Simple rule of value in society. Whichever product gives more satisfaction per dollar spent is the more valuable product.
I have twenty dollars in my pocket. I can buy two filet minion cuts, blend them to hamburger and basically waste my twenty bucks, or I can buy a CD. I know that's gonna be the best hamburger I've ever eaten in my life. The CD, on the other hand, is probably utter crap, and if I can't preview it beforehand to see if it is crap...
"There is NO correlation with privacy and vulnerability. Singapore, a nation which posts goverment monitors at apartment buildings to monitor the citizenry, was recently amazed when the CIA told their authorities that they had three, THREE Al Queda cells operating in their Perfect, Safe, Orderly World. Their Homeland Security, probably the most insane in the world, was totally flummoxed. "
Don't confuse sheer volume of security personnel and leeway given to the police with the effectiveness of the campaign. Equiptment, training, knowledge and the process and systems of a group are far more important factors than sheer volume. If my impressions of the Singapore police based on articles I've read in the past are correct, they're someplace up near the guys from Police Squad in terms of real policing ability.
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I have twenty dollars in my pocket. I can buy two filet minion cuts, blend them to hamburger and basically waste my twenty bucks, or I can buy a CD. I know that's gonna be the best hamburger I've ever eaten in my life. The CD, on the other hand, is probably utter crap, and if I can't preview it beforehand to see if it is crap...
Well, question answered. Now I'm hungry
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"There is NO correlation with privacy and vulnerability. Singapore, a nation which posts goverment monitors at apartment buildings to monitor the citizenry, was recently amazed when the CIA told their authorities that they had three, THREE Al Queda cells operating in their Perfect, Safe, Orderly World. Their Homeland Security, probably the most insane in the world, was totally flummoxed. " Don't confuse sheer volume of security personnel and leeway given to the police with the effectiveness of the campaign. Equiptment, training, knowledge and the process and systems of a group are far more important factors than sheer volume. If my impressions of the Singapore police based on articles I've read in the past are correct, they're someplace up near the guys from Police Squad in terms of real policing ability.