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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Martinus on March 29, 2005, 11:06:36 am
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[color=66ff00]George Orwell > Musings into fact?
Perhaps (//www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67025,00.html)
It's worth reading up on this if you think I'm overreacting.
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War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
Now, let us hunt down Emmanuel Golds....Osama Bin Ladin.
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Yay! Track me down!!!
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well, it's in my sig for a reason.
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Home of the brave...
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Those statements are all correct.
The only lasting peace can be found with annihilation of the opposition. Freedom is an illusion and the pursuit of it enslaves beliefs. And knowledge leads ultimately to two conclusions: Divine intent or lack of purpose - both of which are soul destroying concepts.
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:rolleyes:
Experienced in doublethink, are we?
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There's no double-think about it.
It's just understanding that in any system you can achieve parallels and opposites of any idea by adjusting the scope away from the one used in the initial demonstration.
Freedom is a perfect example: Every man has the right to choose his own destiny - so long as he doesn't affect the freedom of others.
Extend the scope: Every man has the right to choose his own destiny, so long as it only affects him.
Extend it again: Do as you please, but affect no external changes.
Extend it finally: Conform.
Where's the freedom in that?
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I wonder who you could be. Oh how I do wonder indeed.
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It doesn't sound like an0n.
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Considering he posted a pic in the modding forum with 'by an0n' plastered on it... :p
I kind of like your sig Maeglamor. "God, please save me from your followers."
True in every sense of the words.
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His account name is 1-Off, maybe it's a "one off" account, as in, dispensable, as in, he's an0n come back from the land of the perma-ban? :p
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Whoever he is, he raised good points.
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another reason im a nihilist
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another reason im a nihilist
I agree. Let's wear banana costumes and chant "Evoe!" while performing fellatio on an upside-down crucifix.
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Originally posted by Nuke
another reason im a nihilist
Nobody expects:
[SIZE=40]DARTH NIHILUS!!!111[/SIZE]
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If you a nihilist, you don't believe in anything, not even nihilism.
QED, *****,
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it works untill you try to analyse it then it all falls apart. oversimplifying a complex philosophy is why the world sucks.
and who the f*** is darth nihilus?!?!? in all my knoledge of starwars i cannot find a nihilist sith. infact i find the entire concept offensive. voidance (nothing) != negitivity (the negative dark side).
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Originally posted by Nuke
it works untill you try to analyse it then it all falls apart. oversimplifying a complex philosophy is why the world sucks.
and who the f*** is darth nihilus?!?!? in all my knoledge of starwars i cannot find a nihilist sith. infact i find the entire concept offensive. voidance (nothing) != negitivity (the negative dark side).
There are no complex philosophies. In fact, all philosophies are purely man made. I would say that not oversimplifying the comlex, but rather overcomplicating the simple is "why the world sucks". That, and the fact that all women are not supermodels.
oh and AFAIK Darth Nihilus is the Sith villain in Episode 3.
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You do all know the Euro has this technology in it, and that those sensors at the doors of most large companies in Europe can track your notes as you walk through the door?
It's one of my main arguments against having he Euro in the UK.
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The euro RFID (being developed by Hitachi for use this year, I've read) is, indeed, a dodgy issue (and i'm in favour of the euro in principle); to be fair, it's not as significant as embedding RFID in personal identity documents, because money itself cannot be bound to a single person after it is first spent. Arguably, they can also do the same by tracing credit card or debit card use, too.
Still very dodgy, though; I'm not sure it's necessary, or at least worthwhile in terms of potential privacy risk vs anti-crime (legitimate) use.
Don't be surprised if you see it cropping up in £ sterling, though; the Home Office has already invested £5.5m in a scheme to increase RFID chipping of household goods, under the auspices of burglary recovery. There's also talk from the supermarkets of placing RFID in loyalty cards - perhaps it's time to start wrapping wallets in tinfoil?
NB: it's been rumoured some new US $20 now have RFID incorporated; I'm not sure if that's ever been confirmed.