While precursors of genocide may have been detected in some of my posts, I submit that careful measurements of the skulls of the hatebase designers reveal that they are pathological liars, according to the long established science of phrenology.
A struggling computer manufacturer has the brilliant idea of combining two struggling brands in the hope of saving itself. Ubuntu has been "meh" for a while now, and Alienware has earned a reputation for being overpriced crap. Who knows, maybe this will work for Dell. But I doubt it. The kiddies and the people attracted to shiny are all about smart-phones and tablets. They don't want a lap/desktop anymore. That means the market has shifted, and those of us still left in the computer market are a hell of a lot more savvy now, on average.
Bombing people with drones and 12 years of endless war is ok, violence and murder is fine on television and in movies, but make a game about it? HELL NO!
Intelligent people go to great lengths to avoid having to pay more tax than they are legally obliged to. But if you're poor you don't pay much tax at all, so what the hell are you complaining about? You're using the same roads, bridges, schools and hospitals. All for a few hundred bucks a year.
The general public is currently mesmerized by gay marriage and who killed Emmanuel Goldste-er Bin Laden, with a little bit of fiscal fear thrown in to stimulate healthy shouting matches of "republitard/democrap" to drain any excess energy. They really don't care about shit like this. They want to be told that if they work like good little drones they will live the American dream buying a home they can't afford and leaving enormous amounts of debt to their children. Their coddled, pampered children raised in kid-safe environments and fattened on redundant, non productive smart-phone technology, who will have no idea what happened to their world when the Chinese come to collect the debt they are owed.
Said entities do not have to be in the US. When was the last time the US got to regulate say, a European bank? Actually no, bad example, European banks fold under pressure and do what the US wants all the time...
Anyone who has seen the presidential motorcade knows that he has almost a hundred other cars to choose from. It is impressive, but not in a good way. Tax dollars at work boys. Keep sweating so the rich man can get more riches and the government can eat at that trough.
It will take people's minds off of the black hole in America's treasury and the market which surprise, seems to have topped out and will probably work its way back again like it has been doing for the past almost 20 years or so, trading in more or less the same range. Funny, everyone on the street seems to be getting excited about the stock market again. I have a look at the calendar and think oh look, already 5 years since 2008... I give it a year or so. War would change this, send the price of oil up even more for a while, and make the 0.1% even richer. Soon we'll be seeing our first trillionaires. How much of all those freshly printed US dollars have made their way to your pocket though?
People have always been willing to accept mediocrity so long as it's packaged in a nice, shiny container. Herein lies the great success of many a corporation that has the marketing know-how to sell crap for a decent price. McDonald's, Wal Mart, and yes Apple are just a few shining examples. So while McDonald's marketing will swear you are having a 100% nutritious meal you are not exactly eating gourmet, or even healthy. And McDonald's does billions and billions worth of business every year, because people flock to this kind of stuff, put up with the screaming kids, or the missing stuff in the drive through, or the sloppily assembled burgers that were the best attempt of a non English speaker's understanding of her 30 minute training by another non English speaker.
It's not my fault if you don't get it. What is the difference between me using pain to elicit an answer from you, or me using drugs? It is exactly the same thing. In both cases your will is being subverted by me. "We have ways of making you talk".
I am saying that courts should not result to bullshit like this. That the man is guilty - he was caught red handed. That the man is sane or not - pull out the DSM-IV and let the psychiatrists decide. Either way he goes into a cage for the rest of his life. But bullshit like this can be used in the future in other cases if we allow it. In most civilized countries you cannot be obliged to testify against yourself. Sticking an IV in someone and shooting them up with drugs should never ever change that basic principle of law.
There are quite definite criteria used by psychiatrists to determine if a person is sane or not, written in the DSM-IV. There is no need to re-invent the wheel. Of course when said criteria are "inconvenient", lawyers will look for these other methods of making their point.
"Everybody is doing it" is not an adequate defense, especially from a country that claims to be the shining example of peace and freedom in the world and is trying its hardest to impose it on everyone.
Sure it's a pretty well known fact that the more I depress your CNS the less you are going to be capable of rationalization and higher thought to answer a question "creatively". However such an undertaking is not reliable or scientific at all, because there is a point at which I can get you to agree with and pretty much answer anything I want you to. Sigh. Americans and their obsession with torture. After all this is just torture in another guise, instead of using pain to interrogate, I am shutting down part of your brain. Either way you are being forced to confess and give testimony against yourself. Whatever happened to I dunno, finding EVIDENCE?
What do you mean by "hiding your money", exactly? Since when are private funds fair game for every government in the world to look at? Ah yes, "terrorism", part of the "freedoms" America is bringing to the world.
Well you SSH to me, and I beam up to the satellite. I don't see that being any different than you and me having a chat. Of course unless we invite the "wrong person" to our little group, then we're fucked.
And even those few who are, generally don't spend time on the Internet.
Sorry were you being sarcastic? I have plenty of unemployed Euro buddies I talk to and play games with regularly. There is not much to do in between job interviews and collecting the unemployment/welfare handout, so most of them are indeed on the internet. Laptops are cheap you know, even in Europe.
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While precursors of genocide may have been detected in some of my posts, I submit that careful measurements of the skulls of the hatebase designers reveal that they are pathological liars, according to the long established science of phrenology.
A struggling computer manufacturer has the brilliant idea of combining two struggling brands in the hope of saving itself. Ubuntu has been "meh" for a while now, and Alienware has earned a reputation for being overpriced crap. Who knows, maybe this will work for Dell. But I doubt it. The kiddies and the people attracted to shiny are all about smart-phones and tablets. They don't want a lap/desktop anymore. That means the market has shifted, and those of us still left in the computer market are a hell of a lot more savvy now, on average.
Bombing people with drones and 12 years of endless war is ok, violence and murder is fine on television and in movies, but make a game about it? HELL NO!
Intelligent people go to great lengths to avoid having to pay more tax than they are legally obliged to. But if you're poor you don't pay much tax at all, so what the hell are you complaining about? You're using the same roads, bridges, schools and hospitals. All for a few hundred bucks a year.
If saying the truth is trolling, then so be it.
You mean the mail where the DVD with the keys for the OTP encryption was sent? No my brother-in-revolution, they do not.
The general public is currently mesmerized by gay marriage and who killed Emmanuel Goldste-er Bin Laden, with a little bit of fiscal fear thrown in to stimulate healthy shouting matches of "republitard/democrap" to drain any excess energy. They really don't care about shit like this. They want to be told that if they work like good little drones they will live the American dream buying a home they can't afford and leaving enormous amounts of debt to their children. Their coddled, pampered children raised in kid-safe environments and fattened on redundant, non productive smart-phone technology, who will have no idea what happened to their world when the Chinese come to collect the debt they are owed.
I keep repeating: when we are all in a cage, we will all be "safe".
Said entities do not have to be in the US. When was the last time the US got to regulate say, a European bank? Actually no, bad example, European banks fold under pressure and do what the US wants all the time...
Anyone who has seen the presidential motorcade knows that he has almost a hundred other cars to choose from. It is impressive, but not in a good way. Tax dollars at work boys. Keep sweating so the rich man can get more riches and the government can eat at that trough.
wtf is this doing on tec.slashdot.org?
Page hits. Slashdot is now a corporation and very much for profit. Political stuff like this gets page hits.
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or actually trying to say that the invasion of Iraq was a "success"?
It will take people's minds off of the black hole in America's treasury and the market which surprise, seems to have topped out and will probably work its way back again like it has been doing for the past almost 20 years or so, trading in more or less the same range. Funny, everyone on the street seems to be getting excited about the stock market again. I have a look at the calendar and think oh look, already 5 years since 2008... I give it a year or so. War would change this, send the price of oil up even more for a while, and make the 0.1% even richer. Soon we'll be seeing our first trillionaires. How much of all those freshly printed US dollars have made their way to your pocket though?
Just in case they will have the 100kW generator in the back...
People have always been willing to accept mediocrity so long as it's packaged in a nice, shiny container. Herein lies the great success of many a corporation that has the marketing know-how to sell crap for a decent price. McDonald's, Wal Mart, and yes Apple are just a few shining examples. So while McDonald's marketing will swear you are having a 100% nutritious meal you are not exactly eating gourmet, or even healthy. And McDonald's does billions and billions worth of business every year, because people flock to this kind of stuff, put up with the screaming kids, or the missing stuff in the drive through, or the sloppily assembled burgers that were the best attempt of a non English speaker's understanding of her 30 minute training by another non English speaker.
What's going on? It's a stealth "I love my iphone" story. Nothing to see here, please move along...
It's not my fault if you don't get it. What is the difference between me using pain to elicit an answer from you, or me using drugs? It is exactly the same thing. In both cases your will is being subverted by me. "We have ways of making you talk".
I am saying that courts should not result to bullshit like this. That the man is guilty - he was caught red handed. That the man is sane or not - pull out the DSM-IV and let the psychiatrists decide. Either way he goes into a cage for the rest of his life. But bullshit like this can be used in the future in other cases if we allow it. In most civilized countries you cannot be obliged to testify against yourself. Sticking an IV in someone and shooting them up with drugs should never ever change that basic principle of law.
OK. You win. We get the governments we deserve. Enjoy.
There are quite definite criteria used by psychiatrists to determine if a person is sane or not, written in the DSM-IV. There is no need to re-invent the wheel. Of course when said criteria are "inconvenient", lawyers will look for these other methods of making their point.
"Everybody is doing it" is not an adequate defense, especially from a country that claims to be the shining example of peace and freedom in the world and is trying its hardest to impose it on everyone.
Sure it's a pretty well known fact that the more I depress your CNS the less you are going to be capable of rationalization and higher thought to answer a question "creatively". However such an undertaking is not reliable or scientific at all, because there is a point at which I can get you to agree with and pretty much answer anything I want you to. Sigh. Americans and their obsession with torture. After all this is just torture in another guise, instead of using pain to interrogate, I am shutting down part of your brain. Either way you are being forced to confess and give testimony against yourself. Whatever happened to I dunno, finding EVIDENCE?
What do you mean by "hiding your money", exactly? Since when are private funds fair game for every government in the world to look at? Ah yes, "terrorism", part of the "freedoms" America is bringing to the world.
Well you SSH to me, and I beam up to the satellite. I don't see that being any different than you and me having a chat. Of course unless we invite the "wrong person" to our little group, then we're fucked.
And even those few who are, generally don't spend time on the Internet.
Sorry were you being sarcastic? I have plenty of unemployed Euro buddies I talk to and play games with regularly. There is not much to do in between job interviews and collecting the unemployment/welfare handout, so most of them are indeed on the internet. Laptops are cheap you know, even in Europe.