It all makes sense (except the title, hmmm potatoes...), and while I totally agree with your opinion about Google as the company, Google as the #1 simple search provider is over and in the past... A lot of people are jumping ship to any of the large list of competitors, I personally started using duckduckgo because of the privacy and simplicity for example.
Or it's people like me that are truly fed up with big media screwing them but still enjoy their movies and series. I download and watch a lot, and if it was entertaining I put it on my list of DVDs to buy... I just wait until I encounter the movie for sale in a store or a local online store other than Amazon offers it for sale and then buy the movie (most of them are still in plastic wrapping because even if I own the DVD I still watch the proper version on my PC without the commercials). I'm pretty damn sture I buy a *lot* more DVDs than most people but I would still be labeled a hypocritical pirate with cognitive dissonance by the likes of you... So you just keep accepting *your* truth that big media is getting ripped off by evil pirates like me whose arguments are all self serving and just want to screw them out of their hard earned cash, and I'll continue to believe my own truth because I care about doing what I believe is right and feel like I properly reward artists for good art (note the subtle difference from cognitive dissonance). Your truth is yours and my truth is mine, I'm not doing it for you or anyone else (although I'm glad when other people see it the same way and take a stand for their principles too).
Wecome to slashdot, where discussing ethics with the insane is a daily sport!:)
But seriously his point makes a weird kind of sense:
Not to diminish the seriousness and trauma of rape, but generally I'd rank someone losing five years of their life as worse than a rape.
And in all probability this five year sentence can include quite a large amount of rape too... so yeah, prison time can be the worse of two evils when compared to a single instance of rape...
He may be insane but he still has a point.;)
You can't discount all conspiracy theories like that. It is a documented historical fact that some wild stories were true (but most aren't, I agree)... The only thing conclusive for scientific people can be facts and knowledge like you point out. In the case of the moon landings the facts and knowledge are overwhelming, you have to be a nut to still claim it's all fake (but unrelated to this I would love to see pictures of a lander and flag just for fun). In the case of 9/11 on the other hand the facts and knowledge are hardly conclusive... I'm not trying to start a whole new discussion about that subject but there are enough open ends and suspicious facts to still warrant a proper investigation at what exactly went down on 9/11... The official investigation was inconclusive on some interesting details. I don't believe in wild conspiracies, but I would like to know more facts and knowledge about this important historic event that shaped the world political landscape in the past decade.
I would buy a PC-replacement phone with HDMI or even better WiDi. Add a proper data storage backup server (which syncs wireless from anywhere) and I would be able to work anywhere by hooking the device to any monitor. Theft or loss will not be a problem with a good semi-online backup solution and mobile really means mobile, just get up and move somewhere else without interrupting any program or logging in and pulling up all files again. Once you get proper mobile PCs with some power the need for more useful interfaces when not connected to a larger display will create a perfect opportunity to develop better speech and writing interaction because the power needed is finally combined with the necessity. This will certainly be so common it's almost boring 10 years from now, mark my words.
This fact can never be stated enough, and why the only nuclear aggressor ever isn't more closely monitored despite violating the NNPT in several ways is beyond me.
In fact even a crazy ruler like Ahmadinejad correctly pointed out at the UN that the USA is almost exempt from inspection by IAEA while Iran is heavily scrutinized, they alleged the IAEA is not performing their agreed duties. Also of note is that Israel is one of the few nations who have nuclear weapons and refused to sign the NNTP or cooperate with the IAEA. This dude might be crazy and his motives might be questionable but he raises a good point, the NNTP and IAEA seem pretty useless and are only used by the USA for their own agenda...
The hatred is fueled from both sides, that fact is obvious for any casual observer... Both sides in this conflict are wrong and deserve each other so much it would almost be political poetry if it wasn't for all those people suffering and dying as 'collateral damage'. Israel has also historically demonstrated it's capable of some very dirty tricks too, so don't pretend it's all conspiracy theories when you can bet on it they are pulling some tricks right now...
One does not exclude the other. In fact this is a tragicomedy the whole world is enjoying very much and we're all eagerly anticipating the next seasons plot twists... In the tradition of Greek plays and Shakespearian literature the great puppeteers behind the stage decided they needed a larger stage for the collective entertainment of themselves and the people. And thusly they chose the "New World" to be the grand setting of a tragicomedy play with tyrant rulers, their sons who later rise to the throne only to be followed by a ruler born of another 'evil' empire, and with jesters wrapped in flags who ridicule their ruler. These rulers govern an empire of deluded people who love the word freedom but forget about it's true meaning, who are eventually tricked into killing and enslaving themselves in the name of something they believe is their freedom.
Fuck, this might just really be the basis for an epic tragicomedy play!
1. A thief is a person who removes something of value for his own personal gain (either to use or sell for money).
2. A whistleblower is a person who highlights inethical practices of otherwise unchecked entities without personal gain.
3. A snitch on the other hand sells out his peers for a small reward, which is exactly what is happening here...
Like you said everyone has something to hide and you should respect their privacy by letting them. This should only be violated for highly unethical practices that greatly affect people's lives, like whistleblowers do... These people are heroes who think of the greater good before thinking of themselves, they may be in low esteem from corporations but they are heroes to the common man. Snitches on the other hand are the scum of the earth who violate peoples privacy for mundane things like software piracy and get paid for it too... everyone rightfully hates a snitch because their actions are more unethical than the supposedly unethical things they snitch on. A whistleblower understands this equation of ethics and is on the right side of ethical behavior, a snitch only thinks of personal needs and grievances and does not take ethics into account until after the fact when it might be a good argument to hide their motives...
[...] they merely had this great idea, while looking at Stargate after smoking some of the good stuff.
FTFY. They were probably discussing 'what if the ancient gene was real', and the rest followed naturally by means of said good stuff and some randomness... Indeed a fairly common conversation type for stoner-geeks.:)
The 'internet kill switch' used in Egypt was very low tech and consisted of phoning ISPs and sending some guys to others... The ISPs all participated because it was legal by Egypt law so no company dared go against the governments law just because of ethics.
In the US it is no different *today*, when shit hits the fan the government will claim it's a matter of national security and companies will be required to participate in shutting down the infrastructure. If they refuse key equipment will probably just be confiscated under anti-terrorism laws instead of letting the case appear before a judge (the terrorism card always trumps justice). An internet kill switch will only allow them to respond in seconds instead of hours... Make no mistake, the laws for the 'Egypt-style slow kill switch' without the need for a judge are already there...
No it's like saying "when thieves robbed your house and stole the security systems they will be able to brute force your security PIN at their evil lair... *MUHAHAHAHA*".
I guess the evil geniuses failed to think of anything to do with these passwords since they already have the stuff it's supposed to protect.
Brainwashed by 'it'? That 'it' is not religion but religious leaders... When there are no religious leaders telling people what to do there won't be religious followers telling others what to do. And for your information even *if* I wanted to do something crazy like vote for creationism (how is that even possible? But I guess you mean for people who try to push creationism in schools) there is not even a single political party in my country that would promote that. Believe me, there are countries in the world that are not an extremely religious two-of-the-same party corporatocracy.
The people who want to force other people what to teach and what to believe are enemies of free speech and free will, not just science.
Why is there a need to insert the word 'enemy' into definitions? This surely is not the scientific way! It's the way of religious nuts who claim evil atheists invented evolution because they are an enemy of god who want to destroy religion, and they planted evidence like dinosaur bones that are all fake (true story, I've heard them preach this once). As a scientific person I know science is no enemy of religion, but I understand it might be perceived as an enemy to power hungry religious leaders who can lose power because scientific advances may lead to a decline in blind devotees to exploit. The people who stand to lose power because of science are in fact enemies of science, because they will try anything to maintain their power including stopping (or even taking leaps back) scientific advancements.
Asimov's essay "The relativity of wrong" should be required reading... It puts some perspective on 'truth' and 'wrong'. Religious people love to point out small errors in the theory of evolution and claim that all must be wrong, that's an inherent property of blind faith (you either believe the whole thing no matter how ridiculous or you have to abandon your whole faith, it's an all-or-nothing game). The scientific way that Asimov illustrates has degrees of 'wrongness', but a steadily improving model that gets closer and closer to the truth.
FAITH is and always will remain the enemy of science.
Fixed again, the words religion and faith are not interchangeable... Blind faith is required by organized religion, but there are plenty other ways to be religious and remain curious and question things.
ORGANIZED RELIGION is and always will remain the enemy of science.
FTFY. Religion isn't always an enemy of science, only when it's used as a powerful means to control the masses... An ignorant uneducated public is how religious leaders stay in power and keep spreading their propaganda without being questioned. You take away the organization part and there is absolutely no reason why religion should collide with science.
A and B may be true, but C is quite the opposite. You can be 99,999% sure your mobile Internet traffic also gets routed goes trough one of the NarusInsight boxes. These things are produced for mass-surveillance with a reported capacity of 10Gbit of traffic per unit... Since mobile networks can potentially be a goldmine for 'anti-terrorist' monitoring you can be sure they hooked a fiber from each large network node to a room filled with these babies. The problem is that the chance of C is much higher than most people think, the chances of B and A happening are fairly large once you communicate anything remotely interesting to one of the agencies.
Well spoken! About time for a right to Internet access... It's a required step for net neutrality. It's not too late to be the 6th country to declare this a basic human right!
Strangely even France is on the list who if countries who have legal precedent for this right, especially given the recent three strikes and you're off the net move...
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It all makes sense (except the title, hmmm potatoes...), and while I totally agree with your opinion about Google as the company, Google as the #1 simple search provider is over and in the past... A lot of people are jumping ship to any of the large list of competitors, I personally started using duckduckgo because of the privacy and simplicity for example.
Or it's people like me that are truly fed up with big media screwing them but still enjoy their movies and series. I download and watch a lot, and if it was entertaining I put it on my list of DVDs to buy... I just wait until I encounter the movie for sale in a store or a local online store other than Amazon offers it for sale and then buy the movie (most of them are still in plastic wrapping because even if I own the DVD I still watch the proper version on my PC without the commercials). I'm pretty damn sture I buy a *lot* more DVDs than most people but I would still be labeled a hypocritical pirate with cognitive dissonance by the likes of you... So you just keep accepting *your* truth that big media is getting ripped off by evil pirates like me whose arguments are all self serving and just want to screw them out of their hard earned cash, and I'll continue to believe my own truth because I care about doing what I believe is right and feel like I properly reward artists for good art (note the subtle difference from cognitive dissonance). Your truth is yours and my truth is mine, I'm not doing it for you or anyone else (although I'm glad when other people see it the same way and take a stand for their principles too).
Oh, I know the answers: 'greed' and 'none'. I shall now claim this free PDF as my prize...
This is nothing like raping someone
No, it's arguably worse.
You are insane.
Wecome to slashdot, where discussing ethics with the insane is a daily sport! :)
But seriously his point makes a weird kind of sense:
Not to diminish the seriousness and trauma of rape, but generally I'd rank someone losing five years of their life as worse than a rape.
And in all probability this five year sentence can include quite a large amount of rape too... so yeah, prison time can be the worse of two evils when compared to a single instance of rape... ;)
He may be insane but he still has a point.
You can't discount all conspiracy theories like that. It is a documented historical fact that some wild stories were true (but most aren't, I agree)... The only thing conclusive for scientific people can be facts and knowledge like you point out. In the case of the moon landings the facts and knowledge are overwhelming, you have to be a nut to still claim it's all fake (but unrelated to this I would love to see pictures of a lander and flag just for fun). In the case of 9/11 on the other hand the facts and knowledge are hardly conclusive... I'm not trying to start a whole new discussion about that subject but there are enough open ends and suspicious facts to still warrant a proper investigation at what exactly went down on 9/11... The official investigation was inconclusive on some interesting details. I don't believe in wild conspiracies, but I would like to know more facts and knowledge about this important historic event that shaped the world political landscape in the past decade.
I would buy a PC-replacement phone with HDMI or even better WiDi. Add a proper data storage backup server (which syncs wireless from anywhere) and I would be able to work anywhere by hooking the device to any monitor. Theft or loss will not be a problem with a good semi-online backup solution and mobile really means mobile, just get up and move somewhere else without interrupting any program or logging in and pulling up all files again. Once you get proper mobile PCs with some power the need for more useful interfaces when not connected to a larger display will create a perfect opportunity to develop better speech and writing interaction because the power needed is finally combined with the necessity. This will certainly be so common it's almost boring 10 years from now, mark my words.
This fact can never be stated enough, and why the only nuclear aggressor ever isn't more closely monitored despite violating the NNPT in several ways is beyond me.
In fact even a crazy ruler like Ahmadinejad correctly pointed out at the UN that the USA is almost exempt from inspection by IAEA while Iran is heavily scrutinized, they alleged the IAEA is not performing their agreed duties. Also of note is that Israel is one of the few nations who have nuclear weapons and refused to sign the NNTP or cooperate with the IAEA. This dude might be crazy and his motives might be questionable but he raises a good point, the NNTP and IAEA seem pretty useless and are only used by the USA for their own agenda...
The hatred is fueled from both sides, that fact is obvious for any casual observer... Both sides in this conflict are wrong and deserve each other so much it would almost be political poetry if it wasn't for all those people suffering and dying as 'collateral damage'. Israel has also historically demonstrated it's capable of some very dirty tricks too, so don't pretend it's all conspiracy theories when you can bet on it they are pulling some tricks right now...
The bible is about as fictional as listening to WWI stories from the son of a vet who served there.
I have yet to hear the WWI story of a soldier being killed who rises after lying lifeless in the trenches for three days...
No, he already played that role... his next one will be an assasin / actor. :)
If it wasn't so tragic, it would be hilarious.
One does not exclude the other. In fact this is a tragicomedy the whole world is enjoying very much and we're all eagerly anticipating the next seasons plot twists...
In the tradition of Greek plays and Shakespearian literature the great puppeteers behind the stage decided they needed a larger stage for the collective entertainment of themselves and the people. And thusly they chose the "New World" to be the grand setting of a tragicomedy play with tyrant rulers, their sons who later rise to the throne only to be followed by a ruler born of another 'evil' empire, and with jesters wrapped in flags who ridicule their ruler. These rulers govern an empire of deluded people who love the word freedom but forget about it's true meaning, who are eventually tricked into killing and enslaving themselves in the name of something they believe is their freedom.
Fuck, this might just really be the basis for an epic tragicomedy play!
1. A thief is a person who removes something of value for his own personal gain (either to use or sell for money).
2. A whistleblower is a person who highlights inethical practices of otherwise unchecked entities without personal gain.
3. A snitch on the other hand sells out his peers for a small reward, which is exactly what is happening here...
Like you said everyone has something to hide and you should respect their privacy by letting them. This should only be violated for highly unethical practices that greatly affect people's lives, like whistleblowers do... These people are heroes who think of the greater good before thinking of themselves, they may be in low esteem from corporations but they are heroes to the common man. Snitches on the other hand are the scum of the earth who violate peoples privacy for mundane things like software piracy and get paid for it too... everyone rightfully hates a snitch because their actions are more unethical than the supposedly unethical things they snitch on. A whistleblower understands this equation of ethics and is on the right side of ethical behavior, a snitch only thinks of personal needs and grievances and does not take ethics into account until after the fact when it might be a good argument to hide their motives...
[...] they merely had this great idea, while looking at Stargate after smoking some of the good stuff.
FTFY. They were probably discussing 'what if the ancient gene was real', and the rest followed naturally by means of said good stuff and some randomness... Indeed a fairly common conversation type for stoner-geeks. :)
The 'internet kill switch' used in Egypt was very low tech and consisted of phoning ISPs and sending some guys to others... The ISPs all participated because it was legal by Egypt law so no company dared go against the governments law just because of ethics.
In the US it is no different *today*, when shit hits the fan the government will claim it's a matter of national security and companies will be required to participate in shutting down the infrastructure. If they refuse key equipment will probably just be confiscated under anti-terrorism laws instead of letting the case appear before a judge (the terrorism card always trumps justice). An internet kill switch will only allow them to respond in seconds instead of hours... Make no mistake, the laws for the 'Egypt-style slow kill switch' without the need for a judge are already there...
No it's like saying "when thieves robbed your house and stole the security systems they will be able to brute force your security PIN at their evil lair... *MUHAHAHAHA*".
I guess the evil geniuses failed to think of anything to do with these passwords since they already have the stuff it's supposed to protect.
I can second this recommendation, Duck Duck Go saves me a lot of trouble when searching and is exactly what once made Google great... basic.
Brainwashed by 'it'? That 'it' is not religion but religious leaders... When there are no religious leaders telling people what to do there won't be religious followers telling others what to do. And for your information even *if* I wanted to do something crazy like vote for creationism (how is that even possible? But I guess you mean for people who try to push creationism in schools) there is not even a single political party in my country that would promote that. Believe me, there are countries in the world that are not an extremely religious two-of-the-same party corporatocracy.
The people who want to force other people what to teach and what to believe are enemies of free speech and free will, not just science.
Why is there a need to insert the word 'enemy' into definitions? This surely is not the scientific way! It's the way of religious nuts who claim evil atheists invented evolution because they are an enemy of god who want to destroy religion, and they planted evidence like dinosaur bones that are all fake (true story, I've heard them preach this once). As a scientific person I know science is no enemy of religion, but I understand it might be perceived as an enemy to power hungry religious leaders who can lose power because scientific advances may lead to a decline in blind devotees to exploit. The people who stand to lose power because of science are in fact enemies of science, because they will try anything to maintain their power including stopping (or even taking leaps back) scientific advancements.
Asimov's essay "The relativity of wrong" should be required reading... It puts some perspective on 'truth' and 'wrong'. Religious people love to point out small errors in the theory of evolution and claim that all must be wrong, that's an inherent property of blind faith (you either believe the whole thing no matter how ridiculous or you have to abandon your whole faith, it's an all-or-nothing game). The scientific way that Asimov illustrates has degrees of 'wrongness', but a steadily improving model that gets closer and closer to the truth.
FAITH is and always will remain the enemy of science.
Fixed again, the words religion and faith are not interchangeable... Blind faith is required by organized religion, but there are plenty other ways to be religious and remain curious and question things.
ORGANIZED RELIGION is and always will remain the enemy of science.
FTFY. Religion isn't always an enemy of science, only when it's used as a powerful means to control the masses... An ignorant uneducated public is how religious leaders stay in power and keep spreading their propaganda without being questioned. You take away the organization part and there is absolutely no reason why religion should collide with science.
God Bless America.
... and no place else! :)
This always reminds me of "Gott mit uns".
Yeah ok, I think we're on the same page then... :)
A and B may be true, but C is quite the opposite. You can be 99,999% sure your mobile Internet traffic also gets routed goes trough one of the NarusInsight boxes. These things are produced for mass-surveillance with a reported capacity of 10Gbit of traffic per unit... Since mobile networks can potentially be a goldmine for 'anti-terrorist' monitoring you can be sure they hooked a fiber from each large network node to a room filled with these babies. The problem is that the chance of C is much higher than most people think, the chances of B and A happening are fairly large once you communicate anything remotely interesting to one of the agencies.
Well spoken! About time for a right to Internet access... It's a required step for net neutrality. It's not too late to be the 6th country to declare this a basic human right!
Strangely even France is on the list who if countries who have legal precedent for this right, especially given the recent three strikes and you're off the net move...