pc is some serious shit. pcers generally play with keyboard wasd and function keys and mouse, which requires greater coordination, attention, and dedication (tiring). therefore, they are more honed in their gaming 'skillZ' (tm) than people playing with consoles with easy to use, ergonomic designed controllers. moreover, the pc gamers play full spectrum of games with that keyboard and mouse, as opposed to console-friendly games made for or ported to consoles, further increasing their skills regarding coordination and gaming.
what should embarrass you is that, a party is having to sink into that level, because the other was not only filthy enough to sink to that level, but was also allowed to. leaving the other with no choice but to do the same, or get into disadvantage.
really. i think there is no straight working thing left in american system at this point. all became either rotten to the core of betraying the founding principles or broken to the point of betraying them.
'process' has gone away looong ago. in a perverse system, the only way you can achieve a straight result, unfortunately happens to be through perverse methods.
do ya. so you do have choices, do ya. but you forget - those who want to deny a choice to you, can afford to field a private, professional army (aka mercenaries, private 'security' contractors etc) against you.
despite i have detailed economies of scale, and given the reach of corporations, you have come up like an idiot and proposed that you had a choice of not buying from amazon. and who will you buy a book from ? you will go and buy a book from another source that monopolizes the market along with amazon. just like how 80% of all industries are monopolized by 3 to 4 corporations, and the rest 20% is either out of reach of the consumers at any given time, or infeasible to use. keep believing you have a choice. chances are high that the other 'competitor' you would be buying from would have a share relationship at a certain point in the corporate structure hierarchy with the one you are not buying from, through shareholderships, ownerships and proxy companies.
corporations today are bigger than governments. until fools like you wake up to this fact and become aware that a corporation can govern your life much more than a government can, we will have to take all this shit.
no. you dont have choice. economies of scale in capitalism do not allow choice. dont fool yourself.
amazon is a private corporation. they are a private entity. they are allowed to do whatever they wish to do with their property. they may choose to serve whomever they want and refuse whomever they want.
even if they monopolize their field to a great extent alone, or with a few other 'competitors', and therefore their choices would basically mean what citizens will be able to do and what they can not, in that field of life, its still their right, because, well, they are 'private', its 'their' property and they are free to do whatever they wish with it. actually, any corporation has those rights, even if they are as big as a fscking country or biger.
back when this movement for democratic change and zimbabwe thing hit the headlines, i first thought that people of zimbabwe were trying to topple a dictator. but, the american and british media had made SO much of that in their news over all the other simultaneous issues on the planet (korea, iraq, somalia, somalian pirates) going on at that time that, i had started to think somethign was afoot. it wasnt this or that - american news channels were filling almost every slot with zimbabwe. if they couldnt find anything to make news of, they would put random video in which zimbabweans would be running around, and have pundits talk in front of them. european news channels were largely uninterested.
at that point i thought, 'alright. america is trying to topple this crook, and replace it with their own crook'. for, mugabe was a piece of filth that wouldnt play along with america.
so now it turns out that it was as such. all that i see this leak damaging, is not the potential for democracy in zimbwabwe, but, the capability of america to replace a crook, with their own crook. zimbabwe is very rich in natural resources, which angloamerican corporations werent able to monopolize yet.
mugabe, even though the bastardly filth he is, is a player who wouldnt play with usa in any way. and, a few years ago, suddenly this 'movement for democratic change' came into the headlines, with tsangvirai. at first, i took it at face value, thinking that people of zimbabwe started an upheaval against a dictator. but, the american news channels were leaning on this story SO much that, i had started to think something was afoot. it wasnt every other headline, this or that, but they were entirely bent on this, making specials on it, broadcasting random zimbabweans running around if they couldnt find something to broadcast at that particular hour, despite a lot of other important issues (ranging from koreas to somalia and somalian pirates, iraq, afghanistan) was going about at that particular period. some british news channels were following suit, but in less density, and european channels were basically uninterested.
it was as if most important of the world's issues was the dictator in zimbabwe, and movement for democratic change, for angloamerican news channels.
at that point i thought, 'yeah, i think america is trying to topple that crook and replace it with a crook of their own'.
and it turns out that, it was as such. all that this leak damages, is the ability of america replacing a crook, with its own crook.
sounds socialist to you. what you need is more 'jobs' (somehow, NEVER come) and 'less regulation/encumberances on corporations', which were there in the last decades.
and now we have a global credit SCAM, from which finance may never recover. there are even 'less jobs', because it is much easier to make money over money and (investment tools). and the top 7% of your society has 72% of everything (including income) whereas bottom 80% has to do with 15%
and the other hairy guys. i remember how their witnessing/expert opinion (if i remember a linux trial) was instrumental in turning the case over long ago. they had had talked so down to earth, in so easy understandable terms that, jury had started their verdict with 'the hairy guys are right' and went on to deliver a blow to patent trolls.
i, as a citizen, see the right in me to know what my government is doing, with MY money. anyone who is letting me know that, is my friend. anyone who is trying to prevent that, is against freedoms and liberties of modern society. i see no difference in between stifling freedoms and oppressing people 'for the sake of nation' in 19th century and doing the same 'for the sake of national security' in 21th century.
Protecting the interests of their private masters? Okay, now look. Just forget all that shit about the enemy of my enemy, or the friend of my enemy, and just recognize that you should applaud the laudable and decry that which should be cried over. Wired is here seeking to strike a blow for journalistic integrity and they should be supported in the same.
oh no, i cant. because that 'decent journalism' always kicks in at the time a corporate publication needs to protect the interest of their masters.
well done for protecting the interests of their private masters, the established megacorps. see who ultimately owns wired, and see what publications they are running.
as long as morons like you around, who can be easily fooled to believe that a publishing outfit is 'free' and 'unbiased' because of having the cognitive capacity to actually go around and check the corporate ownership chain going up to the ultimate parent company, it will be very easy for the private interests to make monkeys out of citizens.
well done sir. bask in your morondom. and, make comments like 'now, this is journalism'.
it doesnt misrepresent anything. the corporations which are the sponsors of republican party and american right are annoyed with the level of freedom you have on the internet. they see it damaging to themselves. also there are rogue companies like google, which do not comply with the existing corporate hierarchy and bow to them like others do. so, internet is the enemy.
they use their media monopoly (http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1867262&cid=34218862) (80% of american news are owned by parents of 4 movie studios) in order to fool and deceive the gullible. then, these come up to you and yell about their freedoms.
its no different than catholic church sending people to die in middle east by yelling 'deus vult'.
adam smith's invisible hand, is a belief. a belief which has been admitted to being unworkable, by the very priest of that church, alan greenspan, just a year ago during his testimony in front of the senate inquiry committee.
'simply the response of free consumers in a free marketplace' is the greatest bullshit in the light of the fact that a company which is as big as a country, has the power to dominate and limit the choice of the consumers you speak of. 4 of these companies, are enough to totally dominate a country. think to yourself, why the hell has the prices of music media has remained around $15 apiece, despite there has been great cost reduction through technologies for production and distribution. buy a cleaning product tomorrow. but this time, check the logo that sits under the small print at the back. then check other cleaning products in the rack, seemingly with different brands. see that your entire cleaning supply is actually produced by just 2-3 corporations, but sold with different brands.
your choice is a stupid belief. it exists as much as the choice of a serf going somewhere else in the kingdom and being 'free' existed, back in middle ages.
again, because they had the naivete to elect a right wing government. right wing governments are always pro-corporation, anti-people in any given country.
Republicans have no authority over those budget items. That's entirely in the hands of the Democrats in congress. Happily, that's going to (partly) change next year. But that still leaves Harry Reid in charge of that agenda in Senate, as he has been for years. Only he can control whether or not those budgets go up or down.
except that it happened on republican term.
Obviously, because then you'd have to deal in facts. Which I can understand you're hesitant to do, because then you'd have to explain the actions of the party that's actually in control of the legislature, and has been for years.
i have learned the 'fact' that american right wing uses the word 'fact', as if it represented a bouqet of parsley, cheaply, like you are doing.
just saying 'fact' in an abrupt, blunt and repetitive manner doesnt make something a 'fact'.
no, i wont bother losing time with brainwashed zealots, while they can access truth just a google search further. now, educate yourself, as it is your responsibility.
too bad. because there is no magical construct, apparatus, 'invisible hand' that is going to come to your aid. either you take the responsibility and the only tool known to mankind up to date to effect it, or your liberties get violated, 'privately'.
lack of knowledge of history keeps people gullible. mark these words.
stalin's communist russia was only communist in name, just like how nazi party's germany was 'socialist' in name. both were dictatorships. the only difference was that, in soviet russia, there was some degree of democratic process, in which party members could elect party officials in each increasing level. what turned it into fascism was that as the party official level went up, there was more influence of the established members in regard to what happens. (no different than current united states high level administration/senate).
still they are both ends of the totalitarianism spectrum, in a CERTAIN dimension. fascist nazi party was the epitome of corporate supported repressive right wing, stalin russia was the example of communally owned dictatorship. in the choice of repressiveness, they were the same, in the basis of ideology they were exploiting, they were opposite ends.
that makes american right far more moron than they actually appear to be, because the dimension they are trying to equate nazis with socialism is the dimension that the extreme examples in the above excerpt are only separated by that dimension.
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all of the games you speak of, are available on pc directly or through emulators.
pc is some serious shit. pcers generally play with keyboard wasd and function keys and mouse, which requires greater coordination, attention, and dedication (tiring). therefore, they are more honed in their gaming 'skillZ' (tm) than people playing with consoles with easy to use, ergonomic designed controllers. moreover, the pc gamers play full spectrum of games with that keyboard and mouse, as opposed to console-friendly games made for or ported to consoles, further increasing their skills regarding coordination and gaming.
what should embarrass you is that, a party is having to sink into that level, because the other was not only filthy enough to sink to that level, but was also allowed to. leaving the other with no choice but to do the same, or get into disadvantage.
really. i think there is no straight working thing left in american system at this point. all became either rotten to the core of betraying the founding principles or broken to the point of betraying them.
'process' has gone away looong ago. in a perverse system, the only way you can achieve a straight result, unfortunately happens to be through perverse methods.
and how are they calling out ? any examples of calling it out ?
do ya. so you do have choices, do ya. but you forget - those who want to deny a choice to you, can afford to field a private, professional army (aka mercenaries, private 'security' contractors etc) against you.
despite i have detailed economies of scale, and given the reach of corporations, you have come up like an idiot and proposed that you had a choice of not buying from amazon. and who will you buy a book from ? you will go and buy a book from another source that monopolizes the market along with amazon. just like how 80% of all industries are monopolized by 3 to 4 corporations, and the rest 20% is either out of reach of the consumers at any given time, or infeasible to use. keep believing you have a choice. chances are high that the other 'competitor' you would be buying from would have a share relationship at a certain point in the corporate structure hierarchy with the one you are not buying from, through shareholderships, ownerships and proxy companies.
http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0718-worlds_largest.html
corporations today are bigger than governments. until fools like you wake up to this fact and become aware that a corporation can govern your life much more than a government can, we will have to take all this shit.
no. you dont have choice. economies of scale in capitalism do not allow choice. dont fool yourself.
amazon is a private corporation. they are a private entity. they are allowed to do whatever they wish to do with their property. they may choose to serve whomever they want and refuse whomever they want.
even if they monopolize their field to a great extent alone, or with a few other 'competitors', and therefore their choices would basically mean what citizens will be able to do and what they can not, in that field of life, its still their right, because, well, they are 'private', its 'their' property and they are free to do whatever they wish with it. actually, any corporation has those rights, even if they are as big as a fscking country or biger.
http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0718-worlds_largest.html
or, in other words, its naivete, and stupidity.
back when this movement for democratic change and zimbabwe thing hit the headlines, i first thought that people of zimbabwe were trying to topple a dictator. but, the american and british media had made SO much of that in their news over all the other simultaneous issues on the planet (korea, iraq, somalia, somalian pirates) going on at that time that, i had started to think somethign was afoot. it wasnt this or that - american news channels were filling almost every slot with zimbabwe. if they couldnt find anything to make news of, they would put random video in which zimbabweans would be running around, and have pundits talk in front of them. european news channels were largely uninterested.
at that point i thought, 'alright. america is trying to topple this crook, and replace it with their own crook'. for, mugabe was a piece of filth that wouldnt play along with america.
so now it turns out that it was as such. all that i see this leak damaging, is not the potential for democracy in zimbwabwe, but, the capability of america to replace a crook, with their own crook. zimbabwe is very rich in natural resources, which angloamerican corporations werent able to monopolize yet.
mugabe, even though the bastardly filth he is, is a player who wouldnt play with usa in any way. and, a few years ago, suddenly this 'movement for democratic change' came into the headlines, with tsangvirai. at first, i took it at face value, thinking that people of zimbabwe started an upheaval against a dictator. but, the american news channels were leaning on this story SO much that, i had started to think something was afoot. it wasnt every other headline, this or that, but they were entirely bent on this, making specials on it, broadcasting random zimbabweans running around if they couldnt find something to broadcast at that particular hour, despite a lot of other important issues (ranging from koreas to somalia and somalian pirates, iraq, afghanistan) was going about at that particular period. some british news channels were following suit, but in less density, and european channels were basically uninterested.
it was as if most important of the world's issues was the dictator in zimbabwe, and movement for democratic change, for angloamerican news channels.
at that point i thought, 'yeah, i think america is trying to topple that crook and replace it with a crook of their own'.
and it turns out that, it was as such. all that this leak damages, is the ability of america replacing a crook, with its own crook.
sounds socialist to you. what you need is more 'jobs' (somehow, NEVER come) and 'less regulation/encumberances on corporations', which were there in the last decades.
and now we have a global credit SCAM, from which finance may never recover. there are even 'less jobs', because it is much easier to make money over money and (investment tools). and the top 7% of your society has 72% of everything (including income) whereas bottom 80% has to do with 15%
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html
the bullshit you propose, does NOT work. thats that.
and the other hairy guys. i remember how their witnessing/expert opinion (if i remember a linux trial) was instrumental in turning the case over long ago. they had had talked so down to earth, in so easy understandable terms that, jury had started their verdict with 'the hairy guys are right' and went on to deliver a blow to patent trolls.
comes after profits, in united states of capitalica ... i dont know there is an economic system which encourages lack of spine more than capitalism.
this is the apex of copyright bullshit, and it is a serious issue. "humming a song ? you need to pay us !"
as times change. and may change their allegiance.
i, as a citizen, see the right in me to know what my government is doing, with MY money. anyone who is letting me know that, is my friend. anyone who is trying to prevent that, is against freedoms and liberties of modern society. i see no difference in between stifling freedoms and oppressing people 'for the sake of nation' in 19th century and doing the same 'for the sake of national security' in 21th century.
Protecting the interests of their private masters? Okay, now look. Just forget all that shit about the enemy of my enemy, or the friend of my enemy, and just recognize that you should applaud the laudable and decry that which should be cried over. Wired is here seeking to strike a blow for journalistic integrity and they should be supported in the same.
oh no, i cant. because that 'decent journalism' always kicks in at the time a corporate publication needs to protect the interest of their masters.
well done for protecting the interests of their private masters, the established megacorps. see who ultimately owns wired, and see what publications they are running.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Publications
as long as morons like you around, who can be easily fooled to believe that a publishing outfit is 'free' and 'unbiased' because of having the cognitive capacity to actually go around and check the corporate ownership chain going up to the ultimate parent company, it will be very easy for the private interests to make monkeys out of citizens.
well done sir. bask in your morondom. and, make comments like 'now, this is journalism'.
it doesnt misrepresent anything. the corporations which are the sponsors of republican party and american right are annoyed with the level of freedom you have on the internet. they see it damaging to themselves. also there are rogue companies like google, which do not comply with the existing corporate hierarchy and bow to them like others do. so, internet is the enemy.
they use their media monopoly (http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1867262&cid=34218862) (80% of american news are owned by parents of 4 movie studios) in order to fool and deceive the gullible. then, these come up to you and yell about their freedoms.
its no different than catholic church sending people to die in middle east by yelling 'deus vult'.
so, it took the route which all unregulated economic (and even political) social environments take ? surprise, surprise ....
the incident happened before 2006. moron. and still talks about 'facts'. you are indeed a right wing drone that watches fox news apparently.
adam smith's invisible hand, is a belief. a belief which has been admitted to being unworkable, by the very priest of that church, alan greenspan, just a year ago during his testimony in front of the senate inquiry committee.
'simply the response of free consumers in a free marketplace' is the greatest bullshit in the light of the fact that a company which is as big as a country, has the power to dominate and limit the choice of the consumers you speak of. 4 of these companies, are enough to totally dominate a country. think to yourself, why the hell has the prices of music media has remained around $15 apiece, despite there has been great cost reduction through technologies for production and distribution. buy a cleaning product tomorrow. but this time, check the logo that sits under the small print at the back. then check other cleaning products in the rack, seemingly with different brands. see that your entire cleaning supply is actually produced by just 2-3 corporations, but sold with different brands.
your choice is a stupid belief. it exists as much as the choice of a serf going somewhere else in the kingdom and being 'free' existed, back in middle ages.
again, because they had the naivete to elect a right wing government. right wing governments are always pro-corporation, anti-people in any given country.
Republicans have no authority over those budget items. That's entirely in the hands of the Democrats in congress. Happily, that's going to (partly) change next year. But that still leaves Harry Reid in charge of that agenda in Senate, as he has been for years. Only he can control whether or not those budgets go up or down.
except that it happened on republican term.
Obviously, because then you'd have to deal in facts. Which I can understand you're hesitant to do, because then you'd have to explain the actions of the party that's actually in control of the legislature, and has been for years.
i have learned the 'fact' that american right wing uses the word 'fact', as if it represented a bouqet of parsley, cheaply, like you are doing.
just saying 'fact' in an abrupt, blunt and repetitive manner doesnt make something a 'fact'.
no, i wont bother losing time with brainwashed zealots, while they can access truth just a google search further. now, educate yourself, as it is your responsibility.
http://www.google.com/search?q=republican+hypocrisy&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
too bad. because there is no magical construct, apparatus, 'invisible hand' that is going to come to your aid. either you take the responsibility and the only tool known to mankind up to date to effect it, or your liberties get violated, 'privately'.
lack of knowledge of history keeps people gullible. mark these words.
stalin's communist russia was only communist in name, just like how nazi party's germany was 'socialist' in name. both were dictatorships. the only difference was that, in soviet russia, there was some degree of democratic process, in which party members could elect party officials in each increasing level. what turned it into fascism was that as the party official level went up, there was more influence of the established members in regard to what happens. (no different than current united states high level administration/senate).
still they are both ends of the totalitarianism spectrum, in a CERTAIN dimension. fascist nazi party was the epitome of corporate supported repressive right wing, stalin russia was the example of communally owned dictatorship. in the choice of repressiveness, they were the same, in the basis of ideology they were exploiting, they were opposite ends.
that makes american right far more moron than they actually appear to be, because the dimension they are trying to equate nazis with socialism is the dimension that the extreme examples in the above excerpt are only separated by that dimension.