"If you are predictable people just walk all over you. See Iraq for an example. If you appear insane they keep away."
I'm not quite sure Saddam Hussein was considered "sane" by any stretch of the imagination.
In fact...if he had simply FULLY cooperated with the sanctions and inspections, and quit trying to appear he was hiding nuke asperations...he'd likely still be breathing, and in power.
"In the States (aka U.S. of A), tax payer money has been thrown at industries with neither oversight nor review of the lessons learned. For example, American [U.S.] industry"
You don't need all the special emphasis, if you say America, or The States....we all know you are talking about the United States of America.
I think our downfall to come may in fact be due to our 'acceptance' recently of this very little, but, IMPORTANT phrase.
In the past, no company or agency was 'too big to fail'. Capitalism, cannot function if companies become 'too big to fail'. Too big to fail means the govt. has to help...which leads to takover. This leads to corptocracy / fascism. I think we are starting to see the seeds of this planted in the past 6 months.
The US did not grow to be the power it is, by having companies/entities 'too big to fail'. This NEED to fail occasionally...when they are outdated (lest they become a drag on society moving forward), when they are detrimental to the country.
Strange, I would have never have foreseen 4 simple words as being the possible base of destruction of much of what has made the US great so far. I never would have guessed it would have moved so fscking quickly either....with little or no debate.
Not only that...I'd hope we'd NOT try to put all our country's energy eggs in this one basket.
talk about single point of failure. If another country (or terrorist) wanted to seriously hurt the US, they'd just have to target a broad swath of these offshore windmills. A pretty easy target I'd think?
Much like computer systems...I'd like to see a heterogeneous solution....windmills, nukes...and perhaps some legacy fossil fuel plants and a backup.
"Please tell me you are kidding. Did you miss this line in TFS: "The bill... also grants the Secretary of Commerce 'access to all relevant data concerning [critical] networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access.'"
I'm sure that the Commerce Sec. will side with the *IAA and declare an emergency quite often when they see too much P2P file sharing traffic.
Talk about a built in excuse to wield this power and pretty much any given moment.
I was joking the other day in another thread about how it had to 'kill' governments, including ours, that they were late to the party and had no real control of the internet.
I guess they read that...and came up with something like this.
I swear...this administration is punching so many scary things through congress I'm really afraid for what the country is gonna look like very soon, and if any of it can be undone??
Geez...the overboard spending (without actually doing anything about the main problem being the frozen credit in the banking system), the President talking about capping salaries even on companies that aren't taking bailout money, the Treas. Sec. talking about having the power to intervene in private companies (even those not on bailout money) and take them over in essence to 'save' them if they are looking 'troubled', the Atty General wanting to start up gun bans again, the head of DHS saying we need to crunch down on gun laws due to MX drug gang violence....and the list goes on.
Now...they was to legislate unlimited tapping of the internet and the ability to just turn off the spigot for very non-specific reasons? Ouch.
And I thought the previous administrations NSA taps were nefarious. This law has the potential to make that look completely insignificant.
Seriously....those that voted for "O" and were adament supporters. Is THIS the change you were wanting?
"The kool-aide I want to drink (ok, honestly, I don't really get what the hell that even means, unless it a racial stereotype / ignorance joke) is that money is only a tool."
It is a reference to the mass suicide at Jonestown where they mixed Valium, chloral hydrate, cyanide, and Phenergan with Flavor Aid (it actually was not Kool Aid brand drink, but, it is better known, and the expression stuck).
It basically means to not accept anything someoone gives you....or people that drink the Kool Aid just believe anything a single source tells them, without any self investigation. Something along those lines.
Where the hell did you get "racial stereotype" from though?!?!?
Lordy...seems people try to find a race card to play with even the most innocuous sayings or acts.
"That's the problem in rural areas. The police don't turn up at all. It's hardly surprising that a spirit of vigilantism is developing there. The state may in theory protect the public in public spaces, but the reality is very different. If you don't live in a rural area,..."
That's why over here, we like to keep our guns. And it isn't just rural...in cities, a freakin pizza can get delivered quicker than the cops showing up.
The police by and large, are NOT there to protect you from crime, but to investigate and hopefully catch and prosecute the criminals AFTER the act.
It is up to you to defend yourself 99.99% of the time.
"I don't get angry because someone else spends longer at the gym than I do, even though we're both spending the same monthly amount. If I really thought it was unfair, I could spend more time there, or ask to pay less, or go somewhere else where they limit the time you can spend in a gym."
Someone PLEASE mod this guy up!!
I gotta remember this one...it definitely rivals the ubiquitous car analogy!!!!
"No, trust me, the freakin' programmers and IT people make it impossible. All us MBAs want to do is output a freakin graph, and you put us through all kinds of process steps, and gates and usability testing, and then decide it will cost $1Million just to make a simple change. No wonder nothing gets done without a multi million dollar budget."
Well, if you'd quit with all the fasking Status Reports, and worthless meetings, we could get stuff done, tested and out the door much earlier and under that quoted budget.
Remember, Rome didn't conquer the known world by having meetings...
"Good point. I didn't get into Hulu until last summer some time. I do remember that, even recently, one episode of something or the other basically played the same commercial every single time."
I just recently discovered it...and while it was great to watch the last 2 or 3 Family Guy / Simpsons episodes that had been out, I was disappointed to see there wasn't much depth in how far back they go in the catalog to watch.
Also, was looking for other shows, like 2.5 Men...apparently all they have for that are previews and short scenes.
They might also learn, that if these 'pro' players start making too much money (6 figures a year?) the federal government might have to jump in, and put a cap on those salaries.
"Yeah right. With our tax dollars, MS would build a maglev monorail around their campus, furnished with Italian leather chairs, open bars, 42" plasma TV's hooked up to XBox 360's and wifi."
"I believe it stems from British English. They call pants trousers, and underwear pants. I also believe that pants is used as a somewhat general derogatory there."
Ah..that explains it.
Even if I knew British English....I'd not get it, since I go 'commando'.
"Wait, so does this mean I can download torrents from TPB on my Time/Warner cable modem, FINALLY?!? This is great! People doubted the cable companies, but they're finally showing some hope, what with this and the non-secret bandwidth limits."
Well, yes and no.
YOu can now hook in to PB for torrents and download what you wish.
The downside is that since Warner bought the Pirate BAy.....there will no longer be any Warner Bros. titles offered there. Only stuff from the other guys.....
Well, it is like regular Descent, except rather than flying through caves, you are flying through a dry, arid desert area. And rather than lasers and smart bombs, you get a spear. If lucky, you get a power up weapon of a coke bottle that comes to you from the gods in the sky.
"First off, it's defined as "public facility" by anti-discrimination laws."
It is a private business...they can refuse service to customers that don't follow their rules, much like a restaurant (no shirt, no shoes, no service...ring a bell?).
They are publicly accessible, but, they are a private business establishment.
They have their choice with Google...allow them to index the site, or not. Even with that..with the robots.txt file, they can even allow LIMITED access to the Google spiders...so, they could just allow google to index non-news reporting areas I guess.
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And yet SHE still went back to him.
I'm sorry...I don't have a lot of sympathy for stupidity.
I'm not quite sure Saddam Hussein was considered "sane" by any stretch of the imagination.
In fact...if he had simply FULLY cooperated with the sanctions and inspections, and quit trying to appear he was hiding nuke asperations...he'd likely still be breathing, and in power.
You don't need all the special emphasis, if you say America, or The States....we all know you are talking about the United States of America.
Sure, the problem is, the language in this bill is over broad and gives untold powers to the feds over any networks if passed as written.
It needs to be very narrowly defined to target specifically critical interests like you mentioned....power grids for instance.
I think our downfall to come may in fact be due to our 'acceptance' recently of this very little, but, IMPORTANT phrase.
In the past, no company or agency was 'too big to fail'. Capitalism, cannot function if companies become 'too big to fail'. Too big to fail means the govt. has to help...which leads to takover. This leads to corptocracy / fascism. I think we are starting to see the seeds of this planted in the past 6 months.
The US did not grow to be the power it is, by having companies/entities 'too big to fail'. This NEED to fail occasionally...when they are outdated (lest they become a drag on society moving forward), when they are detrimental to the country.
Strange, I would have never have foreseen 4 simple words as being the possible base of destruction of much of what has made the US great so far. I never would have guessed it would have moved so fscking quickly either....with little or no debate.
talk about single point of failure. If another country (or terrorist) wanted to seriously hurt the US, they'd just have to target a broad swath of these offshore windmills. A pretty easy target I'd think?
Much like computer systems...I'd like to see a heterogeneous solution....windmills, nukes...and perhaps some legacy fossil fuel plants and a backup.
I'm sure that the Commerce Sec. will side with the *IAA and declare an emergency quite often when they see too much P2P file sharing traffic.
Talk about a built in excuse to wield this power and pretty much any given moment.
I was joking the other day in another thread about how it had to 'kill' governments, including ours, that they were late to the party and had no real control of the internet.
I guess they read that...and came up with something like this.
I swear...this administration is punching so many scary things through congress I'm really afraid for what the country is gonna look like very soon, and if any of it can be undone??
Geez...the overboard spending (without actually doing anything about the main problem being the frozen credit in the banking system), the President talking about capping salaries even on companies that aren't taking bailout money, the Treas. Sec. talking about having the power to intervene in private companies (even those not on bailout money) and take them over in essence to 'save' them if they are looking 'troubled', the Atty General wanting to start up gun bans again, the head of DHS saying we need to crunch down on gun laws due to MX drug gang violence....and the list goes on.
Now...they was to legislate unlimited tapping of the internet and the ability to just turn off the spigot for very non-specific reasons? Ouch.
And I thought the previous administrations NSA taps were nefarious. This law has the potential to make that look completely insignificant.
Seriously....those that voted for "O" and were adament supporters. Is THIS the change you were wanting?
It is a reference to the mass suicide at Jonestown where they mixed Valium, chloral hydrate, cyanide, and Phenergan with Flavor Aid (it actually was not Kool Aid brand drink, but, it is better known, and the expression stuck).
It basically means to not accept anything someoone gives you....or people that drink the Kool Aid just believe anything a single source tells them, without any self investigation. Something along those lines.
Where the hell did you get "racial stereotype" from though?!?!?
Lordy...seems people try to find a race card to play with even the most innocuous sayings or acts.
That's why over here, we like to keep our guns. And it isn't just rural...in cities, a freakin pizza can get delivered quicker than the cops showing up.
The police by and large, are NOT there to protect you from crime, but to investigate and hopefully catch and prosecute the criminals AFTER the act.
It is up to you to defend yourself 99.99% of the time.
Someone PLEASE mod this guy up!!
I gotta remember this one...it definitely rivals the ubiquitous car analogy!!!!
Hey...as long as you got paid.
Well, if you'd quit with all the fasking Status Reports, and worthless meetings, we could get stuff done, tested and out the door much earlier and under that quoted budget.
Remember, Rome didn't conquer the known world by having meetings...
The did it by KILLING their enemies.
I just recently discovered it...and while it was great to watch the last 2 or 3 Family Guy / Simpsons episodes that had been out, I was disappointed to see there wasn't much depth in how far back they go in the catalog to watch.
Also, was looking for other shows, like 2.5 Men...apparently all they have for that are previews and short scenes.
Back to NewzBin for me....
They might also learn, that if these 'pro' players start making too much money (6 figures a year?) the federal government might have to jump in, and put a cap on those salaries.
You had me at this point.
You left out blow and hookers...
Ah..that explains it.
Even if I knew British English....I'd not get it, since I go 'commando'.
You must be new here....
Gotta ask...what the hell does that mean? Something is 'pants'?? Never heard that one before.
Well, yes and no.
YOu can now hook in to PB for torrents and download what you wish.
The downside is that since Warner bought the Pirate BAy.....there will no longer be any Warner Bros. titles offered there. Only stuff from the other guys.....
Well, it is like regular Descent, except rather than flying through caves, you are flying through a dry, arid desert area. And rather than lasers and smart bombs, you get a spear. If lucky, you get a power up weapon of a coke bottle that comes to you from the gods in the sky.
I think it would tend to be more of a self help book than a technical tome though...
Oh c'mon..this happens every year...just have fun with it. No need to be a crumugen.
Hell...I long for a repeat of the one from years back with the "OMG..PoNies!!!"
Not that large of a percentage of the population in the US ever gets a blood transfusion....moot argument man.
It is a private business...they can refuse service to customers that don't follow their rules, much like a restaurant (no shirt, no shoes, no service...ring a bell?).
They are publicly accessible, but, they are a private business establishment.
They have their choice with Google...allow them to index the site, or not. Even with that..with the robots.txt file, they can even allow LIMITED access to the Google spiders...so, they could just allow google to index non-news reporting areas I guess.