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Comment Japan, a land filled with lies ! (Score 1, Troll) 188

by Taco Cowboy (#46620177) Attached to: UN Court: Japanese Whaling "Not Scientific"

Japan is a country in which "truth" means nothing.

They can say that the "experiment" they carried out in their whaling exercises are for "scientific research" but all of us know that the whale meat that you can get in many sushi restaurant inside Japan came from those whaling "experiments".

And the whales are *NOT* the only animal that they killed. They kill dolphins too !

You do not have to believe me, just click on the following link to find out what them Japanese are doing ...

http://www.linktv.org/about/bl...

Submission + - UN court ordered Japan to stop whaling (independent.co.uk)

Submitted by Taco Cowboy
Taco Cowboy writes: United Nations judges have ordered Japan to end whale hunts in the Antarctic after dismissing Japanese arguments that the hunting was carried out for scientific research purposes.

"Japan shall revoke any existant authorization, permit or licence granted in relation to JARPA II (research programme) and refrain from granting any further permits," said the International Court of Justice's judge Peter Tomka.

In 1982, the International Whaling Commission adopted a moratorium on commercial whaling, allowing the taking and killing of whales for research purposes only. Scientific catch limits are set by each country on a yearly basis, submitted to a review by the IWC's scientific committee.

Anti-whaling critics say that Japanese whale research is a fig leaf for commercial hunting, as whale meat can be sold to cover research costs. Japan counters that its whale meat sale is not profitable, and that it needs to take and kill whales to study the animals and their potential as a food source.

"The evidence does not establish that the programme's design and implementation are reasonable in relation to its stated objectives," the court said.

More info can be had from

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...

and

http://timesofindia.indiatimes...

and

http://news.sciencemag.org/asi...

Comment First step of a virtual central bank ? (Score 2) 275

by Taco Cowboy (#46590717) Attached to: Operation Wants To Mine 10% of All New Bitcoins

What we need now is not more "exchanges" for virtual coins but a "central bank" in charge of the virtual coins.

If they are successful in accumulating 10% of all Bitcoins they may want to use them as the base of the first ever Virtual Central Bank

As the central bank for virtual coins, they can function much more than the "exchanges" that we've heard so much about.

They can manipulate the value of any virtual coins via "buying" and "selling".

Comment Way back when ... (Score 5, Interesting) 301

by Taco Cowboy (#46571619) Attached to: Researchers Find Problems With Rules of Bitcoin

Back in the 1920's when that great depression struck, many banks folded, and people who had money in banks ended up with nothing.

No matter for what reason the banks folded depositors were the ones left holding the empty bag.

Kinda like what is happening in the various Bitcoin exchanges. No matter if it's stupidity, lack of security, or malice, it's the depositors (whoever parked their Bitcoins in that exchange) ended up losing it all.

Well ... back to the 1920's.

When the banks folded, did people abandon the greenbacks ? Yes or no ?

Same situation here ... The fact that exchanges vanishing into thin air doesn't render Bitcoins invalid.

True, some of the "rules" are flawed ( I kinda have a sense something is amissed ever since Bitcoin came out, back in 2009, but I just couldn't pin-point what is wrong with it, but thanks to those scientists at least now I know, but I digress ... ) and they may need to be changed ( ... as been pointed out, the implementation of the necessary rule change may turn out to be very hard ... ) but all in all, the system of Bitcoin, at least, for the concept of it, is still as valid as ever.

Many people are digging at Bitcoin, trying their best to make it sounds as if it's something uncertain, something ephemeral, something "flash in the pan" but if we are to look at the alternative to Bitcoin, ie, the FIAT MONEY SYSTEM, it too has been damaged beyond repair --- as so much money was created out of thin air, which means, the value of the fiat money is no longer valid.

Comment Where is the live blog address ? (Score 1) 20

I must have missed something - I searched and searched but I just can't find that live blog address.

They say that they are going to carry out the test on 25th, March, 2014, (presumably Hong Kong time, as the research team is in Hong Kong) and I want to see/read how they carry out that experiment.

Comment This is what I did ... (Score 2) 405

by Taco Cowboy (#46561503) Attached to: L.A. Police: <em>All</em> Cars In L.A. Are Under Investigation

... I moved out.

Currently I stay outside of America, only go back for business reasons (and for voting).

Oh yes, I, an American citizen, couldn't stand the way my country which is turning into a police state.

And the most disgusting thing that I see is, *MOST* of my fellow Americans still think it's good to trade in their liberties so that the BIG BROTHER get to "protect" them.

What can I do ? I have thought very long and hard at it, and still, I can't come up with a solution.

Comment But at what cost ?? (Score 1) 112

by Taco Cowboy (#46561479) Attached to: Electric 'Thinking Cap' Controls Learning Speed

But even this child's play get results. Lots of low hanging fruit

I couldn't believe my eyes when I read TFA (not the paywalled one).

Before we get any understanding of the function of our brain they already are messing it up with currents.

What kind of consequences are we willing to risk ? I mean, no matter how mild the electric current turn out to be, at the cell level (neuron level) that current is still a SHOCK to them.

How much stress must we put the neurons under ? What would happen to the neurons after repeat electric shock treatments ????

Comment The United Soviet of America (Score 3, Insightful) 405

by Taco Cowboy (#46561313) Attached to: L.A. Police: <em>All</em> Cars In L.A. Are Under Investigation

Which word ? "Soviet" ?

In my youth we learned Russian in schools, and if I do not know what that word means, I might as well be blind.

The current situation in America is such that the councils are filled with people such as Feinstein / Obama who want to change the United States into a Police State.

And we have nothing else to fall back on...

Used to be that the congress / the court system and the White House are the three prongs of our government, and each of one is used to check the other two.

No more.

Nowadays the courts are being populated by judges who think we ought to give up our liberty in exchange for "security".

Congress ? That place is filled with dead woods who do nothing but looking for ways to create even more pork barrel projects.

White House ? You kiddin' ???

Comment Re:Everyone is a potential criminal in L.A. (Score 5, Interesting) 405

by Taco Cowboy (#46560297) Attached to: L.A. Police: <em>All</em> Cars In L.A. Are Under Investigation

Not necessarily everyone in the world.

But to the NSA, certainly *EVERYONE* inside the United States of America is suspicious.

I read a line from TFA with disbelieve ...

"This argument is completely counter to our criminal justice system, in which we assume law enforcement will not conduct an investigation unless there are some indicia of criminal activity"

How naive the author of TFA can be !

The author should have known that the so-called "criminal justice system" of the United States of America is no longer the same one under the Constitution of the United States of America !

Under the "Patriot Act", under the Bush and Obama Administration, United States of America has essentially become the United Soviet of America.

There is no longer the presumption of innocent until proven guilty.

Nowadays, *EVERYONE IS A SUSPECT* no matter what you have done.

Nowadays, It is *UP TO THE DEFENDANT* to prove himself/herself innocent.

Yesssirreee, that's the USA that we've gotten, the United -freaking- SOVIET of America.

Comment Nevertheless, I do thank MS for pointing it out ! (Score 3, Interesting) 117

by Taco Cowboy (#46554681) Attached to: One Billion Android Devices Open To Privilege Escalation

That is certainly an issue, but not the huge gaping security flaw the summary makes it sound like

A security flaw is a security flaw. Whether or not it's a "gaping hole" it still can be exploited.

For that, I sincerely thank Microsoft for so kindly pointed out that security flaw.

No matter what's the ultimate intention / agenda of Microsoft in this case, with this security flaw exposed, let us hope that Google can do something to plug it, and make those "Billion Android Devices" just a little bit more safer.

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