First off, it doesn't matter anymore what business they have interfering with traffic. By default we gave them that authority by protecting their monopoly. They can and will do what they please, and most will believe it's "for our protection", and we know what happens to those who disagree.
As for deciphering the data, they can easily set the rules as to what kind of traffic can pass. Getting through will be our problem. As long as we're stuck with their wire, we are stuck with their rules.
I don't see how we could jump-start a magnetic field...
You'd have to reheat(relight?) the core. That's where the atmosphere comes from. Then you need oceans full of water and plant life to filter it. Mars is dead. Cold as a cucumber. In the case of Venus, a great big Stirling fridge will cool it down a bit and condense everything we need.
The only motivator is the fact that one can only get it for a cumulative 5 years. After that, tough luck for you!
Heh, sounds like a good restriction to place on a congressperson's max time in office and on their own retirement plan. That, and take away their automatic raises.
The corporations ARE the nation-states. More like pirate empires really. Their only purpose being to insure the profits of their most elite "citizens", and amuse the slaves to keep them distracted.
Well, I was drunk the day my Mom got outta prison. And I went to pick her up in the rain. But, before I could get to the station in my pickup truck She got runned over by a damned old train."
Well yeah. They about 7 or 8 hours ahead of us. And to all of you who go around saying that Europe is freer than the states, HA HA! The fascism is in us all. The smugness doesn't play too well, from either side of the ocean.
How does monitoring bits over a wire limit your freedom or prevent you from voting?
Ask Shi Tao, or Li Zhi. Don't think that people aren't being harassed elsewhere. It's just done through traffic stops, or tax audits, etc. Things that don't make the papers.
Heh, Don't be surprised when the IRS starts to tax the money you save if you pay less than retail, and your frequent flier miles. They'll squeeze you any way they can. Too bad not enough people get mad enough to do anything about about it.
It's a little easier to seize control of New York than Baghdad, isn't it? The feds want it all. Sure hope the local insurgents don't start fighting back.
I never said how much more:-) And I was talking "current", which is fairly steady in the deflection coils(not individually, but as a whole). The beam current can vary from 0 to 6 milliamps. It comes out to around 100 watts for a white screen, depending on the voltage(between 15K and 20K?) That's a pretty big margin in the power department. The spot being hit by the beam is extremely bright.
Yes, the IRS does it to collect back taxes. And RICO laws are essentially the same thing since you don't have to charged with any crime yet they can still come and steal your property. It's not right, but the public allows it.
Better to spend the money figuring out how to hide!
Start by covering up all the LEDs on your electronic devices. And kill that stupid "chirping" noise every time you turn on/off your car alarm. Haven't you seen enough stalker movies to know that?
Well, he was talking about CRTs. And you are wrong on both counts. On a CRT more current flows to make the screen white. For an LCD, just remove the signal or power from the screen, but not the light and the pixels go "black". However...transmitting black over air takes more energy. And the sync pulse, even more.
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First off, it doesn't matter anymore what business they have interfering with traffic. By default we gave them that authority by protecting their monopoly. They can and will do what they please, and most will believe it's "for our protection", and we know what happens to those who disagree.
As for deciphering the data, they can easily set the rules as to what kind of traffic can pass. Getting through will be our problem. As long as we're stuck with their wire, we are stuck with their rules.
Furthermore, any form of network or P2P encryption currently in use ought to be able to defeat this.
"Unauthorized" protocols are even easier to filter and block. Attempts to defeat these mechanisms will be dealt with harshly.
Oh, if only we had invested equal resources in building better cats!
A little patience, please. I'm working on it. - Erwin
...state-funded, stateless actors.
Exactly what the old time pirates were. They were the thieves, and the state was the fence. Very nice arrangement that continues to this day.
I don't see how we could jump-start a magnetic field...
You'd have to reheat(relight?) the core. That's where the atmosphere comes from. Then you need oceans full of water and plant life to filter it. Mars is dead. Cold as a cucumber. In the case of Venus, a great big Stirling fridge will cool it down a bit and condense everything we need.
HA! They don't fool me. Damn thing would probably last 5 years.
I unplugged my computer, so I'm doubly safe. How am I posting this? From my other computer.
That could be a violation.
Il Mio Nome è Nessuno
The Bush administration has shit all over the Constitution and this country.
I would have to say that we put it there so he wouldn't get any on the carpet. Never once did we rub his nose in it. Or put him outside.
The only motivator is the fact that one can only get it for a cumulative 5 years. After that, tough luck for you!
Heh, sounds like a good restriction to place on a congressperson's max time in office and on their own retirement plan. That, and take away their automatic raises.
The corporations ARE the nation-states. More like pirate empires really. Their only purpose being to insure the profits of their most elite "citizens", and amuse the slaves to keep them distracted.
"...or prison, or gettin' drunk...
Well, I was drunk the day my Mom got outta prison.
And I went to pick her up in the rain.
But, before I could get to the station in my pickup truck
She got runned over by a damned old train."
Well yeah. They about 7 or 8 hours ahead of us. And to all of you who go around saying that Europe is freer than the states, HA HA! The fascism is in us all. The smugness doesn't play too well, from either side of the ocean.
How does monitoring bits over a wire limit your freedom or prevent you from voting?
Ask Shi Tao, or Li Zhi. Don't think that people aren't being harassed elsewhere. It's just done through traffic stops, or tax audits, etc. Things that don't make the papers.
Heh, Don't be surprised when the IRS starts to tax the money you save if you pay less than retail, and your frequent flier miles. They'll squeeze you any way they can. Too bad not enough people get mad enough to do anything about about it.
But if he was critiquing the misspelled word, wouldn't that make him a spelling Nazi?
Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown,
"Ha, Nazi, Schmazi," says Wernher von Braun.
It's a little easier to seize control of New York than Baghdad, isn't it? The feds want it all. Sure hope the local insurgents don't start fighting back.
I never said how much more :-) And I was talking "current", which is fairly steady in the deflection coils(not individually, but as a whole). The beam current can vary from 0 to 6 milliamps. It comes out to around 100 watts for a white screen, depending on the voltage(between 15K and 20K?) That's a pretty big margin in the power department. The spot being hit by the beam is extremely bright.
Yes, the IRS does it to collect back taxes. And RICO laws are essentially the same thing since you don't have to charged with any crime yet they can still come and steal your property. It's not right, but the public allows it.
...they must be willing to shower us with gifts of love and candy*.
"To Serve Man"
Better to spend the money figuring out how to hide!
Start by covering up all the LEDs on your electronic devices. And kill that stupid "chirping" noise every time you turn on/off your car alarm. Haven't you seen enough stalker movies to know that?
So, given that you can't just tell people to conserve energy and expect it to work, what can you do?
Rationing. "TURN OFF THAT LIGHT!! Don't ya know that there is a WAR goin' on?"
Well, he was talking about CRTs. And you are wrong on both counts. On a CRT more current flows to make the screen white. For an LCD, just remove the signal or power from the screen, but not the light and the pixels go "black". However...transmitting black over air takes more energy. And the sync pulse, even more.
please pick up the white courtesy phone...
No, I said the white phone.