Hey...I was going to comment on DK effect. But searched, found you had done so, and was one millisec away from clicking insightful...before seeing you diss me in the latter part of your comment.
So, in child-like response: FU. Your degree and education is stupid, too. Stupid was the core of your curriculum. And many other broad, sweeping, incorrect criticisms.
"Most Americans at this point are at least marginally aware of the propaganda used to sell recent wars conducted by the United States."
If the FCC or AT&T often disappoint you, you still aren't adequately prepared for the disappointment you will feel when you see results of polling the US populace to measure their knowledge.
On average, we know NOTHING. Did you see that John Oliver bit where he talks to Snowden, and Snowden (fucking hero, BTW) says "I trust that the American people will use the knowledge...yada yada..." Then, Oliver shows him interview footage of American people's familiarity with the name "Edward Snowden". They either don't have a clue who he is, or the best informed think he is tied to Wikileaks, and revealed US secrets.
I felt sooo bad for Snowden at that point. All his sacrifice, and these stupid sheep couldn't even recognize the name, let alone the political significance of what he revealed.
Then there's Congress, who repeatedly called him Eric Snowden.
No. It may not be polite or patriotic to say so (I think it is), but the US populace is clueless, ignorant, and prime examples of the lower quartile of the Dunning Kruger effect.
Please Read In A Comically Exaggerated Russian Accent
What propaganda campaign? Is no propaganda campaign. Maybe YOU are propaganda campaign against great Wizard of Putin! I am just concerned citizen of same country as you.
Do not paying attention to the man behind the curtain with keyboard.
Effectiveness Or Lack Thereof Is Not The Main Thrust
The effectiveness or lack thereof should not be our main argument against our egregious government surveillance of citizens. The arguments should begin with:
1. It is ethically wrong. 2. It goes against the Bill of Rights 3. It is illegal 4. It may not work well.
The main reason bullet 4 is a weak one is because I can make a very strong counter-argument to the article above:
OK, so the data is just bigger haystacks today. But we don't want to be like the IBM CEO who estimated a market for maybe 6 computers in the world. The reality is that Moore's, Kryder's, and Nielsen's laws are all in effect, and it's only a matter of time before Big Data analytics tools actually manage to make sense of this massive haystack.
While we maybe can't make sense of the haystack today, having data that goes back many years will prove "useful" in the future when we have greater analytical compute capacity. With years of data, not only is their more information to mine, but trend or panel data can be derived, as opposed to just "snapshot in time" data.
So, I'm not convinced the NSA is stupid to want all that data. I just think they are forward-looking. Unflappably insidious, for sure, but not stupid.
Agreed. I don't like any of his other views, but if I accept that privacy and surveillance is a dominant problem today, it might not be a wasted vote to give it to Rand.
Single-issue voters on subjects like abortion have not gotten their desired result, but they've sure as hell succeeded in making abortion a hotly debated topic...for 40 years. I'm bored of that subject, but I would not mind talking about my civil rights for a while. Heck, even 40 years would be OK.
Any other candidate that aligns with Rand on privacy would also stand a good chance to get my vote.
Remember when AT&T said they were "opening" their network, (which they actually did because it was part of the 700MHz license terms, and because their phones use the GSM standard, which means that any SIM-ready GSM device could already be put on their network.)
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FTFY
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I agree that it's not OK, but we haven't exactly got the moral high ground.
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Re: Just because criminals can claim "copyright", doesn't make copyright bad.
It's not an extreme position, it's a desire to resolve a caustic, acidic environment that is corrosive to all components of the system.
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Re: in first
So, in child-like response: FU. Your degree and education is stupid, too. Stupid was the core of your curriculum. And many other broad, sweeping, incorrect criticisms.
There, balance is achieved.
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Wow, Scary
That means they're not storing any private information about me, so I'm not at risk.
(yes, sarcasm)
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Hmmm. How Will The Intelligence Community Interpret the Ambiguity?
Nah. Never happen. They couldn't be that cynical, right?
On the post: Putin's Internet Propaganda War Is Much Bigger And Weirder Than You Think, Now Extending Into The States
Re: The REAL giveaway is referencing New York Times Magazine
Techdirt was consistent to point out propaganda of the US, and propaganda of Russia. That is not an error or an about-face.
Two Dmitri points...er..I mean demerit points. No borscht for you in cafetorium.
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They'll troll twice has hard for half as much.
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Re: Re: lesson in propaganda
I'm asking because my supervisor grades my comments lower if they get the author's name wrong, and I'm up for a promotion, so it matters.
/Igor
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Re: Re: OMG! "propaganda war against the entire internet"!
I give your writing bad grades for clarity. Please take a short walk down the Nevsky Prospekt, and consider how you will improve going forward.
On the post: Putin's Internet Propaganda War Is Much Bigger And Weirder Than You Think, Now Extending Into The States
Karl, I Think You Will Be Disappointed
"Most Americans at this point are at least marginally aware of the propaganda used to sell recent wars conducted by the United States."
If the FCC or AT&T often disappoint you, you still aren't adequately prepared for the disappointment you will feel when you see results of polling the US populace to measure their knowledge.
On average, we know NOTHING. Did you see that John Oliver bit where he talks to Snowden, and Snowden (fucking hero, BTW) says "I trust that the American people will use the knowledge...yada yada..." Then, Oliver shows him interview footage of American people's familiarity with the name "Edward Snowden". They either don't have a clue who he is, or the best informed think he is tied to Wikileaks, and revealed US secrets.
I felt sooo bad for Snowden at that point. All his sacrifice, and these stupid sheep couldn't even recognize the name, let alone the political significance of what he revealed.
Then there's Congress, who repeatedly called him Eric Snowden.
No. It may not be polite or patriotic to say so (I think it is), but the US populace is clueless, ignorant, and prime examples of the lower quartile of the Dunning Kruger effect.
Polls:
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-09-06-poll-iraq_x.htm
http://themode ratevoice.com/121921/ten-years-later-belief-in-iraq-connection-with-911-attack-persists/
https://en.w ikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polls_about_9/11_conspiracy_theories
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Please Read In A Comically Exaggerated Russian Accent
Do not paying attention to the man behind the curtain with keyboard.
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Effectiveness Or Lack Thereof Is Not The Main Thrust
1. It is ethically wrong.
2. It goes against the Bill of Rights
3. It is illegal
4. It may not work well.
The main reason bullet 4 is a weak one is because I can make a very strong counter-argument to the article above:
OK, so the data is just bigger haystacks today. But we don't want to be like the IBM CEO who estimated a market for maybe 6 computers in the world. The reality is that Moore's, Kryder's, and Nielsen's laws are all in effect, and it's only a matter of time before Big Data analytics tools actually manage to make sense of this massive haystack.
While we maybe can't make sense of the haystack today, having data that goes back many years will prove "useful" in the future when we have greater analytical compute capacity. With years of data, not only is their more information to mine, but trend or panel data can be derived, as opposed to just "snapshot in time" data.
So, I'm not convinced the NSA is stupid to want all that data. I just think they are forward-looking. Unflappably insidious, for sure, but not stupid.
On the post: Three PATRIOT Act Provisions Likely To Sunset, Briefly, But USA Freedom Will Pass Shortly
Re: Re: Re: sunset
Single-issue voters on subjects like abortion have not gotten their desired result, but they've sure as hell succeeded in making abortion a hotly debated topic...for 40 years. I'm bored of that subject, but I would not mind talking about my civil rights for a while. Heck, even 40 years would be OK.
Any other candidate that aligns with Rand on privacy would also stand a good chance to get my vote.
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On the post: Three PATRIOT Act Provisions Likely To Sunset, Briefly, But USA Freedom Will Pass Shortly
Hurry, Hurry! Short-term offer!
http://goo.gl/9sJP1s
On the post: Ford Pretends To Open Up Its Patents Like Tesla, But Doesn't; Media Falls For It
ATT , VZW, Same, Same
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20071206/030232.shtml
And, then VZW had to respond in kind that they were going "open"...which basically meant very little.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080319/162702587.shtml
Le plus ca change, le plus ca reste la meme.
Hard for me to say who my main hero is more, Elon Musk or Ed Snowden.
On the post: Net Neutrality On The Ropes In Europe As Some EU Members Wimp Out On Real Rules
Suggested Clarification
Wireless roaming is, of course, not being eliminated. Here's a fix for the above:
"...one aimed at eliminating EGREGIOUS wireless roaming RATES between EU nations to reduce consumer rage..."
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