Yeah, like when someone intentionally throws a game. As long as people are gambling (somewhere) and money is to be made, there is an opportunity and incentive to cheat. Get your graph theory to account for that!
Or maybe regression analysis is better like Levitt used to find cheating with Sumo wrestling and US student test takers in his book Freakonomics. (Awesome book BTW);)
Why not paypal the author a few bucks and torrent the ebooks? No trees getting cut nor used books getting shipped around and the author makes money. Keep doing this until publishers realize their short sighted stupidity and change their ways.
A small price to pay for a stable market. (ie: no hedge funds manipulating the markets, real estate bubble, stock market crash, millions of foreclosures, bankruptcies, government bailouts, etc.)
And Bill Gates called it way back in the 90's during a conference which Warren Buffett attended where they were discussing the great companies of each decade and why they eventually failed. They were trying to predict future failures. (Read from the Warren Buffett bio Snowball.)
Basically they are saying that even if you had tons of great and accurate data, the algorithm to process everything to generate the equations would prove to require too much time to compute. Like trying to crack AES 256 bit encryption or worse depending on the situation.
Some of us don't take comfort in statistics. Without people like Boisjoly, the numbers would be much worse. This attitude of complacency is what allows incompetent and amoral people to create these disasters like BP, Fukushima, etc.
The solution? Make management directly responsible financially and with prison sentences. If they cause economic disasters, then they should be personally liable until bankruptcy with no option of insurance. If the actions are criminal, then long prison sentences should be mandatory. And if people die from their negligence, they need to be executed. Whistle-blowers should not be the ones persecuted.
People act differently when there is no conflict of interest and know they will be held accountable.
I'm pretty sure PirateBay is aware of it's "passengers" intent to pirate stuff. Claiming ignorance would be silly. So does that make them guilty because they are enabling?
If there was a torrent sight called ChildRapePornBay which hosted violent child porn torrents. Should they be free to operate under your analogy?
Granted, one is illegal copyright violation, and the other is illegal content. But both sites serve the same role.
If you say yes, then you have integrity and are a piece of crap. If you say no, then you are a hypocrite and are a piece of crap.;)
I've seen parents give their little kids iphones to keep them busy/distracted, and they will stare at that the phone for hours watching videos just 5-6 inches from their faces. This has got to be bad for their eyesight especially when they are 3 or 4 years old still developing...
"On another note, the intelligence company known as Stratfor mentioned that if Anonymous sticks to its promise and actually publishes the names of those involved, it will "most certainly" lead to more deaths and could leave bloggers and others open to reprisal attacks by the cartel.[54] Mike Vigil, the retired head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, mentioned that "Los Zetas should take Anonymous seriously."[55] Moreover, Stratfor mentioned that Los Zetas also has experts in computer intelligence who are believed to track down the "anti-cartel" campaigns online,[56] which has made experts understand the high rate of journalist executions.[57] In addition, they mentioned that the Mexican drug cartels generally have people monitor forums, news websites, and blogs to help them be in touch with what is being published and with what could affect their interests.[58]"
Being a group comprised of Mexican Special Forces, politicians, judges, police, etc. with untold millions at their disposal, with no fear of leaving mass graves of hundreds of people (decapitated, tortured, etc), it seems that compromising a few ISP's or killing any outlet of information would not be difficult if they chose to focus on it. Nationally or internationally.
Legalize drugs, and let their income of blood money vanish.
And go watch Cocaine Cowboys 1 and 2. If we can't even keep drugs out of prisons, what the hell is the point?
Isn't it ironic that a Jew and a homosexual helped end the war with such monumental scientific contributions? (Einstein with atomic bombs, Turing with cryptanalysis.):)
Anyway, would love to see an unflinching movie on this great man's life! A true hero and my most favorite computer scientist ever. Tragic what happened to him later in life...
1. Stabile markets. I'd add a 100% capital gains tax on all investments under 1 year that Warren Buffett mentioned.
2. Corporate responsibilty. Severe penalties to executives involved in corporate negligence and corruption. Madoff, Enron, etc. execs would be put to death or prison 20+ years. Others execs who made millions from corporations they helped bankrupt or destroy would loose any money/stock from their time there within one year of their termination. No golden parachutes. No laws should limit the liabilities and protect companies like BP from the disasters they create out of negligence.
3. Eliminate conflict of interest. Boards or agencies responsible for overseeing an industry cannot be in bed with the people they regulate. Like Japan's nuclear power plants and the safety commission resulting in the Tsunami disaster. Royal fuck ups need to be dealt with severely. Agencies, upper and lower level management would all be criminally and financially liable for a BP/Fukushima type fiasco.
4. Elimination of patents and the the ability of a corporation acting as a person living in perpetuity and hoarding a warchest of them.
5. Too big to fail? You get split up or you become subject to government regulations like a utility.
Mod parent up. Maybe not the most influential, but it should damn well be one of the most. Especially useful as it is language agnostic, and the lessons learned are timeless.
I also loved the succinct density of "Computer Science: An Overview" by Brookshear. Best way to learn computer science in a single book.
Lol. Sounds like your problem is that you are doing things half assed. You need attractive pictures up (Take really good ones, and get them rated on HotOrNot to get an idea.) You need a genuinely interesting or funny profile conveying personality. You need to be confident without being arrogant. And you will get women/girls initiating conversation/pokes/etc. On POF, I get alot of ethnic curvy ladies for some reason. On OK, it's more of a mix.:P
But realize that girls get lots of messages. And the really attractive ones get flooded! Just ask any girl with an account. My girlfriends tell me about all kind of crazy creepy msgs. Hilarious stuff, but scary if you are girl.
Anyway, you have to do something to set yourself apart if you want women to start hitting on you. It is possible with the right attitude and work. Of course being rich and famous is a nice shortcut!;)
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Yeah, like when someone intentionally throws a game. As long as people are gambling (somewhere) and money is to be made, there is an opportunity and incentive to cheat. Get your graph theory to account for that!
Or maybe regression analysis is better like Levitt used to find cheating with Sumo wrestling and US student test takers in his book Freakonomics. (Awesome book BTW) ;)
Why not paypal the author a few bucks and torrent the ebooks? No trees getting cut nor used books getting shipped around and the author makes money. Keep doing this until publishers realize their short sighted stupidity and change their ways.
like pterodactyl?
A small price to pay for a stable market. (ie: no hedge funds manipulating the markets, real estate bubble, stock market crash, millions of foreclosures, bankruptcies, government bailouts, etc.)
Surprised the following book hasn't been mentioned. Steve Jobs thought highly of it:
Innovator's Dilemma
http://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Revolutionary-Change-Business/dp/0062060244/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330405831&sr=8-1
And Bill Gates called it way back in the 90's during a conference which Warren Buffett attended where they were discussing the great companies of each decade and why they eventually failed. They were trying to predict future failures. (Read from the Warren Buffett bio Snowball.)
How about some knitting to go with your tea?
http://www.physicscentral.com/explore/sots/episode1.cfm
Pretty cool!
Basically they are saying that even if you had tons of great and accurate data, the algorithm to process everything to generate the equations would prove to require too much time to compute. Like trying to crack AES 256 bit encryption or worse depending on the situation.
BTW, here's a pretty good link explaining NP a little better.
http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/11/24/what-are-p-np-complete-and-np-hard/
Warren Buffett has a great solution for this. A 100% capital gains tax on short term investments! (less than 1 year)
"Met my wife and soulmate on OkCupid. :^)"
Nice! I'm looking for a threesome on there too. ;)
Some of us don't take comfort in statistics. Without people like Boisjoly, the numbers would be much worse. This attitude of complacency is what allows incompetent and amoral people to create these disasters like BP, Fukushima, etc.
The solution? Make management directly responsible financially and with prison sentences. If they cause economic disasters, then they should be personally liable until bankruptcy with no option of insurance. If the actions are criminal, then long prison sentences should be mandatory. And if people die from their negligence, they need to be executed. Whistle-blowers should not be the ones persecuted.
People act differently when there is no conflict of interest and know they will be held accountable.
My comment was meant tongue in cheek and mocking the "why is this news" remarks. Mark insightful, thank you. :)
Good point. Now if she is hot, has a sextape/nudie pics/reality tv show, then it would most definitely be news!
I'm pretty sure PirateBay is aware of it's "passengers" intent to pirate stuff. Claiming ignorance would be silly. So does that make them guilty because they are enabling?
If there was a torrent sight called ChildRapePornBay which hosted violent child porn torrents. Should they be free to operate under your analogy?
Granted, one is illegal copyright violation, and the other is illegal content. But both sites serve the same role.
If you say yes, then you have integrity and are a piece of crap. ;)
If you say no, then you are a hypocrite and are a piece of crap.
I've seen parents give their little kids iphones to keep them busy/distracted, and they will stare at that the phone for hours watching videos just 5-6 inches from their faces. This has got to be bad for their eyesight especially when they are 3 or 4 years old still developing...
No, that's retarded. Now what would be cool is if you went out and swallowed a handful and quietly became another statistic. :)
Then subsidize it. Simple enough. Better than wasting the hundreds of millions of dollars and countless lives lost trying to fight a losing war.
"On another note, the intelligence company known as Stratfor mentioned that if Anonymous sticks to its promise and actually publishes the names of those involved, it will "most certainly" lead to more deaths and could leave bloggers and others open to reprisal attacks by the cartel.[54] Mike Vigil, the retired head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, mentioned that "Los Zetas should take Anonymous seriously."[55] Moreover, Stratfor mentioned that Los Zetas also has experts in computer intelligence who are believed to track down the "anti-cartel" campaigns online,[56] which has made experts understand the high rate of journalist executions.[57] In addition, they mentioned that the Mexican drug cartels generally have people monitor forums, news websites, and blogs to help them be in touch with what is being published and with what could affect their interests.[58]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Zetas_Cartel
Being a group comprised of Mexican Special Forces, politicians, judges, police, etc. with untold millions at their disposal, with no fear of leaving mass graves of hundreds of people (decapitated, tortured, etc), it seems that compromising a few ISP's or killing any outlet of information would not be difficult if they chose to focus on it. Nationally or internationally.
Legalize drugs, and let their income of blood money vanish.
And go watch Cocaine Cowboys 1 and 2. If we can't even keep drugs out of prisons, what the hell is the point?
Cash and Short Term Investments were $25 Billion as of 9-24-2011 balance sheet.
http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:AAPL&fstype=ii
The other way to deal with it is to legalize drugs and the drug cartels and crime will go away. Have the govt subsidize it like corn if we must.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive_dynamics
Isn't it ironic that a Jew and a homosexual helped end the war with such monumental scientific contributions? (Einstein with atomic bombs, Turing with cryptanalysis.) :)
Anyway, would love to see an unflinching movie on this great man's life! A true hero and my most favorite computer scientist ever. Tragic what happened to him later in life...
1. Stabile markets. I'd add a 100% capital gains tax on all investments under 1 year that Warren Buffett mentioned.
2. Corporate responsibilty. Severe penalties to executives involved in corporate negligence and corruption. Madoff, Enron, etc. execs would be put to death or prison 20+ years. Others execs who made millions from corporations they helped bankrupt or destroy would loose any money/stock from their time there within one year of their termination. No golden parachutes. No laws should limit the liabilities and protect companies like BP from the disasters they create out of negligence.
3. Eliminate conflict of interest. Boards or agencies responsible for overseeing an industry cannot be in bed with the people they regulate. Like Japan's nuclear power plants and the safety commission resulting in the Tsunami disaster. Royal fuck ups need to be dealt with severely. Agencies, upper and lower level management would all be criminally and financially liable for a BP/Fukushima type fiasco.
4. Elimination of patents and the the ability of a corporation acting as a person living in perpetuity and hoarding a warchest of them.
5. Too big to fail? You get split up or you become subject to government regulations like a utility.
Those are just some off the top of my head. :)
How about the bible? *ducks* :)
Mod parent up. Maybe not the most influential, but it should damn well be one of the most. Especially useful as it is language agnostic, and the lessons learned are timeless.
I also loved the succinct density of "Computer Science: An Overview" by Brookshear. Best way to learn computer science in a single book.
http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Science-Overview-Glenn-Brookshear/dp/0132569035/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315187835&sr=8-1
Lol. Sounds like your problem is that you are doing things half assed. You need attractive pictures up (Take really good ones, and get them rated on HotOrNot to get an idea.) You need a genuinely interesting or funny profile conveying personality. You need to be confident without being arrogant. And you will get women/girls initiating conversation/pokes/etc. On POF, I get alot of ethnic curvy ladies for some reason. On OK, it's more of a mix. :P
But realize that girls get lots of messages. And the really attractive ones get flooded! Just ask any girl with an account. My girlfriends tell me about all kind of crazy creepy msgs. Hilarious stuff, but scary if you are girl.
Anyway, you have to do something to set yourself apart if you want women to start hitting on you. It is possible with the right attitude and work. Of course being rich and famous is a nice shortcut! ;)
Check out The Game by Neill Strauss. Great book if you need help. May change your life.
http://www.amazon.com/Game-Penetrating-Secret-Society-Artists/dp/0060554738/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314285708&sr=8-1