Oh, *whew* for a second I missed the 'such' and thought you were saying free speech -in general- is protected. That would've been awkward.
However, I make it a point never to say those dreaded words: 'ah, our government would never do that.' Cause, - maybe this is just a superstition - historically, whenever somebody says that, it's only a matter of time before it happens.
Oh, and there's not much the government can do about a well-worded threat from a company.
True. In fact they already had a video game five or so years ago that could be somewhat controlled by your brain waves. The one where you put your finger into a slot and it reads your patters from there.
I think this post is too well-written to begin a flame war - but I think that if Apple and Microsoft die one day, they'd probably bring Linux down with them because this is sort of a three-party system - they're all practically doing the same thing with only a few differences. Whatever revolutionary system blows one out of the water will probably hit the others as well.
I tend to stay clear of the Discovery channel for all sorts of reasons. It's apparent after long enough that their shows all go like this:
"Do you think [insert unusual occurrence] is real? We consulted a bunch of morons with PHd's and drew a bunch of graphs and tested on a bunch of animals and concluded... No, the holocaust did not happen. Go back home."
Same goes with channels running Nova and so forth. I have to think maybe there was a time when real people could think for themselves, but I'm afraid the word 'education' has long since come to mean 'the mass production of idiots.'
I haven't the time to blow listening to one man's suspicions and another man's mindless rantings, so here's my premature conclusion:
Richard may or may not be right and Phil wants attention and said "You're wrong and I know it!" Then of course the writer of this article decided "I want to believe Phil so he's right and that's that!"
It always goes like this and the 'disproven' person has no trouble shutting up the claims of the given offender. And so on and so forth.
Yeah, seems like the writers of these articles are just playing an old trick to get everyone's attention: Take a few meaningless facts, twist them around and blow them out of proportion and viola; you have a company-destroying disaster that will impact the world, and oh gee, you were on top of it from the moment it never started happening.
Nevermind the huge rise in government and corporate support for Apple's computers, as well as the even brighter outlook for these systems; let's pay all the reader's attention to the little iPod gadgets and see what we can make people believe. Oh no! Company A is doomed because they're not selling enough of a measily little product!
I guess it's better than frightening people into submission using the dirty-bomb scare of last year, but that's not saying a whole loe. I'm beginning to question the credibility of the journalists here.
>>let's hope those martian conspiracy theorists only got a blurry picture.
Heh, babbling is fun to listen to sometimes but I don't think these 'martian conspiracy theorists' of yours exist anywhere. Still, I guess it was a nice shout for attention, as far as those go.
25 years from now? Let's think for a moment. Do you honestly believe the law will IMPROVE with time? I heavily doubt this'll be worth watching because the only law the US will have 25 years from now is "Breathe the air and we'll cuff you for suspicious behavior."
Crap, man, *finally* NASA has begun producing some interesting stuff (citing also the confirmation of water on Mars). Just assuming this is all true of course.
Next comes the inevitable slew of the generic unfounded theories.
"_blank_ took three-hundred bazillion trillion years to form, proceeding the quadrillion gazillion-year formation of _blank_ and _blank_ out of dust and and debris and cucumber peelings in order to build into..." and so forth, never explaining anything but randomly throwing out gigantic meaningless numbers to create anything that exists. Then it's our job to believe them, by golly.
Coincidence theory. Gotta love it. Anyway I guess this is still a nice find if it's true.
I honestly would consider shooting myself (as a last resort of course) before helping Bush mutilate whatever oil-bearing country he feels like going after next. There's a great number of pawns out there who would blast anyone in sight going "Yeah! I'm protecting my country! Die!" and God knows they've got the mindless patriots behind them, "You're protecting your country! Now go out there and die! I meanwhile will be watching TV because I'm over the drafting age. Kill the world to protect your country! Die!" Oh they love it.
It would be nice if John Stuart were executed by the government. Why? It doesn't matter why. If the government says get down on your knees kiss its ass, you do it, because your country needs you to go oversees in needless wars and kill people. Without obeying the government and killing people, you go into John Stuart's deluded little 'decayed and degraded' state. So let's do as you're told, and go out and kill someone. It's the American way.
The reason for kissing the government's ass is because your country needs you.
Anyway I'm gonna go and argue with someone who doesn't rely on a fellow retard's blabbering.
I'm blind in one eye. Nyah nyah. Guess the government Nazis will have to get someone else to mutilate for publicity wars.
Still, I did get the draft papers when I was eighteen. I vaguely recall the wording: "Would you die for your country? Of course you would! Now is your chance! Please sign here. Your signature will contribute to our 'Not throwing your ass in jail' resistance effort and enter you into our 'Being shoved overseas and watching people die and being traumatized beyond any conceivable help' sweepstakes! Enter now, slave!"
There were a few differences here and there but that's the gist of it. Good luck escaping to Mexico.
Maxi points out the obvious flaw and the reply is "Oh, these nice innocent politicians would never rig an election! Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go vote between one psycho who will take away our rights, another psycho who will take away our rights, and another psycho who will take away our rights. The solution is so obvious!"
I think what we've learned from all this is that it really doesn't matter what we think about it. I'm sure the title 'MATRIX' is just an in-your-face way of saying, 'yeah, it's at the point where we own you now, and there's nothing you can do, is there?'
I think they're going to be more honest about their new systems and bills from now on. Next proposal from congress: The Running Every Aspect of Your Life Act.
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Oh, *whew* for a second I missed the 'such' and thought you were saying free speech -in general- is protected. That would've been awkward.
However, I make it a point never to say those dreaded words: 'ah, our government would never do that.' Cause, - maybe this is just a superstition - historically, whenever somebody says that, it's only a matter of time before it happens.
Oh, and there's not much the government can do about a well-worded threat from a company.
At least it'll solve the supply/demand problems now that nobody's ever going to buy rice again.
Rule #1) The authority needs not obey the authority's rules. Rule #2) See rule #1.
don't teach enough math and science anymore
Loosely translated, "Let's grab hold of more kids and shove our ideas into their heads."
A career so morbid and weak that only thing holding it up is mass brainwashing? Thanks, but y'know, journalism looks like a nice job.
Yeah, we're already spending too many billions of dollars to let the police monitor our bathroom breaks.
True. In fact they already had a video game five or so years ago that could be somewhat controlled by your brain waves. The one where you put your finger into a slot and it reads your patters from there.
seems like useful info to me - a bump might be convenient
I think this post is too well-written to begin a flame war - but I think that if Apple and Microsoft die one day, they'd probably bring Linux down with them because this is sort of a three-party system - they're all practically doing the same thing with only a few differences. Whatever revolutionary system blows one out of the water will probably hit the others as well.
I can't figure out which is more brainless: The above post or the fact that its score exceeds 0. Of course, I'm not typing anything useful either.
Haha! Y'know I had this nagging feeling about writing it like that, and also the word at the end is supposed to be 'lot', not 'loe'
I tend to stay clear of the Discovery channel for all sorts of reasons. It's apparent after long enough that their shows all go like this:
"Do you think [insert unusual occurrence] is real? We consulted a bunch of morons with PHd's and drew a bunch of graphs and tested on a bunch of animals and concluded... No, the holocaust did not happen. Go back home."
Same goes with channels running Nova and so forth. I have to think maybe there was a time when real people could think for themselves, but I'm afraid the word 'education' has long since come to mean 'the mass production of idiots.'
I haven't the time to blow listening to one man's suspicions and another man's mindless rantings, so here's my premature conclusion:
Richard may or may not be right and Phil wants attention and said "You're wrong and I know it!" Then of course the writer of this article decided "I want to believe Phil so he's right and that's that!"
It always goes like this and the 'disproven' person has no trouble shutting up the claims of the given offender. And so on and so forth.
Yeah, seems like the writers of these articles are just playing an old trick to get everyone's attention: Take a few meaningless facts, twist them around and blow them out of proportion and viola; you have a company-destroying disaster that will impact the world, and oh gee, you were on top of it from the moment it never started happening.
Nevermind the huge rise in government and corporate support for Apple's computers, as well as the even brighter outlook for these systems; let's pay all the reader's attention to the little iPod gadgets and see what we can make people believe. Oh no! Company A is doomed because they're not selling enough of a measily little product!
I guess it's better than frightening people into submission using the dirty-bomb scare of last year, but that's not saying a whole loe. I'm beginning to question the credibility of the journalists here.
>>let's hope those martian conspiracy theorists only got a blurry picture.
Heh, babbling is fun to listen to sometimes but I don't think these 'martian conspiracy theorists' of yours exist anywhere. Still, I guess it was a nice shout for attention, as far as those go.
25 years from now? Let's think for a moment. Do you honestly believe the law will IMPROVE with time? I heavily doubt this'll be worth watching because the only law the US will have 25 years from now is "Breathe the air and we'll cuff you for suspicious behavior."
No doubt they've already gotten a slew of calls from the MATRIX psychos, eh?
Crap, man, *finally* NASA has begun producing some interesting stuff (citing also the confirmation of water on Mars). Just assuming this is all true of course.
Next comes the inevitable slew of the generic unfounded theories.
"_blank_ took three-hundred bazillion trillion years to form, proceeding the quadrillion gazillion-year formation of _blank_ and _blank_ out of dust and and debris and cucumber peelings in order to build into..." and so forth, never explaining anything but randomly throwing out gigantic meaningless numbers to create anything that exists. Then it's our job to believe them, by golly.
Coincidence theory. Gotta love it. Anyway I guess this is still a nice find if it's true.
I honestly would consider shooting myself (as a last resort of course) before helping Bush mutilate whatever oil-bearing country he feels like going after next. There's a great number of pawns out there who would blast anyone in sight going "Yeah! I'm protecting my country! Die!" and God knows they've got the mindless patriots behind them, "You're protecting your country! Now go out there and die! I meanwhile will be watching TV because I'm over the drafting age. Kill the world to protect your country! Die!" Oh they love it.
It would be nice if John Stuart were executed by the government. Why? It doesn't matter why. If the government says get down on your knees kiss its ass, you do it, because your country needs you to go oversees in needless wars and kill people. Without obeying the government and killing people, you go into John Stuart's deluded little 'decayed and degraded' state. So let's do as you're told, and go out and kill someone. It's the American way.
The reason for kissing the government's ass is because your country needs you.
Anyway I'm gonna go and argue with someone who doesn't rely on a fellow retard's blabbering.
I'm blind in one eye. Nyah nyah. Guess the government Nazis will have to get someone else to mutilate for publicity wars.
Still, I did get the draft papers when I was eighteen. I vaguely recall the wording:
"Would you die for your country? Of course you would! Now is your chance! Please sign here. Your signature will contribute to our 'Not throwing your ass in jail' resistance effort and enter you into our 'Being shoved overseas and watching people die and being traumatized beyond any conceivable help' sweepstakes! Enter now, slave!"
There were a few differences here and there but that's the gist of it. Good luck escaping to Mexico.
Any day now you'll see Americans jumping barbed-wire fences, breaking for Mexico to escape tyranny.
Maxi points out the obvious flaw and the reply is "Oh, these nice innocent politicians would never rig an election! Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go vote between one psycho who will take away our rights, another psycho who will take away our rights, and another psycho who will take away our rights. The solution is so obvious!"
I think what we've learned from all this is that it really doesn't matter what we think about it. I'm sure the title 'MATRIX' is just an in-your-face way of saying, 'yeah, it's at the point where we own you now, and there's nothing you can do, is there?'
I think they're going to be more honest about their new systems and bills from now on. Next proposal from congress: The Running Every Aspect of Your Life Act.