We are about to live in a totalitarian government, controlled by the financial elite who use their corporate control to bribe our politicians, who in turn pass bills that completely destroy our freedom. Mark my words... the SSSCA is nothing. We are going to hit the big brick wall called 1984, and at the speed we're going, it's going to hurt damned fucking badly. Yet we are going to tell our politicians, knowing they're corrupt? We shall say that whatever freedom we still possess is theirs, so long as we are safe.
Wake up. They can never provide us with full safety. Besides... what's safety without freedom? Are criminals not safe inside maximum security, one room secluded confinement rooms? Timothy McVeigh was, but he sure as hell wasn't ever going to have the ability to choose, or say anything worthwhile, ever again. We are asking for this. We are asking to become prisoners. To think that all this is for the convenience of having goods and services we don't need that the corporations tell us we must have.
Anyone saying that they live in a different country, and hence are safe, is wrong. The same financial elite (the bilderbergers, the trilateral commission, and the world economic forum) are in control of your countries too; Canada, European Union, Asia.... (including Russia) we are all screwed. Ever notice how very similar bills are being presented everywhere? The governments are slowly, but surely, coming under the same rules of a global economy. Totalitarianism approaches.
Orwell said it best: "The power lies within the prolls." Good luck convincing the gullible idiots of this world that they are about to lose everything they ever desired without any form of fight. Hell... they'll hand it over gladly, and praise the 'heros' of the age.
people will rip at 128kbps with the ignorance that '128 is CD quality'.
Do me a favour, everyone:
1) Rip your CD to 128kb mp3s.
2) Re-burn it to CD. (use a rewrite if you're a cheapskate)
3) Listen to the two side-by-side.
Big Fscking Difference!
192 is the best bang for your searching efforts, because any higher takes up too much bloody space. But that encode I can burn to a custom CD and it'll sound fine.
Now, back to Ogg... Ogg sounds about the same at 160kb as an mp3 at 190, (debate and argue all you want...) which is why I like its compression system. Still, I wouldn't touch a 128kb ogg either:op
So... write a virus and get rewarded for it? What kind of world do we live in where criminals get rewarded?!
Wow... I'm sure that will get modded as troll, but he has an interesting point. I question whether some gov agency won't step in and try to arrest anyone who manages to do it.
Remind you of the DVD-encrypt stuff? I know I am not stupid enough to try and prove to the world that I can wreak havok. Especially not now. That reward will go on unclaimed.
Linux is so based on Unix, that it's kind of sad to see the father go.
If linux wants to stay alive, though, and maintain it's buzz, it has to do one thing: Don't fully emulate windows. Reason? OS/2 did it, and so all the developers said, "Why should I port to OS/2? That OS runs windows anyway"
The effect, called quantum entanglement, has been observed before, but never with such large amounts of matter. Don't expect transporters next week...
Jeez... so I have to take the bus to school again??? Bloody hell, where are my taxes going?
I heard of this before, except it was actually the concept of destroying the original and rebuilding the particles at the end-point. Wouldn't cloning take on an interesting point there?
This uses entanglement tho. Can anyone explain it in layman's terms?
Reading your post was interesting to me, as it is true, we seemingly tend to be more for the public. Unfortunately, Canada is going downhill too. Positively, there is still a chance to turn it around, unlike the United States. (or so I see)
Political parties can attain power now, they just have to be smart and quick. Our population is already feeling unrest at our current government, who would consider the DCMA style legislation (and indeed is considering it). It is now that changes need to be made.
Immigration, the reverse brain-drain from the United States, would be welcomed with open arms. My girlfriend left the United States just this year because she felt that it was time to leave the bullshit.
Just don't think that we're immune to the BS currently affecting the United States. Look on us as potential... because we have it in spades. We just need to be pushed to action.
Biologists are at the threshold of the most important set of discoveries in history, and rather than teach and lead, our politicians react and follow a conservative few.
Jesus, he's one of us. Finally, someone who stands up for science instead of politics. Course, one has to consider he's MAKING politics by doing this. ^_~
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Love me dem nukes.
Leoprachaun: Now ya know what to do... burn the house down!
Ralph: Mmmhmm!
uh... LOL
Just a sec, let me find my railgun...
alpha centauri was always for chumps. Nuke everyone! Nuke them all!
Seriously, the civilization-specific units are sweet! I want me some samurai!
We are about to live in a totalitarian government, controlled by the financial elite who use their corporate control to bribe our politicians, who in turn pass bills that completely destroy our freedom. Mark my words... the SSSCA is nothing. We are going to hit the big brick wall called 1984, and at the speed we're going, it's going to hurt damned fucking badly. Yet we are going to tell our politicians, knowing they're corrupt? We shall say that whatever freedom we still possess is theirs, so long as we are safe.
Wake up. They can never provide us with full safety. Besides... what's safety without freedom? Are criminals not safe inside maximum security, one room secluded confinement rooms? Timothy McVeigh was, but he sure as hell wasn't ever going to have the ability to choose, or say anything worthwhile, ever again. We are asking for this. We are asking to become prisoners. To think that all this is for the convenience of having goods and services we don't need that the corporations tell us we must have.
Anyone saying that they live in a different country, and hence are safe, is wrong. The same financial elite (the bilderbergers, the trilateral commission, and the world economic forum) are in control of your countries too; Canada, European Union, Asia.... (including Russia) we are all screwed. Ever notice how very similar bills are being presented everywhere? The governments are slowly, but surely, coming under the same rules of a global economy. Totalitarianism approaches.
Orwell said it best: "The power lies within the prolls." Good luck convincing the gullible idiots of this world that they are about to lose everything they ever desired without any form of fight. Hell... they'll hand it over gladly, and praise the 'heros' of the age.
I quit. This world is too frightening for words.
I know 'I' was amazed when I realized that Jerry O'Connel (Sliders fame
Good point tho.
Do me a favour, everyone:
1) Rip your CD to 128kb mp3s.
2) Re-burn it to CD. (use a rewrite if you're a cheapskate)
3) Listen to the two side-by-side.
Big Fscking Difference!
192 is the best bang for your searching efforts, because any higher takes up too much bloody space. But that encode I can burn to a custom CD and it'll sound fine.
Now, back to Ogg... Ogg sounds about the same at 160kb as an mp3 at 190, (debate and argue all you want...) which is why I like its compression system. Still, I wouldn't touch a 128kb ogg either
Wow... I'm sure that will get modded as troll, but he has an interesting point. I question whether some gov agency won't step in and try to arrest anyone who manages to do it.
Remind you of the DVD-encrypt stuff? I know I am not stupid enough to try and prove to the world that I can wreak havok. Especially not now. That reward will go on unclaimed.
Is our bible written as such: "Saul begot Jim... yes... mmmm-hmm.... Help him he could... yes..."
Jeez... now I have yet another state and a crapload of equations to memorize. What's the enthalpy? The spontaneity?
We need a short form name. Solid, liquid, gas and Bose-Einstein condensate really just... doesn't work out that well in the naming scheme.
If linux wants to stay alive, though, and maintain it's buzz, it has to do one thing: Don't fully emulate windows. Reason? OS/2 did it, and so all the developers said, "Why should I port to OS/2? That OS runs windows anyway"
Jeez... so I have to take the bus to school again??? Bloody hell, where are my taxes going?
I heard of this before, except it was actually the concept of destroying the original and rebuilding the particles at the end-point. Wouldn't cloning take on an interesting point there?
This uses entanglement tho. Can anyone explain it in layman's terms?
Try here and here for more information of this sort. Both are good CNN articles about the difficulties of an Afghanistan war.
my firewall ain't pleased.
I didn't think of Code Red stuff since my mind's been on the WTC stuff and potential war.
Isn't it interesting that everything nasty happens in just a short period? At least I know why my net has been crawling so badly.
Taliban?
Osama Bidladen?
This is insane...
That probably would be known; and
Certainly not 18 minutes apart.
It's a conspiracy! Seriously... bombers on the individual planes deciding to send these down right at the right time??
What a screwed up technique! It's... crazy... and brilliant at the same time.
Reading your post was interesting to me, as it is true, we seemingly tend to be more for the public. Unfortunately, Canada is going downhill too. Positively, there is still a chance to turn it around, unlike the United States. (or so I see)
Political parties can attain power now, they just have to be smart and quick. Our population is already feeling unrest at our current government, who would consider the DCMA style legislation (and indeed is considering it). It is now that changes need to be made.
Immigration, the reverse brain-drain from the United States, would be welcomed with open arms. My girlfriend left the United States just this year because she felt that it was time to leave the bullshit.
Just don't think that we're immune to the BS currently affecting the United States. Look on us as potential... because we have it in spades. We just need to be pushed to action.
DoCoMo has announced that they will launch the world's first 3G network on October 1st
Only 3 G's? That's incredible! Most of us have to pay many many g's to buy a network
How can an award once received and HOSTED by Issac Asimov even be remotely considered for something like Harry Potter, criteria or not?
Christ, you can't honor the memory of such a great man, can you? You have to go and fuck things up.
On a side note... congrats. ^_^
Jesus, he's one of us.
Finally, someone who stands up for science instead of politics.
Course, one has to consider he's MAKING politics by doing this. ^_~
It would make us folk a little happier.
I think video game companies need to realize something:
Not all of us can guarantee having enough time available to warrant a monthly service fee for a game.
Some of us like playing on our own.
We don't all have Cable or DSL! LAG.
High graphics and bandwidth just don't work well, and it's always slow and irritating. Even Diablo 2 has this problem on Battle.net
3D is going away for a while, bayyy-beee.
Seems bigger better faster is too mainstream for us folk.
2001-09-02 16:02:16 Blizzard announces another Warcraft (articles,news) (rejected)