Aah. I believe the trick this time is to prevent public opinion from shifting. The trick about "terrorism" is this: One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. In our case, Osama has been both. The point is that terrorist is such a vague and subjective term. All you have to do is make terrorist refer to larger segment of your opposition. Eventually you could eliminate all opposition in this method. As an extra added bonus: War boosts the econonomy (in the short term) and the people rally behind their leader (at least enough to make a difference in the election.) Even better: when the economy collapses it will be after you conveniently end th war. Result: economic failures get blamed on the next administration (when the shit really hits the fan). It's like Maxing out your credit card and having your parents pay the bill.
Lots of friends of Bush will get piles of your money thrown at them in the interests of our nations self defence. Behind closed doors ("it's classified sir") they are free to do whatever they please. The reason the government will pay $10,000 for a hammer is becuase somebody has a friend in the hammer company. I'm surprised people chock things up to area51 shit when the simplest explanation is greed.
The good thing about this system is that it will self destruct. Becuase products are purchaced out of favoritism and not quality, aircraft carriers run windows (and literally have to be docked because of crashes). Similarly, incompetant managers get promoted. Your bosses cousin (who just might have an IQ of 25 is promoted to uber-manager.) All hierarchies like this collapse gloriously reliably and predictably. I hope this one will be no exception. Google "The SNAFU Principle" for a similar philosophy.
"Natrually, the common people don't want war, but they can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. Tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and endangering the country. It works the same in every country" - Herman Goering (Hitler's Reichsmarchall)
Hypothetically, if you are being nuked, it is more beneficial to your own people not to strike back. What good is an irradiated world to anyone. At least the human race would live on.
Could it be that they simply do not have the resources to accurately kill their targets with the improvised warfare they use. So they simply accept the deaths of civilians as "acceptable losses."
Is this no different than the euphemism of "collatoral damage" Don't get me wrong. I'm not arguing for whom you call the terrorists (and i'm sure they call you the same). I'm arguing against both sides. I call you both terrorists.
Oh fucking shut up. "keep its citizens alive." You mean "make lots of nice friends in the defence industry happy." Go work for a government contractor and you'll soon learn the phrase "keep on charging (the customer)"(while the entire time you're trying to slam a square peg into a very obvious round hole.)
It all boils down to greed if you are. The Defence industry is basically just a Government subsidised industry that has too much money than it knows what to do with. And you know what: Money that cannot be tracked under the guise of "classification" tends to dissappear quite easily. There's a reason Govt. Contractors are called "Beltway Bandits." Read what Halliburton, Boing, and countless others have been cought doing. It's fucking amazing this is not more widely realised.
Wake the fuck up. You're being robbed blind and all you do is wave a flag that's lost it's true meaning in the public eye. Pray to your god(your master and commander, your war your greed your death...) and kill us all.
I am an American and i love this country. However, hate is not conquered by violent means. Until you realise that truth you will be blind, a pawn on the chessboard of those with the gold (for they make the rules)
And if you normally keep your Windows box seperated from the rest of the world it is a royal pain in the ass to have to connect it just so i can play a game i bought.
I can see your point to a certain extent and this law will have to be watched carefully to make sure there are no abuses. I think, for the time being, spam is pretty clear cut.
Man... Apart from that toilet bowl comment i would aggree with you... and i'm and American. That's increasingly starting to sound like "i'm and alcoholic." So. How does one go about moving to Canada. I'm about done with "Bush Co. USA".
But now people have become too complacent. We have our fair and balanced TV reporting either one direction or the other. There are more than two political directions to take.
Mod this up would be an understatement. Apathy is the last thing we can afford right now. It's pretty late in the game but he's right. Here on slashdot we are only preaching to the choir.
We all know what the slashdot effect can do to even a well hosted website. If we all get out from in front of our keyboards and make some noise, there might be a slim chance of averting a disaster that i think most of us can all see.
Most of us probably see it in our workplace every day, the shit slowly and ever so gracefully approaching the fan. Anybody notice any similar patterns in our society today. Wake up people and say something while we still have the chance to.
Sadly, I, as an American, would have to aggree with you. I grew up (for the most part) in Europe and when I returned to the states I was not pleased with what I found.
I would not call what you have said controversial so much as the sad truth of a nation consumed by fear and hatred. But hey. War is profitable. Just check opensecrets.org and the campaign donations from oil and defense companies.
There was a washington times editorial a while back suggesting that 24 was a good show for people to watch to get a dose of "reality." Yup. Dem Terrerisms need to be killed for Jesus.
Mod this up. Never underestimate the power of the public being pissed off. And i can pretty much guarantee 90% of churches would find this extremely disturbing thanks to biblical prophecy. Allies can be useful. If you convince the Christian right to hate RFID and be vocal about it, development of this would be dropped.
Even better. Sniff the data and publish it in the airport. I guarantee people will be pissed and the publicity will destroy the reputation, and thus viability of the project.
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i don't think he soely based that prediction on this survey. Many, including myself, agree.
Aah. I believe the trick this time is to prevent public opinion from shifting. The trick about "terrorism" is this: One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. In our case, Osama has been both. The point is that terrorist is such a vague and subjective term. All you have to do is make terrorist refer to larger segment of your opposition. Eventually you could eliminate all opposition in this method. As an extra added bonus: War boosts the econonomy (in the short term) and the people rally behind their leader (at least enough to make a difference in the election.) Even better: when the economy collapses it will be after you conveniently end th war. Result: economic failures get blamed on the next administration (when the shit really hits the fan). It's like Maxing out your credit card and having your parents pay the bill.
Lots of friends of Bush will get piles of your money thrown at them in the interests of our nations self defence. Behind closed doors ("it's classified sir") they are free to do whatever they please. The reason the government will pay $10,000 for a hammer is becuase somebody has a friend in the hammer company. I'm surprised people chock things up to area51 shit when the simplest explanation is greed.
The good thing about this system is that it will self destruct. Becuase products are purchaced out of favoritism and not quality, aircraft carriers run windows (and literally have to be docked because of crashes). Similarly, incompetant managers get promoted. Your bosses cousin (who just might have an IQ of 25 is promoted to uber-manager.) All hierarchies like this collapse gloriously reliably and predictably. I hope this one will be no exception. Google "The SNAFU Principle" for a similar philosophy.
"Natrually, the common people don't want war, but they can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. Tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and endangering the country. It works the same in every country" - Herman Goering (Hitler's Reichsmarchall)
See any patterns here?
Hypothetically, if you are being nuked, it is more beneficial to your own people not to strike back. What good is an irradiated world to anyone. At least the human race would live on.
Could it be that they simply do not have the resources to accurately kill their targets with the improvised warfare they use. So they simply accept the deaths of civilians as "acceptable losses." Is this no different than the euphemism of "collatoral damage" Don't get me wrong. I'm not arguing for whom you call the terrorists (and i'm sure they call you the same). I'm arguing against both sides. I call you both terrorists.
Oh fucking shut up. "keep its citizens alive." You mean "make lots of nice friends in the defence industry happy." Go work for a government contractor and you'll soon learn the phrase "keep on charging (the customer)"(while the entire time you're trying to slam a square peg into a very obvious round hole.)
It all boils down to greed if you are. The Defence industry is basically just a Government subsidised industry that has too much money than it knows what to do with. And you know what: Money that cannot be tracked under the guise of "classification" tends to dissappear quite easily. There's a reason Govt. Contractors are called "Beltway Bandits." Read what Halliburton, Boing, and countless others have been cought doing. It's fucking amazing this is not more widely realised.
Wake the fuck up. You're being robbed blind and all you do is wave a flag that's lost it's true meaning in the public eye. Pray to your god(your master and commander, your war your greed your death...) and kill us all.
I am an American and i love this country. However, hate is not conquered by violent means. Until you realise that truth you will be blind, a pawn on the chessboard of those with the gold (for they make the rules)
So somebody sniff the connection and let's find out once and for all.
You work for the government don't you?
And if you normally keep your Windows box seperated from the rest of the world it is a royal pain in the ass to have to connect it just so i can play a game i bought.
I can see your point to a certain extent and this law will have to be watched carefully to make sure there are no abuses. I think, for the time being, spam is pretty clear cut.
Man... Apart from that toilet bowl comment i would aggree with you... and i'm and American. That's increasingly starting to sound like "i'm and alcoholic." So. How does one go about moving to Canada. I'm about done with "Bush Co. USA".
But now people have become too complacent. We have our fair and balanced TV reporting either one direction or the other. There are more than two political directions to take.
No, you're in "Bush Country USA". Haven't you seen the t-shirts.
Mod this up would be an understatement. Apathy is the last thing we can afford right now. It's pretty late in the game but he's right. Here on slashdot we are only preaching to the choir.
We all know what the slashdot effect can do to even a well hosted website. If we all get out from in front of our keyboards and make some noise, there might be a slim chance of averting a disaster that i think most of us can all see.
Most of us probably see it in our workplace every day, the shit slowly and ever so gracefully approaching the fan. Anybody notice any similar patterns in our society today. Wake up people and say something while we still have the chance to.
Sadly, I, as an American, would have to aggree with you. I grew up (for the most part) in Europe and when I returned to the states I was not pleased with what I found. I would not call what you have said controversial so much as the sad truth of a nation consumed by fear and hatred. But hey. War is profitable. Just check opensecrets.org and the campaign donations from oil and defense companies.
There was a washington times editorial a while back suggesting that 24 was a good show for people to watch to get a dose of "reality." Yup. Dem Terrerisms need to be killed for Jesus.
It's not so fun when you're in the middle of it.
Ever seen the video for A Perfect Circle's "Counting Bodies like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums." It's sad the public are so blind.
In case you haven't yet realised, That's kind of the point.
Bingo. If enough people did this. Just quit.
Mod this up. Never underestimate the power of the public being pissed off. And i can pretty much guarantee 90% of churches would find this extremely disturbing thanks to biblical prophecy. Allies can be useful. If you convince the Christian right to hate RFID and be vocal about it, development of this would be dropped.
Even better. Sniff the data and publish it in the airport. I guarantee people will be pissed and the publicity will destroy the reputation, and thus viability of the project.
I am a little familiar with RFID. It is easy to "overexcite" a tag and kill it.
Silly. The point of Govt. Spending is to spend more on less not less on more. (especially when friends abound in the RFID industry.)
Yes but it isn't yet evidence at that point. Perhaps you just like to keep things tidy and don't see the need for logs.