Comments for El Gringoqueño http://jim.casablog.com All a man needs out of life is a place to sit ‘n’ spit in the fire. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:21:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Facebook Cookie Tracking Nonsense by Kennykjtan http://jim.casablog.com/2011/10/25/facebook-cookie-tracking-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-34168 Kennykjtan Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:21:48 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=1052#comment-34168 Jim, Really appreciate for the information. I will download the plugins. Thank you very much. Jim,
Really appreciate for the information. I will download the plugins. Thank you very much.

]]> Comment on Facebook Cookie Tracking Nonsense by Jim O'Malley http://jim.casablog.com/2011/10/25/facebook-cookie-tracking-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-34160 Jim O'Malley Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:19:35 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=1052#comment-34160 Yes, that's what I said in the article. If there is a "like" or "share" button on a third party web site, you have not actually left facebook. Try this firefox extension to cut off this behavior https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disconnect/ Yes, that’s what I said in the article. If there is a “like” or “share” button on a third party web site, you have not actually left facebook. Try this firefox extension to cut off this behavior

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disconnect/

]]> Comment on Facebook Cookie Tracking Nonsense by Kennykjtan http://jim.casablog.com/2011/10/25/facebook-cookie-tracking-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-34158 Kennykjtan Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:47:01 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=1052#comment-34158 I seriously do not know that they can track me even though I left their website. I always thought that once I left their website, the lost my tracking. Is there any way to prevent them from tracking you other than deleting cookie from facebook? I seriously do not know that they can track me even though I left their website. I always thought that once I left their website, the lost my tracking. Is there any way to prevent them from tracking you other than deleting cookie from facebook?

]]> Comment on My Thoughts on Occupy Wall Street by Jim O'Malley http://jim.casablog.com/2011/11/17/my-thoughts-on-occupy-wall-street/comment-page-1/#comment-31885 Jim O'Malley Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:36:14 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=1062#comment-31885 Nelson Mandela believed this strongly as his principle of struggle and justification for armed opposition based on the systematic violence that was used to pacify the majority black population of South Africa. It was a violent struggle, because the oppressor used violence. Yes, it was asymmetric, in that the response was in no way nearly as widespread or as deadly as what the government did, but it was they who initiated the violence. They defined the struggle as violent, not the ANC. If the ANC fought back with violence, Nelson Mandela believed it was justified. I might have chosen a different path, but I can't disagree with his logic. Yes, I have that whole argument here in Puerto Rico. Buying stuff from abroad because it's cheaper is a logical fallacy because it begs the question, who says it's cheaper just because the price says so? The overall cost to the economy with capital flowing away can perhaps cause more economic struggle in the future as industries that generate wealth continue to leave/outsource. It really pisses me off when they use tax money to buy office supplies and furniture from China. It's like goddamnit folks, keep that money local. We have factories here that can do that. China might be a little cheaper, but then what is more expensive, paying a few dollars more for a desk or paying unemployment compensation because the desk factory closed. Nelson Mandela believed this strongly as his principle of struggle and justification for armed opposition based on the systematic violence that was used to pacify the majority black population of South Africa. It was a violent struggle, because the oppressor used violence. Yes, it was asymmetric, in that the response was in no way nearly as widespread or as deadly as what the government did, but it was they who initiated the violence. They defined the struggle as violent, not the ANC. If the ANC fought back with violence, Nelson Mandela believed it was justified. I might have chosen a different path, but I can’t disagree with his logic.

Yes, I have that whole argument here in Puerto Rico. Buying stuff from abroad because it’s cheaper is a logical fallacy because it begs the question, who says it’s cheaper just because the price says so? The overall cost to the economy with capital flowing away can perhaps cause more economic struggle in the future as industries that generate wealth continue to leave/outsource. It really pisses me off when they use tax money to buy office supplies and furniture from China. It’s like goddamnit folks, keep that money local. We have factories here that can do that. China might be a little cheaper, but then what is more expensive, paying a few dollars more for a desk or paying unemployment compensation because the desk factory closed.

]]> Comment on My Thoughts on Occupy Wall Street by Sigg3 http://jim.casablog.com/2011/11/17/my-thoughts-on-occupy-wall-street/comment-page-1/#comment-31884 Sigg3 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:19:52 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=1062#comment-31884 Here we are. Dick Smith Foods: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickheads Remind me to donate to wikipedia:) Here we are. Dick Smith Foods:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickheads

Remind me to donate to wikipedia:)

]]> Comment on My Thoughts on Occupy Wall Street by Sigg3 http://jim.casablog.com/2011/11/17/my-thoughts-on-occupy-wall-street/comment-page-1/#comment-31882 Sigg3 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:11:42 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=1062#comment-31882 I just read about an Australian brand of matches (to light a fire) called Dickheads (a pun on the creator, Dick's name, and another Australian brand called Redheads) which manufactures domestically in Australia, thus keeping the entire value chain (including taxes) within the borders. That's long-term strategy right there. Slightly off-topic, I disagree with the notion that you quote Mandela as having stated. I mean, it flies in the face of what we know about e.g. dictatorships vs. critical literature, despite attempted censorship. Crown example is Vysotskyj who met the USSR with song, and was so huge that even the Union couldn't risk killing him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Vysotsky I just read about an Australian brand of matches (to light a fire) called Dickheads (a pun on the creator, Dick’s name, and another Australian brand called Redheads) which manufactures domestically in Australia, thus keeping the entire value chain (including taxes) within the borders. That’s long-term strategy right there.

Slightly off-topic, I disagree with the notion that you quote Mandela as having stated. I mean, it flies in the face of what we know about e.g. dictatorships vs. critical literature, despite attempted censorship. Crown example is Vysotskyj who met the USSR with song, and was so huge that even the Union couldn’t risk killing him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Vysotsky

]]> Comment on On Steve Jobs and People Like Him by Sigg3 http://jim.casablog.com/2011/10/08/on-steve-jobs-and-people-like-him/comment-page-1/#comment-31510 Sigg3 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:36:48 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=1039#comment-31510 Minus the death and destruction, like. Minus the death and destruction, like.

]]> Comment on On Steve Jobs and People Like Him by Sigg3 http://jim.casablog.com/2011/10/08/on-steve-jobs-and-people-like-him/comment-page-1/#comment-31509 Sigg3 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:36:22 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=1039#comment-31509 I am sickened by the worship. I was enangered when I heard that my 18 year old artistic cousin and her class had had "an hour of quiet memorial" because they use Macs... I mean seriously? Talk about sucking a big one. The world needs more Kurt Cobains.. I am sickened by the worship. I was enangered when I heard that my 18 year old artistic cousin and her class had had “an hour of quiet memorial” because they use Macs…

I mean seriously? Talk about sucking a big one. The world needs more Kurt Cobains..

]]> Comment on On Steve Jobs and People Like Him by Juan Carlos http://jim.casablog.com/2011/10/08/on-steve-jobs-and-people-like-him/comment-page-1/#comment-31257 Juan Carlos Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:50:46 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=1039#comment-31257 Jim: This is a very refreshing view of Mr. Job's accommplishments and mertis (or lack there of). It's respectful, yet honest. It's an interesting break from the almost universal worship he has received. JC Jim: This is a very refreshing view of Mr. Job’s accommplishments and mertis (or lack there of). It’s respectful, yet honest. It’s an interesting break from the almost universal worship he has received.
JC

]]> Comment on Pancakes a la Irene by Jim O'Malley http://jim.casablog.com/2011/08/27/pancakes-a-la-irene/comment-page-1/#comment-29200 Jim O'Malley Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:34:14 +0000 http://jim.casablog.com/?p=1033#comment-29200 *chuckle* Dessert? I dare say not. Cite your sources. Where did you learn such heresy? *chuckle* Dessert? I dare say not. Cite your sources. Where did you learn such heresy?

]]>