The worst thing you can do is to hide your data because some fool may make a hash of it. The proper thing to do is, if an erroneous analysis get enough circulation, you point out the error. Chances are, you won't be alone in pointing out and so you probably won't have to bother yourself - more so for more frivolous and trivially inaccurate arguments.
Ours is a common-law system - ambiguities are features. We want it vague so that human judgments filter in.
But I think we've gone down the wrong route. We go on about "rule of law" but we made it into nonsense. What does "rule of law" mean when we can't figure out what the law means without expensive lawyer service, and even then, if it goes trial, it's all up in the air?!
Commerce laws should be reformed to be much more the compilable sort with minimal ambiguities, including tort laws. Criminal and family matters, I would like to keep common-law tradition with the accompanying ambiguities.
All y'all had better not try that. Fed has the patent on that. And it ain't one of them bullshit patent either. The whole of the US gov't will come down on your ass.
Now, in addition to lawyers and accountants, you need computer programmers to invest. This smells like a racket. On the other hand, it can't get any worse than the legalese, and maybe that is the point.
In many other nations, the distinction between the laws on paper and accepted practices is much greater than it is in the United States (except maybe in Chicago or Philadelphia...).
Not so much greater as they're just different. See lobbying/campaign contribution/etc.
So eons later, whoever inherited this planet discovers this relic "Library of Congress". Seeking the ancient wisdom, they finally manage to decipher them after much struggle, and goes:
WTF?
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Hey, the man knows he's a broadcasting clown.
"... it takes nothing to create a poor interpretation of data that is indistinguishable from the real thing."
Good thing you posted as AC, cuz that's one stupid statement - you are implying the science is crap.
Not very good analogy. Particle physics generate data by experiments. You can't "generate" data in observational sciences.
Fair enough. Just return the public grant money.
The worst thing you can do is to hide your data because some fool may make a hash of it. The proper thing to do is, if an erroneous analysis get enough circulation, you point out the error. Chances are, you won't be alone in pointing out and so you probably won't have to bother yourself - more so for more frivolous and trivially inaccurate arguments.
"Scientists" scared of goofy analysis are priests, not scientists. Take their funding away and use their PhD parchment for toilet paper.
Ours is a common-law system - ambiguities are features. We want it vague so that human judgments filter in.
But I think we've gone down the wrong route. We go on about "rule of law" but we made it into nonsense. What does "rule of law" mean when we can't figure out what the law means without expensive lawyer service, and even then, if it goes trial, it's all up in the air?!
Commerce laws should be reformed to be much more the compilable sort with minimal ambiguities, including tort laws. Criminal and family matters, I would like to keep common-law tradition with the accompanying ambiguities.
All y'all had better not try that. Fed has the patent on that. And it ain't one of them bullshit patent either. The whole of the US gov't will come down on your ass.
Try taking out a mortgage. Most of us don't really understand the crazy paperworks, and that includes large number of lawyers and accountants.
Now, in addition to lawyers and accountants, you need computer programmers to invest. This smells like a racket. On the other hand, it can't get any worse than the legalese, and maybe that is the point.
Sad thing is, most them had already dropped out of EE and into CS. Losers among losers. ;-)
Beat me to it, eh. Yeah, they learn fast, don't they.
God damn chickenshit posting AC.
Who's this crazy loon? I wanna send some campaign donation.
Goatse abortion is a legion.
Not so much greater as they're just different. See lobbying/campaign contribution/etc.
Bribe prosecutor's office to get contract and get prosecuted by the office.
Somebody needs to up their bribe-fu.
You fail parse. Queue the same joke, over and over, in a queue, so that it can be popped over and over.
Get it? Some people just...
Like the other day, this woman was playing Wii Fit, right, and then...
But does it affect any iStuff?
How is this related to iStuff?
So eons later, whoever inherited this planet discovers this relic "Library of Congress". Seeking the ancient wisdom, they finally manage to decipher them after much struggle, and goes:
WTF?
No, they keep on writing anyway. It's like Vogon poetry.
That's right. OS/2 is the COBOL of operating systems.
It's increasingly becoming our main economic output, that's why.
This needs to be added to every bug report form.