actually, the 'everyone is responsible for everyone else otherwise you all get punished' thing is a trick taken straight from armies and slavers (different punishments and reasons, same method and logic)... whether intentionally or not.
actually, the 'nanny state' is usually used to refer to a situation where the state controls and regulates (and where possible Does) everything so people don't have (or get) to make choices.
the USA is so far away from That it's not funny. you're not looking at a nanny state so much as a police state there. third party liability is yet another factor discouraging actions disliked by those in power and encouraging those with a grudge (or simply trying to get out of something) to report on those around them.
you say that as if the absolute quantity of signal is reducing. it's not.
also: that's what filters are for. give each entry a bunch of filter tags for various things and let the person looking for stuff browse by filter catagory as well as searching. or even search within a catagory. in a lot of contexts good catigorisation is more useful than a search engine for finding what you want. especially when you've got a less than complete understanding of what that Is.
wow, gasp, 20% pirated rather than bought, and they'd still sell eight bloody million copies. idiot.
if they can make a loss on that they're doing it wrong! (or, more likely, practicing holywood accounting).
for future reference, black ops is basically a gimped modern warfare 2 clone with new maps. (the number of features they Broke in splitscreen is apauling.)
while i wouldn't call these the most...errr... high class? posts to show up on techdirt, they're certainly entertaining. quite like 'em, so long as they stay a small part of the over-all whole.
the mental images are amusing. and, in a demented sort of way, it fits.
it really is garbage. if nothing else, if you apply Hebrew numerology (which is actually aplicable) and read the text properly rather than misreading it and using western european numerology, the number in question is Not 666.
(there's a whole lot of other reasons why that's wrong even Before getting into the whole 'i don't believe the bible, christianity is rubbish, there is no end of the world, blah blah blah' line of thinking. not gonna start a huge religeous argument over that here though.)
until you realise that unless there are specific treaties to that effect, there is NO case where US law should apply to things involving the internet which do not take place within the USA (baring the usual 'country X's citizens are liable if they violate country X's laws (or at least most of the main ones) even if they're in country Y at the time', but that doesn't apply here).
actually, given the US government's track record, that seems like an incredibly good way to get yourself shot. or arrested for a crime that doesn't even exist legally and stuck in a cell indefinitely without trial.
undeground's a good way to go.
not to mention that 'representative democracy' is compleate bullshit in the first place (it's purpose is in NO WAY to give voice to the people. it's to provide additional stability so the current oligarchs and plutocrats are harder to get rid of and reduce meaningful infighting amongst the elite.)
nevermind that the USA isn't actually a democracy on any meanignful level anyway. It can't be. it's a bloody empire. attempting to run it truely democratically would cause it to either stall compleatly or fly appart.
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the USA is so far away from That it's not funny. you're not looking at a nanny state so much as a police state there. third party liability is yet another factor discouraging actions disliked by those in power and encouraging those with a grudge (or simply trying to get out of something) to report on those around them.
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also: that's what filters are for. give each entry a bunch of filter tags for various things and let the person looking for stuff browse by filter catagory as well as searching. or even search within a catagory. in a lot of contexts good catigorisation is more useful than a search engine for finding what you want. especially when you've got a less than complete understanding of what that Is.
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duh :P
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if they can make a loss on that they're doing it wrong! (or, more likely, practicing holywood accounting).
for future reference, black ops is basically a gimped modern warfare 2 clone with new maps. (the number of features they Broke in splitscreen is apauling.)
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the mental images are amusing. and, in a demented sort of way, it fits.
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but really, this post wants a 'disturbing' button all to itself!
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(there's a whole lot of other reasons why that's wrong even Before getting into the whole 'i don't believe the bible, christianity is rubbish, there is no end of the world, blah blah blah' line of thinking. not gonna start a huge religeous argument over that here though.)
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rational thinking? we needs it not. correct grammar counts for a lot :D
(punctuation, on the other hand, is silly.)
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lick-eater? that doesn't even really work... ummm
a Carab?
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actually, given the US government's track record, that seems like an incredibly good way to get yourself shot. or arrested for a crime that doesn't even exist legally and stuck in a cell indefinitely without trial.
undeground's a good way to go.
not to mention that 'representative democracy' is compleate bullshit in the first place (it's purpose is in NO WAY to give voice to the people. it's to provide additional stability so the current oligarchs and plutocrats are harder to get rid of and reduce meaningful infighting amongst the elite.)
nevermind that the USA isn't actually a democracy on any meanignful level anyway. It can't be. it's a bloody empire. attempting to run it truely democratically would cause it to either stall compleatly or fly appart.
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