You don't understand - it's the position that corrupts, not the person that is corrupt. You could "elect" the most honest person, and end up with the worst tyrant. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. There is a reason this is not a new saying.
Yep, sounds like one of these trust fund baby Marxists. I will grant the GP the following: the saying "easy come, easy go" is true. Things worked hard for are valued relatively much higher in the eyes of the person who did the work. HOWEVER it doesn't follow that therefore the whole point of life is to suffer, nor that by making your fellow man suffer needlessly you're doing him a favor. Of course most employers/managers seem to believe this, but that is sadism not compassion.
The world is a big place. Deal with it. These kinds of errors don't bother me as much as the obvious spelling or grammar mistakes by native English-speakers who really should know better. Ensure vs insure, affect vs effect, lose and loose, and of course many other creative spelling attempts that are blamed on auto-correct but rather should be blamed on lousy education or the willful butchering of words.
Nothing has changed because basic human nature is the same. This is the way it will always be. So you get to choose whether you want to be part of the herd near the edge looking for the wolves, or oblivious somewhere the middle, or if you want to be a wolf. Being near the edge isn't a problem because you see the danger coming, so you get a head start. Being in the middle, you don't even realize the danger is there until the whole herd is moving.. And of course being a wolf has its own unique advantages: you get to eat mutton and you get to watch the whole herd fear you. But you have no herd for protection and in trying times, the other wolves don't mind eating wolf, too.
No, it's a failed character assassination attempt. It backfires, and proves just how stupid 20 odd NSA employees can be. The goal was obviously to try to taint Snowden to show that he "broke the law" to get the data he later released. What it ends up showing is how readily alleged "security officials" are willing to hand anyone the keys to the operation.
I'm sure Snowden is no saint, however his agenda was to either confirm what he suspected and/or let the "cat out of the bag" about flagrant abuse of power by government. Even if his method was wrong, it does not make governments' behavior any less wrong. And the fact that government is trying to use its power and influence to minimize, trivialize, ignore or otherwise deflect attention from the revelations (with NO intention to change their behavior) is far, far worse than Snowden asking someone for their password who should have known better than to give it to him in the first place.
They were good enough to burn the crew of Apollo 1 to death, too. I'm sorry but what is with all this fed worship coming from the US lately? You guys want big, central government? Be careful what you wish for...
Perhaps fire insurance would have covered this. It's what insurance is for. Why should I give $600k to someone dumb enough not to insure his asset/content/art/whatever. He's only going to have another fire later...
Is that what unemployed people are called nowadays? No wonder reported unemployment is so low, contrary to all observable evidence. Certainly he won't be going into a "job" straight away - who in their right mind will hire him?
Well there is the little detail about the one child eating a cookie crumb while the other pretty much emptied the jar, but we won't get caught up in minutiae I guess.
Rather un-called for. Here, have a virtual chocolate for your virtual PMS. Skype is a failure that Microsoft is trying to milk to death to justify the huge lump of cash they forked out for it. It's a brand name everyone knows, but that now has no actual substance. Their prices for international calls are NOT competitive, their quality of service sucks, and their business model depends on the rest of the world keeping POTS instead of moving to VoIP (which everyone is), because Skype computer to computer calls are "free". Well I can get that using any other VoIP app too, what makes Skype special here?
The only people that still use Skype are the ones that don't know anything better, or the ones that are forced too through OS/app design or business. I say it's a matter of time before no one uses Skype. Thus, Microsoft killed the brand.
I'm sure letting the NSA listen in on all those phone calls garnered them a lot of good will. That alone has value for a company as large and as borderline (as in, on the wrong side of the border) anti-trust as Microsoft.
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You don't understand - it's the position that corrupts, not the person that is corrupt. You could "elect" the most honest person, and end up with the worst tyrant. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. There is a reason this is not a new saying.
Yep, sounds like one of these trust fund baby Marxists. I will grant the GP the following: the saying "easy come, easy go" is true. Things worked hard for are valued relatively much higher in the eyes of the person who did the work. HOWEVER it doesn't follow that therefore the whole point of life is to suffer, nor that by making your fellow man suffer needlessly you're doing him a favor. Of course most employers/managers seem to believe this, but that is sadism not compassion.
The world is a big place. Deal with it. These kinds of errors don't bother me as much as the obvious spelling or grammar mistakes by native English-speakers who really should know better. Ensure vs insure, affect vs effect, lose and loose, and of course many other creative spelling attempts that are blamed on auto-correct but rather should be blamed on lousy education or the willful butchering of words.
Nothing has changed because basic human nature is the same. This is the way it will always be. So you get to choose whether you want to be part of the herd near the edge looking for the wolves, or oblivious somewhere the middle, or if you want to be a wolf. Being near the edge isn't a problem because you see the danger coming, so you get a head start. Being in the middle, you don't even realize the danger is there until the whole herd is moving.. And of course being a wolf has its own unique advantages: you get to eat mutton and you get to watch the whole herd fear you. But you have no herd for protection and in trying times, the other wolves don't mind eating wolf, too.
No, it's a failed character assassination attempt. It backfires, and proves just how stupid 20 odd NSA employees can be. The goal was obviously to try to taint Snowden to show that he "broke the law" to get the data he later released. What it ends up showing is how readily alleged "security officials" are willing to hand anyone the keys to the operation.
I'm sure Snowden is no saint, however his agenda was to either confirm what he suspected and/or let the "cat out of the bag" about flagrant abuse of power by government. Even if his method was wrong, it does not make governments' behavior any less wrong. And the fact that government is trying to use its power and influence to minimize, trivialize, ignore or otherwise deflect attention from the revelations (with NO intention to change their behavior) is far, far worse than Snowden asking someone for their password who should have known better than to give it to him in the first place.
The storm isn't killing anyone or making them homeless. Poor planning, over population, and lack of education are.
The preceeding post clearly demonstrates factual points in a real manner.
I'm wondering if this is some weird new invocation of Godwin's law...
Hell I had a Chevy catch fire going up a hill in reverse. No debris required.
Call me when someone is actually injured by these fires.
They were good enough to burn the crew of Apollo 1 to death, too. I'm sorry but what is with all this fed worship coming from the US lately? You guys want big, central government? Be careful what you wish for...
Oh I do, but sarcasm and tone of voice are notoriously hard to transmit over the internet.
Perhaps fire insurance would have covered this. It's what insurance is for. Why should I give $600k to someone dumb enough not to insure his asset/content/art/whatever. He's only going to have another fire later...
How much did linux cost you, again? There's a difference there.
"will reportedly join the private sector"
Is that what unemployed people are called nowadays? No wonder reported unemployment is so low, contrary to all observable evidence. Certainly he won't be going into a "job" straight away - who in their right mind will hire him?
Well there is the little detail about the one child eating a cookie crumb while the other pretty much emptied the jar, but we won't get caught up in minutiae I guess.
Those requests were probably handled by one of the many Apple subsidiary companies. You know, the ones that have no tax jurisdiction, either.
Ah yes, the "He did it too!" defense. Now, what was it that mom or dad would say when you said that?
Too bad they made sequels to The Matrix, too.
Rather un-called for. Here, have a virtual chocolate for your virtual PMS. Skype is a failure that Microsoft is trying to milk to death to justify the huge lump of cash they forked out for it. It's a brand name everyone knows, but that now has no actual substance. Their prices for international calls are NOT competitive, their quality of service sucks, and their business model depends on the rest of the world keeping POTS instead of moving to VoIP (which everyone is), because Skype computer to computer calls are "free". Well I can get that using any other VoIP app too, what makes Skype special here?
The only people that still use Skype are the ones that don't know anything better, or the ones that are forced too through OS/app design or business. I say it's a matter of time before no one uses Skype. Thus, Microsoft killed the brand.
Yeah, where people see "walled gardens" I see prisons.
And I remember "gassing up" with a bag of oats. Now where were we?
Poutine is overrated marketed crap and is not standard fare - except for tourists.
I'm sure letting the NSA listen in on all those phone calls garnered them a lot of good will. That alone has value for a company as large and as borderline (as in, on the wrong side of the border) anti-trust as Microsoft.
A brand name isn't worth anything anymore when you've killed the brand.