Comments on: BostonGeek Podcast: Episode 19 http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/ We celebrate all facets of geekiness, including Tech Geek, Science Geek and Gaming Geek... coming to you straight from Boston. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:14:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Carl http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5412 Carl Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:27:34 +0000 http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5412 Saying "corrupt politician" is a bit redundant... like saying "dangerous mountain lion." You really think Halliburton will go away when Cheney does? For how many decades have numerous defense contractors gone uncontested in the halls of the Pentagon? And I see Verizon as an example because companies like them all seem to have unfettered access, and I firmly believe this has been cultivated through years of calculated machination. One can only hope that if enough people scream loud enough for long enough, something good will happen, instead of something very bad. Saying “corrupt politician” is a bit redundant… like saying “dangerous mountain lion.”

You really think Halliburton will go away when Cheney does? For how many decades have numerous defense contractors gone uncontested in the halls of the Pentagon?

And I see Verizon as an example because companies like them all seem to have unfettered access, and I firmly believe this has been cultivated through years of calculated machination. One can only hope that if enough people scream loud enough for long enough, something good will happen, instead of something very bad.

]]> By: Dave http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5411 Dave Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:19:44 +0000 http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5411 I just see examples of corrupt politicians, not some coherent, organized corporate conspiracy. And how does Verizon whining about wanting to double-dip on their internet pipes tie into Haliburton again? I just see examples of corrupt politicians, not some coherent, organized corporate conspiracy. And how does Verizon whining about wanting to double-dip on their internet pipes tie into Haliburton again?

]]> By: Carl http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5410 Carl Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:38:28 +0000 http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5410 Sorry, I'm paranoid by nature, and I wholeheartedly believe in the existence of the military-indsutrial complex. Eisenhower believed it, and I think he'd be appalled at what he'd see today. Billions spent on defense research that doesn't go anywhere ($17 billion on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, for example), no bid contracts handed off to the company the veep formerly ran, ports handed over in apparently secret negotiations between the prez and his friends? Sorry, I’m paranoid by nature, and I wholeheartedly believe in the existence of the military-indsutrial complex. Eisenhower believed it, and I think he’d be appalled at what he’d see today. Billions spent on defense research that doesn’t go anywhere ($17 billion on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, for example), no bid contracts handed off to the company the veep formerly ran, ports handed over in apparently secret negotiations between the prez and his friends?

]]> By: Dave http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5409 Dave Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:07:34 +0000 http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5409 Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

]]> By: Carl http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5408 Carl Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:38:03 +0000 http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5408 But... when you look at Halliburton and Boeing, how can you deny the existence of such a complex? :) But… when you look at Halliburton and Boeing, how can you deny the existence of such a complex? :)

]]> By: Dave http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5406 Dave Tue, 21 Feb 2006 23:33:57 +0000 http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5406 Comments on stuff that stuck in my head on the drive home. Carl, you really need to stop mixing your rant targets. You'll be much more effective this way. You get all pissy about the US' stance on google in China, but as an example of the gub'mint's hypocrisy, you use a couple telcos whining for tiered internet traffic? You're dangerously nearing the class of whack-jobs who use the phrase "military-industrial complex" and actually mean it. Comments on stuff that stuck in my head on the drive home.

Carl, you really need to stop mixing your rant targets. You’ll be much more effective this way. You get all pissy about the US’ stance on google in China, but as an example of the gub’mint’s hypocrisy, you use a couple telcos whining for tiered internet traffic? You’re dangerously nearing the class of whack-jobs who use the phrase “military-industrial complex” and actually mean it.

]]> By: Colin http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5405 Colin Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:13:39 +0000 http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5405 It was Kin Dun not Kin Do It was Kin Dun not Kin Do

]]> By: Carl http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5404 Carl Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:22:31 +0000 http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5404 Thamior. Thamior Belhaven was Colin's character in a previous campaign. Names used by Colin: Gilgoran Covan Thamior Belhaven Meiji Underdark Kin Do Which are incredibly creative, when you actually think about it. Good names. Names I have used, by contrast: Silverius Jenselar Kurzan Beld Polonius Beld Angus McAngus (of Clan Stonelost) Lorken Starfall Honestly... not as original as Colin's, IMO. Thamior. Thamior Belhaven was Colin’s character in a previous campaign.

Names used by Colin:

Gilgoran Covan
Thamior Belhaven
Meiji Underdark
Kin Do

Which are incredibly creative, when you actually think about it. Good names.

Names I have used, by contrast:

Silverius Jenselar
Kurzan Beld
Polonius Beld
Angus McAngus (of Clan Stonelost)
Lorken Starfall

Honestly… not as original as Colin’s, IMO.

]]> By: Carl http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5400 Carl Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:47:07 +0000 http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5400 Same thing. They both sucked. :) Same thing. They both sucked. :)

]]> By: Alli http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5399 Alli Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:29:59 +0000 http://www.bostongeek.com/2006/02/20/bostongeek-podcast-episode-19/#comment-5399 Soul II Soul sang 'Back to Life'. Not En Vogue. Crazy boy! Soul II Soul sang ‘Back to Life’. Not En Vogue. Crazy boy!

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