Quick post before dashing off to bed.

[silveradept]

Basically, work tomorrow. Today was spent playing cards with Mom and family, coming back, hanging a few things (although I need to figure out some other things to get all the rest of my posters up, my wall scrolls are hung, and that's a help.) and generally getting resettled again, after moving. Suzaku and Seriyuu are back on the walls. Now, just for the rest of the things. If I can get them up on the walls, preferably with something that won't damage them or the walls, that would be best. Any ideas from the crowd out here? (I've heard of the wall-sticky stuff. but I don't know how/whether that will work on the poster backs, too, and whether it will come off both surfaces equally cleanly.)

A little short on the links tonight. Mostly because, while there's lots of stuff going on , I didn't see it in the places I perused. Perhaps in some other place.

torakiyoshi points out an article to me that states the reaction to the revelation of the NSA's spying program is a bit overblown. The problem now is that regardless of what I do, data is collected on me - at some point, someone can gather enough to do evil things to me, be they evil governments, malicious individuals, or corporate hellions. It's just a matter of whether they do or they don't. Still hoping that decency wins out and "don't" is more likely than does.

Meditation may make your brain better. Doing things could increase your grey matter significantly. In the areas that may be affected, I could probably use a little more thickness, so this is a good sign.

Television sniping, thanks to optics! A remote, a focusing lens, and a little practice, and you, too, can zap the TV off from across the room... or across the street. Perfect for those occasions where distractions need to be defeated.

That's all for me tonight. I need to get into the habit of going to bed at good times, so that when my other internship kicks in, I won't have to kick myself out of bed. G'night.

Comments

....stupid cat woke me up again

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

Don' get the wall sticky stuff because that stuff can leave grease spots on the corners of your posters. I believe 3M/Scotch makes CLEAR sticky things - they're little squares and they don't muck up the posters or wall, but they do a good job with keeping stuff on the walls...if I think to look for my package of them, I'll bring them, otherwise I can probly locate them at the store for you.

[sdaisyk.livejournal.com]

3M command adhesive, it is designed so you can pull it, stretching the sticky part enough to disengage. I've been using it for 4 years in dorms. You can get various sizes. They also make it with various kinds of hooks and such. I've gotten them at walmart and home depot.

[2dlife.livejournal.com]

I'd be careful of any strong adhesive, like the 3M command stuff. It comes off the wall really easily, but because the paper is not as firm as the wall, it can tear your posters. Plus, these adhesives are very sensitive things and while technically removeable, aren't if exposed to too much sun/cold/heat/humidity over time.

If you really want to preserve your posters, they sell poster hangers (or whatever they're called) which are like a long, tight, plastic clips that you slide over the top and bottom of your poster. Then you just have to attach the plastic to the wall (best way, I've found is with small push-pins/thumbtacks, spackle the holes when you move) and your posters are perfectly untouched but never fall. (A quick search leads also to the metal ones, which also stretch your poster nicely but cost a heck of a lot more.)

[silveradept]

I'd love to use pushpins, and I would normally, but they don't go easily into the wall. This is why I'm looking for some sort of alternative. Something that will adhere to the wall and the paper, and will come off the wall and the paper easily. Might be asking too much for that, anyway.

[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

Actually, read that article on the NSA gathering carefully. You will find there are only really 2 messages.
1) Shut yer pie Hole!
2) Our tiger rock has kept away the tigers!

The justifications are pathetic, and mostly use the old consertive stand by of kicking the media and those wacky dems. No real information was given, no real justifications, it's just one of the 28% that still actually thinks dubya is doing a good job.

I mean they even end with "Well the country has been attacked since has it?" Never mind that when Clinton wasn't doing this... the country was also never attacked. Gosh! You might as well say this rock I've got keeps away tigers! There are no tigers around, and I've always had the rock.

No, it's a criminal activity, just like the wire taps, and the fact that everyone is pissed off shows that even normal people are taking notice.

[silveradept]

Yeah, it did feel that way to me as well, but that could have just been some bias working on me. So it's good to have someone else come to the same conclusions. That way we can at least be biased together.

[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

I really tired to read it with an open mind, but it came down to those two points for me.

[2dlife.livejournal.com]

Ah. Poster hangers work well, also, with the 3M command hooks which come off very nicely.

[2dlife.livejournal.com]

The article makes three points, those points are just subtler than you make them seem.

1) The liberal backlash has no legal leg to stand on.
2) The liberal backlash is ineffectual at influencing public opinion.
3) Given the above, a lot more noise than seems necessary has been made about this latest spying scandal.

And it justifies those points clearly and with sufficient evidence. In brief:

1) The government didn't say that it wasn't datamining calls (it did say it wasn't recording calls). We may have a reasonable expectation that they wouldn't but legally, they don't have to justify anything or reveal anything. (Sure, it runs counter to your ideally open government, but that's that.)
2) In spite of the big hubbub over this, public opinion still rests with the President on this one. 63% is the quoted figure.
3) Lots of articles and various actions by democrats are cited.

It is not the main thesis of the article that the surveillance preserved national security, nor does it call for an end to criticism of the current administration on other matters.

Bias manifests itself in many ways, one way is to expect more justification from parties that argue opposite your slant than those who argue with. If this person were arguing the opposite perspective, even given the same quality of evidence, I'm sure you'd more than side with them and hail the well-written argument.

[greyweirdo.livejournal.com]

None of the points are any good, they just serve to bash liberals...

1) It's hardly a liberal backlash if even conservitive republicans are speaking against it.
2) There has been quite a lot of influence in the public. When it got so bad that certian telecom companies have been forced to put out press releases explaining that they haven't given phone records to anyone.
3) People are a little sick of being spyed on, and their getting pissed off about it. Understandable.

There is no point being made here.
The justifications are equally flacid.
1) The government said it wasn't spying on it's own people. Datamining is spying, it falls undert the NSA, which is a spy opperation.
2) I think you need to read the polls again, I could only find 2 polls that said data mining was a good idea.
3) Again, he fails to point out all the conservitives who are also bitching, making it seem like a liberal only attack, which it isn't.

And you seem to have a assumption about me that is completly false. If the person were giving a perspective closer to my own I would still have to point out tha hollowness of their argument, I do it all the time. I might not mention it right away, but I would mention it if asked. It's not well written, and even if it argeed with me I would still point out it's not well written.

[2dlife.livejournal.com]

Ah, I made the wrong assumption. I thought you were attacking the argument not attacking the point. There's a very important difference between how the article stands as an argument and whether it's one that is true. I was naive to assume that you meant the former when you proceeded to attack the latter.

His points are justified by his examples; I never said those points weren't biased. Whether you agree with his examples or think that they reflect reality is another matter. Bringing in outside points (when they're no better justfied than his own, especially), does nothing to attack the *structure* of his argument. Make your own argument, supporting your thesis with your examples; attack his points directly; and show that your justifications are sounder than the ones he makes. Just do not attack his structure by misinterpreting it or bringing in outside information.

I don't agree with the thesis, but I accept his argument. The former is due to my opinions on the subject, the latter due to my training in debate.