rise up and take what back??? the world is ours already.
were stuck with technology, no matter how you cut it. "Taking the world back" is like trying to make yourself immune to the gyrations of the stock market or liberating yourself from your tools.
were not in an adversarial relationship with technology.
I say, so what??!! If these kooks want to waste their lives paying attention to what I do...whatever. anyone who hasnt done anything has nothing to hide. If someone wants to shadow you and watch your every step, that takes a tremendous amount of effort, so more than likely, with or without an official act of congress, they will probably do it anyway.
If someone wants to barge my house so bad, I'll just invite em in and fix em a drink.
The people who care most about having their privacy lost will make themselves known and can take the proper avenues to roll the act right back by electing people who will do just that.
soup nazis......seinfeld I suppose??
Slashdot?? You'll have to forgive the verbose reply, but this is my first time to this site. Under the logo, it says "news for nerds"
I wouldnt let anyone call you a nerd Mr. Coward. To accept such a title means you are giving someone else the domain to gauge your selfworth....never a winning proposition, particularly when you are dealing with a relative handfull of people who can yell louder than everyone else.
I read a book on Picasso awhile back. Picasso, from how the book was written and from what I understand, was a bit of an opportunist....He would take on one woman and then, as he tired of her, he would then transition into a new mistress (sometimes seducing her while she was married) and proceed to drop an entire group of friends who surrounded his old fling. Now I dont drop people, although I've been dropped a fair amount of times in my short 28 years....
anyway...anonymous coward, I came across this great quote that resonated with me that Picasso said........."the best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you've attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, its for an intelligent reason....." He goes on to say that "Its foolish to attempt to plot out your movements too carefully in advance. You're better off acting capricously." that quote was taken from a book called the 48 laws of power under the 17th law that says, to maintain power, keep people in suspended terror. I think that the later part of that quote really lent itself to art and Picassos station in life. He was a guy who liked being able to turn on a dime and head off in a different direction. i dont think that quote would pertain to every endeavor of life, but my guess is that lots of people placate us with a calm face and a steady voice when they dont know what the hell they are talking about or exactly what is going to happen..but it is their job to do so. other people are in the business of fear (a very lucerative business as I have discovered over the past two years).....
Another thing about Picasso, he was petrified at the discussion of death. You couldnt talk about death or dying around him, it freaked him out.
however you want to look at it, I like to think of Picasso as one of the first "rock stars" of his time. becuase, if you think about it, back then, they didnt have music videos or movies, they didnt have Marylin Manson or Nine Inch Nails, people got pissed off, agitated, and offended by canvases and art shows.
My favorite artist, Marcel duchamp, I think was a man who was way ahead of his time. "There is absolutely no chance for a word ever to express anything. As soon as we start putting our thoughts into words and sentences, everything goes wrong." duchamp had a show at the legendary armory show and his reputation soared at which point he retired from being an artist till the end of his life. The long interim was spent in solitude learning to play chess....
I dont know anything for sure about these people, Mr. Coward. Because they are all second hand accounts that I heard, that have also been eroded by time since I read the books a long time ago.
The best play I ever saw was "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" where Einstein, Elvis, and Picasso all sit down and talk to eachother......... At the end of the play Picasso (if i remember right) looks into the future at one of his best known canvases and says something to the effect of "i only hope that I will be ready when the inspiration comes"......
i dont like to sit around and critique paintings all day. but, the paradigm shift in how I look at the world I am in has changed.......
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rise up and take what back??? the world is ours already. were stuck with technology, no matter how you cut it. "Taking the world back" is like trying to make yourself immune to the gyrations of the stock market or liberating yourself from your tools. were not in an adversarial relationship with technology.
I say, so what??!! If these kooks want to waste their lives paying attention to what I do...whatever. anyone who hasnt done anything has nothing to hide. If someone wants to shadow you and watch your every step, that takes a tremendous amount of effort, so more than likely, with or without an official act of congress, they will probably do it anyway. If someone wants to barge my house so bad, I'll just invite em in and fix em a drink. The people who care most about having their privacy lost will make themselves known and can take the proper avenues to roll the act right back by electing people who will do just that.
soup nazis ......seinfeld I suppose??
Slashdot?? You'll have to forgive the verbose reply, but this is my first time to this site. Under the logo, it says "news for nerds"
I wouldnt let anyone call you a nerd Mr. Coward. To accept such a title means you are giving someone else the domain to gauge your selfworth....never a winning proposition, particularly when you are dealing with a relative handfull of people who can yell louder than everyone else.
I read a book on Picasso awhile back. Picasso, from how the book was written and from what I understand, was a bit of an opportunist....He would take on one woman and then, as he tired of her, he would then transition into a new mistress (sometimes seducing her while she was married) and proceed to drop an entire group of friends who surrounded his old fling. Now I dont drop people, although I've been dropped a fair amount of times in my short 28 years....
anyway...anonymous coward, I came across this great quote that resonated with me that Picasso said........."the best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you've attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, its for an intelligent reason....." He goes on to say that "Its foolish to attempt to plot out your movements too carefully in advance. You're better off acting capricously." that quote was taken from a book called the 48 laws of power under the 17th law that says, to maintain power, keep people in suspended terror. I think that the later part of that quote really lent itself to art and Picassos station in life. He was a guy who liked being able to turn on a dime and head off in a different direction. i dont think that quote would pertain to every endeavor of life, but my guess is that lots of people placate us with a calm face and a steady voice when they dont know what the hell they are talking about or exactly what is going to happen..but it is their job to do so. other people are in the business of fear (a very lucerative business as I have discovered over the past two years).....
Another thing about Picasso, he was petrified at the discussion of death. You couldnt talk about death or dying around him, it freaked him out.
however you want to look at it, I like to think of Picasso as one of the first "rock stars" of his time. becuase, if you think about it, back then, they didnt have music videos or movies, they didnt have Marylin Manson or Nine Inch Nails, people got pissed off, agitated, and offended by canvases and art shows.
My favorite artist, Marcel duchamp, I think was a man who was way ahead of his time. "There is absolutely no chance for a word ever to express anything. As soon as we start putting our thoughts into words and sentences, everything goes wrong." duchamp had a show at the legendary armory show and his reputation soared at which point he retired from being an artist till the end of his life. The long interim was spent in solitude learning to play chess....
I dont know anything for sure about these people, Mr. Coward. Because they are all second hand accounts that I heard, that have also been eroded by time since I read the books a long time ago.
The best play I ever saw was "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" where Einstein, Elvis, and Picasso all sit down and talk to eachother......... At the end of the play Picasso (if i remember right) looks into the future at one of his best known canvases and says something to the effect of "i only hope that I will be ready when the inspiration comes"......
i dont like to sit around and critique paintings all day. but, the paradigm shift in how I look at the world I am in has changed.......