"The Pentagon" is doing all these nefarious things? Don't kid yourself.
You want to criticize then blame Jack Stultz, head of the Army Reserve; blame Robert Gates, head of the DoD; blame Bush who appointed Gates; and blame Obama doubly for keeping Gates and now doing nothing as the ostensible Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.
Scare to name names because the blame can be traced to the President you voted for?
Cowardice. Abject cowardice.
Why is it when the US is criticized, responses in the vein of "other countries do it too" is unacceptable and often labeled troll, yet when a different country is under the radar, responses in the vein of "the US does it too" is the first and greatest comeback, and in this case labeled "Insightful"?
This idea that China is a super-villain and the US is a superhero is based off of myth, nationalism and ignorance, we are no better than the Chinese.
May I suggest that this belief that there are significant people who believe in your hyperbolized dichotomy is also a myth. I'm confident the majority of people in the US see it as a flawed country but on the whole comparatively better than most.
I don't see why Thinkgeek would stock up like that. The manufacturer is probably some factory in rural China, Buckyballs is merely an import distributor.
Lead time from Chinese manufacturer to US distributor is in weeks and months, but lead time from domestic distributor to domestic retailer is days.
It only makes sense that Buckyball stocks the majority, especially given the small size and premium price.
You learned that only because people are overly sensitive with regard to their own opinions and take offense when others don't couch their every word in phrases that project uncertainty.
I used to play this game like you, but it's a depressing and tiresome one.
Fuck them if they can't take some confidence.
It's the internet, knowing to take all printed word with a grain of salt is a fundamental requirement.
I don't need to put IMO in front of everything I say. You should know it's IMO by the very fact that I'm saying it.
Why, do Iranians look down on the Arabs or something?
If someone calls one of my Chinese relatives on the mainland a Korean or Japanese they'd probably flip out. Me, I'd be like, "Oh cool what makes you say that?"
Or if I call my Venezuelan friend a Mexican, he'll brush it off with a laugh.
But maybe that's because we're not racist (and maybe leaning on the accomplishments of past civilizations to prop up egos is silly too)
But their politics is a politics of fear, whether it be fear of the Big Bad Government, fear of muslims, fear of gays, fear of latinos...
That rally was pretty silly in some respects, but I don't think there was any bigotry towards muslims, gays, or latinos. It was all Big Government is evil blah blah blah.
It's rather disingenuous of you to put all those things in the same bag there.
Well you see I'm pretty much certain that if I ever become a world-famous man who is highly sought-after by the most powerful government on earth I totally would NOT get an ego and would have continued to rely on my self-preserving senses of awareness and rationality when women with bodies honed by a lifetime on snow skis begin to stroke my tiny hate-filled America-hating dick while whispering dirty unintelligible Swedish filth into my sneaky possibly criminal ears just before I become aware of my surprisingly non-Catholic abhorrence of condoms.
Not so implausible as you war-mongering America-apologists would make it out to be. Smear campaign is far more likely and I'm sticking with it.
What's truly scary is people like you on both sides of the wikileaks issue making accusations without picking up the burden of proof.
Say wikileaks is an accessory to Taliban revenge murders? Prove it.
Say US government is perpetrating a campaign of libel and intimidation against Assange? Prove it.
Just because he has POLITICS that you agree with does not mean he isn't a sex creep.
ooo, that's part is going to get you modded troll when the left-leaning mods get here. I completely agree with your sentiment however, that people are too quick to place themselves on either side of the matter when evidence is severely lacking. The correct stance to take is of course that Assange is innocent with regard to rape/molestation until conclusive evidence to the contrary is provided. Likewise, the USA is innocent with regard to whatever crime is implied by the story tags (currently: flaseflag, blackflag) until conclusive evidence to the contrary is provided.
Of course, this being SlashKOS, you and I will have to deal with the frustration of seeing such double standards and take the karma beating for pointing it out.
Clearly you want me to do your work for you, which I will not oblige. The point being that if it is so easy to find 1 name within 95000 files in such short order, then there should statistically be much more than just 3. I certainly could have gotten lucky and stumbled upon 1 of 3/95000 files, but that's even less likely.
If you were to spend some time and find 4 names, then it would falsify the claims that there were merely 3, and lend greater credence to the claim that there are much more. Another post said you should look under MEDCAP category, maybe you should try that.
My condolences to the Gorbez tribe for whatever violence that may (or may already have) come their way from the Taliban. While I doubt it was their intention to aid the US special forces in any way -- probably wanted to be left alone by all sides and were just cooperating to avoid any trouble and to get the strangers with guns to leave asap -- the fact that they communicated peacefully with US forces is likely enough justification for retribution in the eyes of the Taliban.
Also, you should spend at least 5 minutes searching before resorting to an argumentum ad ignorantiam (well actually you should never resort to it). It's sad you should be modded so highly for merely professing ignorance.
I completely understand that, and I don't dismiss the fact that astroturfing is real. But it's one thing to take a person's thoughts with a grain of salt while voicing your own, and quite distinctly another to accuse people left and right of conspiracy when you don't agree.
This whole "people who disagree with me are part of a conspiracy" mentality has to be the single most annoying thing on the internet. I bet you also think stories about new Microsoft developments or criticisms of any part of the Linux community are all commercially backed astroturfing. Maybe YOU need to realize that the Nerds of Slashdot are a diverse bunch of people and do not fit any stereotype; that people who hold opinions quite opposite to your world view are not actually trolls; and that airing their opinions in a cogent manner is not actually trolling.
The fact that you can't handle a little cognitive dissonance does not make everyone else a troll.
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Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Or in this case..
Never attribute to nefarious machinations that which is adequately explained by douchebaggery.
"The Pentagon" is doing all these nefarious things? Don't kid yourself.
You want to criticize then blame Jack Stultz, head of the Army Reserve; blame Robert Gates, head of the DoD; blame Bush who appointed Gates; and blame Obama doubly for keeping Gates and now doing nothing as the ostensible Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.
Scare to name names because the blame can be traced to the President you voted for?
Cowardice. Abject cowardice.
This idea that China is a super-villain and the US is a superhero is based off of myth, nationalism and ignorance, we are no better than the Chinese.
May I suggest that this belief that there are significant people who believe in your hyperbolized dichotomy is also a myth. I'm confident the majority of people in the US see it as a flawed country but on the whole comparatively better than most.
I don't see why Thinkgeek would stock up like that. The manufacturer is probably some factory in rural China, Buckyballs is merely an import distributor.
Lead time from Chinese manufacturer to US distributor is in weeks and months, but lead time from domestic distributor to domestic retailer is days.
It only makes sense that Buckyball stocks the majority, especially given the small size and premium price.
You learned that only because people are overly sensitive with regard to their own opinions and take offense when others don't couch their every word in phrases that project uncertainty.
I used to play this game like you, but it's a depressing and tiresome one.
Fuck them if they can't take some confidence.
It's the internet, knowing to take all printed word with a grain of salt is a fundamental requirement.
I don't need to put IMO in front of everything I say. You should know it's IMO by the very fact that I'm saying it.
If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen (or capital city in this case)
And how many non-democracies allow Youtube (or even internet access) at all?
"Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien."
Why, do Iranians look down on the Arabs or something?
If someone calls one of my Chinese relatives on the mainland a Korean or Japanese they'd probably flip out. Me, I'd be like, "Oh cool what makes you say that?"
Or if I call my Venezuelan friend a Mexican, he'll brush it off with a laugh.
But maybe that's because we're not racist (and maybe leaning on the accomplishments of past civilizations to prop up egos is silly too)
We still don't have Alpha Centauri 2
:(
That's all I ever want.
Nothing else.
Just that.
But their politics is a politics of fear, whether it be fear of the Big Bad Government, fear of muslims, fear of gays, fear of latinos...
That rally was pretty silly in some respects, but I don't think there was any bigotry towards muslims, gays, or latinos. It was all Big Government is evil blah blah blah. It's rather disingenuous of you to put all those things in the same bag there.
Well you see I'm pretty much certain that if I ever become a world-famous man who is highly sought-after by the most powerful government on earth I totally would NOT get an ego and would have continued to rely on my self-preserving senses of awareness and rationality when women with bodies honed by a lifetime on snow skis begin to stroke my tiny hate-filled America-hating dick while whispering dirty unintelligible Swedish filth into my sneaky possibly criminal ears just before I become aware of my surprisingly non-Catholic abhorrence of condoms.
Not so implausible as you war-mongering America-apologists would make it out to be. Smear campaign is far more likely and I'm sticking with it.
I assume it happens to be a fun game
If Assange has just been warned about these "dirty tricks" - why would he have sex with two different women he just had met in Sweden?
You wouldn't? Damn...
What's truly scary is people like you on both sides of the wikileaks issue making accusations without picking up the burden of proof.
Say wikileaks is an accessory to Taliban revenge murders? Prove it.
Say US government is perpetrating a campaign of libel and intimidation against Assange? Prove it.
How would you feel if your girlfriend told you robot dick feels better than yours?
I assume one dyke to distract the employees with a tirade on modern gender roles in the gay community while the other sneaks in with a sledgehammer.
Switch out Julian Assange with Saddam Hussein, and Obama with Bush, then read your paragraph again.
Just because he has POLITICS that you agree with does not mean he isn't a sex creep.
ooo, that's part is going to get you modded troll when the left-leaning mods get here. I completely agree with your sentiment however, that people are too quick to place themselves on either side of the matter when evidence is severely lacking. The correct stance to take is of course that Assange is innocent with regard to rape/molestation until conclusive evidence to the contrary is provided. Likewise, the USA is innocent with regard to whatever crime is implied by the story tags (currently: flaseflag, blackflag) until conclusive evidence to the contrary is provided. Of course, this being SlashKOS, you and I will have to deal with the frustration of seeing such double standards and take the karma beating for pointing it out.
Clearly you want me to do your work for you, which I will not oblige. The point being that if it is so easy to find 1 name within 95000 files in such short order, then there should statistically be much more than just 3. I certainly could have gotten lucky and stumbled upon 1 of 3/95000 files, but that's even less likely.
If you were to spend some time and find 4 names, then it would falsify the claims that there were merely 3, and lend greater credence to the claim that there are much more. Another post said you should look under MEDCAP category, maybe you should try that.
Took me less than 5 minutes to find a name in the Affiliation -> Friend category.
http://wardiary.wikileaks.org/afg/event/2004/01/AFG20040119n2.html
I have to give credit to WL for some nice info organization despite the incompetent redaction.
My condolences to the Gorbez tribe for whatever violence that may (or may already have) come their way from the Taliban. While I doubt it was their intention to aid the US special forces in any way -- probably wanted to be left alone by all sides and were just cooperating to avoid any trouble and to get the strangers with guns to leave asap -- the fact that they communicated peacefully with US forces is likely enough justification for retribution in the eyes of the Taliban.
Also, you should spend at least 5 minutes searching before resorting to an argumentum ad ignorantiam (well actually you should never resort to it). It's sad you should be modded so highly for merely professing ignorance.
I completely understand that, and I don't dismiss the fact that astroturfing is real. But it's one thing to take a person's thoughts with a grain of salt while voicing your own, and quite distinctly another to accuse people left and right of conspiracy when you don't agree.
This whole "people who disagree with me are part of a conspiracy" mentality has to be the single most annoying thing on the internet.
I bet you also think stories about new Microsoft developments or criticisms of any part of the Linux community are all commercially backed astroturfing.
Maybe YOU need to realize that the Nerds of Slashdot are a diverse bunch of people and do not fit any stereotype; that people who hold opinions quite opposite to your world view are not actually trolls; and that airing their opinions in a cogent manner is not actually trolling.
The fact that you can't handle a little cognitive dissonance does not make everyone else a troll.
Why doesn't the US just do this:
Step 1: Steal sensitive documents from China
Step 2: Release documents to wikileaks anonymously
Step 3: Wait for obituary headlines
Enhance.. Enhance.. Enhance..