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LaminatorX
on Wednesday April 22 2015, @01:14AM
from the Bruce-Schneier-knows-Alice-and-Bob's-shared-secret dept.
from the Bruce-Schneier-knows-Alice-and-Bob's-shared-secret dept.
Starting with Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, Bruce Schneier has attempted compiling a list of recent/current US intelligence community whistle-blowers.
He counts 6 (possibly 7) of them.
This Warren Buffet quote seems relevant
Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 22 2015, @06:03AM
Posting anon to maximize your modding abuse potential, I see.
Quick!! Look over there!! I think someone said something nice about the police!!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 22 2015, @07:14AM
"Only now, at the end, do you realize the true power of the dark side! Yes, there are only two of us, a master and an apprentice, and right now I am in a tight spot since I have no apprentice and I really need you to come over to the dark side, and replace your father, who was a member of the greatest generation and so I can't trust him when it comes to OPSECS against the Citizens of the Galactic Federation. In fact, I really think he might be about to spill the beans on the whole operation! So now, you realize that you must sign this NDA, you must never tell anyone about the cookies, or the genital mutilation, especially the genital mutilation, it cuts down on recruitment. Together, we shall rule the Hugo Awards, and Micro$oft, and lots of other really evil stuff to rule! So come, now, Max! Come to the Dark Side!
(Oh, no, you are wondering how I knew your real name is "Max". Major faux pax on my part. You know, don't you, that I am an actual Sith Lord? Some times people get the spelling wrong, neither here nor there, but that means I have access to intelligence that most do not. My spies are everywhere, and I can trust, well, some of them. Some of the time. But that again is not important now! Come to the Dark Side, Max!!! I shall call you, "Darth Cheney"! Not like it hasn't been done before, and with the Kardashians, I say, if a butt pic worked once, it will work again!
So now together, with two of us countering the unfair mods of outrageous misfortune, we will rule this Soylent News together, as in both of us, but of course with you in the subordinate position, And I do not mean anything gay by that, of course, unless you want it to. Did you see me playing with my dolls again? The ones in the nice blue uniforms? I hear that in some places, if you donate a lot to the police, they let you volunteer just as if you were a real police officer! That gets my Darkside(tm) panties all in a bunch, I'll tell you. So, Max, come to the Dark Side, and we can play cop! We can chase traitors and pederasts, but not in that order. I will let you use my "electrostatic discharge", if you promise to be careful! Please, Max? Max?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 22 2015, @07:44AM
I'm pretty sure you can post in articles where you've modded people using your account and the mods won't be undone, so no.
Nice baseless speculation. You don't even know if I have an account.
Quick!! Look over there!! I think someone said something nice about the police!!!
Lots of people on this website disagree with authoritarian positions. Deal with it. You could always create some website targeting a different group of people if you don't like it.
And no one cares if you say something nice about the police if they actually did something good, but I suspect you're just a police apologist.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 22 2015, @11:26AM
Yes, I know. That's why I said "maximize". You can not only mod down people you disagree with on the page, but within the same thread this way. MAXIMIZE does not equal CAN'T.
Yes, and they disagree very strongly with their mod points (we'll have to wait and see if "shitlord" makes it up to +5, starting from 0). But the funny thing is that they love to mod up their favorite points and mod down anything they disagree with, which gives them a little bit of authoritarian power.
That's right. Your way or the highway. Dissenting opinions are NOT welcome. Wait, what was your point again? I think we're in agreement.
EXACTLY. Mooooooooooo. Quick, get out those mod points before they expire! Maybe you're not as dense as your posts lead you to believe. Besides, I thought "shill" was your people's kind of favorite word for anyone who takes an opposing opinion. Is it out of style now?
You know, the admitting the problem is the first step to recovery.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 22 2015, @08:23PM
Yes, and they disagree very strongly with their mod points (we'll have to wait and see if "shitlord" makes it up to +5, starting from 0). But the funny thing is that they love to mod up their favorite points and mod down anything they disagree with, which gives them a little bit of authoritarian power.
Modding is subjective. It will inevitably reflect the viewpoints of the userbase. "Insightful"? Subjective. "Flamebait"? Subjective. And so on.
The result is that people who disagree with what most people here believe in obnoxious ways will be more heavily scrutinized. Not a surprise, since you're going against most of the userbase.
That's right. Your way or the highway. Dissenting opinions are NOT welcome.
What? No one said you can't post. Posts don't even get deleted here, so I don't see why you're whining. This isn't the first time you've whined about "sacred cows." It's about as valid as calling you a hipster for disagreeing with the majority; that is, it isn't.
EXACTLY. Mooooooooooo. Quick, get out those mod points before they expire! Maybe you're not as dense as your posts lead you to believe.
Someone could sum up your posts in a similar way, as I did before. "Waaaaaaah! Waaaaaaaaaah! Lots of people on this site disagree with my opinions! Waaaaaaaaaah! I'm being oppressed!"
And my posts never lead me to believe I'm dense.
Besides, I thought "shill" was your people's kind of favorite word for anyone who takes an opposing opinion. Is it out of style now?
If you could think logically for a moment, you'd know that different people are different.
You know, the admitting the problem is the first step to recovery.
I don't think there's a problem. This site has a specific audience which disagrees with authoritarian positions. Other sites are different. Go to the Daily Mail or something if you want to party with fellow authoritarians. Or post here and deal with the inevitable criticism that you'll get.