didn't know it was internet tough guy day today. you also went around the logic entirely. I compared the choice between bankruptcy vs execution, whereas you bring up the choice between freedom and death.
In many (if not most) situations, one can use a lot of money to buy a lot of freedom in the US; particularly, money can be used to avoid the curtailing of one's freedom.
Our enemy and the enemy of personal freedom is RELIGION.
The superstitions of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are all completely toxic.
Death to witch doctors and their servants.
I'm as put off by superstitious doctrine as the next guy, but your doctrine of death at least as repellent. The fastest-growing theological self-identifier in the United States is "none;" murdering people won't hasten that shift towards rationality. Espousing anti-social "solutions" like yours only serves to tarnish the image of other non-believers.
Counterfeit black and white currency is a serious problem in the U.S. $500/year is a small price to pay to combat this epidemic and keep our economy from sliding into deep recession!!1
Absolutely. This situation arises frequently in the underground dog fighting circuits, where unscrupulous managers convince the dogs to accept payment in US currency. The dogs don't realize the deception until the Secret Service busts them unwittingly passing off the monochrome bills at the butcher shop.
Add to that the "yellow circles" patterns that are in various currencies (like the pattern of "20s" on a $20 bill) and they have been working with copier/scanner/software makers to flag those items as non-copy able as well.
That pattern is called the EURion constellation, a portmanteau (of "EUR" and "Orion,") coined when it was discovery in 2002, six years after it began appearing on banknotes.
The US is unique in this given its accidental geographic location [...]
Will you please elaborate on this? What specific geographic/locational properties are you referring to, and how do they affect the USD's role as reserve currency?
I would also go with Eno's "Music for Airports". A wonderful piece that does wonders with the stressful atmosphere of contemporary travel.
I like it a lot too. However, I seem to recall that shortly after its release, it was tested in one or more airport(s) (LaGuardia, at least, according to Wikipedia), and people complained.
Out of curiosity, do you like Philip Glass? I hear a resemblance between Music for Airports and some of Philip Glass's music; I wonder how his music would be tolerated in a public space.
The first and foremost advantage is to have a pleasant wait for your train. I would love to have classical music at my train stations.
If the music is played over existing announcement equipment, and it's anything like I'm familiar with (New York's subway/Metro-North rail systems), the experience will be far from pleasant. Judging from the marginal intelligibility of human voice over these systems, I'd estimate that one would be hard-pressed to identify which genre of music they're playing over those horrible speakers. Classical music's (generally) wide frequency/dynamic range makes it particularly vulnerable to mangling by shitty audio equipment.
So, would you apply the same answer to ALL public health concerns of private actions?
I would apply the same answer to all health concerns that affect only the consenting parties involved. I don't see how sodomy is a public health issue; it seems like a perfect example of a private health issue. If your concern is STDs, vaginal intercourse is susceptible to them too. In both cases, asking your partner to be tested prior to fucking can dramatically mitigate the risk of infection.
I don't need a government entity telling me what I can/cannot do with my dick where another consenting adult is involved, just as I don't need them telling me I can't eat nicely-marbled steaks, smoke cigarettes, or go skydiving.
While I'm disappointed to see btjunkie go, at least they're (seemingly) closing voluntarily; not smashed up by a militarized police squad.
In response to your question...
Torrentz matches btJunkie's characteristics and features better than any other site I could name. Torrentz: Public, non-US, meta-search/aggregator, full HTTPS, tracker validation/display/uTorrent-formatted list d/l, category tags scraped from source sites, configurable "home page," and user-initiated account deletion.
Below are all of the the.torrent sites I use which are both encrypted and public:
No. An EPFCG is cheaper, smaller, and more easily acquired/assembled by a non-government entity than a nuke. There are a few more similar EMP-generation technologies, but EPFCGs produce more RF energy than any other single non-nuclear device; see: Pulsed power.
Google is a corporation. Corporations are sociopathic. Anybody that takes a sociopathic entity at their word set up themselves the bomb. Fanboys make your time.
Corporations do not love you. They do not even like you, for they do not feel. People, please stop forming emotional attachments to these organizations. It is a self-defeating and foolish endeavor.
Defending corporate behavior puts your own principles at risk. Think about what you value before you speak against your own interests in defense of an unfeeling pile of dollars and documents.
> In a society where no piracy can happen, it cannot possibly be free.
I think companies are more concerned with whether or not rampant piracy can happen, not whether every single instance of piracy can be stopped.
I think authoritarians are more concerned with whether or not rampant freedom can be exercised, not whether every single instance of exercised freedom can be stopped.
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didn't know it was internet tough guy day today. you also went around the logic entirely. I compared the choice between bankruptcy vs execution, whereas you bring up the choice between freedom and death.
In many (if not most) situations, one can use a lot of money to buy a lot of freedom in the US; particularly, money can be used to avoid the curtailing of one's freedom.
"casting pearls before swine"
What the heck does that mean? Don't jerk off in front of a cop?
Our enemy and the enemy of personal freedom is RELIGION.
The superstitions of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are all completely toxic.
Death to witch doctors and their servants.
I'm as put off by superstitious doctrine as the next guy, but your doctrine of death at least as repellent. The fastest-growing theological self-identifier in the United States is "none;" murdering people won't hasten that shift towards rationality. Espousing anti-social "solutions" like yours only serves to tarnish the image of other non-believers.
Counterfeit black and white currency is a serious problem in the U.S. $500/year is a small price to pay to combat this epidemic and keep our economy from sliding into deep recession!!1
Absolutely. This situation arises frequently in the underground dog fighting circuits, where unscrupulous managers convince the dogs to accept payment in US currency. The dogs don't realize the deception until the Secret Service busts them unwittingly passing off the monochrome bills at the butcher shop.
Add to that the "yellow circles" patterns that are in various currencies (like the pattern of "20s" on a $20 bill) and they have been working with copier/scanner/software makers to flag those items as non-copy able as well.
That pattern is called the EURion constellation, a portmanteau (of "EUR" and "Orion,") coined when it was discovery in 2002, six years after it began appearing on banknotes.
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Eurion_constellation
I have long suspected that phone service would be almost free if the government didn't force me to subsidize low-income subscribers.
Unfortunately, you live in a society.
IF you exclude the risk of being infected up the wazoo.
Bullshit. There's more malware on Sony's media than on TPB's linked copies of that media.
same thing anyway, right? :D
"When in doubt, keep your trap shut." ;D
Pyrrhic victory for the win!
Pyric victory for the win!
This is definitely the iciest exchange I've ever seen on Slashdot.
Yeah, trying to find power outlets in some airports is like a game of Where's Waldo.
Waldo? That suspicious character is in a secure unmarked room with a gloved hand up his ass. He'll be joining Carmen Sandiego in Gitmo shortly.
The US is unique in this given its accidental geographic location [...]
Will you please elaborate on this? What specific geographic/locational properties are you referring to, and how do they affect the USD's role as reserve currency?
I would also go with Eno's "Music for Airports". A wonderful piece that does wonders with the stressful atmosphere of contemporary travel.
I like it a lot too. However, I seem to recall that shortly after its release, it was tested in one or more airport(s) (LaGuardia, at least, according to Wikipedia), and people complained.
Out of curiosity, do you like Philip Glass? I hear a resemblance between Music for Airports and some of Philip Glass's music; I wonder how his music would be tolerated in a public space.
I'd rather have the cops roust them, frisk them, bust them, and disperse them when they mob deep.
Frisk and bust them for what, peaceful assembly? Yours sounds like a good plan for fostering resentment towards police.
The first and foremost advantage is to have a pleasant wait for your train. I would love to have classical music at my train stations.
If the music is played over existing announcement equipment, and it's anything like I'm familiar with (New York's subway/Metro-North rail systems), the experience will be far from pleasant. Judging from the marginal intelligibility of human voice over these systems, I'd estimate that one would be hard-pressed to identify which genre of music they're playing over those horrible speakers. Classical music's (generally) wide frequency/dynamic range makes it particularly vulnerable to mangling by shitty audio equipment.
So, would you apply the same answer to ALL public health concerns of private actions?
I would apply the same answer to all health concerns that affect only the consenting parties involved. I don't see how sodomy is a public health issue; it seems like a perfect example of a private health issue. If your concern is STDs, vaginal intercourse is susceptible to them too. In both cases, asking your partner to be tested prior to fucking can dramatically mitigate the risk of infection.
I don't need a government entity telling me what I can/cannot do with my dick where another consenting adult is involved, just as I don't need them telling me I can't eat nicely-marbled steaks, smoke cigarettes, or go skydiving.
What if I'm opposed to Sodomy for Sanitary / Public Health Reasons?
Then don't engage in sodomy.
All these sites require email and that makes me very uncomfortable. I don't give my email to anyone unless I know them.
No, you don't have to register at any of those sites unless you want to upload new .torrents.
While I'm disappointed to see btjunkie go, at least they're (seemingly) closing voluntarily; not smashed up by a militarized police squad.
In response to your question...
Torrentz matches btJunkie's characteristics and features better than any other site I could name. Torrentz: Public, non-US, meta-search/aggregator, full HTTPS, tracker validation/display/uTorrent-formatted list d/l, category tags scraped from source sites, configurable "home page," and user-initiated account deletion.
Below are all of the the .torrent sites I use which are both encrypted and public:
Prompt and fast English-language TV shows.
Simplistic, low-frills meta-search.
A honeypot for IP-profiteers... A pot o' honey for cultural buccaneers.
KickassTorrents, an aptly named site. Voluminous metadata and effective presentation.
A good alternative to btjunkie. =)
I hope this is helpful, and I hope that you seed, UL>DL.
Saw the video on the news. WTF is Homeland Security doing busting counterfeit NFL merch???
Securing potential profits for the owners of the "homeland," at taxpayers' expense.
In other words, all it takes is a nuclear bomb?
No. An EPFCG is cheaper, smaller, and more easily acquired/assembled by a non-government entity than a nuke. There are a few more similar EMP-generation technologies, but EPFCGs produce more RF energy than any other single non-nuclear device; see: Pulsed power.
You knew this would happen.
Google is a corporation. Corporations are sociopathic. Anybody that takes a sociopathic entity at their word set up themselves the bomb. Fanboys make your time.
Corporations do not love you. They do not even like you, for they do not feel. People, please stop forming emotional attachments to these organizations. It is a self-defeating and foolish endeavor.
Defending corporate behavior puts your own principles at risk. Think about what you value before you speak against your own interests in defense of an unfeeling pile of dollars and documents.
> In a society where no piracy can happen, it cannot possibly be free.
I think companies are more concerned with whether or not rampant piracy can happen, not whether every single instance of piracy can be stopped.
I think authoritarians are more concerned with whether or not rampant freedom can be exercised, not whether every single instance of exercised freedom can be stopped.
Your statement is akin to a doctor saying, "If you're too dumb to perform gastrointestinal surgery on yourself, why should I bother doing it for you?"
"It's not that I'm too dumb, doc, I just haven't the belly for it."
I don't agree that there is a "correct" American English accent. My intent is only to show that a "standard" accent seems to exist:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/General_American