You seem like an intelligent guy who could pick a scammer out of a lineup of cyber-perps, so why do you think all of their scams are targetted at greedy, stupid, racists people?
Maybe he read the conclusion of this official statement by the Nigerian Embassy about 419 scams. It appears to be an exercise in whitewashing (no pun intended) all victims of 419ers as greedy unscrupulous collaborators.
The introduction even goes so far as to blame negative publicity about 419 causing poor foreign investment in Nigeria!! Unreal. I think the number of bullets flying around there contributes more to low foreign investment.
Which do you think is the greater evil? Believing an unbelievable story or defrauding, ransoming then killing a human.
Worse yet, as was the case with identity theft, the the first victims will find it VERY HARD to clear their records and accounts; they will be presumed to be lying until it is common knowledge that the RFID is not secure.
Spot on. New roadside saliva drug testing for car drivers in Australia caused this exact problem. The first man caught had his face plastered all over every news service as an addict driving a work vehicle under the influence. After two weeks it was revealed the testing machine had been incompetently thrown together in a half-arsed attempt to boost the fines quota over Christmas. This poor fellow lost his job, had his life threatened and his house stoned (no pun). The Police Minister went on national television to inform the country that he was refusing to apologise to this poor man for stomping all over his life.... after all an apology is an admission of liability.
the prosecutor should be thanking his lucky stars someone came forward because he would have received the public spanking of a lifetime, taking a half arsed case like that to court
Humans are animals, so the whole human/animal distinction in the article is unneccessary.
OK, technically yes but the key difference between humans and animals blows that point out of the water completely. A animal is a creature that is totally disposable and can be made extinct at our leisure. A human is a creature that is also totally disposable but it is not acceptible for the species to become extinct. See the difference? You can fsck around with animal dna all you like because the decision makers don't give a flying fsck if every animal on the face of the earth disappears. I suspect they would feel a little different about a extinction of humans, especially if it started with THEIR child.
The methods mentioned in the article are no more (or less) 'tampering with nature' than any other hybrids and breeding experiments we've been doing for centuries.
Except they involve humans. We couldn't give a rats ass whether every stork on the face of the earth were to die from Bird Flu because a botched DNA experiment made them vulnerable. Try it if we were screwing around with stork/human dna and we created the environment necessary to evolve the bird flu into a strain that could infect humans. At that point in time I think we'd have trouble finding anyone left alive that would support the parent posters viewpoint.
I'm going to make a paradigm shift in my cola drinking habits and change from 500ml bottles to 330ml tins.... I think it'll really make the difference to my cola drinking experience.
I'm not sure who the manufacturer is but you could try one of the laptops with the swivelling screen. Like the viewscreen on a Canon G2/3/5. Sorry I'm not more help with a name.
The old arcade game 1942 had Japanese enemies for the Western release and American enemeies for the Eastern release. Games have always used the prejudices our govt spoonfeeds us to provide a suitable "bad guy".
"Reds under the bed" and "the yellow peril" LOL
Weren't we suckers back then?
Couldn't agree more. I could shoot monkeys out a cannon at a typewriter and make a more interesting article than the crap these aholes dribble in "linenoise".
wow that is some indifferent minimizing you're doing there. I would imagine the guy who decided to leave these gaping holes probably felt the same way too... before he was sacked!;)
How the hell did they convice an entire jury that this man beat HIMSELF to death?!
It's more insulting than irritating to be lied to in such an blatantly incompetent manner. The govt should have sufficient resources to at least come up with a plausible lie....
Anyone see that episode of the Simpsons where Homer tries to become an inventor by glueing already invented items together in pointless configurations?
Until shareholders demand ethical behaviour over profitable behaviour nothing will change.... and if that ever happens I'll give a suckling pig to charity!
It's illegal to defame anyone unless you do it in parliament under priveledge. This is merely a clearcut case of attempted whisteblower persecution by a very powerful and angry bully.
you will encounter this problem over and over again with every browser on the market until you start paying attention during installation. When you're asked about file associations, it doesn't mean click yes and read nothing.
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You seem like an intelligent guy who could pick a scammer out of a lineup of cyber-perps, so why do you think all of their scams are targetted at greedy, stupid, racists people?
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Maybe he read the conclusion of this official statement by the Nigerian Embassy about 419 scams. It appears to be an exercise in whitewashing (no pun intended) all victims of 419ers as greedy unscrupulous collaborators.
http://www.nigeriaembassyusa.org/419statement.sht
The introduction even goes so far as to blame negative publicity about 419 causing poor foreign investment in Nigeria!! Unreal. I think the number of bullets flying around there contributes more to low foreign investment.
Which do you think is the greater evil? Believing an unbelievable story or defrauding, ransoming then killing a human.
In the time I worked in a computer repair store we were really busy and didn't have time to browse through our client's data...
Worse yet, as was the case with identity theft, the the first victims will find it VERY HARD to clear their records and accounts; they will be presumed to be lying until it is common knowledge that the RFID is not secure.
Spot on. New roadside saliva drug testing for car drivers in Australia caused this exact problem. The first man caught had his face plastered all over every news service as an addict driving a work vehicle under the influence. After two weeks it was revealed the testing machine had been incompetently thrown together in a half-arsed attempt to boost the fines quota over Christmas. This poor fellow lost his job, had his life threatened and his house stoned (no pun). The Police Minister went on national television to inform the country that he was refusing to apologise to this poor man for stomping all over his life.... after all an apology is an admission of liability.
I don't see how that's news. Microsoft has managed to abide by the terms of it's anti-trust settlement, surprising but not really news...
the prosecutor should be thanking his lucky stars someone came forward because he would have received the public spanking of a lifetime, taking a half arsed case like that to court
and researcher usually turn a blind eye to the misery they inflict on their subjects ;)
Humans are animals, so the whole human/animal distinction in the article is unneccessary. OK, technically yes but the key difference between humans and animals blows that point out of the water completely. A animal is a creature that is totally disposable and can be made extinct at our leisure. A human is a creature that is also totally disposable but it is not acceptible for the species to become extinct. See the difference? You can fsck around with animal dna all you like because the decision makers don't give a flying fsck if every animal on the face of the earth disappears. I suspect they would feel a little different about a extinction of humans, especially if it started with THEIR child.
The methods mentioned in the article are no more (or less) 'tampering with nature' than any other hybrids and breeding experiments we've been doing for centuries.
Except they involve humans. We couldn't give a rats ass whether every stork on the face of the earth were to die from Bird Flu because a botched DNA experiment made them vulnerable. Try it if we were screwing around with stork/human dna and we created the environment necessary to evolve the bird flu into a strain that could infect humans. At that point in time I think we'd have trouble finding anyone left alive that would support the parent posters viewpoint.
I'm going to make a paradigm shift in my cola drinking habits and change from 500ml bottles to 330ml tins.... I think it'll really make the difference to my cola drinking experience.
Didn't you mean speech in America is free, but only if you agree?
I'm not sure who the manufacturer is but you could try one of the laptops with the swivelling screen. Like the viewscreen on a Canon G2/3/5. Sorry I'm not more help with a name.
The old arcade game 1942 had Japanese enemies for the Western release and American enemeies for the Eastern release. Games have always used the prejudices our govt spoonfeeds us to provide a suitable "bad guy". "Reds under the bed" and "the yellow peril" LOL Weren't we suckers back then?
Not anymore. Walmart is selling them for 29.95
Couldn't agree more. I could shoot monkeys out a cannon at a typewriter and make a more interesting article than the crap these aholes dribble in "linenoise".
most likely... because the person who signs the checks wasn't prepared to sign an adquately sized one for the person who did this job.
wow that is some indifferent minimizing you're doing there. I would imagine the guy who decided to leave these gaping holes probably felt the same way too... before he was sacked! ;)
I would have used Rolling Stones as an example of "way past the used by date but still periodically pulled from the fridge"
Try another chat client and it should work. Trillian or Miranda maybe.
How the hell did they convice an entire jury that this man beat HIMSELF to death?! It's more insulting than irritating to be lied to in such an blatantly incompetent manner. The govt should have sufficient resources to at least come up with a plausible lie....
Those slackers at CBS deserved to be shown the door before they became some politician's FUD puppet... good riddance.
Anyone see that episode of the Simpsons where Homer tries to become an inventor by glueing already invented items together in pointless configurations?
Congratulations.... you are "truly" headless ;)
Until shareholders demand ethical behaviour over profitable behaviour nothing will change.... and if that ever happens I'll give a suckling pig to charity!
"Lost" is a much tidier term than "abandoned" or "litter" or "I just dropped it where i finished with it".... ;)
It's illegal to defame anyone unless you do it in parliament under priveledge. This is merely a clearcut case of attempted whisteblower persecution by a very powerful and angry bully.
you will encounter this problem over and over again with every browser on the market until you start paying attention during installation. When you're asked about file associations, it doesn't mean click yes and read nothing.