Proxies will be the next illegal item and then something else. utter subversive tosh.
How I wish I could disregard this as the ravings of a loon. Unfortunately you are absolutely correct; the evidence we've all seen is that efforts to pressure VPN providers have already begun.
im pretty sure this is that same jeremiah guy who was spamming that hosts shit a coiuple months back
Oh? It seemed to me that Jeremiah's hosts file stuff was an exasperated response to get that fuckwit APK to tone down his host file silver-bullet bullshit. Perhaps it worked, because I've seen little by way of APK idiocy since that time.
I don't necessarily disagree with you, just curious.
i think i'd rather blow my fucking brains out than spend any appreciable amount of time with a bunch of stuck up, self satisified mutual dick sucking circle jerk asswipes that would post something so fucking pretentiously awful as what you just posted here.
I think you're projecting.
I can see how GP's post might come across a bit elitist to some but there's no way it warrants that level of venom. It was obviously intended to be factual rather than self-inflatory as per his reply.
Joe Dwaggon is very helpful because he always writes as much of his gibberish into the Subject field as he can, because he knows that makes his post absolutely perfect.
Many American companies have pulled their tooling, production equipment, etc. out of China. It's all shipped to Mexico, of course, but it's not in China any longer.
Well, that's a start. I have in the past wondered why the US preferred to hand its IP over to China on a silver platter when they could be exploiting handily-located Mexico. I guess the pollution might be a bit close for comfort.
I guess now that China has been so generously assisted in this way by our collective greed it's only a matter of time before we're all 0wned by Beijing. Was it Marx who predicted the Capitalist would cheerfully sell you the rope to hang him with?
Good luck with that. I bought some apple juice a few days ago. Made in china. Their stuff is *everywhere*. Stuff that was once made in mexico is suddenly china...
Indeed, that was largely my point: I avoid made-in-China wherever I can but I expect it is actually impossible to live China-free at this time.
However there are plenty of businesses reaching out to embrace China to make more money. Myself, money is nowhere near enough of an incentive for me to do business with the Chinese. Not for a while, at least.
Well said. China is probably finding the international scrutiny embarrassing. Forget death, murder, war, famine, death of millions of citizens.. losing face is something the proud, proud Chinese govt actually cares about.
Now the clever ministers have their cake as you point out: they pollute like nobody else and reap the economic benefits. Then they get to eat that cake too by paying lip-service to their 'pollution problem' with an apparently hard-line stance on the matter, all the while using the new penalty as a convenient way to eliminate opponents. Or to shift blame, as other posters have pointed out. Scapegoatism is a time-honoured tradition in China and whilst the west does have its issues with this behaviour, death does tend to make it more difficult for the Chinese scapegoats to clear their good name.
All they need to do is have the state murder (someone inconvenient) once in a while for 'serious pollution' and the rest of the world will swallow it hook line and sinker. What will take our attention and generate heated discussion is the penalty for the individual. We'll miss the big picture, just as China expects.
What do you mean, "back to"??? They never left. One of the reasons I do not care to do business with China.
Exactly. We may all be forced to buy Chinese garbage in lieu of alternatives in this global race-to-the-bottom but I refuse to deal with people who behave as the Chinese do.
No amount of money would make any difference to my opinion. In the same way I feel an obligation to conduct honest business with the rest of the world, I feel an obligation to avoid China until they grow up a bit. Because I have no power beyond that available to everyone, I choose to vote with my feet.
I'm pretty sure the people at Google and NASA know what they were buying without your "help".
He's not writing the above to "help" NASA or Google. He's writing it to help his fellow geeks understand something complex that is typically not part of a geek's knowledge set.
I found his comment interesting and informative and judging from the moderation it received, so did others.
The asset sale policy may very well be quite annoying to a lot of people, however Key made it clear that asset sales were necessary when he was campaigning for his second term. In short, "Give me the mandate."
Well, we voted him in for a second term. Now we're shocked and horrified that he's selling the assets to us on our stock exchange?
Creaating nuclear power efficiently today requires uranium, something that is very limited on this planet. (snip)..if Fukashima has not occurred, we would be currently looking at a global uranium shortage in the next 5 years..
It would be a great deal less limited if the US wasn't so intent on throwing the baby out with the bathwater:
"The materials potentially available for recycling (but locked up in stored used fuel) could conceivably run the US reactor fleet of about 100 GWe for almost 30 years with no new uranium input."
While I have known some who found a sense of peace from spirituality just because a few can handle a drug doesn't mean it isn't dangerous, and I think looking at the numbers it would be hard to argue that religion isn't ultimately causing more harm than good.
Yes, but that's because Spirituality is what Religion wants to be when it grows up:-p
Seriously though, Religion wouldn't grow up even if it could because it's on to a good thing for a select few and making too much money for a start. Yet Spiritualism has demonstrated that one can be into one's own brand of woo-woo - satisfying that need under Mazlow's Hierarchy, if one has it - without ever interfering with anyone else.
Religion is a tool of tyrants from a bygone era that has long since outlived its usefulness to Humanity. The first step for any free-thinking nation must surely be the removal of tax exemptions for religious organisations. Hit the bastards where it hurts.
Oh boy, 4 nukes that you only have to shoot down one time because they're all on the same missile. What a great tactical advantage...for the enemy. Sounds like a cost-saving measure to me, not an amazing advanced weapon.
MIRVs and their advantages are news to you? Really?
Awesome post, once again you've the guts (and probably the karma) to tell it how it is.
Humanity seems to have enough trouble doing a reasonable job of rearing its children. Brainwashing kids into believing that jeebus-shit, the utter filth of Islam, the overcomplicated idiocy of Hinduism or whatever simply exemplifies our collective lack of critical thinking skills. Introducing the vile abuse that is religious doctrine to children should be a criminal act.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. -Denis Diderot
If we have the technology to survive on the surface of Mars --- no water, air, or food except what you bring and raise in your sealed habitats; open a window and you die --- then we can survive the very worst planetary extinction events right here on Earth.
That's a damn good point and I'm a little ashamed that the idea hadn't occurred to me as well.
I'm a little different in that I like the idea of Mars exploration by both meat *and* machine and I think we really can achieve it in our lifetimes. I also think we *should*, because IMHO Human ingenuity is at its best when faced with serious (even existential) challenges.
Your argument makes a lot of sense to me. I feel we shouldn't be seriously looking at colonising Mars until setting up self-sustaining habitats becomes 'de rigour' in places like the Sahara, the bottom of the ocean, the Gobi and Auckland, New Zealand (I kid, I kid). Until then, we're just asking for a lesson and a lot of unnecessary loss of some very good people.
if you are willing to write reviews a lot of publishers are happy to send you books for free. Something I learned when I commented on a book review here at Slashdot a few years back
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Proxies will be the next illegal item and then something else. utter subversive tosh.
How I wish I could disregard this as the ravings of a loon. Unfortunately you are absolutely correct; the evidence we've all seen is that efforts to pressure VPN providers have already begun.
Chilling times indeed.
Not that I'm accusing you of being a karma-farmer but the 503 error does at least ensure you are richly rewarded for your efforts. :)
Nicely played, Sir; right into his hands.
I commend you on demonstrating the unwritten corollary to markdavis' point: "everyone is like me.. and if they're not, they're an idiot."
im pretty sure this is that same jeremiah guy who was spamming that hosts shit a coiuple months back
Oh? It seemed to me that Jeremiah's hosts file stuff was an exasperated response to get that fuckwit APK to tone down his host file silver-bullet bullshit. Perhaps it worked, because I've seen little by way of APK idiocy since that time.
I don't necessarily disagree with you, just curious.
i think i'd rather blow my fucking brains out than spend any appreciable amount of time with a bunch of stuck up, self satisified mutual dick sucking circle jerk asswipes that would post something so fucking pretentiously awful as what you just posted here.
I think you're projecting.
I can see how GP's post might come across a bit elitist to some but there's no way it warrants that level of venom. It was obviously intended to be factual rather than self-inflatory as per his reply.
Joe Dwaggon is very helpful because he always writes as much of his gibberish into the Subject field as he can, because he knows that makes his post absolutely perfect.
Many American companies have pulled their tooling, production equipment, etc. out of China. It's all shipped to Mexico, of course, but it's not in China any longer.
Well, that's a start. I have in the past wondered why the US preferred to hand its IP over to China on a silver platter when they could be exploiting handily-located Mexico. I guess the pollution might be a bit close for comfort.
I guess now that China has been so generously assisted in this way by our collective greed it's only a matter of time before we're all 0wned by Beijing. Was it Marx who predicted the Capitalist would cheerfully sell you the rope to hang him with?
Good luck with that. I bought some apple juice a few days ago. Made in china. Their stuff is *everywhere*. Stuff that was once made in mexico is suddenly china...
Indeed, that was largely my point: I avoid made-in-China wherever I can but I expect it is actually impossible to live China-free at this time.
However there are plenty of businesses reaching out to embrace China to make more money. Myself, money is nowhere near enough of an incentive for me to do business with the Chinese. Not for a while, at least.
Well said. China is probably finding the international scrutiny embarrassing. Forget death, murder, war, famine, death of millions of citizens.. losing face is something the proud, proud Chinese govt actually cares about.
Now the clever ministers have their cake as you point out: they pollute like nobody else and reap the economic benefits. Then they get to eat that cake too by paying lip-service to their 'pollution problem' with an apparently hard-line stance on the matter, all the while using the new penalty as a convenient way to eliminate opponents. Or to shift blame, as other posters have pointed out. Scapegoatism is a time-honoured tradition in China and whilst the west does have its issues with this behaviour, death does tend to make it more difficult for the Chinese scapegoats to clear their good name.
All they need to do is have the state murder (someone inconvenient) once in a while for 'serious pollution' and the rest of the world will swallow it hook line and sinker. What will take our attention and generate heated discussion is the penalty for the individual. We'll miss the big picture, just as China expects.
What do you mean, "back to"??? They never left. One of the reasons I do not care to do business with China.
Exactly. We may all be forced to buy Chinese garbage in lieu of alternatives in this global race-to-the-bottom but I refuse to deal with people who behave as the Chinese do.
No amount of money would make any difference to my opinion. In the same way I feel an obligation to conduct honest business with the rest of the world, I feel an obligation to avoid China until they grow up a bit. Because I have no power beyond that available to everyone, I choose to vote with my feet.
I'm pretty sure the people at Google and NASA know what they were buying without your "help".
He's not writing the above to "help" NASA or Google. He's writing it to help his fellow geeks understand something complex that is typically not part of a geek's knowledge set.
I found his comment interesting and informative and judging from the moderation it received, so did others.
A few voted for him, but the majority did not, therefore the majority did not want him.
So after he cut his boss's head off for the party leadership he went on to commit the slickest election fraud in New Zealand history?
Is there no end to this man's villainy?
The asset sale policy may very well be quite annoying to a lot of people, however Key made it clear that asset sales were necessary when he was campaigning for his second term. In short, "Give me the mandate."
Well, we voted him in for a second term. Now we're shocked and horrified that he's selling the assets to us on our stock exchange?
Creaating nuclear power efficiently today requires uranium, something that is very limited on this planet. (snip) ..if Fukashima has not occurred, we would be currently looking at a global uranium shortage in the next 5 years..
It would be a great deal less limited if the US wasn't so intent on throwing the baby out with the bathwater:
"The materials potentially available for recycling (but locked up in stored used fuel) could conceivably run the US reactor fleet of about 100 GWe for almost 30 years with no new uranium input."
(source: World Nuclear Association)
or a fridge that shoots fireballs at the neighbor's property
I've no problem with my neighbours, but.. oh man, that sounds awesome!! Looks like I've found my new project! :)
Your Slash-fu must be very strong indeed to post the same thing twice within the same discussion and have 'em both moderated up - I salute you! :)
I am sensing that you aren't white.
You sense wrong.
You still don't get it....
Why do they have to be white kittens?
Racist
Fuck you. You know damn well what he meant but you're one of those cunts that won't let reason trump the opportunity to scream 'Racist'.
Well FUCK YOU again, utter fucking cunts like you are far, far worse than racists.
While I have known some who found a sense of peace from spirituality just because a few can handle a drug doesn't mean it isn't dangerous, and I think looking at the numbers it would be hard to argue that religion isn't ultimately causing more harm than good.
Yes, but that's because Spirituality is what Religion wants to be when it grows up :-p
Seriously though, Religion wouldn't grow up even if it could because it's on to a good thing for a select few and making too much money for a start. Yet Spiritualism has demonstrated that one can be into one's own brand of woo-woo - satisfying that need under Mazlow's Hierarchy, if one has it - without ever interfering with anyone else.
Religion is a tool of tyrants from a bygone era that has long since outlived its usefulness to Humanity. The first step for any free-thinking nation must surely be the removal of tax exemptions for religious organisations. Hit the bastards where it hurts.
Oh boy, 4 nukes that you only have to shoot down one time because they're all on the same missile. What a great tactical advantage...for the enemy. Sounds like a cost-saving measure to me, not an amazing advanced weapon.
MIRVs and their advantages are news to you? Really?
Awesome post, once again you've the guts (and probably the karma) to tell it how it is.
Humanity seems to have enough trouble doing a reasonable job of rearing its children. Brainwashing kids into believing that jeebus-shit, the utter filth of Islam, the overcomplicated idiocy of Hinduism or whatever simply exemplifies our collective lack of critical thinking skills. Introducing the vile abuse that is religious doctrine to children should be a criminal act.
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
-Denis Diderot
Wow. I'm bookmarking this as proof of the mental illness of Space Nuttery. It's a rock. Who cares? Is it the ego trip? What is it?
Wow. This whole 'nerd' thing? Looks like you Just Don't Get It. Sorry about that.
Ugh, Mars 'exploration' should have been Mars 'exploration and colonisation', sorry.
If we have the technology to survive on the surface of Mars --- no water, air, or food except what you bring and raise in your sealed habitats; open a window and you die --- then we can survive the very worst planetary extinction events right here on Earth.
That's a damn good point and I'm a little ashamed that the idea hadn't occurred to me as well.
I'm a little different in that I like the idea of Mars exploration by both meat *and* machine and I think we really can achieve it in our lifetimes. I also think we *should*, because IMHO Human ingenuity is at its best when faced with serious (even existential) challenges.
Your argument makes a lot of sense to me. I feel we shouldn't be seriously looking at colonising Mars until setting up self-sustaining habitats becomes 'de rigour' in places like the Sahara, the bottom of the ocean, the Gobi and Auckland, New Zealand (I kid, I kid). Until then, we're just asking for a lesson and a lot of unnecessary loss of some very good people.
if you are willing to write reviews a lot of publishers are happy to send you books for free. Something I learned when I commented on a book review here at Slashdot a few years back
Interesting and good to know, thank you.