I don't know how the size of an iphone compares, but my 64GB ipod touch is tremendous on a run... at least compared to my 3rd generation ipod which weighed at least 3x as much. That thing was so heavy, it'd pull my running shorts down!
Take it one step further... why do you even need your own car at all? Surely a reliance on the reliability of one car and parking, etc for one car is inferior to being a member of a 'club' which rents out cars by the minute, takes you to work, and then does the same for someone else 20 minutes later.
Interesting - thanks for the technical info. If you hear of something this big in the future which involves a country other than China, I'd really appreciate an article, and I bet the/. editors would too. I think it would do a lot to remove the paranoia, if this does indeed happen in other places.
Yeah, I'd be interested in knowing if I'm paranoid against China and this type of thing for no reason, but (and maybe it's just my paranoia talking) I think there's pretty good reason to believe this is intentional. The only time I've ever heard of large scale screwups like this are with China and once with Pakistan.
Are you saying this is truly a selection bias, or are the Chinese screwups more global in scope? Seems like propagating a small ISP to a large ISP to the entire Internet would be something I've heard before in other countries. Are there incidences in the past where 10% of ALL Internet traffic was routed through a different country?
(I'm not trolling, this is a genuine question. Because if it does happen more often, maybe we should splash it on the/. front page every once in a while)
Intelligence gathering, or just general probing of ability to control the Internet (if only for a somewhat short period of time - and how much time do you need, really?)
I agree the analysis was simplistic, but maybe I can state it a little more clearly... old monolithic media organizations provide an invaluable service, in terms of investigative reporting and on site presence of people during important historical moments. However, the monolithic organization AC rather ineloquently derides above truly is outdated. In an era when communication is nearly free, a monolithic entity throwing tendrils all over the world doesn't make any sense.
In my estimation, it makes the most sense to have independent journalists (i.e. bloggers) reporting on local events and having those individual reports being compiled or organized by a central figure, like Google is doing now, or any newspaper could do if they get their head out of their ass. Eventually, in such a system, folks could establish credibility, networks and trust. They would be independent in every sense of the word. It's not a perfect model, but I do think it's a workable one.
Oh, and by the way, screws to the douches like Murdoch who think they can tell others what to think through their media empires.
Agreed. Companies need to comply with local laws and legal record requests by government agencies, or private parties as dictated by the courts and the law of the host country. The distinction is that China is not ruled by "law", per se, it's ruled by power and the "lawmaking" process is opaque. Unlike democracies, the lawmaking process is not open to public scrutiny.
You deride the pursuit of knowledge because it's in the name of explaining religion? I don't think that makes much sense. If you choose to not believe religion, why would you object to research which explains the phenomena in a scientific context?
learn to seperate [sic] fantasy from reality for Christ damn, for god's sake oh fuck it.
Well, the reality is that people DO see these things. This is fact. How do you explain it? You don't want to investigate it scientifically, yet you obviously don't believe in religion, so what's your point?
No truly religious person would dare to edit the word of god, so what made the person who edited the new testament decide to think he could do this?
The party line on that one is that the early councils which decided what to include, change and delete were 'inspired' by God. "The bible didn't arrive by fax from heaven" (to quote The Da Vinci Code)
I'm just saying... your arguments appear to be inconsistent.
If you're a c-programmer, you probably know your way around on a computer. If you know your way around on a computer, you SHOULD know the best way to attract trolls is to scream "I'm offended".
How are they going to transmit those crappy Discover credit card offers with the fake and completely unshreddable plastic credit card in it?! Oh noes!!
Interesting, but I'm not going to get too worked up about it without reading the actual ruling. Attorney / Client communication is the one of the most privileged under the law. Unless the court wrote the opinion in such a way as to explicitly broaden the scope of "privileged information from personal email accounts", this is likely to be interpreted narrowly (or, at least, an argument can be made that the decision should be narrow).
Yes. India is also a parliamentary system. Parliamentary systems lend themselves to true multi-party arrangements like this. Alternatively, you'll only *very* rarely see a party member go against party leadership on any issue in particular. So, it's a bit different than the way we do things in the USA. In my view, there tends to be less true negotiation among an assembly (i.e. legislature) in these systems. The members follow the lead of their party heads and that's about it.
I don't think the problem of addressing climate change is in "democracy" per se, it's in the lack of strong international institutions to enforce compliance. Right now, we have the UN which is a government of governments and therefore completely and totally beyond hope for any kind of action. If we had a means of ensuring compliance for international treaties and developing those treaties in a fair way, we'd be more than halfway to solving the problem.
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As we know cops are involved with more violence per capita
Are you trying to insinuate cops are the CAUSE of the violence they're involved in?
I don't know how the size of an iphone compares, but my 64GB ipod touch is tremendous on a run... at least compared to my 3rd generation ipod which weighed at least 3x as much. That thing was so heavy, it'd pull my running shorts down!
I thought only "natural people" could invoke the fifth amendment... can a school do it? SHE isn't the person on trial, the school is... right?
Nixon really was a brilliant guy. Too bad arrogance almost always comes along with genius.
Take it one step further... why do you even need your own car at all? Surely a reliance on the reliability of one car and parking, etc for one car is inferior to being a member of a 'club' which rents out cars by the minute, takes you to work, and then does the same for someone else 20 minutes later.
Here's a brilliant essay on the subject from the founder of EFF http://www.templetons.com/brad/robocars/
Are you just proving you didn't read it either?
Well, given the information you just presented... yes... **/me runs and hides
Interesting - thanks for the technical info. If you hear of something this big in the future which involves a country other than China, I'd really appreciate an article, and I bet the /. editors would too. I think it would do a lot to remove the paranoia, if this does indeed happen in other places.
Thanks again.
Sometimes I just don't understand how the hell we've made it to superpower status... really... wtf fellow Americans?
Yeah, I'd be interested in knowing if I'm paranoid against China and this type of thing for no reason, but (and maybe it's just my paranoia talking) I think there's pretty good reason to believe this is intentional. The only time I've ever heard of large scale screwups like this are with China and once with Pakistan.
/. front page every once in a while)
Are you saying this is truly a selection bias, or are the Chinese screwups more global in scope? Seems like propagating a small ISP to a large ISP to the entire Internet would be something I've heard before in other countries. Are there incidences in the past where 10% of ALL Internet traffic was routed through a different country?
(I'm not trolling, this is a genuine question. Because if it does happen more often, maybe we should splash it on the
Intelligence gathering, or just general probing of ability to control the Internet (if only for a somewhat short period of time - and how much time do you need, really?)
Fair enough. I agree we certainly could use a "media 2.0" landscape, but I don't want to totally discredit the work they do. It is important.
I agree the analysis was simplistic, but maybe I can state it a little more clearly... old monolithic media organizations provide an invaluable service, in terms of investigative reporting and on site presence of people during important historical moments. However, the monolithic organization AC rather ineloquently derides above truly is outdated. In an era when communication is nearly free, a monolithic entity throwing tendrils all over the world doesn't make any sense.
In my estimation, it makes the most sense to have independent journalists (i.e. bloggers) reporting on local events and having those individual reports being compiled or organized by a central figure, like Google is doing now, or any newspaper could do if they get their head out of their ass. Eventually, in such a system, folks could establish credibility, networks and trust. They would be independent in every sense of the word. It's not a perfect model, but I do think it's a workable one.
Oh, and by the way, screws to the douches like Murdoch who think they can tell others what to think through their media empires.
Agreed. Companies need to comply with local laws and legal record requests by government agencies, or private parties as dictated by the courts and the law of the host country. The distinction is that China is not ruled by "law", per se, it's ruled by power and the "lawmaking" process is opaque. Unlike democracies, the lawmaking process is not open to public scrutiny.
pfft, it's not credible until I see a wikipedia link...
and they barely resulted in a significant increase in IL-6 production
I'd just like to know how you "barely" have a "significant increase"....
learn to seperate [sic] fantasy from reality for Christ damn, for god's sake oh fuck it.
Well, the reality is that people DO see these things. This is fact. How do you explain it? You don't want to investigate it scientifically, yet you obviously don't believe in religion, so what's your point?
No truly religious person would dare to edit the word of god, so what made the person who edited the new testament decide to think he could do this?
The party line on that one is that the early councils which decided what to include, change and delete were 'inspired' by God. "The bible didn't arrive by fax from heaven" (to quote The Da Vinci Code)
I'm just saying... your arguments appear to be inconsistent.
If you're a c-programmer, you probably know your way around on a computer. If you know your way around on a computer, you SHOULD know the best way to attract trolls is to scream "I'm offended".
Sure it was "learning". It was likely analyzing the structure of the towel and "learning" its orientation. Yeah... it learned
We will be replaced
How are they going to transmit those crappy Discover credit card offers with the fake and completely unshreddable plastic credit card in it?! Oh noes!!
How do I get one?
Interesting, but I'm not going to get too worked up about it without reading the actual ruling. Attorney / Client communication is the one of the most privileged under the law. Unless the court wrote the opinion in such a way as to explicitly broaden the scope of "privileged information from personal email accounts", this is likely to be interpreted narrowly (or, at least, an argument can be made that the decision should be narrow).
Yes. India is also a parliamentary system. Parliamentary systems lend themselves to true multi-party arrangements like this. Alternatively, you'll only *very* rarely see a party member go against party leadership on any issue in particular. So, it's a bit different than the way we do things in the USA. In my view, there tends to be less true negotiation among an assembly (i.e. legislature) in these systems. The members follow the lead of their party heads and that's about it.
Both systems have their virtues and vices.
Why do you think a post singularity world would lack in either of those things?
(Offtopic, I know: I admit I enjoy the April Fool's stuff as a novelty once a year (esp the Chatroulette this year) but my brain is bored)
+1
I don't think the problem of addressing climate change is in "democracy" per se, it's in the lack of strong international institutions to enforce compliance. Right now, we have the UN which is a government of governments and therefore completely and totally beyond hope for any kind of action. If we had a means of ensuring compliance for international treaties and developing those treaties in a fair way, we'd be more than halfway to solving the problem.