Eventually they may actually understand their biggest problem has actually been their massive success the past several decades, but instead it's more convenient for them to stick their heads in the sand and blame technology.
But it was the technology that gave them that success in the first place. Where was the content industry in 1000 AD?
They need to react like Job
(substitute "technology" for "Lord")
"the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
What if the "someone else" has the services of a young Russian mathematician who has figured out a way to reduce that "four acres of Crays" to a single PC?
However, the exclusionary rule does not apply in immigration hearings, meaning that the government may introduce evidence from an illegal search or seizure in those proceedings
Would that be because the US had open borders at the time of the Fourth Amendment.
The government website shutdown is pure theatre. I would bet that it costs more on average than leaving them up. Remember that shutting them down involves soem government employee who isn't supposed to be working doing the job.
In fact I would say that the whole government shutdown is pure theatre.
In some virtual political world the government "doesn't have any money" and so a certain amount of "not doing stuff" has to happen in the real world in order that the fact that the political world is pure fantasy isn't too obvious.
Under what regime is anything still in copyright then?
Surely in the UK it has finally passed the life +70 term (in fact it will have gone PD via the old life+50 term in 198 - only to be brought back by the disgraceful extension sponsored by Callaghan.
..getting the munchies ... turning on the hotplate ... staggering over to the fridge.. and back ... losing balance.. both hands on the stove to save yourself.
Arrgh apart from the pain NO FINGERPRINTS ... locked out of all devices.
This is not fantasy .. it actually happened to someone at about 3 degrees separation from me.
What? Why would you want to see anything else except Facebook, the Pizza Hut home delivery page, and Football statistics?
If this went through it would shut down those sites too.
Being aware that it resides within you is enough, just make the choice to not give it up, to not be conned.
In Britain it all started with Maggie Thatcher saying "there is no alternative". Too many people believed her and now all the politicians have to do is to subliminally echo that phrase - and they can get away with anything!
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But it was the technology that gave them that success in the first place. Where was the content industry in 1000 AD?
They need to react like Job
(substitute "technology" for "Lord")
"the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."
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Re: Bluffdale
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Bluffdale
Ah - I get it the bluffdale data centre is not their real data centre - the clue is
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Re: Hayden doesn't understand computing
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Would that be because the US had open borders at the time of the Fourth Amendment.
On the post: Technologists To NSA Review Group: Don't Forget About The Interests Of Non-US Persons
Queueing up to get out of US based services.
The two UK based cloud providers reported that they were inundated with companies trying to exit from US based providers to avoid NSA surveillance.
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Some good has come of it
On the post: The Government Can't Even Figure Out How To Shut Down Its Websites In A Reasonable Way
Theatre
In fact I would say that the whole government shutdown is pure theatre.
In some virtual political world the government "doesn't have any money" and so a certain amount of "not doing stuff" has to happen in the real world in order that the fact that the political world is pure fantasy isn't too obvious.
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they shut down the wrong things
(might need to lock the exits too!)
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a/c s
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Can we confirm their interpretation of "year". Which planet specifically?
I'd guess Pluto - but since that is no longer classified as a planet they probably make do with Neptune.
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Re: Three Letter Agencies?
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Re: Re: 83 years
Surely in the UK it has finally passed the life +70 term (in fact it will have gone PD via the old life+50 term in 198 - only to be brought back by the disgraceful extension sponsored by Callaghan.
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Coming home drunk
Arrgh apart from the pain NO FINGERPRINTS ... locked out of all devices.
This is not fantasy .. it actually happened to someone at about 3 degrees separation from me.
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If this went through it would shut down those sites too.
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Re: Re: When pigs fly?
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.?
On the post: FLYING PIG: The NSA Is Running Man In The Middle Attacks Imitating Google's Servers
Re: Re: Re: This is supporting evidence that root CA is pwned
Well - since thje program is called flying pig...
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Re: Awesome Stuff: More Crowdfunding Attempts At Private And Secure Communications
We can examine the code.
(Or, experts like Bruce Schneier, whom we trust, can examine it.)
On the post: Wouldn't It Be Something If We Had A President Who Believed In Liberty?
Re: The Bargain and the Con
In Britain it all started with Maggie Thatcher saying "there is no alternative". Too many people believed her and now all the politicians have to do is to subliminally echo that phrase - and they can get away with anything!
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You need to move the capital - and keep moving it around too fast for the hangers on to keep up. Maybe put Congress on a train!
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