Wall Street: Autohacktivism and Skedaddling.
I posted the following on Facebook (in this posting I left out the article about Mr. Barrett Brown). I soon got a message from Facebook asking me if I wanted to fill out a survey. I didn't have time then and in looking for that message later, I was unable to find it. But the curious thing is that I didn't receive a single "like." Now, I know that Facebook does not want anyone encouraging others NOT to post but could they have kept my admonishment hidden from my friends? At the very least, we need to be very aware of these "coincidences" because when you are a whore of Wall Street as Mr. Zuckerberg is, God knows what you'll do to keep up appearances. My posting is still on my timeline but they can't risk being that blatant.
I will now predict that a new phenomenon will soon surface that I call autohacktivism wherein a company asks its employees to wage war against troublesome users of its website and to do so in a manner that would never show up in the company's mission statement or in their logs. Companies like Autodesk which demand that you log in to their website EVERY TIME you use their product (Sketchbook, for instance) as a means of controlling piracy, I guess, can also call themselves autohacktivists.
We will need to see more of this before a definitive case can be made but, hopefully, with vigilant users it will come out sooner so that Congress can begin to curtail this invasion of our privacy. [wishful thinking has always been my downfall].
In separate news, an article was posted on Theguardian.com website today saying that hedge fund managers were preparing plans to skedaddle to New Zealand when wealth inequality starts waking up the people. I doubt they fear the hordes. There are too many in law enforcement for any rich person to feel threatened by demonstrators demanding wealth redistribution. But what if the stock market collapses--and it will because all pyramid schemes do this--then, the hordes in the middle class who find themselves sans retirement funds will want heads to roll. And I think the same applies to what some would call old adversary--the cops--for they will find their pensions non-existent and may just join the fray. We know they are capable of going ballistic en masse as they demonstrated during Dinkins' time in office.
We need to slam on the brakes now. Put a freeze on stock prices but keep the dividends coming and only allow the corporations to buy back stock. We would, of course, need to force them to buy back their stock as a function of their profits. You would be allowed to keep your shares if you like the dividends you are getting. If someone desperately needs to sell and the corporation cannot accommodate them, they can go black market. We can work it out but we need to start thinking outside the box. NOW!
I will now predict that a new phenomenon will soon surface that I call autohacktivism wherein a company asks its employees to wage war against troublesome users of its website and to do so in a manner that would never show up in the company's mission statement or in their logs. Companies like Autodesk which demand that you log in to their website EVERY TIME you use their product (Sketchbook, for instance) as a means of controlling piracy, I guess, can also call themselves autohacktivists.
We will need to see more of this before a definitive case can be made but, hopefully, with vigilant users it will come out sooner so that Congress can begin to curtail this invasion of our privacy. [wishful thinking has always been my downfall].
In separate news, an article was posted on Theguardian.com website today saying that hedge fund managers were preparing plans to skedaddle to New Zealand when wealth inequality starts waking up the people. I doubt they fear the hordes. There are too many in law enforcement for any rich person to feel threatened by demonstrators demanding wealth redistribution. But what if the stock market collapses--and it will because all pyramid schemes do this--then, the hordes in the middle class who find themselves sans retirement funds will want heads to roll. And I think the same applies to what some would call old adversary--the cops--for they will find their pensions non-existent and may just join the fray. We know they are capable of going ballistic en masse as they demonstrated during Dinkins' time in office.
We need to slam on the brakes now. Put a freeze on stock prices but keep the dividends coming and only allow the corporations to buy back stock. We would, of course, need to force them to buy back their stock as a function of their profits. You would be allowed to keep your shares if you like the dividends you are getting. If someone desperately needs to sell and the corporation cannot accommodate them, they can go black market. We can work it out but we need to start thinking outside the box. NOW!
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