Centralized world power and Net censorship

Centralized world power and Freedom of Speech cannot coexist!

We live in a small world where the actual power structure is hidden and centralized. On the other hand, the Net is all about freedom of speech. Clearly, centralized power and the Net cannot coexist. It is obvious that centralized power is well entrenched so naturally it is the Net that has to back off. This backing off manifests itself in many ways such as malware, P2P clogging, complexity and cost of Internet access, sluggish roll-out, non standard components, obsolescence, information overload, lack of customization and so on.

But the most sinister factor is Google's dominance. The lack of competition allows Google to stick to its keyword centric syntactic strategy where it is able to censor websites much more easily. This SIGNAL vs NOISE kind of censorship is able to confuse even the most determined searchers. In any case, Google is more about Ads than about Search.

The only way to bypass such censorship seems to be to search on the basis of authors as opposed to keywords. This is the only way to keep the SIGNAL NOISE ratio from getting out of control. What is more worrying is not ideology, it is spin. This is the reason we should give up even on authors and follow only individual commenters. The logic is that authors are looking for numbers and only spins see propagation.

To follow individual commenters, we can click on their names, which is usually a link to their website or a page containing other comments made by them. We can also try and Google their name. Savvy commenters pick quirky (hopefully unique) screen names for this very purpose.

But never mind, here too, our rulers have found a way out: botnets. The common perception is that botnets are moronic spreaders of spam and some of the less moronic botnets even try and phish out our passwords. To a certain extent this is true because email is the purest form of addressability so our rulers need spam to dilute it. And also financial scams and economic hardship have forever been used to keep people under control. That such actions keep the insurance and security companies humming is welcome too.

In actual fact, botnets are highly sophisticated networks which are not only able to unceasingly dodge detection but also troll ALL forums and add to the NOISE everywhere. Even complex captchas are no deterrents to these sophisticated bots. It is amazing how many of the comments posted are actually from sophisticated trolls that never be exposed because these behave like human commenters and come from innocent IPs. Recent studies have confirmed that botnets use SEO techniques to capture search engine traffic on controversial keywords.

Moral of the story: Suspect anything and everything because PERCEPTION CONTROL is the biggest game in town.

Internet Censorship Alert

Internet Censorship Alert: Alex Jones exposes agenda to 'blacklist' dissenting sites (March 14, 2010) As I predicted, the Obama Administration is trying to shut down the Internet - at least the parts he doesn't like. Barack Obamas regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein has stated that he wants to ban conspiracy theories from the internet. Think about what this means - Every video, every website, every blog, every email, that exposes or just criticizes the government for any reason whatsoever could be labeled a "conspiracy" and taken down. Your home could be raided in the middle of the night, and you could be carted of to jail for criticizing the government. All they have to do is call it a "conspiracy theory". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqAWmBLFodE
Showing posts with label bullion. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Mistakes

Mistakes
Don Stott
Jul 22, 2008

http://www.coloradogold.com/archive/Mistakes-777.html

There are a few which people make, will make, or think of making.

(1) Switch gold for silver. It makes no sense, because you'll sell the gold at the 'bid' price, and have to ship it. Then, you buy the silver at 'ask' price, and pay a commission and shipping also.

(2) Sell numismatics and get bullion. No. Why? Because you'll sell your numismatics for a great loss.

(3) Don't try to out-guess the market by selling 'high,' and thinking you'll buy 'low,' and make a profit. No one knows what 'high' is, or 'low' is, so the attempt could cost you your metals.

(4) Sell your gas guzzler and buy a cheap to run car? Absolutely not! [..] it would take fifteen or twenty years for the new compact to pay for itself, and that's bad economics, no matter what you may say. This might even be a good time to buy a huge luxury car for a song. Sold by the fools who can't do the math.

(5) Plan on leaving the USA if it gets 'worse.' Where would you go? Wherever it may be, do you speak the language? Do you realize just how free and large America is, compared to just about any place on earth, regardless of who wins in November? Panama? Costa Rica? Argentina?

(6) Expecting the dollar to 'collapse.' You may have to wait a long time. While the buck has slid tremendously, and is worth maybe a couple of cents, compared to a hundred years ago, other currencies have slid too, and continue to slide. [..] I just don't think the dollar is going to totally 'collapse' any time soon, and if it did, and was replaced by something else, you would still have saved yourself with gold and silver.

(7) Thinking that barter with silver coins will be necessary eventually, is fantasy. [..] Barter is fun at yard sales, but a civilization or nation cannot exist without a currency. We buy gold and silver to protect us from politicians' universal practice of ruining the currency of the nation which put them in office. It's been happening for thousands of years, and won't stop any time soon.
Posted by amolpatil2k at Wednesday, September 10, 2008 0 comments
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

A Fabrication Bottleneck or Something More

A Fabrication Bottleneck or Something More
GoldMoney Alert
James Turk
17 August 2008

http://www.goldmoney.com/en/commentary/2008-08-17.html

The Internet is abuzz with reports that precious metal dealers have stopped selling coins and small bars because they have run out of inventory.

For example, Franklin Sanders reports on goldprice.org that his inability to purchase product from his suppliers is something that he has never seen before in his "twenty-eight years of brokering silver and gold." On Friday afternoon, Kitco posted the following notice: "Due to market volatility and higher demand in the entire industry, we are anticipating delays in supply of all bullion products."

The rush out of fiat currency and into precious metals on this latest drop in prices is not just a North American phenomenon. The Times of India reports: "There is a shortage of the yellow metal in the bullion banks and traders."

The bottom line is that it is difficult, if not impossible, to buy coins and small bars. Mints and refiners are back-ordered. Dealer shelves are bare. But the question is, why? Is it just a fabrication bottleneck, or is something else happening?
Posted by amolpatil2k at Thursday, August 21, 2008 0 comments
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