Trump requires admiration and worship. He cannot accept that he could do anything wrong. He cannot be told No.
Because he can never be wrong, he is unable to ever admit a mistake. Therefore, once he takes a position he sticks with it. If it was right, it is because he is brilliant. If it was wrong, then later, he was always for the other position all along. And this is demonstrable fact.
Anything that goes right during his administration is due to his inherent greatness. It doesn't matter if it began before or was planned before he came into power. Even that prior planning is a manifestation of Trump's greater glory and superiority to all others. Anything that goes wrong is someone else's fault. Some imagined enemy. The previous administration. Or something.
Now many politicians of any political view exhibit some of this to varying degrees. But Trump takes it to a cartoonish new level.
A lower level and more general solution for all types of internet traffic is RFC 3514 otherwise known as the Evil Bit.
You could keep your terrorist traffic safely encrypted. Since you would flag all of your packets by setting the evil bit, internet routers and other equipment would be aware of the malicious intent of your communication, without any need to decrypt it.
How can programming costs be rising faster than cable bill increases? Is it Hollywood Accounting at work again?
First, cable bill increases are already at an insane rate.
Second, aren't production costs getting lower? CGI Special Effects are now cheaper than ever. Video Editing can be done on a MacBook. Good quality cameras are in the few thousands of dollars. Digital Audio workstations are cheaper than ever.
Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but aren't there plenty of wannabe young cute actors that can't get jobs? Don't some fraction of those have enough talent to audition for parts in new TV shows? Clue: new actors might not demand the same pay as big name actors.
Funny, it seems that Netflix is able to start investing many millions into production of quite a few new shows, many of which seem to be well liked. Netflix sometimes even buys a series without making a pilot first -- unheard of in the business. Netflix sometimes even buys more than one season at a time.
Netflix is not the only one making new original shows.
So it seems like Cable is doing something wrong.
Oh, maybe it is Reality TV. When I first saw Reality TV, I knew it was the death of cable. Then we started getting new crap quality content. I knew it was all over when the History channel had Ancient Aliens. And Discovery or Learning channel had crap like Ghost Hunters.
So maybe programming costs are just an excuse. Maybe the reality is that cable UNDER-spent on content and now they're paying for it. I remember in the 1990's when there was interesting content on cable TV. But then the commercials were the killer. Oh, wait. So cable is raking it in with higher and higher subscriptions, AND more and more commercials, and STILL complains about money? Really?
Advertising destroys every medium in which it is used.
Magazines became littered with more ads than content. And newspapers.
Radio was polluted with ads. And network TV. Then came cable TV with the promise of no ads. But ads invaded and cable tv deteriorated into a wasteland of ads. More ads than content. Then right after a commercial there would be more ads of characters walking out on top of the bottom 1/3 of the content to advertise another program over the program being currently watched. These would sometimes obscure important parts of what you were watching. So cord cutting happens.
Internet streaming appears. Then it gets ads. Hulu at least created a higher priced ad-free model. When there was talk of Netflix getting ads, I gave them feedback on how this was a slippery slope. Pointing out what happened with network TV and then cable TV.
Also, the web. At first it was full of information. Then ads appeared. They weren't too bad at first. They didn't interfere with your browsing experience. Gradually the ads came to dominate the page. Then each page had one paragraph of content surrounded by bright, loud, animated jumping dancing seizure inducing ads. You would have to click Next to read the next page with one paragraph of content and another page full of flashing ads. Then came ad delivered malware. And ad blockers. Then ad blocker blockers. Next: people actively avoiding ad blocker blockers -- forever. Once a site blocks my ad blocker, I never go there again. Even if they stop blocking ad blockers I'll never know, or care. They don't have anything valuable enough for me to lower the defenses of my ad blockers.
I should also briefly mention usenet spam followed by email spam. Yes, this is advertising, in all its despicable glory.
Some otherwise beautiful land is visually polluted with miles and miles of billboards. And now billboards have bright light pollution dancing animated ads. That keep neighbors awake at night. And the visual pollution in cities of billboards.
Of course the ad industry is excited about any gutting of privacy protections. These are people who will mandate putting ads on the inside of our eyelids once the technology becomes available. Mark my words. There is no limit to the lengths advertisers will go to.
Just wait until the first low earth orbiting ad billboards. A large "fabric" of many individual pixel elements spaced many feet apart.
Re: Yeah, Steele's plea probably isn't going to buy much
You forgot to enclose the steps of that conversation within a loop.
while( ! pissedOffYet() ) {
Steele: "I can totally tell you how Hansmeier was behind [insert X nefarious scheme here]
Fed: "Yeah, we knew that already, and don't try to pretend you didn't have a lot to do with it. Tell us something we don't know that won't lead to you getting shredded on the stand when you testify to it."
}
Fed: I can see that this conversation can serve no further purpose.
When I buy a cable package, a mobile data plan, a mobile phone, a cable internet package, etc; they should be able to tell me on the spot EXACTLY what my monthly bill will be.
When I pump fuel into my vehicle, I am somehow able to magically know what it will cost, as it is pumped.
Every single item in the grocery store is clearly marked with a price. All I have to do is add tax, which is KNOWN QUANTITY. I can therefore know exactly what my total will be, to the penny, before I even reach the checkout.
In the 21st century why are we unable to know exactly what an internet package will cost at the time of signup? This seems like exactly the kind of problem that the government should be able to fix. This is way easier to fix than removing the lead from our drinking water. Or the pollution from our air. This is way WAY easier to fix than forcing all journalism to never criticize the administration. So why not take on and fix this problem? It seems like an executive order, and directly within the realm of the executive branch, the FCC and/or FTC. Am I missing something?
Maybe just cynical rather than hysterical. Maybe it's just that nothing would surprise me at this point. I might gasp at the news. I might double check to make sure it is real news. But I would not be shocked. Not one single bit.
I thought all the talk about the NSA spying was paranoid hysterical nonsense -- BEFORE Snowden. Then we find out it was actually much worse.
And US torture programs. Secret warrants, arrests, courts, trials, evidence, convictions, prisons, etc.
Is it really hysterical? Or are you saying these things should just be accepted as normal.
Let's just assume, for a moment, that our country ends up getting a dictator. Just consider for a moment. What will your reaction be? You didn't think it could happen? How could this happen? Why aren't you asking right now how could so much of what has already happened happen? Do you think other countries in history that ended up with dictators (even if the title is "king") thought it could happen to them? The reality is that the future could turn out to be bad. And we collectively could just let it happen.
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Re:
Until the next one, which will be worse.
They only go downhill from here.
I thought it couldn't get worse then George W Bush. Now I would be happy to have him back.
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Re: Re: Re: The explanation is simple
On the post: Donald Trump Keeps Taking Credit For Tech Sector Jobs He Had Absolutely Nothing To Do With
The explanation is simple
Because he can never be wrong, he is unable to ever admit a mistake. Therefore, once he takes a position he sticks with it. If it was right, it is because he is brilliant. If it was wrong, then later, he was always for the other position all along. And this is demonstrable fact.
Anything that goes right during his administration is due to his inherent greatness. It doesn't matter if it began before or was planned before he came into power. Even that prior planning is a manifestation of Trump's greater glory and superiority to all others. Anything that goes wrong is someone else's fault. Some imagined enemy. The previous administration. Or something.
Now many politicians of any political view exhibit some of this to varying degrees. But Trump takes it to a cartoonish new level.
On the post: UK Home Secretary: I Need People Who Understand The Necessary Hashtags To Censor Bad People Online
Re: Simple fix
That only works where hashtags are allowed.
A lower level and more general solution for all types of internet traffic is RFC 3514 otherwise known as the Evil Bit.
You could keep your terrorist traffic safely encrypted. Since you would flag all of your packets by setting the evil bit, internet routers and other equipment would be aware of the malicious intent of your communication, without any need to decrypt it.
On the post: Streaming Video Competition Slowly Begins Killing The Bloated, Pricey Cable Bundle
Re:
First, cable bill increases are already at an insane rate.
Second, aren't production costs getting lower? CGI Special Effects are now cheaper than ever. Video Editing can be done on a MacBook. Good quality cameras are in the few thousands of dollars. Digital Audio workstations are cheaper than ever.
Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about, but aren't there plenty of wannabe young cute actors that can't get jobs? Don't some fraction of those have enough talent to audition for parts in new TV shows?
Clue: new actors might not demand the same pay as big name actors.
Funny, it seems that Netflix is able to start investing many millions into production of quite a few new shows, many of which seem to be well liked. Netflix sometimes even buys a series without making a pilot first -- unheard of in the business. Netflix sometimes even buys more than one season at a time.
Netflix is not the only one making new original shows.
So it seems like Cable is doing something wrong.
Oh, maybe it is Reality TV. When I first saw Reality TV, I knew it was the death of cable. Then we started getting new crap quality content. I knew it was all over when the History channel had Ancient Aliens. And Discovery or Learning channel had crap like Ghost Hunters.
So maybe programming costs are just an excuse. Maybe the reality is that cable UNDER-spent on content and now they're paying for it. I remember in the 1990's when there was interesting content on cable TV. But then the commercials were the killer. Oh, wait. So cable is raking it in with higher and higher subscriptions, AND more and more commercials, and STILL complains about money? Really?
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Re: Bogus "bundle" counts?
The need for a "1, 2, 3 etc" versions of the same channel is to sort of poorly compensate for the inability to watch on demand.
On the post: Swiss Government Blows Off Turkish President's Demands For Prosecution After He's 'Insulted' By A Local Tabloid
Thinnest skinned politician on the planet?
On the post: California Police Department Can't Keep It Real; Deploys Fake Press Releases And Fake Affidavits
Imagine this
You know you are innocent.
The police produce a mountain of (false) evidence that they (falsely) claim will be used in court.
You confess and take a plea deal.
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Re: Billions?
The RIAA had the gall to say piracy costs them $75 TRILLION.
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The Ad industry
Magazines became littered with more ads than content. And newspapers.
Radio was polluted with ads. And network TV. Then came cable TV with the promise of no ads. But ads invaded and cable tv deteriorated into a wasteland of ads. More ads than content. Then right after a commercial there would be more ads of characters walking out on top of the bottom 1/3 of the content to advertise another program over the program being currently watched. These would sometimes obscure important parts of what you were watching. So cord cutting happens.
Internet streaming appears. Then it gets ads. Hulu at least created a higher priced ad-free model. When there was talk of Netflix getting ads, I gave them feedback on how this was a slippery slope. Pointing out what happened with network TV and then cable TV.
Also, the web. At first it was full of information. Then ads appeared. They weren't too bad at first. They didn't interfere with your browsing experience. Gradually the ads came to dominate the page. Then each page had one paragraph of content surrounded by bright, loud, animated jumping dancing seizure inducing ads. You would have to click Next to read the next page with one paragraph of content and another page full of flashing ads. Then came ad delivered malware. And ad blockers. Then ad blocker blockers. Next: people actively avoiding ad blocker blockers -- forever. Once a site blocks my ad blocker, I never go there again. Even if they stop blocking ad blockers I'll never know, or care. They don't have anything valuable enough for me to lower the defenses of my ad blockers.
I should also briefly mention usenet spam followed by email spam. Yes, this is advertising, in all its despicable glory.
Some otherwise beautiful land is visually polluted with miles and miles of billboards. And now billboards have bright light pollution dancing animated ads. That keep neighbors awake at night. And the visual pollution in cities of billboards.
Of course the ad industry is excited about any gutting of privacy protections. These are people who will mandate putting ads on the inside of our eyelids once the technology becomes available. Mark my words. There is no limit to the lengths advertisers will go to.
Just wait until the first low earth orbiting ad billboards. A large "fabric" of many individual pixel elements spaced many feet apart.
On the post: Homeland Security Starts Banning Laptops & Tablets On Planes From The Middle East
Makes Sense
If you can't outright ban 'em from coming here, then at least punish them for making the trip.
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Re: Yeah, Steele's plea probably isn't going to buy much
You forgot to enclose the steps of that conversation within a loop.
while( ! pissedOffYet() ) {
}
Fed: I can see that this conversation can serve no further purpose.
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Re: Re: Learning to Love Copyright
On the post: Despite Stream Of Leaks Exposing Tremendous Gov't Surveillance Capabilities, James Comey Still Complaining About 'Going Dark'
Complaining about the wrong thing
Complain about going to the dark side (tm).
On the post: FCC Partially Kills Rules Requiring ISPs Be Clear About Usage Caps, Hidden Fees
Why can't they tell me what it costs?
When I pump fuel into my vehicle, I am somehow able to magically know what it will cost, as it is pumped.
Every single item in the grocery store is clearly marked with a price. All I have to do is add tax, which is KNOWN QUANTITY. I can therefore know exactly what my total will be, to the penny, before I even reach the checkout.
In the 21st century why are we unable to know exactly what an internet package will cost at the time of signup? This seems like exactly the kind of problem that the government should be able to fix. This is way easier to fix than removing the lead from our drinking water. Or the pollution from our air. This is way WAY easier to fix than forcing all journalism to never criticize the administration. So why not take on and fix this problem? It seems like an executive order, and directly within the realm of the executive branch, the FCC and/or FTC. Am I missing something?
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Re: Re: Re:
I thought all the talk about the NSA spying was paranoid hysterical nonsense -- BEFORE Snowden. Then we find out it was actually much worse.
And US torture programs. Secret warrants, arrests, courts, trials, evidence, convictions, prisons, etc.
Is it really hysterical? Or are you saying these things should just be accepted as normal.
Let's just assume, for a moment, that our country ends up getting a dictator. Just consider for a moment. What will your reaction be? You didn't think it could happen? How could this happen? Why aren't you asking right now how could so much of what has already happened happen? Do you think other countries in history that ended up with dictators (even if the title is "king") thought it could happen to them? The reality is that the future could turn out to be bad. And we collectively could just let it happen.
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Re: Considering the Bible
Dear Mr. Sessions, consider these words and whether you would label them "fake news".
Isaiah 5:20-23
20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,
who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,
23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.
Proverbs 24:23-25
23 These also are sayings of the wise:
To show partiality in judging is not good:
24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.
There is plenty more Mr. Sessions.
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Re:
This assumption is not presently illegal. But I would be careful.
You are assuming, without evidence, that there will be a next election.
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Re:
Fact: Arizona has a legal limit of two dildos per household.
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Re: Yea
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