A passenger reportedly on a China Air flight looked out and got a rare glimpse into the attitude of Chinese freight handlers. What is remarkable is that this guy was averaging less than a 30 percent hit ratio — often throwing three boxes without any making it on the conveyor belt at Guangzhou Airport.
This makes “United Breaks Guitars” look tame in comparison.
in regard to slings links on cyberwar; what is wrong with the US government?
The citizens of this country had better put a stop to this. 2014 vote independent for people who believe in liberty.
I have no desire to live in a totalitarian state bent on world domination. I just want to engage in free, mutually agreeable and voluntary trade with all countries.
“Men who are free to produce, have no incentive to loot; they have nothing to gain from war and a great deal to lose. Ideologically, the principle of individual rights does not permit a man to seek his own livelihood at the point of a gun, inside or outside his country. Economically, wars cost money; in a free economy, where wealth is privately owned, the costs of war come out of the income of private citizens—there is no overblown public treasury to hide that fact—and a citizen cannot hope to recoup his own financial losses (such as taxes or business dislocations or property destruction) by winning the war. Thus his own economic interests are on the side of peace.”
“Men who are free to produce, have no incentive to loot; they have nothing to gain from war and a great deal to lose. Ideologically, the principle of individual rights does not permit a man to seek his own livelihood at the point of a gun, inside or outside his country.”
Bron,
You and I totally agree on this. however, this formulation assumes that people always act rationally in their public acts. I would assert to you that the history of the human race has shown that rationality is most often thrown out the window in human behavior.
“Serious munitions storage facility accident in Russia today:”
Somebody was loading/unloading boxes. This illustrates the downside of secret government programs such as “Vigilant Cardboard”.
WIth pure tunnel vision, the intended end can be argued to justify the means.
The problem is…
While anything can have unintended side-effects, some programs can be so wide in scope tat they are night impossible to manage effectively. When they go wrong, they go very badly wrong.
For example, what could possibly go wrong with this?
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/18/opinion/schneier-cyberwar-policy/index.html
…and connect in this….
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-14/u-s-agencies-said-to-swap-data-with-thousands-of-firms.html