Someone who A) has the money to risk and B) is less risk averse than you?
Investing heavily in anything always looks stupid to anyone who doesn't think its worth it. If everyone agreed on what was a good idea, then wouldn't we all be investing in the same things all the time?
So the real answer is C) Anyone who has the money and believes bitcoin value will rise.
I have been holding a nonzero bitcoin balance since december and, I am pretty happy with that decision so far.
But by all means, keep your money in whatever form you feel best for you, unless you intend to use perishable goods like fruit as a long term value store, I wont call you an idiot for it.
Valid defense? You didn't even present a valid argument to defend.
BitCoin seems to have a lot of the properties of a pyramid scheme, mainly
And water seems to have a lot of the properties of mineral oil. They are clear, and colorless, and both have freezing points!
Your mother seems to have a lot of the properties of a whore, she has a vagina, she has let penis into it, and she wears skirts and heels.
Having similarities does not make one the other. A pyramid scheme has specific criteria which are beyond that. Now it is true, these other "defenses" would be non-defenses in the face of a real criticism but.... "seeming to have properties in common" is a pretty weak criticism and, I think they have adequately pointed out its shortcomings.
from wikipedia:
A pyramid scheme is a non-sustainable business model that involves promising participants payment, services or ideals, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme or training them to take part, rather than supplying any real investment or sale of products or services to the public
So why don't we look at how it is NOT like such a scheme.
1. non-sustainable business model
"bitcoin" is not a business model, its a commodity. A digital commodity based on an artificially created scarcity, but, there is no one person or organization (aside from some early adopters with lots of coins) who could run a business model of signing people up just to get them to buy their coins.
2. primarily for enrolling other people....rather than supplying any real investment
Firstly, Bitcoin is not presented as an investment. It is simply a way to move value around. It is primarily for trading, People speculating in its value are investing, but, thats not the primary purpose, the purpose is to be traded. The overall system, and everyone involved in mining, provides the service of transaction verification and ledger upkeep.
Secondly, It can't be primarily for the purpose of enrolling new people since, to enroll someone new, coins must be sold. If I sell the coins I hold, I lose them. So while such a model may work for a short time (it is unsustainable) for some people, it they can only do it until they are completely "cashed out".
Certainly some of these activities can look like such a scheme but, it is a startup currency/commodity. As previous posts pointed out, a lot of activity with such instruments LOOKS pretty similar to these schemes.
Actually, I knew who he was referring to, and those are the same people I was referencing too. No sympathy for them either. Just because the soldiers are from my country doesn't change my opinion of foreign invasion and occupation. Its wrong, and nobody should cooperate with a foreign invader...even if my people are the ones doing the invading. I wouldn't collaborate with a Chinese invasion, even though I hate the sitting government here now.
Keep saying that. They were trading at 20 cents in december and hit $18 recently. Thir value is in two things: They are easy to transfer, and other people take them.
Once you get your coins, aside from any time transferring them around, you can trade them for $$ on mtgox and have the $$ transfered into your bank account, within a coupel of days. Up to $1000 per day for a 25 cent fee.
So um... how are they not worth anything. Even if the price drops, tomorrow, I can have already transfered them to $$ and have those $$ on their way to my account. Oh... and yes it works, I have personally sold $1000 in bitcoins and gotten the money into my account.
So basically... if you don't trust them, just take them now and immediately sell them. If you do trust them... then horde them because in my opinion evebn at $18 they are undervalued.
> And, to the idiot who claimed that "hacking never hurt anyone", talk to the people who were put in harms way by WikiLeaks sloppy editing > of stolen documents containing the names of people.
To be fair though, wikileaks is about exposing conspiracy, not about protecting the good name, or even lives of the conspirators.
Nobody was put in danger for anything that they didn't actually do. What about the lives ruined by the silence of the secret cables? What about the Tunisian and Egyption peoples who, only through the exposure of those cables, came to know the extent of their own governments corruption? What about the theft of their resources, their very livelihoods given up in taxes, their lives curtailed by military rule?
I have no sympathy for those named in the cables, not a single one of them. Can't take the heat from being discovered as a back room dealer with the biggest bully on the block? Then don't do the crime.
You can't have 10s of thousands of generations in 10,000 years. maybe for field mice, or some other small mammal but, we generally recognize human generations as being about 20 years.... so, 10,000 years is more like 500 generations.
Also... um... do you really think monogamy has been so strictly practiced that it really would be considered the "dominant strategy"? What family of any size doesn't have one or two "serial monogamists" (on his 4th wife is he?) or know someone who found out that they had adult siblings that they didn't even know about?
Or as Dan Savage put it "If after 50 years of marriage, your husband cheated on you like 3 times? He was GOOD at monogamy". I have been meaning to read the book "Lust in Translation" which looks at attitudes towards adultery around the world, but I heard the author on the radio and she showed several examples that showed a huge variety of opinion, and commonly acceptance of it.
Still think monogamy is 'the norm' to an extent that matters? I would argue that its the "norm" kind of like not being drunk is "the norm".
A year or so ago I took on some projects that had me cruising for parts, so I hit Radio Shack expecting to be dissapointed again, when I found that section had been cleaned up, and new display racks put in since I last looked.
I noticed some cool things, not the old selection, but clearly some newer merchandise, even a BASIC STAMP kit. Though, they didn't seem to have the center tapped transformers out, similarly the clerk was more into cell phone contracts and new jack about what I was buying but... he was nice enough to look in the stock room and find the transformer that I was looking for, even though he has no clue what it was.
I think it depends a bit on what you are asking for too. A raise is a raise so, straight out "I want some equity" is one thing, "I want the option of equity in lieu of some of my pay" is another, and a much more reasonable request (unless he feels he should be getting a raise as it is). I don't agree that giving options now is bad business though... I actually think having employees be stock holders is a very good idea, and employees should be encouraged to have a stake in the company.
Best way to improve a negotiating position though is to apply elsewhere. Hell, I applied for another position within the same company and all of a sudden my manager was talking about promotions and "salary adjustments", I hadn't even asked for a raise, mostly because I don't want one as much as I want out from under this management chain... but... if thats the route I wanted to go.... besides,... if you WANT equity because you like the company, you believe in it, because you give them so much you want to own a part of it.... well then I say, apply elsewhere because if thats not enough for them to let you have it then go elsewhere. No job is worth that much, any job can be replaced.
Oh nice... I still need to check out chrome. I have mostly stuck with firefox for noscript and requestpolicy, both of which I feel are necessary, though I hear chrome has implemented its own noscript feature, which is better than nothing.
This is about the URL bar, which sadly, doubles as a search box. I, for the record, HATE this feature so much, that I use firefox, and whenever I have a new install, seek out the about:config option that lets me disable it.
I have never, in 15 years of being on the web, have typed into that bar and WANTED it to do a search. I have a permanent search box... NEXT TO the URL bar. That I love.
Why?
Simple, sometimes I setup web apps, or even develop them. When i type a url in, I want it to go there. if it can't, I want it to give me an error so I can correct it. Period. What I don't want it to EVER do, is immediately decide to "fix" what I typed, or take me somewhere else. Why? Well simple... so I can fix the url if I typed it wrong. If it changes, I have to start over.
Yes, I can pull up an editor and interact with the browser only by cut and paste but.... how stupid is that?
Brings back memories to the time I was hunting down a bug in the password change CGI for our old mail system at a previous job.... and found several instances of things like `grep $username/path/to/file` in the code (originally writen for PERL4)
I went from debugging 1 bad error code, to re-writing the whole thing (and making snide remarks about the original author) as soon as I saw that.
I have been close enough on the outside of a real conspiracy that went down to say.... I too believe in their existence if not most conspiracies.
I think most conspiracy theories miss the fact that.... people, even conspirators, are seldom evil for the sake of evil. Normally their "conspiracies" are quite mundane... and generally more about being self serving than about actual power struggles or plans, and more about, making money for someone.
Like "9/11 was an inside job"? Really? Conspiracies tend not to be so complicated... shit, look at the royal wedding security plans for "what if the bride runs away from the altar". They said there was talk of "making her go through with it" and even there they said there was no way everyone would play ball, and even the mundane end version got leaked in the end.... yet some people seem to think rigging sky scrapers with explosives in secret was doable?
He was a vain old man who wrote emails and put our videos of himself moralizing and denouncing his enemies. As you say, he was little more than a figure head. Honestly, even with his assets, even before the ground war... 9/11 was just a big, deadly, tragic, publicity stunt. It never represented any manner of existential threat to people here.... it was hogwash from day one.
Its true.... a monitor is maybe an extra under $200 for a rather nice one. Hell I paid $160 retail and I love my new screen.
Given what that is as a fraction of even an entry level developer salary, the fact that its equipment that will get depreciated (can't forget that), lasts at least 5 if not 10 years or more (on average and honestly I doubt we are going to see so much improvement in size/resolution since we have hit the point of diminishing returns for most applications) etc.... lets just say, I think if the company can't justify spending that, even if it is just to keep a developer happy, then it speaks very poorly of the company.
If $150 and a bit extra electricity is such a big problem, the company finances are fucked and you should worry. If its not that, then management is overly into micromanagement and is making very short sighted decisions based on their view of needs rather than focusing on keeping everything running smoothly and their employees content. Either way, i would say that, if they don't listen to you and fix this,.... its time to put resumes out before they tank or make life miserable.
I have never had two monitors, but I have seen it done. Actually, I agree with this alot. Screen is a precious and limited resource. Right now I have 10 windows on this desktop, and 5 on another. Just shuffling through the pile on this one takes a few seconds, a few seconds where I can lose a train of thought, or get distracted. If I had more desktop, I would totally use it.
Its especially the case when you have an IDE open, which really needs to take up most of the screen much of the time and is painful to be constantly resizing.... and a web browser, also taking up much of the screen and sometimes, multiple terminal windows on top of that... never mind email and IM etc.
Not everything needs the fullness of the screen and virtual desktops can definitely help but, when looking at both code and its output result, I am unsurprised that it would be helpful.
> It's like angering a mob boss - the boss could let you off easy, or the boss could introduce you to some new subterranean living arrangements. Because > he has power to do both.
Its funny, my first thought on seeing this article was "It sounds like Omerta". Sure, they are a leaking organization but, it also means they need to vette information and act accordingly. If I make shit up about someone and send it to wikileaks, that is their reputation if they print it... if its real,. then my identity could put me at risk if it were known, there are many reasons to ask for silence from wikileaks members based on what they are handling.
However, what if you are a pimp/brothel owner? These are your employees. A girl who learns to suck a mean cock may fetch a lot more business in the long term than one who uses too much teeth.
I doubt that some basic level of training isn't quite common in such relationships.
Though, they know where you live already.... bring it inside the house, and just leave it sitting in your living room.... or attach it to the chimney.
OOOh.... better yet... mail it around! Just toss it in an express mail box, and mail it somewhere fun... like... some tiny little town in Alaska.
Even better, get a mailing box, put it inside... beat up the box a bit, tape it all around the seams on the outside, and put a small dab or two of oil on it.... address it to a local FBI main office, and send it along. Say nothing else, do nothing else... use a fake return address, and inside a small note "I believe you dropped this"
Before doing this, do take out their sweet batteries and replace them with cheapo D-Cells.... I bet they use the damned thing again without checking.
Honestly, that would be my biggest score, the sweet batteries.
Hmmm I agree that "no means no" and all that but... there is right, and there is right.
I, personally, have no problem with people who grow, sell, or smoke pot. I consider laws against it to be little to no different than laws against say.... being jewish. Really, I put them on about the same level of legitimacy.
So in my eyes, a person who gets arrested for weed is.... being oppressed.... being harmed by criminals in blue.
That said... everyone knows it is illegal. If you walk out of the house with a lbs of weed in a clear freezer bag under your arm, and you get stopped and arrested for it.... I will agree thats inappropriate, and the police and courts are wrong to do this injustice to you, but... you are still a fucking moron.
When you know there is danger, right or wrong, and you take no precaution to protect yourself, you may not be morally at fault or to blame, but for all practical purposes, it is partially your fault.
Who is going to play that? Shit, I always balk a bit at $60 for a game, but, that's at least somewhat reasonable. I don't have 100 million burning a hole in my pocket though, good luck to anyone who picks up that title. Not going to be massively multiplayer with a cost like that!
There is a farm, Chestnut Farm, in western MA that raises animals. They work it as a CSA where people sign up for shares with a monthly price, and then they know how much to produce on an ongoing basis (10 lbs increments on shares) and then....
Once a month, at a farmers market, they setup a stand and distribute shares. Usually bringing fresh eggs from a neighboring farm to sell.
They actually have pickups at several local farmers markets on different days.
Agreed though "they" have done more than that. I was very curious about Anonymous recently and um.... I am unconvinced that they are a specific "group". Its very Omar Ravenhurst. You do whatever you want, declare yourself anonymous, and other people, who do the same, will either cheer or denounce you. Thats not a "group" by any traditional definition. Its a label whose meaning is entirely in what it really can't be... which is... an organized group. Organized groups may exist within the overall umbrella name, but to call such a thing an organized group? Not so much.
I would posit... this is not anonymous for two very specific reasons A) no statement has been put out bragging about it and claiming it as the work of anonymoyus. B) Related to A: since A has not happened, there have been no counter statements by other anonymous claiming solidarity with the action or claiming that it is not the work of Anonymous.
Without the statement by Anonymous, and community approval by those who also fly the anonymous flag, it is not the work of Anonymous.
I disagree, I think much of our society is based on the fact that most people are pretty decent and, don't really steal, murder, rape, and coerce eachother that much in most normal situations. Even some of the more common criminals are what, shoplifting by punk kids? Most people who commit a crime or two when they are young well... as we age we don't do as much of anything as we used to, and even those kids who may commit a minor crime, don't just willy nilly steal from friends, they usually have some lame rationalization for it.
I can't think of any time in my life where it was the law that really dictated my behaviour except totally superficial BS like yearly car inspections and paying parking tickets. Never was I like, boy if it only wasn't for the police I would shove a gun in someones face and take their wallet, or rob a bank, or rape a woman.
Honestly, given the pattern with criminality and age, I think everything that is done to provide more opportunity for parents to raise their kids properly and provide access and opportunity to ways to make a living and provide for oneself and attain a similar level to others does way way more to reduce crime than offering law enforcement even fantastically unlimited resources can.... preventing new criminals from moving on to more and worst crime or from doing it int he first place.... and existing criminals are a time limited problem.
Shit, how worried are you about a frail, 70 year old guy whose crime was raping 20 year old girls? His targets would kick his ass and put him in the hospital. Guess what, everyone ages, so, think of it like insects... you don't need to kill the adults if you can interrupt their breeding cycle or kill their grubs int he ground.
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Someone who A) has the money to risk and B) is less risk averse than you?
Investing heavily in anything always looks stupid to anyone who doesn't think its worth it. If everyone agreed on what was a good idea, then wouldn't we all be investing in the same things all the time?
So the real answer is C) Anyone who has the money and believes bitcoin value will rise.
I have been holding a nonzero bitcoin balance since december and, I am pretty happy with that decision so far.
But by all means, keep your money in whatever form you feel best for you, unless you intend to use perishable goods like fruit as a long term value store, I wont call you an idiot for it.
Valid defense? You didn't even present a valid argument to defend.
And water seems to have a lot of the properties of mineral oil. They are clear, and colorless, and both have freezing points!
Your mother seems to have a lot of the properties of a whore, she has a vagina, she has let penis into it, and she wears skirts and heels.
Having similarities does not make one the other. A pyramid scheme has specific criteria which are beyond that. Now it is true, these other "defenses" would be non-defenses in the face of a real criticism but.... "seeming to have properties in common" is a pretty weak criticism and, I think they have adequately pointed out its shortcomings.
from wikipedia:
So why don't we look at how it is NOT like such a scheme.
1. non-sustainable business model
"bitcoin" is not a business model, its a commodity. A digital commodity based on an artificially created scarcity, but, there is no one person or organization (aside from some early adopters with lots of coins) who could run a business model of signing people up just to get them to buy their coins.
2. primarily for enrolling other people....rather than supplying any real investment
Firstly, Bitcoin is not presented as an investment. It is simply a way to move value around. It is primarily for trading, People speculating in its value are investing, but, thats not the primary purpose, the purpose is to be traded. The overall system, and everyone involved in mining, provides the service of transaction verification and ledger upkeep.
Secondly, It can't be primarily for the purpose of enrolling new people since, to enroll someone new, coins must be sold. If I sell the coins I hold, I lose them. So while such a model may work for a short time (it is unsustainable) for some people, it they can only do it until they are completely "cashed out".
Certainly some of these activities can look like such a scheme but, it is a startup currency/commodity. As previous posts pointed out, a lot of activity with such instruments LOOKS pretty similar to these schemes.
Actually, I knew who he was referring to, and those are the same people I was referencing too. No sympathy for them either. Just because the soldiers are from my country doesn't change my opinion of foreign invasion and occupation. Its wrong, and nobody should cooperate with a foreign invader...even if my people are the ones doing the invading. I wouldn't collaborate with a Chinese invasion, even though I hate the sitting government here now.
Keep saying that. They were trading at 20 cents in december and hit $18 recently. Thir value is in two things: They are easy to transfer, and other people take them.
Once you get your coins, aside from any time transferring them around, you can trade them for $$ on mtgox and have the $$ transfered into your bank account, within a coupel of days. Up to $1000 per day for a 25 cent fee.
So um... how are they not worth anything. Even if the price drops, tomorrow, I can have already transfered them to $$ and have those $$ on their way to my account. Oh... and yes it works, I have personally sold $1000 in bitcoins and gotten the money into my account.
So basically... if you don't trust them, just take them now and immediately sell them. If you do trust them... then horde them because in my opinion evebn at $18 they are undervalued.
> And, to the idiot who claimed that "hacking never hurt anyone", talk to the people who were put in harms way by WikiLeaks sloppy editing
> of stolen documents containing the names of people.
To be fair though, wikileaks is about exposing conspiracy, not about protecting the good name, or even lives of the conspirators.
Nobody was put in danger for anything that they didn't actually do. What about the lives ruined by the silence of the secret cables? What about the Tunisian and Egyption peoples who, only through the exposure of those cables, came to know the extent of their own governments corruption? What about the theft of their resources, their very livelihoods given up in taxes, their lives curtailed by military rule?
I have no sympathy for those named in the cables, not a single one of them. Can't take the heat from being discovered as a back room dealer with the biggest bully on the block? Then don't do the crime.
You can't have 10s of thousands of generations in 10,000 years. maybe for field mice, or some other small mammal but, we generally recognize human generations as being about 20 years.... so, 10,000 years is more like 500 generations.
Also... um... do you really think monogamy has been so strictly practiced that it really would be considered the "dominant strategy"? What family of any size doesn't have one or two "serial monogamists" (on his 4th wife is he?) or know someone who found out that they had adult siblings that they didn't even know about?
Or as Dan Savage put it "If after 50 years of marriage, your husband cheated on you like 3 times? He was GOOD at monogamy". I have been meaning to read the book "Lust in Translation" which looks at attitudes towards adultery around the world, but I heard the author on the radio and she showed several examples that showed a huge variety of opinion, and commonly acceptance of it.
Still think monogamy is 'the norm' to an extent that matters? I would argue that its the "norm" kind of like not being drunk is "the norm".
A year or so ago I took on some projects that had me cruising for parts, so I hit Radio Shack expecting to be dissapointed again, when I found that section had been cleaned up, and new display racks put in since I last looked.
I noticed some cool things, not the old selection, but clearly some newer merchandise, even a BASIC STAMP kit. Though, they didn't seem to have the center tapped transformers out, similarly the clerk was more into cell phone contracts and new jack about what I was buying but... he was nice enough to look in the stock room and find the transformer that I was looking for, even though he has no clue what it was.
I think it depends a bit on what you are asking for too. A raise is a raise so, straight out "I want some equity" is one thing, "I want the option of equity in lieu of some of my pay" is another, and a much more reasonable request (unless he feels he should be getting a raise as it is). I don't agree that giving options now is bad business though... I actually think having employees be stock holders is a very good idea, and employees should be encouraged to have a stake in the company.
Best way to improve a negotiating position though is to apply elsewhere. Hell, I applied for another position within the same company and all of a sudden my manager was talking about promotions and "salary adjustments", I hadn't even asked for a raise, mostly because I don't want one as much as I want out from under this management chain... but... if thats the route I wanted to go.... besides,... if you WANT equity because you like the company, you believe in it, because you give them so much you want to own a part of it.... well then I say, apply elsewhere because if thats not enough for them to let you have it then go elsewhere. No job is worth that much, any job can be replaced.
Oh nice... I still need to check out chrome. I have mostly stuck with firefox for noscript and requestpolicy, both of which I feel are necessary, though I hear chrome has implemented its own noscript feature, which is better than nothing.
This is about the URL bar, which sadly, doubles as a search box. I, for the record, HATE this feature so much, that I use firefox, and whenever I have a new install, seek out the about:config option that lets me disable it.
I have never, in 15 years of being on the web, have typed into that bar and WANTED it to do a search. I have a permanent search box... NEXT TO the URL bar. That I love.
Why?
Simple, sometimes I setup web apps, or even develop them. When i type a url in, I want it to go there. if it can't, I want it to give me an error so I can correct it. Period. What I don't want it to EVER do, is immediately decide to "fix" what I typed, or take me somewhere else. Why? Well simple... so I can fix the url if I typed it wrong. If it changes, I have to start over.
Yes, I can pull up an editor and interact with the browser only by cut and paste but.... how stupid is that?
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Brings back memories to the time I was hunting down a bug in the password change CGI for our old mail system at a previous job.... and found several instances of things like `grep $username /path/to/file` in the code (originally writen for PERL4)
I went from debugging 1 bad error code, to re-writing the whole thing (and making snide remarks about the original author) as soon as I saw that.
-Steve
I have been close enough on the outside of a real conspiracy that went down to say.... I too believe in their existence if not most conspiracies.
I think most conspiracy theories miss the fact that.... people, even conspirators, are seldom evil for the sake of evil. Normally their "conspiracies" are quite mundane... and generally more about being self serving than about actual power struggles or plans, and more about, making money for someone.
Like "9/11 was an inside job"? Really? Conspiracies tend not to be so complicated... shit, look at the royal wedding security plans for "what if the bride runs away from the altar". They said there was talk of "making her go through with it" and even there they said there was no way everyone would play ball, and even the mundane end version got leaked in the end.... yet some people seem to think rigging sky scrapers with explosives in secret was doable?
Needed to go? Needed for what exactly?
He was a vain old man who wrote emails and put our videos of himself moralizing and denouncing his enemies. As you say, he was little more than a figure head. Honestly, even with his assets, even before the ground war... 9/11 was just a big, deadly, tragic, publicity stunt. It never represented any manner of existential threat to people here.... it was hogwash from day one.
Its true.... a monitor is maybe an extra under $200 for a rather nice one. Hell I paid $160 retail and I love my new screen.
Given what that is as a fraction of even an entry level developer salary, the fact that its equipment that will get depreciated (can't forget that), lasts at least 5 if not 10 years or more (on average and honestly I doubt we are going to see so much improvement in size/resolution since we have hit the point of diminishing returns for most applications) etc.... lets just say, I think if the company can't justify spending that, even if it is just to keep a developer happy, then it speaks very poorly of the company.
If $150 and a bit extra electricity is such a big problem, the company finances are fucked and you should worry. If its not that, then management is overly into micromanagement and is making very short sighted decisions based on their view of needs rather than focusing on keeping everything running smoothly and their employees content. Either way, i would say that, if they don't listen to you and fix this,.... its time to put resumes out before they tank or make life miserable.
I have never had two monitors, but I have seen it done. Actually, I agree with this alot. Screen is a precious and limited resource. Right now I have 10 windows on this desktop, and 5 on another. Just shuffling through the pile on this one takes a few seconds, a few seconds where I can lose a train of thought, or get distracted. If I had more desktop, I would totally use it.
Its especially the case when you have an IDE open, which really needs to take up most of the screen much of the time and is painful to be constantly resizing.... and a web browser, also taking up much of the screen and sometimes, multiple terminal windows on top of that... never mind email and IM etc.
Not everything needs the fullness of the screen and virtual desktops can definitely help but, when looking at both code and its output result, I am unsurprised that it would be helpful.
> It's like angering a mob boss - the boss could let you off easy, or the boss could introduce you to some new subterranean living arrangements. Because
> he has power to do both.
Its funny, my first thought on seeing this article was "It sounds like Omerta". Sure, they are a leaking organization but, it also means they need to vette information and act accordingly. If I make shit up about someone and send it to wikileaks, that is their reputation if they print it... if its real,. then my identity could put me at risk if it were known, there are many reasons to ask for silence from wikileaks members based on what they are handling.
Well in a Sex worker/Customer relationship? No.
However, what if you are a pimp/brothel owner? These are your employees. A girl who learns to suck a mean cock may fetch a lot more business in the long term than one who uses too much teeth.
I doubt that some basic level of training isn't quite common in such relationships.
Though, they know where you live already.... bring it inside the house, and just leave it sitting in your living room.... or attach it to the chimney.
OOOh.... better yet... mail it around! Just toss it in an express mail box, and mail it somewhere fun... like... some tiny little town in Alaska.
Even better, get a mailing box, put it inside... beat up the box a bit, tape it all around the seams on the outside, and put a small dab or two of oil on it.... address it to a local FBI main office, and send it along. Say nothing else, do nothing else... use a fake return address, and inside a small note "I believe you dropped this"
Before doing this, do take out their sweet batteries and replace them with cheapo D-Cells.... I bet they use the damned thing again without checking.
Honestly, that would be my biggest score, the sweet batteries.
-Steve
Screw that, I would head down the the nearest marina and attach it to someone's boat lol. Or another car.... maybe a truck trailer....
Hmmm I agree that "no means no" and all that but... there is right, and there is right.
I, personally, have no problem with people who grow, sell, or smoke pot. I consider laws against it to be little to no different than laws against say.... being jewish. Really, I put them on about the same level of legitimacy.
So in my eyes, a person who gets arrested for weed is.... being oppressed.... being harmed by criminals in blue.
That said... everyone knows it is illegal. If you walk out of the house with a lbs of weed in a clear freezer bag under your arm, and you get stopped and arrested for it.... I will agree thats inappropriate, and the police and courts are wrong to do this injustice to you, but... you are still a fucking moron.
When you know there is danger, right or wrong, and you take no precaution to protect yourself, you may not be morally at fault or to blame, but for all practical purposes, it is partially your fault.
Who is going to play that? Shit, I always balk a bit at $60 for a game, but, that's at least somewhat reasonable. I don't have 100 million burning a hole in my pocket though, good luck to anyone who picks up that title. Not going to be massively multiplayer with a cost like that!
There is a farm, Chestnut Farm, in western MA that raises animals. They work it as a CSA where people sign up for shares with a monthly price, and then they know how much to produce on an ongoing basis (10 lbs increments on shares) and then....
Once a month, at a farmers market, they setup a stand and distribute shares. Usually bringing fresh eggs from a neighboring farm to sell.
They actually have pickups at several local farmers markets on different days.
Agreed though "they" have done more than that. I was very curious about Anonymous recently and um.... I am unconvinced that they are a specific "group". Its very Omar Ravenhurst. You do whatever you want, declare yourself anonymous, and other people, who do the same, will either cheer or denounce you. Thats not a "group" by any traditional definition. Its a label whose meaning is entirely in what it really can't be... which is... an organized group. Organized groups may exist within the overall umbrella name, but to call such a thing an organized group? Not so much.
I would posit... this is not anonymous for two very specific reasons A) no statement has been put out bragging about it and claiming it as the work of anonymoyus. B) Related to A: since A has not happened, there have been no counter statements by other anonymous claiming solidarity with the action or claiming that it is not the work of Anonymous.
Without the statement by Anonymous, and community approval by those who also fly the anonymous flag, it is not the work of Anonymous.
I disagree, I think much of our society is based on the fact that most people are pretty decent and, don't really steal, murder, rape, and coerce eachother that much in most normal situations. Even some of the more common criminals are what, shoplifting by punk kids? Most people who commit a crime or two when they are young well... as we age we don't do as much of anything as we used to, and even those kids who may commit a minor crime, don't just willy nilly steal from friends, they usually have some lame rationalization for it.
I can't think of any time in my life where it was the law that really dictated my behaviour except totally superficial BS like yearly car inspections and paying parking tickets. Never was I like, boy if it only wasn't for the police I would shove a gun in someones face and take their wallet, or rob a bank, or rape a woman.
Honestly, given the pattern with criminality and age, I think everything that is done to provide more opportunity for parents to raise their kids properly and provide access and opportunity to ways to make a living and provide for oneself and attain a similar level to others does way way more to reduce crime than offering law enforcement even fantastically unlimited resources can.... preventing new criminals from moving on to more and worst crime or from doing it int he first place.... and existing criminals are a time limited problem.
Shit, how worried are you about a frail, 70 year old guy whose crime was raping 20 year old girls? His targets would kick his ass and put him in the hospital. Guess what, everyone ages, so, think of it like insects... you don't need to kill the adults if you can interrupt their breeding cycle or kill their grubs int he ground.
I guess if you need it you need it. There we go. Good thing I don't need an iPhone.