1. it is FAR MORE likely that you will be 'cheated' by the cabbie than by GPS... 'uh, yeah, had to go this way (3 miles out of the way) 'cause of, um, traffic, yeah, that's the ticket...'
2. you are ignoring the factoid that GPS errors will -theoretically- work both ways: you can be 'cheated' out of a few shekels when it reads longer than the actual mileage, but it appears JUST AS LIKELY that the GPS will read shorter than the actual distance...
3. all in all, a bullshit tempest in a teapot, NOT predicated on protecting consumers, but on protecting established businesses who don't want to compete...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
i don't get it: USPTO ignores prior art as it is, HOW is simply having an easy search mechanism (for regular people) going to 'force' them to acknowledge prior art ? ? ?
seems like it is just going to make the frustration of patent applicants more intense when their super-duper-googleized prior art esearch is ignored, just like always...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
*exactly* ! ! !
i guess the poster believes mike is the pirate puppetmaster who pulls the strings of EVERYONE EVERYWHERE who ever even thought of pirating...
what is so disconcerting, is -evidently?- this guy is either part of the non-entertainment industry, or somehow related to the MAFIAA, and yet is so-o-o-o not, um, sharp...
i figured they could hire better intellectual goons than that...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
no, heller used humor to effect; this is the banal, bureaucratic horror of the nazi regime: kafkaesque in nature...
Empire doesn't brook irony...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
+1 inertnets for self-honesty above and beyond the call of duty...
*and* a true enough situation as far as 'hoarding' stuff one might not ever get around to messing with; i know i've done the same with various programs and stuff that i may *never* use...
...but, then again, i *might*, so -with storage so cheap- is better to be 'safe' than 'sorry'...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
according to Sturgeon's Law, 90% of ANYTHING is crap...
plus/minus a couple percent, that is correct; so 90% of ALL scribblings WILL BE crap...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
grrr...
'local law enforcement' is a goon squad for Empire to keep the rabble in line...
'on the job deaths' are more for retail clerks than kops...
should all store clerks pack a glock ? ? ?
cabbies are about 4-5 times more likely to be killed on the job; should every cabbie have a small tank ? ? ?
we've been a militaristic nation so long, and most are so thoroughly propagandized, we can't even recognize/admit it is so...
authoritarianism is the enemy, not freedom...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
would just like to say how *important* the seemingly small point of a suddenly invalid/'seized' email eddress can be...
*IF* a person is being rolled over in an execute-now-trial-later situation, *of course* their email is going to be important in many ways that they are now unable to access to *possibly* clear their name...
when the web korporadoes and the gummint hold the keys to the inertnet kingdom, we serfs are at their mercy...
(and they have no mercy...)
hee hee hee
ho ho ho
ha ha ha
ak ak ak
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
i second that 'right on'...
not only is archive.org one of THE best sites on the webiverse, IF i had to choose only ONE site that would exist, it would be that site...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
exactly this, sports, as you say...
i have been a medium sports fan over the years, but i'm willing to give most of it up JUST because i am so pissed at Big Media...
however, SWMBO is probably even more of a sports fan than i, and don't think she is willing to go cold turkey off the glass teat...
IF i had a ways of getting those sports online to her satisfaction, the cord would not only be cut, but un-earthed, coiled up, and thrown back in the face of Big Media...
fuckers
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
1. if there are 'too many authors', etc, then -economically speaking- that means it isn't a very scarce resource, thus is not 'worth' much, thus they ARE getting what they are 'worth'...
if 'everyone' was an astronaut, then astronaut pay would be crappy...
2. i'd like to be a legacy parasite, too! why oh why don't i get paid FOREVER (plus 70 years)for all the houses, buildings, mechanical systems, subdivisions, roadways, etc i've drafted/designed over the years ? ? ? those freetards are making a mint off of *my* creative output, why don't i get royalties ? ? ?
3. i make incredible stuff out of wood (really), don't i 'deserve' to have money rain on me like katrina ? everytime one of you freeloaders uses the bowl i made, don't i 'deserve' a cut ? for, like, for-freaking-ever ?
4. and, lastly, my pet hobbyhorse i am now riding as often as possible: IF so-called intellectual property is 'valuable', they why don't the holders of said IP pay taxes on it like i do my house ? ? ? FREETARDS ! ! !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
either:
...don't be surprised when you get fleeced
or,
...don't be surprised when you're in the slaughterhouse
would be more correct
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
1. in case you don't know it, caffeine has a lower LD50 than cocaine... just sayin'...
2. the dose/response effect kicks in with caffeine too: you end up taking more and more caffeine just to maintain a 'normal' level of alertness; you no longer get 'jacked up' on it, it just doesn't work as well when you take it regularly...
3. get some fucking sleep, instead of artificially propping your poor body up... sleep is IMPORTANT to keep the meat machine running well...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
1. there is ALWAYS 'more to the story', we are ALWAYS making decisions on imperfect knowledge; THAT IS ALL WE CAN DO...
2. pardon me, but your extreme deference to authority is showing... 'oh, i cain't nebber ebber bewieve that masters of the universe would ebber do nuthin' untoward; must be those dirty fucking freetards...'
3. u r a dick, and an authoritarian one at that... get your nose out of the collective butts of the MAFIAA, and maybe the world will smell a little better...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
art guerrilla at windstream dot net
eof
Wowie Zowie! ! ! i think you are on to something there...
until you just mentioned it, i didn't think about the flip side of the 'rights' the MAFIAA insists upon, and that is the 'responsibility' part which they are avoiding...
IF so-called "intellectual property" is a 'real' thing, AND it confers benefits, AND we 99% have to pay real taxes on real property; why don't patent holders, copyright holders, music rights orgs, and all the rest of the parasites have to PAY TAXES on this 'valuable' 'property' ? ? ?
i pay taxes on my property, why don't they ? ? ?
oh, they want all the (made-up) 'rights' and privileges without ANY responsibility (WE even get to pay for enforcing THEIR 'rights' ! ! !)...
nice 'work' if you can get it...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
...at the *olympics* ? ? ?
yes, it is a shame such technological pioneers don't get any exposure beyond nerdom,
but...
at the *olympics* ? ? ?
i don't get the 'connection'...
the whole thing was just too weird, and i LIKE weird...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
my wife is a HUGE oilympics fan, and she spent half the opening ceremonies with her head cocked like a puzzled puppy: wtf ? she bailed out of it not too long after i did...
how crappy is your 'spectacular' opening ceremony when it takes non-stop commentary to 'explain' the idiotic and boring his story of the 'isles of wonder' we were subjected to...
what a weird waste of resources...
i mean really, aside from 1% of nerds in the audience who know who tim berners lee is, HOW would anyone know of his significance, and *why* in this context again ? ? ?
(well, i guess if you are going to 'celebrate' your national healthcare system, nerd-pride isn't out of place... but -really- your healthcare system ? i mean, i get that it is something to be proud of, blah blah blah, but...
...really ? weird shit, man...)
oh well, wouldn't watch at all if it wasn't for the wife, and don't like their artifice in showing 'everything important' during primetime...
one of the MAIN things i do like about the olympics, is seeing the 'offbeat' sports we are not exposed to very much; wanted to see more stuff like badminton, etc, EVEN IF -*gasp* apostasy!- there aren't any 'merikans in the sport...
pretty sick of all the stupid 'profiles' and shit...
they take anyone's 'normal' life, and turn it into a heroic quest; give me a break..
its always fun to watch newbies think they have 'created' something new, when all they've done is re-arrange THE SAME CRAPPY notes using the trappings of the horrible old system of 'music', pirate mike hates that part of the story ! ! !
blah blah blah
legacy system proves its worth again ! ! !
blah blah blah
human beans still listen with their ears, JUST LIKE under the gatekeeper system ! ! ! EXACTLY the same ! ! !
blah blah blah
freetards don't want you to know that...
blah blah blah
troll harder, please...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
the estimable glenn greenwald had a recent post at salon about this very subject...
needless to say, difi is well known among insiders as one of THE primary leakers of confidential/top secret gummint info...
'course, she is leaking to make the spooks look 'good', while the 'bad' leakers are leaking to make the spooks look 'bad', so there's that...
i'll say this again, it is one of the essential lessons of a free and open democracy (which we no longer are):
ALL secret, non-transparent institutions WILL become corrupted; it is not a matter of IF, it is only a matter of WHEN...
they will ALL become corrupted, as all of 'our' (sic) institutions (including 'our' (sic) gummint) have become...
simply inevitable human nature...
precisely why openness, transparency are CRITICAL to enforce on all institutions...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Boston Shuts Down Uber Because Massachusetts Doesn't Approve Of The GPS
Re: Hold on a sec, this is rational
2. you are ignoring the factoid that GPS errors will -theoretically- work both ways: you can be 'cheated' out of a few shekels when it reads longer than the actual mileage, but it appears JUST AS LIKELY that the GPS will read shorter than the actual distance...
3. all in all, a bullshit tempest in a teapot, NOT predicated on protecting consumers, but on protecting established businesses who don't want to compete...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Google Launches 'Prior Art Finder' For Patents
um, so ? ? ?
seems like it is just going to make the frustration of patent applicants more intense when their super-duper-googleized prior art esearch is ignored, just like always...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Seizing Domains Is Only Training Criminals To Improve
Re: Re:
i guess the poster believes mike is the pirate puppetmaster who pulls the strings of EVERYONE EVERYWHERE who ever even thought of pirating...
what is so disconcerting, is -evidently?- this guy is either part of the non-entertainment industry, or somehow related to the MAFIAA, and yet is so-o-o-o not, um, sharp...
i figured they could hire better intellectual goons than that...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Court: Feds Can Spy On Americans Without Warrants With No Legal Repurcussions
Re:
Empire doesn't brook irony...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Another Music Service Shuts Down, Blames Ridiculous Licensing Fees
Re: Re: Re:
*and* a true enough situation as far as 'hoarding' stuff one might not ever get around to messing with; i know i've done the same with various programs and stuff that i may *never* use...
...but, then again, i *might*, so -with storage so cheap- is better to be 'safe' than 'sorry'...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Traditional Publisher Ebook Pricing Harming Authors' Careers
Re:
plus/minus a couple percent, that is correct; so 90% of ALL scribblings WILL BE crap...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Video Of Dotcom Raid Revealed, As NZ Police Admit It Was 'Over The Top'
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Words Fail
'local law enforcement' is a goon squad for Empire to keep the rabble in line...
'on the job deaths' are more for retail clerks than kops...
should all store clerks pack a glock ? ? ?
cabbies are about 4-5 times more likely to be killed on the job; should every cabbie have a small tank ? ? ?
we've been a militaristic nation so long, and most are so thoroughly propagandized, we can't even recognize/admit it is so...
authoritarianism is the enemy, not freedom...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Legit Ebook Lending Site Taken Down By An Angry Twitmob Of Writers [UPDATED]
Re: Re:
*IF* a person is being rolled over in an execute-now-trial-later situation, *of course* their email is going to be important in many ways that they are now unable to access to *possibly* clear their name...
when the web korporadoes and the gummint hold the keys to the inertnet kingdom, we serfs are at their mercy...
(and they have no mercy...)
hee hee hee
ho ho ho
ha ha ha
ak ak ak
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Internet Archive Enables Over 1,000,000 Torrents Of Books, Music And Movies
Re: Re:
not only is archive.org one of THE best sites on the webiverse, IF i had to choose only ONE site that would exist, it would be that site...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Over 400,000 Homes Have Cut The Cord So Far This Year... But Cord Cutting Is Still A Myth?
Re:
i have been a medium sports fan over the years, but i'm willing to give most of it up JUST because i am so pissed at Big Media...
however, SWMBO is probably even more of a sports fan than i, and don't think she is willing to go cold turkey off the glass teat...
IF i had a ways of getting those sports online to her satisfaction, the cord would not only be cut, but un-earthed, coiled up, and thrown back in the face of Big Media...
fuckers
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Defensive Posturing: E-Book Author Takes On The 'Old Guard' At Crime Writing Festival [UPDATED]
Re:
if 'everyone' was an astronaut, then astronaut pay would be crappy...
2. i'd like to be a legacy parasite, too! why oh why don't i get paid FOREVER (plus 70 years)for all the houses, buildings, mechanical systems, subdivisions, roadways, etc i've drafted/designed over the years ? ? ? those freetards are making a mint off of *my* creative output, why don't i get royalties ? ? ?
3. i make incredible stuff out of wood (really), don't i 'deserve' to have money rain on me like katrina ? everytime one of you freeloaders uses the bowl i made, don't i 'deserve' a cut ? for, like, for-freaking-ever ?
4. and, lastly, my pet hobbyhorse i am now riding as often as possible: IF so-called intellectual property is 'valuable', they why don't the holders of said IP pay taxes on it like i do my house ? ? ? FREETARDS ! ! !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Homeland Security Issuing Its Own DMCA Takedowns On YouTube To Stifle Speech
Re: Isn't it obvious?
...don't be surprised when you get fleeced
or,
...don't be surprised when you're in the slaughterhouse
would be more correct
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Patton Oswalt Explains That There Are No More Gatekeepers In Entertainment
Re:
On the post: Monster Fight: Can You Tell An Energy Drink From An Aquarium?
Re: Re:
2. the dose/response effect kicks in with caffeine too: you end up taking more and more caffeine just to maintain a 'normal' level of alertness; you no longer get 'jacked up' on it, it just doesn't work as well when you take it regularly...
3. get some fucking sleep, instead of artificially propping your poor body up... sleep is IMPORTANT to keep the meat machine running well...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Dear Permission Culture: This Is Why No One Wants To Ask For Your OK
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
2. pardon me, but your extreme deference to authority is showing... 'oh, i cain't nebber ebber bewieve that masters of the universe would ebber do nuthin' untoward; must be those dirty fucking freetards...'
3. u r a dick, and an authoritarian one at that... get your nose out of the collective butts of the MAFIAA, and maybe the world will smell a little better...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
art guerrilla at windstream dot net
eof
On the post: Dear Permission Culture: This Is Why No One Wants To Ask For Your OK
Re: Re: Re:
until you just mentioned it, i didn't think about the flip side of the 'rights' the MAFIAA insists upon, and that is the 'responsibility' part which they are avoiding...
IF so-called "intellectual property" is a 'real' thing, AND it confers benefits, AND we 99% have to pay real taxes on real property; why don't patent holders, copyright holders, music rights orgs, and all the rest of the parasites have to PAY TAXES on this 'valuable' 'property' ? ? ?
i pay taxes on my property, why don't they ? ? ?
oh, they want all the (made-up) 'rights' and privileges without ANY responsibility (WE even get to pay for enforcing THEIR 'rights' ! ! !)...
nice 'work' if you can get it...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: NBC: We Have No Clue Who Tim Berners-Lee Is, But Without Our Commentary, You Wouldn't Understand The Olympics
Re: Re: opening ceremonies sucked...
yes, it is a shame such technological pioneers don't get any exposure beyond nerdom,
but...
at the *olympics* ? ? ?
i don't get the 'connection'...
the whole thing was just too weird, and i LIKE weird...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: NBC: We Have No Clue Who Tim Berners-Lee Is, But Without Our Commentary, You Wouldn't Understand The Olympics
opening ceremonies sucked...
how crappy is your 'spectacular' opening ceremony when it takes non-stop commentary to 'explain' the idiotic and boring his story of the 'isles of wonder' we were subjected to...
what a weird waste of resources...
i mean really, aside from 1% of nerds in the audience who know who tim berners lee is, HOW would anyone know of his significance, and *why* in this context again ? ? ?
(well, i guess if you are going to 'celebrate' your national healthcare system, nerd-pride isn't out of place... but -really- your healthcare system ? i mean, i get that it is something to be proud of, blah blah blah, but...
...really ? weird shit, man...)
oh well, wouldn't watch at all if it wasn't for the wife, and don't like their artifice in showing 'everything important' during primetime...
one of the MAIN things i do like about the olympics, is seeing the 'offbeat' sports we are not exposed to very much; wanted to see more stuff like badminton, etc, EVEN IF -*gasp* apostasy!- there aren't any 'merikans in the sport...
pretty sick of all the stupid 'profiles' and shit...
they take anyone's 'normal' life, and turn it into a heroic quest; give me a break..
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Alex Day Sells Half A Million Songs By Breaking All The 'Rules'
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
blah blah blah
legacy system proves its worth again ! ! !
blah blah blah
human beans still listen with their ears, JUST LIKE under the gatekeeper system ! ! ! EXACTLY the same ! ! !
blah blah blah
freetards don't want you to know that...
blah blah blah
troll harder, please...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Senate Intelligence Committee A Lot More Interested In Punishing Whistleblowers Than In Investigating Why They're Blowing The Whistle
difi is one of the worst 'offenders'...
needless to say, difi is well known among insiders as one of THE primary leakers of confidential/top secret gummint info...
'course, she is leaking to make the spooks look 'good', while the 'bad' leakers are leaking to make the spooks look 'bad', so there's that...
i'll say this again, it is one of the essential lessons of a free and open democracy (which we no longer are):
ALL secret, non-transparent institutions WILL become corrupted; it is not a matter of IF, it is only a matter of WHEN...
they will ALL become corrupted, as all of 'our' (sic) institutions (including 'our' (sic) gummint) have become...
simply inevitable human nature...
precisely why openness, transparency are CRITICAL to enforce on all institutions...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
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