People are still mostly decent trying to get around with bloated fat bureaucrats mucking up the works. See, it works for all people all around the world.
Well that gives a real incentive for a two party system.
Then you must change that incentive.
And who cares it is hard? Can you imagine people saying "Starting your own country is hard. Let's just stay with what we have."
Things have changed. Do not stick with what you have forever. Do not think what people needed 250 odd years ago. Think what you need today and tomorrow.
The problem is that the people who should do those changes are the people who will be affected by those changes. That is the reason why there are revolutions.
I saw a vegan a while ago. A true one, so no supplements, no cheating and I vowed I would NEVER be that 'healthy'.
I also know vegans who let their dogs not eat meat. Idiots. They apparently have no problem with animal cruelty, they just don't want to have it on a plate.
And then when I have a dinner, they are upset if I serve meat. I am not upset if they don't.
But back to the healthy vegans. I bet they take some sorts of supplements and thus support the companies who do the animal testing.
That is why I disable and remove all cookies from e.g. google when I close my browser. The disadvantage is that google is unable to see what the language of my browser is and keeps giving me the site in Dutch.
My browser is in English, you morans! The fact that my IP is in a Dutch part of Belgium does not matter. Even then there will be people who speak another language and do indicate so by the language of the browser.
I remove the cookies, so the search engine things I am new each and every time.
More than that, don't look for any possible truths outside of your opinions and existing personal prejudices. If you can't face facts, then design a system that gladly tells you the lies you want to hear. Promotes your ignorance and panders to your stupidity. This isn't convenience, its self perpetuating brain damage.
I am confused. Are you talking about Microsoft or American society?
and HR would already fire us in a heartbeat if the company could live without us.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but that is true for each and every person that works in a company, including the HR people. If a company keeps people who do nothing for the company, they are doing it wrong.
Does this happen sometimes? Sure and I am sure you have people on a list that you would think do nothing for the company. But then that is YOUR list and not the companies list.
Just as a side-note: HR has extremely seldom to do anything with who gets fired.
Even if your direst predictions are true, this is a case of video games vs. meaningful property rights. A sense of scale would be in order.
A sense of scale is ALWAYS in order. That sense is however decided by people. This means that it is not something fixed. My sense of scale will be different then yours and apparently different then the people of the industry.
The law then looks at what this sense of scale is and acts upon it to whomever shouts the loudest.
e.g. In some countries the sense of scale for owning a joint or drinking a beer in public are different then those in other countries.
Where one country says "It is only some alcohol." another says "Put them in jail for a long time." The sense of scale is precisely the problem, as that is what the industries are trying to influence. How much do you get for copyright infringement? To me it is only a freaking copy that I would not have bought anyway. For the law the sense of scale is almost opposite of what I think is a normal sense of scale.
People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disapear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you're not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on tv making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are the advertisers and they are laughing at you.
You, however are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.
Fuck that.
Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It's yours yo take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rocj someone just threw at your head.
Your owe the companies nothing. Less then nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.//Banksy
Even more if you're a parent with kids that drive.
Yeah, because the best thing you can learn a kid is that trust means nothing, but surveillance is a great thing. Prepare them for the future. Prepare them for 1984. Prepare them to become model citizens.
such as establishing that police need a court order to get access to data and that the driving data belongs to the owner of the car not the manufacturer.
Why do they need a separate bill for that? It should not be included in this bill. It should be obvious that access to private data, ANY private data, hell, ANY DATA should, no MUST require a court order.
If that is not the case, you (as a population) are doing it wrong.
I am soooo jealous. We just moved to Windows7. Horrible is saying it nice. Of all the Windows versions I was forced to work with, I still like Windows 95 best.
At least from how it looks, that at least looked half decent for a work environment.
I choose the TV I want and then find furniture that I want to match it.
If that TV is a good one and you start looking for furniture that goes with it, you will end up with Ikea. (At least that is what they hope.) I can imagine that they will price it very low, so people will come in for the TV and leave with new furniture as well.
I like the idea, as I look first at the furniture and then look at what TV I can match with it. The choice of screens I can buy is so vast that that is a much easier choice. My choice won't be Ikea, but that does not matter.
I know people who look at the back of the TV as well, because their TV is not placed against a wall, but rather as a sort of divider between a sitting and e.g. an eating area. Different people have different priorities.
This and other statements I have written here I wonder why people still want to live in the US.
Running a stop sign would get you a warning if anything here in Belgium. Obviously after more then one warning you will get a ticket. Stop signs are very tricky to give tickets, because it is so hard to prove. So there must be at least two police officers as a witness. Otherwise it is my word against his and that means I win. I can appeal if I wanted and would get to a different court, because I should not get the same judge. I would LOVE to get a fine "for anything I have might done" as that is a free pass. It would be thrown out so fast if I would appeal that I would hardly need the time to go to court.
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People are still mostly decent trying to get around with bloated fat bureaucrats mucking up the works.
See, it works for all people all around the world.
Then you must change that incentive.
And who cares it is hard? Can you imagine people saying "Starting your own country is hard. Let's just stay with what we have."
Things have changed. Do not stick with what you have forever. Do not think what people needed 250 odd years ago. Think what you need today and tomorrow.
The problem is that the people who should do those changes are the people who will be affected by those changes. That is the reason why there are revolutions.
What they calculated is the cost of camping.
I saw a vegan a while ago. A true one, so no supplements, no cheating and I vowed I would NEVER be that 'healthy'.
I also know vegans who let their dogs not eat meat. Idiots. They apparently have no problem with animal cruelty, they just don't want to have it on a plate.
And then when I have a dinner, they are upset if I serve meat. I am not upset if they don't.
But back to the healthy vegans. I bet they take some sorts of supplements and thus support the companies who do the animal testing.
That is why I disable and remove all cookies from e.g. google when I close my browser. The disadvantage is that google is unable to see what the language of my browser is and keeps giving me the site in Dutch.
My browser is in English, you morans! The fact that my IP is in a Dutch part of Belgium does not matter. Even then there will be people who speak another language and do indicate so by the language of the browser.
I remove the cookies, so the search engine things I am new each and every time.
I am confused. Are you talking about Microsoft or American society?
Hint. It isn't this, nor the other party.
What do you have to hide AC?
Why all the mailservers? Post an encrypted message on Usenet and you can't even track who they are sending it to.
Post some nice wallpapers in a wallpaper group. Put your message inside. Best post images each and every day.
As you made the wallpapers yourself, they have no way of comparing it to what already exists.
I take your car analogy and raise you a house. Buying a per-owned house should be illegal.
In fact, owning a house should be illegal. You are not a company, you should not be able to own anything.
In fact, forget about the HD graphics. (Not sure if I am going for insightful or funny.)
Sorry to burst your bubble, but that is true for each and every person that works in a company, including the HR people. If a company keeps people who do nothing for the company, they are doing it wrong.
Does this happen sometimes? Sure and I am sure you have people on a list that you would think do nothing for the company. But then that is YOUR list and not the companies list.
Just as a side-note: HR has extremely seldom to do anything with who gets fired.
That is excavate what this is about. ;-)
A sense of scale is ALWAYS in order. That sense is however decided by people.
This means that it is not something fixed. My sense of scale will be different then yours and apparently different then the people of the industry.
The law then looks at what this sense of scale is and acts upon it to whomever shouts the loudest.
e.g. In some countries the sense of scale for owning a joint or drinking a beer in public are different then those in other countries.
Where one country says "It is only some alcohol." another says "Put them in jail for a long time." The sense of scale is precisely the problem, as that is what the industries are trying to influence. How much do you get for copyright infringement? To me it is only a freaking copy that I would not have bought anyway. For the law the sense of scale is almost opposite of what I think is a normal sense of scale.
Give me liberty or give me death.
There: Translated that for you.
Also: I rather die on my feet then live on my knees.
What has Banksy to say about it? http://thequotesproject.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/brandalism.jpg
People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disapear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you're not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on tv making your girlfriend feel inadequate.
They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it.
They are the advertisers and they are laughing at you.
You, however are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.
Fuck that.
Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours.
It's yours yo take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rocj someone just threw at your head.
Your owe the companies nothing. //Banksy
Less then nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.
Yeah, because the best thing you can learn a kid is that trust means nothing, but surveillance is a great thing. Prepare them for the future. Prepare them for 1984. Prepare them to become model citizens.
I am soooo jealous. We just moved to Windows7. Horrible is saying it nice. Of all the Windows versions I was forced to work with, I still like Windows 95 best.
At least from how it looks, that at least looked half decent for a work environment.
If that TV is a good one and you start looking for furniture that goes with it, you will end up with Ikea. (At least that is what they hope.)
I can imagine that they will price it very low, so people will come in for the TV and leave with new furniture as well.
I like the idea, as I look first at the furniture and then look at what TV I can match with it. The choice of screens I can buy is so vast that that is a much easier choice. My choice won't be Ikea, but that does not matter.
I know people who look at the back of the TV as well, because their TV is not placed against a wall, but rather as a sort of divider between a sitting and e.g. an eating area. Different people have different priorities.
That is your problem right there.
Bit like how OS should work.
But look on the plus side. You can buy your movie collection again.
This and other statements I have written here I wonder why people still want to live in the US.
Running a stop sign would get you a warning if anything here in Belgium. Obviously after more then one warning you will get a ticket. Stop signs are very tricky to give tickets, because it is so hard to prove. So there must be at least two police officers as a witness. Otherwise it is my word against his and that means I win.
I can appeal if I wanted and would get to a different court, because I should not get the same judge.
I would LOVE to get a fine "for anything I have might done" as that is a free pass. It would be thrown out so fast if I would appeal that I would hardly need the time to go to court.