I'm amazed that some people are so terrified of the "evildoers" that they 1. Want the government to keep records of absolutely everything possible, thus ending "privacy." 2. Think the government actually has the capacity to process ALL of that data and make people any safer than they were before.
"Oh God they could kill us at any second! Save us Mr. President!" "Who is 'they'?" "Well, we don't know." "What are 'they' going to do?" "Well, we don't know." "Ok, I'll stop 'them' from doing 'it'!"
Did they not suspect at all that something unusual might be going on when they were asked what they would do with a gun then shortly afterwards placed in a room with an odd mirror (like in all 200 of those police drama TV shows) and a gun sitting right in front of them?
they're used to following orders and gunfire in their immediate vicinity in somewhat closed spaces Yeah I'm sure if you took a LAN competition full of CSers and threw them into real combat they'd have nerves of steel.
Every time a double standard comes up when Microsoft is involved, I always start seeing "convicted monopolist" pop up frequently. Yeah, they are a convicted monopolist. What does that have to do with this issue? Besides their lack of ethics? Gee I dunno. It would be logical to think that has to do with every issue they're involved in.
Article Three defines treason as levying war against the United States or "in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort," and requires the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or a confession in open court for conviction.
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I'm amazed that some people are so terrified of the "evildoers" that they
1. Want the government to keep records of absolutely everything possible, thus ending "privacy."
2. Think the government actually has the capacity to process ALL of that data and make people any safer than they were before.
"Oh God they could kill us at any second! Save us Mr. President!"
"Who is 'they'?"
"Well, we don't know."
"What are 'they' going to do?"
"Well, we don't know."
"Ok, I'll stop 'them' from doing 'it'!"
Having read that over a few times, I see now that this is actually a campaign for pornography, which opposes the internet. Right?
What age were these kids?
Did they not suspect at all that something unusual might be going on when they were asked what they would do with a gun then shortly afterwards placed in a room with an odd mirror (like in all 200 of those police drama TV shows) and a gun sitting right in front of them?
It would be logical to think that has to do with every issue they're involved in.
What is the purpose of a clock on a login screen? Sounds like an early symptom of featuritis.
Slow down there...
It's in the OS down to the hardware level?
Think about that.
Anything you find on beliefnet.com must be objective truth.
Right?
Have you ever considered that democracy might not be the best form of government for every state in the world?
Ever studied the Soviet Union? See any parallels?