicated they used to be. And now that there are so many options elsewhere, even the sane users are diluted down below that critical mass.
Yeah, but they'll each have two heads, so they'll count as two kids anyway.
"I mean please, do you realize how fast technology is moving in these areas? By 2035 that plane design will look stupid."
No doubt, but 2035's designs won't get built until 2112, so...
I'm now imagining commercial flights where instead of seats, you have rows of what amount to bicycles and treadles, so the passengers provide the motive power :)
Back in the early days of the gas price spike (initially in the mid-1970s) I found that the optimal fuel-conservation speed for my old car was 52mph. Not 50, not 55. (And a bit less against headwinds.) The difference was about 3mpg, which was worthwhile over a long trip. Multiply that times the cost of jet fuel and you betcha, 2 or 3 kph is significant.
My truck makes this obvious. With the accelerator at the "55mph normal" position, and a 30mph headwind, it slows down to about 40-45mph, all by itself. I have to feed it a lot more gas to get back to 55mph. Same effect as if I were driving 80mph. (If it would go that fast. :)
I see your problem -- your throat was installed upsidedown ;)
Whether this is true varies wildly, depending on the drug as much as the format. Some are stable indefinitely; others have a fixed shelf life; still others degrade slowly over time.
Three realworld examples, all liquid injectables (as stored in the fridge) that I have considerable firsthand experience with across several decades:
Epinephrine: when the bottle says it's expired, it WILL stop working within at most a few weeks.
Oxytocin: remains effective for 3 to 5 years after the expiration date, but becomes weaker over time, so needs increased dosage. Soon after it reaches "double dose required", it stops working entirely.
Atropine: I have some on hand that is now approx. 22 years old (stale date was in 1991, which as I vaguely recall gave it a 3 year shelf life) and it still works as good as ever.
Anyway, you can see the danger of generalizing too broadly :)
Which is exactly what Google is suffering from, since the latest site redesign :(
And if this is the first time they've observed it, they're mighty slow and should maybe ask some livestock producers what goes on in the barnyard. This sort of behaviour often happens if the female can reach the male's equipment during sex. Frex, bitches will sometimes give the male a good scrubbing while tied (and v.v.), and I've seen more than one do some obvious stimulation if she thinks he's too slow (grab the poor male's penis in her teeth and drag him around, or knock him down and dig madly at his genitals).
A lot of animals masturbate too (sometimes in creative ways), and if they use a "humpin' helper" may be picky about the gender of their "hump". Many bitches are enthusiastic lesbians most of the time. I've often seen bitches run over to a tied pair and back up into 'em like "me too!" And so on.
So as you say... $deity obviously approved.
This cannot be repeated too often:
"You should not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harm it would cause if improperly administered."
-- Lyndon Johnson, 36th President of the U.S.
Dogs and cats too (risk is about 1% per studies I've seen). The problem isn't the chip; it's the coating that's designed to cause scar tissue to anchor it in place. Chronic irritation can cause a tumour in susceptible tissues and/or individuals.
I don't know about the others, but uTorrent appears to write random garbage filched from similar filetypes on the same drive. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but that's what I've seen when I've looked at 'em with a hex viewer.