Actually, I think its a little more complicated than that - https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-an.... I am not sure how this interacts with cloning and the jury is still out on what can be passed down in this way, but nurture does influence the genome which I assume would be passed down through cloning.
I couldn't find anywhere in the citation that says or shows "Most violent crimes are committed under the influence..." It says that addicts are more likely to commit crimes than the general population, but you need to look at the base rate and most people are not addicts nor under the influence. The exception seems to be rape/assault on college campus: for sexual assault in which "90% of all cases" the relevant parties are intoxicated at the time; and for assault in general in where "95% of the time" one or the other party is intoxicated.
What's the difference (in terms of weapon development) between engineering a virus that kills people vs. engineering an super anti-viral? It seems like there are enough bugs in the world that a country that could develop a cheap (relatively speaking) and effective anti-viral to even something as innocuous as the flu/cold could gain a huge economic advantage over everyone else in the world. There are reasonable theories that many of the issues associated with economic development in Africa come down to the plethora of tropical diseases on the continent. I guess you could even say that anti-malarials and mosquito control already fall into this category. It doesn't sound nearly as scary, but has almost the same net effect.
I think the question is how does the pedestrian know that the car made "eye" contact with them? Is there a reason not to have a little light or something that can point at pedestrians to let them know that the car "sees" them?
Another data point - Deaths on Texas Roads are 1 in 70 million. while not all highway driving, I would assume that the distribution is pretty skewed in favor of it.
But maybe more pertinent
More than half of the deaths occur at speeds > 55mph. (assuming this is highway) -- http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topic...
This seems to suggest that your likelihood of dying is the same on or off the highway, though I imagine you are probably more likely to get into an accident off the highway, just not likely to die from it. Unfortunately, you would need to get a number on the the miles driven on and off highways, I couldn't find it quickly.
On the surface your statement sounds really good, I certainly believe that I would get sick of violence very quickly after seeing it first hand. However, why is it that war has continued for so long, and in fact I would say that the world is more anti-war than at any time in the past, even though are weapons are now much more effective at removing us from the scene?
Maybe being present at particularly heinous acts actually numbs us to the reality of the event, and it is only when we can witness the killing from a distance that we can begin to dream of an alternative.
Presumably the box cutter threat has been neutralized by locking the cockpit door. Not sure a gun would be any more effective - actually a gun is limited by the number of runs you can sneak on board, not so much with a knife.
I mean, what's the big deal about someone touching your junk? We all go to the doctors (by choice), even 12 year olds. You really think that the TSA guys (or girls) really get a kick out of fondling some guy? They have a job to do, its not to harass us, its to make sure no one is carrying bombs onto the airplane. If one of them is being inappropriate, they will get fired, and I betcha it will happen faster than in the catholic diocese.
English proficiency is not required for citizenship, only that you pass a test, or were born here. There is no federal requirement that those born in the US speak english.
I imagine that the hierarchical models proposed by Scott Graham would be a pretty good candidate. If you break the TSP problem into a series of sub-problems of increasing complexity you get pretty good accuracy with reduced computations. Basically instead of trying to figure out how to move through all the towns in the US you first plan a route through all the states. You could probably derive a few simple heuristics that would give you that sort of behavior from a swarm...
Its always nice to have a reminder of how much cash you don't have in your wallet when you are using plastic. I would think a lot of people would be willing to spend a $ a month for a card that displayed their balances in real time on them
I am amazed at the number of pigeon eating jokes. I thought most people in the US consider pigeons as non-edible flying rats. Are the posts all non-US, or have tastes changed?
It seems that one obvious issue with citing wikipedia is that it constantly changes. There is no guarantee that the article which you cite is the same article that someone will read at a later date.
But we could if we wanted to. It isn't the same as saying that we will "run out". These people are just worried that it might get too expensive to use for their cheap projects because everyone else is using it for their cheap projects.
I might be dipping my toe in very hot water, but... is it really true that the earth has never warmed this much, this fast in its entire recent history (meaning when large animals of some sort or another were around)? It seems pretty statistically unlikely, but that's just a guess.
Personally I don't see anything wrong with the system. If you want an expensive certificate to get you in with the good ol' boys go to harvard or yale, if you want a good education at a good price, go to your local state college, and if you want something in-between it is there as well. Not any different than buying a cable. Its the expectation that everyone needs to go to Yale or Harvard, that's the problem.
Ever notice how slow 45 is when you exit the interstate after traveling at 70 for an hour? Its is pretty well established that people adjust their perception of their speed to the rate they have been traveling. This should also apply to people judging someone else's speed. How do they account for that? Does the office need to have been still for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, an hour, before making the call? Were they working a school zone an hour ago?
.9^10 is a 35% chance of them all missing, little better than flipping a coin. But, yeah if you fire 30 of them you're getting close to only a 5% chance of them all missing, still a little too close for comfort, when you are talking about a nuclear missile headed for a city.
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Actually, I think its a little more complicated than that - https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-an.... I am not sure how this interacts with cloning and the jury is still out on what can be passed down in this way, but nurture does influence the genome which I assume would be passed down through cloning.
I couldn't find anywhere in the citation that says or shows "Most violent crimes are committed under the influence..." It says that addicts are more likely to commit crimes than the general population, but you need to look at the base rate and most people are not addicts nor under the influence. The exception seems to be rape/assault on college campus: for sexual assault in which "90% of all cases" the relevant parties are intoxicated at the time; and for assault in general in where "95% of the time" one or the other party is intoxicated.
What's the difference (in terms of weapon development) between engineering a virus that kills people vs. engineering an super anti-viral? It seems like there are enough bugs in the world that a country that could develop a cheap (relatively speaking) and effective anti-viral to even something as innocuous as the flu/cold could gain a huge economic advantage over everyone else in the world. There are reasonable theories that many of the issues associated with economic development in Africa come down to the plethora of tropical diseases on the continent. I guess you could even say that anti-malarials and mosquito control already fall into this category. It doesn't sound nearly as scary, but has almost the same net effect.
And they think that being upset about the 100,000$ that they lost will allow them to remain neutral in covering bitcoin?
I think the question is how does the pedestrian know that the car made "eye" contact with them? Is there a reason not to have a little light or something that can point at pedestrians to let them know that the car "sees" them?
Another data point - Deaths on Texas Roads are 1 in 70 million. while not all highway driving, I would assume that the distribution is pretty skewed in favor of it. But maybe more pertinent More than half of the deaths occur at speeds > 55mph. (assuming this is highway) -- http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topic... This seems to suggest that your likelihood of dying is the same on or off the highway, though I imagine you are probably more likely to get into an accident off the highway, just not likely to die from it. Unfortunately, you would need to get a number on the the miles driven on and off highways, I couldn't find it quickly.
On the surface your statement sounds really good, I certainly believe that I would get sick of violence very quickly after seeing it first hand. However, why is it that war has continued for so long, and in fact I would say that the world is more anti-war than at any time in the past, even though are weapons are now much more effective at removing us from the scene? Maybe being present at particularly heinous acts actually numbs us to the reality of the event, and it is only when we can witness the killing from a distance that we can begin to dream of an alternative.
Wish they would release a new version, but this one is free and works decently http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/opengazer/
There is a difference between bad science and science fiction.
Its only illegal to posses them for their intended use, it is fine to have them on display by the bedside as a novelty item.
Presumably the box cutter threat has been neutralized by locking the cockpit door. Not sure a gun would be any more effective - actually a gun is limited by the number of runs you can sneak on board, not so much with a knife.
I mean, what's the big deal about someone touching your junk? We all go to the doctors (by choice), even 12 year olds. You really think that the TSA guys (or girls) really get a kick out of fondling some guy? They have a job to do, its not to harass us, its to make sure no one is carrying bombs onto the airplane. If one of them is being inappropriate, they will get fired, and I betcha it will happen faster than in the catholic diocese.
I am not sure how you qualified Brian as an expert... but this explanation sure sounds good.
Except for in the UK where it is 20 oz...
English proficiency is not required for citizenship, only that you pass a test, or were born here. There is no federal requirement that those born in the US speak english.
I imagine that the hierarchical models proposed by Scott Graham would be a pretty good candidate. If you break the TSP problem into a series of sub-problems of increasing complexity you get pretty good accuracy with reduced computations. Basically instead of trying to figure out how to move through all the towns in the US you first plan a route through all the states. You could probably derive a few simple heuristics that would give you that sort of behavior from a swarm...
Its always nice to have a reminder of how much cash you don't have in your wallet when you are using plastic. I would think a lot of people would be willing to spend a $ a month for a card that displayed their balances in real time on them
I am amazed at the number of pigeon eating jokes. I thought most people in the US consider pigeons as non-edible flying rats. Are the posts all non-US, or have tastes changed?
This thread does a good job of pointing out - state by state differences in lockpicking, as opposed to DMCA which outlaws across the nation.
It seems that one obvious issue with citing wikipedia is that it constantly changes. There is no guarantee that the article which you cite is the same article that someone will read at a later date.
But we could if we wanted to. It isn't the same as saying that we will "run out". These people are just worried that it might get too expensive to use for their cheap projects because everyone else is using it for their cheap projects.
I might be dipping my toe in very hot water, but... is it really true that the earth has never warmed this much, this fast in its entire recent history (meaning when large animals of some sort or another were around)? It seems pretty statistically unlikely, but that's just a guess.
Personally I don't see anything wrong with the system. If you want an expensive certificate to get you in with the good ol' boys go to harvard or yale, if you want a good education at a good price, go to your local state college, and if you want something in-between it is there as well. Not any different than buying a cable. Its the expectation that everyone needs to go to Yale or Harvard, that's the problem.
Ever notice how slow 45 is when you exit the interstate after traveling at 70 for an hour? Its is pretty well established that people adjust their perception of their speed to the rate they have been traveling. This should also apply to people judging someone else's speed. How do they account for that? Does the office need to have been still for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, an hour, before making the call? Were they working a school zone an hour ago?
.9^10 is a 35% chance of them all missing, little better than flipping a coin. But, yeah if you fire 30 of them you're getting close to only a 5% chance of them all missing, still a little too close for comfort, when you are talking about a nuclear missile headed for a city.