Whatever the KGB was doing in the US, the US was trying to do the same in the Soviet Union. Spy vs Spy. It is still going on today. The real point is what was the long term strategic impact of these efforts by both sides. Clearly very little of substance. The Soviet Union got atomic bomb a year or two earlier, but to think their physicists and engineers were incapable of designing and building one is sheer fantasy. The CIA did not hasten the fall of the Soviet Union: it did it all itself.
If you think this about inventions (with which I agree) you will really have fun with the popularly believed myths of American history i.e. the American revolution, the Constitution, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
The assertion that copyright laws are essential for innovation and creative expression is patently (pun intended) false. According to that irrefutable source, Wikipedia, the Statute of Anne in 1709 was the first real copyright act. We all know that prior to this time no writers and artists produced anything. "Intellectual Property" is indeed a manipulative propaganda slogan right up there with "War on Terror". The "right" to be recognised as the originator of a work, to get the credit, is widely recognised: the "right" to be granted a monopoly by the state to make money is far more dubious. Where are all you small state, free market libertarians? Too busy making money from your "private property"? Hypocrites all.
It's nice for the paranoiacs among us to be reassured (if they needed it) that the "Government is not perfect. The project execution critical path appears to have come unstuck. But you don't need a machine reader to read on ID card, your eyes will do it. Assuming the ID card is of any use it surely is perfectly usable wherever it applies. Just a loss of efficiency when passing through airports or whatever
"For years geologists had been finding raw diamonds in the NWT"
I remember my geology prof back in 1968 talking about the presence of diamonds in southern Canada deposited by glaciers. Tracking back pointed to the NWT as the source. It was just a matter of time before someone solved the puzzle.
A brilliant choice. The problems will arise when his science and Obama's politics prove incompatible, which will inevitably happen at some point since politics is about compromise and sub-optimisation. Will he then cave or resign?
For an self-professed "Christian" nation, it is startling how widespread such un-Christian attitudes to social responsibility and obligation like this are. And how ignorant the same people are about corporate welfare and wealth redistribution in favour of the rich.
It's probably more-efficient to let the IRS handle the rebates, rather than to have a separate Welfare department.
You are correct. The "earned-income tax credit" (or socialist, welfare, communism as it is known on the far right) is a "tax rebate" for lower income people who pay most of their "taxes" as Social Security and Welfare contributions rather than as income tax. Dating back to 1975 and updated by Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton, it is widely acknowledged as one of the most effective anti-poverty programs ever established (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_Income_Tax_Credit#Impact)
But, I'd like to respond to what will, I'm sure, become flood of libertarian posts by people who managed to pick themselves up by their parent's bootstraps. Government hands out billions of dollars of welfare a year and most of it does NOT go to struggling citizens. Most of it is wrapped up in corporate tax credits or in under-valued water, mining, forestry, radio-frequency, grazing and other leases that convert public property into private profits. I'll take the libertarian "The government is not your daddy" position seriously when the libertarians start talking about the real welfare system.
Well put. And I would add for those who go on about cutting government waste: the most wasteful and inefficient institution in America is the military. Ask any serving soldier. I wont go on about fighting a war-ten billion dollars a month-on borrowed money. Pretty obvious were the cuts should fall.
If they wanted their writings available for free, then why would they bother to publish in the first place?
Content creators deserve some rights to their works.
We are long past this stunted point of view. Have you never heard of a library? Google is simply making it easier to "borrow" and read books. Any author worth his salt wants above all to be read.
How is locking somebody up for a full year in a prison cell because they do not give up the encryption key, claiming they don't know it, other than torture?
In short, how is it different?
Because a judge had heard the arguments and didn't believe the defendants. Simple. And torture? Please do not abuse the language. Words have meaning: look it up.
Utter nonsense. You simply don't understand the world you are living in. A Society-the community-is everything. The individual can only find identity and fullfilment within society. The rich and powerful only get so because they can take advantage of what society provides-stability and security. Get over this frontier myth of the rugged individualist: it is a destructive fantasy and the cause of much of the social and political dysfunction in the US.
So what you are saying is that the State is failing to provide a key element of its responsibility i.e. security. So rather than fixing the state, you prefer to further weaken it by promoting the myth of frontier justice. Support your police, defend your community, ban handguns.
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Democracy is a very interesting idea; it would be worth trying..
Whatever the KGB was doing in the US, the US was trying to do the same in the Soviet Union. Spy vs Spy. It is still going on today. The real point is what was the long term strategic impact of these efforts by both sides. Clearly very little of substance. The Soviet Union got atomic bomb a year or two earlier, but to think their physicists and engineers were incapable of designing and building one is sheer fantasy. The CIA did not hasten the fall of the Soviet Union: it did it all itself.
A usb laptop vibrator perhaps?
Even my four year-old grandson knows that all you need to do is tie a garbage truck to the nose of a big rocket and send it up there to do its job.
If you think this about inventions (with which I agree) you will really have fun with the popularly believed myths of American history i.e. the American revolution, the Constitution, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Actually, their book is downloadable, free of charge.
The assertion that copyright laws are essential for innovation and creative expression is patently (pun intended) false. According to that irrefutable source, Wikipedia, the Statute of Anne in 1709 was the first real copyright act. We all know that prior to this time no writers and artists produced anything.
"Intellectual Property" is indeed a manipulative propaganda slogan right up there with "War on Terror". The "right" to be recognised as the originator of a work, to get the credit, is widely recognised: the "right" to be granted a monopoly by the state to make money is far more dubious. Where are all you small state, free market libertarians? Too busy making money from your "private property"? Hypocrites all.
"But the vendor said it was foolproof!"
Nothing is foolproof to an intelligent fool.
"DESTROY BEFORE READING".
Nothing is foolproof for an intelligent fool.
Ha Ha! Brilliant. Point to you!
It's nice for the paranoiacs among us to be reassured (if they needed it) that the "Government is not perfect. The project execution critical path appears to have come unstuck. But you don't need a machine reader to read on ID card, your eyes will do it. Assuming the ID card is of any use it surely is perfectly usable wherever it applies. Just a loss of efficiency when passing through airports or whatever
Could Christianity survive without Jesus?
"For years geologists had been finding raw diamonds in the NWT"
I remember my geology prof back in 1968 talking about the presence of diamonds in southern Canada deposited by glaciers. Tracking back pointed to the NWT as the source. It was just a matter of time before someone solved the puzzle.
A brilliant choice. The problems will arise when his science and Obama's politics prove incompatible, which will inevitably happen at some point since politics is about compromise and sub-optimisation. Will he then cave or resign?
How about the UN offering them Israel as their new homeland? After all, there is precedent.
Not surprising, nor a problem. The media reflects society. The majority of voters favored Obama throughout the campaign. QED.
I strongly urge you to get out more. Meet people. Get a date.
For an self-professed "Christian" nation, it is startling how widespread such un-Christian attitudes to social responsibility and obligation like this are. And how ignorant the same people are about corporate welfare and wealth redistribution in favour of the rich.
It's probably more-efficient to let the IRS handle the rebates, rather than to have a separate Welfare department.
You are correct. The "earned-income tax credit" (or socialist, welfare, communism as it is known on the far right) is a "tax rebate" for lower income people who pay most of their "taxes" as Social Security and Welfare contributions rather than as income tax. Dating back to 1975 and updated by Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton, it is widely acknowledged as one of the most effective anti-poverty programs ever established (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_Income_Tax_Credit#Impact)
But, I'd like to respond to what will, I'm sure, become flood of libertarian posts by people who managed to pick themselves up by their parent's bootstraps. Government hands out billions of dollars of welfare a year and most of it does NOT go to struggling citizens. Most of it is wrapped up in corporate tax credits or in under-valued water, mining, forestry, radio-frequency, grazing and other leases that convert public property into private profits. I'll take the libertarian "The government is not your daddy" position seriously when the libertarians start talking about the real welfare system.
Well put. And I would add for those who go on about cutting government waste: the most wasteful and inefficient institution in America is the military. Ask any serving soldier. I wont go on about fighting a war-ten billion dollars a month-on borrowed money. Pretty obvious were the cuts should fall.
If they wanted their writings available for free, then why would they bother to publish in the first place?
Content creators deserve some rights to their works.
We are long past this stunted point of view. Have you never heard of a library? Google is simply making it easier to "borrow" and read books. Any author worth his salt wants above all to be read.
How is locking somebody up for a full year in a prison cell because they do not give up the encryption key, claiming they don't know it, other than torture?
In short, how is it different?
Because a judge had heard the arguments and didn't believe the defendants. Simple. And torture? Please do not abuse the language. Words have meaning: look it up.
The US already has "weak, ineffective Government". The system was designed that way. That's why everything is so fucked-up.
Utter nonsense. You simply don't understand the world you are living in. A Society-the community-is everything. The individual can only find identity and fullfilment within society. The rich and powerful only get so because they can take advantage of what society provides-stability and security. Get over this frontier myth of the rugged individualist: it is a destructive fantasy and the cause of much of the social and political dysfunction in the US.
So what you are saying is that the State is failing to provide a key element of its responsibility i.e. security. So rather than fixing the state, you prefer to further weaken it by promoting the myth of frontier justice. Support your police, defend your community, ban handguns.