The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 3 Jul 2012 @ 10:21pm
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Nope, FNC is mostly right-wing sensationalist garbage as opposed to the left-wing sensationalist garbage on the other news networks.
As for the rest, all of the above would have remained as ideas if it hadn't been for someone with the drive and ambition to bring a product to market. Innovation vs. ideas as Mike has explained ad nauseum.
Even Linus and crew who I have to thank for the OS I'm posting from now were not functioning as wage earners. He and all the contributors didn't just have an idea, they made it happen. Money is really a secondary consideration but it does tend to have quite a bit of correlation due to people tending to like having money. It doesn't buy happiness but it does buy a whole lot of lack of discomfort.
Now Dennis, I know you asked MrWilson here what he's done that's worth a damn by comparison - but as for me, I can honestly say I contribute to the communities that I'm a part of.
I've contributed and released code myself and, yeah, it's of value. But it's nowhere near as much value as making sure even one person's kids eat regularly.
OSS aside, without the person saying "I am going to give you money and you are going to make this happen", it will not happen. And judging by the paucity of people who are filthy rich from doing so, I'm forced to say that level of drive and ambition are pretty damned scarce while someone able to do nearly all wage earning jobs are easily replaced.
If ten thousand tech workers were abducted by aliens, we'd all be able to get better wages but the world would go on. If ten thousand of the people who employ others (especially the ones who employ large amounts) were, it would be really damned ugly. So, yes, we are of less value to society than those who make the economy move on a large scale.
Honestly, I'm fine with that. It truly baffles me why people find a simple statement of fact to be an offensive idea.
Can't see past the end of their own noses, most likely. That is if they're even paying attention. I certainly wouldn't put my money into a company that is so publicly destroying themselves.
Eh, I have a thing for hating 99%ers and their "short-term self-interest above all" creed. Every $30k or so they cost a person they're whining about is one less job one of them will be able to go to on Monday. Besides, he dissed The Bat.
People first; shareholders and corporations dead last.
Oh, now there's a brilliant business model... You had it almost perfectly worked out then you say something that completely opposes what you had correct.
Shareholders first, last, and every point in between.
That kind of necessitates that you stay in business, yeah? Which means you have to know what people want and sell it to them. Not because you give a damn about what they want but because it will make money for your shareholders. That absolutely requires they go by what you said prior to the quoted sentence.
The big media aren't dicks for trying to make money, though they are for the anti-capitalistic tactics they use. They're morons for not knowing how to keep making money or cowards for knowing how and being too afraid to do it.
The sad fact of the matter is, the one percenters are the only reason you're able to type that drivel on your computer that uses microchips rather than a city sized stack of vacuum tubes and is powered by electricity that comes to your house over convenient power lines. Not a single one of those would have been available without men with the drive and ambition that made them part of the one percent.
You know a tree by its fruit and the captains of industry have produced some incredible fruit over the centuries. What have you done that's worth a damn by comparison? Have you created even one fulltime job? Face it, they don't just have more money, they're a hell of a lot more valuable to society than any 99 or even 999 wage earners.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 29 Jun 2012 @ 8:35pm
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Never happen. Insurance companies have the biggest lobby in Washington. Followed by trial lawyers. And since both of those groups benefit by defensive care that ends up killing people, it will never change.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 28 Jun 2012 @ 10:30am
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Problem is, nothing is regulated unless Congress signs off on it. Until they do, it's just "an idea the Executive had", same as "the President's Budget".
Somehow though Congress has managed to convince itself that it should actually give a happy damn when the Executive sends it proposals for bills. I certainly wouldn't but then I'd never get elected either since I'm not a liar or willing to sell my principles to the highest bidder.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 27 Jun 2012 @ 1:03pm
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Nah, here's how it'd go.
*AA assembles robot horde and turns them loose. Robot horde gets into an area that AT&T swears has three bars of signal and shuts down. Technicians later find it was due to losing the constantly required Internet connection for the AI software's DRM.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 27 Jun 2012 @ 11:55am
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Pay a VPN service is far more likely. I've been meaning to subscribe to one and set my network up so that all traffic goes over it for a while now. This seems like as good an excuse as any.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 26 Jun 2012 @ 6:33am
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The quotes were fine. The inferences and assertions that was somehow illegal, immoral, or different than how democracy is supposed to (and usually does) work and the conclusion that he holds the EU Parliment in contempt were ludicrous. With the possible exception of the last since there are pretty good odds of any random person holding their legislative body in contempt.
Basically, this was a fine example of the Hannity Effect. Defined as someone arguing for an issue you agree with but doing it so badly you really wish they'd not said anything at all.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 25 Jun 2012 @ 9:40pm
Re: The Movie and Recording Industries Have Spoken!
Not giving up after a failed attempt isn't ignoring the law unless EU law has some bit about never being able to submit the same proposal twice. I have no idea whether or not this is the case but it would be amazingly stupid as it would apply to good proposals as well as bad.
Assuming that's not part of EU law, most of the opinions offered in this article are at best mistaken and at worst outright lies designed to inflame the readers.
Look, I'm not an ACTA shill. I hate the idea of ACTA being questionably passed in the US and hope it never passes in the EU. I hate it because I'm opposed to both the material of the agreement and the underhanded tactics that were used throughout its creation process. I'm just as opposed to using lies and other forms of deception to combat it though. Glyn should have either stuck to the facts or kept his fingers off the keyboard. Articles like this hurt more than help.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 22 Jun 2012 @ 8:57pm
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Yes. Something that can be exploited against you is a weakness. While it's not weak to feel empathy over something like this, it is weak to let it visibly move to the point that it's obvious you cannot control yourself.
You do not have to be a whiny little emo-pansy to be a decent human being. Neither does being a whiny little emo-pansy make you a better human being. It only makes you a weak one.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 22 Jun 2012 @ 9:49am
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And the Palestinians (and a comfortable majority of the entire middle east) say the exact same thing about Israel. Publicly and often. Anyone who could continually soak up that kind of hate without returning it in kind is far more tolerant and understanding than I'll ever be.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 22 Jun 2012 @ 9:42am
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The amount of the stated goal is irrelevant, only the stated destination of the money at the time it was donated is relevant. Saying donations after this point will be split among more charities is fine but diverting money that was donated prior to that point could land him in prison.
I'm not busting his chops for trying to do something nice but he should really get some legal advice before he writes any checks.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 22 Jun 2012 @ 9:13am
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He actually does have a point about adding charities though. It's almost certainly illegal to split the money that has already been donated to the original two charities to charities that weren't on the list when people made the decision to donate.
In fact, I'm pretty sure that making a promise in exchange for money and later abandoning or modifying the promise is called fraud. Unless it involves a politician, of course.
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As for the rest, all of the above would have remained as ideas if it hadn't been for someone with the drive and ambition to bring a product to market. Innovation vs. ideas as Mike has explained ad nauseum.
Even Linus and crew who I have to thank for the OS I'm posting from now were not functioning as wage earners. He and all the contributors didn't just have an idea, they made it happen. Money is really a secondary consideration but it does tend to have quite a bit of correlation due to people tending to like having money. It doesn't buy happiness but it does buy a whole lot of lack of discomfort.
Now Dennis, I know you asked MrWilson here what he's done that's worth a damn by comparison - but as for me, I can honestly say I contribute to the communities that I'm a part of.
I've contributed and released code myself and, yeah, it's of value. But it's nowhere near as much value as making sure even one person's kids eat regularly.
OSS aside, without the person saying "I am going to give you money and you are going to make this happen", it will not happen. And judging by the paucity of people who are filthy rich from doing so, I'm forced to say that level of drive and ambition are pretty damned scarce while someone able to do nearly all wage earning jobs are easily replaced.
If ten thousand tech workers were abducted by aliens, we'd all be able to get better wages but the world would go on. If ten thousand of the people who employ others (especially the ones who employ large amounts) were, it would be really damned ugly. So, yes, we are of less value to society than those who make the economy move on a large scale.
Honestly, I'm fine with that. It truly baffles me why people find a simple statement of fact to be an offensive idea.
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Re: Viacom & Disney?
Oh, now there's a brilliant business model... You had it almost perfectly worked out then you say something that completely opposes what you had correct.
Shareholders first, last, and every point in between.
That kind of necessitates that you stay in business, yeah? Which means you have to know what people want and sell it to them. Not because you give a damn about what they want but because it will make money for your shareholders. That absolutely requires they go by what you said prior to the quoted sentence.
The big media aren't dicks for trying to make money, though they are for the anti-capitalistic tactics they use. They're morons for not knowing how to keep making money or cowards for knowing how and being too afraid to do it.
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You know a tree by its fruit and the captains of industry have produced some incredible fruit over the centuries. What have you done that's worth a damn by comparison? Have you created even one fulltime job? Face it, they don't just have more money, they're a hell of a lot more valuable to society than any 99 or even 999 wage earners.
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Re: Re: Senators Should Pledge Now to Vote Against TPP
Somehow though Congress has managed to convince itself that it should actually give a happy damn when the Executive sends it proposals for bills. I certainly wouldn't but then I'd never get elected either since I'm not a liar or willing to sell my principles to the highest bidder.
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*AA assembles robot horde and turns them loose. Robot horde gets into an area that AT&T swears has three bars of signal and shuts down. Technicians later find it was due to losing the constantly required Internet connection for the AI software's DRM.
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Re: Re: The Mighty Buzzard
Basically, this was a fine example of the Hannity Effect. Defined as someone arguing for an issue you agree with but doing it so badly you really wish they'd not said anything at all.
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Re: The Movie and Recording Industries Have Spoken!
Assuming that's not part of EU law, most of the opinions offered in this article are at best mistaken and at worst outright lies designed to inflame the readers.
Look, I'm not an ACTA shill. I hate the idea of ACTA being questionably passed in the US and hope it never passes in the EU. I hate it because I'm opposed to both the material of the agreement and the underhanded tactics that were used throughout its creation process. I'm just as opposed to using lies and other forms of deception to combat it though. Glyn should have either stuck to the facts or kept his fingers off the keyboard. Articles like this hurt more than help.
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You do not have to be a whiny little emo-pansy to be a decent human being. Neither does being a whiny little emo-pansy make you a better human being. It only makes you a weak one.
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I'm not busting his chops for trying to do something nice but he should really get some legal advice before he writes any checks.
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In fact, I'm pretty sure that making a promise in exchange for money and later abandoning or modifying the promise is called fraud. Unless it involves a politician, of course.
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