Then it should be called "Department of Internal Revenue" like various states do. Now in fact, I'm making fun. The IRS is very helpful to those who ask. They'll even fill out the forms for you (with the disclaimer that they're not responsible for mistakes...kinda "ironic" to say the least). So, it's like when they have the gun to your head, you don't have to take your own wallet out of your pocket. They'll more than happy to do it for you. Or even more like Jane taking the whole wallet and leaving George with a single bill. I kid! I kid! I LOVE the IRS!
That's a nice thought, until the government barges in demanding the access code. DRM is not for us. It's the computer equivilent of assault weapons. And like the Brits trying to outlaw network tools to keep them out of the "wrong" hands, DRM will be treated similarly, and gen pop won't be permitted to use it to protect themselves.
You're going to here all sorts of fancy talk about constitutions and magna cartas, but none of those can ever stand up to what really "ordains" you with rights. And that's the guy with the biggest gun. Just hope he's on your side. Somebody else said it, but I'll repeat it. You only have a right to what you can physically defend. Reduced to its most basic formula, "Might makes right". That's life on the animal planet.
Being liked is way more important than being right.
And that is exactly that put us where we are today. This is what gets crappy politicians elected. We will never make progress if this is how we judge. However, on this planet of talking chimps, you are absolutely right, unfortunate as it may be.
that it takes an act of congress to get a fair tax? Well, here again, the employees need to discuss what they net, and the tax should be declared and paid by the business as a condition of their liscense or corporate charter. And the employee should need to confirm or deny only if the company gets audited. And even then, the signed check and other receipts should be all that is necessary to confirm who was paid what. Remember, it's the Internal Revenue Service. They are supposed to serve us, not the other way around.
You got that right, unless they make an anonymous cash drop into the dumpster on the corner. They even say that they "support a number of payment methods". If the researcher wants real protection, they would go to an internet cafe (one that doesn't require ID) and report truly anonymously. If they were to get greedy and demand payment, then they would deserve what ever happens. I honestly cannot figure out why this is so difficult to understand, and why the subject continues to come up. Don't look for financial gain or attribution, and you'll be fine. Let the chips fall where they may. When we acquire a society that values honesty, then we can go back to more standard methods. In the meantime, it's more important to get the info out in any way possible so the rest of us can protect ourselves. We need to report this info with the general public in mind and not worry about what might embarrass some multi-billion dollar company.
Would we have energy policies intended to keep us on oil and to give huge tax breaks to oil companies?
We've had that at least since Eisenhower was president. I've watched the presidency and congress flip between the two parties and nothing has changed. Big business has been working the government since 1789. It is delusional to think the the people you vote for have any real power. The power is in big oil, big pharma, etc., not the democrats or the republicans. And all this is possible because "we the people" have abdicated our authority.
Why waste your time judging Bush or Clinton? All they do is pose in front of the camera and recite their scripts. They are there because the people that really run the country look like Jabba the Hut.
Yep, The US is in lockstep with Britain, has been since the Red Coats left. The war in the Middle East is a British operation. The US is the muscle keeping the empire afloat.
because the insurgents are using throwaway cellphones and anonymous e-mail accounts to stitch together a network of their own.
For us it's a solution to fight off government and corporate(??AA, ATT, etc.) spies here at home. So networking as a weapon...No wonder the Brits, and soon the Americans, will be trying to control access to the tools of the trade. Damn. If we aren't using the communications equipment in Iraq, shouldn't the troops be knocking down the cell towers and cutting net access so the insurgents can't use it either? Or just jam the signals to avoid having to rebuild later, and wipe out any wireless mesh. I mean, we are trying to "win", right?
It's at this point, just beyond the edge of the American network, where the guerrillas are best connected. Using disposable cellphones, anonymous e-mail addresses at public Internet cafés, and "lessons learned" Web sites that rival Cavnet, disparate guerrilla groups coordinate attacks, share tactics, hire bomb makers, and draw in fresh recruits. It's an ad hoc, constantly changing web of connections, so it's hard for U.S. spooks to know where to listen in next. It also lets the insurgents keep a loose command structure, without much hierarchy--just like the network-centric theorists call for. Even if their communications are compromised, only a small cell is exposed, not the entire insurgency. "They're more effectively networked than we are," says Hammes, the guerrilla-war expert. "They have a worldwide, secure communications network. And all it cost them was two dinars."
Very liberating this internet thing for fending off authoritarian colonists. So what stopped them from using this stuff against Saddam? They all hated him, right? It seems to me that if you want win and end this thing, you bomb them into complete submission. Take away their will to fight, and then cut 'em loose...with a nice Marshall plan of course. That's if I were a nice warmonger, instead of dragging it out like the dopey warmonger presently running the show. But in truth, we should abandon the idea of keeping the Middle East in Britain's image from the turn of the 20th century, and let them form up their countries in their own image. But I keep on forgeting, we aren't doing any of this to protect their interests.
September 7, 2001 - ZEUS robotic system developed by Computer Motion was used in the trans-Atlantic operation. A doctor in New York removed the diseased gallbladder of a 68-year-old patient in Strasbourg, France.
Apparently these guys are. I believe this is the story you heard...
A lot of Americans go there(and Thailand) now. The prices are as low as one tenth of American prices. And the hospitals are more like five star hotels.
...but instead, they chose to take Microsoft to court as launch-day comes close.
Close to what?...zzzzzz The distance is reduced by half, then reduced by half again, ad infinitum...zzzzzzz Sorry, man. I can't seem to stay awa...zzzzzz
Methinks the UK government doesn't know that what it wants is technologically infeasible....
Technology schmechnology. This is just to make it easier to lock as many poeple up as possible. Make a law that's impossible to obey and...poof...there goes your auntie, off to the stockades.
That, and when the US imposes such laws, use of encryption will automatically provide the authorities with probable cause, thus eliminating your 4th Amendment "privileges"(as they like to call it). A consciensious hard drive maker will include a blob of thermite on it to facilitate quick destruction of the drive. Which the gov't would prohibit of course, so you'll have to do it yourself with an M-80 taped to the drive.
Yeah, I bookmarked it. There's no doubt, the site is a hoot. Is this guy Charles himself responsible for the change? Or does he simply play along? Anyway, great comedy relief. But then I have a sick sense of humor and consider nothing sacred. Too bad there are people who actually think, act, and vote like that though.
Then it's time to find another search engine. Otherwise I may as well use google.cn
And who needs the damn toolbar? The browser already has one. Google's, Yahoo's, myweb's, hotbar's toolbars are all the same to me. They are there to serve ads, but add nothing that the browser doesn't already have. The only good thing about them are the job opportunities provided to me by the need to remove them from the customer's computer. So...uh...thanks guys, for keeping me in fat city.
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Then it should be called "Department of Internal Revenue" like various states do. Now in fact, I'm making fun. The IRS is very helpful to those who ask. They'll even fill out the forms for you (with the disclaimer that they're not responsible for mistakes...kinda "ironic" to say the least). So, it's like when they have the gun to your head, you don't have to take your own wallet out of your pocket. They'll more than happy to do it for you. Or even more like Jane taking the whole wallet and leaving George with a single bill. I kid! I kid! I LOVE the IRS!
That's a nice thought, until the government barges in demanding the access code. DRM is not for us. It's the computer equivilent of assault weapons. And like the Brits trying to outlaw network tools to keep them out of the "wrong" hands, DRM will be treated similarly, and gen pop won't be permitted to use it to protect themselves.
...but will they remember you because of your voice, or your suit?
Ask anybody if they remember what Rosanne Barr was wearing when she sang the national anthem.
You're going to here all sorts of fancy talk about constitutions and magna cartas, but none of those can ever stand up to what really "ordains" you with rights. And that's the guy with the biggest gun. Just hope he's on your side. Somebody else said it, but I'll repeat it. You only have a right to what you can physically defend. Reduced to its most basic formula, "Might makes right". That's life on the animal planet.
Being liked is way more important than being right.
And that is exactly that put us where we are today. This is what gets crappy politicians elected. We will never make progress if this is how we judge. However, on this planet of talking chimps, you are absolutely right, unfortunate as it may be.
that it takes an act of congress to get a fair tax? Well, here again, the employees need to discuss what they net, and the tax should be declared and paid by the business as a condition of their liscense or corporate charter. And the employee should need to confirm or deny only if the company gets audited. And even then, the signed check and other receipts should be all that is necessary to confirm who was paid what. Remember, it's the Internal Revenue Service. They are supposed to serve us, not the other way around.
You got that right, unless they make an anonymous cash drop into the dumpster on the corner. They even say that they "support a number of payment methods". If the researcher wants real protection, they would go to an internet cafe (one that doesn't require ID) and report truly anonymously. If they were to get greedy and demand payment, then they would deserve what ever happens. I honestly cannot figure out why this is so difficult to understand, and why the subject continues to come up. Don't look for financial gain or attribution, and you'll be fine. Let the chips fall where they may. When we acquire a society that values honesty, then we can go back to more standard methods. In the meantime, it's more important to get the info out in any way possible so the rest of us can protect ourselves. We need to report this info with the general public in mind and not worry about what might embarrass some multi-billion dollar company.
I'll trade fast for accurate. Right now we have neither.
What's another $300mil? Ugh.
A little over a day in Iraq. As a taxpayer, I would rather fund the telescope.
Would we have energy policies intended to keep us on oil and to give huge tax breaks to oil companies?
We've had that at least since Eisenhower was president. I've watched the presidency and congress flip between the two parties and nothing has changed. Big business has been working the government since 1789. It is delusional to think the the people you vote for have any real power. The power is in big oil, big pharma, etc., not the democrats or the republicans. And all this is possible because "we the people" have abdicated our authority.
Why waste your time judging Bush or Clinton? All they do is pose in front of the camera and recite their scripts. They are there because the people that really run the country look like Jabba the Hut.
We don't have to invade. Just quit propping them up. They will fall all by themselves.
by Anonymous Coward on 11:05 Tuesday 09 May 2006 (#15293744)
...And very slimy you sad fuck, posting AC to defend your idiotic mod.
Yep, The US is in lockstep with Britain, has been since the Red Coats left. The war in the Middle East is a British operation. The US is the muscle keeping the empire afloat.
because the insurgents are using throwaway cellphones and anonymous e-mail accounts to stitch together a network of their own.
For us it's a solution to fight off government and corporate(??AA, ATT, etc.) spies here at home. So networking as a weapon...No wonder the Brits, and soon the Americans, will be trying to control access to the tools of the trade.
Damn. If we aren't using the communications equipment in Iraq, shouldn't the troops be knocking down the cell towers and cutting net access so the insurgents can't use it either? Or just jam the signals to avoid having to rebuild later, and wipe out any wireless mesh. I mean, we are trying to "win", right?
It's at this point, just beyond the edge of the American network, where the guerrillas are best connected. Using disposable cellphones, anonymous e-mail addresses at public Internet cafés, and "lessons learned" Web sites that rival Cavnet, disparate guerrilla groups coordinate attacks, share tactics, hire bomb makers, and draw in fresh recruits. It's an ad hoc, constantly changing web of connections, so it's hard for U.S. spooks to know where to listen in next. It also lets the insurgents keep a loose command structure, without much hierarchy--just like the network-centric theorists call for. Even if their communications are compromised, only a small cell is exposed, not the entire insurgency. "They're more effectively networked than we are," says Hammes, the guerrilla-war expert. "They have a worldwide, secure communications network. And all it cost them was two dinars."
Very liberating this internet thing for fending off authoritarian colonists. So what stopped them from using this stuff against Saddam? They all hated him, right? It seems to me that if you want win and end this thing, you bomb them into complete submission. Take away their will to fight, and then cut 'em loose...with a nice Marshall plan of course. That's if I were a nice warmonger, instead of dragging it out like the dopey warmonger presently running the show. But in truth, we should abandon the idea of keeping the Middle East in Britain's image from the turn of the 20th century, and let them form up their countries in their own image. But I keep on forgeting, we aren't doing any of this to protect their interests.
September 7, 2001 - ZEUS robotic system developed by Computer Motion was used in the trans-Atlantic operation. A doctor in New York removed the diseased gallbladder of a 68-year-old patient in Strasbourg, France.
Apparently these guys are. I believe this is the story you heard...
I hope they don't use this thing for circumcisions...OR vasectomies!
A lot of Americans go there(and Thailand) now. The prices are as low as one tenth of American prices. And the hospitals are more like five star hotels.
alien probes are scary...
...but instead, they chose to take Microsoft to court as launch-day comes close.
Close to what?...zzzzzz The distance is reduced by half, then reduced by half again, ad infinitum...zzzzzzz Sorry, man. I can't seem to stay awa...zzzzzz
Methinks the UK government doesn't know that what it wants is technologically infeasible....
Technology schmechnology. This is just to make it easier to lock as many poeple up as possible. Make a law that's impossible to obey and...poof...there goes your auntie, off to the stockades.
This appears to have expired somtime between Nov 2000 and Sept 2001.
Nope. It expired in 1798
That, and when the US imposes such laws, use of encryption will automatically provide the authorities with probable cause, thus eliminating your 4th Amendment "privileges"(as they like to call it). A consciensious hard drive maker will include a blob of thermite on it to facilitate quick destruction of the drive. Which the gov't would prohibit of course, so you'll have to do it yourself with an M-80 taped to the drive.
Yeah, I bookmarked it. There's no doubt, the site is a hoot. Is this guy Charles himself responsible for the change? Or does he simply play along? Anyway, great comedy relief. But then I have a sick sense of humor and consider nothing sacred. Too bad there are people who actually think, act, and vote like that though.
Then it's time to find another search engine. Otherwise I may as well use google.cn
And who needs the damn toolbar? The browser already has one. Google's, Yahoo's, myweb's, hotbar's toolbars are all the same to me. They are there to serve ads, but add nothing that the browser doesn't already have. The only good thing about them are the job opportunities provided to me by the need to remove them from the customer's computer. So...uh...thanks guys, for keeping me in fat city.