Ascension into Alpha level - thanks to a forum member
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and yet here you are using the very infrastructure that you claims chains us?
SORRY that was very flippant of me, just to hard to resist!
But you raise the point I always see being made. That if you are critical of something, you cannot or ought not use it. An argument of hypocrisy.
To that I would say that in this day and age it is extremely hard not to accept some parts of the culture you live in.
I agree there are many great things about the internet. But there is no technology without flaws. And we tend to only see the good things, especially, as you show, if they make our lives 'easier'.
But it is hard to uphold principles in the system we call society and that we keep building. People who are critical are told then to go live in the woods. But really, why should I be upheld to an impossible way to live and forego all luxuries because I am technorealistic?
But why would you use google when there are search engines that respect your privacy? Like www.ixquick.com? Or the strangely named duckduckgo?
Google works for their shareholders, who want a rendement on their investment. They are not interested in society and what their services do to it not what it does to your private life and rights.
So the point you make is that because it is convenient and fun, the loss of privacy, the way society changes, the hacking, the loss of civil liberties and freedoms are less important.
Hey maybe your right and am wrong but am so long in the tooth i don't care, if the government want my secrets they are welcome, i gave up wearing womens clothes some time ago anyway!
Okay, so:
Hey maybe your right and am wrong but am so long in the tooth i don't care, if the government want my freedom of speech they are welcome, i gave up wearing womens clothes some time ago anyway!
Think it over my friend. Both 'fos' and privacy are human rights. But I have never come across anyone who was willing to give up freedom of speech to be able to buy stuff online. In fact, freedom of speech guarantees you that there can be such a thing as this forum.
Personally i think your restricting yourself but that's my view, if your happy then fine, but am happy in this long life ive had so far and don't feel any person or government is restricting me neither
I am not restricting myself. Governments around the world are doing so. They are restricting my privacy out of fear of terror, child pornography or crime, usually things like fraud.
Restrictions are never felt truly until one hears boots drumming down the street. Your, our generation...our parents were alive at WOII. And we will be alive to see history repeat itself.
Cool!
Minti2
Deadly, But very fluffy...
@Variform...good to find a fellow dresser up!
Some interesting points you make and there is plenty i disagree and could counter with, but again i dont want to turn this into running commentary on our beliefs/thoughts, neither of us is gonna change each others minds so lets agree to disagree my friend...
PS...if we were down the pub i would love to spend an evening counter arguing over some pints, we still wouldn't agree and probably neither of us would make sense by the end either, but be fun trying to be coherent....and of course you would be my best friend! hehe
Some interesting points you make and there is plenty i disagree and could counter with, but again i dont want to turn this into running commentary on our beliefs/thoughts, neither of us is gonna change each others minds so lets agree to disagree my friend...
PS...if we were down the pub i would love to spend an evening counter arguing over some pints, we still wouldn't agree and probably neither of us would make sense by the end either, but be fun trying to be coherent....and of course you would be my best friend! hehe
Yeah...we shouldn't hijack this thread. But it is good to think about these things. Every forum should have a privacy thread. It affects us all, no matter what country you are in.
It is just getting me depressed. Every day I get news about this stuff. And the worst of it is, even as all this is going on, my government plans on buying Israeli mass detection snooping systems to target the cable infrastructures around here. So they are planning on actually mimicking the NSA and they (our intelligence services) get advice on how to do it from the British GHCQ.
Can you believe that. But anyway. On a forum meant for escapism people don't want to really be confronted with this and I understand.
It is relevant here too though. They plan on scanning VOIP, like Skype. And I use that for my in-game comms.
Even a game isn't safe.
It is just getting me depressed. Every day I get news about this stuff. And the worst of it is, even as all this is going on, my government plans on buying Israeli mass detection snooping systems to target the cable infrastructures around here. So they are planning on actually mimicking the NSA and they (our intelligence services) get advice on how to do it from the British GHCQ.
Can you believe that. But anyway. On a forum meant for escapism people don't want to really be confronted with this and I understand.
It is relevant here too though. They plan on scanning VOIP, like Skype. And I use that for my in-game comms.
Even a game isn't safe.
I very recently experienced a similar kindness from a member of this forum. Though they wish to remain anonymous to me, I may have an idea who it was. I will, however, refrain from publicly expressing my suspicions.
I will instead give a heartfelt thanks to whoever has such kindness, and spare change, and look forward to seeing you in alpha.
I will instead give a heartfelt thanks to whoever has such kindness, and spare change, and look forward to seeing you in alpha.
You're welcome mate, please +rep me! :smilie:
Nah, it wasn't me. Come on, I live in Aberdeen. Generosity here means leaving the loo rolls in public toilets! 
They have loo rolls in public toilets up there? What, have they gentrified the place?
Something worse.
Seems Ashley actually meant they were working on the combat BUILD and unfortunately I deleted some messages to make room and his was one of them so I can't even verify.
May have unintentionally misled you sorry.
I threw my toys around in the DDF but it didn't make a difference.
*grumbles some more about a lack of an update*
Sometimes you worry too much dear chap
I have no real stress over what gets updated and when. If anything, your news about the Combat Build being in the works is probably excellent news as far as I'm concerned as that means that FD are reasonably confident about the progress they've made which is the key thing....
Not been in the DDF much recently.. Too busy and doing the DDF takes proper effort with all the excellent posts etc. going on in there and effort takes time and it's time I'm lacking at the moment
Benevolence, it would seem, is either catching or a trait peculiar to this community.
I received, last week, a very kind offer of a +1, from a member of this community, to attend the Launch Party.
After a considerable amount of deliberation, and a not inconsiderable beating from the other half persuading me to accept, yesterday I decided to accept the very very kind offer and will be going to the Launch party.
For this I would like to thank Withnail for his very generous offer and I look forward to meeting up with you and others on the day.
Thank you again Withnail and thanks to Liqua for kicking things off
I received, last week, a very kind offer of a +1, from a member of this community, to attend the Launch Party.
After a considerable amount of deliberation, and a not inconsiderable beating from the other half persuading me to accept, yesterday I decided to accept the very very kind offer and will be going to the Launch party.
For this I would like to thank Withnail for his very generous offer and I look forward to meeting up with you and others on the day.
Thank you again Withnail and thanks to Liqua for kicking things off
I'm getting a strong Emperor Ming vibe.
This version...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5xqukXdkmY#t=17
I'm getting a strong Emperor Ming vibe.
This version...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5xqukXdkmY#t=17
That was funny.
Hmmm photoshop.....photoshop.....where did I leave my photoshop?.....
Welcome MikeSnos ... Should be a good shin-dig
woa liqua, i did not know that word! luckily the internets told me that a shindig is:
"A small party, not quite full scale. Generally a shindig consists of 5-20 people hanging out at the host's house, but they may be held at other locations such as a beach. Shindigs almost always involve alcoholic beverages, usually beer. Often, marijuana is smoked as well. "
w00tz
erm edit: gratz for being a generous pirate ^^ awesome
I suspect the party will be quite large, thinking about it, as I bet all of FD will be there and that's 200 people ... so I may need to find a bigger word
woa liqua, i did not know that word! luckily the internets told me that a shindig is:
"A small party, not quite full scale. Generally a shindig consists of 5-20 people hanging out at the host's house, but they may be held at other locations such as a beach. Shindigs almost always involve alcoholic beverages, usually beer. Often, marijuana is smoked as well. "
w00tz
erm edit: gratz for being a generous pirate ^^ awesome
Can I just re-iterate that it was Withnail that gave me his +1....
