And, of course, it was a horrible tragedy because we know that everyone in the town was glued to their radios in the wee hours of the morning. Good grief.
You know, the neat thing about capitalism and free markets is that you CAN'T make money unless you ARE meeting or satisfying some sort of public interest.
Of course, this is slahsdot, which means no one here has a clue about how capitalism works.
And, of course, all the people bleating the socialist, class warfare mantra on this topic are the ones who have FREED themselves from manipulation and propaganda.
Oh, please. Government subsidized means catering to the people who control the purse string in government.
This is absolutely amazing. Out of one half of their mouths, slashdotters scream government corruption and tyranny (read patriot act) and out of the other half of their mouths preach that only the government can be trusted with stewardship of the media.
Wow, I didn't realize the FCC just banned anyone from owning a radio station except those five evil corporations. What is the timetable in the FCC regulation for the police and military to storm the independent radio stations, nationalize them and then give them to the "big five?"
Study some history. Talk to some Japanese. Find out where the word Kamikaze comes from. Talk to some Korean war veterans. Research the significance of the 35th parallel. Go talk to some Taiwanese.
Study up on psychological warfare. Terrorizing a population is a very effective way to manipulate a nation.
Here's a hypothetical news story: China successfully tests mass driver, uses it to deliver H3 bearing rocks to Low Earth Orbit.
Here's the next day's headline: China declares it will annex Taiwan. Reminds U.S. of its lunar mass driver capability and warns U.S. not to interfere in issues of Chinese sovereignty.
A few months later: China declares pan-Asian "alliance" of all asian peoples. Reminds other nations of its lunar mass drivers and warns them not to interfere in Chinese attempts at cultural reunification.
And you don't study enough history. The same was true with the Soviet Union as well. It was that insanity called MAD. But just having the potential gave Soviet Russia political and military influence far beyond what their anemic economy and technology would warrant.
All China has to do is be able to drop rocks on American cities. The threat will make us dance with them.
Why do you think we're treating North Korea with kid gloves when we pounded Iraq? Because North Korea, a little pimple of a country, has nukes, so they get to lead us about by the nose.
If having nukes gets you that much political clout, imagine what being able to drop rocks on a city would get you.
Yeah, show me the jails filled with political prisoners in America. Now go to China and say the government sucks.
Show me the tanks that rolled over the anti-war protestors in San Francisco. I want to see the footage. I have video clips of the massacre at Tianeman square. I want to compare the two.
Show me the forced segregation camps in America. I want to compare it with the planned cities in China where you are required to work, but not allowed to live.
Show me the forced sterilizations in America because you're poor. I want to compare it with the Amnesty International reports of forced abortions and sterilizations in China.
Show me the prisons filled with Atheists or Muslims in America. I want to compare it with the prisons in china filled with Fulan Gong.
It's really a shame there isn't a mod in slashdot for total idiot.
China IS a gray distopian soviet nightmare that murders its own people.
The United States has provided the greatest freedom and prosperity of its people than any other nation or civilization in the history of the planet. If it isn't utopia, it's as close as you're going to get on this world.
Get a dose of reality and understand that the culture and civilization embodied by the United States is the most morally superior culture and civilization in the history of the planet.
China wants to get to the moon for two reasons: 1) Bragging rights. 2) To learn how to drop rocks on American cities. They'll do the second part as secretly as possible.
Why would you think it's a joke? Have you already forgotten Tianeman square? Communist China is a brutal, repressive, murderous regime. If they get a lunar base, bank on it that it will be heavily militarized and its top priority will be to learn how to drop rocks on American cities.
Still TMG (Too Much Geek) in the interface. Prime example: Mount point information in the drive names on the desktop. This information should be hidden in an info or properties dialog. It's only needed for power users and is intimidating to the mainstream user Linux is supposedly shooting for.
My gut feeling, though, is that this info is put in the drive description on the desktop because you'll still be required to drop to the command line too much and need to have it right there at your fingertips.
All the more reason to aggressively hunt and kill terrorists and destroy the states that support them. Take away the terrorist threat, and the need for TIA goes away.
The information they will gather is stuff that is already publicly available. You don't have privacy, you have anonymity, and you have a right against unwarranted searches and seizure of your person and property. That's it.
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Hate to break it to you, but you're not as smart as you think you are, and everyone else is not as stupid as you think they are.
When you grow up, you'll realize this.
And, of course, it was a horrible tragedy because we know that everyone in the town was glued to their radios in the wee hours of the morning. Good grief.
You know, the neat thing about capitalism and free markets is that you CAN'T make money unless you ARE meeting or satisfying some sort of public interest.
Of course, this is slahsdot, which means no one here has a clue about how capitalism works.
Independent stations will exist as long as they meet a customer need sufficient to remain profitable.
It's really quite simple.
And, of course, all the people bleating the socialist, class warfare mantra on this topic are the ones who have FREED themselves from manipulation and propaganda.
Yeah, right.
Well, obviously the conspiracy screwed up big time on this one because you were able to find this information so easily.
Sheesh, the illuminati is going to be really ticked off at this slip-up...
Spoken like a true slashdot elitist snob. Any person who doesn't choose as you do is a sheep.
Oh, please. Government subsidized means catering to the people who control the purse string in government.
This is absolutely amazing. Out of one half of their mouths, slashdotters scream government corruption and tyranny (read patriot act) and out of the other half of their mouths preach that only the government can be trusted with stewardship of the media.
Wow, I didn't realize the FCC just banned anyone from owning a radio station except those five evil corporations. What is the timetable in the FCC regulation for the police and military to storm the independent radio stations, nationalize them and then give them to the "big five?"
Read Sun Tzu's Art of War, and the concept of psychological warfare, and the concept of terror in warfare.
It's not just "We can destroy you." It's also "Look HOW we can destroy you."
Study some history. Talk to some Japanese. Find out where the word Kamikaze comes from. Talk to some Korean war veterans. Research the significance of the 35th parallel. Go talk to some Taiwanese.
Tell it to the Taiwanese.
News Flash: China already is a bad guy. Nobody has to turn them into one.
Study up on psychological warfare. Terrorizing a population is a very effective way to manipulate a nation.
Here's a hypothetical news story: China successfully tests mass driver, uses it to deliver H3 bearing rocks to Low Earth Orbit.
Here's the next day's headline: China declares it will annex Taiwan. Reminds U.S. of its lunar mass driver capability and warns U.S. not to interfere in issues of Chinese sovereignty.
A few months later: China declares pan-Asian "alliance" of all asian peoples. Reminds other nations of its lunar mass drivers and warns them not to interfere in Chinese attempts at cultural reunification.
And you don't study enough history. The same was true with the Soviet Union as well. It was that insanity called MAD. But just having the potential gave Soviet Russia political and military influence far beyond what their anemic economy and technology would warrant.
All China has to do is be able to drop rocks on American cities. The threat will make us dance with them.
Why do you think we're treating North Korea with kid gloves when we pounded Iraq? Because North Korea, a little pimple of a country, has nukes, so they get to lead us about by the nose.
If having nukes gets you that much political clout, imagine what being able to drop rocks on a city would get you.
Yeah, show me the jails filled with political prisoners in America. Now go to China and say the government sucks.
Show me the tanks that rolled over the anti-war protestors in San Francisco. I want to see the footage. I have video clips of the massacre at Tianeman square. I want to compare the two.
Show me the forced segregation camps in America. I want to compare it with the planned cities in China where you are required to work, but not allowed to live.
Show me the forced sterilizations in America because you're poor. I want to compare it with the Amnesty International reports of forced abortions and sterilizations in China.
Show me the prisons filled with Atheists or Muslims in America. I want to compare it with the prisons in china filled with Fulan Gong.
It's really a shame there isn't a mod in slashdot for total idiot.
China IS a gray distopian soviet nightmare that murders its own people.
The United States has provided the greatest freedom and prosperity of its people than any other nation or civilization in the history of the planet. If it isn't utopia, it's as close as you're going to get on this world.
Get a dose of reality and understand that the culture and civilization embodied by the United States is the most morally superior culture and civilization in the history of the planet.
China wants to get to the moon for two reasons: 1) Bragging rights. 2) To learn how to drop rocks on American cities. They'll do the second part as secretly as possible.
Why would you think it's a joke? Have you already forgotten Tianeman square? Communist China is a brutal, repressive, murderous regime. If they get a lunar base, bank on it that it will be heavily militarized and its top priority will be to learn how to drop rocks on American cities.
China is a communist country that considers us their number one enemy.
I can guarantee you this lunar base won't be for pure bragging rights.
You may be worried about tootbrushes for the homeless. I'm worried about a lunar rock being dropped on New York from a mass driver.
No, it produces water vapor which is an even more potent greenhouse gas than CO2.
Still TMG (Too Much Geek) in the interface. Prime example: Mount point information in the drive names on the desktop. This information should be hidden in an info or properties dialog. It's only needed for power users and is intimidating to the mainstream user Linux is supposedly shooting for.
My gut feeling, though, is that this info is put in the drive description on the desktop because you'll still be required to drop to the command line too much and need to have it right there at your fingertips.
"We have hunger and want in the world because evil men use the vehicle of government to deny men that liberty which they need to produce abundantly."
Ezra Taft Benson
Make them free, and they'll bring the food and water into their villages themselves.
All the more reason to aggressively hunt and kill terrorists and destroy the states that support them. Take away the terrorist threat, and the need for TIA goes away.
The information they will gather is stuff that is already publicly available. You don't have privacy, you have anonymity, and you have a right against unwarranted searches and seizure of your person and property. That's it.
Careful, your Lenin is showing.