Yes, this security nonsense is useless and ridiculous, but how the he'll is it "socialized"? It's not comparable in any way to Obamacare.
It's yet another example of the "government nanny".
They are claiming to be protecting us, but at what cost?
You can protect your house with an 18 foot high wall, razor wire, carbon steel doors... so ok, you're protected, but isolated from society. You may not die from an external threat, but eventually, any normal person would become highly depressed due to the isolation. Making life unbearable anyway.
On that note - why not just lock the pilot's door tight and put an Air Marshall on each flight. Doubt it would cost much more than this farce now.
But hypothetically; let's say a group of 10 board a plane - all of them are trained in martial arts or some other fighting style giving them a severe edge over other typical passengers. What would stop them from being able to hi-jack the plane? Do they even need a weapon?
I mean - where does it stop? Shoe stings/purse straps/laptop bag straps/luggage straps could be used to choke someone. A laptop, book, or luggage could be a blunt weapon. Someone with suitable physical ability could easily take a knife from another person. Especially when they are more than willing to give their own life and have been in years or life-long training for just such an event.
Unless one of you come up with a FAIR, LEGAL and Fool-proof method of identifying and stopping terrorists, all your whining isn't helping.
Personally, my rights being intact are more important than some supposed government supplied 'safety'. So first, let's make sure it's FAIR and LEGAL; then if we can somehow add some safety within the bounds of our legal system; then so be it. But if we toss out the 'rule of law' in order to 'preserve our society' - then what good society governed by the rule of law that are we seeking to maintain, since it's been destroyed by those that would supposedly 'protect us'.
If we forget the rights of the citizens in an attempt to protect them, we've lost the whole concept of what we are trying to protect, then it becomes pointless as we'll just be another tyranny.
In reality; there's no way to really 'stop terrorists' - some of these people are willing to commit suicide to reach their goal, obviously.
I suspect as many people have been traumatized by the TSA now, if not more, than those traumatized by 9/11 itself.
He, Winston Smith, knew that Oceania had been in alliance with Eurasia as short a time as four years ago. But where did that knowledge exist? Only in his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated. And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed -if all records told the same tale -- then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.' And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory. 'Reality control', they called it: in Newspeak, 'doublethink'.
Dunno what's more sad... the UK's government, the so called 'footballers' and the fact that their personal lives are so horrid that they resort to these sex affairs, or us for caring.
But it's also incredibly dishonest, and, for those who know this is happening, potentially fraud. It seems like only a matter of time until we hear about sites purposely leveraging such things for their own advantage
In a way it's poetic justice. Us - the consumers have been lied to by advertisers for ages. This is a little taste of their own medicine.
this is getting rediculous its not a major part of the PS3 okay it was a great feature but get over it all ready other os has gone its not coming back. so you can download illegal game sand films or try and hack your way into the ps3 with it
lol, it hasn't stopped that... It's only stopped hobbyists from messing around with it.
That's ok, Linux loaded just fine on my non-sony PC. I'm not a Sony hater or Fanboi - but it was a STUPID move by Sony.
My son has one - just for gaming... If I could have loaded Linux on it and ran it as a media server/data server - I might have bought 4 of them. No lie.
But as it stand now, just have the one in my son's room for games.. that he rarely plays.
Now, the folks who posted this are taking the biggest issue with Obama's statement of "he broke the law," pointing out that he hasn't been convicted of breaking any laws.
Yep - the new mentality... guilty until proven innocent.
Thanks for letting us clearly know where you stand Obama.
Smith has actually talked about this issue as well, discussing how the major studios "buy" an opening weekend gross number, knowing that if you just spend $x million on TV advertising, you can pretty much guarantee a certain level of turnout for a film.
There is nothing in the world - no review, no critic comments that will keep me away from a movie more than being DELUGED with commercials about it.
I feel as though I've seen 2/3 hours of it already and.. no just won't go to it. I hate over-hype and any movie that just spams the commercials is definitely over-hyped.
Yes, the West is somehow granted with the unique ability to come up with ideas. We're special like that. Nobody else can do it or, if they can, we're somehow better at it.
Not so much - but in tyrannical, dictatorial, socialist and communist governments - you see little of it and why would you bother?
If you are going to make "X" amount of money regardless of what you do - why bother with anything above the minimum to get by?
I mean - seriously; how many 'new ideas' come out of China? North Korea? Iran?
How many come out of Ireland? UK? USA? Japan? Germany? France? Countries that since the Industrial Revolution have mostly been 'free to innovate', obvious exceptions depending on the time frame, of course.
One of the problems is that China puts high tariffs on U.S. imports to China. While I'm generally very against tariffs, the U.S. needs to be stronger on this front and threaten with tariffs of its own if China doesn't reduce its tariffs.
While I'm no fan of Donald Trump for president, I think he's right about this one.
Why not a simple policy...
We match tariffs country by country. If China charges "X%" - then we do the same. Kinda simple and fair.
Is recording a fully open air conversation in public legal?
This question is no more complicated than that.
"If the FBI were driving vans around American cities silently sniffing wireless networks, would you approve"
They are on a public street, picking up an open, unsecured broadcast.... If you are concerned about that or the data moving over the network - encrypt it.
See technically - if the broadcast reaches *MY* car, you are broadcasting *your* data into my private property. There's not even a question at that point - who is infringing upon who?
But then I get kicks out of doing the opposite - leaving the network wide open and packet sniffing those who connect... ^.^
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It's yet another example of the "government nanny".
They are claiming to be protecting us, but at what cost?
You can protect your house with an 18 foot high wall, razor wire, carbon steel doors... so ok, you're protected, but isolated from society. You may not die from an external threat, but eventually, any normal person would become highly depressed due to the isolation. Making life unbearable anyway.
On that note - why not just lock the pilot's door tight and put an Air Marshall on each flight. Doubt it would cost much more than this farce now.
But hypothetically; let's say a group of 10 board a plane - all of them are trained in martial arts or some other fighting style giving them a severe edge over other typical passengers. What would stop them from being able to hi-jack the plane? Do they even need a weapon?
I mean - where does it stop? Shoe stings/purse straps/laptop bag straps/luggage straps could be used to choke someone. A laptop, book, or luggage could be a blunt weapon. Someone with suitable physical ability could easily take a knife from another person. Especially when they are more than willing to give their own life and have been in years or life-long training for just such an event.
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Personally, my rights being intact are more important than some supposed government supplied 'safety'. So first, let's make sure it's FAIR and LEGAL; then if we can somehow add some safety within the bounds of our legal system; then so be it. But if we toss out the 'rule of law' in order to 'preserve our society' - then what good society governed by the rule of law that are we seeking to maintain, since it's been destroyed by those that would supposedly 'protect us'.
If we forget the rights of the citizens in an attempt to protect them, we've lost the whole concept of what we are trying to protect, then it becomes pointless as we'll just be another tyranny.
In reality; there's no way to really 'stop terrorists' - some of these people are willing to commit suicide to reach their goal, obviously.
I suspect as many people have been traumatized by the TSA now, if not more, than those traumatized by 9/11 itself.
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Or perhaps, "With agencies like the TSA, who needs Terrorists?"
Or maybe: "TSA: Terror Services Agency"
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If someone asks for directions to a public business, do you call the owner first and ask for permission to give out the address?
Seems to be a pretty simple analogy that works there.
I'd also be curious, if Google asked for permission when the search links, link to said site?
There's a cache of it too - might wanna pester them about that.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCMQIDAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwe bcache.googleusercontent.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcache%3AUojBOJVEGbwJ%3Ajamesgannon.ca%2F2011%2F04%2F15%2 Fhow-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-copy%2F%2BJames%2BGannon%2Bhow%2BI%2Blearned%2Bto%2Bsto p%2Bworrying%26cd%3D1%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26source%3Dwww.google.com &rct=j&q=James%20Gannon%20how%20I%20learned%20to%20stop%20worrying&ei=_li4TceZMM6dgQewkr CBAQ&usg=AFQjCNE9kQNVTfuYonILrcW3_95uJgvNlQ&sig2=mjUoKZdNsvpSUgbj6-RvqA&cad=rja
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So much for open minds and free thought.
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Find ways to bring your product to market cheaper with less restrictions.
It's costly and prohibitive - what more would a consumer want? (sarcasm).
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None yet, I'm not surprised though. I'd like to see someone define 'real art'.
Would that only be art that's covered by copyright?
Like... the Mona Lisa?
The MOST expensive painting in the world I suspect.. and not a single copyright on it.
But we all know copies are worthless. It has nothing to do with copyright. It's about Art.
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In a way it's poetic justice. Us - the consumers have been lied to by advertisers for ages. This is a little taste of their own medicine.
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lol, it hasn't stopped that... It's only stopped hobbyists from messing around with it.
That's ok, Linux loaded just fine on my non-sony PC. I'm not a Sony hater or Fanboi - but it was a STUPID move by Sony.
My son has one - just for gaming... If I could have loaded Linux on it and ran it as a media server/data server - I might have bought 4 of them. No lie.
But as it stand now, just have the one in my son's room for games.. that he rarely plays.
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Indeed, someone needs to be making decisions for us, that's the way it should be.
FREEDOM = SLAVERY, after all.
And War is Peace too.
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Yep - the new mentality... guilty until proven innocent.
Thanks for letting us clearly know where you stand Obama.
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There is nothing in the world - no review, no critic comments that will keep me away from a movie more than being DELUGED with commercials about it.
I feel as though I've seen 2/3 hours of it already and.. no just won't go to it. I hate over-hype and any movie that just spams the commercials is definitely over-hyped.
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So very hypocritical.
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Not so much - but in tyrannical, dictatorial, socialist and communist governments - you see little of it and why would you bother?
If you are going to make "X" amount of money regardless of what you do - why bother with anything above the minimum to get by?
I mean - seriously; how many 'new ideas' come out of China? North Korea? Iran?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_science_and_technology_in_China#Scientific_and_tech nological_stagnation
....
How many come out of Ireland? UK? USA? Japan? Germany? France? Countries that since the Industrial Revolution have mostly been 'free to innovate', obvious exceptions depending on the time frame, of course.
http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=2984
http://corporate.britannica.com/press/inventions.ht ml
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Indeed, it's asinine. At best.
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While I'm no fan of Donald Trump for president, I think he's right about this one.
Why not a simple policy...
We match tariffs country by country. If China charges "X%" - then we do the same. Kinda simple and fair.
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1. DRM
2. Free Broadcast on the Radio
3. Copyright Law
4. The US Congress
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This question is no more complicated than that.
"If the FBI were driving vans around American cities silently sniffing wireless networks, would you approve"
They are on a public street, picking up an open, unsecured broadcast.... If you are concerned about that or the data moving over the network - encrypt it.
See technically - if the broadcast reaches *MY* car, you are broadcasting *your* data into my private property. There's not even a question at that point - who is infringing upon who?
But then I get kicks out of doing the opposite - leaving the network wide open and packet sniffing those who connect... ^.^
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