Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep the truth and let God go. Meister Eckhart

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse. III, Ch. 15
  
The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon as the members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing. In the brief moment of its freedom, the English people makes such a use of that freedom that it deserves to lose it.  
  III, Ch. 15.

As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

 

(1) A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

(2) A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first law.

(3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

— Isaac Asimov

'The Three Laws of Robotics', in I, Robot (1950), Frontispiece.

 you are the robot

 

 

Got an attitude today..........man

ein wenig Nachtmusik:

трохи нічний музики

yes meister if only the foul were servants as profits were served...and servants for monks were lotus to the blossoms as were toads too may serve?

 - Lufthansa has a total of 600 flights canceled. The most important information at a glance.

Ver.di-Aktion: Streik legt Flughafen Frankfurt weitgehend lahm

An den großen deutschen Flughäfen haben Warnstreiks im Öffentlichen Dienst begonnen. In Frankfurt steht der Flugbetrieb fast still - Lufthansa hat insgesamt 600 Flüge storniert. Die wichtigsten Infos im Überblick.

you guys are fucked. kosmic.La Monde = La Merde
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Zwei statt drei Hops erlaubt
Die Gesamtzahl der überprüften Personen könnte durch eine kleine Änderung verringert werden. Bisher darf der Geheimdienst drei sogenannte Hops oder Verbindungsstufen zu einer verdächtigen Person auswerten. Im Visier ist also theoretisch nicht nur, wer mit einer verdächtigen Person in Kontakt war (Stufe 1), sondern auch alle Personen, die mit dieser Person in Kontakt waren (Stufe 2) und wiederum alle Personen, die mit diesen Personen in Kontakt waren (Stufe 3). Das soll künftig reduziert werden. Statt drei Stufen (Hops) sind dann nur noch zwei erlaubt; vereinfacht gesagt reicht die Überwachungsmöglichkeit also nur noch bis hin zu "Bekannten von Bekannten".

Everyone is pissed, everyone!  Globally

A film by Sustainable Man.

Video from KarmaTube

policy predictions become policy realities

Ye shall not steal...........the government hates the competition. 

#EuQueroMarcoCivil – “I want Marco Civil.” It was with this hashtag that Brazilians and supporters around the world pushed mightily yesterday for the passage of the Marco Civil da Internet, the unprecedented “Constitution” or “Bill of Rights for the Internet” that has been brought to Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies nine times since 2012. Late in evening, the Chamber approved the one-of-kind bill that ensures fundamental rights of free expression and privacy online.

Throughout the day, Twitter users touted the bill’s many safeguards for fundamental user rights to free expression, privacy, and access to information using the #MarcoCivil and #EuQueroMarcoCivil hashtags. In Brasilia, the nation’s capital, supporters voiced their support using signs, t-shirts, and other creative methods.