Comment So in 2007 Obama... (Score 4, Insightful) 312
...was every bit against domestic spying as he was against gay marriage.
Maybe he should have said "If you like your civil liberties, you can keep your civil liberties."
...was every bit against domestic spying as he was against gay marriage.
Maybe he should have said "If you like your civil liberties, you can keep your civil liberties."
...for the name of his security company, clicked on the first link, and said "OK, asshole, now you're going down!"
Now insert your own PMITA Prison/Goatse joke here...
Mainly because I'm out of sorts...
Weird outliers exist in every industry, and in every time. It's just that now get mroe examples of it worldwide, in realtime.
Five bits of anecdotal weirdness do not a trend make.
...you mean hundreds of thousands, as numerous pictures from Newspapers and Twitter have shown.
The rest of your post is of similar accuracy.
Now why don't you tell us how Euromaidan in Ukraine is "just a handful of extremists"?
Given the furious pace of technological change, there's no reason to assume any current distribution model will last 50 years. Maybe not even 20.
The following used to be important distribution channels or outlets:
Where are they now? Dead or dying.
Push the timescale out long enough, and the future of Apple, Amazon, YouTube, Time Warner/Comcast, NPR, The New York Times, and broadcast TV are no more assured.
Will they be replaced by Kickstarter? They'll probably be replaced by the thing that replaces the things that replaces Kickstarter...
"Smith!" screamed the shrewish voice from the telescreen. "6079 Smith W.! Yes, YOU! Bend lower, please! You can do better than that. You’re not trying. Lower, please! THAT’S better, comrade."
...than being denied particular coursework on an Internet they're not allowed to access anyway. Things like surviving on $20 a month and avoiding getting arrested for owning unauthorized shrimp.
Living on Earth may be expensive, but it includes an annual free trip around the Sun.