not that li'l boy blue is richtig, *BUT* it hardly takes any imagination to speculate that *IF* VPNs became the next big thing to avoid detection (WHETHER for 'legal' or 'illegal' purposes), *THEN* they will be regulated or outlawed to make them unusable for the nefarious purposes us great unwashed put them to...
aside, i have completed step one of my desire to make my online presence more 'anonymous', 'free', and safer: using OpenDNS was easy peasy japanesy...
while i 'registered' for the free service, you can do it by simply visiting the site and getting the DNS IP numbers directly and changing your router setting to point to them for DNS resolution...
not a hiccup, *and* it does seem like web pages are loading a *trifle* faster, but that is merely a bonus...
next step this weekend is to see if i can get OpenVPN to work with my router directly, or if i might have to go to some paid service...
1. sheeple who don't know better, or are abject authoritarians...
2. virtually all the rest of us who either can't or don't have the time/resources to build THEIR OWN blu-ray player, PC, phone, etc which circumvent (probably illegally) the restrictions which will be mandated to be built-in to fucking EVERYTHING...
fair is fair:
1. don't often agree with you, li'l boy blue, but i thought the same thing...
*NOT* that the operator of such a service doesn't deserve some payment, but -yeah- 10% seemed kind of stiff-ish for a -seemingly- no/low-cost service that would seem to be competely automated...
2. frankly, i think some of the regulars piling on you for having the temerity to suggest that a 10% skim is justifiable, are wrong... it does NOT matter that the MAFIAA 'charge' their artistes far more, etc; is *THIS* charge 'fair' ? ? ?
(not to mention, you have gotten to the point where EVERYONE is pretty much sick and tired of you, so you get piled on as much for your (deserved) bad rep, as you do for the specific point you are making...)
3. other than flattr has the 'first-mover' advantage, can't someone else come along and offer the same/similar service and charge 5% (whatever), and eat their lunch ? ? ?
again, i do not disagree with many of your views -even if mis-aimed- at the general rapaciousness of so-called 'free-market' kapitalism, etc; but that does not obviate the copy-maximalist positions you generally take...
just sayin'...
...as the unhappy member of a very small HOA (in a rural area, no less!), i would unfortunately concur: while they CAN be a good organization to fulfill the actual/real needs of a subdivision, they simply -generally- do NOT fill that need, but instead provide a means for pettifogging tyrants to enforce stupid shit on their neighbors...
(seriously, it is EASY to see how our gummint is morally bankrupt when you see 'regular' people turn into raving lunatics over nothingburgers...)
what has happened with ours, is that a minority of entitled jerkoffs made serving on the board, etc SO MISERABLE, they have effectively run off anyone else from participating who didn't want to be tyrannical assholes like themselves, and so the minority of tyrannical assholes have effective run of the place...
'they' have spent THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of dollars on lawyers fees and liens to fuck over this one guy who refuses to pay his dues... now, the guy is in the 'wrong' (although i definitely sympathize with him), BUT spending almost ten thousand to collect about a $200 fee, is insane...
does not matter that EVERYONE else does not want to do this, they run the place and insist they 'must' do it...
(they are 'legally' wrong, but when you ask a lawyer if you need more lawyering, guess what they say ? ? ?)
yes, AVOID an HOA at all costs, if you can...
brings out the worst in people...
*perhaps* (PERHAPS) *technically* true; BUT (and, yes, that is quite a big butt you have there!), it is generally the county/municipal/HOA leaders who make contracts with these scum-sucking bastards to give them EXCLUSIVE rights to use the rights-of-way/easements for running their cables/fiber...
in other words, THERE CAN BE NO COMPETITION/alternatives due to these exclusive deals...
i am actually emailing with a local muni ISP to BEG them to extend out into the county, telling them that we will GLADLY donate an easement on our own properties to run the inertnet tubes, and take our damn tractors out and dig the damn trenches and lay the damn fiber OUR OWN SELVES...
however, i'm guessing this will come to naught, because the county HAS locked out ANY competition... fuckers...
(i have tried to get alternatives -from various satellite providers, to the local cable monopoly- but NONE of them will provide us service -EVEN IF THEY ARE TECHNICALLY CAPABLE OF DOING SO- because they have 'NON-COMPETE' agreements with each other...
i thought that was called 'collusion', but what do i know...)
don't you know that in bizarro world, everything illegal has been legalized (for the 1%), and everything necessary has been made illegal (for the 99%)...
...and *THAT'S* the way we like it ! ! !
(it must be, i mean, its 'our' gummint, aint' it ? ? ?)
damn commie...
quit yer bitchin' and get back to the gulag...
"...so you all think anything that puts the prosecutors in a bad light is true, and anything that puts Swartz in a bad light is false, but I don't operate that way."
so, you're a delusional, abject authoritarian ? ? ?
thought so...
seriously, like the bumper sticker says: if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention...
ANYONE who thinks the justice (sic) dept is NOT totally MORALLY corrupted (at least, possibly fiscally as well), has NO concept of how/why they work...
shit, ALL you have to do is SEE the actual ACTIONS they take to realize they have NOTHING to do with 'justice', and EVERYTHING to do with keeping the rabble in line...
you are a tool, i'm sure your brownshirt will look spiffy ! ! !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
art guerrilla at windstream dot net
eof
"how do you separate the soldiers who want to defend their country..."
simple, wait until we're actually, you know, ATTACKED ON OUR SOIL, and see who comes running out of their house with a gun...
running around the globe killing (mostly) brown, (mostly) poor, (mostly) moose limb nekkid apes for the benefit of transnational korporate 'people', is NOT 'defending' OUR country; and ANYONE who is too stupid to know that, is beyond hope and should be tossed in the soylent green hopper...
otherwise, the military is simply an employer of last resort for 80-90% of the poor schmucks who enlist...
what ELSE are they going to tell themselves ? that they are killing brown people so korporate krooks can loot and pillage the globe unopposed ? ? ?
no, sheeple who wise up to that and start questioning unka sam's ah-thor-i-tie will end up like manning, or worse, tillmanized...
well, there's the trick ain't it ?
ANYONE who gets crosswise with dear ole unka sammie is going to be subjected to a propaganda campaign to impugn their character: brown people, moose limbs, file sharers, peaceniks, DFHs, scott ritter, elizabeth warren, etc, etc, etc...
you know, it *used* to be 'illegal' (whatever that means anymore) for the US gummint to propagandize the US people; but that just isn't operative any longer, much less a laudable goal in our present society...
...but can't cut the cord because of SWMBO gots to have her glass teat ! ! !
have actually made *some* progress: want to downgrade our dish package, but there is ONE channel in the upper tier she *really* wants, but think i can get that either online or through hulu...
otherwise, it is ONLY sports that keeps us in the thrall of our Big Media monopolists...
for myself, i'm so pissed at Big Media, i would give up the sports on teevee and listen to it on radio... *THAT* is how much i hate on the bastards...
(in fact, since we just got screwed by our ISP when they got dropped from espn3/espngo/espnwatch/WHATEVER the fuck they are calling it this week, we can't even get the online stuff anymore... fuckers: we HATE ALL OF YOU, but we have no choice for alternatives... the NANOSECOND we do, you greed monsters are his story...)
"PETA could be a useful contributor to society if it would just focus on actual, heinous animal abuse rather than attaching bits of crazy to whatever happens to fall within miles of its actual purview. "
nailhead, meet hammer...
i seriously think that PETA (i pronounce it pet-a, not pete-a, 'cause i don't have petes, i have pets...) DOES MORE HARM to their (our) cause more than good...
i'm a treehugger, i love critters, i can't stand peta-rds, THEY make me ashamed to be an animal-lover...
could they actually be a false flag op by the beef council or sumpin' ? ? ?
1. agree about tailless mice; had one not 2 feet direct-line-of-sight from the 'receiver' thingie, and it still worked like crap... the lag was unendurable...
2. spousal unit loves them, BUT, she is constantly scavenging batteries from all the remotes in the house, 'cause she is constantly running out of juice in them... battery eaters..
3. *BEST* innovation of the mouse has been the scroll wheel; absolutely great for zooming in/out when using CAD/graphics progs...
makes surfing (most) too-tiny websites easy peasy japanesy...
oh, trackpads suck... i think my kirlian fields make them bonkers or something, but i can't get the damn things to stop jumping all over the place... trackballs suck, too...
damn kids: a brick with metal conduit back to the mainframe is all anyone needs...
it is REALLY curious how you super-parasites, er, lawyers come on here 'debunking' shit, yet are afraid to put your name to it... (you will notice, there are a number of them who are not so afraid, why you ?)
hmmm...
wonder why that is...
(it *couldn't* be 'cause they are full of shit and are blowing smoke up us non-parasite, er, lawyer asses, is it ? ? ? say it ain't so, mouse... *snicker*)
now, to the meat of the matter: the old joke about 'how can you tell if a lawyer is lying?' 'Their lips are moving.', can apply even moreso to 'our' (sic) gummint...
given just about ANY subject, no matter how trivial, i am HIGHLY suspicious of ANY statements 'my' (sic) gummint makes...
AND, when you make it a subject which is of interest to either the preservation of their own bullshit bureaucracy, or their paymasters, then there are NO LIES too blatant and outrageous they will not tell...
in short, THEY LIE to us ALL THE TIME...
apparently, you are either incredibly naive, or a shill...
gosh, i wonder which it is...
gosh...
On the post: Will People Trust Google's New 'Note' Keeping Service After Reader Shutdown?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Customer Service Comparison gpoing beyond web services.
that's pretty cool!
On the post: Report Suggests Obama May Take Drones Away From The CIA
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see, exceptionalism, American,
and, military, budget, more than the rest of the universe combined...
THAT is why we can do whatever the fuck we want, and all you barbarians can go piss up a rope...
based on a true story...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Apple's Patent For Creating A Leak-Proof Data Pipe, And Why It's Doomed To Fail
Re: Re: And so too will VPNs "pipes" be cracked!
aside, i have completed step one of my desire to make my online presence more 'anonymous', 'free', and safer: using OpenDNS was easy peasy japanesy...
while i 'registered' for the free service, you can do it by simply visiting the site and getting the DNS IP numbers directly and changing your router setting to point to them for DNS resolution...
not a hiccup, *and* it does seem like web pages are loading a *trifle* faster, but that is merely a bonus...
next step this weekend is to see if i can get OpenVPN to work with my router directly, or if i might have to go to some paid service...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Apple's Patent For Creating A Leak-Proof Data Pipe, And Why It's Doomed To Fail
Re: Re: Re:
1. sheeple who don't know better, or are abject authoritarians...
2. virtually all the rest of us who either can't or don't have the time/resources to build THEIR OWN blu-ray player, PC, phone, etc which circumvent (probably illegally) the restrictions which will be mandated to be built-in to fucking EVERYTHING...
the arc of his story is not bending to the 99%...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Flattr Makes It Easier Than Ever To Support Content Creators Just By Favoriting Tweets
Re: TEN PERCENT! FOR DOING WHAT?
1. don't often agree with you, li'l boy blue, but i thought the same thing...
*NOT* that the operator of such a service doesn't deserve some payment, but -yeah- 10% seemed kind of stiff-ish for a -seemingly- no/low-cost service that would seem to be competely automated...
2. frankly, i think some of the regulars piling on you for having the temerity to suggest that a 10% skim is justifiable, are wrong... it does NOT matter that the MAFIAA 'charge' their artistes far more, etc; is *THIS* charge 'fair' ? ? ?
(not to mention, you have gotten to the point where EVERYONE is pretty much sick and tired of you, so you get piled on as much for your (deserved) bad rep, as you do for the specific point you are making...)
3. other than flattr has the 'first-mover' advantage, can't someone else come along and offer the same/similar service and charge 5% (whatever), and eat their lunch ? ? ?
again, i do not disagree with many of your views -even if mis-aimed- at the general rapaciousness of so-called 'free-market' kapitalism, etc; but that does not obviate the copy-maximalist positions you generally take...
just sayin'...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Giant Pharma Company Claims Releasing Data On Drug Safety Is Illegal As It's Confidential And 'Commercially Sensitive'
Re: Re:
FTFY
On the post: Innovative Open Textbook Company Fights Back Against Publishers' Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Re: Re: How many times I gotta tell ya: markets are NOT dynamic!
protect them at all costs ! ! !
konsumer scum ? ? ?
rape them again ! ! !
there, that about sums up our current situation to date...
questions ? ? ?
(remember: power NEVER devolves voluntarily...)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Virginia ISP Locks Customers Into 25-75 Year Contracts; Sues Everybody When Monopoly Threatened
Re: Re:
(seriously, it is EASY to see how our gummint is morally bankrupt when you see 'regular' people turn into raving lunatics over nothingburgers...)
what has happened with ours, is that a minority of entitled jerkoffs made serving on the board, etc SO MISERABLE, they have effectively run off anyone else from participating who didn't want to be tyrannical assholes like themselves, and so the minority of tyrannical assholes have effective run of the place...
'they' have spent THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of dollars on lawyers fees and liens to fuck over this one guy who refuses to pay his dues... now, the guy is in the 'wrong' (although i definitely sympathize with him), BUT spending almost ten thousand to collect about a $200 fee, is insane...
does not matter that EVERYONE else does not want to do this, they run the place and insist they 'must' do it...
(they are 'legally' wrong, but when you ask a lawyer if you need more lawyering, guess what they say ? ? ?)
yes, AVOID an HOA at all costs, if you can...
brings out the worst in people...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Virginia ISP Locks Customers Into 25-75 Year Contracts; Sues Everybody When Monopoly Threatened
Re: Re: Re:
*perhaps* (PERHAPS) *technically* true; BUT (and, yes, that is quite a big butt you have there!), it is generally the county/municipal/HOA leaders who make contracts with these scum-sucking bastards to give them EXCLUSIVE rights to use the rights-of-way/easements for running their cables/fiber...
in other words, THERE CAN BE NO COMPETITION/alternatives due to these exclusive deals...
i am actually emailing with a local muni ISP to BEG them to extend out into the county, telling them that we will GLADLY donate an easement on our own properties to run the inertnet tubes, and take our damn tractors out and dig the damn trenches and lay the damn fiber OUR OWN SELVES...
however, i'm guessing this will come to naught, because the county HAS locked out ANY competition... fuckers...
(i have tried to get alternatives -from various satellite providers, to the local cable monopoly- but NONE of them will provide us service -EVEN IF THEY ARE TECHNICALLY CAPABLE OF DOING SO- because they have 'NON-COMPETE' agreements with each other...
i thought that was called 'collusion', but what do i know...)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Virginia ISP Locks Customers Into 25-75 Year Contracts; Sues Everybody When Monopoly Threatened
Re:
don't you know that in bizarro world, everything illegal has been legalized (for the 1%), and everything necessary has been made illegal (for the 99%)...
...and *THAT'S* the way we like it ! ! !
(it must be, i mean, its 'our' gummint, aint' it ? ? ?)
damn commie...
quit yer bitchin' and get back to the gulag...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Details Come Out On US Attorneys Withholding Evidence In Aaron Swartz Case
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
so, you're a delusional, abject authoritarian ? ? ?
thought so...
seriously, like the bumper sticker says: if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention...
ANYONE who thinks the justice (sic) dept is NOT totally MORALLY corrupted (at least, possibly fiscally as well), has NO concept of how/why they work...
shit, ALL you have to do is SEE the actual ACTIONS they take to realize they have NOTHING to do with 'justice', and EVERYTHING to do with keeping the rabble in line...
you are a tool, i'm sure your brownshirt will look spiffy ! ! !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
art guerrilla at windstream dot net
eof
On the post: NYT Former Exec Editor Misrepresents Bradley Manning
Re: Re: Re: "chance to fish in a sea of secrets"
simple, wait until we're actually, you know, ATTACKED ON OUR SOIL, and see who comes running out of their house with a gun...
running around the globe killing (mostly) brown, (mostly) poor, (mostly) moose limb nekkid apes for the benefit of transnational korporate 'people', is NOT 'defending' OUR country; and ANYONE who is too stupid to know that, is beyond hope and should be tossed in the soylent green hopper...
otherwise, the military is simply an employer of last resort for 80-90% of the poor schmucks who enlist...
what ELSE are they going to tell themselves ? that they are killing brown people so korporate krooks can loot and pillage the globe unopposed ? ? ?
no, sheeple who wise up to that and start questioning unka sam's ah-thor-i-tie will end up like manning, or worse, tillmanized...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Recording Of Bradley Manning's Statement In Court Leaked
Re:
ANYONE who gets crosswise with dear ole unka sammie is going to be subjected to a propaganda campaign to impugn their character: brown people, moose limbs, file sharers, peaceniks, DFHs, scott ritter, elizabeth warren, etc, etc, etc...
you know, it *used* to be 'illegal' (whatever that means anymore) for the US gummint to propagandize the US people; but that just isn't operative any longer, much less a laudable goal in our present society...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Nielsen Finally Realizes That TV Viewers Are Cord Cutting, Calls It 'Interesting Consumer Behavior'
i'm hatin' on the bastards...
have actually made *some* progress: want to downgrade our dish package, but there is ONE channel in the upper tier she *really* wants, but think i can get that either online or through hulu...
otherwise, it is ONLY sports that keeps us in the thrall of our Big Media monopolists...
for myself, i'm so pissed at Big Media, i would give up the sports on teevee and listen to it on radio... *THAT* is how much i hate on the bastards...
(in fact, since we just got screwed by our ISP when they got dropped from espn3/espngo/espnwatch/WHATEVER the fuck they are calling it this week, we can't even get the online stuff anymore... fuckers: we HATE ALL OF YOU, but we have no choice for alternatives... the NANOSECOND we do, you greed monsters are his story...)
Big Media can go piss up a rope...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Professional Boxer Gets Trolled On Twitter, Shows Up At Guy's House
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
geez, no wonder we moved away...
hee hee hee
ho ho ho
ha ha ha
ak ak ak
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: PETA Goes After Assassin's Creed For Its Depiction Of Whaling; Ubisoft Responds With A Heaping Dose Of Sarcasm
this about sums it up :
nailhead, meet hammer...
i seriously think that PETA (i pronounce it pet-a, not pete-a, 'cause i don't have petes, i have pets...) DOES MORE HARM to their (our) cause more than good...
i'm a treehugger, i love critters, i can't stand peta-rds, THEY make me ashamed to be an animal-lover...
could they actually be a false flag op by the beef council or sumpin' ? ? ?
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Awesome Stuff: Rethinking The Mouse (Finally!)
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
without brackets:
"control-scroll wheel"
grrrr
On the post: Awesome Stuff: Rethinking The Mouse (Finally!)
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damn embedded code crap...
grrrrr
On the post: Awesome Stuff: Rethinking The Mouse (Finally!)
Re: Re: Re:
2. spousal unit loves them, BUT, she is constantly scavenging batteries from all the remotes in the house, 'cause she is constantly running out of juice in them... battery eaters..
3. *BEST* innovation of the mouse has been the scroll wheel; absolutely great for zooming in/out when using CAD/graphics progs...
makes surfing (most) too-tiny websites easy peasy japanesy...
oh, trackpads suck... i think my kirlian fields make them bonkers or something, but i can't get the damn things to stop jumping all over the place... trackballs suck, too...
damn kids: a brick with metal conduit back to the mainframe is all anyone needs...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Aaron Swartz's Partner Accuses DOJ Of Lying, Seizing Evidence Without A Warrant & Withholding Exculpatory Evidence
as fucking if...
it is REALLY curious how you super-parasites, er, lawyers come on here 'debunking' shit, yet are afraid to put your name to it... (you will notice, there are a number of them who are not so afraid, why you ?)
hmmm...
wonder why that is...
(it *couldn't* be 'cause they are full of shit and are blowing smoke up us non-parasite, er, lawyer asses, is it ? ? ? say it ain't so, mouse... *snicker*)
now, to the meat of the matter: the old joke about 'how can you tell if a lawyer is lying?' 'Their lips are moving.', can apply even moreso to 'our' (sic) gummint...
given just about ANY subject, no matter how trivial, i am HIGHLY suspicious of ANY statements 'my' (sic) gummint makes...
AND, when you make it a subject which is of interest to either the preservation of their own bullshit bureaucracy, or their paymasters, then there are NO LIES too blatant and outrageous they will not tell...
in short, THEY LIE to us ALL THE TIME...
apparently, you are either incredibly naive, or a shill...
gosh, i wonder which it is...
gosh...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
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