Has anyone else been watching this show? Can anyone else see a day when the government have a machine like this that can know when violent crime is about to happen?
The only difference would be that, to the real life government, there would be no irrelevant numbers.
I should turn off the TV and get out more, shouldn't I?
Has anyone else been watching this show? Can anyone else see a day when the government have a machine like this that can know when violent crime is about to happen?
The only difference would be that, to the real life government, there would be no irrelevant numbers.
I should turn off the TV and get out more, shouldn't I?
Privacy concerns over Google Glass are not ridiculous. Exaggerated and over-hyped, yes; but not ridiculous. There are some very real concerns about privacy and Google Glass.
Also, you cannot really compare cameras to Google Glass because you know when someone is using a camera and can avoid but you can't know when someone is using Google Glass.
I do, however, find it hilarious that people freak out about Google privacy but ignore the many privacy violations foisted on us by government.
Remember it? That's how I was raised. Do the politicians and entertainment industry not realise how difficult it is to break the habits you developed so early in your life?
"makes no difference what you think of Dotcom, he should be allowed to know what he is charged with and what evidence there is against him."
Amen. There is a case here in Northern Ireland at the moment where a man is being held without charge and without being told why he is being held. There is a public campaign under way to either have him released or to have charges brought against him so that he can have his day on court. The Secretary of State to NI is resisting so the case is about to go to the ECHR but he should not have to do that. This is internment, plain and simple. We had it in the 70s, it did not work then and it will not work now.
It is not just the US who has no regard for justice, the UK also has no regard for justice.
Dammit, I wanted to add that this is what the US do best.
Dotcom is not a very likable man but by going after him the way US Justice did, they have made him an anti copyright/anti Hollywood folk hero.
Before the Megaupload take down, not many people would have known who he was; now, you would find it difficult to find anyone who doesn't know who he is. US Justice backed up by Hollywood did this. They also turned public opinion in his favour with the aggressive and, it seems, illegal way they treated him.
They do the same with suspected terrorists and yet they never learn.
On one hands we have the courts willing to censor websites on a whim and massive surveillance by government who are looking for powers for even more.
On the other hand we have legislation that passed which bring back the days of secret courts. No juries, no publicity.
And the worst thing is, mainstream media gives zero coverage to what is happening. We are marching towards the Orwellian nightmare like a herd of lemmings to a cliff and anyone who points this out is branded part of the 'tinfoil hat brigade'.
Question. Have you paid the owner's of the America song so you can use it as your user name?
Anyway, who would be better off?
The German public
Independent musicians
Nightclub/bar owners
Restaurant owners
Hotel owners
Retail outlet owners
Event organisers
Anyone planning a wedding
Why?
They would not have to worry about being extorted for wanting to play music at their premises/event.
Where?
All over the place
How?
See Why
Would things be better without them?
Clearly, yes. Local economy would improve, independent musicians would actually get paid, the public could enjoy their music and less stress for anyone organising an event that needs music.
"You and AJ kept saying that "the law is the law". If that is the case, then this company's contracts should be legally void and they should get nothing...under the law."
That is very true. I have known several decent, honest hard working politicians who truly want to serve the whole population and yet they can't get anywhere. It is incredibly frustrating.
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Person Of Interest
The only difference would be that, to the real life government, there would be no irrelevant numbers.
I should turn off the TV and get out more, shouldn't I?
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Person Of Interest
The only difference would be that, to the real life government, there would be no irrelevant numbers.
I should turn off the TV and get out more, shouldn't I?
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Also, you cannot really compare cameras to Google Glass because you know when someone is using a camera and can avoid but you can't know when someone is using Google Glass.
I do, however, find it hilarious that people freak out about Google privacy but ignore the many privacy violations foisted on us by government.
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Amen. There is a case here in Northern Ireland at the moment where a man is being held without charge and without being told why he is being held. There is a public campaign under way to either have him released or to have charges brought against him so that he can have his day on court. The Secretary of State to NI is resisting so the case is about to go to the ECHR but he should not have to do that. This is internment, plain and simple. We had it in the 70s, it did not work then and it will not work now.
It is not just the US who has no regard for justice, the UK also has no regard for justice.
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Re: Turn unlikable men into martyrs
Dotcom is not a very likable man but by going after him the way US Justice did, they have made him an anti copyright/anti Hollywood folk hero.
Before the Megaupload take down, not many people would have known who he was; now, you would find it difficult to find anyone who doesn't know who he is. US Justice backed up by Hollywood did this. They also turned public opinion in his favour with the aggressive and, it seems, illegal way they treated him.
They do the same with suspected terrorists and yet they never learn.
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Turn unlikable men into martyrs
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Re: A matter of proportionate ease.
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Justice and due process mean nothing anymore.
On one hands we have the courts willing to censor websites on a whim and massive surveillance by government who are looking for powers for even more.
On the other hand we have legislation that passed which bring back the days of secret courts. No juries, no publicity.
And the worst thing is, mainstream media gives zero coverage to what is happening. We are marching towards the Orwellian nightmare like a herd of lemmings to a cliff and anyone who points this out is branded part of the 'tinfoil hat brigade'.
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Irony
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Re: German entertainment
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Re: German entertainment
Anyway, who would be better off?
The German public
Independent musicians
Nightclub/bar owners
Restaurant owners
Hotel owners
Retail outlet owners
Event organisers
Anyone planning a wedding
Why?
They would not have to worry about being extorted for wanting to play music at their premises/event.
Where?
All over the place
How?
See Why
Would things be better without them?
Clearly, yes. Local economy would improve, independent musicians would actually get paid, the public could enjoy their music and less stress for anyone organising an event that needs music.
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Re: Re: May "puts to rest the ridiculous claims", but what about the FIVE PERCENT?
Those damn thieving charities grifting money they did not earn.
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Not only that but it will also increase the visibility of the platform (and crowd funding generally) to the public and creators/innovators.
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Ouch
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It is extortion that these collection agencies engage in and the scary thing is that it is legal.
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