I'm as eager as you are, but unfortunately, dealing with governments spying on me, assassins and dirty secrets are not my forte. I'm simply not courageous / interested enough.
It's nice to finally have real news to read, instead of the press releases from various interest-groups we're served daily, among the sex ads and articles.
Exposing prejudice from a clown on the internet however, is just too funny to pass up;)
You do know your government is spying on internet actvitity in Skandinavia, and giving access to USA, right?
You'd be surprised how much corruption is going on, even in countries like in Skandinavia. It's just not talked about very loudly, of course, that's the nature of it.
Alot of it also seems innocent on face-value. Like a telephone here and a few hints there, about what this prosecutor "should" do. However, it is very clear where the strings are coming from, but even then, very hard to determine criminal intent, or traceability. Leaks like this however, can turn the tables, and expose the abuse of power, however "small" it is.
In reality, all these "small" agreements and "understandings" adds up, and can be uncovered.
Naw, this is blown out of proportion. He might disappear though, to be on the safe side. It's rather ridiculous, like a book, like "1984" by George Orwell, or something like that, but there you have it.
In 20 years, we will hear he's died from natural causes and went mad in the last years, like Fischer.
In the meanwhile, he can serve as our society's Enemy. It's convenient for authorities to create such Enemies, like Obama Bin Laden. They don't really exist, because in reality they are not that powerful as our Overlords, but they're very convenient for them to divert our attention to something that is not really important.
Oh look, someone's alleged of sex-abuse. They've not charged him, since both the girls rather enjoyed it, but they still wanna question him, just not when he agrees to it.
Actually, I'm much more interested what's going on behind closed doors in banks, financial institutes, Swedish courthouses and parliaments, than this guy's sex life. You've bought the "government" diversion hook, line and sinker my friend.
Who's watching the watchers? Swedish surveillance on Skandinavian citizens' internet activity, how much money did this require? How much access do politicians have to USA and EU spy datacenters?
Sweden, with its surveillance of internet activity, even on traffic from neighbouring countries, has already sold off to USA. They're probably nervous these leaks will uncover how deep in US pockets Swedish leaders have gone..
Follow the money, and you'll end up in US, unfortunately. Sweden is just a worse puppet US-state than Norway.
Of course it is common practice. We just never get to hear about it, usually.
This is bull*hit power-abuse of the worst sort, and should be exposed for what it truly is. The criminals are now trying to cover their tracks, however, truth will prevail and bring them to justice.
*cough* Hillary *cough* Clinton *cough*
The sad thing is that if Wikileaks had published it all in one go, we've probably never would've heard a percentile of what is now coming out. Yes, journalism has really sunk to new lows all-around, and now people like Julian have to do their work for them.
Finally some real news to read.. The continuation will be interesting..
In countries that allow free press, the other company can research competitor products and expose competitor malpractices publicly. Thus minimize losses and maximizing good will.
In China however, anyone doing so will be banished by the government for someone or other friend of friend "losing face". The corruption and elite interests in countries like China simply make development slower and more unstable, just like Communistic 5-year plans. Although maybe not to the same extent, it HAS deadly consequences for a lot of Chinese citizens.
I see Wikileaks as a good thing. However, I believe more checks and balances should be applied to WHAT is released, not just release anything. Diplomatic embarrassments are not really worth publishing, because everybody knows it is going on and it can hurt foreign relationships.
But ultimately who knows? Maybe the leaked documents and the truth, will actually do something good? Who is most afraid of the truth? The evildoers of course. You can hear them complaining loudly now. Now you know who they are.
Your welcome. Some of us do want to discuss and broaden our minds, not just reiterate group-think and preconceptions.
Your argument is sound and legitimate also, and I thought it deserved more attention compared to the flamatory comments using profanity to make their point, that somehow got +5 insightful points at times.
Don't be rude to people you don't know, even if you aren't face-to-face with them.
Maybe best to tell that to diplomats before they are bad mouthing other people behind their backs?
Anyways, I think that is beside the whole issue. The real issues are those instances where diplomats are ordered to get biometric data on leaders, crack their passwords and encryption mechanisms, search briefcases and offices. Stuff like that.
Btw, I tried fixing the moderators giving you -1 Troll all over the place yesterday. No mod points today, and don't have patience for metamod, but I respect your opinion, for the sake of discussion. I just think it's like selling your soul to a soulless entity. Call it a corporation, call it a country, doesn't matter, it makes you blind to the REAL issues here.
Of course, you have to do a little journalism, some work, to get to the bottom of these papers, some real investigation.
There is nothing anti-American going on here. It was just another poor security decision after 9/11, just like Afghanistan, just like Iraq, just like Patriot Act, just like etc, etc., OR these papers were deliberately opened for access to 3 million workers, and are not that important anyways.
Just don't say you were never warned. These cowboys (republicans) had lots of warnings, and ample time, before shooting themselves in the foot.
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Yes, meditation is really a part of yoga, but if you are able to just meditate, in a well-established practice, that's great!
For many though, there is so much restlessness in body and mind, yoga, exercise and other stress-relievers can get you ready to really be able to meditate.
The goal is not to be stress-free however, and it is suggested you should be working normally and interacting with other people as well.
There are many who "meditate" though, but are not really doing it correctly, or missing progress, for lack of a better word, or just stuck with a misconception and lack input to clear them up.
Therefore it is suggested by all great teachers to find a teacher you're comfortable with, and stick to their teachings for a longer time (years not months).
However, by then, it has in many cases become a lifestyle, and not for "everybody", because everybody has their own individual needs and challenges. However, it is very much worthwhile when it happens, and deeply satisfying. After some years, it may be time to part with that teacher, and not become too stuck with a particular teaching.
Point is, there is more we can learn about life than just what we can study in books, learn in school or just by living. Some of my greatest moments have been experienced learning and teaching yoga, but I guess can be had in many martial arts such as tai chi, qui gong, meditation, buddhism, rites, etc., as well.
My stance is that these things can help, but you shouldn't become stuck in them like a religion, yuck;)
Anyone can apply for as many patents as they can stomach. Just because everybody can be doing it, doesn't mean everybody should be doing it. It'll just make everything worse for everybody, wouldn't it?
On the other hand, those who are eager to start implementing an idea, market and produce it successfully, you know, actually WORK, are much more interested in doing that, rather than sue successful companies in court. To spend time and energy in courthouse would be counter-productive and hard for smaller companies to do successfully.
There's nothing much more to elaborate. Copyleft fixes alot of what's wrong with copyright, and Creative Commons even makes more fine-adjustments possible for artists and the like.
If GPL and CC were outlawed, however that may happen (if you believe it never could happen, then I'm not sure what planet you're living on), then copyright would be a much worse beast to live with.
Sometimes, it IS even useful to have your works automatically protected by copyright, so if we need to change something, we should really start at the patent system.
No, but you can patent any extention of something in public domain. In most cases, you can just reword the patent a little here, and include some differentiation there, and whoopie, suddenly it's an innovative piece of patent, ready to slay all other ideas that even resemble it!
You can't patent something already publicaly disclosed, however, it's still possible to create a minefield of patents, who someone sooner or later, is bound to step on at least a dozen of them.
For smaller companies, you're taking a huge risk developing anything, but for the big corporations, who bought these laws in the first place, this ensures less competition, less innovation and higher bar of entry to market. It's perfect, so for them the system works fine, and thus they won't be doing anything with it.
If the unfairness was aimed at huge corporations, the patent-system and copyright-laws would be gone within a few months or a year. I have no issue with the trademark-laws, and copyright might work out when we have something like GPL. However, the patent-system is such a big beast, it's continual existence is assured because of it, not in spite of it.
And don't forget to drink lots and lots of water every day! How could you forget?;-)
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You are spot on. You cannot "think" yourself out of stress. Often, it has the opposite effect. But exerting yourself into some physical activity, can be a tremendous stress-reliever.
I've also discovered breathing techniques and yoga to be very helpful to relieve both stress and delusions about one's place in this universe, also on how important one really is;-) Where mere physical activity can relieve your stress there and then, yoga and its knowledge, can relieve you of all kinds of fears and tensions, or help accept whatever comes, which is more important often than trying to "get rid of the bad feelings" - they tend only to get more stuck that way!
Some people become wise after a long life, but there are ways to speed up the process, if you're smart, and lucky;)
Yeah, this is a great "feature" to make me go to Debian or some other distro.
LTS is here to stay I hope, or I won't be using it.
Versioning is a feature, not a problem. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Introducing new features every day will just kill your stability, no matter what the marketing department says.
Also, versions give a definite reason to use Ubuntu. If it goes away, you'll never know what you'll get, and it is actually less marketable.
"We" (NATO) are already in Afghanistan. What we hope to accomplish there is beyond me, but USA is not entirely alone. Iraq was a massive mistake and a big fat lie, but it landed lots of jobs and resources for USA corporations, so it must be "good" for the "good guys".
What is surprising is the lack of uprising in the Middle East because of this. People there must really have hated Saddam anyways.. So the move was not a as big political suicide as it was economical..
Corporations can always move out of USA, so they will survive and all will be well, for huge megacorporations that is, not for us.
Just the fact that it is made possible on iPhone through the Exchange interface connecting to Google is enough.
Having such an interface is plain bullshit security, and is just one more reason to the piles of reason, never for me to buy any Apple product ever again.
This will also work for Google when you connect through the Exchange interface. You know, the one that sync calendar, email and address book in one sweep. So most geeks using iPhone is using that.
Just one more reason never to buy iPhone, Macbook Pro or iPod again.. Yeah, I'm disgruntled owner of all these and more junk, like Apple's Wifi offerings.
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I'm as eager as you are, but unfortunately, dealing with governments spying on me, assassins and dirty secrets are not my forte. I'm simply not courageous / interested enough.
It's nice to finally have real news to read, instead of the press releases from various interest-groups we're served daily, among the sex ads and articles.
Exposing prejudice from a clown on the internet however, is just too funny to pass up ;)
So truth be damned, let's keep screwing everyone over?
Not a friend I wanna have.
You do know your government is spying on internet actvitity in Skandinavia, and giving access to USA, right?
You'd be surprised how much corruption is going on, even in countries like in Skandinavia. It's just not talked about very loudly, of course, that's the nature of it.
Alot of it also seems innocent on face-value. Like a telephone here and a few hints there, about what this prosecutor "should" do. However, it is very clear where the strings are coming from, but even then, very hard to determine criminal intent, or traceability. Leaks like this however, can turn the tables, and expose the abuse of power, however "small" it is.
In reality, all these "small" agreements and "understandings" adds up, and can be uncovered.
Naw, this is blown out of proportion. He might disappear though, to be on the safe side. It's rather ridiculous, like a book, like "1984" by George Orwell, or something like that, but there you have it.
In 20 years, we will hear he's died from natural causes and went mad in the last years, like Fischer.
In the meanwhile, he can serve as our society's Enemy. It's convenient for authorities to create such Enemies, like Obama Bin Laden. They don't really exist, because in reality they are not that powerful as our Overlords, but they're very convenient for them to divert our attention to something that is not really important.
Oh look, someone's alleged of sex-abuse. They've not charged him, since both the girls rather enjoyed it, but they still wanna question him, just not when he agrees to it.
Something is very very rotten here..
Actually, I'm much more interested what's going on behind closed doors in banks, financial institutes, Swedish courthouses and parliaments, than this guy's sex life. You've bought the "government" diversion hook, line and sinker my friend.
Who's watching the watchers? Swedish surveillance on Skandinavian citizens' internet activity, how much money did this require? How much access do politicians have to USA and EU spy datacenters?
Enquiring minds wants to know..
You can tell someone's a sex offender from his looks?
Tell me, how does a hero look? And do you believe everything you see in the idiot-box?
Now, what would be interesting is uncovering why Sweden suddenly turned rotten and wether ill-gotten money has changed hands recently.
But that would require real journalism and police-work, something forgotten long time ago.
And we're entitled to think you're a prejudiced handy idiot for the powerful.
Have you read his statements? What do you agree or disagree with?
Why these ad-hominem attacks on someone you've never met or just heard rumors about?
Handy idiot for the powerful indeed.
Sweden, with its surveillance of internet activity, even on traffic from neighbouring countries, has already sold off to USA. They're probably nervous these leaks will uncover how deep in US pockets Swedish leaders have gone..
Follow the money, and you'll end up in US, unfortunately. Sweden is just a worse puppet US-state than Norway.
Of course it is common practice. We just never get to hear about it, usually.
This is bull*hit power-abuse of the worst sort, and should be exposed for what it truly is. The criminals are now trying to cover their tracks, however, truth will prevail and bring them to justice.
*cough* Hillary *cough* Clinton *cough*
The sad thing is that if Wikileaks had published it all in one go, we've probably never would've heard a percentile of what is now coming out. Yes, journalism has really sunk to new lows all-around, and now people like Julian have to do their work for them.
Finally some real news to read.. The continuation will be interesting..
In countries that allow free press, the other company can research competitor products and expose competitor malpractices publicly. Thus minimize losses and maximizing good will.
In China however, anyone doing so will be banished by the government for someone or other friend of friend "losing face". The corruption and elite interests in countries like China simply make development slower and more unstable, just like Communistic 5-year plans. Although maybe not to the same extent, it HAS deadly consequences for a lot of Chinese citizens.
I see Wikileaks as a good thing. However, I believe more checks and balances should be applied to WHAT is released, not just release anything. Diplomatic embarrassments are not really worth publishing, because everybody knows it is going on and it can hurt foreign relationships.
But ultimately who knows? Maybe the leaked documents and the truth, will actually do something good? Who is most afraid of the truth? The evildoers of course. You can hear them complaining loudly now. Now you know who they are.
Your welcome. Some of us do want to discuss and broaden our minds, not just reiterate group-think and preconceptions.
Your argument is sound and legitimate also, and I thought it deserved more attention compared to the flamatory comments using profanity to make their point, that somehow got +5 insightful points at times.
Don't be rude to people you don't know, even if you aren't face-to-face with them.
Maybe best to tell that to diplomats before they are bad mouthing other people behind their backs?
Anyways, I think that is beside the whole issue. The real issues are those instances where diplomats are ordered to get biometric data on leaders, crack their passwords and encryption mechanisms, search briefcases and offices. Stuff like that.
Btw, I tried fixing the moderators giving you -1 Troll all over the place yesterday. No mod points today, and don't have patience for metamod, but I respect your opinion, for the sake of discussion. I just think it's like selling your soul to a soulless entity. Call it a corporation, call it a country, doesn't matter, it makes you blind to the REAL issues here.
Of course, you have to do a little journalism, some work, to get to the bottom of these papers, some real investigation.
There is nothing anti-American going on here. It was just another poor security decision after 9/11, just like Afghanistan, just like Iraq, just like Patriot Act, just like etc, etc., OR these papers were deliberately opened for access to 3 million workers, and are not that important anyways.
Just don't say you were never warned. These cowboys (republicans) had lots of warnings, and ample time, before shooting themselves in the foot.
Yes, meditation is really a part of yoga, but if you are able to just meditate, in a well-established practice, that's great!
For many though, there is so much restlessness in body and mind, yoga, exercise and other stress-relievers can get you ready to really be able to meditate.
The goal is not to be stress-free however, and it is suggested you should be working normally and interacting with other people as well.
There are many who "meditate" though, but are not really doing it correctly, or missing progress, for lack of a better word, or just stuck with a misconception and lack input to clear them up.
Therefore it is suggested by all great teachers to find a teacher you're comfortable with, and stick to their teachings for a longer time (years not months).
However, by then, it has in many cases become a lifestyle, and not for "everybody", because everybody has their own individual needs and challenges. However, it is very much worthwhile when it happens, and deeply satisfying. After some years, it may be time to part with that teacher, and not become too stuck with a particular teaching.
Point is, there is more we can learn about life than just what we can study in books, learn in school or just by living. Some of my greatest moments have been experienced learning and teaching yoga, but I guess can be had in many martial arts such as tai chi, qui gong, meditation, buddhism, rites, etc., as well.
My stance is that these things can help, but you shouldn't become stuck in them like a religion, yuck ;)
Anyone can apply for as many patents as they can stomach. Just because everybody can be doing it, doesn't mean everybody should be doing it. It'll just make everything worse for everybody, wouldn't it?
On the other hand, those who are eager to start implementing an idea, market and produce it successfully, you know, actually WORK, are much more interested in doing that, rather than sue successful companies in court. To spend time and energy in courthouse would be counter-productive and hard for smaller companies to do successfully.
There's nothing much more to elaborate. Copyleft fixes alot of what's wrong with copyright, and Creative Commons even makes more fine-adjustments possible for artists and the like.
If GPL and CC were outlawed, however that may happen (if you believe it never could happen, then I'm not sure what planet you're living on), then copyright would be a much worse beast to live with.
Sometimes, it IS even useful to have your works automatically protected by copyright, so if we need to change something, we should really start at the patent system.
No, but you can patent any extention of something in public domain. In most cases, you can just reword the patent a little here, and include some differentiation there, and whoopie, suddenly it's an innovative piece of patent, ready to slay all other ideas that even resemble it!
You can't patent something already publicaly disclosed, however, it's still possible to create a minefield of patents, who someone sooner or later, is bound to step on at least a dozen of them.
For smaller companies, you're taking a huge risk developing anything, but for the big corporations, who bought these laws in the first place, this ensures less competition, less innovation and higher bar of entry to market. It's perfect, so for them the system works fine, and thus they won't be doing anything with it.
If the unfairness was aimed at huge corporations, the patent-system and copyright-laws would be gone within a few months or a year. I have no issue with the trademark-laws, and copyright might work out when we have something like GPL. However, the patent-system is such a big beast, it's continual existence is assured because of it, not in spite of it.
He's probably not getting enough sleep.
And don't forget to drink lots and lots of water every day! How could you forget? ;-)
You are spot on. You cannot "think" yourself out of stress. Often, it has the opposite effect. But exerting yourself into some physical activity, can be a tremendous stress-reliever.
I've also discovered breathing techniques and yoga to be very helpful to relieve both stress and delusions about one's place in this universe, also on how important one really is ;-) Where mere physical activity can relieve your stress there and then, yoga and its knowledge, can relieve you of all kinds of fears and tensions, or help accept whatever comes, which is more important often than trying to "get rid of the bad feelings" - they tend only to get more stuck that way!
Some people become wise after a long life, but there are ways to speed up the process, if you're smart, and lucky ;)
You can be fired over someone cracking or spoofing your Facebook identity. I would consider that important.
Who decides what security is important, really?
Yeah, this is a great "feature" to make me go to Debian or some other distro.
LTS is here to stay I hope, or I won't be using it.
Versioning is a feature, not a problem. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Introducing new features every day will just kill your stability, no matter what the marketing department says.
Also, versions give a definite reason to use Ubuntu. If it goes away, you'll never know what you'll get, and it is actually less marketable.
"We" (NATO) are already in Afghanistan. What we hope to accomplish there is beyond me, but USA is not entirely alone. Iraq was a massive mistake and a big fat lie, but it landed lots of jobs and resources for USA corporations, so it must be "good" for the "good guys".
What is surprising is the lack of uprising in the Middle East because of this. People there must really have hated Saddam anyways.. So the move was not a as big political suicide as it was economical..
Corporations can always move out of USA, so they will survive and all will be well, for huge megacorporations that is, not for us.
Just the fact that it is made possible on iPhone through the Exchange interface connecting to Google is enough.
Having such an interface is plain bullshit security, and is just one more reason to the piles of reason, never for me to buy any Apple product ever again.
However, users are ignorant, therefore in bliss.
This will also work for Google when you connect through the Exchange interface. You know, the one that sync calendar, email and address book in one sweep. So most geeks using iPhone is using that.
Just one more reason never to buy iPhone, Macbook Pro or iPod again.. Yeah, I'm disgruntled owner of all these and more junk, like Apple's Wifi offerings.