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by moens 13y ago
Dissing "cyber-anarchist hero worship" is awesomely ironic. ;)
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by moens 13y ago
Its important to understand that from some people's perspective, the whole point of Federally funded education is indoctrination. In which case it would be very important to identify those who are, "frustrat[ed] with co-workers
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by moens 13y ago
"...politics is really about obtaining and wielding power. The people who thrive in politics are more interested in power than ideas." This should be the preface to every history book. BTW, s/politics/business/ and
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by moens 13y ago
It would be a wonderful political hack though. Just thinking of a zero day email dump hack makes me smile. The political fallout alone... just imagine. Wow, I felt like I was channeling John Lennon there for a moment.
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by moens 13y ago
I haven't heard that name in a long time. That is some freaky stuff.
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by moens 13y ago
No slight intended to Mormons in general, I have a number of Mormon friends... but: I live in "Mormon-ville," and there is this weird thing about Mormons: they have a lot of bankruptcies. It seems to me like a lot. I am just the o
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by moens 13y ago
This. The more amazing thing is how many people believe that any content published in the NYT/MSM is largely true and unbiased.
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by moens 13y ago
...and the $20m budget. ;)
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by moens 13y ago
"...what things the sister actually likes to do." There is no more important thing than knowing this. What will this woman-to-be do with this math? Will she be an business manager or an accountant? Will she be a fashion designer o
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by moens 13y ago
It was a wakeup call for me when I literally heard the Fox News channel coming out of the mouth of my 70 year grandmother... etc. Barf. The point is much more general: programmed stimulation is a problem. Unless you are a slave owner, the
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by moens 13y ago
Its a broken system when that does not happen. So, I agree with you, its a broken system.
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by moens 13y ago
Wow, that's just unbelievable... You are saying: "...some [US] laws were created against the best interests of [all] American citizens..." because "...you don't want rampant terrorist attacks and criminal activity..." defined as "...citizen
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by moens 13y ago
...and they especially won't stop just because people want a REAL sense of privacy!
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by moens 13y ago
"It's troubling that any secretive organizations would be able to have this much power over citizens, but the alternative is much scarier. [...] if China gets the upper hand (and they are trying unimaginably hard) then what? What will the s
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by moens 13y ago
Demosthenes and Locke are the only voices allowed... and you must rabidly adhere to one or the other. Ah, Ender, didn't you know?
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by moens 13y ago
It still has to pass the Senate.
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by moens 13y ago
But, a simple call to followTheMoney(Players, Amounts) will give you a pretty clear understanding. Note also that "limited" in governmental terms is about sigma shy of "all."
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by moens 13y ago
Meritocracy just broke all to pieces I guess.
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by moens 13y ago
Its an easy way to excuse bad habits, that's all.
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by moens 13y ago
wtf? The OP just (implicitly) agreed that this was the case, and that nail clippers had been taken anyway... who reads the TSA's blog?
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by moens 13y ago
100's of people die and lose their limbs in an tragic, yet oddly sensational event, and your first move is to decry a person angry about how the government uses similarly sensational events to systematically impose restrictions of freedom
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by moens 13y ago
Agreed, "All elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement" [fixed]
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by moens 14y ago
As someone who actually owns a few cows, many chickens, and a horse, my main complaint about the legal situation is how I am kept from selling a gallon of milk to a "close" customer: one that actually walks on to my land, hands me $16, sees
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by moens 14y ago
I still disagree. Collaboration is the winning strategy? For whom? The writer forgot to add, "for the strongest player." For the weaker player, collaboration usually means assimilation. This is not always bad, but it must be addressed plain
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by moens 14y ago
yup, gotta agree. Ideas are like any other valuable thing: a rare few are amazing, some are good, most are meh, and some are wtf? For those people that are good at idea generation, being tacit can be one useful means to getting paid on deli
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by moens 14y ago
Historically the construct called, "family" has in some cases afforded both. However the open-source aspect is generally lost outside the bounds of said structure.
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by moens 14y ago
LEGOS, LEGOS, LEGOS! A Dover coloring book and a box of colored pencils. A pogo stick. A computer with Gimp on it and a couple pointers. Frisbee, yoyo, big floor puzzles, bow and arrows, snack food. Yeah, got lots of kids. ;-)
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by moens 14y ago
This is a very important article. Its not about good guys and bad guys, its about differing perspectives and varying expertise. 1) quote "...investor is bluffing to cover a lack of knowledge..." -- read: the investor has no idea what you ar
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by moens 14y ago
Your point is not academic... there is this new thing called WalMart, er, Asda. Ever hear about it? Cheap stuff for people with bad taste. Oh, and with a side of live-video-surveillance-with-active-facial-recognition feeding a worldwide db
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by moens 14y ago
Agreed.

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