And it *is* real on the internet. For instance, while Slashdot knows my IP when I post this, they aren't publishing it with my post.
If I wanted to say bad things about the FBI or other powers that be, they could pressure Slashdot to give up my info, but what if I'm using an anonymyzer like the one here, and you can chain these together, folks.. to make their chase quite lengthy. Not truly anonymous, in the end, but for all practical purposes, yes.
I think it is necessary to retain this for first amendment freedom.
"If it's tall and thin it's a person," says Maybank. "If it's long and low it's a car."
The key to subverting the parking lot system?
Stay long and low. Think: "I am a car. I am a car. I am a car...." Make occasional honking noises.
Piece of cake.
If the logic is this unsophisticated on these systems, (and I doubt the expense of true sophistication will allow much of it in the field) they'll never be admissible in court, or any real threat to privacy or security.
"If it's tall and thin it's a person," says Maybank. "If it's long and low it's a car." The key to subverting the parking lot system? Stay long and low. Think: "I am a car. I am a car. I am a car...." Make occasional honking noises. Piece of cake. If the logic is this unsophisticated on these systems, (and I doubt the expense of true sophistication will allow much of it in the field) they'll never be admissible in court, or any real threat to privacy or security.
The worst thing about South Park is all the Santa bashing going on! A little Jesus-bashing and the whole Fundamentalist world freaks out, but who sticks up for Santa?!!?! Wasn't he good to you last Christmas? Really, you all should be ashamed.
...but what if I *do* think that religion is necessary for morality? You claim that you think it's wrong to murder and all that, and that's all well and good, but if you honestly don't believe in God (which I find very hard to believe) then you've got nobody to answer to, and you don't have any accountability for your actions.
I don't mean to slam you, but this is a really narrow viewpoint. There are whole religions that are Godless (like Buddhism and Taoism, for instance), yet often these have stricter moral codes than Christianity.
Accountability is entirely personal. Certainly you have heard a Christian lie before. The Religion does not make the person moral. Though religions do usually teach moral codes, it is not their primary function. The primary function of a religion is spirituality. It is usually believed that higher spirituality cannot be achieved without morality. It is a stepping stone on the path.
Being moral does not make you spiritual. If you are not spiritual, you are not necessarily immoral.
Make sense?
--Socrates is a man. All men are mortal. Therefore, all men are Socrates.
for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me
I don't know about y'all, but it has always bothered me that an omniscient, omnipresent and all-powerful God would be jealous, or even needy of our puny affection. If it's so important to God that we love him, why not hard-wire it so? I know, I know... (sigh)...Free Will. Well then, why the omnious threat against the all-too fallible and temptable creations, huh? God seems kinda unfair and cranky. Maybe he'd be happier if he used better software.
The real solution is for Americans to employ be tter counterfeit protection in the paper they produce. It works for other countries. The new generation of bills are a definite step forward but are they good enough? I think they are good enough, for now. The new US bills have a "holographic" feature, where one of the face numbers changes color at angles, a watermark, and the plastic strip woven in, which I've heard (though unconfirmed) has it's own magentic signature. Any enterprising university chemists want to check this out for us in the lab NMR? Of course, all of this becomes null and void with the advent of the home nanomanufacture workstation, right? Use your nanobots to produce cold, hard, untainted cash. I guess we'll have to go back to trading precious metals then.:-)
Congress may rain crap every once in a while when for some reason they find it necessary to and though there are congressional budget oversight committees for these agencies, they are still largely unpoliced. What do we know about them? They have been known to raise their own monies, (Iran/Contra, Air America, etc.) and they tend to be involved in less than savory activities overseas. Retired CIA personnel tend to work as news magazine editors. They are somehow tied to the Templar Knights. In all seriousness, though: Official versions of the truth are usually so unbelieveable (dare I say 'super bullet'?) that any scenario seems more realistic to the public. Other intelligence agencies spy on their own people, why wouldn't the CIA, the NSA, etc? Especcially if there are perceived threats to domestic stability coming from inside the US. It's way past time to open-source our government. That's the only democracy anyhow.
Desgined to catch all the sniffers: FBI MICRO$OFT CIA DISNEY NSA XXX IRS ENVIRONMENTAL ATF POPE BATF EARTH FIRST DOD NRA WACO CHARLES KEATING RUBY RIDGE CHICAGO BULLS OKC RUBY FRUIT JUNGLE OKLAHOMA CITY COLD HARD CASH MILITIA STEPHEN FOSTER GUN ERKEL HANDGUN SATTELITE CONTROLLED TOASTER OVENS MIL WEATHER INFLUENCING RADIO DEVICES GOV BOMB-HOARDING LITHUANIAN MICRODOT-SNIFFING WARMONGERS ASSAULT RIFLE JERRY MATHERS TERRORISM SOMNOMBULISM BOMB SWITCHBLADE DRUG FARTING HORIUCHI RICHARD SIMMONS KORESH KMFDM DAVIDIAN CALICO PANTHERS KAHL KLINGON POSSE HOMEBOY COMITATUS URSUS MAJOR RANDY WEAVER DONNY OSMOND VICKIE WEAVER THE COMMODORES SPECIAL FORCES SPECIAL OLYMPICS LINDA THOMPSON LINDA CARTER SPECIAL OPERATIONS "OPERATION SOUTH PARK" GROUP UNGROUP SOG SOL SOF ROTFL DELTA FORCE ZHETA CAJOLE CONSTITUTION SHMONSTITUTION BILL OF RIGHTS WHATEVER THAT IS WHITEWATER DOWN ON THE BAYOU POM AND CHEER SQUADS UNITE PARK ON THE DANCE FLOOR ON METER DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER IN SIN ARKANSIDE ARACHNAPOHBIA IRAN CONTRAS SUCK ASS OLIVER NORTH AND THE NEW FREEDOM FIGHTERS GYPSY LOUNGE TRIO VINCE FOSTER BROKE MY HEART ONCE PROMIS FERENGI MOSSAD BARK AT THE MOON NASA MARS PATHFINDER MI5 ART BELL ONI BRG CID TCP/IP AK47 FREE JELLY DONUTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS M16 SCANDALOUS LUST C4 X10 MALCOLM X DALAI LAMA REVOLUTION NUMBER 9 CHEROKEE ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE HILLARY QUEEN LATIFA BILL CLINTON RICHARD GERE GORE BULLS IN BARCELONA GEORGE BUSH AND I SNIFFED GLUE TOGETHER AFTER 1974 WACKENHUT SCHNOOZLEFOOT TERRORIST PLATONIC TASK FORCE 160 BONELESS SPECIAL OPS INCREDIBLE OOPS 12TH GROUP 12TH NIGHT SECRET SHAKESPEREAN TAKEOVER PLANS 5TH GROUP TEMPLAR KNIGHTS SF TZ PDQ
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And it *is* real on the internet. For instance, while Slashdot knows my IP when I post this, they aren't publishing it with my post.
If I wanted to say bad things about the FBI or other powers that be, they could pressure Slashdot to give up my info, but what if I'm using an anonymyzer like the one here, and you can chain these together, folks.. to make their chase quite lengthy. Not truly anonymous, in the end, but for all practical purposes, yes.
I think it is necessary to retain this for first amendment freedom.
sorta off-topic..
I wonder is he related to celebrated physicist Freeman Dyson?
Just how hereditary is genius anyway?
Good article, btw.
"If it's tall and thin it's a person," says Maybank. "If it's long and low it's a car."
The key to subverting the parking lot system?
Stay long and low. Think: "I am a car. I am a car. I am a car...." Make occasional honking noises.
Piece of cake.
If the logic is this unsophisticated on these systems, (and I doubt the expense of true sophistication will allow much of it in the field) they'll never be admissible in court, or any real threat to privacy or security.
"If it's tall and thin it's a person," says Maybank. "If it's long and low it's a car."
The key to subverting the parking lot system?
Stay long and low. Think: "I am a car. I am a car. I am a car...." Make occasional honking noises.
Piece of cake.
If the logic is this unsophisticated on these systems, (and I doubt the expense of true sophistication will allow much of it in the field) they'll never be admissible in court, or any real threat to privacy or security.
The worst thing about South Park is all the Santa bashing going on!
A little Jesus-bashing and the whole Fundamentalist world freaks out, but who sticks up for Santa?!!?!
Wasn't he good to you last Christmas?
Really, you all should be ashamed.
I don't mean to slam you, but this is a really narrow viewpoint. There are whole religions that are Godless (like Buddhism and Taoism, for instance), yet often these have stricter moral codes than Christianity.
Accountability is entirely personal. Certainly you have heard a Christian lie before. The Religion does not make the person moral. Though religions do usually teach moral codes, it is not their primary function. The primary function of a religion is spirituality. It is usually believed that higher spirituality cannot be achieved without morality. It is a stepping stone on the path.
Being moral does not make you spiritual. If you are not spiritual, you are not necessarily immoral.
Make sense?
--Socrates is a man. All men are mortal. Therefore, all men are Socrates.
I don't know about y'all, but it has always bothered me that an omniscient, omnipresent and all-powerful God would be jealous , or even needy of our puny affection. ...Free Will.
If it's so important to God that we love him, why not hard-wire it so?
I know, I know... (sigh)
Well then, why the omnious threat against the all-too fallible and temptable creations, huh?
God seems kinda unfair and cranky. Maybe he'd be happier if he used better software.
Isn't 'making things up as you go along' the fun part of being syncretic?
:-)
The real solution is for Americans to employ be tter counterfeit protection in the paper they produce. It works for other countries. The new generation of bills are a definite step forward but are they good enough? I think they are good enough, for now. The new US bills have a "holographic" feature, where one of the face numbers changes color at angles, a watermark, and the plastic strip woven in, which I've heard (though unconfirmed) has it's own magentic signature. Any enterprising university chemists want to check this out for us in the lab NMR? Of course, all of this becomes null and void with the advent of the home nanomanufacture workstation, right? Use your nanobots to produce cold, hard, untainted cash. I guess we'll have to go back to trading precious metals then. :-)
Congress may rain crap every once in a while when for some reason they find it necessary to and though there are congressional budget oversight committees for these agencies, they are still largely unpoliced. What do we know about them?
They have been known to raise their own monies, (Iran/Contra, Air America, etc.) and they tend to be involved in less than savory activities overseas. Retired CIA personnel tend to work as news magazine editors. They are somehow tied to the Templar Knights. In all seriousness, though: Official versions of the truth are usually so unbelieveable (dare I say 'super bullet'?) that any scenario seems more realistic to the public. Other intelligence agencies spy on their own people, why wouldn't the CIA, the NSA, etc? Especcially if there are perceived threats to domestic stability coming from inside the US.
It's way past time to open-source our government.
That's the only democracy anyhow.
Desgined to catch all the sniffers: FBI MICRO$OFT CIA DISNEY NSA XXX IRS ENVIRONMENTAL ATF POPE BATF EARTH FIRST DOD NRA WACO CHARLES KEATING RUBY RIDGE CHICAGO BULLS OKC RUBY FRUIT JUNGLE OKLAHOMA CITY COLD HARD CASH MILITIA STEPHEN FOSTER GUN ERKEL HANDGUN SATTELITE CONTROLLED TOASTER OVENS MIL WEATHER INFLUENCING RADIO DEVICES GOV BOMB-HOARDING LITHUANIAN MICRODOT-SNIFFING WARMONGERS ASSAULT RIFLE JERRY MATHERS TERRORISM SOMNOMBULISM BOMB SWITCHBLADE DRUG FARTING HORIUCHI RICHARD SIMMONS KORESH KMFDM DAVIDIAN CALICO PANTHERS KAHL KLINGON POSSE HOMEBOY COMITATUS URSUS MAJOR RANDY WEAVER DONNY OSMOND VICKIE WEAVER THE COMMODORES SPECIAL FORCES SPECIAL OLYMPICS LINDA THOMPSON LINDA CARTER SPECIAL OPERATIONS "OPERATION SOUTH PARK" GROUP UNGROUP SOG SOL SOF ROTFL DELTA FORCE ZHETA CAJOLE CONSTITUTION SHMONSTITUTION BILL OF RIGHTS WHATEVER THAT IS WHITEWATER DOWN ON THE BAYOU POM AND CHEER SQUADS UNITE PARK ON THE DANCE FLOOR ON METER DOGS AND CATS LIVING TOGETHER IN SIN ARKANSIDE ARACHNAPOHBIA IRAN CONTRAS SUCK ASS OLIVER NORTH AND THE NEW FREEDOM FIGHTERS GYPSY LOUNGE TRIO VINCE FOSTER BROKE MY HEART ONCE PROMIS FERENGI MOSSAD BARK AT THE MOON NASA MARS PATHFINDER MI5 ART BELL ONI BRG CID TCP/IP AK47 FREE JELLY DONUTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS M16 SCANDALOUS LUST C4 X10 MALCOLM X DALAI LAMA REVOLUTION NUMBER 9 CHEROKEE ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE HILLARY QUEEN LATIFA BILL CLINTON RICHARD GERE GORE BULLS IN BARCELONA GEORGE BUSH AND I SNIFFED GLUE TOGETHER AFTER 1974 WACKENHUT SCHNOOZLEFOOT TERRORIST PLATONIC TASK FORCE 160 BONELESS SPECIAL OPS INCREDIBLE OOPS 12TH GROUP 12TH NIGHT SECRET SHAKESPEREAN TAKEOVER PLANS 5TH GROUP TEMPLAR KNIGHTS SF TZ PDQ