Not nearly enough. Confiscate all of their possession down to their underwear, throw them into the cold streets smeared in pig blood with a pack of hungry bloodhounds on their heels, sell their cursed offsping into sex slavery.
Understand this: the governments have been trying to exert ABSOLUTE control over the internet from quite a time, and they won't stop. Nothing we do or do not do will change that. The choice is between taking it up the bunghole like good slaves or fight back even if the odds are far from fair. I say we fight.
That was the Seventies. This is the 21st Century. Back then people rioted, now they keep their heads down. Nowadays, Ellsberg would be silenced, nobody would print his story, and he would have an international arrest warrant issued against him for, huh, farting without authorization.
Welcome to the Age of the Wimp.
... Spy games are multiplayer by definition. They can play it, we can play it. Then we'll find out who's the better snooper, and who has the most to lose.
Don't think for a millisecond your boss stands to lose LESS than you do if his closeted skeletons are outed.
It was a PostFinance account. This kind of account is used regularly by Swiss citizens to either pay stuff at the supermarket, to pay their bills or if they have a business, to get paid. It's very different from a real bank account you can get at UBS or Credit Suisse. You don't even get any interests on your money.
A little anarchy is always good. Freedom is a state that is guaranteed not by the presence of laws but by the absence of power. Once power consolidates itself and no viable adversary exists, freedom is quickly pushed into a corner and reduced to nothing. Alternatively, freedom must be tolerated by those in power for fear the people might choose another party, but with the globalization of economy this is quickly becoming a non-issue: everybody is in the pocket of the same old guys.
Anyone who dissents is a loserboy nerd whose arms I will happily twist, beating them savagely. And then I will shit on their faces.
"Yes, which makes cover obsolete."
Airburst shells have existed since a LONG time. It didn't make cover obsolete.
"Everything in a 5-10 metre area is obliterated. Are you not following this?"
I have probably thrown more live grenades than you ever dreamed of while playing Call of Duty, loserboy nerd. I have also been a spotter for a mortar platoon, for good measure. You know what? Death from above is nothing new. Infantry adapted.
"Particulate smoke? We’re talking about a guy firing an AK from behind a wall."
Are you suggesting that's the only enemy you'll ever face? That guy may also be waiting with his button on the remote for an antipersonnel charge. Are you going to deploy weapon systems for each and every type of enemy you'll ever face?
Smokescreens are used routinely in the battlefield, and you plan to take advantage of them. But again, the only battlefield you can think of is on your LCD screen.
"in real life, our enemies aren’t as organized or prepared as they’d like to be."
Oh, is that why you're bogged down and being kicked in the head? They weren't as organized in 'Nam, either. Guess how it ended.
"Aaaaaaannnnd, Godwin’d."
It is a well-known fact that many promising practical weapons like the Stg 44 and early guided bombs/missiles had their deployment delayed because Hitler & Co were too preoccupied with wonder weapons that they believed could turn the tide of the war.
Besides, WW2 shaped modern warfare in a great lot of fields. Modern strategy owes a lot to Heinz Guderian and Erwin Rommel, that is a fact. Get over it.
If you can't stomach WW2 quoted because you can't learn history, it's your problem. Invoking some silly internet meme like Godwin's Law only makes your ignorance funnier. WW2 Germany is an example of how a downtrodden, broke mid-sized nation practically ran over the whole of Europe and almost got away with it, and changed the whole course of history.
Now stick your microscopic penis in the nearest micro-USB port and hump away, loserboy.
... Rifle grenades for a loooooong time and cover is still as important as ever. The important new features for the XM-25 are range (800m is double the range of a typical 40mm grenade launcher) and its airburst capability, sustained fire and relative ease of use. Using smaller grenades also means reduced damage, a desirable feature in CQB.
However, there are and there will be countermeasures deployed: the device needs its laser rangefinder, so expect the use of particulate smoke to make ranging difficult. Like in all warfare conditions, the best defence is offence so if I expect my forces to go against XM-25 armed troops I'll have snipers deployed to take out soldiers carrying it - hopefully eliminating the weapon as well.
It's a nice advantage to have but only the Nazi elite believed in miracle weapons to win the war, and watch where it has led them. Aggressive tactics and adaptability trump any technological wonder. The Russian campaign in WW2 should have taught us that, but I guess the iWar generation has taken over and will need some blood by the megagallon to understand it.
I'd like to have one of those in my arsenal, but to believe one weapon will change the face of warfare is naive. Not even nukes did that.
The EU can make a stand, and then go broke. Those firms can dump a great number of unemployed people into the governments' lap, more they can afford to deal with. In less than a year, the EU will offer human sacrifice to have those corporations back.
If it leads to another Irish rebellion and more dead brits, I'm all for it.
"And it's down in the Bogside, that's where I long to be/Lying in the dark with a Provo company/A comrade on me left and another on me right/
And a clip of ammunition for my little Armalite."
Aaah, the good times.
There is an alternative. In some interesting regions of Central and South America there is a saying, "plomo or plata". It means, take the bribe or take the bullet.
We'll do a little modification: we don't have enough "plata", but "plomo" is cheap enough for us to effort. So, judge/politician/lawyer, is the "plata" you take from the MAFIAA enough to risk our "plomo" to go through your head? Or maybe your kid's head? Hmmm?
Actually, being non-destructive at this point will just ensure the victory of the MAFIAA. The ante must be upped, and MAFIAA members targeted with actualy violence. Once their lives are on the line of fire, they'll stop being so smug and think carefully if waging war on the Internet is worth risking being kidnapped and executed, or assassinated in the streets, or having their offices raided by armed assailants.
Loserboy nerd, IT is vital knowledge in the modern world and anyone who wishes to do well in an IT-dominated era will endeavour to learn as much as they can. Knowledge is power, and the more power you have the less chances of being a victim there are. Anyone wishing to be a good cop will learn as much as possible in his or her field and IT is among the knowledge now required because a lot of evidence will be residing on computers. Police officers need to know how to deal with them, and they know to understand how the internet works.
It's not that if you're not IT savvy you're a simpleton (it's relatively easy to be IT savvy, it's not aerospace engineering), it's that if you're ignorant in matters that shape your life everyday you're a simpleton.
Dismissed, loserboy nerd. Shit on your own face, I can't be bothered.
Don't know and don't care since I don't live in the US, but anyone who believes the EU - any part of it - has been made with the citizens' interests in mind is deluded. It has been conceived so that the Powers That Be can move capitals and goods with no restrictions whatsoever, and with the recent Eastern expansion jobs and money are running away fast. Now, if you expect a French worker to take everything, family included, and move to Poland to keep his job while getting a lower wage, you should probably jump from the tallest building you can find.
Unfortunately, the European Commission (which is on the industry lobbies' payroll) will approve it as well. The European Parliament is the only institution that paid at least lip service to democratic rule, and who had until now resisted the lobbyists' pressure.
Since this bastion has fallen to almighty bribe, it is now war. The soap box has failed, they didn't listen. The ballot box has failed, they're all bought. The jury box has failed, the laws have been paid for. The ammo box is all that remains.
Industry lobbyists, lawyers, politicians who support them and every agency connected to the industry mob is a legitimate target.
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Not nearly enough. Confiscate all of their possession down to their underwear, throw them into the cold streets smeared in pig blood with a pack of hungry bloodhounds on their heels, sell their cursed offsping into sex slavery.
Understand this: the governments have been trying to exert ABSOLUTE control over the internet from quite a time, and they won't stop. Nothing we do or do not do will change that. The choice is between taking it up the bunghole like good slaves or fight back even if the odds are far from fair. I say we fight.
That was the Seventies. This is the 21st Century. Back then people rioted, now they keep their heads down. Nowadays, Ellsberg would be silenced, nobody would print his story, and he would have an international arrest warrant issued against him for, huh, farting without authorization. Welcome to the Age of the Wimp.
... Spy games are multiplayer by definition. They can play it, we can play it. Then we'll find out who's the better snooper, and who has the most to lose. Don't think for a millisecond your boss stands to lose LESS than you do if his closeted skeletons are outed.
The *IAA can't fathom why THEY shouldn't be paid for SOMEONE ELSE's work. FTFY.
Sexcrime, hurm. That's what they got Winston Smith for. Not much different story. Guess same ending.
It was a PostFinance account. This kind of account is used regularly by Swiss citizens to either pay stuff at the supermarket, to pay their bills or if they have a business, to get paid. It's very different from a real bank account you can get at UBS or Credit Suisse. You don't even get any interests on your money.
A little anarchy is always good. Freedom is a state that is guaranteed not by the presence of laws but by the absence of power. Once power consolidates itself and no viable adversary exists, freedom is quickly pushed into a corner and reduced to nothing. Alternatively, freedom must be tolerated by those in power for fear the people might choose another party, but with the globalization of economy this is quickly becoming a non-issue: everybody is in the pocket of the same old guys. Anyone who dissents is a loserboy nerd whose arms I will happily twist, beating them savagely. And then I will shit on their faces.
If you want to "do something", take up arms. Nothing else will do.
Once they worked like charm. Now they don't do it anymore.
Thunk-Thunk.
"Yes, which makes cover obsolete." Airburst shells have existed since a LONG time. It didn't make cover obsolete. "Everything in a 5-10 metre area is obliterated. Are you not following this?" I have probably thrown more live grenades than you ever dreamed of while playing Call of Duty, loserboy nerd. I have also been a spotter for a mortar platoon, for good measure. You know what? Death from above is nothing new. Infantry adapted. "Particulate smoke? We’re talking about a guy firing an AK from behind a wall." Are you suggesting that's the only enemy you'll ever face? That guy may also be waiting with his button on the remote for an antipersonnel charge. Are you going to deploy weapon systems for each and every type of enemy you'll ever face? Smokescreens are used routinely in the battlefield, and you plan to take advantage of them. But again, the only battlefield you can think of is on your LCD screen. "in real life, our enemies aren’t as organized or prepared as they’d like to be." Oh, is that why you're bogged down and being kicked in the head? They weren't as organized in 'Nam, either. Guess how it ended. "Aaaaaaannnnd, Godwin’d." It is a well-known fact that many promising practical weapons like the Stg 44 and early guided bombs/missiles had their deployment delayed because Hitler & Co were too preoccupied with wonder weapons that they believed could turn the tide of the war. Besides, WW2 shaped modern warfare in a great lot of fields. Modern strategy owes a lot to Heinz Guderian and Erwin Rommel, that is a fact. Get over it. If you can't stomach WW2 quoted because you can't learn history, it's your problem. Invoking some silly internet meme like Godwin's Law only makes your ignorance funnier. WW2 Germany is an example of how a downtrodden, broke mid-sized nation practically ran over the whole of Europe and almost got away with it, and changed the whole course of history. Now stick your microscopic penis in the nearest micro-USB port and hump away, loserboy.
... Rifle grenades for a loooooong time and cover is still as important as ever. The important new features for the XM-25 are range (800m is double the range of a typical 40mm grenade launcher) and its airburst capability, sustained fire and relative ease of use. Using smaller grenades also means reduced damage, a desirable feature in CQB. However, there are and there will be countermeasures deployed: the device needs its laser rangefinder, so expect the use of particulate smoke to make ranging difficult. Like in all warfare conditions, the best defence is offence so if I expect my forces to go against XM-25 armed troops I'll have snipers deployed to take out soldiers carrying it - hopefully eliminating the weapon as well. It's a nice advantage to have but only the Nazi elite believed in miracle weapons to win the war, and watch where it has led them. Aggressive tactics and adaptability trump any technological wonder. The Russian campaign in WW2 should have taught us that, but I guess the iWar generation has taken over and will need some blood by the megagallon to understand it. I'd like to have one of those in my arsenal, but to believe one weapon will change the face of warfare is naive. Not even nukes did that.
Well, it's your party and you can cry if you want to. Cry if you want to. Cry if you want to.
The EU can make a stand, and then go broke. Those firms can dump a great number of unemployed people into the governments' lap, more they can afford to deal with. In less than a year, the EU will offer human sacrifice to have those corporations back.
If it leads to another Irish rebellion and more dead brits, I'm all for it. "And it's down in the Bogside, that's where I long to be/Lying in the dark with a Provo company/A comrade on me left and another on me right/ And a clip of ammunition for my little Armalite." Aaah, the good times.
There is an alternative. In some interesting regions of Central and South America there is a saying, "plomo or plata". It means, take the bribe or take the bullet. We'll do a little modification: we don't have enough "plata", but "plomo" is cheap enough for us to effort. So, judge/politician/lawyer, is the "plata" you take from the MAFIAA enough to risk our "plomo" to go through your head? Or maybe your kid's head? Hmmm?
Actually, being non-destructive at this point will just ensure the victory of the MAFIAA. The ante must be upped, and MAFIAA members targeted with actualy violence. Once their lives are on the line of fire, they'll stop being so smug and think carefully if waging war on the Internet is worth risking being kidnapped and executed, or assassinated in the streets, or having their offices raided by armed assailants.
If you're a KKK member you're entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to bashing your skull in and shitting on your quivering corpse.
"Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives" shouldn't be a bureau. It should be a store.
Loserboy nerd, IT is vital knowledge in the modern world and anyone who wishes to do well in an IT-dominated era will endeavour to learn as much as they can. Knowledge is power, and the more power you have the less chances of being a victim there are. Anyone wishing to be a good cop will learn as much as possible in his or her field and IT is among the knowledge now required because a lot of evidence will be residing on computers. Police officers need to know how to deal with them, and they know to understand how the internet works. It's not that if you're not IT savvy you're a simpleton (it's relatively easy to be IT savvy, it's not aerospace engineering), it's that if you're ignorant in matters that shape your life everyday you're a simpleton. Dismissed, loserboy nerd. Shit on your own face, I can't be bothered.
Hokey genetics and ancient barcodes are no match for a good Pfläger-Katsumata series-D blaster at your side.
And the poppy is also a flower.
Don't know and don't care since I don't live in the US, but anyone who believes the EU - any part of it - has been made with the citizens' interests in mind is deluded. It has been conceived so that the Powers That Be can move capitals and goods with no restrictions whatsoever, and with the recent Eastern expansion jobs and money are running away fast. Now, if you expect a French worker to take everything, family included, and move to Poland to keep his job while getting a lower wage, you should probably jump from the tallest building you can find.
Unfortunately, the European Commission (which is on the industry lobbies' payroll) will approve it as well. The European Parliament is the only institution that paid at least lip service to democratic rule, and who had until now resisted the lobbyists' pressure. Since this bastion has fallen to almighty bribe, it is now war. The soap box has failed, they didn't listen. The ballot box has failed, they're all bought. The jury box has failed, the laws have been paid for. The ammo box is all that remains. Industry lobbyists, lawyers, politicians who support them and every agency connected to the industry mob is a legitimate target.