Most of the times i've gone to films in the city have been for press screenings of bigger films which usually have a more behaved audience.
That or indy films in the city. I also live near an indy theater on long island so i can go there as well... and suprisingly enough the audiences are well behaved in those type of theaters.
So true. It is a very serious problem. There is nothing wrong with maintaining a quality buisness.
Growth is not always possible. Hollywood is already somewhat of a closed monopoly. We dont import a lot of foreign films and mass market them. The ones that we do, Hollywood buys up and puts them in their theaters.
Being concerned with Growth where growth isnt possible, simple makes the numbers guys come up with interesting ways to give the perception of growth.... such as firing employees to raise profits, or fudging the numbers.
Whats wrong with running a good, solid, buisness these days? Why is it so cut throat?
oops forgot. There's money invovled. Ah damn the poor!
Where the fuck do you live? I'm moving there:) I ALWAYS get kids talking. I saw Lord of the Rings 1, in an empty theater with kids running up and down the isles, screaming, playing without any parent or guardian in the theater. I screamed the shit out of them:)
I've sat in theaters with black women who just would not shut up... holy crap, its a stereotype but its unfortunately true.
I even asked them to be quite twice.... only to receive dirty looks by them as if "how dare i ask them to shut the fuck up in a theater"
I've listend to boyfriends explain to their girlfriends the story or characters. When i saw ST:Nemesis, this guy was telling his girl all of the characters names and trying to get her to remember who they were from the tv show.
I SAW star wars ep2 and had people talk about the film during the film in a way that was like "And here comes the part when..." AS IT FUCKING WAS HAPPENING:)
btw if you are speaking to me, I do agree with you. The manner at which we carry ourselves is important BUT at the same time, the football coach during half time doesnt inspire his losing team by speaking softly and plainly. Instead he screams, he rants, he motivates.
Toss is emotion, and politics... It's not easy to remain calm in such rough waters. Often those who remain calm in todays world seem boring and uninspired.
There are smarter people than I who can lay out things in a more conversational manner, but i'm simply responding to a post (original parent) that reflects an attitude that i'm so tired of. We simply can not blaim Bill Clinton for George W. Bush's horrible administration. It is not fair and its predictable. It has been the republican way for too long now (to bash Clinton for all that is wrong)
Too much is too much. It's time we look at the ENTIRE government, House, Senate, President etc and hold those IN POWER TODAY... accountable.
We rarely do that, and to look back and bash Bill Clinton for Bush's horrible performance record to date... is simply sicken and typical. I'm tired of it.
Ah yes. The ever so predictable jab at Bill Clinton from a republican. How convient that we use the past to gloss over the huge republican fuck up that is today present time.
Country is bleeding cash to foreign nations, country is insanely in debt, oil costs a fortune, christian religious dogma dictates public policy, record high unemployment, health care is unaffordable, we've off shored most of our manufacturing, stem cells are no considered babies, ass backwards tort reform, bullshit patriot acts by a republican government no less (the irony is fucking histerical)...
Oh the list goes on, and its retarded. There isnt a single GOOD thing that has come from this administration, other than perhaps "we invaded Afghanistan" but yet, havent gotten Bin Laden.
Our current goverment is a joke. They're incapable of doing anything AND that includes the democrats that are in office as well. They're lame and weak.
The republicans know how to fight, but they have no clue how to run a country. They certainly are good at giving government hand outs ot their rich friends though.
And that is a big issue.
So lets not talk about Clinton. Lets talk about the assholes in power RIGHT NOW.
"What we really need is one country (somewhere else) where Christians can gather and live in whatever primitive manner they choose." ... And that country is called "The giant woodchipper in my backyard"
The difference is that Circuit City's DivX was clear and upfront about its wicked evil ways.
Windows Vista will not be clear and upfront about this.
It will simply slide right into the market because all windows vista certified Pc's (Brand name PCs etc) will have an HD DRM monitor and Disc drive.
Consumers wont have a choice as in the DivX vs DVD war. Beleive me, Hollywood learned that lesson, and thats why they're doing this in a more silent manner.
DRM will happen wether you like it or not. MS will do what it wants, because it's the OS that everyone uses.
I'm supprised they dont have built in advertisements ala AOL style. Ooops.. thats what MSN messenger is.
The OS is fine as it is. There is no need for windows Vista. There is no need for anything in windows Vista. It will simply continue the trend that Microsoft has always set, which is... with each new OS, the Ram requirements go up, the CPU requirements go up, the Video Card requirements go up, the speed of the OS, GOES DOWN.
And now they're stuffing this stuff in. It's not going to benefit users in anyway. Windows Vista is just a stupid OS all together and yet we'll all be upgrading to it for no dam reason.
Will you dam linux people get your asses together already and make linux has friendly and as easy to use as windows? Get the dam thing out there to the AVERAGE people... Show them a new world. Stop with the overly complex/programmer attitudes with Linux:) I mean that stuff is great, but get that shit to a point where dumb artists such as myself can use it.
Redhat was exhausting with dependency libraries etc. I liked the experience for the most part, except when i wanted to play a dvd, watch media with a media player, install new software, edit any part of gnome's shell like short cuts etc, the anoying slight performance hit that linux has with video redraw, and just the general awkardness of it all...
AND I LIKE LINUX. But hell guys come on, if you die hard linux folks cant show the world an OS as simple as a "Setup.exe" that works flawlessly.. how can you expect average computer users (AKA "toaster" operators) to use the dam thing:)
I would really like to see a real alternative to windows, but that means getting the apps to linux... and that starts with making the dam thing more accessable to morons like myself.
So people get aggressive when playing videogames. GEE GOLLY WIZ BEAVE... Who would have thought that when you're playing a GAME, you become aggressive? Apparently not the sciencetists.
And who the fuck are the Who the Fuck are the American Psychological Assosiation? Who do they represent? Who funded the study? My friends and I can call each other the "American Patriotic Institute of violent and Aggressive Studies" and then i can release some bullshit statement as well.
Lets save the world a whole lot of money and lay it out for everyone to see...
Football is aggressive. Skateboarding is aggressive Inline Skating is aggressive Baseball is aggressive Basketball is aggressive Driving is aggressive Swiming is aggressive Racing is aggressive Playing poker is aggressive Hockey is aggressive Tennis is aggressive GOLF is aggressive, YES EVEN FUCKING GOLF. Politics is aggressive Argueing is aggressive Fighting is aggressive Excersizing is aggressive Rugby is aggressive Soccer is aggressive Field hockey is aggressive Boat racing is aggressive Flying planes is aggressive RC cars are aggressive Guns are aggressive Music is aggressive BEING A FUCKING MALE is aggressive
BOO FUCKING HOO world... Aggressiveness is a part of life. It's what fucking formed capitalism along with greed.
It's what GOT US TO TEH FUCKING MOON.
ITS WHAT FUELS OUR EXISTANCE AS HUMANS. We strive to better ourselves than we currently are, and to do so... we must be aggressive. That is the nature of a GAME. The nature of a game is to strive to out perform the opponent, that means to better yourself.
Yes... it takes aggressiveness.
Dam bible thumpers and the uptight mothers of the world. We're men, we play hard, we build buildings that reach the sky, and we build space ships that go to fucking Mars.
And yes... we play videogames and any of the other many aggressive activities... AND THAT INCLUDES FUCKING OUR UPTIGHT WIFES!;)
As a Canadian, i'd just like to say that you are a fucking idiot. You can't even spell BLAME correctly?, congrats on making yourself look dumb.
You're welcome, and as an American I would just like to say... yes we are dumb.
But wasnt that the point?
Btw you really need to work on your anger management skills. Does your mother know how mean and insecure you've become? Chronic masturbation will do that to you. Now play nice.
You're just jealous i stole you're joke. Admit it.
Desensitized would be if I enjoyed watching real people fly out of car windshields. It's funny when it's fake. That's not desensitized, that's seeing a line between fantasy and fiction.
yes i understand that. You mistook my point. The statement was about our CURRENT leadership, and not leaders of the past.
OUR CURRENT leadership is supposedly a "conservative republican" government and they have been screaming about "less government in our lives" for years. So what happens whey they take control of the senate, house, presidency, and soon the supreme court?...
We now have a bigger, more intrusive government than when the democrats were in power.
They based the hell out of "liberals" and villified the term.... just so they could spend our country into massive debt?... Just so they could allow corperations to off shore and blow a huge whole in the entire idea of our standard of living?
The whole liberal vs conservative thing was the biggest fucking powerplay i've ever seen, and so many idiots fell for it hook line and sinker.
Now a certain section of the powerful elite have full control to do what they need to enrich their pockets. It has nothign to do with our country.
The rich are not bound to any country like the poor are.
Tell that to the NRA who seem to be quite vocal when it comes to invading their privacy rights.
There is more to it than just IT. It is cameras on street corners, traffic lights with speeding ticket computers that capture liscense plates. It is relying on visual data and equating it with absolute truth.
It is a total destruction of our middle class economy. It is about corperate greed. It is about the government having the right to take your land away and sell it to the rich.
It is about civil rights. It is about keeping the government out of our lives.
It is about the republican conservatives who run under the guise of that very statement and yet infringe on civil rights at every oppurtunity.
It is about hypocracy, ineffecient governing, lack of results, poor legislation, poor education, high medical health insurance rates, loss of jobs, lower paying jobs, lack of any carear long job security. It is about mom and dad working full time jobs and part time jobs on the side to make ends meet each month. It is about a living wage. It is corperate corruption. It is about CEO wage's vs the working class wages and the current state of our economy.
It is about EVERYTHING that America was 30 years ago, that it is no longer.
It is far greather than some IT issue. That is for certain.
Most network hardware is made in Taiwan correct? China is now manufacturing and increasing their share of hardware manufacturing monthly.
So our US products like "Linksys" etc all are made in taiwan. Our Laptops are all made in taiwan... Our entire computers are all made in taiwan....
Getting the point yet? If the hardware is MADE OUTSIDE of our country, how can we possibly expect to secure this mandatory backdoor?
Granted, the hardware could already have backdoors... but thats rather unlikely when you compare that against having mandatory backdoors by the US government.
All it takes is for one taiwan engineer to say "look world, here's the backdoor, now enjoy"
I'm not saying taiwan in the enemy, nor am i saying we should be affraid of taiwan, or other countries. However this mandatory backdoor completely fucks up the entire idea of security itself.
How can something be secure when you're including a backdoor? Does the FCC even understand computer hacking/cracking (*Whatever you want to call it kids)? Frankly the world would do itself a favor and RELEASE the code and secret backdoor passwords and how to access it, simply to just show these ASSHOLES at the FCC just how fucking stupid this is...
AND GUESS WHAT... That is EXACTLY what will happen.
Why not simply buy foregin routers and nics? (most are anyways) The backdoor would probably be a simple firmware flag because the chip makers arent going to manufacture a special US chip version.
This is so stupid its sickening. Even if the routers didnt have a backdoor, the FCC will still want to tap you at the ISP level.
And at that point... frankly those on the net that care about privacy will be encrypting their data and THAT is how it should be anyways.
Email should be encrypted, VOIP should be encrypted, it should all be encrypted. If not for fear of theft, than to take a stand against a ruling class government that insists on ripping to shreds the entire concept of security and privacy.
Will lockheed have backdoors in their routers? Will the chinese simply look at the "shitsco" routers they manufacture, and take the code to steel data from lockheed?
What the fuck are they even thinking? This is dumb.
Lets face it. If the government demands secret access to our computers, than I demand secret access to THEIR COMPUTERS.
THEY WORK FOR US. They spy on us? We should have the power to spy on them. GOD KNOWS they do plenty in secrecy.
A government that does not trust its people, deserves to be untrusted by its people.
Fuck this is stupid.
I hope the hackers of the world rip this security backdoor wide open and expose it the moment it makes it into hardware.
I hope the hackers of the world unite for freedom and a greater good because hacking is a form of protest. Perhaps one of the last that has any effect.
So whatever. Let the FCC tighten its grip, and we'll see an even more determined effort to create open sourced technologies that encrypt data.
Bring teh challenge on. I cant wait to see what the digital freedom fighters of the world create. It's going to get interesting.
And no, i'm not a coder or IT expert, but i am in full support of any effort made in protest against movements such as these. Go get em.
And as a liberal/Libertarian, this is why i've ALWAYS supported the right to own firearms.
Liberty can only be upheld by citizens that have the right to grab a gun and stand ground.
The government and our corperate leaders must be stopped and better representation is desperately required.
There is no way I would accept being forced to install a chip into me. FIRST OFF, how many people are squeamish about surgery? How big are these chips? Can they be injected, or do they need to be surgerically installed?
What is the long term health problems associated with it?
There is just no way:) It's crazy and Tommy Thompson can go fuck himself.
The point about credit cards, drivers liscenses etc is very well made. It may be volentary at first, but sooner or later.. it will be like having to give your social security number to get fucking "cable service". Yes you shouldnt have to give them your SS, but if you dont, they refuse service to you.
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For some reason my PSP just hates WPA security. It will "test connection" over and over in some wierd cyclical loop.
If i turn off WPA on my router and PSP... and go wide open balls to the neighborhood, the PSP connects just fine.
I asked them politely twice. I couldn't have been nicer, and I never told them to "shut the fuck up"
:)
Which is probably why, they never stopped
We like slave labor. It's America man, dont you remember when we exploited the blacks and the chinese here on our own lands?
The CHINESE have Hackers!!!!!
Lets keep investing in China! It's a great move!
Long Island, not NYC.
Most of the times i've gone to films in the city have been for press screenings of bigger films which usually have a more behaved audience.
That or indy films in the city. I also live near an indy theater on long island so i can go there as well... and suprisingly enough the audiences are well behaved in those type of theaters.
someone mod this dam thread as brilliant!!!!
So true. It is a very serious problem. There is nothing wrong with maintaining a quality buisness.
Growth is not always possible. Hollywood is already somewhat of a closed monopoly. We dont import a lot of foreign films and mass market them. The ones that we do, Hollywood buys up and puts them in their theaters.
Being concerned with Growth where growth isnt possible, simple makes the numbers guys come up with interesting ways to give the perception of growth.... such as firing employees to raise profits, or fudging the numbers.
Whats wrong with running a good, solid, buisness these days? Why is it so cut throat?
oops forgot. There's money invovled. Ah damn the poor!
God, you are smart. (seriously)
You should come work for the videogame industry and put a curb to the same fucking thing thats happening in gaming.
Actually its probably too late.
Where the fuck do you live? I'm moving there :) I ALWAYS get kids talking. I saw Lord of the Rings 1, in an empty theater with kids running up and down the isles, screaming, playing without any parent or guardian in the theater. I screamed the shit out of them :)
:)
I've sat in theaters with black women who just would not shut up... holy crap, its a stereotype but its unfortunately true.
I even asked them to be quite twice.... only to receive dirty looks by them as if "how dare i ask them to shut the fuck up in a theater"
I've listend to boyfriends explain to their girlfriends the story or characters. When i saw ST:Nemesis, this guy was telling his girl all of the characters names and trying to get her to remember who they were from the tv show.
I SAW star wars ep2 and had people talk about the film during the film in a way that was like "And here comes the part when..." AS IT FUCKING WAS HAPPENING
Movie theaters are nightmares here in NY
btw if you are speaking to me, I do agree with you. The manner at which we carry ourselves is important BUT at the same time, the football coach during half time doesnt inspire his losing team by speaking softly and plainly. Instead he screams, he rants, he motivates.
:)
Toss is emotion, and politics... It's not easy to remain calm in such rough waters. Often those who remain calm in todays world seem boring and uninspired.
There are smarter people than I who can lay out things in a more conversational manner, but i'm simply responding to a post (original parent) that reflects an attitude that i'm so tired of. We simply can not blaim Bill Clinton for George W. Bush's horrible administration. It is not fair and its predictable. It has been the republican way for too long now (to bash Clinton for all that is wrong)
Too much is too much. It's time we look at the ENTIRE government, House, Senate, President etc and hold those IN POWER TODAY... accountable.
We rarely do that, and to look back and bash Bill Clinton for Bush's horrible performance record to date... is simply sicken and typical. I'm tired of it.
And yes Jackie Chan is great
Gee who didnt see this coming?
Suse is from my understanding fairly easy to use but ask anyone shopping for a PC in best buy if they want to try "SuSE" instead of windows :)
They'll be like "Doctor Seuss?"
Lack of apps is a big deal. Thats certainly true, but its apart of the cycle that fuels itself. No users, no apps, no apps, no users... repeat
Gotta get people to install SuSE or any "user friendly" version of linux before dev's even think about porting apps to linux.
Ah yes. The ever so predictable jab at Bill Clinton from a republican. How convient that we use the past to gloss over the huge republican fuck up that is today present time.
Country is bleeding cash to foreign nations, country is insanely in debt, oil costs a fortune, christian religious dogma dictates public policy, record high unemployment, health care is unaffordable, we've off shored most of our manufacturing, stem cells are no considered babies, ass backwards tort reform, bullshit patriot acts by a republican government no less (the irony is fucking histerical)...
Oh the list goes on, and its retarded. There isnt a single GOOD thing that has come from this administration, other than perhaps "we invaded Afghanistan" but yet, havent gotten Bin Laden.
Our current goverment is a joke. They're incapable of doing anything AND that includes the democrats that are in office as well. They're lame and weak.
The republicans know how to fight, but they have no clue how to run a country. They certainly are good at giving government hand outs ot their rich friends though.
And that is a big issue.
So lets not talk about Clinton. Lets talk about the assholes in power RIGHT NOW.
"What we really need is one country (somewhere else) where Christians can gather and live in whatever primitive manner they choose." ... And that country is called "The giant woodchipper in my backyard"
The difference is that Circuit City's DivX was clear and upfront about its wicked evil ways.
/programmer attitudes with Linux :) I mean that stuff is great, but get that shit to a point where dumb artists such as myself can use it.
:)
:)
Windows Vista will not be clear and upfront about this.
It will simply slide right into the market because all windows vista certified Pc's (Brand name PCs etc) will have an HD DRM monitor and Disc drive.
Consumers wont have a choice as in the DivX vs DVD war. Beleive me, Hollywood learned that lesson, and thats why they're doing this in a more silent manner.
DRM will happen wether you like it or not. MS will do what it wants, because it's the OS that everyone uses.
I'm supprised they dont have built in advertisements ala AOL style. Ooops.. thats what MSN messenger is.
The OS is fine as it is. There is no need for windows Vista. There is no need for anything in windows Vista. It will simply continue the trend that Microsoft has always set, which is... with each new OS, the Ram requirements go up, the CPU requirements go up, the Video Card requirements go up, the speed of the OS, GOES DOWN.
And now they're stuffing this stuff in. It's not going to benefit users in anyway. Windows Vista is just a stupid OS all together and yet we'll all be upgrading to it for no dam reason.
Will you dam linux people get your asses together already and make linux has friendly and as easy to use as windows? Get the dam thing out there to the AVERAGE people... Show them a new world. Stop with the overly complex
Redhat was exhausting with dependency libraries etc. I liked the experience for the most part, except when i wanted to play a dvd, watch media with a media player, install new software, edit any part of gnome's shell like short cuts etc, the anoying slight performance hit that linux has with video redraw, and just the general awkardness of it all...
AND I LIKE LINUX. But hell guys come on, if you die hard linux folks cant show the world an OS as simple as a "Setup.exe" that works flawlessly.. how can you expect average computer users (AKA "toaster" operators) to use the dam thing
I would really like to see a real alternative to windows, but that means getting the apps to linux... and that starts with making the dam thing more accessable to morons like myself.
Get to work
So people get aggressive when playing videogames. GEE GOLLY WIZ BEAVE... Who would have thought that when you're playing a GAME, you become aggressive? Apparently not the sciencetists.
;)
And who the fuck are the Who the Fuck are the American Psychological Assosiation? Who do they represent? Who funded the study? My friends and I can call each other the "American Patriotic Institute of violent and Aggressive Studies" and then i can release some bullshit statement as well.
Lets save the world a whole lot of money and lay it out for everyone to see...
Football is aggressive.
Skateboarding is aggressive
Inline Skating is aggressive
Baseball is aggressive
Basketball is aggressive
Driving is aggressive
Swiming is aggressive
Racing is aggressive
Playing poker is aggressive
Hockey is aggressive
Tennis is aggressive
GOLF is aggressive, YES EVEN FUCKING GOLF.
Politics is aggressive
Argueing is aggressive
Fighting is aggressive
Excersizing is aggressive
Rugby is aggressive
Soccer is aggressive
Field hockey is aggressive
Boat racing is aggressive
Flying planes is aggressive
RC cars are aggressive
Guns are aggressive
Music is aggressive
BEING A FUCKING MALE is aggressive
BOO FUCKING HOO world... Aggressiveness is a part of life. It's what fucking formed capitalism along with greed.
It's what GOT US TO TEH FUCKING MOON.
ITS WHAT FUELS OUR EXISTANCE AS HUMANS. We strive to better ourselves than we currently are, and to do so... we must be aggressive. That is the nature of a GAME. The nature of a game is to strive to out perform the opponent, that means to better yourself.
Yes... it takes aggressiveness.
Dam bible thumpers and the uptight mothers of the world. We're men, we play hard, we build buildings that reach the sky, and we build space ships that go to fucking Mars.
And yes... we play videogames and any of the other many aggressive activities... AND THAT INCLUDES FUCKING OUR UPTIGHT WIFES!
Study this!
As a Canadian, i'd just like to say that you are a fucking idiot. You can't even spell BLAME correctly?, congrats on making yourself look dumb.
You're welcome, and as an American I would just like to say... yes we are dumb.
But wasnt that the point?
Btw you really need to work on your anger management skills. Does your mother know how mean and insecure you've become? Chronic masturbation will do that to you. Now play nice.
You're just jealous i stole you're joke. Admit it.
... "its not even a real country anyway"
In Soviet Russia, Can... A Duh's you.
Dumb rule, but hey thats the world we live in. The Rich make the rules, they pay the poor to enforce it on the poor.
What would we do if the terrorists actually attacked the RICH people? oh heaven help us.
Desensitized would be if I enjoyed watching real people fly out of car windshields. It's funny when it's fake. That's not desensitized, that's seeing a line between fantasy and fiction.
BINGO
yes i understand that. You mistook my point. The statement was about our CURRENT leadership, and not leaders of the past.
... Just so they could allow corperations to off shore and blow a huge whole in the entire idea of our standard of living?
OUR CURRENT leadership is supposedly a "conservative republican" government and they have been screaming about "less government in our lives" for years. So what happens whey they take control of the senate, house, presidency, and soon the supreme court?...
We now have a bigger, more intrusive government than when the democrats were in power.
They based the hell out of "liberals" and villified the term.... just so they could spend our country into massive debt?
The whole liberal vs conservative thing was the biggest fucking powerplay i've ever seen, and so many idiots fell for it hook line and sinker.
Now a certain section of the powerful elite have full control to do what they need to enrich their pockets. It has nothign to do with our country.
The rich are not bound to any country like the poor are.
Tell that to the NRA who seem to be quite vocal when it comes to invading their privacy rights.
There is more to it than just IT. It is cameras on street corners, traffic lights with speeding ticket computers that capture liscense plates. It is relying on visual data and equating it with absolute truth.
It is a total destruction of our middle class economy. It is about corperate greed. It is about the government having the right to take your land away and sell it to the rich.
It is about civil rights. It is about keeping the government out of our lives.
It is about the republican conservatives who run under the guise of that very statement and yet infringe on civil rights at every oppurtunity.
It is about hypocracy, ineffecient governing, lack of results, poor legislation, poor education, high medical health insurance rates, loss of jobs, lower paying jobs, lack of any carear long job security. It is about mom and dad working full time jobs and part time jobs on the side to make ends meet each month. It is about a living wage. It is corperate corruption. It is about CEO wage's vs the working class wages and the current state of our economy.
It is about EVERYTHING that America was 30 years ago, that it is no longer.
It is far greather than some IT issue. That is for certain.
they'll simply just log the data coming from your dsl modem. It's all they need.
Most network hardware is made in Taiwan correct? China is now manufacturing and increasing their share of hardware manufacturing monthly.
So our US products like "Linksys" etc all are made in taiwan. Our Laptops are all made in taiwan... Our entire computers are all made in taiwan....
Getting the point yet? If the hardware is MADE OUTSIDE of our country, how can we possibly expect to secure this mandatory backdoor?
Granted, the hardware could already have backdoors... but thats rather unlikely when you compare that against having mandatory backdoors by the US government.
All it takes is for one taiwan engineer to say "look world, here's the backdoor, now enjoy"
I'm not saying taiwan in the enemy, nor am i saying we should be affraid of taiwan, or other countries. However this mandatory backdoor completely fucks up the entire idea of security itself.
How can something be secure when you're including a backdoor? Does the FCC even understand computer hacking/cracking (*Whatever you want to call it kids)? Frankly the world would do itself a favor and RELEASE the code and secret backdoor passwords and how to access it, simply to just show these ASSHOLES at the FCC just how fucking stupid this is...
AND GUESS WHAT... That is EXACTLY what will happen.
Why not simply buy foregin routers and nics? (most are anyways) The backdoor would probably be a simple firmware flag because the chip makers arent going to manufacture a special US chip version.
This is so stupid its sickening. Even if the routers didnt have a backdoor, the FCC will still want to tap you at the ISP level.
And at that point... frankly those on the net that care about privacy will be encrypting their data and THAT is how it should be anyways.
Email should be encrypted, VOIP should be encrypted, it should all be encrypted. If not for fear of theft, than to take a stand against a ruling class government that insists on ripping to shreds the entire concept of security and privacy.
Will lockheed have backdoors in their routers? Will the chinese simply look at the "shitsco" routers they manufacture, and take the code to steel data from lockheed?
What the fuck are they even thinking? This is dumb.
Lets face it. If the government demands secret access to our computers, than I demand secret access to THEIR COMPUTERS.
THEY WORK FOR US. They spy on us? We should have the power to spy on them. GOD KNOWS they do plenty in secrecy.
A government that does not trust its people, deserves to be untrusted by its people.
Fuck this is stupid.
I hope the hackers of the world rip this security backdoor wide open and expose it the moment it makes it into hardware.
I hope the hackers of the world unite for freedom and a greater good because hacking is a form of protest. Perhaps one of the last that has any effect.
So whatever. Let the FCC tighten its grip, and we'll see an even more determined effort to create open sourced technologies that encrypt data.
Bring teh challenge on. I cant wait to see what the digital freedom fighters of the world create. It's going to get interesting.
And no, i'm not a coder or IT expert, but i am in full support of any effort made in protest against movements such as these. Go get em.
And as a liberal/Libertarian, this is why i've ALWAYS supported the right to own firearms.
:) It's crazy and Tommy Thompson can go fuck himself.
Liberty can only be upheld by citizens that have the right to grab a gun and stand ground.
The government and our corperate leaders must be stopped and better representation is desperately required.
There is no way I would accept being forced to install a chip into me. FIRST OFF, how many people are squeamish about surgery? How big are these chips? Can they be injected, or do they need to be surgerically installed?
What is the long term health problems associated with it?
There is just no way
The point about credit cards, drivers liscenses etc is very well made. It may be volentary at first, but sooner or later.. it will be like having to give your social security number to get fucking "cable service". Yes you shouldnt have to give them your SS, but if you dont, they refuse service to you.
Aeroglass will suck anyways. All MS UI's suck.