Posted April 30, 2015
Post edited April 30, 2015 by ElTerprise
ElTerprise
Registered: May 2011
From Germany
FearfulSymmetry
The Tyger
Registered: Oct 2013
From Netherlands
Posted April 30, 2015
How are you, Fearful ?
I'm pretty good. I'm about to clean the bathroom and then it's off to yoga, a lecture and the cinema. I read that you weren't doing so great, sorry to hear that. :( *big cheer up hug*
Yeah, I suppose I'm lucky in that I tend to prefer soda over most alcoholic drinks. :P
Post edited April 30, 2015 by FearfulSymmetry
moonshineshadow
Ghost
Registered: Sep 2011
From Switzerland
Posted April 30, 2015
- defending steam
- swearing, insulting and stuff
- admitting of pirating games
- asking for gifts regardless how often you do it
If you care about rep, don't post about stuff like that, if you don't go ahead. All this endless debate of downrepping is so useless and unless gog does something about the rep system (which they did not in all the years here, so why should they now) we can repeat this discussion every day.
And this asking for explanations is just the same useless thing: You aks for gifts, they don't like that and downrep you. End of discussion.
Post edited April 30, 2015 by moonshineshadow
ElTerprise
Registered: May 2011
From Germany
Posted April 30, 2015
I'm pretty good. I'm about to clean the bathroom and then it's off to yoga, a lecture and the cinema. I read that you weren't doing so great, sorry to hear that. :( *big cheer up hug*
Yeah, I suppose I'm lucky in that I tend to prefer soda over most alcoholic drinks. :P
FearfulSymmetry
The Tyger
Registered: Oct 2013
From Netherlands
ElTerprise
Registered: May 2011
From Germany
Posted April 30, 2015
- defending steam
- swearing, insulting and stuff
- admitting of pirating games
- asking for gifts regardless how often you do it
If you care about rep, don't post about stuff like that, if you don't go ahead. All this endless debate of downrepping is so useless and unless gog does something about the rep system (which they did not in all the years here, so why should they now) we can repeat this discussion every day.
And this asking for explanations is just the same useless thing: You aks for gifts, they don't like that and downrep you. End of discussion.
The Water Diviner sounds interesting. You really liked Age of Ultron apparently...:P...It's very entertaining movie...the only downside imho was the disappointing 3D...
Post edited April 30, 2015 by ElTerprise
FearfulSymmetry
The Tyger
Registered: Oct 2013
From Netherlands
Posted April 30, 2015
Yep, I'm curious about it! And yes, I quite liked Avengers, this time I'm going to see it with my sister who's also interested in it. The funny thing is, up until a few weeks ago, I didn't even like superhero movies, but one of my friends managed to convince me by showing me a bunch of them. :P And yes, at times I even forgot I was watching 3D, it made no difference whatsoever.
ElTerprise
Registered: May 2011
From Germany
Posted April 30, 2015
FearfulSymmetry
The Tyger
Registered: Oct 2013
From Netherlands
blogstory
New User
Registered: Dec 2013
From United States
Posted April 30, 2015
If webrings are already forgotten then the BBS, ftp and Usenet really would have been inappropriate as too ancient?
The early 1990s were exciting times for computer entrepreneurs until the DOTCOM Wall Street bubble burst.
In fact, rarely talked about, the world's economy never fully recovered from the "Y2K" scare...
Then the epidemic of consecutive institutional disasters: in 2001 the 9/11, Afghan 2.0, Iraq 2.0, 2008 "Great recession", Libya, Syria, Egypt, Ukraine, economic sanctions against Russia...
I may have left out some events but the 21st century is 180 degree out of phase with what my generation had hopes for the future 21st century to become.
I am now convinced this current sad state of world affairs is a necessary part of a great transition, outing the institutional governance rot and systemic contagion that needs to be permanently removed...
Perhaps the 22nd century will reveal an advanced community of People world wide. In that vein P2P is a promising trend.
Hug to all (({}))
LOL :D
BBS are kind of "museum"-famous and the Usenet is alive still - even if it a rather retired life (so0me would call it undead). And (S)FTP is my daily bread and butter. I think webrings are kind of an "inside thing" of the early www. I thought they were kind of a cool idea and I used them often. But with the commercialisation of the www the idea kind of "withered". Webrings depended on the goodwill of the participants and the enthusiasm of the organizers... well look what became of the www.
BBS was before my time, but I used to use the Usenet in the 90's and was a great lurker in IRC ;-)
Now, honestly - while the Iron Curtain had me lagging behind in computer technology, regarding the internet I was on the forefront (comparatively, in Europe and especially Germany). I had a 2MBit connection to the university backbone in 1994 (shared by the whole dorm, but only a handful of people had an internet (or network at all) ready machine at that time. By 1995 I knew HTML, which kind of laid the foundation of what I'm earning my bread with today.
And how I miss IRC...
Concerning your visions of the development of society I wish I could share your optimism. While I'm all for P2P and freedom of information and so on... I think the most accurate visions of what will be were written by William Gibson (I'm sure you know what I mean).
Thank you for that deep-well of experience and dynamic topics that continues to effect society in so many ways today!
I do have a good idea of some your experiences as your interest in computers & internet guided your career choices...
"how I miss IRC..." There is great depth of meaning there ;)
The IRC chat boxes were amazing to reach family, friends, and where strangers became new found friends from far away places, it was so much better than mailing a letter!
I recall great IRC chats and even talking with lost family members who were so very distant and would be difficult to visit otherwise.
As for William Gibson's cyberpunk stories and a Dystopia vision of the future, I never read or got into his productions and did not follow cyberpunk themes. I resonated with a techno vision to ease mankind out of the corporatocracy-job-poverty-misery meme that was partially encapsulated in the original Star Trek series where the concept of money was obsolete and a museum relic. The future vision was of World wide freedom with advancement and the exploration of the heavens are the norm...
William G. seems to have published the establishment's playbook (he certainly did successfully foresee the 2014 era) and yet the Earth story has not reached a conclusion as P2P and other grassroots movements resist the institutional control meme.
A quote from William G: "The Future Will View Us As a Joke" see: http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/10/william-gibson-peripheral-vision-time-travel-interview
Chatting with you now I realize that this conversation has taken a very interesting path that I am thankful for :)
I recall many discussions of the oligarchs & aristocrats plans leading to a dystopic future, and the ruling elites of the world have this playbook with large think-tank organizations and covert agencies (WTO, IMF, WB, G20, U.N., Bilderberg, CFR, Royal society, NSA, GCHQ, and many others) to make it happen with all the member nation states of the world cooperating (or waring with the few who resist).
To reply to your comment: "I think the most accurate visions of what [future] will be were written by William Gibson"
I think you are saying "Resistance is futile" and the Borg have conquered the Earth...
(That is my attempt at humor and a bit of info out of the byte of data...)
I think the story of the resistance has not been written, if so, I do not recall reading it.
I repeat that I have not followed William G stories, but of course I am aware of his popular stories (Neuromancer) but not a fan and thus I can not comment on his work, having not read them.
Over the decades my research revealed the institutional governance and the destructive path it is leading humanity down.
Diverging off that path and rejecting that empire/control meme is a conscious intentional vision I embrace.
I wish you to embrace a vision that rejects the destructive meme too, do not give up and think "resistance is futile".
toxicTom
Big Daddy
Registered: Feb 2009
From Germany
Posted April 30, 2015
Concerning long hours: Well it can't be helped *sigh*. Additionally I had to bring the little one to the kindergarten today, which means I delivered her at 8am and was in the office only at 9. With a regular 8h day plus lunch break I'll leave the office at about 6pm. Going home takes me about an hour - 7pm, at this time the kids should be in bed or on their way there.
If I don't have to deliver the little one, I often manage to start working at 7am +/- a few minutes. When I'm home at 5pm I can at least help my wife with preparing dinner, cleaning the kids and other chores. But often I still have to work until 6/7pm when project pressure is high.
toxicTom
Big Daddy
Registered: Feb 2009
From Germany
Posted April 30, 2015
I think you are saying "Resistance is futile" and the Borg have conquered the Earth...
And Gibsons dystopian cyberpunk stories are not about the futility of resistance, on the contrary - the "underground people" - hackers, warrior women with illegal cybernetic implants and other - often manage to trick and humiliate the big players - mega corporations and military.
I would of course prefer the Star Trek version of society, but seeing the big and continual $$$ gaining power constantly while expendable puppet governments change every few years and just sign the laws created for them by the lobby, I think we're almost there - the place Gibson described.
blogstory
New User
Registered: Dec 2013
From United States
Posted April 30, 2015
I do not watch TV or and have not gone to a cinema to watch a movie in almost a decade, however occasionally I hear of a story that reveals some esoteric secrets and I will download it to see for myself.
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/governments-criminal-activities-disclosed-in-movies/
And wow MARVEL entertainment are dropping bombs of what we call "Stealth disclosure" of the institutional crime the "invisible hand" guiding humanity on the destructive path of the "Dark Side".
There are so many examples in movies but MARVEL in particular are obviously doing it intentionally over several platforms with the movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/the-movie-even-mentioned-uploading-the-secrets-to-the-internet/
- Please, if you have the time, see the comments on the page for greater depth. -
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/worth-repeating-captain-america-gives-the-geopolitical-game-away/
and
the animated series the Black Panther
http://kisscartoon.me/Cartoon/Black-Panther/Episode-001?id=27363
Marvel comic fans will get a thrill watching the Black Panther and Captain America fight each other (captain America was tricked into following orders to attack an independent African nation (ruled by the Black Panther) The Panther sent him home to the U.S.
The viewers quickly get the major geopolitical plan...
A resistance to a dystopic world is apparently underway, with stealth disclosure hidden in some movies...
I have a related and enjoyable conversation with toxicTom
For me stories are more than entertainment.
Empress_Owl
★InTheFeathers
Registered: May 2013
From France
Posted April 30, 2015
I'm pretty good. I'm about to clean the bathroom and then it's off to yoga, a lecture and the cinema. I read that you weren't doing so great, sorry to hear that. :( *big cheer up hug*
Good program... :-)
And thank you for your nice cheering up hug... **Big hug back**
blogstory
New User
Registered: Dec 2013
From United States
Posted April 30, 2015
Good to know that the resistance is in the stories, as I said my wish is for you to intentionally create a vision that advances People on Earth - even in the face of the puppet institutions deceiving the public.
Months and years ahead may be dark as markets plummet, wars are threatened to escalate, and banks take depositors assets...
The world may descend deeper into the darkness but eventually the dawn's sunlight will rise and shine!
Many of us will never give up as we wish future generations to inherent freedom intact with their innate creative spirits.