>2. A TV will choose programs the viewer enjoys.
This is the usual 'we monitor what the consumer wants, based on his earlier actions' mumbo-jumbo...
If my options are always filtered based on what I have done in the past, how will I ever find something new ?
I just thought of; it will be like going to the public library and only be able to see books you already have read...
Bad men use encryption, let's ban encryption.
Bad men use weapons, let's seel them some weapons (they kill each other, and we laugh all the way to the bank...)...
Other bad men does 'CENSORED' stuff to kids - let's ban the kids...... I don't get it. Can the world be so simple that terrorism can be stopped by banning encryption ? I don't think so - could'nt we start off by banning terrorism, and see how it goes ?
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Not being american, I can watch the situation from a distance;-)
From my viewpoint, isn't it the electoral college that gives this strange situation ?
Why is it not the guy who gets the most votes (that is, from the public) that is elected ?
Or maybe I should ask, why does the electoral college not select the candidate with the most votes (nationwide) ?
BTW: Where I live, we still use the good old paper and pencil method in our elections;-)
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>2. A TV will choose programs the viewer enjoys. This is the usual 'we monitor what the consumer wants, based on his earlier actions' mumbo-jumbo ...
If my options are always filtered based on what I have done in the past, how will I ever find something new ?
I just thought of; it will be like going to the public library and only be able to see books you already have read ...
Bad men use encryption, let's ban encryption. Bad men use weapons, let's seel them some weapons (they kill each other, and we laugh all the way to the bank...) ...
Other bad men does 'CENSORED' stuff to kids - let's ban the kids ... ... I don't get it. Can the world be so simple that terrorism can be stopped by banning encryption ? I don't think so - could'nt we start off by banning terrorism, and see how it goes ?
Not being american, I can watch the situation from a distance ;-)
From my viewpoint, isn't it the electoral college that gives this strange situation ?
Why is it not the guy who gets the most votes (that is, from the public) that is elected ?
Or maybe I should ask, why does the electoral college not select the candidate with the most votes (nationwide) ?
BTW: Where I live, we still use the good old paper and pencil method in our elections ;-)