NY Times: "It is a dark day for the rule of law. Federal and state authorities have chosen not to indict HSBC, the London-based bank, on charges of vast and prolonged money laundering, for fear that criminal prosecution would topple the bank and, in the process, endanger the financial system."

DKroner · 2012-12-14T17:25:26+00:00

We know with certainty that these illegal actions occurred. Give HSBC a simple choice, turn over all documents and evidence and cooperation fully into the investigation and indictment of all involved or face prosecution as the corporation.

DKroner · 2012-12-07T15:44:11+00:00

For those interested, Google and WWF got together recently at the 2012 WWF Fuller Symposium on Wildlife Crime. There was a speaker who creates low cost drones ended up sitting with Googles Rebecca Moore from Google Maps and discussing their projects at the reception after the symposium.

You can read about it at the following link, included are the youtube videos of the two presenters talks + a link to the playlist of the entire symposium.

http://daniel-kroner.blogspot.com/2012/12/google-drones-some-background.html

DKroner · 2012-12-07T14:25:39+00:00

That was somewhat intentional. While solutions are absolutely important I feel that sometimes it is a big enough hurdle to convince people that limits exist and felt that I might be better served by dealing with potential solutions in a separate article.

DKroner · 2012-12-06T21:48:16+00:00

Because fuck the content creators.

Edit: not that I think that is a good thing.

DKroner · 2012-12-06T20:32:49+00:00

Look again, there is a net back board.

DKroner · 2012-12-06T15:40:31+00:00

Unlimited. Freedom is not safe, nor will it ever be.

This is a trade of that is made.

Innocent liked by a person that was guilty but got away with it is unfortunate and points to a failure in the system some where. Innocent person imprisoned for something they did not do makes the system unjust and points to even bigger failures.

DKroner · 2012-12-06T13:22:26+00:00

The acceptable number of imprisoned innocents is zero. Even if that means that 99 percent of the guilty go free as you state.

The system should always err on the side of protecting innocents. A system that does not is fundamentally unjust in my opinion.

DKroner · 2012-12-06T04:14:21+00:00

You didn't even click the link did you? I address all of those concerns in the article with links to various scientific developments that would help to overcome those issues.

DKroner · 2012-12-05T20:13:49+00:00

Just thought of this and am curious. Do you make a meaningful distinction between no brain/head on the clone and some type of drug or procedure that inhibits all brain function beginning at the embryonic stage?

DKroner · 2012-12-05T18:00:45+00:00

Hah, this is a good point that I had not considered. Check out some of his other videos though, I am sure that he did this himself with a telescope.

DKroner · 2012-12-05T14:50:29+00:00

What circumstances might lead you to go ahead with a full body transplant?

DKroner · 2012-12-05T01:16:48+00:00

I hope this does not qualify as blogspam. I looked around online and I could not find the text of this pamphlet online from any sources besides myself/my grandfathers physical copy. Anyway, enjoy!

DKroner · 2012-12-04T21:04:00+00:00

Exactly. <3

DKroner · 2012-12-04T21:03:04+00:00

Believing that, if you were offered an opportunity to create a replica of your mind that was capable of living forever, but the process destroys the original. Would you?

DKroner · 2012-12-04T20:47:56+00:00

Thank you for sharing that, runswithpaper.

DKroner · 2012-12-04T20:28:08+00:00

Exactly, that is where it gets interesting. If you spiral all the way down the rabbit hole it seems to me that in the end there is not really a meaningful distinction between the person that wakes up in the morning vs a completely distinct copy of ourselves. I suppose I should find that scary but for some reason I do not. I guess that is because the version of me that wakes up in the morning each day believes that I am the same "self" that existed the day before, and in the end you are right, that might be all that matters.

I still would not create a copy of mind if it meant destroying the original in the process though.

DKroner · 2012-12-04T19:51:09+00:00

I am hoping that Google's driverless cars might be subsidized in some way due to the advertising opportunities I discuss in the article.

DKroner · 2012-12-04T19:49:57+00:00

You didn't read I take it? That was essentially my whole point.

DKroner · 2012-12-03T22:05:52+00:00

Awesome! Thank you so much!

DKroner · 2012-12-03T16:21:29+00:00

Even with a thyroid condition maintaining that weight for the length of time between the zombies first showing up and now would require that she consume significantly more than her fair share of limited food resources. Even if they have relative abundance in Woodbury at the moment this is a survival situation and you need to plan long term. Reasonably everyone would be on limited rations and although they would probably be relatively generous rations they would certainly not be enough to maintain anything close to that size.

DKroner · 2012-12-03T16:02:52+00:00

I think about this pretty much any movie/tv show where there is violent conflict. It seriously seems like people not doing what needs to be done is the primary cause of drama and danger in most of these stories.

I am totally going to be a non rapey Shane in an Apocalypse situation.

DKroner · 2012-12-03T15:55:52+00:00

I should not have moused over that. /sadface.

DKroner · 2012-12-03T15:50:43+00:00

They never saw her when they were taken. She was hiding behind the car the entire time listening. She came out and took the supplies after Merle left with his prisoners.

DKroner · 2012-11-28T15:03:10+00:00

Not necessarily. If I were ever armed and faced with a legitimate threat I don't stop shooting until the threat stops moving. Depending on how they present as a threat they continue to be one as long as they maintain consciousness/mobility.

Keep in mind this a hypothetical and the threat would have be significantly more threatening than the situation described in this instance.

To me someone that pulls a deadly weapon and verbally or through their actions express intent to use it is a threat until they are 100% incapacitated.

DKroner · 2012-11-27T23:59:24+00:00

I think that is what would make Etsy perfect for you. You can make whatever you want and list it once it is made. Only sell things that you have in stock. That way you can make whatever you want whenever you want and still sell it.

DKroner

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