You haven't been following the official DHS and military nervousness about private drones with cameras. This is the perfect way to scan the sky for odd objects. Time to program in a flight path randomizer...
Oh, look! We're in a constitutional convention! Anyone been reading the Federalist Papers?
I thought not. Stick to computers. Governance is too complicated for geeks with no social skills.
For the evidence-based geek mentality, the facts have been in for centuries:
Democracy doesn't work. It's really the rule of the demagogue-influenced mob.
I could go on, but facts is facts.
Minus the cost of the fancy new photography equipment, no doubt owned by a politically connected supplier. You DO know that a million people a year fail to pay, are photographed, and can't be contacted because of rules protecting officers of the court, parole officers, teachers, blah blah blah. So they're written off. And don't forget the cost of all those mailings, at $1/toll, unless you can pay through PayPal, and have your account hacked by the slugs at the DMV... and then it'll just happen to turn out to be too expensive, and the toll will have to be raised to handle the corruption.
You can do background screening, but you can't do future screening, because people can change their minds after they overhear some comments about how this new stealth fighter is going to be used to attack their homeland.
Oh, you thought only Jews were into homeland passion?
My father was in charge of anti-sub warfare electronics development, and I can assure you the military has access to, and uses, bleeding-edge technology regularly.
They just don't tell you.
Can't believe the level of chauvinistic stupidity here.
You think there aren't any containers with nukes en route to San Diego or Miami? Are you SURE? Because if you miss your guess, radioactive fallout would cover the USA, dimwit.
Look at the prevailing winds. Have you noticed that storms in San Diego tend northeast?
You do NOT want to bluster around these days. China might be storing bombs IN San Diego. They control a lot of property there, and lead for shielding is cheap.
As for Israel, they seriously do not want any war there at all. They're strong, but a tiny area, and there are many enemies. STOP thinking bombs and missiles. They're last century. Think power lines, diseases, panic. supply lines for food, etcetera.
You saw the way the USA came apart after 9/11. You think we're any psychologically stronger with no enemy in sight, just a cloud of nukedust coming?
As the man said, we'd be surfing a wave of fear pee.
In "Conspiracy as Government" Julian Assange says his intent is to slow down and confuse the conspirators, so their grip on the population is lessened. Sounds like he's triggered an absolute firestorm of stupidly repetitive documents flying around, confusing the Department of Homeland Security.
Being retired, I read the whole thing, which can be summed up as "Be more careful with data, DAMMIT!!"
Mission Accomplished, Julian! Hope you survive!
Assange went, by his count, to 37 different schools, and was very bored by all of them. C'mon, geeks, read his stuff! Break out the Google, do the work.
Except Interpol isn't issuing warrants worldwide for Henry Kissinger, Dick Cheney (you get my drift)... and Wikileaks only released ~1500 documents so far very carefully. I'm on tenterhooks waiting for the long, long list to be made public. Wikileaks is EDITING this stuff. Heh.
That's real purty, but it's a pile of logical spaghetti, with all those nod-your-head of courses and presumptions of what's natural or good for citizens or humans in general.
Assange has clearly stated, in "Conspiracy as Governance" that he considers governments conspiracies that need constant resistance to keep them inefficient in trampling human rights. He's not an anarchist, he's a scientist.
He wants conspiracies to barely work right. Wikileaks is just a negative feedback loop against human power grabbing tendencies.
" sick fuck"? I hear projection, not any evidenced view of how Assange engages in sex.
Assange is consistent, very lively, brutally honest, and using his intelligence to improve the world. I doubt he'd even talk to you for more than three sentences.
The sex was consensual. One of the women was enamored of him, letting him use her apartment. The other could be described as a protest groupie. If you ever get famous, you'll find them everywhere. Really. He made no mistakes. It was just blind luck and CIA honeypots.
Make a nice Nikita episode.
You left out the one significant fact that blows your argument. The condom broke and the woman objected to further sex. Apparently, according to her, he continued. That's where the consensual stopped. Consent is retractable. Sweden's big on personal autonomy, however blue-balled some may be.
Typical guy blindspot.
like the free market, it needs information to be free. Every bit of information will help (directly relevant or not). What may seem irrelevant to me may be relevant for you and vice versa. The contrary implies the existence of someone (or something) out there that knows better than any one else.
I like the way you slide into a defense of the "wisdom of crowds". I'm sure it would have played well in Germany 1933.
You're arguing against expertise on/.
There ARE people who know more about governance than the masses. Just for fun, ask them if the final outcome for civilization is best left in the hands of the misinformed manipulated masses.
I don't think you'll find a social sciences professor who thinks the current quality of voters in the USA can bring us to utopia. Quite the opposite.
@dasuraga:
You haven't read the wikileaks pages, have you?
They're seriously vetting before they dump. That's why it takes so long. There are many people involved. Not you, obviously.
Wikileaks is not just Assange. He's the lightning rod. Read the pages. Maybe you could learn something.
My intuitive revulsion toward Chomsky's comment no doubt has occurred to Chomsky himself:
A democracy of uninformed emotional voters quickly rots. That's ROTS!
You know the process. Aristotle outlined the steps.
The common man takes advantage of his access to other peoples' money long before he realizes other people are taking advantage of his money.
The upper class doesn't allow access to their money. Hence, few taxes on the rich.
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You haven't been following the official DHS and military nervousness about private drones with cameras. This is the perfect way to scan the sky for odd objects. Time to program in a flight path randomizer...
I agree. The best teachers are honest.
Oh, look! We're in a constitutional convention! Anyone been reading the Federalist Papers? I thought not. Stick to computers. Governance is too complicated for geeks with no social skills.
For the evidence-based geek mentality, the facts have been in for centuries: Democracy doesn't work. It's really the rule of the demagogue-influenced mob. I could go on, but facts is facts.
Minus the cost of the fancy new photography equipment, no doubt owned by a politically connected supplier. You DO know that a million people a year fail to pay, are photographed, and can't be contacted because of rules protecting officers of the court, parole officers, teachers, blah blah blah. So they're written off. And don't forget the cost of all those mailings, at $1/toll, unless you can pay through PayPal, and have your account hacked by the slugs at the DMV... and then it'll just happen to turn out to be too expensive, and the toll will have to be raised to handle the corruption.
You can do background screening, but you can't do future screening, because people can change their minds after they overhear some comments about how this new stealth fighter is going to be used to attack their homeland. Oh, you thought only Jews were into homeland passion?
My father was in charge of anti-sub warfare electronics development, and I can assure you the military has access to, and uses, bleeding-edge technology regularly. They just don't tell you.
What a crapheaded post! You gleefully ignore all the support you get from the government, but complain about paying taxes. Just shut up.
Can't believe the level of chauvinistic stupidity here. You think there aren't any containers with nukes en route to San Diego or Miami? Are you SURE? Because if you miss your guess, radioactive fallout would cover the USA, dimwit. Look at the prevailing winds. Have you noticed that storms in San Diego tend northeast? You do NOT want to bluster around these days. China might be storing bombs IN San Diego. They control a lot of property there, and lead for shielding is cheap. As for Israel, they seriously do not want any war there at all. They're strong, but a tiny area, and there are many enemies. STOP thinking bombs and missiles. They're last century. Think power lines, diseases, panic. supply lines for food, etcetera. You saw the way the USA came apart after 9/11. You think we're any psychologically stronger with no enemy in sight, just a cloud of nukedust coming? As the man said, we'd be surfing a wave of fear pee.
In "Conspiracy as Government" Julian Assange says his intent is to slow down and confuse the conspirators, so their grip on the population is lessened. Sounds like he's triggered an absolute firestorm of stupidly repetitive documents flying around, confusing the Department of Homeland Security. Being retired, I read the whole thing, which can be summed up as "Be more careful with data, DAMMIT!!" Mission Accomplished, Julian! Hope you survive!
Randish burps...
My Honda Helix does.
Amazing. A completely wrong post. I got a good laugh. Your children won't.
Assange went, by his count, to 37 different schools, and was very bored by all of them. C'mon, geeks, read his stuff! Break out the Google, do the work.
Whereas your comments profile an envious serial killer? Please, spare me the CSI drama.
Except Interpol isn't issuing warrants worldwide for Henry Kissinger, Dick Cheney (you get my drift)... and Wikileaks only released ~1500 documents so far very carefully. I'm on tenterhooks waiting for the long, long list to be made public. Wikileaks is EDITING this stuff. Heh.
That's real purty, but it's a pile of logical spaghetti, with all those nod-your-head of courses and presumptions of what's natural or good for citizens or humans in general. Assange has clearly stated, in "Conspiracy as Governance" that he considers governments conspiracies that need constant resistance to keep them inefficient in trampling human rights. He's not an anarchist, he's a scientist. He wants conspiracies to barely work right. Wikileaks is just a negative feedback loop against human power grabbing tendencies.
" sick fuck"? I hear projection, not any evidenced view of how Assange engages in sex. Assange is consistent, very lively, brutally honest, and using his intelligence to improve the world. I doubt he'd even talk to you for more than three sentences. The sex was consensual. One of the women was enamored of him, letting him use her apartment. The other could be described as a protest groupie. If you ever get famous, you'll find them everywhere. Really. He made no mistakes. It was just blind luck and CIA honeypots. Make a nice Nikita episode.
Assange is, as usual, way ahead of you. See Conspiracy as Governance by me@iq.org. You'll have to use archive.org to find it.
You hope... Long Doomster Screed.
You left out the one significant fact that blows your argument. The condom broke and the woman objected to further sex. Apparently, according to her, he continued. That's where the consensual stopped. Consent is retractable. Sweden's big on personal autonomy, however blue-balled some may be. Typical guy blindspot.
like the free market, it needs information to be free. Every bit of information will help (directly relevant or not). What may seem irrelevant to me may be relevant for you and vice versa. The contrary implies the existence of someone (or something) out there that knows better than any one else.
I like the way you slide into a defense of the "wisdom of crowds". I'm sure it would have played well in Germany 1933. You're arguing against expertise on /.
There ARE people who know more about governance than the masses. Just for fun, ask them if the final outcome for civilization is best left in the hands of the misinformed manipulated masses.
I don't think you'll find a social sciences professor who thinks the current quality of voters in the USA can bring us to utopia. Quite the opposite.
Link to his denial of being a journalist? In context, of course.
@dasuraga: You haven't read the wikileaks pages, have you? They're seriously vetting before they dump. That's why it takes so long. There are many people involved. Not you, obviously. Wikileaks is not just Assange. He's the lightning rod. Read the pages. Maybe you could learn something.
My intuitive revulsion toward Chomsky's comment no doubt has occurred to Chomsky himself: A democracy of uninformed emotional voters quickly rots. That's ROTS! You know the process. Aristotle outlined the steps. The common man takes advantage of his access to other peoples' money long before he realizes other people are taking advantage of his money. The upper class doesn't allow access to their money. Hence, few taxes on the rich.