I was thinking about this. How do you make purchases untraceable?
The reason is I wanted to get VPN via bitcoins. But then I needed to get bitcoins. So I was going to pay cash to get a chargeable credit card, but everyone uses security cameras.
An okay solution. If you just walk in with a mask, people get weird. Instead, ride a motorcycle. Park a ways away, so as not to get your license plate on parking lot cameras. Keep the helmet on, tinted visor. I used to do this all the time when I rode, out of convenience; it can be a hassle to take off the gloves and mask just for a quick purchase.
Alternatively, you could just buy yourself a burqa for an anonymous day of cross dressing (for the men anyways).
Lastly, you could do it on silk road. Also, use a string of bitcoin tumblers for extra security.
I don't really need this level of security, but it is more of a thought challenge as a proof of concept.
The trick with safeway is to just give them some random phone number until you find one that has a loyalty card attached. Get the discount without the tracking.
But didn't you RTFA? Target is putting mistakes in intentionally to disguise how much they know. Perhaps gmail's mistakes are just as intentional, to lull you into the false sense of security you just expressed.
I make a point of not hitting advertisements. I actively try to avoid falling into that trap. I do not want to encourage this behaviour. That said, I'm also probably subconsciously craving something they whispered in my ear as I slept.
I agree. I'm tired of universities that hire researchers and expect they are automatically good teachers. Most of my university professors have exactly zero teacher training, and boy does it show.
I can't agree more. Normally, I think I come off as overly politically correct. But even to me, these questions are right on point. Why do people hate Jews? Most of the time, you can't even tell if a person is Jewish. (As if physical differences are a good reason to hate someone.)
The article includes an example -- one of hundreds we've seen -- of entrepreneurs trying to setup a new company and create jobs in the US... only to be forced to do the same thing in another country (in this case, Canada).
"NOOOO NOT CANADA!!!1!"
You make it seem like Canada is such a horrible place :(
But it would mean that, today, every book, song, image, and movie produced before 1984 was freely available to anyone with an Internet connection. Under those conditions, would we be anywhere near as willing to pay a premium for the latest release?
And then you realize that every book, song, image and movie produced up to and including this exact moment are freely available to anyone with an Internet connection, and that plenty of people still pay a premium for content. (That is, when they are given a reason to buy.)
I think we need to take open access one step further, with a viral license like the GPL. "If you base future research upon this paper/study, then your research must also be open access."
Businesses should not get to benefit from public research, directly or indirectly, if they aren't going to give back just as much.
Current efforts have worked, no new laws needed! Yay!
Also: isn't that a shame that no one is interested enough in French film to bother downloading them? If his statement were honestly true, I should think the French film industry would be more worried than if there were some piracy.
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Free Dominion is a racist forum dedicated to holocaust deniers and neo-nazis.
I wouldn't be so quick to praise Canada in this case, given these horrible people living within our borders.
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I was a little distracted by the implicit racism. Could have used some black face type caricatures for good measure.
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The reason is I wanted to get VPN via bitcoins. But then I needed to get bitcoins. So I was going to pay cash to get a chargeable credit card, but everyone uses security cameras.
An okay solution. If you just walk in with a mask, people get weird. Instead, ride a motorcycle. Park a ways away, so as not to get your license plate on parking lot cameras. Keep the helmet on, tinted visor. I used to do this all the time when I rode, out of convenience; it can be a hassle to take off the gloves and mask just for a quick purchase.
Alternatively, you could just buy yourself a burqa for an anonymous day of cross dressing (for the men anyways).
Lastly, you could do it on silk road. Also, use a string of bitcoin tumblers for extra security.
I don't really need this level of security, but it is more of a thought challenge as a proof of concept.
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"NOOOO NOT CANADA!!!1!"
You make it seem like Canada is such a horrible place :(
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And then you realize that every book, song, image and movie produced up to and including this exact moment are freely available to anyone with an Internet connection, and that plenty of people still pay a premium for content. (That is, when they are given a reason to buy.)
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Businesses should not get to benefit from public research, directly or indirectly, if they aren't going to give back just as much.
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Apparently you are supposed to go buy the music and pay yet again to have the privilege to play it.
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Also: isn't that a shame that no one is interested enough in French film to bother downloading them? If his statement were honestly true, I should think the French film industry would be more worried than if there were some piracy.
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