Funny I keep googling myself and nothing ever turns up. Except an address I lived at in Texas for 5 months about 6 years ago. I guess it was either the power or cable company that "turned me in".
Bank? Yes. Checks? Haven't written one for the past 4 years. Credit card? Yes I have 3. Discount card? No. Job? Self employed. SSN? Nope, not in the US. Visa? Nope, I'm Canadian so I don't need one for the US. House? I own corporations that own houses. The corporations were originally created with third parties as shareholders and I ended up buying all the shares privately. My annual general meetings are very short. Line of credit? Nope, don't need it. Google? Yeah I use the search engine. Hotmail? For non important stuff like website memberships. I have a couple domains and my "real" emails are there. Others I make and delete on demand. I use Windows and Linux. I use pseudonyms and never give the OS my real name.
the government is not bound by the statute of limitations
Funny, IANAL but isn't that exactly what a statute of limitations DOES? Puts time limits on the government being able to go after you for anything from petty theft to capital murder.
Also it kinda reminds me of this case, where a judge ruled that the government is "immune to lawsuits when property is in custody of law enforcement.".
So it looks like the odds are pretty stacked in favor of the government. Tell yourself exactly how "free" you are, nowadays.
Amazon are evil bastards who actually deliver useful products
Actually nowadays I am noticing more and more often that Amazon isn't actually selling me products, they are merely providing a storefront for someone else.
Unless you are sending the new login and password to an email account which the hacker already controls because, you see, he already grabbed your password and you probably use the same password for your email, and your email (if not also stolen) is probably login@yahoo/hot/gmail.com. In fact if he was smart he would just make note of the new login and password and delete the email, and you would be stuck wondering why you can't log in to a website in a couple months' time, while he's had a couple months of reading all your mail and possibly even contacting people on your behalf through your email.
Dad could you email me your login/password for that website again? I forgot it...
AOL still exists? Wow. Yeah ok I guess this is the result of years of beancounter thinking - the expensive part of running the service and the reason they were losing money was the IT staff, huh? Glad I closed my CompuServe account before giving these guys any money.
Promise a manned vehicle to access a space station that is to be de-orbited in 2016-2020. So considering it's almost 2012, you now have 4 years to finish this project. Yeah right. Oh wait I see the game now. The project will be finished 6 months before the ISS is de-orbited, and so there will be calls for a new space station to give this next generation "shuttle" a reason for existing. This is better than the job creation lawyers engage in!
It could possibly be used for surveillance - planting it on the machine of a little fish to see if he's talking to someone you suspect to be a big fish. While you can never bring the little fish in or use his machine as evidence, you can probably get enough evidence to build a case against the bigger fish and obtain permissions to search and seize the big fish's equipment.
I am not advocating blanket surveillance of just anyone to see if anyone is breaking the law. I think that the spirit of Habeas Corpus means that you pretty much have to know specifically what you are going after when you want to set up surveillance. However I can understand how software like this could be useful. It absolutely violates the rights of free citizens though.
Do you have any fucking clue how much it costs to get insurance for hurricane damage in Florida?
Yes I do. I've had a condo on the beach in Boca Raton since the 1970's. You realize that if you can't afford to live there, maybe you should live somewhere else, right? Insurance is part of the cost of living there. If you choose to ignore it, well, you have to live with the consequences of your lack of administrative ability.
Really big hurricanes are known to put insurance companies out of business
You mean, the ones not smart enough to buy re-insurance. Oh wait, even insurance companies can buy insurance. Honestly it's not up to me to research specifically which insurance company is willing to take on the risk for a large power company - but at worst, the power company can always self insure. Of course if they pinch the money in the meantime, just like they pinch the employee's pension funds, then they are up shit's creek without a paddle. I still have zero sympathy for them and there's no reason anyone much less the government should have to "bail" these people out when they don't implement proper disaster planning. OMG Hurricanes in Florida? Whoda thunk it.
What is it with people today? Stop being such lazy fucks you can't copy/paste your way through life. You can get a rider for absolutely everything, including acts of God, if you pay enough money. Yeah ok you probably can't buy such a policy from an online broker. I doubt that Florida Power & Light does that anyway.
This also fails, because the minute the blood of the 1% has stopped flowing, 1% of the 99% are going to ask themselves what to do with all of those castles, palaces and hoards of gold. Derp. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
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Funny I keep googling myself and nothing ever turns up. Except an address I lived at in Texas for 5 months about 6 years ago. I guess it was either the power or cable company that "turned me in".
Yup. Find the country.
Bank? Yes. Checks? Haven't written one for the past 4 years. Credit card? Yes I have 3. Discount card? No. Job? Self employed. SSN? Nope, not in the US. Visa? Nope, I'm Canadian so I don't need one for the US. House? I own corporations that own houses. The corporations were originally created with third parties as shareholders and I ended up buying all the shares privately. My annual general meetings are very short. Line of credit? Nope, don't need it. Google? Yeah I use the search engine. Hotmail? For non important stuff like website memberships. I have a couple domains and my "real" emails are there. Others I make and delete on demand. I use Windows and Linux. I use pseudonyms and never give the OS my real name.
How much is out there, really?
Facebook: Your Personal Data is a Trade Secret
I agree 100%, which is why I refuse to give my personal data to Facebook (or anyone else).
Yeah if I was said astronaut I would take a little boat trip, drop the camera overboard and say "what camera?"
the government is not bound by the statute of limitations
Funny, IANAL but isn't that exactly what a statute of limitations DOES? Puts time limits on the government being able to go after you for anything from petty theft to capital murder.
Also it kinda reminds me of this case, where a judge ruled that the government is "immune to lawsuits when property is in custody of law enforcement.".
So it looks like the odds are pretty stacked in favor of the government. Tell yourself exactly how "free" you are, nowadays.
Actually you would be surprised at what UPS means when it says "logistics".
The free market is a victim of the tragedy of the commons? Canihasanobeleconomicsprizenao?
Amazon are evil bastards who actually deliver useful products
Actually nowadays I am noticing more and more often that Amazon isn't actually selling me products, they are merely providing a storefront for someone else.
Patents are a specific assembly of specific solutions to specific problems.
You would never be able to guess that from reading an actual patent application. Obfuscation seems to be the key.
Yah an it was a COUNTRY that did it mommmmmieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Unless you are sending the new login and password to an email account which the hacker already controls because, you see, he already grabbed your password and you probably use the same password for your email, and your email (if not also stolen) is probably login@yahoo/hot/gmail.com. In fact if he was smart he would just make note of the new login and password and delete the email, and you would be stuck wondering why you can't log in to a website in a couple months' time, while he's had a couple months of reading all your mail and possibly even contacting people on your behalf through your email. Dad could you email me your login/password for that website again? I forgot it...
AOL still exists? Wow. Yeah ok I guess this is the result of years of beancounter thinking - the expensive part of running the service and the reason they were losing money was the IT staff, huh? Glad I closed my CompuServe account before giving these guys any money.
Promise a manned vehicle to access a space station that is to be de-orbited in 2016-2020. So considering it's almost 2012, you now have 4 years to finish this project. Yeah right. Oh wait I see the game now. The project will be finished 6 months before the ISS is de-orbited, and so there will be calls for a new space station to give this next generation "shuttle" a reason for existing. This is better than the job creation lawyers engage in!
At best it will make something ugly LOOK a little better.
Or in the case of cosmetics ads, make something that looks good look a little uglier.
Maybe in the future, cameras will keep records of their own motion in metadata to assist such software efforts
Because we all could use just a little more file size bloat. After all, memory is cheap, right?
It could possibly be used for surveillance - planting it on the machine of a little fish to see if he's talking to someone you suspect to be a big fish. While you can never bring the little fish in or use his machine as evidence, you can probably get enough evidence to build a case against the bigger fish and obtain permissions to search and seize the big fish's equipment. I am not advocating blanket surveillance of just anyone to see if anyone is breaking the law. I think that the spirit of Habeas Corpus means that you pretty much have to know specifically what you are going after when you want to set up surveillance. However I can understand how software like this could be useful. It absolutely violates the rights of free citizens though.
But think of all the children! etc
Your life is a game. A remarkably easy one.
I would hasten to probably add - a remarkably boring one.
Do you have any fucking clue how much it costs to get insurance for hurricane damage in Florida?
Yes I do. I've had a condo on the beach in Boca Raton since the 1970's. You realize that if you can't afford to live there, maybe you should live somewhere else, right? Insurance is part of the cost of living there. If you choose to ignore it, well, you have to live with the consequences of your lack of administrative ability.
Really big hurricanes are known to put insurance companies out of business
You mean, the ones not smart enough to buy re-insurance. Oh wait, even insurance companies can buy insurance. Honestly it's not up to me to research specifically which insurance company is willing to take on the risk for a large power company - but at worst, the power company can always self insure. Of course if they pinch the money in the meantime, just like they pinch the employee's pension funds, then they are up shit's creek without a paddle. I still have zero sympathy for them and there's no reason anyone much less the government should have to "bail" these people out when they don't implement proper disaster planning. OMG Hurricanes in Florida? Whoda thunk it.
Insurance is always a bad bet, from an expected value sense.
Yeah, insurance against hurricanes in Florida is a really bad bet. Where you see a "bad bet" I see an increased cost of doing business.
What is it with people today? Stop being such lazy fucks you can't copy/paste your way through life. You can get a rider for absolutely everything, including acts of God, if you pay enough money. Yeah ok you probably can't buy such a policy from an online broker. I doubt that Florida Power & Light does that anyway.
This also fails, because the minute the blood of the 1% has stopped flowing, 1% of the 99% are going to ask themselves what to do with all of those castles, palaces and hoards of gold. Derp. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Yes it turned out very well. For Napoleon. Who said "There are those who cause revolutions and those who profit by them".