Do they? I know, you know. What the _people_ KNOW, most of the time, is what FOX News feeds them.
Indeed, there is an important difference between "people" and "the people".
While FOX is the network everyone loves to hate, the rest of the media, who you also mentioned, is just as bad. None of them simply report the news, all of them have extensive commentary. I think that part of responsible journalism is keeping them separate. A person who watches a "news" channel and thinks critically about what they are seeing can separate the news from the commentary and make their own judgements about the effects of the day's events, but the average news consumer is passive. Many people latch on to the image of rednecks being brainwashed by FOX, but I'm sure the number of people passively accepting what is peddled by (generally less conservative) other networks is proportional. The people who watch [your least favorite news network here], are doing so by choice and people have an unfortunate tendency to watch things that affirm, rather than challenge their views.
Well, I'll agree with you that FOX isn't the sole brainwasher, I used them as an example of what in my opinion is the worst.
I shudder at the thought of 'responsible journalism'. There's free press and unfree press. Start to broadcast your own news program and see how long you're labeled 'pirate of the airwaves' and gets sent to prison.
Slaves must be fed carefully filtered information, or they might turn on their masters.
Really? Slaves need to be told that their masters have done wrong by enslaving them? I wonder how the slaves in America found out. They were (with few exceptions) illiterate, broadcast radio didn't exist...singing telegram, perhaps?
What I meant by slave state is a different kind of servitude than the institution of slavery. I meant it in the sense that the individual is ultimately exists as a tool for the central power, not that a certain subset of humanity is inferior, and therefore must submit to the 'superior' subset.
It's in principle similar to FOX News and mainstream media in the US, except they spin most of the stuff, while over in China they just pretty much block stuff they don't want known out.
The results achieved are similar though.:)
Surely you're joking. The fact that people "know" that FOX does not deliver fair and balanced news is evidence that they (people, not FOX) are aware of the information not being presented by FOX.
Do they? I know, you know. What the _people_ KNOW, most of the time, is what FOX News feeds them.
You want to prevent another bubble? Don't take a job where you're not sure how you or any of your coworkers draw revenue from real customers who in turn receive some service or product that makes complete sense. That's how you prevent a bubble.
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I thought that the problem wasn't with how the IT and Web Site companies were spending their money
There's a contradiction for you. Found in 0.42 seconds. Heh, Google employee, huh?:P
Best common sense description for anyone looking for a job. Take whoever pays highest and best suits your skills/interests.:)
Cause it's a slave state. Slaves must be fed carefully filtered information, or they might turn on their masters.
It's in principle similar to FOX News and mainstream media in the US, except they spin most of the stuff, while over in China they just pretty much block stuff they don't want known out.
He bought it from eBay. that purchase of Vista by the original owner was not his responsibility. Now if he took the care to burn the license key when he installed Ubuntu, he actually did the world a favor by eliminating one Windows license.
I mean, this is the shift from the paradigm that the OS would mind its own business. Now the OS is snooping into the MBR for some "security consideration". In a near future it will snoop into your facial expression, your wallet and ultimately into your mind. Gaaaahh!! *flees in terror*
I hope this will encourage people to stop using Windows for good and use manyfold-boot systems running Cedega, Fedora, Ubuntu, Slackware and so on.;-)
Interesting, I haven't thought about this. Probably because I learned math before everything else and I had that nagging "what the hell is this for" thing goin on. Now I know why.:D
And because protectionist government measures prevent them from buying the software cheaper from anywhere else. US for example.
I'd think someone else here would point the finger at 'because we can' not being even an argument sooner. As if it's an European trait to pay higher prices for goods because he's got that European-liking-high-prices twist to him. Nonsense.
I oppose Net Neutrality on the prohibition of ISPs to sell different services for different QoS like high-bandwidth high-latency vs. low-bandwidth low-latency. And I'm not willfully corrupt either.
It's just the kind of 'removing want through legislation' bullshit that doesn't work in the real world. Some people just don't need low latency, why should they pay for it? Same for the other side.
The way to keep a a market free is by not regulating it and further removing restrictions on it as much as possible. _Not_ passing anti-regulation regulations. The whole Net Neutrality thing has degenerated into a nice buzzword for politicians to use and the means whereby they will effectively control the Internet through a law idealized to keep it free of regulations.
The consumer interests would be much better served by keeping the market - ISPs in this case - free to operate.
I disagree, I don't think it should be optional. Higher education should be optional.
In a free society, people are expected to have a base set of skills, not just to be a pawn in a fast-food store, but be able to read something and understand it, and link this knowledge to other knowledge to trace new insights. Know history and geography, but also be able to read books on those topics later in life and understand it, maybe even ( as I did ) realize that the stuff he's been fed about it in school was total bullshit.
The NCLB is not a 'cripple the strong to make the weak feel better', it is 'cripple everyone', make no mistake. It is a stepping stone on the way to those powerful who have envied the rulers in countries such as China for their absolute power, and are trying to make the US into it.
It's a shame you can't make people think, but it's an even greater one that you can actually get them not to.
I don't think every bureaucrat is by nature evil and dishonest. They are well-intentioned but misguided, in my view.
They do have a vested interest in the status quo because of their own self-interest, after all public service IS a very stable job, and I don't think them greedy or parasites for it, the system is built that way. Can't blame a guy for wanting to keep a job.
Good idea. I'd add math before physics and concurrently with the other three getting progressively more advanced, and maybe, optional, since, not everyone need to be an integration wiz.
Wow, I was about to write just that, but no need to now. I'll just elaborate on what I think.:-)
In my mind the education voucher system was one of Friedman's finest points. Not only would it promote competition among schools, harboring excellence. It would get the parents involved in choosing the best school for their kids, and would be a huge cut in government spending, since they probably spend MUCH MORE than 3k per student today.
Ahh, shame I didn't copy my complaint to them. But I let 'em have it. I'm never buying Foxconn again. Their mobos have sucked pretty much since 6150K8MA anyway. Screw em.
The first single-purpose computer has been releasd, it allows you to keep your personal files in the Internet, no UI, no operating system, 3 functions for only $250.
Holy fucks! It is. I can't believe people are falling for this. The copyright is already assured for their entire lifetime PLUS 70 years. This isn't about no 'old rockers' old age! Hahahaha! Sorry, gotta laugh.
Here's a quote from the proposal, emphasis added by me:
"The Commission adopted a proposal to extend the term of protection for performers and sound recordings to 95 years. The aim of the proposal is to bring performers' protection more in line with that already given to authors - 70 years after their death. The extended term will enable performers to earn money for a longer period of time and in any event throughout their lifetime. The income from copyright remuneration is important for performers, as they often do not have other regular salaried income. The extended term will also benefit record producers who will generate additional revenue from the sale of records in shops and on the internet. This should allow producers to adapt to the rapidly changing business environment and help them maintain their investment levels in new talent.
They are worried they'll stop receiving income after they're dead. Poor bastards.:)
Sorry, something is wrong here, what do they mean the artists in their seventies stop getting paid?? Copyright lasts for the _life of the author_ plus a period ( 50 years in Canada, 70 in Brazil, I think it's 70 in Europe too ).
If so this is REALLY not aimed at benefitting the authors. Sounds like they want to extend copyright to life plus 95. That'd be great for the authors buried/burned remains, indeed. Oh, and to the living, breathing, caviar-eating publishers, but that's just a little thing.:-)
They can't change any kind of diversity with legislation. This is fucking communism. People are different, any attempt to make them the same have failed and will fail.
Such 'well-meaning' government should mind it's own business, and step out the way. Or be stepped out.
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Do they? I know, you know. What the _people_ KNOW, most of the time, is what FOX News feeds them.
Indeed, there is an important difference between "people" and "the people".
While FOX is the network everyone loves to hate, the rest of the media, who you also mentioned, is just as bad. None of them simply report the news, all of them have extensive commentary. I think that part of responsible journalism is keeping them separate. A person who watches a "news" channel and thinks critically about what they are seeing can separate the news from the commentary and make their own judgements about the effects of the day's events, but the average news consumer is passive. Many people latch on to the image of rednecks being brainwashed by FOX, but I'm sure the number of people passively accepting what is peddled by (generally less conservative) other networks is proportional. The people who watch [your least favorite news network here], are doing so by choice and people have an unfortunate tendency to watch things that affirm, rather than challenge their views.
Well, I'll agree with you that FOX isn't the sole brainwasher, I used them as an example of what in my opinion is the worst.
I shudder at the thought of 'responsible journalism'. There's free press and unfree press. Start to broadcast your own news program and see how long you're labeled 'pirate of the airwaves' and gets sent to prison.
Cause it's a slave state.
[citation needed]
This is my opinion, not Wikipedia. :-)
Slaves must be fed carefully filtered information, or they might turn on their masters.
Really? Slaves need to be told that their masters have done wrong by enslaving them? I wonder how the slaves in America found out. They were (with few exceptions) illiterate, broadcast radio didn't exist...singing telegram, perhaps?
What I meant by slave state is a different kind of servitude than the institution of slavery. I meant it in the sense that the individual is ultimately exists as a tool for the central power, not that a certain subset of humanity is inferior, and therefore must submit to the 'superior' subset.
It's in principle similar to FOX News and mainstream media in the US, except they spin most of the stuff, while over in China they just pretty much block stuff they don't want known out.
The results achieved are similar though. :)
Surely you're joking. The fact that people "know" that FOX does not deliver fair and balanced news is evidence that they (people, not FOX) are aware of the information not being presented by FOX.
Do they? I know, you know. What the _people_ KNOW, most of the time, is what FOX News feeds them.
You want to prevent another bubble? Don't take a job where you're not sure how you or any of your coworkers draw revenue from real customers who in turn receive some service or product that makes complete sense. That's how you prevent a bubble.
and
I thought that the problem wasn't with how the IT and Web Site companies were spending their money
There's a contradiction for you. Found in 0.42 seconds. Heh, Google employee, huh? :P
Best common sense description for anyone looking for a job. Take whoever pays highest and best suits your skills/interests. :)
Cause it's a slave state. Slaves must be fed carefully filtered information, or they might turn on their masters.
It's in principle similar to FOX News and mainstream media in the US, except they spin most of the stuff, while over in China they just pretty much block stuff they don't want known out.
The results achieved are similar though. :)
He bought it from eBay. that purchase of Vista by the original owner was not his responsibility. Now if he took the care to burn the license key when he installed Ubuntu, he actually did the world a favor by eliminating one Windows license.
Give the guy some credit, will ya? ;-)
I mean, this is the shift from the paradigm that the OS would mind its own business. Now the OS is snooping into the MBR for some "security consideration". In a near future it will snoop into your facial expression, your wallet and ultimately into your mind. Gaaaahh!! *flees in terror*
I hope this will encourage people to stop using Windows for good and use manyfold-boot systems running Cedega, Fedora, Ubuntu, Slackware and so on. ;-)
Interesting, I haven't thought about this. Probably because I learned math before everything else and I had that nagging "what the hell is this for" thing goin on. Now I know why. :D
And because protectionist government measures prevent them from buying the software cheaper from anywhere else. US for example.
I'd think someone else here would point the finger at 'because we can' not being even an argument sooner. As if it's an European trait to pay higher prices for goods because he's got that European-liking-high-prices twist to him. Nonsense.
Wow, I'd mod you informative, but then I think my post would go poof. :-)
Thank you for the info. I'm staggered at the level of education that would buy in my hands. Phew.
I oppose Net Neutrality on the prohibition of ISPs to sell different services for different QoS like high-bandwidth high-latency vs. low-bandwidth low-latency. And I'm not willfully corrupt either.
It's just the kind of 'removing want through legislation' bullshit that doesn't work in the real world. Some people just don't need low latency, why should they pay for it? Same for the other side.
The way to keep a a market free is by not regulating it and further removing restrictions on it as much as possible. _Not_ passing anti-regulation regulations. The whole Net Neutrality thing has degenerated into a nice buzzword for politicians to use and the means whereby they will effectively control the Internet through a law idealized to keep it free of regulations.
The consumer interests would be much better served by keeping the market - ISPs in this case - free to operate.
I disagree, I don't think it should be optional. Higher education should be optional.
In a free society, people are expected to have a base set of skills, not just to be a pawn in a fast-food store, but be able to read something and understand it, and link this knowledge to other knowledge to trace new insights. Know history and geography, but also be able to read books on those topics later in life and understand it, maybe even ( as I did ) realize that the stuff he's been fed about it in school was total bullshit.
The NCLB is not a 'cripple the strong to make the weak feel better', it is 'cripple everyone', make no mistake. It is a stepping stone on the way to those powerful who have envied the rulers in countries such as China for their absolute power, and are trying to make the US into it.
It's a shame you can't make people think, but it's an even greater one that you can actually get them not to.
I don't think every bureaucrat is by nature evil and dishonest. They are well-intentioned but misguided, in my view.
They do have a vested interest in the status quo because of their own self-interest, after all public service IS a very stable job, and I don't think them greedy or parasites for it, the system is built that way. Can't blame a guy for wanting to keep a job.
Good idea. I'd add math before physics and concurrently with the other three getting progressively more advanced, and maybe, optional, since, not everyone need to be an integration wiz.
Wow, I was about to write just that, but no need to now. I'll just elaborate on what I think. :-)
In my mind the education voucher system was one of Friedman's finest points. Not only would it promote competition among schools, harboring excellence. It would get the parents involved in choosing the best school for their kids, and would be a huge cut in government spending, since they probably spend MUCH MORE than 3k per student today.
Ya, go to Craigslist and hit "Privacy". You get 404 not found error.
The past is being rewritten. We are not at war with Eurasia, we have never been at war with Eurasia. :)
This is the perfect example that we NEED it, and NEED IT FAAAAST.
Ahh, shame I didn't copy my complaint to them. But I let 'em have it. I'm never buying Foxconn again. Their mobos have sucked pretty much since 6150K8MA anyway. Screw em.
If he weren't dead... while god's been dead longer...
There, fixed that for you. :)
Nietzsche would laugh SO hard. :)
The first single-purpose computer has been releasd, it allows you to keep your personal files in the Internet, no UI, no operating system, 3 functions for only $250.
Don't you all cheer at once. \o/
You know, eating glass is bad for you also. So the dilemma is, tell people not to eat it, or ban the production of bottles. It's tough, I know...
I for one welcome our magnetically-pumped liquid-metal thermal-conductive overlords.
Holy fucks! It is. I can't believe people are falling for this. The copyright is already assured for their entire lifetime PLUS 70 years. This isn't about no 'old rockers' old age! Hahahaha! Sorry, gotta laugh. Here's a quote from the proposal, emphasis added by me:
"The Commission adopted a proposal to extend the term of protection for performers and sound recordings to 95 years. The aim of the proposal is to bring performers' protection more in line with that already given to authors - 70 years after their death. The extended term will enable performers to earn money for a longer period of time and in any event throughout their lifetime. The income from copyright remuneration is important for performers, as they often do not have other regular salaried income. The extended term will also benefit record producers who will generate additional revenue from the sale of records in shops and on the internet. This should allow producers to adapt to the rapidly changing business environment and help them maintain their investment levels in new talent.
They are worried they'll stop receiving income after they're dead. Poor bastards. :)
Sorry, something is wrong here, what do they mean the artists in their seventies stop getting paid?? Copyright lasts for the _life of the author_ plus a period ( 50 years in Canada, 70 in Brazil, I think it's 70 in Europe too ).
If so this is REALLY not aimed at benefitting the authors. Sounds like they want to extend copyright to life plus 95. That'd be great for the authors buried/burned remains, indeed. Oh, and to the living, breathing, caviar-eating publishers, but that's just a little thing. :-)
What the hell is 'crimeware'?
They can't change any kind of diversity with legislation. This is fucking communism. People are different, any attempt to make them the same have failed and will fail.
Such 'well-meaning' government should mind it's own business, and step out the way. Or be stepped out.