Actually, I do Jujitsu. Try holding a camera when someone is dropping you on your head. What I meant to suggest was someone NOT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN THE SPORT film it.
I don't think you'ld be able to do anything too active with that contraption on your head anyway. Plus I'd bet it isn't waterproof
When the company that makes the software for this bundles spyware with it, how much are they going to make letting advertisers (and the occasional law enforcement agency) know what you've been looking at?
What?? This article is not alarmist, it is WRONG.
Just because we are members of a group of people (as you said) does not mean we lose our individuality. We retain our ability to make decisions and act for ourselves independently of the group. This is something we learned during World War Two. It is the reason we no longer trust racist assumptions. It is the justification behind the end of bigotry.
I actually find what you said to be offensive.
You're comparing me with racists and Nazis? You know what that means...
No, people in organisations do not lose their individuality. I never said that. But organisations that are made up of voluntary members (as government agencies are) have to have a degree of responsibility for their employees behaviour. To indulge your silly Nazi analogy for a moment - Hitler and Eichmann wouldn't have had any responsiblity for the Holocaust because their underlings had free will, by your logic.
That isn't the same. Cubicle drones use/. personally, whilst this article is about government workers buying this data professionally, in order to get their jobs done.
If government employees are doing something on government time in the process of doing their job, surely the government is doing that thing? (seeing as a government is, ultimately, just a group of people)
The article is alarmist - but that is a better for the press to be too alarmist than to be insufficently dilligent.
For years its been quite stylish to voice an ideology of bringing competition into all aspects of life. This situation demonstrates the horrible flaw in the idea.
The question you've got to ask yourself is what about a person is actually being measured by the competative system? In educational systems like this one, what is being measured is the ability to pass a test. Cheaters score very highly on this scale, so you end up distilling the most ruthless cheaters from society.
Don't get too comfortable mocking China for this though - most western countries include extensive testing in their high school education systems, in the pursuit of the almight 'competativeness', and this leads to the same kind of thing.
I mean, isn't ANYTHING justified if it protects children from the sexual predators we all know run the internets?
Surely websites should not be allowed to let people communicate anonymously, because these people might be pedophiles! Anonymity only helps criminals and perverts!
Nothing is more important than making things safe for kids. Everyone who disagrees probably has kiddie porn on their harddrive.
I think the problem is a general ignorance and apathy. towards the importance of personal data. The only solution is what I call a RAL (Retard Abstraction Layer) which basically consists of all IT going through somebody who actually understands computers and IT issues.
I wouldn't take seriously any explanation posted here. I've read through a few of them, and although I myself am not a climatologists, they do strike me as being scientific-sounding rationalisations of an existing opinion.
Climate change is a kind of political topic, and this means that everyone who has a political opinion pretends to be an expert on the subject.
I also join the ranks of GAIM users who are feeling rather pleased with themselves right now.
But I know for a fact that even if someones computer ended up being totally wiped by something like this - I would still have trouble persuading them to use GAIM over MSN Messenger. There is a brand loyalty to MS that seems to transcend common sense.
How many bad viruses would it take to get rid of this trend?
No, science exists to find answers, but sometimes it disproves religion by accident.
Note that there is a difference between disproving religion and disproving God. One is impossible, but one has been done many, many times over the years.
It is about creationism, just not young Earth creationism.
The Catholic Church has accepted Evolution and the Big Bang, but they still need some kind of mystery involved in creation so that their God has a role to play. The don't want scientists producing results which might imply the Universe did not need some outside force to get it started.
But, I'm surprised to hear the Pope said this. I'd thought the Catholic church was relatively progressive in terms of creationism. A few hundred years ago, it might have made a difference what they thought.
These days, this kind of comment makes the church look archaic rather than actually discouraging scientists. At least in Europe.
The aim was a user friendly product that gave an emotional relationship, like a friend
People shouldn't have emotional relationships with phones. A phone is just a tool, nothing more. There isn't enough love in the world to waste it on consumer electronics.
I suppose if you were that fast, then you could afford to throw away £40 on this thing with all the money you were winning from Starcraft tournaments.
*Yes, I know its in $, but from my experience computer gear costs the same in £ as it does in $ despite £ being worth more. Sometimes it sucks being English.
Force is a very valid way of coercing nations' behavior. If Iran had no military, a rival nation could just march in. Or they could stockpile nukes in Iraq in launching range of our major cities and extort Iranian citizens.
Thankyou for pointing this out - its the tendency of governments, and the corporations backing them, to give the impression that they grant rights.
I'm from the UK though - and we don't have a clearly written constitution like you do. So, could we borrow yours? C'mon, its not like you're using it...
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Actually, I do Jujitsu. Try holding a camera when someone is dropping you on your head. What I meant to suggest was someone NOT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN THE SPORT film it.
I don't think you'ld be able to do anything too active with that contraption on your head anyway. Plus I'd bet it isn't waterproof
Then buy a camera and film it.
Better than looking like a Cybermans geeky brother
When the company that makes the software for this bundles spyware with it, how much are they going to make letting advertisers (and the occasional law enforcement agency) know what you've been looking at?
What?? This article is not alarmist, it is WRONG. Just because we are members of a group of people (as you said) does not mean we lose our individuality. We retain our ability to make decisions and act for ourselves independently of the group. This is something we learned during World War Two. It is the reason we no longer trust racist assumptions. It is the justification behind the end of bigotry. I actually find what you said to be offensive.
You're comparing me with racists and Nazis? You know what that means...
No, people in organisations do not lose their individuality. I never said that. But organisations that are made up of voluntary members (as government agencies are) have to have a degree of responsibility for their employees behaviour. To indulge your silly Nazi analogy for a moment - Hitler and Eichmann wouldn't have had any responsiblity for the Holocaust because their underlings had free will, by your logic.
That isn't the same. Cubicle drones use /. personally, whilst this article is about government workers buying this data professionally, in order to get their jobs done.
If government employees are doing something on government time in the process of doing their job, surely the government is doing that thing? (seeing as a government is, ultimately, just a group of people)
The article is alarmist - but that is a better for the press to be too alarmist than to be insufficently dilligent.
Silly American government, spending taxpayers money buying personal data...
Our government *sells* personal data, saving the taxpayer money!
For years its been quite stylish to voice an ideology of bringing competition into all aspects of life. This situation demonstrates the horrible flaw in the idea.
The question you've got to ask yourself is what about a person is actually being measured by the competative system? In educational systems like this one, what is being measured is the ability to pass a test. Cheaters score very highly on this scale, so you end up distilling the most ruthless cheaters from society.
Don't get too comfortable mocking China for this though - most western countries include extensive testing in their high school education systems, in the pursuit of the almight 'competativeness', and this leads to the same kind of thing.
Kind of makes me regret eating some last night
I will get people complaining that because I use GAIM I can't install their fancy new plugins.
Then they will vanish from the internet. Forever.
"fast enough to download a DVD movie in between 7.5 and 10 seconds -- to a mobile device traveling at 20 kilometers per hour."
Hopefully, at some point they will develop a technology that will let you download movies without running 50 metres.
I mean, isn't ANYTHING justified if it protects children from the sexual predators we all know run the internets?
Surely websites should not be allowed to let people communicate anonymously, because these people might be pedophiles! Anonymity only helps criminals and perverts!
Nothing is more important than making things safe for kids. Everyone who disagrees probably has kiddie porn on their harddrive.
Do YOU disagree? hmmm?
UK drivers are having their personal details *sold* by a government agency.
I think the problem is a general ignorance and apathy. towards the importance of personal data. The only solution is what I call a RAL (Retard Abstraction Layer) which basically consists of all IT going through somebody who actually understands computers and IT issues.
Good article, although I disagree with him on most points.
A good rebuttals I can think of is the discussion page on Lanier's entry in Wikipedia. The 'collective' has responded to his article by making its information more current.
I wouldn't take seriously any explanation posted here. I've read through a few of them, and although I myself am not a climatologists, they do strike me as being scientific-sounding rationalisations of an existing opinion.
Climate change is a kind of political topic, and this means that everyone who has a political opinion pretends to be an expert on the subject.
I also join the ranks of GAIM users who are feeling rather pleased with themselves right now.
But I know for a fact that even if someones computer ended up being totally wiped by something like this - I would still have trouble persuading them to use GAIM over MSN Messenger. There is a brand loyalty to MS that seems to transcend common sense.
How many bad viruses would it take to get rid of this trend?
No, science exists to find answers, but sometimes it disproves religion by accident.
Note that there is a difference between disproving religion and disproving God. One is impossible, but one has been done many, many times over the years.
It is about creationism, just not young Earth creationism.
The Catholic Church has accepted Evolution and the Big Bang, but they still need some kind of mystery involved in creation so that their God has a role to play. The don't want scientists producing results which might imply the Universe did not need some outside force to get it started.
Church versus Science. Not exactly a new story.
But, I'm surprised to hear the Pope said this. I'd thought the Catholic church was relatively progressive in terms of creationism. A few hundred years ago, it might have made a difference what they thought.
These days, this kind of comment makes the church look archaic rather than actually discouraging scientists. At least in Europe.
Its because they want to win.
Most people with any degree of power will say anything that further advances that power, regardless of the truth or not of it.
If you meet anyone who buys into the lie - ask them how they would feel if the phone company suddenly started charging them for receiving calls.
The aim was a user friendly product that gave an emotional relationship, like a friend
People shouldn't have emotional relationships with phones. A phone is just a tool, nothing more. There isn't enough love in the world to waste it on consumer electronics.
Well, that depends on how desperate you are to get wasted.
Of course, getting a fake ID is probably easier than travelling lightyears to drink highly toxic alchohol.
I suppose if you were that fast, then you could afford to throw away £40 on this thing with all the money you were winning from Starcraft tournaments.
*Yes, I know its in $, but from my experience computer gear costs the same in £ as it does in $ despite £ being worth more. Sometimes it sucks being English.
Force is a very valid way of coercing nations' behavior. If Iran had no military, a rival nation could just march in. Or they could stockpile nukes in Iraq in launching range of our major cities and extort Iranian citizens.
Very true.Thankyou for pointing this out - its the tendency of governments, and the corporations backing them, to give the impression that they grant rights.
I'm from the UK though - and we don't have a clearly written constitution like you do. So, could we borrow yours? C'mon, its not like you're using it...