I may have been thinking too much. In fact, you may even say that I am paranoid - but at the stage that we are in today, that the blanket snooping activities into almost everything that we do online and off, we do need to question why the authority's need to do it, rather than accept what they are telling us by default
Yes, they tell us they are 'looking for terrorists' but is that true?
I mean, if they are 'looking for terrorists' the obvious target for those 'terrorists' are those from a particular religion (that peaceful one, to boot)
But is the authority looking into that group only?
Far from that. They are snooping in on ALL OF US, on our email, on our surfing pattern, on the site we go to, on what we download, on our phone conversation, on everything everybody is doing
Then why are they doing it?
Surely the 'looking for terrorists' excuse ain't gonna cut it no more, there gotta be more than what they are telling us
Yes, I am paranoid, I admit it. But you can't blame me from being paranoid
I am from China, a country which is being ruled by some really despicable regime. At the point when I left China the entire society was in turmoil. People were being pulled out on to the street and beaten, sometimes killed, just because they were labeled as 'anti-revolutionary'
I have had that kind of experiences. Most of you do not. I know what the authority is capable of doing, and what they will do to maintain their control over us, the peons
The more I look at what's happening in the so-called "Western countries" the more it resembles that despicable regime that is controlling China
Yes, I am have been 'overthinking', as you put it, but I rather be paranoid and right and be well prepared (as well as knowing what preventive actions to take before the shit hits the fan), than be totally unprepared and suffered the consequences
But it's all up to you guys. What I am telling you is what I, and many millions of older generation of Chinese had gone through --- we do not trust the authority, we do not trust anyone but ourselves
If you guys insist that the authority is to be trusted, that they are doing what they are doing for 'the good of the people', then that's your right to do what ever you want to do
But when the shit hits the fan (which I fervently hope it will never come true) don't blame me for not forewarning you guys
It happened in China, it could happen, and I repeat, it could happen elsewhere, including the Western countries
... as terrorists. I have accepted that. Just change the laws to reflect reality now so we don't have this silly mismatch...
Actually their target is further than that
To illustrate what I mean, let's look at what TFA says...
... Canada's electronic spy agency sifts through millions of videos and documents downloaded online every day by people around the world, as part of a sweeping bid to find extremist plots and suspects...
Are they truly looking for "extremist plots and suspects"?
No
Then what they are looking for?
They are looking for potential targets that they deem "dangerous". No, not terrorists but those amongst the people who are NOT sheeples!
You see, those fascists (to put them in a milder term will be an injustice, they are fascists afterall) are not afraid of sheeples. In fact, they WANT all the people to become sheeples so that they can get absolute control over them
What the fascists are afraid, very afraid of, is those amongst us who steadfastly REFUSE to become a sheeple, who instead will use our own brain to think, rather than delegate the thinking to "somebody else", ie, the authority
That is what makes those fucking fascists antsy --- they can't have that, but current laws still do not allow them to pull out all the non-sheeples to the street and shoot them
So they do the next best... to identify the non-sheeples so that, when it comes the day they can pull people out to the street and carry out summary execution, they would know who to shoot
That is ultimately WHAT they are doing today... identifying us, closely monitoring us, categorizing us,... and ultimately, know who they need to eliminate, and where to get those 'trouble makers'
Whether or not it is called "Software Development" or "Software Engineering" or "Coding" or whatever the newest trendy iteration, they all boil down to identifying the need and/or problem and then SOLVE IT
From the primitive but extra-ordinarily crucial computer systems that ran the Apollo space program to Lotus 1-2-3 to Linux, all they did was the same --- they identified what is needed and then providing solution to get the problems licked
... Einstein invented quantum mechanics and you're an idiot...
Albert Einstein is one of the guys that I truly respect, but I still gotta say that Quantum Mechanics was not invented by Einstein alone... Other people such as Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Louis de Broglie, Arthur Compton, Erwin Schrodinger, Max Born, John von Neumann, Paul Dirac, Enrico Fermi, Wolfgang Pauli, Max von Laue, Freeman Dyson, David Hilbert, Wilhelm Wien, Satyendra Nath Bose, Arnold Sommerfeld, amongst many others, also have contributed to the theory of Quantum Mechanics
I've been on the scene since the '70s, and as much as I hope that my real identity to not be revealed to the world, I understand that once I post something online I take a risk (calculated or otherwise) of having my real identity exposed
In other words, they are the indigenous for their ancestors, for thousands of years, have settled in that place
And immigrants ? No matter if they are 2nd / 3rd / 4th or whatever generation, once they have decided to harm the indigenous they should be kicked out, immediately !
Human beings when become celebrities will get their ego 'floated' when they find themselves becoming celebrities, and of course, scientists are no different
We can see how many of the celebrities have fumbled, sport stars, politicians, movie stars, and yes, even religious leaders, they too fumbled
They act different, the content of their speeches have also changed and become boastful. Most have forgotten what 'humble' feel like, and truth does not matter anymore
And truth is what Science is all about - the search for truth
Once truth is no longer important, then no matter how grandiose a scientific essay has been produced, it in itself has lost all its value
Them spooks are doing exactly what they are being paid to do... to let terrorist events transpire, to shock the sheeple, to shock them so much that they will voluntarily give up their rights
And that is what is happening, in America, in UK, in Spain, and now, in France
Every single time something really terrible happen them ruling elites will play the "superman" role, to "lead", to "protect", to "save"
But who are they saving? Who are they protecting?
Fact is that sheeples never think
If they ever use their brains to think they would see that the ruling class is nothing but a bunch of lying megalomaniacs
I have a feeling that the politcos have a secret pact with the terrorists, or whoever is/are behind the terrorist movement, just so that they can get a terrorist or two carrying out a really despicable terrorist act, in the middle of a major Western city, something that generates MAXIMUM IMPACT, and the sheeples be of course be scared shitless
The scared shitless sheeples will in turn agree to sign away whatever fucking rights they have left in the exchange (no guarantee, only a promise, an empty promise) of the so-called "safety"
That is why I do not foresee a great future for the so-called "Western Democracy" --- simply because the sheeples are too damn stupid to notice that they have been conned, again, and again !
I am not saying that there is no terrorists, yes, there are !
The act of using "terrorism threat" as a tool to further their goal to concentrate their power over the people, is itself as despicable as whatever the terrorists have done !!
"... while the internet must remain âoein scrupulous observance of fundamental freedoms, a forum for free expression, in full respect of the law...
What law?
I don't need to get a crystal ball to know that a lot more restrictive laws will emerge - and we all know what kind of the future world we will end up with if we do not stand up for our own rights!
... ever since the first search engine (altavista) appeared the search paradigm has essentially remained unchanged?... and it's getting stale ...
Can't the search engine companies, and I don't care if it's Bing, Google or Yahoo, come up with something new? Something that is disruptively simple and yet extra-ordinarily innovative?
I didn't think much of it back then, after all, the whole 'website' thing was still new and everyone were still screaming 'cyber this' or 'e-that' or 'i-whatever' and that guy from the Greatful Dead had just posted his famous 'cybernation' declaration, and I was looking for new services where I can get free email addresses (remember usa.net or military.net?)
... but I kept coming back
Only after 5 weeks or so I told myself, "What the hell, just register"
... the rejection of being a part of a civilized society
Look, no matter if we are talking about the ancient Jewish texts (the Torah) or the Christian texts (the New Testaments) or the Islamic texts (the Koran) they all contain verses which are really despicable
The difference is that many Moslems today are still preferring to stick with and practice those despicable texts from their Koran, rather than choosing to live like civilized human beings with civilized mindset ; Whilst most of the Jews and the Christians have opted to become civilized
Even among many of those so-called 'moderate Moslems', they too secretly harbor the same sentiment that the Moslems are 'more superior" than the infidels; That the only useful value of the infidels is to become slaves for them, the superior Moslems
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I may have been thinking too much. In fact, you may even say that I am paranoid - but at the stage that we are in today, that the blanket snooping activities into almost everything that we do online and off, we do need to question why the authority's need to do it, rather than accept what they are telling us by default
Yes, they tell us they are 'looking for terrorists' but is that true?
I mean, if they are 'looking for terrorists' the obvious target for those 'terrorists' are those from a particular religion (that peaceful one, to boot)
But is the authority looking into that group only?
Far from that. They are snooping in on ALL OF US, on our email, on our surfing pattern, on the site we go to, on what we download, on our phone conversation, on everything everybody is doing
Then why are they doing it?
Surely the 'looking for terrorists' excuse ain't gonna cut it no more, there gotta be more than what they are telling us
Yes, I am paranoid, I admit it. But you can't blame me from being paranoid
I am from China, a country which is being ruled by some really despicable regime. At the point when I left China the entire society was in turmoil. People were being pulled out on to the street and beaten, sometimes killed, just because they were labeled as 'anti-revolutionary'
I have had that kind of experiences. Most of you do not. I know what the authority is capable of doing, and what they will do to maintain their control over us, the peons
The more I look at what's happening in the so-called "Western countries" the more it resembles that despicable regime that is controlling China
Yes, I am have been 'overthinking', as you put it, but I rather be paranoid and right and be well prepared (as well as knowing what preventive actions to take before the shit hits the fan), than be totally unprepared and suffered the consequences
But it's all up to you guys. What I am telling you is what I, and many millions of older generation of Chinese had gone through --- we do not trust the authority, we do not trust anyone but ourselves
If you guys insist that the authority is to be trusted, that they are doing what they are doing for 'the good of the people', then that's your right to do what ever you want to do
But when the shit hits the fan (which I fervently hope it will never come true) don't blame me for not forewarning you guys
It happened in China, it could happen, and I repeat, it could happen elsewhere, including the Western countries
You said:
Actually their target is further than that
...
To illustrate what I mean, let's look at what TFA says
Are they truly looking for "extremist plots and suspects"?
No
Then what they are looking for?
They are looking for potential targets that they deem "dangerous". No, not terrorists but those amongst the people who are NOT sheeples!
You see, those fascists (to put them in a milder term will be an injustice, they are fascists afterall) are not afraid of sheeples. In fact, they WANT all the people to become sheeples so that they can get absolute control over them
What the fascists are afraid, very afraid of, is those amongst us who steadfastly REFUSE to become a sheeple, who instead will use our own brain to think, rather than delegate the thinking to "somebody else", ie, the authority
That is what makes those fucking fascists antsy --- they can't have that, but current laws still do not allow them to pull out all the non-sheeples to the street and shoot them
So they do the next best ... to identify the non-sheeples so that, when it comes the day they can pull people out to the street and carry out summary execution, they would know who to shoot
That is ultimately WHAT they are doing today ... identifying us, closely monitoring us, categorizing us, ... and ultimately, know who they need to eliminate, and where to get those 'trouble makers'
Beer and lots of offshore help! :)
The more you rely on offshore help to solve the problems on hand the more beer you gonna find yourself gulping down
Trust me on that !
Whether or not it is called "Software Development" or "Software Engineering" or "Coding" or whatever the newest trendy iteration, they all boil down to identifying the need and/or problem and then SOLVE IT
From the primitive but extra-ordinarily crucial computer systems that ran the Apollo space program to Lotus 1-2-3 to Linux, all they did was the same --- they identified what is needed and then providing solution to get the problems licked
Which of the accusations are baseless?
Are you saying that because I am a Chinese you can accuse me for being a thief?
Is that what you mean, buddy?
... Einstein invented quantum mechanics and you're an idiot ...
Albert Einstein is one of the guys that I truly respect, but I still gotta say that Quantum Mechanics was not invented by Einstein alone ... Other people such as Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Louis de Broglie, Arthur Compton, Erwin Schrodinger, Max Born, John von Neumann, Paul Dirac, Enrico Fermi, Wolfgang Pauli, Max von Laue, Freeman Dyson, David Hilbert, Wilhelm Wien, Satyendra Nath Bose, Arnold Sommerfeld, amongst many others, also have contributed to the theory of Quantum Mechanics
I've been on the scene since the '70s, and as much as I hope that my real identity to not be revealed to the world, I understand that once I post something online I take a risk (calculated or otherwise) of having my real identity exposed
There is no anonymity online or offline
Rome's biggest enemy was itself, the upper classes saw only their own gain, disdained the masses, and ignored the changing world around them
While them Islamic savages are destroying the social fabric of the European countries what the Europeans leaders want to do?
To open Europe up for even more of them Islamic savages!
... are second and third-generation immigrants ...
France belongs to the French
Germany belongs to the Germans
Sweden belongs to the Swedes
Italy belongs to the Italians
In other words, they are the indigenous for their ancestors, for thousands of years, have settled in that place
And immigrants ? No matter if they are 2nd / 3rd / 4th or whatever generation, once they have decided to harm the indigenous they should be kicked out, immediately !
It's the rogues, the Islamists that they need to go after
Why are they snooping around the non-Islamists?
Why?
A good brain can conduct critical thinking
Sorry have to break it to ya ...
Almost all the homo homo sapiens in this world have a brain inside their skulls - in other words, they HAVE brains
However, most homo homo sapiens in this world can't even think critically
Since TFA talks about Google offering a brain, an online smart brain, I just had to google "Does Google Lie" and guess what the first result was?
A link to Answer.com 'Does Google lie - Answers.com' which does not work !
And the instructions (type cat ./ type cheeseburger Mango) ain't making any sense either
Them fucking French have been asking for being massacred for decades
They have imported the savages by the MILLIONS and they still want to import MANY MILLIONS MORE savages into France
I say let the French be massacred
Let France be an example to all --- let the whole world know the consequences of importing them Islamic savages
RMS is far from perfect, very very far from perfect, but at the very _least_ the guy did create something
What about you?
Human beings when become celebrities will get their ego 'floated' when they find themselves becoming celebrities, and of course, scientists are no different
We can see how many of the celebrities have fumbled, sport stars, politicians, movie stars, and yes, even religious leaders, they too fumbled
They act different, the content of their speeches have also changed and become boastful. Most have forgotten what 'humble' feel like, and truth does not matter anymore
And truth is what Science is all about - the search for truth
Once truth is no longer important, then no matter how grandiose a scientific essay has been produced, it in itself has lost all its value
Remember, Scientists are humans too
I ran away from China some decades ago because the Communist government of China was more or less acting like a terroristic entity
I ran away from China and ended up in the West, and I thought I am safe ... apparently, I was wrong!
Now the Western nations are trying to become more China than China !
Oooooh, my !
Oh c'mon, folks !
Them spooks are doing exactly what they are being paid to do ... to let terrorist events transpire, to shock the sheeple, to shock them so much that they will voluntarily give up their rights
And that is what is happening, in America, in UK, in Spain, and now, in France
Every single time something really terrible happen them ruling elites will play the "superman" role, to "lead", to "protect", to "save"
But who are they saving? Who are they protecting?
Fact is that sheeples never think
If they ever use their brains to think they would see that the ruling class is nothing but a bunch of lying megalomaniacs
... rather they are the TOOLS
I have a feeling that the politcos have a secret pact with the terrorists, or whoever is/are behind the terrorist movement, just so that they can get a terrorist or two carrying out a really despicable terrorist act, in the middle of a major Western city, something that generates MAXIMUM IMPACT, and the sheeples be of course be scared shitless
The scared shitless sheeples will in turn agree to sign away whatever fucking rights they have left in the exchange (no guarantee, only a promise, an empty promise) of the so-called "safety"
That is why I do not foresee a great future for the so-called "Western Democracy" --- simply because the sheeples are too damn stupid to notice that they have been conned, again, and again !
I am not saying that there is no terrorists, yes, there are !
The act of using "terrorism threat" as a tool to further their goal to concentrate their power over the people, is itself as despicable as whatever the terrorists have done !!
... there will be no freedom of speech left
And from TFA
" ... while the internet must remain âoein scrupulous observance of fundamental freedoms, a forum for free expression, in full respect of the law ...
What law?
I don't need to get a crystal ball to know that a lot more restrictive laws will emerge - and we all know what kind of the future world we will end up with if we do not stand up for our own rights!
There is another article in /. that truly deserves the Lifetime Achievement in Pedantry Award
http://tech.slashdot.org/story...
Click on the link above and read for yourself on how much fun it is to be inside the Indian military
Back in 2011 them Anonymous declared war on the Zetas --- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... --- and then what happened?
Nothing, absolutely NOT A _MOTHERFUCKING_ THING !!
... ever since the first search engine (altavista) appeared the search paradigm has essentially remained unchanged? ... and it's getting stale ...
Can't the search engine companies, and I don't care if it's Bing, Google or Yahoo, come up with something new? Something that is disruptively simple and yet extra-ordinarily innovative?
The very first day of /.'s existence I was here
I didn't think much of it back then, after all, the whole 'website' thing was still new and everyone were still screaming 'cyber this' or 'e-that' or 'i-whatever' and that guy from the Greatful Dead had just posted his famous 'cybernation' declaration, and I was looking for new services where I can get free email addresses (remember usa.net or military.net?)
... but I kept coming back
Only after 5 weeks or so I told myself, "What the hell, just register"
... the rest, as they say, is history
decided to register
... the rejection of being a part of a civilized society
Look, no matter if we are talking about the ancient Jewish texts (the Torah) or the Christian texts (the New Testaments) or the Islamic texts (the Koran) they all contain verses which are really despicable
The difference is that many Moslems today are still preferring to stick with and practice those despicable texts from their Koran, rather than choosing to live like civilized human beings with civilized mindset ; Whilst most of the Jews and the Christians have opted to become civilized
Even among many of those so-called 'moderate Moslems', they too secretly harbor the same sentiment that the Moslems are 'more superior" than the infidels; That the only useful value of the infidels is to become slaves for them, the superior Moslems
Remember that American aid worker Peter Kassig that got his head cut off?
He has converted in Islam but that still didn't prevent them barbarians from cutting his head off