Wednesday, June 10, 2009
The Anti-Twits: Great Minds Think Alike
Kanye West's and Trent Reznor's recent rants on Social Media/Twitter...
Friday, June 5, 2009
Mass Transportation
As I Sit Here Awaiting Yet Another Delayed Flight, I reflect at the sheer and utter stupidity of the idea of mass transportation.
Who came up with the idea of herding masses into containers and shipping them all from location to location? You can bet it's not the people actually riding mass transit. They still have enjoy their cars, their fancy jets, and of course their fancy carbon footprints.
They'll just guilt tax us out of ours so they can reduce our mobility and increase our trackability.
But it's ok. We don't need the freedom to leave a place at a whim uncontrolled and without ID checks. We don't need the freedom to change our minds about where we're going or when, or simply go somewhere for no reason at all. It's okay to let them track everything.
I need to quit thinking. Will this damn flight ever take off?
Who came up with the idea of herding masses into containers and shipping them all from location to location? You can bet it's not the people actually riding mass transit. They still have enjoy their cars, their fancy jets, and of course their fancy carbon footprints.
They'll just guilt tax us out of ours so they can reduce our mobility and increase our trackability.
But it's ok. We don't need the freedom to leave a place at a whim uncontrolled and without ID checks. We don't need the freedom to change our minds about where we're going or when, or simply go somewhere for no reason at all. It's okay to let them track everything.
I need to quit thinking. Will this damn flight ever take off?
Credit Card Bill of Rights
What's up with this stupid credit card bill of rights that just got signed?
What's next? A dine-out bill of rights? A private jet ownership bill of rights? An erotic massage bill of rights?
What gives the government the right to legislate how a sector of business operates? I see nothing wrong with how credit cards operated before. There was nothing deceptive. If you were too stupid to read the fine print, they did you a favor by teaching you a lesson. You won't make the mistake twice.
Now those of us who were smart enough to read the fine print got screwed. Thanks.
What's next? A dine-out bill of rights? A private jet ownership bill of rights? An erotic massage bill of rights?
What gives the government the right to legislate how a sector of business operates? I see nothing wrong with how credit cards operated before. There was nothing deceptive. If you were too stupid to read the fine print, they did you a favor by teaching you a lesson. You won't make the mistake twice.
Now those of us who were smart enough to read the fine print got screwed. Thanks.
Judge backs Halifax in Chip and PIN clone case
Cliffs Notes: some damn good lawyers managed to persuade a jury into believing that a chipped bank card is unhackable/uncloneable. I feel bad for the poor guy who lost his money.
(edit) I blogged about this case in April...
[The Register]
(edit) I blogged about this case in April...
[The Register]
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