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And let us not forget...

Robert — 1/18/2008 8:11:51 PM (archived)

...the bit of RightWing dogma that holds that anything government can do, business can do better. If you're right, then business surveillance will be a lot more intrusive and a lot more damaging than government surveillance.

Or could there just possibly be some contradictions in your self-proclaimed rational belief system?

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Microsoft "spy" software patent. - TAFKASE - 1/16/2008 8:38:27 PM
- Hook it up to a device that delivers an electric shock and you've got something. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/17/2008 2:36:32 AM
- I knew Microsoft was Evit! (n/t) - Eri - 1/17/2008 1:59:49 AM
  - What would be *truly* evit... - McFly - 1/17/2008 2:42:58 PM
- Not the first, possibly not the worst - Robert - 1/17/2008 1:01:49 AM
  - Speaking of online project listings - Robert - 1/17/2008 7:07:56 PM
    - I'm in... - Lindy - 1/18/2008 12:33:23 AM
      - Not up to me, you need to respond to the ad - Robert - 1/18/2008 4:06:38 AM
        
        Sounds like a flake - Lindy - 1/18/2008 5:41:14 AM
  - Sounds like the Feds in Snowcrash, only taken further.... (n/t) - tony - 1/17/2008 5:53:00 PM
    - I wonder if that was the inspiration? - Robert - 1/17/2008 7:09:50 PM
      - Turn that around... - Fox - 1/17/2008 10:32:16 PM
        
        Oh I know - Robert - 1/18/2008 12:25:56 AM
        
        Utopians are boring - SDG - 1/18/2008 4:02:18 PM
        
        Apparently sci-fi readers agree - Robert - 1/18/2008 7:15:57 PM
        
        "Moon is a Harsh Mistress" - TB - 1/19/2008 1:40:27 AM
        
        re: Utopian SF - Fox - 1/19/2008 1:37:39 AM
        
        Oath of Fealty - REB - 1/21/2008 8:28:04 PM
        
        re: Utopian SF - Robert - 1/19/2008 3:12:14 AM
        
        Another aspect - Fox - 1/20/2008 4:49:02 PM
        
        Persistance of Vision - J. Varley. - podrock - 1/19/2008 2:58:07 AM
        
        I thought of Varley, too. - Fox - 1/19/2008 10:25:13 PM
        
        Varley - Robert - 1/19/2008 3:20:41 AM
        
        www.varley.net - podrock - 1/19/2008 4:36:08 AM
        
        ASAIK, me too. - podrock - 1/19/2008 4:04:47 AM
        
        Coincidently... - alcaray - 1/21/2008 3:07:20 AM
        
        Sometime after March 4th, 2008, I'll be reading... - podrock - 1/21/2008 4:07:33 AM
        
        What I meant was: "AFAIK". - podrock - 1/19/2008 4:14:52 AM
        
        The Time Machine - Tony - 1/18/2008 9:17:32 PM
        
        "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln..." - Robert - 1/18/2008 9:47:45 PM
        
        It was Utopic only on the surface :) (n/t) - SDG - 1/18/2008 10:02:15 PM
        
        Nah, the utopia was down under. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/19/2008 4:55:52 AM
        
        What Fox said! (n/t) - Robert - 1/19/2008 2:55:47 AM
        
        ~groan~ (n/t) - Fox - 1/19/2008 12:59:56 AM
        
        How about STTNG? - SDG - 1/18/2008 8:13:55 PM
        
        Good question - Robert - 1/18/2008 9:29:10 PM
        
        Nice analysis (n/t) - Fox - 1/19/2008 1:04:49 AM
        
        I'm so vain... - Robert - 1/19/2008 2:55:04 AM
        
        I bet you thought this post was about you ;) (n/t) - Jody - 1/19/2008 3:46:30 PM
        
        :-) (n/t) - Robert - 1/19/2008 5:27:19 PM
  - I blame it all on "Human Resources". - TAFKASE - 1/17/2008 2:34:22 PM
    - re: I blame it all on "Human Resources". - Robert - 1/17/2008 4:55:05 PM
      - re: I blame it all on "Human Resources". - Lindy - 1/17/2008 5:32:29 PM
  - re: Not the first, possibly not the worst - TB - 1/17/2008 4:46:46 AM
    - re: Not the first, possibly not the worst - Robert - 1/17/2008 5:07:00 PM
      - re: Not the first, possibly not the worst - TB - 1/17/2008 7:27:42 PM
        
        The joys of synopticon living - Robert - 1/17/2008 10:37:27 PM
        
        "Your comments about surveillance societies and the attempt to blame them on Liberal values is a bit of a hoot" - Lindy - 1/18/2008 12:43:28 AM
        
        Called that one, didn't I? - Robert - 1/18/2008 5:28:59 AM
        
        And yet... - TB - 1/18/2008 5:54:40 AM
        
        He was wrong, but what the hell. (n/t) - TB - 1/18/2008 1:32:27 AM
        
        re: synopticon living - TB - 1/18/2008 12:30:24 AM
        
        "The 2007 International Privacy Ranking" - Robert - 1/18/2008 5:16:00 AM
        
        Well, I asked for it! - TB - 1/18/2008 5:48:35 AM
        
        And now you'll find a way to shunt it aside - Yeti - 1/18/2008 8:43:30 PM
        
        U.S. = Russia = Red China? - TB - 1/19/2008 12:59:24 AM
        
        The mote in your eye - Robert - 1/18/2008 7:58:58 PM
        
        You know, I must have made this point fifty times... - TB - 1/19/2008 12:45:31 AM
        
        quantity versus quality - Robert - 1/19/2008 5:51:31 PM
        
        Geez. - TB - 1/19/2008 8:00:10 PM
        
        abstractions - Robert - 1/20/2008 6:43:47 PM
        
        re: abstractions - TB - 1/20/2008 7:14:38 PM
        
        And let us not forget... - Robert - 1/18/2008 8:11:51 PM
        
        Okay, now that was just lame. - TB - 1/19/2008 12:46:54 AM
        
        Hmmm...I note a small blind spot. - TB - 1/18/2008 6:28:31 AM
        
        IRS - Yeti - 1/18/2008 8:45:49 PM
        
        Again... - TB - 1/19/2008 1:37:44 AM
        
        A veritable chasm... - Robert - 1/18/2008 4:52:54 AM
        
        re: A veritable chasm... - TB - 1/18/2008 6:10:17 AM
        
        Found it - Robert - 1/18/2008 7:38:06 PM
        
        Appreciate it! Thanks! (n/t) - TB - 1/19/2008 12:51:46 AM
  - Freekin BS - Lindy - 1/17/2008 4:11:50 AM
- Text of the application - TB - 1/17/2008 12:34:40 AM
  - Images require TIFF plug in. - RobVG - 1/17/2008 1:07:06 AM
- Big Brother wants to know if you are telling the truth! (n/t) - Watching you right now - 1/16/2008 9:20:14 PM
- There goes "fake it 'till yah make it". - RobVG - 1/16/2008 8:55:11 PM
  - Goin postal - Lindy - 1/17/2008 4:16:44 AM

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