How are you supossed to give value to something without being compared to anything?
what dictates BTC purchasing power? i never understood that.
The purchasing power is simply set by merchants. For example, if most of the merchant set the price of one humburger at $5, then $5 will have the purchase power of one hamburger. Similarly, if most of the merchant set the price of one hamburger to 0.01 bitcoin, then 0.01 bitcoin can buy you a hamburger anywhere And this has nothing to do with exchange rate, only the merchants' willingness to fix the price at 0.01 bitcoin That ignores profit margin and cost of ingredients. It's arbitrary and not practical to just decide a burger = .01 btc and then make your mind not to change it. Plus bitcoin isn't a stable store of value, the value fluctuates. This problem would not be solved by setting the cost of a burger at .01 btc. It would drive the merchant into losses if he didn't change his prices with the changing price of btc. |
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That's the problem with criminal cases in general, it doesn't really pay attention to science unless there's DNA evidence and the defendant totally fucks up their version of what happened and ignores the laws of physics.
Speaking of ignoring the laws of physicsThis is straight up garbage. I wonder how you can reach a conclusion without testing it, e.g. he shot himself while his hands were cuffed behind his back, but his hands were never tested for gunshot residue. It's even more inexcusable when the coroner discovers that he was shot in the chest while his hands were cuffed behind his back, but still supports the conclusion that he shot himself. If you wanted more evidence to back up what now seems like an impossible claim, you'd test the hands for residue. Every person who is killed by police or dies in police custody should be investigated by an external, independent agency, NOT the same police department. And where appropriate, cops should be charged and tried for their crimes. |
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There are a number of witnesses who say that brown was surrendering, however no video of this has turned up despite the likely-hood that a fight with a police officer would almost certainly be recorded by someone who would witness such a fight.
I agree with your first points, but this one... the fact that there's no video says nothing about the circumstances. If any conclusion were to be drawn from it, I would conclude that the only thing that means is there is no video. If someone had it, they would have sold it to a media organization for a pretty penny already. |
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It wasn't the Russian government which decided to tear down the monument. But again, there is no use of arguing with those idiots who are blinded by American propaganda and Russophobia.
I don't think anyone said the government took it down, did they? I may have missed that. I thought the only reference to the Russian government was about the 'anti-gay propaganda' law. |
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This was my thought too. Some people don't need facts getting in their way of vilifying corporations though because everything is a conspiracy. To the extent big companies are cooperating with the NSA, they're being forced to. Yahoo and Google have been fighting court battles just to publish details on the court battles they've fought against the NSA, but they're under court order not to speak about it because "national security." |
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He's already been charged. Ball is in the prosecutor's court as to whether he'll prosecute.
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The first two apps look to be the most useful. By Justin King
October 30, 2014
(TheAntiMedia) One of the greatest things about the technological revolution is that it has granted us the ability to have more computing and communication power in our pocket than ever before. Your cell phone has more computing power than the Apollo spacecraft. Instead of downloading the latest emoticons or browsing for pictures of cats, maybe it’s time to update your phone with apps you really need.
ACLU-NJ Police Tape
Cost: Free
The app, put out by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, gives users the ability to record audio and video at the touch of a button. It also contains some basic tips on handling police interactions. The app automatically hides itself once recording begins to enable clandestine recovering. When the recording is over, it allows it to be uploaded with a single click to prevent law enforcement from deleting the evidence.
Tinfoil for Facebook
Cost: Free
Even those of us that are adamantly in opposition to government and corporate spying still end up being almost forced to use Facebook, even with their invasive permissions and spying. To help mitigate these concerns Daniel Velazco developed Tinfoil, an obvious reference to the tin foil hat we need because we’re concerned about our privacy.
The app runs Facebook’s mobile site inside a quarantined area on your phone, keeping the cookies out and limiting Facebook’s ability to track you.
Kitestring
Cost: Free
While technically not an app, it’s a service you need. Kitestring was developed as a “dead man’s switch.” It allows the user to set a time to check in by. If the user does not notify Kitestring that everything is ok, the program sends out text messages to selected people letting them know the situation.
While the app is obviously useful for journalists who are on their way to meet with a source that might be a just a tad unstable, it’s also useful for anybody concerned about their safety. Let’s say that you’re going for a midnight stroll, simply let Kitestring know you’ll be back in 20 mins. If you don’t check in, your friends will know something’s wrong. At a protest and worried you might get arrested? Let Kitestring know, and you’re friends will know to show up with bail money once you don’t check in. The uses are only limited by your imagination.
Peacekeeper
Cost: $2.99
An emergency happens, you pick up the phone, and help is on the way. You didn’t dial 911 and it isn’t a police department that has shown itself to kill kids simply because they “don’t have time for this.” The people on their way are people you selected. It could be your neighbors, family members, or other activists. The app allows you to send out mass messages to citizens you trust.
Police Scanner
Cost: Free
Police Scanner allows users to listen in on emergency services communications. It’s useful in any emergency situation to know where danger might be waiting. The app can also be useful during protests to monitor possible law enforcement aggression.
This article is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under a Creative Commons license with attribution to the author and TheAntiMedia.org. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to receive our latest articles.
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A citizen called 911 to report that a Phoenix officer pointed his gun at another driver during a traffic altercation. The department took the complaint seriously, investigated, and ended up arresting the officer and charging him with aggravated assault for his on-duty actions. This is what you would expect to happen, but unfortunately it's only noteworthy because it seems like it hardly ever does. http://www.azfamily.com/news/Phoenix-police-officer-arrested-for-aggravated-assault-280738872.html |
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Actually I think it's quite possible that somebody recommended to remove this installation after reading the news about Tim Cook. But the decision itself was made by installation owner, not by some authority. And mass surveillance is the reason declared by owner. Owner is allowed to do anything with his property... He can remove it, install it back and then remove it again repeatedly during ages...  Actually, after re-reading what you wrote and what the article says, I don't think we're actually saying anything different. I may have misunderstood originally. The OP may be a bit misleading perhaps, but it's vague enough to also be correct. Some Russians (ZEFS) did remove the Jobs monument because Tim Cook came out as gay. ZEFS is justifying that decision by saying that Tim Cook's comments are an open call to sodomy, and in violation of Russian law. That doesn't make what ZEFS is saying true, it's just the reason they're giving as to why they're taking the monument down. |
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Thank you. The real story here is the authorities were caught lying again, and that police were using force to suppress the media. This doesn't need to be spun into something it's not. It's already serious enough. |
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Maybe. But I've seen original comment by ZEFS chief, a guy who ordered installation and later removal of this monument. That's why I don't care what CBS, CNN, Fox or whatever are saying. They can say anything, actually.  Fair enough. But I'm going to go with the information I have. I have CBS reporting something, and an anonymous guy on the internet claiming first-hand knowledge of exactly the opposite. CBS could end up being wrong, but right now, they're more credible. |
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Feds finally admit Ferguson no-fly zone was to keep media out. Period. Full stop. Your conclusion is that it was to keep them from recording police brutality. It's not unreasonable to speculate that the sole motivation of the no-fly zone was to remove oversight of police interactions with protesters. But, no, the feds did not admit the no-fly zone was to keep the media from recording police brutality. That statement is purposefully misleading. |
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It's amusing the gymnastics people go through to justify electronic stealing.
It's amusing the gymnastics people go through to equate a civil, financial, business decision like copyright law with a moral issue like theft. I am not a net defender of IP laws, as they are protectionist and anti-innovation, but that doesn't justify people who's criticism of IP law is really just an excuse to steal movies and music they don't think they should have to pay for. If you have a valid criticism of the system, I'm quite open to hearing it. I'm already pre-disposed to not agree with IP law. But I don't agree with people who think there should be no consequence for putting the work of others on the internet (be it movies or music or writing) without the owner's permission, which is what things like Pirate Bay are, or that people have a right to download that work without paying the owner for it because 'internet freedom.' |
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1) This monument wasn't teared down, it was removed by municipal services in accordance with standard procedure. 2) Revelation made by Snowden, who accused Apple's production for transmitting the data to American intelligence services, is an actual reason of deconstruction. Dolgopolov said that in 2013 the initiators were "bought" in the legend of the genius programmer and did not suspect that success story of Apple was "a front for the NSA special operations." He urged owners to switch from Apple's production to products of other companies, which weren't seen in the surveillance, and not to indulge "aggressive policy of the USA and its intelligence services." Head of ZEFS Maxim Dolgopolov said he would not rule out a re-installation of the monument on the condition that the giant machine would allow users send a message to United States about refusal to use Apple's production. So this article is quite cheap propaganda, but nice try  CBS is also reporting that the monument was removed in response to Tim Cook coming out. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/giant-russian-iphone-statue-taken-down-after-tim-cook-comes-out/ |
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It's amusing the gymnastics people go through to justify electronic stealing.
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I don't know where people got the idea from that they have a right to never be offended. As an ideal, it's hard to argue against, but it's impractical to live in a complex society as ours and expect that you will never be offended. People should not attempt to offend other people for the sake of it, of course. But living in a free society does not mean you have a right to not be offended, and you especially do not have a right to curb someone else's speech because it offends you.
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What i hate is that Richard branson has no sympathy for the pilot who lost his life. He still says that he will work to achieve his dream. Puny idiot
I kind of got the same vibe when I read the first article, but what else could be expected? How many companies decide to just stop all progress at the first death? Coal & textile companies don't shut down when tens or hundreds die, and electronics companies don't even shut down when their employees are committing suicides every other week - they build nets around the building to catch them when they jump. -For much less bold dreams than Branson's, too. Anyway, according to the NTSB report, it looks like there's a fair possibility the co-pilot caused the explosion through misuse, not anything wrong by design. I agree with this sentiment, but I would like to see Branson show more empathy. I don't know what his main motivation is for building this program (money, prestige, corporate empire?) but opening space up to more people is an optimistic endeavor, for our society as a whole. It's dangerous and risky, but acknowledging that and showing sympathy for the inevitable losses diminishes nothing. You just don't want to see the guy driving this get up there and say: 'well, this is risky and the loss of life is the cost of doing great things.' That is a very alienating attitude. It's likely Branson's direct fault that proper rocket motor testing was skipped in order to keep the project on some schedule. There is nothing complicated about this. Dozens of fixed test stand tests, better 100+, before using that motor. That's fatality #4 for this group. It's "likely"? Is there a source for this yet, or is it just speculation? I'd wait until an official report is published before attempting to assign blame anywhere. |
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Being sarcastic isn't against the law. This cop flips out because this "punk ass 20 year old" isn't giving him the respect he feels he deserves; the respect that he is in no way showing by being unprofessional.
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What i hate is that Richard branson has no sympathy for the pilot who lost his life. He still says that he will work to achieve his dream. Puny idiot
I kind of got the same vibe when I read the first article, but what else could be expected? How many companies decide to just stop all progress at the first death? Coal & textile companies don't shut down when tens or hundreds die, and electronics companies don't even shut down when their employees are committing suicides every other week - they build nets around the building to catch them when they jump. -For much less bold dreams than Branson's, too. Anyway, according to the NTSB report, it looks like there's a fair possibility the co-pilot caused the explosion through misuse, not anything wrong by design. I agree with this sentiment, but I would like to see Branson show more empathy. I don't know what his main motivation is for building this program (money, prestige, corporate empire?) but opening space up to more people is an optimistic endeavor, for our society as a whole. It's dangerous and risky, but acknowledging that and showing sympathy for the inevitable losses diminishes nothing. You just don't want to see the guy driving this get up there and say: 'well, this is risky and the loss of life is the cost of doing great things.' That is a very alienating attitude. |
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Not that I totally disagree with the expanding power of the presidency, but it is ironic that the story comes from a country with an actual monarchy. The author is American, though: "Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the School of Law at the University of California, Irvine, is the author of The Case Against the Supreme Court." There would probably be consequences for any American media publishing an article like this, like restricting access and such. We've seen this Administration be downright hostile with the media. |
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