If anyone looks at the cyanogen source at all that will be at least one more than is looking at Motorola's. Motorola knows they are above the law and can do absolutely as they please.
The entire point of having an agency like the NSA is to spy on people. If you aren't going to spy on people why in hell would you have this kind of agency? It makes no sense to get mad about the NSA spying since that is their entire reason for existence. I mean really, you hire a bunch of spies and then what? They spy on people, that's what. Jeeez!
I don't mean they don't matter but be real. In Sweden the Swedes are more concerned about their people and their interests than that of the US, and rightfully so. Same with France, Germany, Spain, and any other country. Your interests start with family and self then neighbors then country. I'd like it if everyone could get along nice but the world wont work that way. This is why countries build military forces, to protect what is theirs. When someone from another country is bitching because the US is doing what it feels necessary to protect it's interests and it's citizens I'm not overly concerned about it. Cold maybe, but real.
I don't really mind being hated. I'm not kissing your fucking ass just so you might like me. I said what I meant. My interests and the interests of my country are more important to me just the same as it is for everyone else in the whole world. Bunch of hypocrites. I don't mind compromising with others but it seems a lot of people's idea of compromise is "do what we want and screw what you want." The US gets along with pretty much any country that doesn't insist on propping up violent groups that want to invade to blow us up. We've killed a hell of a lot less Iraqi's than Al-Qaeda has not to mention bloody Saddam Hussein.
I'm just figuring so many Mexicans want to be Americans we could just accommodate them by annexing Mexico then they wont have to make the dangerous trip over the border into the US. We'll just bring citizenship to them!
You can't see the reasoning? Think about it. On one side we have a government that is becoming more and more big brotherish but basically doesn't interfere in your day to day life that much. I'm not happy about a lot of things its doing but life is certainly not unbearable. On the other side I see a bunch of people yelling "Die Servants of Satan!", and flying planes into towers, blowing up marathon spectators and generally acting like they want all Americans dead and the sooner the better. Not a good choice but still, not that hard to decide who to back either. It ain't the assholes with the pressure cookers I can tell you that.
I'd say telling half the truth is a kind of lie. Picking and choosing what you release to project the kind of message you want to deliver is certainly a type of deception. I'm not a fan of certain Federal agencies but compared to an enemy who can fly airliners into skyscrapers they don't look quite so bad. If you make me choose sides I've got to stick with the government over the assholes who want to blow me up. Serious answer for ya. Everything is relative.
It depends entirely on your point of view. If you hate the US and want it to be hurt then Wikileaks is a fine organization. If you think that it's time to put an end to assholes running around blowing up everyone that disagrees with them and maybe a few hundred innocent bystanders (including their own people) as well then you maybe don't think Wikileaks is so great.
My 88 year old Dad, who is so conservative he considers Sean Hannity a liberal, thinks that Snowden is a hero. I was kind of surprised but really a lot of people don't like being spied on and that's from both ends of the political spectrum.
Well I have to agree with you. He did nothing for anyone really. At least Snowden exposed the way the government has ceased to follow Constitutional law. Bradley Manning and Julian Assange really did nothing of any benefit to the US.
That's okay, we're making them Americans. Problem solved. In fact, I think we should make everyone in Mexico American citizens then we can tax them and hunt down the drug cartel people without silly things like Mexican laws getting in the way. No more need for a stupid fence along the Southern border, we can tax the fuck out of all the US corps that have built factories there, not to mention sicking OSHA, the EPA, the FLRA and a few other Federal agencies on them. The new border at the Southern end of Mexico is much shorter and more easily guarded. The only problem I see is how to configure the flag for a 51st state.
When CEO's of failing companies are nailing down in excess of 7 digits of income no one wants to hear about how the IT guys making 100 grand are paid too much. All the money they save by hiring H1B's goes into the salaries of the high execs at the company.
I'm loving my Direct TV. It's too much money but it is vastly cheaper than cable and I can't believe how much better the quality is. More programming, better quality, less money. Win Win Win.
The problem is companies are having difficulties figuring out how to exploit those technologies. If they can't figure out how to bleed money from people with it then it has no value for them.
Whenever I find a job I like I bitch endlessly about it. I made a mistake once in telling a manager how much I loved what I was doing. Two days later they had me a new really shitty project and the bosses favorite bitch had my job.
Most of my time in the military was one of two extremes. Either I was working 12-20 hours a day until I was staggering and in a fog mentally or I was standing around waiting for something or other. It might be parts, tools, an engineer, or just another project. Not much in between. When we had something to do it was needed weeks ago and when we didn't we just fucked off.
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If anyone looks at the cyanogen source at all that will be at least one more than is looking at Motorola's. Motorola knows they are above the law and can do absolutely as they please.
Not seeing the analogy of Doctors to software patents at all. But to help out with healthcare my solution would be more like get rid of the lawyers.
Getting rid of software patents would go a long way towards correcting the problem. That's where the biggest abuse is.
The entire point of having an agency like the NSA is to spy on people. If you aren't going to spy on people why in hell would you have this kind of agency? It makes no sense to get mad about the NSA spying since that is their entire reason for existence. I mean really, you hire a bunch of spies and then what? They spy on people, that's what. Jeeez!
Quick! Your tin foil hat is slipping.
Maybe it's time to revisit the idea. When over 10 million have immigrated illegally then something is obviously bad wrong.
I don't mean they don't matter but be real. In Sweden the Swedes are more concerned about their people and their interests than that of the US, and rightfully so. Same with France, Germany, Spain, and any other country. Your interests start with family and self then neighbors then country. I'd like it if everyone could get along nice but the world wont work that way. This is why countries build military forces, to protect what is theirs. When someone from another country is bitching because the US is doing what it feels necessary to protect it's interests and it's citizens I'm not overly concerned about it. Cold maybe, but real.
I don't really mind being hated. I'm not kissing your fucking ass just so you might like me. I said what I meant. My interests and the interests of my country are more important to me just the same as it is for everyone else in the whole world. Bunch of hypocrites. I don't mind compromising with others but it seems a lot of people's idea of compromise is "do what we want and screw what you want." The US gets along with pretty much any country that doesn't insist on propping up violent groups that want to invade to blow us up. We've killed a hell of a lot less Iraqi's than Al-Qaeda has not to mention bloody Saddam Hussein.
Well, our allies matter too. After that I'm not feeling it. But that's just my US centric viewpoint.
I'm just figuring so many Mexicans want to be Americans we could just accommodate them by annexing Mexico then they wont have to make the dangerous trip over the border into the US. We'll just bring citizenship to them!
Pennies.
FBI spying? Get a book about J. Edgar Hoover. The current bunch are pussies by comparison.
You can't see the reasoning? Think about it. On one side we have a government that is becoming more and more big brotherish but basically doesn't interfere in your day to day life that much. I'm not happy about a lot of things its doing but life is certainly not unbearable. On the other side I see a bunch of people yelling "Die Servants of Satan!", and flying planes into towers, blowing up marathon spectators and generally acting like they want all Americans dead and the sooner the better. Not a good choice but still, not that hard to decide who to back either. It ain't the assholes with the pressure cookers I can tell you that.
I'd say telling half the truth is a kind of lie. Picking and choosing what you release to project the kind of message you want to deliver is certainly a type of deception. I'm not a fan of certain Federal agencies but compared to an enemy who can fly airliners into skyscrapers they don't look quite so bad. If you make me choose sides I've got to stick with the government over the assholes who want to blow me up. Serious answer for ya. Everything is relative.
It depends entirely on your point of view. If you hate the US and want it to be hurt then Wikileaks is a fine organization. If you think that it's time to put an end to assholes running around blowing up everyone that disagrees with them and maybe a few hundred innocent bystanders (including their own people) as well then you maybe don't think Wikileaks is so great.
My 88 year old Dad, who is so conservative he considers Sean Hannity a liberal, thinks that Snowden is a hero. I was kind of surprised but really a lot of people don't like being spied on and that's from both ends of the political spectrum.
Well I have to agree with you. He did nothing for anyone really. At least Snowden exposed the way the government has ceased to follow Constitutional law. Bradley Manning and Julian Assange really did nothing of any benefit to the US.
I kind of though Evi was a strange name for a dude.
I find Gridlock to be a good thing. The best Congress is the one that doesn't do a fucking thing.
That's okay, we're making them Americans. Problem solved. In fact, I think we should make everyone in Mexico American citizens then we can tax them and hunt down the drug cartel people without silly things like Mexican laws getting in the way. No more need for a stupid fence along the Southern border, we can tax the fuck out of all the US corps that have built factories there, not to mention sicking OSHA, the EPA, the FLRA and a few other Federal agencies on them. The new border at the Southern end of Mexico is much shorter and more easily guarded. The only problem I see is how to configure the flag for a 51st state.
When CEO's of failing companies are nailing down in excess of 7 digits of income no one wants to hear about how the IT guys making 100 grand are paid too much. All the money they save by hiring H1B's goes into the salaries of the high execs at the company.
I'm loving my Direct TV. It's too much money but it is vastly cheaper than cable and I can't believe how much better the quality is. More programming, better quality, less money. Win Win Win.
The problem is companies are having difficulties figuring out how to exploit those technologies. If they can't figure out how to bleed money from people with it then it has no value for them.
Whenever I find a job I like I bitch endlessly about it. I made a mistake once in telling a manager how much I loved what I was doing. Two days later they had me a new really shitty project and the bosses favorite bitch had my job.
Most of my time in the military was one of two extremes. Either I was working 12-20 hours a day until I was staggering and in a fog mentally or I was standing around waiting for something or other. It might be parts, tools, an engineer, or just another project. Not much in between. When we had something to do it was needed weeks ago and when we didn't we just fucked off.