tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post2417183823806714684..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em!Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4826372374875516602012-03-21T03:51:01.357-04:002012-03-21T03:51:01.357-04:00I think we should burn that Gutenberg at the stake...I think we should burn that Gutenberg at the stake before that moveabke type thing catches on.<br /><br />I want to in on the ground flower of this movement.Josh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66553443014141407972012-03-20T22:06:31.915-04:002012-03-20T22:06:31.915-04:00Damn! Rob beat me to it... (re: the guys at Samiz...Damn! Rob beat me to it... (re: the guys at Samizdata).Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38200128931909611222012-03-20T16:51:09.714-04:002012-03-20T16:51:09.714-04:00"It's the ultimate samizdat pamphlet!&quo..."It's the ultimate samizdat pamphlet!"<br /><br />Aside from the fact that a soviet dissident who published blogs, or used laser printers which tag EVERY SHEET OF PAPER they'd have been cooling their heels in the the "special needs" lock up pretty quick as the KGB traced their arses to ground in about 35scs.<br /><br />Oh, in other news Connecticut has asked their DMV to consider putting RFID on license plates, automated photo-camera not being enough, apparently.<br /><br />And sigint people have realized that you can monitor all those internet connected devices in the house and know at any time what people watching, downloading from netflix, when the fridge opened, and turn up the microphones without tell you, just like they do to cell phones.<br /><br />Life in the panopticon. <br /><br />The internet is the ultimate suppression and enforcement tool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44827454051254994232012-03-19T21:52:02.236-04:002012-03-19T21:52:02.236-04:00poor fellow. internet is hard.poor fellow. internet is hard.Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04452486400885521156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33659636327117356282012-03-19T20:34:47.128-04:002012-03-19T20:34:47.128-04:00Rob,
I See What You Did There. ;)Rob,<br /><br />I See What You <a href="http://www.samizdata.net/blog/" rel="nofollow">Did There</a>. ;)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15234892073938194392012-03-19T18:15:22.910-04:002012-03-19T18:15:22.910-04:00I would posit that the concept of Internet-as-sami...<i>I would posit that the concept of Internet-as-samizdat should be called "Samizdata."</i><br /><br />And someone should create a blog called "Samizdata", and invite a bunch of liberty-minded people to write for it! <br /><br />Brilliant!Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-86452565364056379962012-03-19T17:29:14.759-04:002012-03-19T17:29:14.759-04:00He's ranting at the joggers on the nature trai...He's ranting at the joggers on the nature trail that's now in the place of the rails.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44791728889031211612012-03-19T15:30:22.316-04:002012-03-19T15:30:22.316-04:00He's not railing at the conductor. He's s...He's not railing at the conductor. He's screaming at the foreman of the demolition crew there to tear down the train station because passenger service ended long ago.Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52439952935267994872012-03-19T12:12:49.408-04:002012-03-19T12:12:49.408-04:00I would posit that the concept of Internet-as-sami...I would posit that the concept of Internet-as-samizdat should be called "Samizdata."Erin Palettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7516591635007513102012-03-19T11:59:05.378-04:002012-03-19T11:59:05.378-04:00There were so many statements in that which made m...There were so many statements in that which made my head want to pop. That was a report from the wrong side of history. This one really got me: "Consider the power of samizdat, those cheap mimeographed pamphlets that helped launch a revolution in Poland and elsewhere." What does he think the Internet IS? It's the ultimate samizdat pamphlet!Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604826633798229422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81708854902551067622012-03-19T10:11:07.711-04:002012-03-19T10:11:07.711-04:00..."bubble hanging in a vacuum chamber with a......"bubble hanging in a vacuum chamber with acoustic tile walls" is one of the best mental images you've ever penned.Grant Cunninghamhttp://www.grantcunningham.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48633649658230886792012-03-19T09:45:17.500-04:002012-03-19T09:45:17.500-04:00Perhaps he feels the government should step in to ...Perhaps he feels the government should step in to protect his industry from the upstart new technology and means of production, like they did for the buggy whip makers and, more recently, the remaining unionized auto workers.mikeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10213906326591977412012-03-19T08:45:54.730-04:002012-03-19T08:45:54.730-04:00Criminy, seems like there are more and more of the...Criminy, seems like there are more and more of these things every year!<br /><br />I thought I would choke when I read "... distinguish between a blog and an edited, thought-out piece of writing"-<br /><br />ON A BLOG.staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60859294702651553032012-03-19T08:18:01.307-04:002012-03-19T08:18:01.307-04:00Hilarity. His next rant will no doubt be against t...Hilarity. His next rant will no doubt be against the telephone because of constant interruptions while he readies his horse for the ride in to town.SGBhttp://seriousgunblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81352246632673514242012-03-19T07:33:20.164-04:002012-03-19T07:33:20.164-04:00I think we'll get along just fine without him....I think we'll get along just fine without him.Tango Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593296126387219845noreply@blogger.com