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On the other hand, no exceptions will be made for investigating journalists.
Of course, the Ministry of Love would never allow that.
[...] face up to two years or more in prison [...] law approved by the European Parliament's civil liberties committee.
Doesn't it seem the doublespeak is becoming more prevalent every day?
This is beyond the wildest dreams of the STASI [...]
Indeed. And for those who don't have a clear image of what their lives already look like (in terms of privacy) when they post their private stuff in "the cloud", I highly recommend the movie Das Leben der Anderen.
And with a little bit of encryption you can make it tamper proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izddjAp_N4I
And be prepared to forget about work. That's what usually happens when I do these kinds of trips, in which I lie to myself that I'm gonna do some work.
Thanx, I feel relieved now... I thought I was the only one that felt like on drugs while reading the summary.
Words are more powerful than you give them credit, to change hearts and minds.
So here follows mine*: start getting money out of politics - http://www.wolf-pac.com/ - and contribute personally, not only with your money.
* I'm not an American, but I wish my fellow Earthlings to recover from the current insanity (which btw is a global trend, unfortunately).
I think "WTF are you doing consuming 77 terabits a month" is a legitimate question. I read TFA yesterday and I realized that Verizon probably can't afford to have a whole lot of users chewing up that kind of bandwidth.
Then perhaps don't call it "unlimited"...
Asking him to switch to business service does not out of line to me, considering that he's running these servers for business use.
It is not really clear, but it seems he's not charging anything for the services, so no business here.
Note, also, they handled this with a short phone call rather than a nasty-gram or just cutting off his service without warning. That's more courtesy than I'd expect from a big ISP, given some of the horror stories I've heard.
True.
If it's not reproducible, more work needs to be done.
It is reproducible, that's the whole point they're still "looking into this".
If the process appears to violate the laws of thermodynamics [...]
Can you explain how fusion (of any kind) appears to violate any thermodynamics' law?
It's been many years since cold fusion and while there have been tantalizing hints that there may be something to it, nobody has been able to reliably reproduce the phenomenon for objective observers.
Actually there were several successful experiments, it doesn't take much work to look for their results. You may start with Dr. Peter Hagelstein, from MIT.
But usually people prefer to just dismiss without much thought, since the topic became taboo. Group-thinking is surely a fucked-up human characteristic.
s/much/many/g
Just waking up and writing in non-native language requires coffee.
Ooooh, So much ooohs.
Somehow, suddenly I want to play Monkey Island again.
Well, what can I say? There are winners and losers in the world, always has been, always will.
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Life is a contest....you have to fight to win. Not everyone gets that.
I realize there are a lot of people that think like you, and that's just sad. It is the kind of mentality that leads to bullying, desperation, and (in the extreme) the mass shootings.
Nothing shy of taking everyones money/wealth, and redistributing so that everyone has an equal share, whether they earned it or not, you are not going to have people that don't 'struggle" as you say.
Really? That's the only way you can imagine? What a black and white world, isn't it?
I certainly hope you aren't proposing that....because at some point, you run out of people willing to work harder and excel, only to have their rewards given to someone that didn't/couldn't do the same work or had the same luck.
Indeed, because that's the direction the industry is taking, right? Oh, wait, actually it is robots that are increasingly taking over people's jobs. So when the bulk of production is automated, where does the economic power to buy it come from?
So how exactly are they not contributing?
Taxes. RTFSummary for chrissake.
All your argument is irrelevant. A coder may make great software, that delight vis customers. Several users have happier lives, bla bla bla. Ve may provide excellent ROI for vis boss. Bla, bla, bla. Yet, the amount of taxes that individual coder pays, compared in proportion to what big corporations* do, is far greater.
* it seems people here are ignoring the big picture... calm down Apple fanboys, this is not only about your masters.
Most of the people that argue with anti-tax individuals think them morally corrupt and conflate not wanting to pay taxes with some sort of selfish drive. It's not true for most of the ones I've spoken to.
Well, it is certainly true for your friend (cayenne8) right above your comment, who said:
That's just nature at work..survival, I get mine first, etc. Nothing moral or immoral about it, just a fact of life my friend. Human nature since day one.
Altruism at its finest!
And just a quick comment on "It is also immoral to force people to pay for something that they choose not to/don't use": unless you are a complete hermit (growing your own food, sewing your own clothes, etc.), you are indirectly making use of things that you may have chosen not to use for yourself.
Furthermore, how can a system where the "I'm gonna get as much as I can (regardless of my needs) and give as little as possible" mentality is the norm be considered moral?
That's just nature at work..survival, I get mine first, etc. Nothing moral or immoral about it, just a fact of life my friend. Human nature since day one.
Except we're far from just barely surviving, while there are people actually struggling. Your indoctrination in individualism does not allow you to see how immoral that is...
A little bit of empathy would do you good.
It's kinda sad to have to spell it out loud... but here it goes: your tax money is used to benefit society; when you don't pay your taxes you are not contributing to society, yet you still benefit from those who contribute - that is immoral. Please, cayenne8, tell me how isn't that obvious?
Furthermore, how can a system where the "I'm gonna get as much as I can (regardless of my needs) and give as little as possible" mentality is the norm be considered moral?
Machines that have broken down will work perfectly when the repairman arrives.