Slashdot Thursday: The Glimmer of Good News and Hope for the people is doused by the "reasonable people" who think that everything is just fine and we don't really need to hold the government, military and secret service agencies to account.
We cannot have private groups picking up the slack for our stenographer media. After burning Dan Rather and firing numerous other investigative journalists, and imprisoning more reporters in the Iraq invasion than were imprisoned in all other wars combined -- I thought we made it clear that we do not want investigative journalism.
Whistleblowers like Bradley Manning, are a threat to our incompetence and graft -- and we'd really appreciate being able to continue this "war on whatever" scam so that we can burden the middle class with lots of debt that will require austerity -- we cannot train your kids to be indentured servants if we continue this concept of "RIGHTS" and such, now can we?
The only way to win the war on Terror, is to allow your military, government and secret services, total access to everything, no responsibility or questions on failure or missing Billions, and to be able to say; "nothing to see hear, move along." With the lack of transparency, we reserve the right to humiliate and/or jail the people who speculate on Conspiracies. Not that they are a threat, we just don't like those geeky twerps and we enjoy crushing the nuts of someone -- so it might as well be them.
After that brain fart, McCain would go back to his soft spoken tones as if he were a reasonable adult, and use words like "concern", "responsibility" and "prudence." As if he gave a rats ass and wasn't thinking about the Poker and Prostitutes party at Boehner's house this Friday night.
"All of these regulations on efficiency and pollution is that, first, this is driving much of the manufacturing out of the USA"
Like all the OTHER things getting built overseas?
What is ALLOWING for manufacturing in countries WITHOUT environmental standards and minimum wages is Tariffs that are as low as 2%. Before you bring up the point that "high tariffs would hurt our Global competitiveness" -- since that's the argument the importers really like -- is that India has 20% import tariffs and China has 40%. THEY are winning the balance of trade.
>> If we got rid of regulations -- then we'd have environmental disasters. I would not want to be living next to the plant that has no regulations... so you get the "not in my back yard" effect. And "to be competitive" they will have to hire illegal aliens because nobody else wants to work for $5 an hour without benefits with their hands dipped in toxic chemicals.
RE-instating import tariffs would force more items to be produced in this country, and though there MIGHT be some increase in price -- we are talking a few percent at most. Jeans and Shoes are produced for $.35 an hour -- obviously, you pay more than a buck at the store. The outrageous profit margins are what are causing the problems in this country and around the world.
But you won't hear that from financial "experts" on TV, because they are busy arguing that Austerity and Cutting Costs (jobs) will help our financial problem. The pennies we save are hard to compare with the billions wasted on imports and executive bonuses -- and we have to change our mindset. Business has the PRIVILEGE of special conditions so long as they provide gainful employment and useful products -- society does not benefit from this "new RIGHT TO PROFIT."
Our current economic condition is the same manipulated crisis that helped Mussolini come into power -- and the crisis will go away if we just stop low-balling standards and wages and charge more for imports.
Some people are going to falsely show up as Male or Female.
>>> But is the Software accurate, if it says; "Wow, this bar has a lot of babes!" and it's a Lesbian bar?
Then again, some people might prefer the "more ambiguous" looking folks....... so what we really want is few categories and a scatter chart of "ratio of feminie-looking to masculine-looking people".
ADD to that, a "how did our selection go?" response, would not rate the algorithm, but "modify" how that person ACTUALLY prefers people to look.
>> Seriously, wouldn't any lady preferring "Justine Bieber" skew the results?
I think the ONLY reason the US is bothering with "helping the Freedom Fighters" in Libya, is BECAUSE the Central Bank does not have their claws in this country.
Saddam was moving off the Dollar and kicked out Oil Companies -- after years of being "our bad guy" he was suddenly, worst person in the world.
And guess what? Libya was moving to trading in a collection of currencies rather than the dollar....... also, major countries NOT ON BOARD: Iran and North Korea.
Sounds like someone is "terrified" by Bankers, Commodities Speculators and TSA Agents,... But to be an actual "terrorist" you really have to come from a country that doesn't want to deal with the World Bank or the US Dollar.
They can DO THAT NOW with a laptop battery and the WATER ON THE PLANE!.... shhh, let's not point out that you can NEVER stop a bomb from getting on a plane as long as you have passengers. Merely pointing out the flaws in their logic can put you on a security watch list.
I'm so glad I've kept my cell phone, even though it can NEVER get calls in the building I work at -- just preventing Tiger attacks alone is worth the monthly fees....... go TSA!
You are thinking like someone who was actually concerned with SECURITY.
But it's really about the theater, and people need to KNOW that they are under surveillance -- and FEEL that there is a threat.
Making things comfortable, convenient, and unobtrusive defeats the whole purpose -- seriously, just mentioning such a thing at the TSA would probably put you on the "mop the floors" detail.
You would ALSO be interested to know, that the "dingbat that decided to roast his chestnuts" was LET ON by the CIA.
The State Department wanted him kicked off the plane, and the CIA over-road that by saying he was part of an "active investigation." http://open.salon.com/blog/gordon_wagner/2010/02/03/cia_shielded_flight_253_underwear_bomber >> There as a Congressional investigation into the matter, and the Senator chairing the investigation got bugged by the same crew that "investigated" ACORN, believe it or not.
>> The OTHER question you should ask, is; why did someone go to all the trouble of procuring C4, and getting this kid on a plane and NOT telling him it requires an electric charge to set it off?
The terrorist of the future will ACTUALLY be a traveling salesman, who gets given a drug that allows him to succumb to suggestion.
You don't think all these date-rape drugs didn't get designed in a lab, do you?
>> Also, if you are in the Privileged Class, you don't have ANY security to get onto a private airplane. So, the terrorist of the future, will simply hop on the Leer Jet. Or they could skip all that and just show up at a WallMart -- but of course, that would really hurt "SALES" and I don't think the Terrorist of the future will be ALLOWED to hurt corporations -- just citizens and their travel.
That's my only question here; Is this plan to perfect Identity scanning STUPID or is it EVIL?
Doesn't it occur to anyone, that someone who is going to BLOW THEMSELVES UP, doesn't really need to worry about their own identity AFTER?
A terrorist can also grab some good family man, tell him his wife and kids will die a horrible, painful death, and load him up with C4 -- or tell him they need to smuggle something -- whatever.
>> The ONLY purpose that tracking someone's identity will serve, is controlling the population. Which, I fear, is more the goal with this security apparatus. I'm much more afraid of a Perfect ID system than I am of terrorists -- because with Perfect ID, the Corporate-controlled government can abuse anyone with impunity, and the only people who ever get arrested are those who challenge the system.
You know, because the only rich bastards who molest ladies are socialists or whistle-blowers.
So, in addition to all the "air brushing" going on with Palin's pictures, now we have to contend with all the "thought brushing" going on with history?
>> I suppose it makes sense, since to "follow" someone like Sarah Palin, your brain has to constantly course-correct whatever facts might get in the way of making sense of it all. To their line of thinking, this isn't something shameful -- they put historic thought brushing down on the "win category." I think this is what happens when your overweight friend says; "I don't know, I never eat anything," and they have chocolate wrappers hidden under their car seat.
I think it would be a great cultural experiment, to follow a Palin supporter around the country, to see how they view the world, but I believe that this has already been done. I believe it so strongly that it will soon appear on "http://wayback.archive.org/web/"
OK, screw it, I'll just be entertained by watching what Ricky Gervais follow around Karl and make fun of his observations.
I think we've all seen this before....... regulate the webs -- protect the children!... don't buy this -- it helps terrorist (as he drives off in SUV from GE).... but it will be used for the drug trade!
No one actually got sent to prison with $450 Billion in transactions "unaccounted for." So, I'm guessing that something this large is part of the infrastructure. There wasn't some "dip" in drug laundering after Wachovia was caught was there? So maybe some hands got slapped, a corporate merger was made, and the next, better "connected" banker fills in the gap, making sure that the right politicians get donations next time.
But, BitCoin is EVIL! Because it doesn't use the banks,... because to do otherwise would, I don't know, level trade and keep us from economic imbalances?
To me, most of the Drug Enforcement and Judicial activities more and more look like the "real players" keeping down the "start ups" and we are supposed to usher in new and powerful laws so that THEY can keep down on the Competition. If we actually wanted to STOP drugs, maybe we'd revisit what the BCCI was doing with Dubai Banks, and the CIA -- or maybe we'd pay attention to articles that show that Blackwater Mercenaries were caught red-handed trading drugs with the Taliban by US forces -- you know, same, old, same old.
Is a system so secure and able to identify you, that it CANNOT allow for crimes to be committed.
Reasonable security is good. But we want a system that NEEDS the will of the governed. If people are treated fairly -- and there is a system in place where Identity can MANUALLY be ascertained, than real security is through the GOOD WILL of the people.
Also, you need people who react, rather than waiting for some authority to come by -- but that's another discussion.
No conspiracy, RESEARCHERS drink LOTS OF COFFEE -- so it's probably something they want to find good things about.
However, this might also explain this new "research" paper I've seen that says; "Popping Xanex like candy may help improve attention spans!" Probably because that researcher is a lot less depressed and full of healthy caffeine.
I think it probably would be more profitable, however, to have the Malware be a P0rn video, and the app that allows it to play would turn on the Web Cam on EVERYONE's new powerbook. That way, you can extort them for money after 5 minutes when you hear a "ZIPP!" on the microphone.
Suddenly,.... I think I've found a new way to quit my day job....
When they "explosion", do they mean more than a dozen?
Because if there weren't ANY Malware calls last month, and a dozen script kiddies used the new "Home Malware Kit" du jour,... then indeed, numerically we have an "explosion."
I'd also have to say there are an explosion of explosions as well. Because of course -- last month there were NO explosions, and this month there is ONE.
>> The problems for Apple don't end, however, since the iPad market caught up with back-orders, there has been an IMPLOSION of orders. In other words, less people are buying, than last month.
I think I'll implode and explode my lungs ten times, before I act on this urgent matter, however.
OK, any of these Billionaires want to trade my wealth and tax burden with theirs is welcome to.
But seriously, the "tax burden" went up when Millionaires became Billionaires.
If I'm a CEO, and instead of making 30 times the base workers salary, I now make 300 times the base workers salary -- how many fools will I have in the media quoting the stat that I now have a "higher tax burden."
This really isn't complicated math folks. This is more the result of brainwashing otherwise intelligent people by repeating a bunch of bull shit.
I think a billion+ people are now going to return their iPads from the clutches of 10-year-old kids and hospital workers because they find nothing special about an iPad.
That's just like the "porn-star" is technically using the same equipment as the "non porn-star" only, when he folds it in half, it's "just like" the average Slash-dot Johnson.
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Slashdot Thursday: The Glimmer of Good News and Hope for the people is doused by the "reasonable people" who think that everything is just fine and we don't really need to hold the government, military and secret service agencies to account.
We cannot have private groups picking up the slack for our stenographer media. After burning Dan Rather and firing numerous other investigative journalists, and imprisoning more reporters in the Iraq invasion than were imprisoned in all other wars combined -- I thought we made it clear that we do not want investigative journalism.
Whistleblowers like Bradley Manning, are a threat to our incompetence and graft -- and we'd really appreciate being able to continue this "war on whatever" scam so that we can burden the middle class with lots of debt that will require austerity -- we cannot train your kids to be indentured servants if we continue this concept of "RIGHTS" and such, now can we?
The only way to win the war on Terror, is to allow your military, government and secret services, total access to everything, no responsibility or questions on failure or missing Billions, and to be able to say; "nothing to see hear, move along." With the lack of transparency, we reserve the right to humiliate and/or jail the people who speculate on Conspiracies. Not that they are a threat, we just don't like those geeky twerps and we enjoy crushing the nuts of someone -- so it might as well be them.
After that brain fart, McCain would go back to his soft spoken tones as if he were a reasonable adult, and use words like "concern", "responsibility" and "prudence." As if he gave a rats ass and wasn't thinking about the Poker and Prostitutes party at Boehner's house this Friday night.
How did you get modded up?
"All of these regulations on efficiency and pollution is that, first, this is driving much of the manufacturing out of the USA"
Like all the OTHER things getting built overseas?
What is ALLOWING for manufacturing in countries WITHOUT environmental standards and minimum wages is Tariffs that are as low as 2%. Before you bring up the point that "high tariffs would hurt our Global competitiveness" -- since that's the argument the importers really like -- is that India has 20% import tariffs and China has 40%. THEY are winning the balance of trade.
>> If we got rid of regulations -- then we'd have environmental disasters. I would not want to be living next to the plant that has no regulations ... so you get the "not in my back yard" effect. And "to be competitive" they will have to hire illegal aliens because nobody else wants to work for $5 an hour without benefits with their hands dipped in toxic chemicals.
RE-instating import tariffs would force more items to be produced in this country, and though there MIGHT be some increase in price -- we are talking a few percent at most. Jeans and Shoes are produced for $.35 an hour -- obviously, you pay more than a buck at the store. The outrageous profit margins are what are causing the problems in this country and around the world.
But you won't hear that from financial "experts" on TV, because they are busy arguing that Austerity and Cutting Costs (jobs) will help our financial problem. The pennies we save are hard to compare with the billions wasted on imports and executive bonuses -- and we have to change our mindset. Business has the PRIVILEGE of special conditions so long as they provide gainful employment and useful products -- society does not benefit from this "new RIGHT TO PROFIT."
Our current economic condition is the same manipulated crisis that helped Mussolini come into power -- and the crisis will go away if we just stop low-balling standards and wages and charge more for imports.
Some people are going to falsely show up as Male or Female.
>>> But is the Software accurate, if it says; "Wow, this bar has a lot of babes!" and it's a Lesbian bar?
Then again, some people might prefer the "more ambiguous" looking folks... .... so what we really want is few categories and a scatter chart of "ratio of feminie-looking to masculine-looking people".
ADD to that, a "how did our selection go?" response, would not rate the algorithm, but "modify" how that person ACTUALLY prefers people to look.
>> Seriously, wouldn't any lady preferring "Justine Bieber" skew the results?
I think the ONLY reason the US is bothering with "helping the Freedom Fighters" in Libya, is BECAUSE the Central Bank does not have their claws in this country.
Saddam was moving off the Dollar and kicked out Oil Companies -- after years of being "our bad guy" he was suddenly, worst person in the world.
And guess what? Libya was moving to trading in a collection of currencies rather than the dollar.... ... also, major countries NOT ON BOARD: Iran and North Korea.
>> I spot a trend...
Sounds like someone is "terrified" by Bankers, Commodities Speculators and TSA Agents,...
But to be an actual "terrorist" you really have to come from a country that doesn't want to deal with the World Bank or the US Dollar.
You merely sound educated to me.
They can DO THAT NOW with a laptop battery and the WATER ON THE PLANE! .... shhh, let's not point out that you can NEVER stop a bomb from getting on a plane as long as you have passengers. Merely pointing out the flaws in their logic can put you on a security watch list.
Wow, talk about a "hidden feature"!
I'm so glad I've kept my cell phone, even though it can NEVER get calls in the building I work at -- just preventing Tiger attacks alone is worth the monthly fees.... ... go TSA!
You are thinking like someone who was actually concerned with SECURITY.
But it's really about the theater, and people need to KNOW that they are under surveillance -- and FEEL that there is a threat.
Making things comfortable, convenient, and unobtrusive defeats the whole purpose -- seriously, just mentioning such a thing at the TSA would probably put you on the "mop the floors" detail.
You would ALSO be interested to know, that the "dingbat that decided to roast his chestnuts" was LET ON by the CIA.
The State Department wanted him kicked off the plane, and the CIA over-road that by saying he was part of an "active investigation."
http://open.salon.com/blog/gordon_wagner/2010/02/03/cia_shielded_flight_253_underwear_bomber
>> There as a Congressional investigation into the matter, and the Senator chairing the investigation got bugged by the same crew that "investigated" ACORN, believe it or not.
>> The OTHER question you should ask, is; why did someone go to all the trouble of procuring C4, and getting this kid on a plane and NOT telling him it requires an electric charge to set it off?
The terrorists AND the security equipment salesman....
The terrorist of the future will ACTUALLY be a traveling salesman, who gets given a drug that allows him to succumb to suggestion.
You don't think all these date-rape drugs didn't get designed in a lab, do you?
>> Also, if you are in the Privileged Class, you don't have ANY security to get onto a private airplane. So, the terrorist of the future, will simply hop on the Leer Jet. Or they could skip all that and just show up at a WallMart -- but of course, that would really hurt "SALES" and I don't think the Terrorist of the future will be ALLOWED to hurt corporations -- just citizens and their travel.
That's my only question here; Is this plan to perfect Identity scanning STUPID or is it EVIL?
Doesn't it occur to anyone, that someone who is going to BLOW THEMSELVES UP, doesn't really need to worry about their own identity AFTER?
A terrorist can also grab some good family man, tell him his wife and kids will die a horrible, painful death, and load him up with C4 -- or tell him they need to smuggle something -- whatever.
>> The ONLY purpose that tracking someone's identity will serve, is controlling the population. Which, I fear, is more the goal with this security apparatus. I'm much more afraid of a Perfect ID system than I am of terrorists -- because with Perfect ID, the Corporate-controlled government can abuse anyone with impunity, and the only people who ever get arrested are those who challenge the system.
You know, because the only rich bastards who molest ladies are socialists or whistle-blowers.
So, in addition to all the "air brushing" going on with Palin's pictures, now we have to contend with all the "thought brushing" going on with history?
>> I suppose it makes sense, since to "follow" someone like Sarah Palin, your brain has to constantly course-correct whatever facts might get in the way of making sense of it all. To their line of thinking, this isn't something shameful -- they put historic thought brushing down on the "win category." I think this is what happens when your overweight friend says; "I don't know, I never eat anything," and they have chocolate wrappers hidden under their car seat.
I think it would be a great cultural experiment, to follow a Palin supporter around the country, to see how they view the world, but I believe that this has already been done. I believe it so strongly that it will soon appear on "http://wayback.archive.org/web/"
OK, screw it, I'll just be entertained by watching what Ricky Gervais follow around Karl and make fun of his observations.
I think we've all seen this before.... ... regulate the webs -- protect the children! ... don't buy this -- it helps terrorist (as he drives off in SUV from GE). ... but it will be used for the drug trade!
You know what ELSE is used for the drug trade? US Banks. http://prairiepundit.blogspot.com/2011/04/wachovia-accused-of-laundering-drug.html
No one actually got sent to prison with $450 Billion in transactions "unaccounted for." So, I'm guessing that something this large is part of the infrastructure. There wasn't some "dip" in drug laundering after Wachovia was caught was there? So maybe some hands got slapped, a corporate merger was made, and the next, better "connected" banker fills in the gap, making sure that the right politicians get donations next time.
But, BitCoin is EVIL! Because it doesn't use the banks,... because to do otherwise would, I don't know, level trade and keep us from economic imbalances?
To me, most of the Drug Enforcement and Judicial activities more and more look like the "real players" keeping down the "start ups" and we are supposed to usher in new and powerful laws so that THEY can keep down on the Competition. If we actually wanted to STOP drugs, maybe we'd revisit what the BCCI was doing with Dubai Banks, and the CIA -- or maybe we'd pay attention to articles that show that Blackwater Mercenaries were caught red-handed trading drugs with the Taliban by US forces -- you know, same, old, same old.
... that I can certainly guarantee;
Is a system so secure and able to identify you, that it CANNOT allow for crimes to be committed.
Reasonable security is good. But we want a system that NEEDS the will of the governed. If people are treated fairly -- and there is a system in place where Identity can MANUALLY be ascertained, than real security is through the GOOD WILL of the people.
Also, you need people who react, rather than waiting for some authority to come by -- but that's another discussion.
No conspiracy, RESEARCHERS drink LOTS OF COFFEE -- so it's probably something they want to find good things about.
However, this might also explain this new "research" paper I've seen that says; "Popping Xanex like candy may help improve attention spans!" Probably because that researcher is a lot less depressed and full of healthy caffeine.
EASY; Re-Install a new user.
I think it probably would be more profitable, however, to have the Malware be a P0rn video, and the app that allows it to play would turn on the Web Cam on EVERYONE's new powerbook. That way, you can extort them for money after 5 minutes when you hear a "ZIPP!" on the microphone.
Suddenly, .... I think I've found a new way to quit my day job....
When they "explosion", do they mean more than a dozen?
Because if there weren't ANY Malware calls last month, and a dozen script kiddies used the new "Home Malware Kit" du jour,... then indeed, numerically we have an "explosion."
I'd also have to say there are an explosion of explosions as well. Because of course -- last month there were NO explosions, and this month there is ONE.
>> The problems for Apple don't end, however, since the iPad market caught up with back-orders, there has been an IMPLOSION of orders. In other words, less people are buying, than last month.
I think I'll implode and explode my lungs ten times, before I act on this urgent matter, however.
OK, any of these Billionaires want to trade my wealth and tax burden with theirs is welcome to.
But seriously, the "tax burden" went up when Millionaires became Billionaires.
If I'm a CEO, and instead of making 30 times the base workers salary, I now make 300 times the base workers salary -- how many fools will I have in the media quoting the stat that I now have a "higher tax burden."
This really isn't complicated math folks. This is more the result of brainwashing otherwise intelligent people by repeating a bunch of bull shit.
Kind of funny that it ran into a timely detour because it hit a spot that WASN'T solid rock.
Amazing that level of optimization fails due to loose dirt.
Your logic is amazing!
I think a billion+ people are now going to return their iPads from the clutches of 10-year-old kids and hospital workers because they find nothing special about an iPad.
I'm sure those back-orders are a fluke.
That's just like the "porn-star" is technically using the same equipment as the "non porn-star" only, when he folds it in half, it's "just like" the average Slash-dot Johnson.
It's more than likely, that the bought a bunch of (s)hit, and through numerous Patent Lawyers, have managed to polish SOME of the (s)hit into Gold.
>> this is the modern-day equivalent of Alchemy!
i am impressed by her speed -- but what exactly is the REAL-WORLD application for such fast stamping?
Either you automate the process, or someone needs to READ the piece of paper.
>> Maybe USPTO could be replaced by a machine -- but there is no need to hire a PERSON merely to stamp a piece of paper.