Thats another approach and might as well be valid. And it is not nice for what we have going on on the net. Internet is a revolution on par with french revolution, or the enlightenment or renaissance. It is very important. It is 'the people'. It is us.
Nay. Advertising is trying to make some persone or concept look better than it is. You can easily discern advertising, as it is done in proper, and known forms that we are accustomed to.
However 'paid' opinions are not this way. They LOOK like real opinions, opinions from people like you and me, in our midst, so they gain more credibility because of that aspect - whereas they are NOT real opinions belonging to people in our midst, they are paid propaganda to make other people believe.
From what you wrote, you yourself also realize the fact that when there is PAID 'opinions' allowed, there cant be a fair competition.
Propaganda might not be illegal, and getting paid propaganda might not be illegal too, however it is not foolish to say that paid propaganda, paid 'opinions' are being and will definitely be used to proponent lies, non-truth and other fallacious concepts that are harmful to the people, but beneficial to minorities in society. This, is a dangerous trend.
This is not 'public relations' or not 'lobbying' - this is PAID propaganda. And this particular one, is what is actually lying about some person to demean him/her - the owners of this firm need to be sued, and to hell that is, and should be expelled from public life.
This is NOT democracy. Anyone who tells that this is democracy, are probably other paid propagandists.
"It's tempting to believe that government regulation of the Internet would be more consumer-friendly; history and economics suggest otherwise." And this is all i am going to think and say about such shit that is produced by 'lobby companies' (oh god, what a fantastic name for paid propaganda work) - CRAP.
I dont think it is overseas workers that is causing the non-reflection of higher incomes of companies to workers' paychecks.
We do not have such a situation, ie overseas workers, immigration, outsourcing etc in turkey, however extraordinary profits that companies make never get reflected to paychecks.
The reason for that is the 'economist' style of thinking. Its like a game - lower your costs, raise your prices as much as you can, dont care about the end result. This, what all economists, policy makers are taught in colleges. The result, comes up as it is now.
If you have higher income, and can make an engineer work twice as much, do it.
Exposing scandals or creating them to oust their opponents is a general practice in politics round the world. However, creating scandals on their own, to save their own butt, is something republicans have single handed championship over it. Theres scandal, and there is scandal. Big scandal is what really matters as the smaller ones, less harmful ones are much too common.
You americans sure have a talent for electing people that will make grand-scale scandals. And surprisingly, he who creates these scandals are ALWAYS republicans.
Well science is no different than its journalism anyway. On some dig site they find 50-60 similar pottery, and they immediately conclude that particular pottery and design was too common in that civilization.
I cant believe how scientists create complete scenarios with details for things that happened aeons ago and they do not have even the little of sufficient evidence to justify sufficient crap :
Scientists now think a meteorite much larger than the Tunguska event fell from the sky and exploded over the Sahara in prehistoric times. The tremendous heat of the 1000 A-bomb sized fireball melted large chunks of desert sand into perfect glass. The memory of such an apocalyptic event may have made sand-glass gems a desirable symbol, meant to emphasize the pharaoh's heavenly powers.
And then the fish were living in trees, and people had 3 legs. Ah, the meteorite brought to you by courtesy of benign aliens.
The Soviet Union was just the lion's share of the fallen Russian Empire with a different ruling body. Most of the territory hadn't been independent for generations and had no independent army or political structure.
Exactly. And you are probably aware that all the alliances, affiliations the other states create in the area cant match russia's power in any case. Russia is also aware of this and it does not intervene in anything, unlike the chechen issue.
Ukraine, baltic states are the ones which have some number of industrial and technological strength, but, pitiful when compared to what russia is. This was the state in 1917, and it did not change up to now. There is no power vacuum of course, russia is the power. Any mistakes by some neighbor (old sscb member), its T type tanks overrunning vast plains again.
They don't have anywhere near the industrial capacity they one had, or the manpower. And their military was struggling to maintain itself even when they were ostensibly still a world power.
Old factories still stand, old framework is still there. As well as the technology and know-how. They are just not being operated as they are unprofitable in a free market economy. But, should a martial law be declared, they wont find it problematic to populate them with masses to churn out tanks. You talk about soviet army trying to maintain itself ? How so ? Never has been the soviet army been lacking in sscb times. If you say, the people of sscb were not happy with the life standards in the nation, as we can see from the broadcasts of the soviet state tv at the time of perestroika interviewing the people, you are right. Compared to standards in west, the apartments were lacking even some of the basic luxuries.
I don't buy that they could occupy anyone "in an instant", and I don't think that the populations of now sovereign nations would be subservient to a foreign power. Especially not with the alliances that their neighbors have made both with each other and neighboring countries.
Again 'alliances'. The only country with a noticeable power is ukraine. And its military, industry and monetary power as well as resources are dwarfed by russia alone. Turkmen states are jokes. They only have one prominent resource per country and thats it. Baltic states ? They dont have the manpower to even be considered as a sovereign state.
Yes, indeed instant occupation it would be, all except ukraine. And in ukraine, as anyone there in the army would know that resisting against russia would be a doomed affair, they would seek immediately to negotiate. Just like they do in the smallest conflict that arises with russia now - like in the gas problem.
You know that bit above where you say in an all out war Russia could declare marshall law and such? Same goes for China, and they have more people, a stronger economy, a more controlled populace, and a massive massive industrial base.
I agree with the fact that china can do blazes in the eastern asia. However as i said, china does not produce technology. Almost all of their army is old sscb technology, even most of these equipment were manufactured at some point in russia. This is nothing to stand against the u.s. with.
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Turkey. a republic run by majority popular vote, yet still corrupt as any country can be with greedy financial and political elements.
Thats another approach and might as well be valid. And it is not nice for what we have going on on the net. Internet is a revolution on par with french revolution, or the enlightenment or renaissance. It is very important. It is 'the people'. It is us.
Actually i live in a republic that has no electoral college concept, and the government is elected by majority vote.
Nay. Advertising is trying to make some persone or concept look better than it is. You can easily discern advertising, as it is done in proper, and known forms that we are accustomed to.
However 'paid' opinions are not this way. They LOOK like real opinions, opinions from people like you and me, in our midst, so they gain more credibility because of that aspect - whereas they are NOT real opinions belonging to people in our midst, they are paid propaganda to make other people believe.
From what you wrote, you yourself also realize the fact that when there is PAID 'opinions' allowed, there cant be a fair competition.
Propaganda might not be illegal, and getting paid propaganda might not be illegal too, however it is not foolish to say that paid propaganda, paid 'opinions' are being and will definitely be used to proponent lies, non-truth and other fallacious concepts that are harmful to the people, but beneficial to minorities in society. This, is a dangerous trend.
This is not 'public relations' or not 'lobbying' - this is PAID propaganda. And this particular one, is what is actually lying about some person to demean him/her - the owners of this firm need to be sued, and to hell that is, and should be expelled from public life.
This is NOT democracy. Anyone who tells that this is democracy, are probably other paid propagandists.
There definitely are some fun days ahead !!!
"It's tempting to believe that government regulation of the Internet would be more consumer-friendly; history and economics suggest otherwise."
And this is all i am going to think and say about such shit that is produced by 'lobby companies' (oh god, what a fantastic name for paid propaganda work) - CRAP.
PAID crap to FOOL PEOPLE.
It would be good if it goes well and succeeds. Might set a precedent for a free internet.
I remember you Monsieurs in the same way fucked up one of the best things that had ever happened to mankind - The French Revolution.
In case you forgot, you have gone radically nationalistic and allowed a megalomaniac declare himself 'le empereur'.
, inter-arab quarrels, radicals self-righteous semi-gay, imposing bureucrats.
Goodbye internet.
Nay you can. There are various levels of hypnosis. Various secret services around the world have been experimenting with it since the 70s.
Yea definitely i am. What can i do ? I have just got out of a hypnosis session where i was suggested to be so.
If you put hypnosis in it, you can get someone to do ANYTHING.
If such a technique is used, the research has no meaning.
But companies control governments, hence the policies through the parties they 'donate' to.
I dont think it is overseas workers that is causing the non-reflection of higher incomes of companies to workers' paychecks.
We do not have such a situation, ie overseas workers, immigration, outsourcing etc in turkey, however extraordinary profits that companies make never get reflected to paychecks.
The reason for that is the 'economist' style of thinking. Its like a game - lower your costs, raise your prices as much as you can, dont care about the end result. This, what all economists, policy makers are taught in colleges. The result, comes up as it is now.
If you have higher income, and can make an engineer work twice as much, do it.
compared to the workload they dump on people 30-40 years ago. however less pay.
Exposing scandals or creating them to oust their opponents is a general practice in politics round the world. However, creating scandals on their own, to save their own butt, is something republicans have single handed championship over it. Theres scandal, and there is scandal. Big scandal is what really matters as the smaller ones, less harmful ones are much too common.
DOH !
You americans sure have a talent for electing people that will make grand-scale scandals. And surprisingly, he who creates these scandals are ALWAYS republicans.
Well science is no different than its journalism anyway. On some dig site they find 50-60 similar pottery, and they immediately conclude that particular pottery and design was too common in that civilization.
I cant believe how scientists create complete scenarios with details for things that happened aeons ago and they do not have even the little of sufficient evidence to justify sufficient crap :
Scientists now think a meteorite much larger than the Tunguska event fell from the sky and exploded over the Sahara in prehistoric times. The tremendous heat of the 1000 A-bomb sized fireball melted large chunks of desert sand into perfect glass. The memory of such an apocalyptic event may have made sand-glass gems a desirable symbol, meant to emphasize the pharaoh's heavenly powers.
And then the fish were living in trees, and people had 3 legs. Ah, the meteorite brought to you by courtesy of benign aliens.
The Soviet Union was just the lion's share of the fallen Russian Empire with a different ruling body. Most of the territory hadn't been independent for generations and had no independent army or political structure.
Exactly. And you are probably aware that all the alliances, affiliations the other states create in the area cant match russia's power in any case. Russia is also aware of this and it does not intervene in anything, unlike the chechen issue.
Ukraine, baltic states are the ones which have some number of industrial and technological strength, but, pitiful when compared to what russia is. This was the state in 1917, and it did not change up to now. There is no power vacuum of course, russia is the power. Any mistakes by some neighbor (old sscb member), its T type tanks overrunning vast plains again.
They don't have anywhere near the industrial capacity they one had, or the manpower. And their military was struggling to maintain itself even when they were ostensibly still a world power.
Old factories still stand, old framework is still there. As well as the technology and know-how. They are just not being operated as they are unprofitable in a free market economy. But, should a martial law be declared, they wont find it problematic to populate them with masses to churn out tanks. You talk about soviet army trying to maintain itself ? How so ? Never has been the soviet army been lacking in sscb times. If you say, the people of sscb were not happy with the life standards in the nation, as we can see from the broadcasts of the soviet state tv at the time of perestroika interviewing the people, you are right. Compared to standards in west, the apartments were lacking even some of the basic luxuries.
I don't buy that they could occupy anyone "in an instant", and I don't think that the populations of now sovereign nations would be subservient to a foreign power. Especially not with the alliances that their neighbors have made both with each other and neighboring countries.
Again 'alliances'. The only country with a noticeable power is ukraine. And its military, industry and monetary power as well as resources are dwarfed by russia alone. Turkmen states are jokes. They only have one prominent resource per country and thats it. Baltic states ? They dont have the manpower to even be considered as a sovereign state.
Yes, indeed instant occupation it would be, all except ukraine. And in ukraine, as anyone there in the army would know that resisting against russia would be a doomed affair, they would seek immediately to negotiate. Just like they do in the smallest conflict that arises with russia now - like in the gas problem.
You know that bit above where you say in an all out war Russia could declare marshall law and such? Same goes for China, and they have more people, a stronger economy, a more controlled populace, and a massive massive industrial base.
I agree with the fact that china can do blazes in the eastern asia. However as i said, china does not produce technology. Almost all of their army is old sscb technology, even most of these equipment were manufactured at some point in russia. This is nothing to stand against the u.s. with.
... RIAA. Enjoy !
I do everything except the very frequent things (bread buying etc) from the net.
'Net' is our country, we are its citizens. We are the 'Net'.
As an added bonus, i can opt to go out and 'socialize' in the old fashioned way, in the manner and time i choose.
Isnt it fantastic ?
Dont each of us do a 'content free, useless me too' every now and then ?
That is my turn now dammit ! Respect it.