It seem to actually remember from personal memory that this was said of: 1. the internet 2. dial up services prior to the internet 3. personal computers And I know of: 4. mainframe computers (maybe a world market for 5 total)
It was also probably said of (but I have no personal knowledge): 1. Pocket calculators 2. Microwave ovens 3. Television 4. Satellites (artificial ones) 5. Radio 6. Automobiles 7. The telephone (why wouldn't you go talk to the person directly?) 8. Electricity to the home
If you have no vision to see what something is good for, then you shouldn't be pontificating about it. If you don't see the future then become a manager, a CEO, or a political leader.
Some of the things it is good for may not become apparent until we have it. Again, just look at: * the internet (who would have imagined the uses, excluding FaceTwit, but including YouTube, Wikipedia, Google, BitTorrent) * automobiles (there is now unbroken concrete from your doorstep to my doorstep, no matter where you live, trucking industry) * satellites (new applications never dreamed of, GPS, weather, remote sensing, spying)
Once a new capability is in place, new things will develop on top of it that you couldn't have predicted.
And finally just to expand upon "personal computers" and what are they good for? While looking at retro computers I came across a YouTube video of an interview with a 1980 computer store owner. He started answering with applications like, kitchen recipies, business applications like accounting, inventory, ordering, shipping, personal applications like contact list, email, calendar, and games, entertainment, etc. As I listened, I realized that every single one of his predictions had come true. We all carry devices in our pockets today that do these things and much more. Personal computers in the truest sense.
To be objective, it may or may not be truth. But when not having to form your own opinion is a crime, you know big brother is working hard to keep us all safe.
I quit CNN cold turkey in 2013. Snowden coverage. Once you quit, you'll be glad you did. It's deliciously addictive, I know. But you really an quit. Just don't come back after the break. Ever. Just be done with it. They really don't have anything to tell you after the break. I promise.
> It is truly sad that many on the left will. [believe this]
Lost me right there in the 2nd sentence. There are as many right wing nutjobs that would believe this. Be equally condescending.
I voted today. On vacation on erection day. Got a voted sticker on my shirt. So I would hate to think that something in the debate tonight might make me change my mind. Oh dear.
DRM is the solution. Outlaw all printed paper (except for the convenience of special persons). All reading is on digital device screens. All content is DRM protected.
Now you can't read anything illegal. Just as Newspeak will make thoughtcrime impossible. A glorious new world.
The sender of an email can ensure you can no longer read it.
The emails or texts between a government criminal conspirator and their lobbyist could become unreadable.
It's all "secure" in their mind.
But then Comey's head would explode because some nerd forgot to implement a government back door. Why can't things just magically be secure for the right people, and insecure for the right other people?
It should be very disturbing to even suggest that reading anything could be illegal.
Again, just like the list (secret courts, secret laws, warrants, arrests, trials, evidence, convictions, prisons, etc.) we have become everything that we were fighting in the previous century.
If you subscribe to four major streaming services for $47, you get a LOT better entertainment from those services than crap served up by $47 worth of cable TV.
Most of the fees on your bill can be removed by calling and asking for the no-anything plan. No cable. No internet. No phone. No service at all. Many of the charges on your bill will disappear.
I haven't done, but am planning, to do the following instead.
Get a Tablo. It's a DVR for an Antenna. But it does NOT plug in to your TV. Instead it plugs in to your Ethernet (or WiFi). You also have to provide your own USB pocket hard drive for the recordings. If you want program listings, there is a small charge (don't remember how much, but less than a single TiVo).
To watch, you have to use your own device. An app for Android or iOS. Or an App on a Roku device. And they have a variety of client viewers. The beauty of this is that a Roku at ever TV not only gets you internet streaming, but recordings from your Tablo over your house local area net.
Again, I haven't tried this yet, but it's in my near future plans.
Please tell me the city (in a different story) is on the hook for a house they completely destroyed with surplus military weapons because a "bad guy" had hidden from police inside the house.
Two years after the night that began his ordeal, Talley sued the Denver Police Department, the FBI (which participated in the joint Safe Streets Task Force that arrested him), and the city of Denver on September 14, 2016. “It’s been very stressful. I’ve been somewhat relieved that it’s been finally filed. However, all the media and with the addition of the anniversary date of event has brought me recent ‘flashbacks’ of the incident,” Talley wrote me a few weeks ago. He is seeking $10 million in damages.
In response to a series of questions about the lawsuit’s allegations of police brutality, Hart’s investigation, and departmental corruption, the Denver Police Department declined to comment, stating that “it would be inappropriate to comment on a pending lawsuit out of respect for the legal process. Upon conclusion of the legal proceedings, the department will gladly address any public concerns regarding this matter.”
At the same time as Detective Jeffrey Hart was working to rebuild the case against Talley, Talley was attempting to rebuild his life. He hadn’t paid rent during his two months in jail, so he was living in homeless shelters. The money he had saved was gone.
Potential employers in the financial industry would express interest in Talley’s application only to rescind offers after conducting a background check.
The police have to be tough and brutal. It's their job. All suspects are guilty, otherwise they wouldn't be suspects.
But seriously, I wonder if the police brutality will be addressed at all. Looking at TFA where you can see Talley's face, and the robber's face; Talley is a good looking young man and probably was healthy and had a life.
"It is dangerous for a video examiner to tell the court that the person on video is the defendant. If it were that easy, there would be little need for trials in a surveillance society and that’s a frightening thought."
(I would have used html markup, but it is not working.)
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Nobody is sure what it's good for?
It seem to actually remember from personal memory that this was said of:
1. the internet
2. dial up services prior to the internet
3. personal computers
And I know of:
4. mainframe computers (maybe a world market for 5 total)
It was also probably said of (but I have no personal knowledge):
1. Pocket calculators
2. Microwave ovens
3. Television
4. Satellites (artificial ones)
5. Radio
6. Automobiles
7. The telephone (why wouldn't you go talk to the person directly?)
8. Electricity to the home
If you have no vision to see what something is good for, then you shouldn't be pontificating about it. If you don't see the future then become a manager, a CEO, or a political leader.
Some of the things it is good for may not become apparent until we have it. Again, just look at:
* the internet (who would have imagined the uses, excluding FaceTwit, but including YouTube, Wikipedia, Google, BitTorrent)
* automobiles (there is now unbroken concrete from your doorstep to my doorstep, no matter where you live, trucking industry)
* satellites (new applications never dreamed of, GPS, weather, remote sensing, spying)
Once a new capability is in place, new things will develop on top of it that you couldn't have predicted.
And finally just to expand upon "personal computers" and what are they good for? While looking at retro computers I came across a YouTube video of an interview with a 1980 computer store owner. He started answering with applications like, kitchen recipies, business applications like accounting, inventory, ordering, shipping, personal applications like contact list, email, calendar, and games, entertainment, etc. As I listened, I realized that every single one of his predictions had come true. We all carry devices in our pockets today that do these things and much more. Personal computers in the truest sense.
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I tell you Advertising is an evil that destroys every medium that it ever touches. Not instantly, to be sure. But inevitably.
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Re: Re: Reading is illegal?
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Lost me right there in the 2nd sentence. There are as many right wing nutjobs that would believe this. Be equally condescending.
I voted today. On vacation on erection day. Got a voted sticker on my shirt. So I would hate to think that something in the debate tonight might make me change my mind. Oh dear.
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A solution
Now you can't read anything illegal. Just as Newspeak will make thoughtcrime impossible. A glorious new world.
The sender of an email can ensure you can no longer read it.
The emails or texts between a government criminal conspirator and their lobbyist could become unreadable.
It's all "secure" in their mind.
But then Comey's head would explode because some nerd forgot to implement a government back door. Why can't things just magically be secure for the right people, and insecure for the right other people?
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Reading is illegal?
Again, just like the list (secret courts, secret laws, warrants, arrests, trials, evidence, convictions, prisons, etc.) we have become everything that we were fighting in the previous century.
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Way better entertainment value
IMO
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Get a Tablo. It's a DVR for an Antenna. But it does NOT plug in to your TV. Instead it plugs in to your Ethernet (or WiFi). You also have to provide your own USB pocket hard drive for the recordings. If you want program listings, there is a small charge (don't remember how much, but less than a single TiVo).
To watch, you have to use your own device. An app for Android or iOS. Or an App on a Roku device. And they have a variety of client viewers. The beauty of this is that a Roku at ever TV not only gets you internet streaming, but recordings from your Tablo over your house local area net.
Again, I haven't tried this yet, but it's in my near future plans.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Dangerous
The police did not go full berserk on him.
They went full "protect and serve" on him.
This will be added to the next edition of the Newspeak dictionary.
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It sounds like everyone needs to start hiding their faces when they go outside.
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Please tell me the city (in a different story) is on the hook for a house they completely destroyed with surplus military weapons because a "bad guy" had hidden from police inside the house.
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Re: Re: Dangerous
Two years after the night that began his ordeal, Talley sued the Denver Police Department, the FBI (which participated in the joint Safe Streets Task Force that arrested him), and the city of Denver on September 14, 2016. “It’s been very stressful. I’ve been somewhat relieved that it’s been finally filed. However, all the media and with the addition of the anniversary date of event has brought me recent ‘flashbacks’ of the incident,” Talley wrote me a few weeks ago. He is seeking $10 million in damages.
In response to a series of questions about the lawsuit’s allegations of police brutality, Hart’s investigation, and departmental corruption, the Denver Police Department declined to comment, stating that “it would be inappropriate to comment on a pending lawsuit out of respect for the legal process. Upon conclusion of the legal proceedings, the department will gladly address any public concerns regarding this matter.”
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Re: Dangerous
There's more from TFA . . .
At the same time as Detective Jeffrey Hart was working to rebuild the case against Talley, Talley was attempting to rebuild his life. He hadn’t paid rent during his two months in jail, so he was living in homeless shelters. The money he had saved was gone.
Potential employers in the financial industry would express interest in Talley’s application only to rescind offers after conducting a background check.
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Re: and a possibly fractured penis
The police have to be tough and brutal. It's their job. All suspects are guilty, otherwise they wouldn't be suspects.
But seriously, I wonder if the police brutality will be addressed at all. Looking at TFA where you can see Talley's face, and the robber's face; Talley is a good looking young man and probably was healthy and had a life.
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Dangerous
See this quote from TFA . . .
"It is dangerous for a video examiner to tell the court that the person on video is the defendant. If it were that easy, there would be little need for trials in a surveillance society and that’s a frightening thought."
(I would have used html markup, but it is not working.)
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Re: Grandstanding or Stupid?
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