I admire his altruism, but I think he is full of crap.
No one needs to catch up. That is silly. What people need is to figure out how to build a basic functioning society that is self-sustaining.
Now, I will not get into the issues as to why some cultures can't provide for themselves (too controversial for me to get into). However, I believe that the best effort would be to get these people on their own foot. Humans have done this for hundreds of thousands of years without laptops and industrial facilities.
It is some sort of perverted and twisted ideal in my mind, to assume that we need to continue to perpetuate and spread a globalist culture of technology worship to people to "save" them.
If you're stopped, and the officer asks for permission to search your car without getting a warrent, you have just given them permission to search your laptop.
How did you go from asking for permission to being given permission without the expression of said permission being granted?
How exactly is copying akin to stealing? I ask this every time and all I get are these flawed analogies that don't make sense. Copying != Stealing.
The problem with your suggestion is that the media cartels are so powerful that its hard to bypass them. As an artist, you can choose to go with some minor publishing house, but fuck if you're ever going to get your music in the big stores or played on any of the media conglomerates's brodcasting (TV/FM).
Music and any other form of non-tangible easily reproduces media is something that no longer can be monopolized by media houses (be it the opera house, theatre, book publishers, etc). The average person can obtain the media with almost no effort. The interests the RIAA and MPAA represent are dated and quickly becoming obsolete. They are trying to sue their way out of oblivion. Rightly, as you say, they are being ripped off by a changing paradigm. It is their last gasp of free air. Media is something that can be massed consumed and the concept of having to pay for it seems illogical now.
Artists are slowly starting to find new and better ways to reach their fans and make a living off of grateful audiences who, while not willing to be gouged by the RIAA for $15+ CDs, are willing to go the extra mile to see support their favorite artists.
Actually, you can obtain an OEM CD with any computer component. I don't know if that was his case or not, but you don't need to get a whole computer to legally obtain it.
I used to tolerate the rediculous eBay fees. Then they implemented a policy where if you accept PayPal, you have to accept credit cards. Which means you have to have a Premiere Account (or whatever it is called). If someone sent you a payment requesting to pay with a credit card, you were forced to accept it and upgrade your account or face being in violation of their policy.
If you tried to restrict forms of payment in the auction terms, your auctions got pulled.
I cancelled my account and when asked for a reason, told them that this policy is greedy and heavy handed. Their canned reply was that it "protects the community" (from what?).
You can't make much money from eBay these days due to the insane double dipping of fees and the ever-increasing amount of those fees.
If I want to sell something, I put it on Craigslist and ask for their best offers. Works wonderfully.
Democrats and Republicans are in on the mess that our political system is in. It is rather naive and narrow-minded not to acknowledge this.
Changes will have to address the failures of democracy, in its present form, and look at more sane alternatives such as decentralized self-government and the over-encroachment of goverment in the daily lives of citizens.
The truth is that most people who brag about having some sort of security clearance is that they have a very low-level clearance.
If these people really knew anything damaging to state security, then they would be prime targets for kidnapping and coercion. Somehow the idea that someone with high level security clearance posts on Slashdot and brags about it seems silly to me to the point that I will not believe they know anything useful at all.
Its simply just a way to ensure that people are who they say they are, they are reasonably trustworthy, and don't have alterior motives. Thats it.
"Just 2 years ago, I was working with a federal branch who I will not name"
Why wont you name? If they can already spy on the population, then you have already said things that you shouldn't have that can be traced back to you.
Is continuing to consume energy and pollute the only option human society has? I don't like to side with extremists, but I don't see the current options as being sustainable or sane.
The real problem is the low quality of the healthy choices. These choices are usually farmed out to the lowest bidder of processed food suppliers, suppliers who don't care about making quality tasty food, just food that meets whatever mandated requirements of nutrition (and I am not sure what those requirements actually are most of the time).
I've been through several different school systems in Texas, as a student, and I've seen how pitiful our school lunches are. They're disgusting! Our parents (assuming you had good parents too) knew how to make wholesome food made out of quality natural ingredients that was not unhealthy or excessively fatty, sugary, and etc.
The most likely reason is that the government has to pay for quite a large number of these lunches to provide free meals, therefore the "standard" lunch is what we see today.
Modern schooling is basically training for employment - teaching kids to accept absolute authority, absolutely and to make them used to doing hours of tedious, pointless work. By the time they are out of school, there is no question in their mind that this is how the world is and it is best just to accept that fact.
The term "anti-semitic" is one of the most abused phrases I have heard. The claim that not liking Jews means you dislike all Semitic people is not only grossly inaccurate, is also pejorative towards other Semitic people such as Arabs and Italians who are not a Jewish people.
The correct phrase would be "anti-Jewish" or "anti-Israeli".
When Microsoft improves their install process, its "stealing" ideas (I don't see how, images have been around for ages and were not the innovation of one particular person, OS, or platform).
When Linux adds functionality that Microsoft has, its being "flexible, agile, compatible, and innovative". Its even funnier coming from the "information wants to be free" crowd.
no need for backdoors.. MS' poor security track record will ensure that future security holes could be exploited by anyone to accomplish the effect of an intentionally installed back door.
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So if the kid fails miserably, that means he has to fear not having enough money saved for retirement? Doesn't sound politically feasable.
Contractual obligations to Micro$$$oft.
I didn't know that the definition of being a geek had anything to do with brand name or trademark recognition.
Not a good little consumer, am I?
I admire his altruism, but I think he is full of crap.
No one needs to catch up. That is silly. What people need is to figure out how to build a basic functioning society that is self-sustaining.
Now, I will not get into the issues as to why some cultures can't provide for themselves (too controversial for me to get into). However, I believe that the best effort would be to get these people on their own foot. Humans have done this for hundreds of thousands of years without laptops and industrial facilities.
It is some sort of perverted and twisted ideal in my mind, to assume that we need to continue to perpetuate and spread a globalist culture of technology worship to people to "save" them.
and come back with an intelligent answer
Someone should take their own advice.
If you're stopped, and the officer asks for permission to search your car without getting a warrent, you have just given them permission to search your laptop.
How did you go from asking for permission to being given permission without the expression of said permission being granted?
How exactly is copying akin to stealing? I ask this every time and all I get are these flawed analogies that don't make sense. Copying != Stealing.
The problem with your suggestion is that the media cartels are so powerful that its hard to bypass them. As an artist, you can choose to go with some minor publishing house, but fuck if you're ever going to get your music in the big stores or played on any of the media conglomerates's brodcasting (TV/FM).
Music and any other form of non-tangible easily reproduces media is something that no longer can be monopolized by media houses (be it the opera house, theatre, book publishers, etc). The average person can obtain the media with almost no effort. The interests the RIAA and MPAA represent are dated and quickly becoming obsolete. They are trying to sue their way out of oblivion. Rightly, as you say, they are being ripped off by a changing paradigm. It is their last gasp of free air. Media is something that can be massed consumed and the concept of having to pay for it seems illogical now.
Artists are slowly starting to find new and better ways to reach their fans and make a living off of grateful audiences who, while not willing to be gouged by the RIAA for $15+ CDs, are willing to go the extra mile to see support their favorite artists.
Actually, you can obtain an OEM CD with any computer component. I don't know if that was his case or not, but you don't need to get a whole computer to legally obtain it.
Thats not true at all. Your lungs do not process all of the oxygen you breathe in.
How do you think that mouth-to-mouth recessitation works at all?
Corrupt.org got an exclusive copy of the tape. What else is there to say? Very painful death.
The retard put his foot in his mouth again. Now look where it got him.
Fucking dumbass.
I used to tolerate the rediculous eBay fees. Then they implemented a policy where if you accept PayPal, you have to accept credit cards. Which means you have to have a Premiere Account (or whatever it is called). If someone sent you a payment requesting to pay with a credit card, you were forced to accept it and upgrade your account or face being in violation of their policy.
If you tried to restrict forms of payment in the auction terms, your auctions got pulled.
I cancelled my account and when asked for a reason, told them that this policy is greedy and heavy handed. Their canned reply was that it "protects the community" (from what?).
You can't make much money from eBay these days due to the insane double dipping of fees and the ever-increasing amount of those fees.
If I want to sell something, I put it on Craigslist and ask for their best offers. Works wonderfully.
How exactly is what this guy is doing equivalent to opening up your CRT and licking its energized components?
Apple is shipping flimsy AC adapters and you dont want to admit it.
So basically you have a totally uninformed and inaccurate opinion but because of your ego, you just HAD to say something.
Democrats and Republicans are in on the mess that our political system is in. It is rather naive and narrow-minded not to acknowledge this.
Changes will have to address the failures of democracy, in its present form, and look at more sane alternatives such as decentralized self-government and the over-encroachment of goverment in the daily lives of citizens.
The truth is that most people who brag about having some sort of security clearance is that they have a very low-level clearance.
If these people really knew anything damaging to state security, then they would be prime targets for kidnapping and coercion. Somehow the idea that someone with high level security clearance posts on Slashdot and brags about it seems silly to me to the point that I will not believe they know anything useful at all.
Its simply just a way to ensure that people are who they say they are, they are reasonably trustworthy, and don't have alterior motives. Thats it.
"Just 2 years ago, I was working with a federal branch who I will not name"
Why wont you name? If they can already spy on the population, then you have already said things that you shouldn't have that can be traced back to you.
You're just spewing silly BS.
Is continuing to consume energy and pollute the only option human society has? I don't like to side with extremists, but I don't see the current options as being sustainable or sane.
Are you a retard? There are countless numbers of people with the same or similar experiences.
Just a small sampling.
It seems that if you don't follow the Google Groupthink around here then you get flamed.
The real problem is the low quality of the healthy choices. These choices are usually farmed out to the lowest bidder of processed food suppliers, suppliers who don't care about making quality tasty food, just food that meets whatever mandated requirements of nutrition (and I am not sure what those requirements actually are most of the time).
I've been through several different school systems in Texas, as a student, and I've seen how pitiful our school lunches are. They're disgusting! Our parents (assuming you had good parents too) knew how to make wholesome food made out of quality natural ingredients that was not unhealthy or excessively fatty, sugary, and etc.
The most likely reason is that the government has to pay for quite a large number of these lunches to provide free meals, therefore the "standard" lunch is what we see today.
Modern schooling is basically training for employment - teaching kids to accept absolute authority, absolutely and to make them used to doing hours of tedious, pointless work. By the time they are out of school, there is no question in their mind that this is how the world is and it is best just to accept that fact.
The term "anti-semitic" is one of the most abused phrases I have heard. The claim that not liking Jews means you dislike all Semitic people is not only grossly inaccurate, is also pejorative towards other Semitic people such as Arabs and Italians who are not a Jewish people.
The correct phrase would be "anti-Jewish" or "anti-Israeli".
When Microsoft improves their install process, its "stealing" ideas (I don't see how, images have been around for ages and were not the innovation of one particular person, OS, or platform).
When Linux adds functionality that Microsoft has, its being "flexible, agile, compatible, and innovative". Its even funnier coming from the "information wants to be free" crowd.
The FCC does not regulate network security.
Sorry.
no need for backdoors.. MS' poor security track record will ensure that future security holes could be exploited by anyone to accomplish the effect of an intentionally installed back door.