1. Sell "worthless" facebook stock to foreigners 2. Collect huge sum of money 3. Discover that foreigners now own an extensive collection of personal data about 250 Million citizens
Facebook is no longer just a website run by a couple of college kids. It is a business - a big business - and like any business their number one priority is making as much money as possible. This is especially true now that Goldman-Sachs has invested $500 million and is trying to get others to invest another Billion or so.
Ah, this explains the nigeria "419" spam SMS text message I got this morning. I didn't understand how the spammers got my number, but now I understand it was Goldman-Sachs that got it through the new Facebook API. I didn't know Goldman-Sachs had an african uncle though.
The child porn filter was started in Sweden in 2005 (1), and it has several times been used to block The Pirate Bay already, and it will be done again (2). Sweden prides itself with no censorship but ask Wikileaks and see what they think about it.(3)
These placebo pills were made of something. Perhaps this something actually had an effect on IBS. It could be the only fibre the test subject had in their diet, for example.
my price point for new albums is now about £5, if they go over that by even a few pennies, I just don't think it's worth the risk losing money on potential dross. If they were a quid I'd buy a hell of a lot more.
The $1 iphone apps proves this really well in real life. There are literally many millionaires made because nobody hesitates to pay $1
If I was a teenager, I would have bought as many €25 cards I could afford and sold them on ebay for €( 25+x% profit ) to adults wanting to save on their purchases. This scheme is doomed to fail quick.
You may say that the system will only be used to control criminals, and you have nothing to hide.
What you are forgetting is that the system can also be ABUSED or laws can be changed.
When the system is in place, the next crazy dictator will be able to use it for to find and control jews, arabs, christians, geeks. Whatever they hate.
Always keep in mind that even Hitler was chosen in a public election.
It WILL happend again. We need to build society with safeguards so we can survive.
I don't believe their Earthlink account was *hacked*.
http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/elcoslnk.htm">Earthlink is connected to the Scentology cult, which are known for hating free spech on the internet. If Cryptome had hosted anything remotely connected with Scientology, they would not hesitate to use that email account to hurt Cryptome.
Oh gods... as one of the three people on the internet that knows the difference between "lose" and "loose," they'll have no problem tracking me down!!!
Don't worry. Neither I or the other person works for a TLA.
Well, Thunderbird and Firefox are a lot more userfriendly than your average car brand name or medication, yet the cars are bought. F-150, Escape Hybrid, E-series... not very userfriendly. Yet popular. zafirlukast, rabeprazole, fexofenadine - even less userfriendly. Yet very popular
The gimp name is a marketing nightmare and probably has caused the software to be banned from more corporations than the developers realize.
Indeed, the Swedish government. Assange leaked classified documents on wikileaks that compromise the Swedish military in Afghanistan.
According to documents easily googled, one of Assange's accusers is a 31-year old left-wing anti-abortion feminist who has been posted at the embassy in Washington D.C. to monitor the development of Homeland Security, in collaboration with Swedish military intelligence. In her own blog, she discussed various fictional rape scenarios, and how the man would be treated in that case.
It's not unthinkable the US decided it was time to wake up a "sleeper" agent. We'll find out when she emigrates to a cushy job in the US.
The numbers for the iPhone are of course going to reflect that the apple crowd has been holding off and waited for the new generation iPhone 4. The numbers for Q3 will be more interesting.
My opinion is that if someone's experience of life is already painful, and guaranteed to get worse with no hope of recovery, they should be allowed to end it. And if they want to help others in the process, that's gravy.
There's a possibility that the doctor says to a patient "your life is over in 3 years, but if you kill yourself, you'd save another", but 2 years later after the patient killed herself, a cure for the disease is discovered.
You would also run a the risk of a doctor lying to a patient there is no hope of recovery, in order to obtain that patient's organs for another patient. A patient in need of organs could pay off or threaten a doctor to lie to another patient.
There's plenty of big problems with assisted suicide and they get worse when other's can win their life from the suicides.
Patents are just another form of regulation. There is no true "free market" when companies can artificially stop competition using lawsuits. Or alternatively, there is just as much free market in Europe, where there is a GSM standard. Regulation either does or doesn't eliminate a free market. You can't have it both ways.
Society is growing used to more extensive monitoring overall. We monitor our babies with webcams. The webcams are then used in schools to monitor class rooms and playgrounds. When we grow up, we rename them security cameras and appoint low wage individuals as our watchmen. In some areas of the world such as the UK, computers are already being used to analyze the images from the security cameras. Storage capacity grows, and data gathered from the image analysis are stored for a lifetime. They can be used to enhance the analysis of your children's children. The ones which protests are considered suspicious with "something to hide". The ruling class are the only ones exempt from monitoring. In the next step, computers are used to analyse images from private bedrooms and bathrooms. After all, who needs to worry about privacy when it's only a computer watching. It's all about protecting us from the boogey man. Think of the children!
Slashdot Mirror
1. Sell "worthless" facebook stock to foreigners
2. Collect huge sum of money
3. Discover that foreigners now own an extensive collection of personal data about 250 Million citizens
this is way smarter than sponsoring spies
Ah, this explains the nigeria "419" spam SMS text message I got this morning. I didn't understand how the spammers got my number, but now I understand it was Goldman-Sachs that got it through the new Facebook API. I didn't know Goldman-Sachs had an african uncle though.
The child porn filter was started in Sweden in 2005 (1), and it has several times been used to block The Pirate Bay already, and it will be done again (2). Sweden prides itself with no censorship but ask Wikileaks and see what they think about it.(3)
(1) http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=622590
(2) http://www.piratpartiet.se/nyheter/press_release_swedish_police_shuts_down_pirate_bay_again
(3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship#Sweden
These placebo pills were made of something. Perhaps this something actually had an effect on IBS. It could be the only fibre the test subject had in their diet, for example.
Indeed. However, the raw truth is that open source contributions can be vetted in a meaningful way.
Don't fool yourself into believing that there are no backdoors in closed-source software.
With some knowledge and lots of genuine, honest curiosity, I reply: Is that an African or European Troll?
The $1 iphone apps proves this really well in real life. There are literally many millionaires made because nobody hesitates to pay $1
...and as a grown up, I will be selling music in France-- "Buy my song for €50 and get €25 cash-back!"
If I was a teenager, I would have bought as many €25 cards I could afford and sold them on ebay for €( 25+x% profit ) to adults wanting to save on their purchases. This scheme is doomed to fail quick.
You may say that the system will only be used to control criminals, and you have nothing to hide.
What you are forgetting is that the system can also be ABUSED or laws can be changed.
When the system is in place, the next crazy dictator will be able to use it for to find and control jews, arabs, christians, geeks. Whatever they hate.
Always keep in mind that even Hitler was chosen in a public election.
It WILL happend again. We need to build society with safeguards so we can survive.
I read this as 1 contractor so far... and though to myself "doh, no wonder labour hasn't started".
I don't believe their Earthlink account was *hacked*.
http://www.skeptictank.org/hs/elcoslnk.htm">Earthlink is connected to the Scentology cult, which are known for hating free spech on the internet. If Cryptome had hosted anything remotely connected with Scientology, they would not hesitate to use that email account to hurt Cryptome.
Don't worry. Neither I or the other person works for a TLA.
Could this simply be a part of the Cyber Storm III information warfare exercise?
http://www.military-technologies.net/2010/09/29/test-of-first-us-cyber-blitz-response-plan-begins/
Well, Thunderbird and Firefox are a lot more userfriendly than your average car brand name or medication, yet the cars are bought. F-150, Escape Hybrid, E-series... not very userfriendly. Yet popular.
zafirlukast, rabeprazole, fexofenadine - even less userfriendly. Yet very popular
The gimp name is a marketing nightmare and probably has caused the software to be banned from more corporations than the developers realize.
It's a Swedish tradition to sing "We shall overcome" in situations like this. Even their ministers sing it.
Assange has pissed off a lot of world governments
Indeed, the Swedish government. Assange leaked classified documents on wikileaks that compromise the Swedish military in Afghanistan.
According to documents easily googled, one of Assange's accusers is a 31-year old left-wing anti-abortion feminist who has been posted at the embassy in Washington D.C. to monitor the development of Homeland Security, in collaboration with Swedish military intelligence. In her own blog, she discussed various fictional rape scenarios, and how the man would be treated in that case.
It's not unthinkable the US decided it was time to wake up a "sleeper" agent. We'll find out when she emigrates to a cushy job in the US.
I have an iPhone 4, I have no bars whereever I go.
The numbers for the iPhone are of course going to reflect that the apple crowd has been holding off and waited for the new generation iPhone 4. The numbers for Q3 will be more interesting.
And then again, who cares, it's just a phone.
They should be sufficient to justify generous research grants for us until 2182.
There's a possibility that the doctor says to a patient "your life is over in 3 years, but if you kill yourself, you'd save another", but 2 years later after the patient killed herself, a cure for the disease is discovered.
You would also run a the risk of a doctor lying to a patient there is no hope of recovery, in order to obtain that patient's organs for another patient. A patient in need of organs could pay off or threaten a doctor to lie to another patient.
There's plenty of big problems with assisted suicide and they get worse when other's can win their life from the suicides.
They are way ahead of you. Outside. And inside.
Patents are just another form of regulation. There is no true "free market" when companies can artificially stop competition using lawsuits. Or alternatively, there is just as much free market in Europe, where there is a GSM standard. Regulation either does or doesn't eliminate a free market. You can't have it both ways.
Society is growing used to more extensive monitoring overall. We monitor our babies with webcams. The webcams are then used in schools to monitor class rooms and playgrounds. When we grow up, we rename them security cameras and appoint low wage individuals as our watchmen.
In some areas of the world such as the UK, computers are already being used to analyze the images from the security cameras. Storage capacity grows, and data gathered from the image analysis are stored for a lifetime. They can be used to enhance the analysis of your children's children. The ones which protests are considered suspicious with "something to hide". The ruling class are the only ones exempt from monitoring.
In the next step, computers are used to analyse images from private bedrooms and bathrooms. After all, who needs to worry about privacy when it's only a computer watching. It's all about protecting us from the boogey man. Think of the children!
Resistance is futile. You will be monitored.
. Having a deity for a dear leader, for example, we're still trailing...
Not very far. Mr Jobs is very close to ascending.