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"...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 it is still true.

Not to say that politics and business are not interested in ideas... they are, but not fundamentally. Ideas are only a means to power. Understand this and you will understand much about an idea you wish to see implemented.

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.

I haven't heard that name in a long time. That is some freaky stuff.

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 onlooker and have no evidence, but it appears to me that 1) get loan from national bank branch staffed by Momons, 2) default, 3) go before Mormon judge, 4) get lenient bankruptcy terms, 5) get another loan again soon from, you know, a Mormon lending officer... sooner than I could get it anyway.

My personal observation is that there are a lot of people in on the conspiracy or whatever you want to call it, and that as long as it stays within maybe "statistical anomaly" levels, it is a good income generator for the people of Utah.

This. The more amazing thing is how many people believe that any content published in the NYT/MSM is largely true and unbiased.

...and the $20m budget. ;)

"...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 or a fabrics engineer? Will she be a naturopath or a chemist? Each of these either/or's has a significant difference in the amount of basic math required.

Once you discover what she loves and is naturally good at, help her follow her path, and then add in math as necessary. Honestly, there are some people for whom cross multiplication will never factor in significantly in life. You may be wasting her valuable time by pushing her in mathematics.

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, then programmed stimulation can be good for production.

Its a broken system when that does not happen. So, I agree with you, its a broken system.

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 "...citizens who do not want to follow the laws that keep us civil..."

Reconstructed: US government has a system of laws that are against the best interests of all US citizens because some of those citizens don't like the laws the US government uses.

Really? That's deep.

...and they especially won't stop just because people want a REAL sense of privacy!

"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 sleeping dragon do?"

I guess it would exert secretive power over its citizens? What point are you trying to make? America has finally realized the Maoist ideal it always wanted to achieve?

Demosthenes and Locke are the only voices allowed... and you must rabidly adhere to one or the other. Ah, Ender, didn't you know?

It still has to pass the Senate.

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."

Meritocracy just broke all to pieces I guess.

Its an easy way to excuse bad habits, that's all.

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?

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 on (more or less) the entire world.

Once bit twice shy. Muzzle your fkng dog.

Agreed, "All elites have a ferocious sense of entitlement"

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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 the cow that I milked and comes again next week. Now that is transparency.

Although in many cases I can get away with selling the milk, if I were to butcher a cow an sell the meat (outside of a USDA approved slaughter house, etc) that would be pure unadulterated evil.

I would love to see a change in perspective that emphasized "local and small" = more self regulated, "farther and bigger" = more state oversight... oddly enough, in practice, it is the other way around.

Just let the small guys have more freedoms, and people will vote with their dollars.

This results in the rather brutal net result of "uncaring people will pay the least and demand the most abusive practices". But, honestly, I don't think we can get around this with legislation.

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 plainly.

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 delivery.

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.

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. ;-)

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 are doing and never will. They only invested because someone else they trust thinks its a money maker.

-- note: this is not a bad thing, its a reflection of what they are good at: money handling and profit making.

2) quote: "What most entrepreneurs don’t realize is that by failing to complete a deal structure, a cap table, and an exit model in advance, they greatly extend their due diligence period and ultimately hold up the cheque writing, sometimes for months."

-- read: and ultimately hold up the cheque writing, sometimes for months... and sometimes for fucking ever. Why? Because they are too naive or lazy to do their business homework, and the money boys walk away with their baby.

-- note: This is also not a bad thing, it is something you must be prepared for; you're a hacker right? Immerse in some VC, finance, management and negotiation books. See the world from their perspective, wiser is better.

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 which has implicit (subpoena or court order... or not in cases of foreign nationals) access by the NSA / FBI / CIA. Um, and people are cool with it why? Because its all on VHS and has been going on since the 80's. I believe that is what you were saying...

Agreed.

I'm not the OP, but: Anywhere with mountain plains (2000ft+) for decent growing and grazing for cattle or sheep. Temperate zones are best to minimize disease vectors. This can work anywhere (even in the US) because rule of law is more or less like cell phone coverage. > http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/9017/worldfactor10.jpg

Which Senator's lobbyists rewrote that bill? ftfy