Huxley actually was an insider - he and his brother. I haven't researched him enough to know why he exposed the plan to the general populace, I can only assume he was genuinely against it. I've got the follow up book to Brave New World but haven't read it yet. I think Orwell was just very observant. Again, I need to research the author to be sure. In both cases the authors did a great job of putting out warnings for the rest of us.
I used to say the U.K. was getting 1984 while the U.S. was getting Brave New World. I've decided it a blend for both.
I know about the "Social Contract". I had a lot of respect for it when I was younger, before I realized it was a concept that though benign in intent is begin exploited in concept to enslave the productive in the interest of the non-productive.
As soon as a system exist people look to exploit it. Why create the tools of our own enslavement? I am a voluntarist. I look to enslave no one and I don't want a master. I believe in equality, as soon as systems exist those who run them become masters.
How long has it been since the president or congress has given a shit about the 4th, 9th, or 10th?
How long has it been since the supreme court actually respected the 9th or 10th in a ruling?
Ever single regulatory agency in existence is an end run around the 9th and 10th. As long as the people in power are the ones placed by the corporate interest that want this treaty then we will have this treaty. After this treaty has been in place 15 or so years it will be so concrete it will be next to impossible to get around.
I consider the U.S. government "occupied by hostile forces". The people funding the election campaigns (big bankers/Soros) are the ones not only running the U.S. government but the world. Most of Europe is worse off than us, they're already deep in the rabbit hole, but we're hot on their heals.
"America" does not want this, just like we didn't want CISPA, the Affordable Care Act, or any number of legislations we've fought tooth and nail against.
I semi-blame "just vote" campaigns. I don't think we should be encouraging people who don't care about what's going on to vote, they tend to take bullshit bait easier than those who are informed, then the trap is sprung.
The same people funding the crooked campaigns are the same ones funding the "just vote" bull crap.
No "America" does not want this, this is wanted by the corporate cronies what hold the leashes of the corrupt establishment leaders (Pelosi, Boehner ), the same exact people who hold the leashes of corrupt European leaders (Merkel, Löfven). Germany is on the verge of a revolt at the moment due to bringing back the Stasi to enforce social media censorship and forcing villages to take "migrants" in the largest Cloward and Piven scheme ever executed.
The TPP is part of that Cloward and Piven strategy.
It's written so that countries that aren't part of the TPP now can be added later.
Ted Cruz scares me - he was also for it because he was against it. He's done too much flip-flopping for me to be comfortable with him. I honestly believe the members of the Republican party that are libertarians trying to bring the party in line with freedom are a good thing. Rand Paul, his father before him, there's a couple of others. Cruz scares me because he looks like one of that bunch - but does stupid crap on occasion that makes me think he's a poser, and he's got a more solid following than a lot of the ones I question less.
The goal of this treaty is to central world government - even if it's not outright stated. In general I'm against outlawing most anything, but that dictate shouldn't come from a different bunch of control freaks. In general I'm for as decentralized power as we can get. The whole idea of tiered government instead of monolithic is when decisions are made locally you know exactly who to nab at the grocery store so you can tar and feather them in the parking lot. It's a little harder to do when it's mysterious corporate overlords on another continent.
As long as the people at the top aren't the same people funded by people like George Soros who want it in place. Right now the top executive positions in the U.S. government and those in the Republicrat party (as in the single party establishment masquerading as separate parties) want it. We will have to put people in power to replace them who have the backbone to stand up to it.
There's a sever lack of backbone in most who get elected, then the ones who have it get chased out of office.
Do you want to outlaw something traded under this agreement in your own country? Nope! Your government will be tried in an international court!
Want to legalize something not legal in this agreement or buy it from a supplier not under the agreement while one who is under it sells it at a higher price? Nope! Your government will be tried in an international court!
Trade is only the excuse for this agreement. Just like the patriot act and affordable care act specifics are so vague it to allow any interpretation desired by those who head up the agreement. It's also structures in such a way that nations not complying with changes afterward will be punished. This is not an "agreement" as it's called, it's a treaty. Notice corporation wrote most of it.
This is the official handing over of the government to corporations. It's been happening in practice, but that pesky constitution and balance of powers occasionally gets in the way. This is the bypass for it.
If you DON'T bully your representatives, beg, plead and even threaten them to keep this from passing we're all going to be part of the "expanded EU".
She said women are lazy and don't want to have to think and learn about specific things.
She said that women want things to work and don't want to do the work to make things work. If something doesn't work the way it's supposed to women want to get other people to get them what they want, they don't want to have to carry out the "boring" task of figuring it out for themselves.
I can see her point, I can't say I fully agree, at least on the lazy part. I have seen many women get interested, even obsessed with carrying out a task/solving a problem, doing tons of research and ground pounding and other work to get the task done, however rarely has it been something that had to do with technology. On another note, reboosting my wife's statement those things have usually been things I, and the people around us - be it a former coworker or personal relation - knew little about. I'm thinking about a dozen different things through history with as many women in mind.
It is possible based on anecdotal personal observations that the abundance of people who can and do take care of technical type problems for young girls and women prevent them from being forced to do for themselves, thus never actually developing an interest from doing it. In fact many of the females I do know in tech fields were from single parent homes and often didn't have male siblings.
Ask non-SJW males on most college campuses what power SJW's have.
They can get men kicked out of school for rape when no raping happens - with no refunds or ability to argue their position due to SJW pressure. False rape accusations aren't that uncommon.
Ask anyone with any connection to the gaming industry, be it a developer or a gamer what SJW's can do. Rumors have it that top developers have mandated new games have female villains and heroes even if it doesn't make sense.
They've pretty much ruined social media unless you stick to very small specific circles.
They've messed up Slashdot too. We have to have at least one SJW article about why we should all feel guilty women don't want to be in STEM fields. (my wife has explained this to me BTW and it's not a very PC answer)
Dealership laws are usually examples of IN STATE corruption, not federal, though I don't rule out some federal being involved.
The GOOD thing about state level corruption is it's easier to bring down the necks of state level reps - you may see them at the grocery store occasionally. That's why we have multiple levels of government - you can tar and feather the locals and doing that keeps the feds scared that it's going to happen to them. The way I see it is we're wasting plenty of feathers from poultry processing plants by putting them in pillows and coats.
When it's strictly federal level corruption the guilty are usually out of tar and feather range.
I'm running Kodi on a First Gen Intel Mac Pro 2x2 Xeon. Plenty for what I need. I've got a lot of hard drives plugged in for various libraries, some Firewire. I do all the ripping on my Linux system that has a bunch of optical drives and actually outperforms the Mac on that task.
I'm thinking about switching it over to Linux, a lot of the Kodi plugins don't work and I'm not sure if that's because it's on a Mac or the plugins just suck. I'm going to test them on my Linux box first.
I use the Yatse Remote for my phone, a Rii Keyboard as the "common remote", and I have the HTTP remote enabled so my wife can operate it from her fruit phone (I can't explain how the remote disappears so often).
Also my now elderly LG BluRay player with UPNP and DLNA support is on my desk in my office - it's not very reliable anymore but I can use it to play anything on the server on an extra HDMI monitor I have. It wasn't reliable enough to leave in the living room anymore, but okay tor occasional geek use.
I really need a new TV. I've still got a 36" Dimatron CRT with a VGA to S-Video converter box. At least the setup in my office actually does HD.....
First - Air: You don't necessarily need a heater or A/C all the time, but I would seriously consider getting a camper/RV crank open/closed air vent with screens and putting a couple in the ceiling. He mentioned he left it slightly open for air control and it invited bugs.
Second - Bed: Just build up a wooden frame at the very front to hold a mattress - I think a queen size - would fit. Put the dresser underneath. You could also build in a short closet/locker under there. That could be the general storage area for everything. Since the bed will be quite long get a rolling clothes rack - like the stores use - and park it under the bed. Put a door in front so you can slide it in and out and it will contain the thing when you drive it. Get creative. I personally would make a parking space for -----
Third - Bicycle: You call the truck social suicide. Obviously you don't want to drive that thing everywhere, get a bike. I know Google has them on campus you can use, but get your own and park it under your bed. I would build a lifting staircase with hinges as a garage door.. You're young and socializing on a bike isn't that hard, especially in more left-wing type metros where it's popular.
Fourth - walls and ceiling: Put carpet, curtains, or if you want to be all function no form kindergarten style sleep mats all over the walls and ceiling. This will block some outside noise, will get rid of the "tin can echo" and insulate against the weather. You can use spray glue, but that could smell the place up and invite bugs. How about magnets? That way you can easily remove everything should you want to use it as a cargo truck again?
Once you do all of this everything is at the front of the truck. This leaves the back half available. Put a couch, or some folding chairs (the comfy "umbrella" style sports chairs, not the crappy old metal ones) around that area for visitors. I know you don't have any now, but think of camping trips on your off time or whatever - this doesn't have to be a "sleep at work only" capsule. Use it! Get camping gear, a folding Coleman stove, a lantern etc.. I personally would put some solar panels on the roof to charge a battery bank so I could have more or less normal lighting, charge all my stuff (yes, even the laptop). In fact I would get a monitor that runs on DC power (some Samsung's for instance), screw a VESA mount onto the wood rail towards the back so I could lounge around for movies. Screw speakers to the rails also. Now not just for sleeping anymore. I would probably get a portable air conditioner for when I'm near a power outlet, but I'm a Texan and I've been in too many triple digit summers to not consider that.
Mostly in a closet in an air-conditioned and heated apartment. I use big Case Logic cases for the most part so as to not have to dedicate a bedroom to the collection.
I do tend to like it closer to outside temps. In the summer I tended to have my thermostat on 80 when I was home, maybe 85-90 when not to save power. In the winter I may have it at 60 when I was home and 50 when not, temperature may have been a factor. I don't consider those temps too extreme for optical disks, but crappy ones may disagree.
Now that I'm married the temperature range is a lot tighter and tends to stay in the low 70's. My power bill has increased significantly, but that's only been two years (next week). I've had most of my collection much longer than I've had my wife, queen of the thermostat.
Also, Houston area so the humidity is really high.
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Seems to be a trend. During the past year the number of New York and New Jersey plates I've seen in Houston has increased exponentially.
Seems like it's covered in the general 7.16 plus some area.
How is the implementation of the very things spelled out in the paper of Agenda 21 off topic?
Huxley actually was an insider - he and his brother. I haven't researched him enough to know why he exposed the plan to the general populace, I can only assume he was genuinely against it. I've got the follow up book to Brave New World but haven't read it yet. I think Orwell was just very observant. Again, I need to research the author to be sure. In both cases the authors did a great job of putting out warnings for the rest of us.
I used to say the U.K. was getting 1984 while the U.S. was getting Brave New World. I've decided it a blend for both.
Don't get me wrong, I like this idea, I've had similar ideas myself. It's when it becomes mandatory that I'm going to have a problem with it.
I know about the "Social Contract". I had a lot of respect for it when I was younger, before I realized it was a concept that though benign in intent is begin exploited in concept to enslave the productive in the interest of the non-productive.
I signed no contract and will not be held to one.
As soon as a system exist people look to exploit it. Why create the tools of our own enslavement? I am a voluntarist. I look to enslave no one and I don't want a master. I believe in equality, as soon as systems exist those who run them become masters.
The citations are in the documents linked to by the article - go read it and find them.
Here's a reasonable outline if you need assistance.
The actual document is NOT an easy read.
The problem is when a big multi-national treaty imposes tyranny is has the same effect you're praising - in reverse.
How long has it been since the president or congress has given a shit about the 4th, 9th, or 10th?
How long has it been since the supreme court actually respected the 9th or 10th in a ruling?
Ever single regulatory agency in existence is an end run around the 9th and 10th. As long as the people in power are the ones placed by the corporate interest that want this treaty then we will have this treaty. After this treaty has been in place 15 or so years it will be so concrete it will be next to impossible to get around.
Squirrel!
I consider the U.S. government "occupied by hostile forces". The people funding the election campaigns (big bankers/Soros) are the ones not only running the U.S. government but the world. Most of Europe is worse off than us, they're already deep in the rabbit hole, but we're hot on their heals.
"America" does not want this, just like we didn't want CISPA, the Affordable Care Act, or any number of legislations we've fought tooth and nail against.
I semi-blame "just vote" campaigns. I don't think we should be encouraging people who don't care about what's going on to vote, they tend to take bullshit bait easier than those who are informed, then the trap is sprung.
The same people funding the crooked campaigns are the same ones funding the "just vote" bull crap.
No "America" does not want this, this is wanted by the corporate cronies what hold the leashes of the corrupt establishment leaders (Pelosi, Boehner ), the same exact people who hold the leashes of corrupt European leaders (Merkel, Löfven). Germany is on the verge of a revolt at the moment due to bringing back the Stasi to enforce social media censorship and forcing villages to take "migrants" in the largest Cloward and Piven scheme ever executed.
The TPP is part of that Cloward and Piven strategy.
It's written so that countries that aren't part of the TPP now can be added later.
Ted Cruz scares me - he was also for it because he was against it. He's done too much flip-flopping for me to be comfortable with him. I honestly believe the members of the Republican party that are libertarians trying to bring the party in line with freedom are a good thing. Rand Paul, his father before him, there's a couple of others. Cruz scares me because he looks like one of that bunch - but does stupid crap on occasion that makes me think he's a poser, and he's got a more solid following than a lot of the ones I question less.
Seems like I mentioned funded by George Soros.......
So I think I'm on the right page.
I agree with you on this one - to a degree.
The goal of this treaty is to central world government - even if it's not outright stated. In general I'm against outlawing most anything, but that dictate shouldn't come from a different bunch of control freaks. In general I'm for as decentralized power as we can get. The whole idea of tiered government instead of monolithic is when decisions are made locally you know exactly who to nab at the grocery store so you can tar and feather them in the parking lot. It's a little harder to do when it's mysterious corporate overlords on another continent.
As long as the people at the top aren't the same people funded by people like George Soros who want it in place. Right now the top executive positions in the U.S. government and those in the Republicrat party (as in the single party establishment masquerading as separate parties) want it. We will have to put people in power to replace them who have the backbone to stand up to it.
There's a sever lack of backbone in most who get elected, then the ones who have it get chased out of office.
Do you want to outlaw something traded under this agreement in your own country?
Nope! Your government will be tried in an international court!
Want to legalize something not legal in this agreement or buy it from a supplier not under the agreement while one who is under it sells it at a higher price?
Nope! Your government will be tried in an international court!
Trade is only the excuse for this agreement. Just like the patriot act and affordable care act specifics are so vague it to allow any interpretation desired by those who head up the agreement. It's also structures in such a way that nations not complying with changes afterward will be punished. This is not an "agreement" as it's called, it's a treaty. Notice corporation wrote most of it.
This is the official handing over of the government to corporations. It's been happening in practice, but that pesky constitution and balance of powers occasionally gets in the way. This is the bypass for it.
If you DON'T bully your representatives, beg, plead and even threaten them to keep this from passing we're all going to be part of the "expanded EU".
I'm with you.
I was a Novell guy - it was hard to let go when an inferior product ran it out of business, but it happened. I've since become a Linux guy.
They also appear to have moderation power on Slashdot.
She said women are lazy and don't want to have to think and learn about specific things.
She said that women want things to work and don't want to do the work to make things work. If something doesn't work the way it's supposed to women want to get other people to get them what they want, they don't want to have to carry out the "boring" task of figuring it out for themselves.
I can see her point, I can't say I fully agree, at least on the lazy part. I have seen many women get interested, even obsessed with carrying out a task/solving a problem, doing tons of research and ground pounding and other work to get the task done, however rarely has it been something that had to do with technology. On another note, reboosting my wife's statement those things have usually been things I, and the people around us - be it a former coworker or personal relation - knew little about. I'm thinking about a dozen different things through history with as many women in mind.
It is possible based on anecdotal personal observations that the abundance of people who can and do take care of technical type problems for young girls and women prevent them from being forced to do for themselves, thus never actually developing an interest from doing it. In fact many of the females I do know in tech fields were from single parent homes and often didn't have male siblings.
Ask non-SJW males on most college campuses what power SJW's have.
They can get men kicked out of school for rape when no raping happens - with no refunds or ability to argue their position due to SJW pressure. False rape accusations aren't that uncommon.
Ask anyone with any connection to the gaming industry, be it a developer or a gamer what SJW's can do. Rumors have it that top developers have mandated new games have female villains and heroes even if it doesn't make sense.
They've pretty much ruined social media unless you stick to very small specific circles.
They've messed up Slashdot too. We have to have at least one SJW article about why we should all feel guilty women don't want to be in STEM fields. (my wife has explained this to me BTW and it's not a very PC answer)
Dealership laws are usually examples of IN STATE corruption, not federal, though I don't rule out some federal being involved.
The GOOD thing about state level corruption is it's easier to bring down the necks of state level reps - you may see them at the grocery store occasionally. That's why we have multiple levels of government - you can tar and feather the locals and doing that keeps the feds scared that it's going to happen to them. The way I see it is we're wasting plenty of feathers from poultry processing plants by putting them in pillows and coats.
When it's strictly federal level corruption the guilty are usually out of tar and feather range.
I'm running Kodi on a First Gen Intel Mac Pro 2x2 Xeon. Plenty for what I need. I've got a lot of hard drives plugged in for various libraries, some Firewire. I do all the ripping on my Linux system that has a bunch of optical drives and actually outperforms the Mac on that task.
I'm thinking about switching it over to Linux, a lot of the Kodi plugins don't work and I'm not sure if that's because it's on a Mac or the plugins just suck. I'm going to test them on my Linux box first.
I use the Yatse Remote for my phone, a Rii Keyboard as the "common remote", and I have the HTTP remote enabled so my wife can operate it from her fruit phone (I can't explain how the remote disappears so often).
Also my now elderly LG BluRay player with UPNP and DLNA support is on my desk in my office - it's not very reliable anymore but I can use it to play anything on the server on an extra HDMI monitor I have. It wasn't reliable enough to leave in the living room anymore, but okay tor occasional geek use.
I really need a new TV. I've still got a 36" Dimatron CRT with a VGA to S-Video converter box. At least the setup in my office actually does HD.....
First - Air:
You don't necessarily need a heater or A/C all the time, but I would seriously consider getting a camper/RV crank open/closed air vent with screens and putting a couple in the ceiling. He mentioned he left it slightly open for air control and it invited bugs.
Second - Bed:
Just build up a wooden frame at the very front to hold a mattress - I think a queen size - would fit. Put the dresser underneath. You could also build in a short closet/locker under there. That could be the general storage area for everything. Since the bed will be quite long get a rolling clothes rack - like the stores use - and park it under the bed. Put a door in front so you can slide it in and out and it will contain the thing when you drive it. Get creative. I personally would make a parking space for -----
Third - Bicycle:
You call the truck social suicide. Obviously you don't want to drive that thing everywhere, get a bike. I know Google has them on campus you can use, but get your own and park it under your bed. I would build a lifting staircase with hinges as a garage door.. You're young and socializing on a bike isn't that hard, especially in more left-wing type metros where it's popular.
Fourth - walls and ceiling:
Put carpet, curtains, or if you want to be all function no form kindergarten style sleep mats all over the walls and ceiling. This will block some outside noise, will get rid of the "tin can echo" and insulate against the weather. You can use spray glue, but that could smell the place up and invite bugs. How about magnets? That way you can easily remove everything should you want to use it as a cargo truck again?
Once you do all of this everything is at the front of the truck. This leaves the back half available. Put a couch, or some folding chairs (the comfy "umbrella" style sports chairs, not the crappy old metal ones) around that area for visitors. I know you don't have any now, but think of camping trips on your off time or whatever - this doesn't have to be a "sleep at work only" capsule. Use it! Get camping gear, a folding Coleman stove, a lantern etc.. I personally would put some solar panels on the roof to charge a battery bank so I could have more or less normal lighting, charge all my stuff (yes, even the laptop). In fact I would get a monitor that runs on DC power (some Samsung's for instance), screw a VESA mount onto the wood rail towards the back so I could lounge around for movies. Screw speakers to the rails also. Now not just for sleeping anymore. I would probably get a portable air conditioner for when I'm near a power outlet, but I'm a Texan and I've been in too many triple digit summers to not consider that.
Mostly in a closet in an air-conditioned and heated apartment. I use big Case Logic cases for the most part so as to not have to dedicate a bedroom to the collection.
I do tend to like it closer to outside temps. In the summer I tended to have my thermostat on 80 when I was home, maybe 85-90 when not to save power. In the winter I may have it at 60 when I was home and 50 when not, temperature may have been a factor. I don't consider those temps too extreme for optical disks, but crappy ones may disagree.
Now that I'm married the temperature range is a lot tighter and tends to stay in the low 70's. My power bill has increased significantly, but that's only been two years (next week). I've had most of my collection much longer than I've had my wife, queen of the thermostat.
Also, Houston area so the humidity is really high.