"So what's to prevent this company from selling the information to the highest bidder?"
Absolutely nothing.
"Glad I don't live in Utah..."
Don't think for a second that this will end in Utah. This thing is going to spread like a...uuhhh...virus?
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Yes, they do realize that, but now there's a big infrastructure built around prohibition, like the prison industry, and all those police dept's getting gov't grants to "fight" drug use, RICO, etc. These are some of your shadiest charactors. If it were legalized all that would go down the toilet. Everything is working as intended. If all people were to stop using drugs, I would bet that a full 20-30% of the world's economy would go belly up. But who would know, since it's off the books? The old joke goes: if you want to bankrupt the CIA, boycott cocaine. Prohibition supports terrorism and other criminal activities at home and overseas. It's that simple.
"...McDonald's burger-flippers too have their own jargon..."
I wonder... what do they call the bugar they just blew onto your burger.
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"...connects marijuana users to terrorism."
Replace "users" with "prohibition" and that statement would be true.
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"They are surviving because society is providing for their needs."
Yeah? And who's providing for your needs like roads, electricity, food, etc.? Satan? Can you build all these services yourself? It appears to me that we all need "society" to provide for our needs.
I wasn't talking any particular country. For the most part they're all the same. I already left the states, and the very first I noticed was how much alike we all are. I was talking about the planet. Maybe I took that movie about Marat a little too seriously
"I've always found clear headed and deliberate nonparticipation with a bit of agent provocatuer to be an overall more effective tactic, both personally and and in the larger scheme of things."
I'll drink to that...Seriously I would have to agree.
On this subject I'm as serious as a heart attack. This is precisely what copyrights were intended for. Repeating a previous post I made: Asking for patent/copyright reform is like asking for slavery reform - can't happen. Abolition is THE only way.
Yes, yes, yes...not only that, it gives gov't ownership of ideas throught its corporate cronies. The gov't already owns all things tangible, and it had to find a way to take control of the intangibles. Copyrights and patents and lots of FUD were the ways to do it. So far it's working perfectly, but finally, hopefully it may be starting to come apart as more people see the truth. I guess there is something good to say about computers and the internet after all. We probably should thank the "pirates" and file sharers for helping to bring this to light.
There is at least one drug that I can grow myself. Other than that I'm srewed. That's what the "forget" part is about. I suppose I could brew my own beer, also. I just have to face facts...I don't belong here. Too scared to do anything about that.
You're absolutely correct. There is no way to resolve it. And with their stock portfolio so diversified, boycotting is no longer an issue. They make some money with every bar of soap or loaf of bread that I buy. Thank god there are drugs(including alcohol) to help me forget the evil I support just by living.
What a schizophrenic world we've created...How can we resolve things like this...A company presently doing great things for open source at the same time they are providing censorship tech. I don't trust IBM or anybody like them. They play both sides of the "war" for a buck(ok, billions). Personaly I don't think they have changed that much from the "bad ol' days". You watch. They'll turn on us as soon as it is more profitable to do so.
"All I want is plain coffee with milk and sugar. No latte , no expresso, No mocca , no nothing..."
Heh, try to get a Quarter Pounder without cheese...The employee will have a stroke. The cash register starts on fire. It sometimes take three "managers" to verify the order.
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I wonder...Are these companies actually patting people down to make sure they're not "carrying"?
Maybe in the future we can say that. Right now they're doing pretty well...depending on your point of view. As anyone that bought low low and sold high can tell you.
Bah! I'm waiting for Hypercard to come back. Anybody tried running it on OSX? It ran pretty fast on my Mac IIx at 16mhz. I can only imagine the speed on these new multi ghz machines with all that RAM an' all
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"So what's to prevent this company from selling the information to the highest bidder?"
Absolutely nothing.
"Glad I don't live in Utah..."
Don't think for a second that this will end in Utah. This thing is going to spread like a...uuhhh...virus?
Yes, they do realize that, but now there's a big infrastructure built around prohibition, like the prison industry, and all those police dept's getting gov't grants to "fight" drug use, RICO, etc. These are some of your shadiest charactors. If it were legalized all that would go down the toilet. Everything is working as intended. If all people were to stop using drugs, I would bet that a full 20-30% of the world's economy would go belly up. But who would know, since it's off the books? The old joke goes: if you want to bankrupt the CIA, boycott cocaine. Prohibition supports terrorism and other criminal activities at home and overseas. It's that simple.
Maybe the machine spits out a paper "receipt" verifing the veracity of the photo...or is it manufactured by Diebold?
"It would only be illegal if the FCC or Congress passed a law prohibiting issue ads on TV."
If they don't "tow the line", their license might not be renewed. Censorship comes in many forms.
"...McDonald's burger-flippers too have their own jargon..."
I wonder... what do they call the bugar they just blew onto your burger.
"...connects marijuana users to terrorism."
Replace "users" with "prohibition" and that statement would be true.
"They are surviving because society is providing for their needs."
Yeah? And who's providing for your needs like roads, electricity, food, etc.? Satan? Can you build all these services yourself? It appears to me that we all need "society" to provide for our needs.
I wasn't talking any particular country. For the most part they're all the same. I already left the states, and the very first I noticed was how much alike we all are. I was talking about the planet. Maybe I took that movie about Marat a little too seriously
"I've always found clear headed and deliberate nonparticipation with a bit of agent provocatuer to be an overall more effective tactic, both personally and and in the larger scheme of things."
I'll drink to that...Seriously I would have to agree.
On this subject I'm as serious as a heart attack. This is precisely what copyrights were intended for. Repeating a previous post I made: Asking for patent/copyright reform is like asking for slavery reform - can't happen. Abolition is THE only way.
What?? Are you suggesting that we start making laws based on some kind of morality?
Yes, yes, yes...not only that, it gives gov't ownership of ideas throught its corporate cronies. The gov't already owns all things tangible, and it had to find a way to take control of the intangibles. Copyrights and patents and lots of FUD were the ways to do it. So far it's working perfectly, but finally, hopefully it may be starting to come apart as more people see the truth. I guess there is something good to say about computers and the internet after all. We probably should thank the "pirates" and file sharers for helping to bring this to light.
There is at least one drug that I can grow myself. Other than that I'm srewed. That's what the "forget" part is about. I suppose I could brew my own beer, also. I just have to face facts...I don't belong here. Too scared to do anything about that.
"There's something wrong with the math here..."
Not really. The multi-purpose, multi-terrain robots are much more profitable. Follow the money(the only good thing that came out of Rush's mouth).
You're absolutely correct. There is no way to resolve it. And with their stock portfolio so diversified, boycotting is no longer an issue. They make some money with every bar of soap or loaf of bread that I buy. Thank god there are drugs(including alcohol) to help me forget the evil I support just by living.
I think now the problem is that they removed the "quarter pounder" without cheese button. That's ok. I eat at Wendys now.
All we have to do is blast them with a camera flash. Worked on the Simpsons.
What a schizophrenic world we've created...How can we resolve things like this...A company presently doing great things for open source at the same time they are providing censorship tech. I don't trust IBM or anybody like them. They play both sides of the "war" for a buck(ok, billions). Personaly I don't think they have changed that much from the "bad ol' days". You watch. They'll turn on us as soon as it is more profitable to do so.
"All I want is plain coffee with milk and sugar. No latte , no expresso, No mocca , no nothing..."
Heh, try to get a Quarter Pounder without cheese...The employee will have a stroke. The cash register starts on fire. It sometimes take three "managers" to verify the order.
I wonder...Are these companies actually patting people down to make sure they're not "carrying"?
"And since when is it sexist to show women playing football? Sure, they were in lingere, but that just shows off the beauty of nature."
Sometimes nature isn't always so beautiful, until I put down at least a six pack.
As evil as SCO may be, I wouldn't put them up there with types like Chevron, Exxon, Monsanto, or my new favorite, Halliburton.
Maybe in the future we can say that. Right now they're doing pretty well...depending on your point of view. As anyone that bought low low and sold high can tell you.
Bah! I'm waiting for Hypercard to come back. Anybody tried running it on OSX? It ran pretty fast on my Mac IIx at 16mhz. I can only imagine the speed on these new multi ghz machines with all that RAM an' all
Wouldn't helium be even more inert...and more fun? No exhaust pipe needed.