The Trash Heap of the Heapers' Hangout

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  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    Tachyon said:

    don't private corporations share information with the government anyway

    yes, at various levels of willingness
  • We can do anything if we do it together.
    I find your viewpoint rational enough. I just don't agree with it.
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

    I find your viewpoint rational enough. I just don't agree with it.

    Me or GMH?

    This might sound uncharacteristic coming from me, but for-profit businesses collecting information about me just so they can sell it to advertisers doesn't bother me nearly as much as the prospect of unwarranted, surreptitious government surveillance.

    I don't see any reason to give business a pass.

    If either one should get a pass, it should be government, arguably, because government at least nominally has the purpose of serving the public good.  Business doesn't.  Between the two, if I were forced to choose, I'd choose to trust government.
    The thing is, unless they can provide a direct explanation of how collecting data about us benefits the public good, the government's motives are....somewhat suspect, in my opinion. What do they intend to do with that information?

    Whereas with a private corporation collecting data I can be reasonably confident that I know exactly what they plan to do with that information: sell it to advertisers.
  • ok, geology final is done, went well

    now I have 3 1/2 hours to finish this paper
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    good luck with the paper
  • Touch the cow. Do it now.
    froot loops
  • Munch munch, chomp chomp...
    Good luck and goatspeed, Nane.
  • imagei will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch
    for loops
  • So my Sim went back in time and came back with another offspring.

    And I don't even have the Into The Future expansion...
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Tachyon said:

    for loops

    while loops
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    while CupSize(Imi) > A
        print "Central Avenue rules"
    end
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Speaking of Microsoft doing silly things, I find it amusing that they offer antivirus software under 3 different brand names despite it being basically the same product

    The free downloadable version for Windows 7 and earlier is "Microsoft Security Essentials"

    The version that comes pre-installed with Windows 8 and later is "Windows Defender"

    And the version they sell for enterprise use is "System Center Endpoint Protection"

    They all have the same user interface, even!
  • image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
    this naming system is getting kind of silly
  • We can do anything if we do it together.

    I find your viewpoint rational enough. I just don't agree with it.

    Me or GMH?
    You.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    Has anyone seen the Good Dinosaur?


    My dad's side of the family went to see it, and my stepmom apparently cried because it made her remember how much she misses her father, who died twelve years ago.

    I am curious as to what provoked that reaction.
    I haven't seen it yet...
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Also, the degeneration of Dennis the Menace's art is depressing
  • kill living beings
    i feel like a hammer
  • edited 2015-12-07 22:34:36


    This might sound uncharacteristic coming from me, but for-profit businesses collecting information about me just so they can sell it to advertisers doesn't bother me nearly as much as the prospect of unwarranted, surreptitious government surveillance.

    I don't see any reason to give business a pass.

    If either one should get a pass, it should be government, arguably, because government at least nominally has the purpose of serving the public good.  Business doesn't.  Between the two, if I were forced to choose, I'd choose to trust government.
    The thing is, unless they can provide a direct explanation of how collecting data about us benefits the public good, the government's motives are....somewhat suspect, in my opinion. What do they intend to do with that information?

    Whereas with a private corporation collecting data I can be reasonably confident that I know exactly what they plan to do with that information: sell it to advertisers.
    Not just advertisers, but companies doing market research in general, just to see how much they can profit they can derive from getting the public to spend their money, not necessarily wisely, on whatever it is they're trying to sell.  They'd rather twist the economy and environment into contorted messes just to keep themselves profitable.

    The government could be checking out, say, what preferences I have in pornography, but what are they going to do about it?  On the other hand, they could be trying to target healthcare services to underserved regions, or developing a response plan for natural disasters, or so on, because they need to -- rather than only if it's possible to make money off of it.

    The most likely nefarious purposes the government might do with information about me is for partisan elected officials to come up with ways to dilute my voice in the governance process by doing things like gerrymandering, closing DMVs where people can get IDs, ramming through the wrong legislation in strategic ways that are hard for people to find out (e.g. public comment opportunities), etc..

    Ironically, when that happens, one can often trace the motives back to moneyed interests, directly or indirectly.
  • Speaking of Microsoft doing silly things, I find it amusing that they offer antivirus software under 3 different brand names despite it being basically the same product

    The free downloadable version for Windows 7 and earlier is "Microsoft Security Essentials"

    The version that comes pre-installed with Windows 8 and later is "Windows Defender"

    And the version they sell for enterprise use is "System Center Endpoint Protection"

    They all have the same user interface, even!

    I can understand the second one since "Windows Defender" was a name they used for a security-related thing in Win7.
  • I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

    http://comicbook.com/2015/12/07/marvel-announces-civil-war-ii-creative-team/


    No.

    Nonononononononono.

    Why won't they let it die?????
    because the comics industry hates us, I guess
  • My dreams exceed my real life

    http://comicbook.com/2015/12/07/marvel-announces-civil-war-ii-creative-team/


    No.

    Nonononononononono.

    Why won't they let it die?????
    Because Content Consumption has reached the point where people think Mark Millar has good ideas
  • http://comicbook.com/2015/12/07/marvel-announces-civil-war-ii-creative-team/


    No.

    Nonononononononono.

    Why won't they let it die?????
    Because Content Consumption has reached the point where people think Mark Millar has good ideas
    to be fair these are the only good comic book ideas ive ever seen
  • WERNER HERZOG's BAD LIEUTENANT..... in the GREEN LANTERN CORPS. Starring Nicolas Cage.
  • is it Mark Millar or Harlan Ellison that hates superhero comics despite those being like half of what he writes.
  • We can do anything if we do it together.
    It's Mark Millar.

    Harlan Ellison is a grump, but he loves superhero comics.
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    That's every huge comic writer.

    Mark Millar is the guy who writes a comic where the main character is a rapist who claims to fuck you, the reader, in the ass at the end of the comic, and expects people to keep giving him money.

    Which they do, for some goddamn reason.
  • That's every huge comic writer.


    Mark Millar is the guy who writes a comic where the main character is a rapist who claims to fuck you, the reader, in the ass at the end of the comic, and expects people to keep giving him money.

    Which they do, for some goddamn reason.
    Buck Trungle is a world famous writer who is sick and tired of living in the shadow of his own books. But when his most recent novel, “Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt” contacts him out of the blue and threatens a lawsuit, it’s a fear that Buck must now face head on.

    Buck’s novel is looking to collect royalties on sales of himself, and Buck’s lawyer is urging the writer to settle out of court, but when author and book finally meet face-to-face things take a turn for the erotic.

    Soon enough, Buck is selling himself to seal the deal with this sentient novel, but can he give his ass away without giving a piece of his heart, as well?
  • That's every huge comic writer.


    Mark Millar is the guy who writes a comic where the main character is a rapist who claims to fuck you, the reader, in the ass at the end of the comic, and expects people to keep giving him money.

    Which they do, for some goddamn reason.
    Buck Trungle is a world famous writer who is sick and tired of living in the shadow of his own books. But when his most recent novel, “Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt” contacts him out of the blue and threatens a lawsuit, it’s a fear that Buck must now face head on.

    Buck’s novel is looking to collect royalties on sales of himself, and Buck’s lawyer is urging the writer to settle out of court, but when author and book finally meet face-to-face things take a turn for the erotic.

    Soon enough, Buck is selling himself to seal the deal with this sentient novel, but can he give his ass away without giving a piece of his heart, as well?
    why
  • Jane said:

    That's every huge comic writer.


    Mark Millar is the guy who writes a comic where the main character is a rapist who claims to fuck you, the reader, in the ass at the end of the comic, and expects people to keep giving him money.

    Which they do, for some goddamn reason.
    Buck Trungle is a world famous writer who is sick and tired of living in the shadow of his own books. But when his most recent novel, “Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt” contacts him out of the blue and threatens a lawsuit, it’s a fear that Buck must now face head on.

    Buck’s novel is looking to collect royalties on sales of himself, and Buck’s lawyer is urging the writer to settle out of court, but when author and book finally meet face-to-face things take a turn for the erotic.

    Soon enough, Buck is selling himself to seal the deal with this sentient novel, but can he give his ass away without giving a piece of his heart, as well?
    why
    Kurps Krimple is a senator from Washington D. C., knows a thing or two about lying, especially when it comes to cheating on his wife with a seemingly endless parade of bigfeet who have rods the size of your arm. His favorite website to find hookups, of course, is Mashly Addison, a bastion for cheaters looking for something discreet.

    But when word gets out that Mashly Addison has been hacked, and the private data of several politicians leaked onto the Internet, Kurps is terrified, until he discovers that his sensitive information is nowhere to be found. That’s when he receives the call.

    What starts as a simple meeting with his hacked data quickly turns into a hardcore anal pounding that will have your heart racing. Nobody knows Kurps like his own private information does. Could this be true love, or just another strand in a web of lies?

    This erotic tale is 4,400 words of sizzling human on gay unencrypted data action,
  • Jane said:

    why do you hate me

    because the AC is on in the library when it's 52 degrees fahrenheit outside
  • My dreams exceed my real life

    That's every huge comic writer.


    Mark Millar is the guy who writes a comic where the main character is a rapist who claims to fuck you, the reader, in the ass at the end of the comic, and expects people to keep giving him money.

    Which they do, for some goddamn reason.
    I know people are super mega tired of this, but it's weird that an adaption of one of the most reviled storylines in comics history is being met with unmitigated enthusiasm, right? Right? I'm not taking crazy pills here, am I?
  • the internet needs to stop being butthurt about SJWs
  • the internet needs to stop being butthurt about SJWs

    why are you hanging around parts of the internet that are like that i mean seriously
  • edited 2015-12-07 23:10:03

    the internet needs to stop being butthurt about SJWs

    why are you hanging around parts of the internet that are like that i mean seriously
    Actually, I should just tell it to their faces.  brb

    Edit: done.  Said exactly that line.
  • We can do anything if we do it together.

    That's every huge comic writer.


    Mark Millar is the guy who writes a comic where the main character is a rapist who claims to fuck you, the reader, in the ass at the end of the comic, and expects people to keep giving him money.

    Which they do, for some goddamn reason.
    I know people are super mega tired of this, but it's weird that an adaption of one of the most reviled storylines in comics history is being met with unmitigated enthusiasm, right? Right? I'm not taking crazy pills here, am I?
    You're not crazy.

    If it helps, I feel like this will be the moment when the MCU starts to collapse in the eyes of the public, even if the diehards cling onto it for a while longer.
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

    Jane said:

    That's every huge comic writer.


    Mark Millar is the guy who writes a comic where the main character is a rapist who claims to fuck you, the reader, in the ass at the end of the comic, and expects people to keep giving him money.

    Which they do, for some goddamn reason.
    Buck Trungle is a world famous writer who is sick and tired of living in the shadow of his own books. But when his most recent novel, “Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt” contacts him out of the blue and threatens a lawsuit, it’s a fear that Buck must now face head on.

    Buck’s novel is looking to collect royalties on sales of himself, and Buck’s lawyer is urging the writer to settle out of court, but when author and book finally meet face-to-face things take a turn for the erotic.

    Soon enough, Buck is selling himself to seal the deal with this sentient novel, but can he give his ass away without giving a piece of his heart, as well?
    why
    Kurps Krimple is a senator from Washington D. C., knows a thing or two about lying, especially when it comes to cheating on his wife with a seemingly endless parade of bigfeet who have rods the size of your arm. His favorite website to find hookups, of course, is Mashly Addison, a bastion for cheaters looking for something discreet.

    But when word gets out that Mashly Addison has been hacked, and the private data of several politicians leaked onto the Internet, Kurps is terrified, until he discovers that his sensitive information is nowhere to be found. That’s when he receives the call.

    What starts as a simple meeting with his hacked data quickly turns into a hardcore anal pounding that will have your heart racing. Nobody knows Kurps like his own private information does. Could this be true love, or just another strand in a web of lies?

    This erotic tale is 4,400 words of sizzling human on gay unencrypted data action,
    obviously fake: washington d.c. doesn't have senators.  taxation without representation
  • I am slightly curious to see how they'll attempt to fix the inherent problems that plague Civil War in the movie.

    But besides that, I don't care. I just don't. It's ill-advised, but not nearly as ill-advised as other stuff. Like, say, making Civil War II. 
  • edited 2015-12-07 23:12:02
    People who oppose DC statehood deserve a smack in the face.  Possibly from a hand or other object covered in tar.
  • Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    either give DC statehood or give it back to Virginia
  • Calica said:

    either give DC statehood or give it back to Virginia

    to be fair the land came from the maryland side of the potomac

    the virginia side was ceded then retracted now makes up arlington county and the city of alexandria
  • of course republican politics means that republican legislators are more likely to throw it back into maryland where it can't gain three new (voting) congressional seats or make virginia more blue

    so, in conclusion, fuck republicans
  • That's every huge comic writer.


    Mark Millar is the guy who writes a comic where the main character is a rapist who claims to fuck you, the reader, in the ass at the end of the comic, and expects people to keep giving him money.

    Which they do, for some goddamn reason.
    I know people are super mega tired of this, but it's weird that an adaption of one of the most reviled storylines in comics history is being met with unmitigated enthusiasm, right? Right? I'm not taking crazy pills here, am I?
    the one dude I still know personally who is super in to comic books is actually like fucking furious that they're adapting Civil War.

    He rattled off like five other storylines he wanted them to do instead but I couldn't repeat any of them for you.
  • My dreams exceed my real life
    I'd understand it if they got some new fancy director to do Civil War, but it's just the hacks who did You Me and Dupree again.
  • You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Going in for my gen chem makeup midterm

    Wish me luck!
  • We can do anything if we do it together.
    Once again, I feel like Age of Ultron was sorta the beginning of the end for the MCU, and we will see the bubble slowly deflate over the next few years.

    Just be patient, man.
  • edited 2015-12-07 23:20:39

    Going in for my gen chem makeup midterm

    Wish me luck!

    <GeneralPepper> Good luck!
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