Last time I saw the guy come up in the news he was criticized for not starting a power plant, people were saying he's scamming for investor money by putting out info instead of selling power to the grid like anybody else would do if they had a real free energy device.
Not saying I believe him, but it is kind of funny the reaction he's got when he takes that criticism to heart and builds a plant.
What's with your obsession with these people I've never heard of? You think I'm defending them? Isn't that a little paranoid of you? Maybe you should go take some sort of pharmaceutical medication for that, lol. And as far as actual research, what did I say in my first sentence? Oh right, clinical studies. But you just want a place to rant about things and not actually have a discussion about anything, isn't that right? I don't give two shits about kevin whatever, I just want to underscore the point that certain herbs used in certain ways can be plenty powerful on the body, and the way you were talking was as if the only thing that will help sick people is the shit that big pharma is peddling.
There's numerous good clinical studies on substances like Echinacea that show that it boosts immune response to things like upper respiratory infections and other symptoms of a cold. Not that there haven't been bad studies done too, but to just discount the possible effects of natural products simply on the basis that they're not made by a pharmaceutical company is absurd.
Hell yes really! We've absolutely got to have innovative thinking like that in the next protocol the p2p communities use. What are your thoughts on making it more censorship-resistant? Would those NetFS sites be viewable via the web? How do you feel about protocol encryption built right in from the start?
Look who set up this whole DHS operation from the start- A bunch of clearly corrupt politicians who are obviously up to no good. We already know they're more into protecting their self interests than protecting people.
Linux has accelerated desktop software that is extensible. Can the same be said of Windows? Can you sit down and write an accelerated desktop plugin for Vista's aero glass in the same way I could make a plugin for Beryl?
Selling pot and lsd. If I came across something fun like pot or acid, I'd get some for my friends too. A few times my so-called friends asked me to get a bunch for their friends, so I did. They were cops. Turns out in each instance that my friend had gotten into some trouble with the law, and the cops had made deals with them to drop charges if they would help them catch any drug dealers. I can only assume my former friends chose to rat on me as I'd be the least likely to do something violent if I found out. They'd introduce me to an agent, he'd buy it.
I was responding to this particular part of your original rant- "gee, i dunno, maye sometimes law enforcement is there to fight simple straightforward crime and protect us and we should help them do that?"
I was talking about the police, and so were you. Sad that you can't see that.
As a sidenote, I'd like to recommend you go see a doctor. Your failure to understand social norms of communication suggests to me that you may have Asperger's Syndrome. Medication for it doesn't work very well, but I've heard that therapy can be quite beneficial.
But I said nothing stupid. I pointed out your lack of perspective and you insulted me, with no regard for the feelings of a fellow human being. I don't know why it is so hard to think that I might know more about the subject than you, and I don't know why you want to act like that either. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. I mean, just think, if you weren't insulting me right now, we might actually be able to maturely exchange information on the subject at hand instead of you attempting to mock me.
I wrote that because all that happened to me. After an encounter with undercover agents my previously happy life was permanently ruined. I still can't get a job that's not above minimum wage, I had to go to prison, and my experiences with the "justice" system have left me emotionally traumatized to this day.
I used to be somebody productive, I used to have a normal life. I never hurt anybody. How else can I understand why they would do this to me other than to think that there is something seriously wrong with the system?
Why would you say that? Are you just trying to be mean? Don't you have any empathy? Do you realize that I'm a real person with real emotions, and not just a block of text that you should hurl insults at to make yourself feel better?
I bet you wouldn't feel that way if you were one of the tens of millions of people the police has thrown into prison for things that shouldn't even be a crime in the first place.
But you just go ahead and sit there supporting whatever the government does. Because it's all just black and white, good and bad, right or wrong, until the government decides to go after YOU, decides YOU'RE different or unwholesome somehow and you become the new target because of your beliefs, your traditions, or the way you choose to relax in the privacy of your own home.
Of course, when it happens that they decide to start denying you your rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, don't expect us to speak up, because we'll already be in jails and prisons. But at least maybe, by then, you'll realize that even government with the best of intentions can abuse its populace.
They could get regular jobs. Nobody's forcing those agents to be a modern-day Judas to every person they see smoking a joint. And if it turns out that they care more about making money than the safety of their families, well that just speaks volumes about the character of these people, doesn't it?
Let's face facts here, the vast majority of prison inmates, people whose lives have been ruined by our justice system, are in there for victimless crimes involving drugs. Undercover agents are often instrumental in putting them in there. They're not making the world a better place.
They use lies, deceit and misdirection as the tools of their trade, to put normal people in jails and prisons where they are systematically abused and indoctrinated into actual hard criminal activities, to the detriment of all society. Your average person who gets charged with the average crime that an undercover agent helps to bring about also has no chance of getting a job afterwards as well, because he's got a criminal record now. Which means he's now stuck with either a low paying job for the rest of his life, or a life of crime in order to pay the rent.
But there's a much larger pool of indie music that can be tapped than there was 40 years ago, and with the net it will be easier to find the good stuff.
No caps, though I do see some kinds of traffic shaping based on what protocol I'm using. For instance, BT is said to be throttled using Sandvine, and their Usenet server will only allow a maximum download speed of 2 mbits. Central Illinois area.
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Last time I saw the guy come up in the news he was criticized for not starting a power plant, people were saying he's scamming for investor money by putting out info instead of selling power to the grid like anybody else would do if they had a real free energy device. Not saying I believe him, but it is kind of funny the reaction he's got when he takes that criticism to heart and builds a plant.
What's with your obsession with these people I've never heard of? You think I'm defending them? Isn't that a little paranoid of you? Maybe you should go take some sort of pharmaceutical medication for that, lol. And as far as actual research, what did I say in my first sentence? Oh right, clinical studies. But you just want a place to rant about things and not actually have a discussion about anything, isn't that right? I don't give two shits about kevin whatever, I just want to underscore the point that certain herbs used in certain ways can be plenty powerful on the body, and the way you were talking was as if the only thing that will help sick people is the shit that big pharma is peddling.
There's numerous good clinical studies on substances like Echinacea that show that it boosts immune response to things like upper respiratory infections and other symptoms of a cold. Not that there haven't been bad studies done too, but to just discount the possible effects of natural products simply on the basis that they're not made by a pharmaceutical company is absurd.
How do you check your physician's credentials?
Between this and my EEE PC, I'll be able to do some very interesting things..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883118003
Hell yes really! We've absolutely got to have innovative thinking like that in the next protocol the p2p communities use. What are your thoughts on making it more censorship-resistant? Would those NetFS sites be viewable via the web? How do you feel about protocol encryption built right in from the start?
If your protocol turns out to be even half as interesting as that btslave you're working on, I'm sure it would be quite popular :)
Look who set up this whole DHS operation from the start- A bunch of clearly corrupt politicians who are obviously up to no good. We already know they're more into protecting their self interests than protecting people.
..at which point it would just get forked again
I agree.
Profit does not equal happiness.
Linux has accelerated desktop software that is extensible. Can the same be said of Windows? Can you sit down and write an accelerated desktop plugin for Vista's aero glass in the same way I could make a plugin for Beryl?
Selling pot and lsd. If I came across something fun like pot or acid, I'd get some for my friends too. A few times my so-called friends asked me to get a bunch for their friends, so I did. They were cops. Turns out in each instance that my friend had gotten into some trouble with the law, and the cops had made deals with them to drop charges if they would help them catch any drug dealers. I can only assume my former friends chose to rat on me as I'd be the least likely to do something violent if I found out. They'd introduce me to an agent, he'd buy it.
I was responding to this particular part of your original rant-
"gee, i dunno, maye sometimes law enforcement is there to fight simple straightforward crime and protect us and we should help them do that?"
I was talking about the police, and so were you. Sad that you can't see that.
As a sidenote, I'd like to recommend you go see a doctor. Your failure to understand social norms of communication suggests to me that you may have Asperger's Syndrome. Medication for it doesn't work very well, but I've heard that therapy can be quite beneficial.
But I said nothing stupid. I pointed out your lack of perspective and you insulted me, with no regard for the feelings of a fellow human being. I don't know why it is so hard to think that I might know more about the subject than you, and I don't know why you want to act like that either. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. I mean, just think, if you weren't insulting me right now, we might actually be able to maturely exchange information on the subject at hand instead of you attempting to mock me.
I wrote that because all that happened to me. After an encounter with undercover agents my previously happy life was permanently ruined. I still can't get a job that's not above minimum wage, I had to go to prison, and my experiences with the "justice" system have left me emotionally traumatized to this day.
I used to be somebody productive, I used to have a normal life. I never hurt anybody. How else can I understand why they would do this to me other than to think that there is something seriously wrong with the system?
Why would you say that? Are you just trying to be mean? Don't you have any empathy? Do you realize that I'm a real person with real emotions, and not just a block of text that you should hurl insults at to make yourself feel better?
I bet you wouldn't feel that way if you were one of the tens of millions of people the police has thrown into prison for things that shouldn't even be a crime in the first place.
But you just go ahead and sit there supporting whatever the government does. Because it's all just black and white, good and bad, right or wrong, until the government decides to go after YOU, decides YOU'RE different or unwholesome somehow and you become the new target because of your beliefs, your traditions, or the way you choose to relax in the privacy of your own home.
Of course, when it happens that they decide to start denying you your rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, don't expect us to speak up, because we'll already be in jails and prisons. But at least maybe, by then, you'll realize that even government with the best of intentions can abuse its populace.
They could get regular jobs. Nobody's forcing those agents to be a modern-day Judas to every person they see smoking a joint. And if it turns out that they care more about making money than the safety of their families, well that just speaks volumes about the character of these people, doesn't it?
Let's face facts here, the vast majority of prison inmates, people whose lives have been ruined by our justice system, are in there for victimless crimes involving drugs. Undercover agents are often instrumental in putting them in there. They're not making the world a better place.
They use lies, deceit and misdirection as the tools of their trade, to put normal people in jails and prisons where they are systematically abused and indoctrinated into actual hard criminal activities, to the detriment of all society. Your average person who gets charged with the average crime that an undercover agent helps to bring about also has no chance of getting a job afterwards as well, because he's got a criminal record now. Which means he's now stuck with either a low paying job for the rest of his life, or a life of crime in order to pay the rent.
But there's a much larger pool of indie music that can be tapped than there was 40 years ago, and with the net it will be easier to find the good stuff.
No caps, though I do see some kinds of traffic shaping based on what protocol I'm using. For instance, BT is said to be throttled using Sandvine, and their Usenet server will only allow a maximum download speed of 2 mbits. Central Illinois area.
I wonder is it possible to deduce where the gaps in service are based upon this public right-of-way data? Surely that's not also kept secret?