In other words, the system will become so complex that we will quite literally be unable to ever quite figure out what's going on, until, of course, it all collapses, kills trillions of dollars in value, renders most economies smoking ruins, and then everyone will finally ask "Why the fuck did ever let that happen?"
If you had a terabyte of music, they would sue for a lot more than $5,000,000.00.
Interesting system, it's just like conjuring money out of thin air. In the olde daze a pirate was someone who had to work for his money, kill, rape, plunder. Now all he has to do is copy a file. Not even steal it, just make a copy
Wow, the ignorance you display makes me thankful you will not be visiting. Please, stay where you are, I'm sure they will appreciate your contributions!
Good advice. I have avoided travel to the US since 9/11. That place scares me silly.
We can't even govern ourselves. Watch our House of Representatives in action for a real clown show.
Not true, the "persons" that elect the government are very well represented.
Remember that judicial precedence has created a situation where corporations are "persons" and must be treated equally under the law.
"Persons" can donate as much money as they want to political parties.
So... Corporations can donate as much as they want, anonymously, to political parties.
Corporations have billions of dollars.
"People" do not.
So, in a true and just society, corporations should be allowed to do anything people can, as a result, corporations own ALL the parties, and are very well represented.
It's not their fault we aren't all billionaires.
This situation will not change as long as people are influenced to the degree they are now by corporate owned "big media".
Or they are all starving and dying from toothaches. I'll give it three or four years at most.
Sorry, off-topic:
I've seen your signature before and wondered then as I do now, is that tongue in cheek or do you really want to remove ALL CO2 from the atmosphere?
I got caught up on that one. It's sarcasm. Hard to say if he is trolling and what he means by it.
They are notorious for something breaking on them under heavy use. For home use they're okay as they only occasionally get called into service but for any serious work you need a professional solution and that will cost a lot more than $100. I don't doubt your word about the 4 year life cycle yours has enjoyed but that is the exception not the rule.
In a commercial environment, that level of cost is not an issue, so, point is moot.
Liking huge tits that are bigger than her shoulder width is weird. Stop projecting your latent feelings for your mother onto women, sick fuck! As for me, see my sig.
It's something I picked up in an anthropology course. It makes sense to me, breasts are 80% non functional. Now why would that be if it wasn't to attract the other sex?
That, plus it seems to me that most men, present company excepted, fixate on boobs.
Your milage obviously differs, maybe I'm a sick fuck, but I'm sick the same way everyone else is.
It's OK to be gay though, anuses are sensitive too. Boobs aren't for everyone.
Hell, didn't the SCOTUS just rule that a company can preemptively block a class action lawsuit just by saying in their EULA "You are not allowed to sue us in a class action law suit? (or it's legalese equivalent)" Gee, I wonder how many EULA's don't include that language now? I'm betting not many...
"Noitercsid ruo ta tuo uoy ekat ot sajnin dnes ot su ezirohtua uoy, erawtfos siht gnisu yb, eromrehtfuf dna.
Before anyone jumps to the conclusion that green technology is not profitable and therefore a big scam, or a modern religion if you will, with all of its guilt, shame and asking for money, let me state an opinion that might not be popular here: Maybe, just maybe, the subsidies was too low?
Ah, yes. We can make 'green technology' profitable by simply... taking more money from taxpayers and giving it to them.
That'll work.
It worked for the financial institutions. They got trillions, they seem to be doing OK, management are getting their huge bonuses again. Of course that may be what happened at Solyndra.
you think boobs are sexually attractive? You do know that they're just modified sweat glands that are used for feeding baby primates, right? And you want to color on them with fluorescent markers?
Your weird!
That would be "you're wierd", not "your wierd". Learn to spell.
Boobs are sex organs. To fulfil their part time function as mammary glands they have no need to be as large or as sensitive.
You nailed it, sort of, the scientists who agree with me, being 99% of them actually go towards forming my opinion. I tend to trust them.
The other 1% who tell you what you want to hear, no, I don't agree with them. But you obviously do, and with the religious fervor of the willfully deluded.
You are a troll and an idiot, and you have the floor, I won't respond again.
Snip:
NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth's atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing.
The study indicates far less future global warming will occur than United Nations computer models have predicted, and supports prior studies indicating increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide trap far less heat than alarmists have claimed.
The alarmists being virtually all scientists who know anything about global warming. It's a good thing we have oil companies who pay those few scientists who have the integrity to produce studies like this, and the media to spin it properly, or we would have to pay more for energy.
But none of it matters, as soon as Washington gets it's act together and starts spending less on social programs, God will provide.
The problem with "voting with your wallet" is that you are out numbered a hundred to one by sheeple that don't give a shit about anything but their own pocketbook.
Then it's up to people you and I to rub their noses in it as best we can. I know I sound like a broken record sometimes, but eventually, people do listen.
Sorry but no, not all corporations are like that. In fact, there are many corporations that put environmental and social responsibilities first. And also no to your second argument, voting with your wallet actually does work. I don't know if you're an Apple consumer or just naive, but these are facts.
I have a Macbook Pro, but it belongs to the office so I had no vote. In general I am not an Apple consumer.
I vote with my wallet whenever I can. I'd be interested to hear what responsible manufacturers you recommend that I buy my hardware from.
I rarely buy COTS computer systems, so the field is wide open for me. I'm sure others would like to hear who the "many" are and how responsible they are.
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In other words, the system will become so complex that we will quite literally be unable to ever quite figure out what's going on, until, of course, it all collapses, kills trillions of dollars in value, renders most economies smoking ruins, and then everyone will finally ask "Why the fuck did ever let that happen?"
Umm, I think we've already been there.
Interesting system, it's just like conjuring money out of thin air. In the olde daze a pirate was someone who had to work for his money, kill, rape, plunder. Now all he has to do is copy a file. Not even steal it, just make a copy
Avast ye swabbies!
Me, too, and I live here. :(
Anyone want to help a brother-geek (and his sister-geek wife) emigrate?
LOL!
I'm Canadian. I was thinking I'd like to move to Europe. We have a fanatic evangelical running the place now.
The people in the middle east seem to be tired enough of the shit to do something about it. Basically you're both facing the same adversary.
Maybe they've gotten on a plane before, and know of what they speak?
Wow, the ignorance you display makes me thankful you will not be visiting. Please, stay where you are, I'm sure they will appreciate your contributions!
Good advice. I have avoided travel to the US since 9/11. That place scares me silly.
Or they are all starving and dying from toothaches. I'll give it three or four years at most.
Why toothaches?
Ack, I thought it was /. that I read this at...
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=twRpoSevl08MCIfKhsMBUceL7Q7IOX0c
We can't even govern ourselves. Watch our House of Representatives in action for a real clown show.
Not true, the "persons" that elect the government are very well represented.
Remember that judicial precedence has created a situation where corporations are "persons" and must be treated equally under the law.
"Persons" can donate as much money as they want to political parties.
So... Corporations can donate as much as they want, anonymously, to political parties.
Corporations have billions of dollars.
"People" do not.
So, in a true and just society, corporations should be allowed to do anything people can, as a result, corporations own ALL the parties, and are very well represented.
It's not their fault we aren't all billionaires.
This situation will not change as long as people are influenced to the degree they are now by corporate owned "big media".
Or they are all starving and dying from toothaches. I'll give it three or four years at most.
remember the executive branch ENFORCES the laws that Congress passes
I was under the impression that the executive branch ignored the laws that Congress passes. That and the constitution.
Sorry, off-topic: I've seen your signature before and wondered then as I do now, is that tongue in cheek or do you really want to remove ALL CO2 from the atmosphere?
I got caught up on that one. It's sarcasm. Hard to say if he is trolling and what he means by it.
There have been recent leaks similar to this showing how the US has had a strong hand in shaping the Canadian DMCA laws.
Those laws have failed to pass, so far.
This is why corporations should be destroyed. The use of WMDs should be allowed to do so.
That would take out innocents. I think a huge amount of targeted wet work would be more appropriate.
They are notorious for something breaking on them under heavy use. For home use they're okay as they only occasionally get called into service but for any serious work you need a professional solution and that will cost a lot more than $100. I don't doubt your word about the 4 year life cycle yours has enjoyed but that is the exception not the rule.
In a commercial environment, that level of cost is not an issue, so, point is moot.
A 1W laser is about as much of a 'toy' as an AK47 or a flamethrower
So, you mean it's not a toy, it's a really fun toy?
The more I read, the more I agree with you.
I definitely shouldn't have one.
Liking huge tits that are bigger than her shoulder width is weird. Stop projecting your latent feelings for your mother onto women, sick fuck! As for me, see my sig.
It's something I picked up in an anthropology course. It makes sense to me, breasts are 80% non functional. Now why would that be if it wasn't to attract the other sex?
That, plus it seems to me that most men, present company excepted, fixate on boobs.
Your milage obviously differs, maybe I'm a sick fuck, but I'm sick the same way everyone else is.
It's OK to be gay though, anuses are sensitive too. Boobs aren't for everyone.
You must not live in the U.S..
Hell, didn't the SCOTUS just rule that a company can preemptively block a class action lawsuit just by saying in their EULA "You are not allowed to sue us in a class action law suit? (or it's legalese equivalent)" Gee, I wonder how many EULA's don't include that language now? I'm betting not many...
"Noitercsid ruo ta tuo uoy ekat ot sajnin dnes ot su ezirohtua uoy, erawtfos siht gnisu yb, eromrehtfuf dna.
Before anyone jumps to the conclusion that green technology is not profitable and therefore a big scam, or a modern religion if you will, with all of its guilt, shame and asking for money, let me state an opinion that might not be popular here: Maybe, just maybe, the subsidies was too low?
Ah, yes. We can make 'green technology' profitable by simply... taking more money from taxpayers and giving it to them.
That'll work.
It worked for the financial institutions. They got trillions, they seem to be doing OK, management are getting their huge bonuses again. Of course that may be what happened at Solyndra.
Wait, shirts that highlights their boobs.;
you think boobs are sexually attractive? You do know that they're just modified sweat glands that are used for feeding baby primates, right? And you want to color on them with fluorescent markers?
Your weird!
That would be "you're wierd", not "your wierd". Learn to spell.
Boobs are sex organs. To fulfil their part time function as mammary glands they have no need to be as large or as sensitive.
but if we elect a president next year we are completely at the mercy of corporate America.
FTFY. Unfortunately, the only viable form of government I can think of that's not subject to human corruption is SkyNet.
ROFL! We all know how that ends up.
Still, it might be the better choice.
The other 1% who tell you what you want to hear, no, I don't agree with them. But you obviously do, and with the religious fervor of the willfully deluded.
You are a troll and an idiot, and you have the floor, I won't respond again.
Snip: NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth's atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing.
The study indicates far less future global warming will occur than United Nations computer models have predicted, and supports prior studies indicating increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide trap far less heat than alarmists have claimed.
The alarmists being virtually all scientists who know anything about global warming. It's a good thing we have oil companies who pay those few scientists who have the integrity to produce studies like this, and the media to spin it properly, or we would have to pay more for energy.
But none of it matters, as soon as Washington gets it's act together and starts spending less on social programs, God will provide.
You could just, you know, drill for more oil instead but that wouldn't achieve the real goal of pushing people onto public transport.
And we all know that there is a secret elf workshop deep below the earth marketing new oil all the time. So all that "finite" stuff is nonsense.
The thing about climate change that bothers me is that people think humans cause it, when we all know that it is God angry about the US administration spending too much money on social programs. Ask Michele Bachmann: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2031442/Hurricane-Irene-message-God-says-Michele-Bachmann.html
The problem with "voting with your wallet" is that you are out numbered a hundred to one by sheeple that don't give a shit about anything but their own pocketbook.
Then it's up to people you and I to rub their noses in it as best we can. I know I sound like a broken record sometimes, but eventually, people do listen.
Sorry but no, not all corporations are like that. In fact, there are many corporations that put environmental and social responsibilities first. And also no to your second argument, voting with your wallet actually does work. I don't know if you're an Apple consumer or just naive, but these are facts.
I have a Macbook Pro, but it belongs to the office so I had no vote. In general I am not an Apple consumer.
I vote with my wallet whenever I can. I'd be interested to hear what responsible manufacturers you recommend that I buy my hardware from.
I rarely buy COTS computer systems, so the field is wide open for me. I'm sure others would like to hear who the "many" are and how responsible they are.
Please, do help us become less naive.
Just because theyre (The MPAA) irresponsible and litigious and about as friendly as the Nazghu
Is an affront to the Nazgûl. A Black rider will be appearing at your home in the near future to collect restitution.
(Be thankful that you aren't getting a call from the MPAA.)