Huh? Because it generally doesn't. What do you mean "Huh?". An entire Iraqi family gets wiped out by Iraqi guerrillas and they DON'T get angry at the people that killed them? Maybe you have a warped picture of Iraqi family values, but I'm sure as hell that they hate whoever kills their family, even if the murderer is Iraqi
Due to the actions of the US, there is a lot of support for insurgency. Every time the US kills more innocent Iraqis, the fanatics gain support. The amount of support for insurgency is waning, but non-zero - true enough.
"It wasn't until 18 months into our 3-6 month war that anyone in the US media dared even question any of the glowing press releases of how perfectly everything was going." Maybe we live in a different planet....
"His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it"
Sorry Slashdotters, but the parent is *dead* on. I don't have any moderator points, but damn....if only.
Why is it whenever someone blasts the negative role of government control, somebody has to remark about the person being "cold" or "indifferent" to the poor? Where did he say that the unfortunate should be left to die? He didn't, did he?
Are some people seriously this programmed to believe that giving the State control is automatically more humane? If there is a solution more efficient and more effective than the State, then that is what should be.
It will be harder to impose policeware.
Trusting your computer not to spy on you for someone else (be it criminal or not), is an equation of control.
Open source hardware + open source software = nearly zero government leverage.
Expect legislation concerning this if this technology takes off.
That's one of the famous uses of image analysis - finding the presence of human skin in digital pictures.
Skin detection.....5.5 million hits on Google.
Once you can do this accurately, companies like McAffee and Norton can scan the internet and database pr0n sites for the whole web. Keep in mind that there's a subscription service that allows a Norton database to filter websites for them.
It must be more important than I thought - I just found out about it by accident a couple of days ago.
In case anyone is curious - Google is also into the data-visualization market. The Gap Minder is now avaible directly as an online Google App: Link to GapMinder
Is there a surging market here we haven't seen yet?
Where'd they get the cocaine?
And it's actually an important point - everything that requires knowing what an material is made of is bound to be used EVERYWHERE.
.......BEEP BEEP.....MOM! Why is there broccoli in this??
Slashdot Mirror
Perhaps we can visualize the power struggle between Wikipedia and the Slashdot stampede?
Anyone else sense trouble on the horizon?
It's just a bit....harder....to hack wood pulp paper.
It just floors me they feel they have to cover up even the signs of progress.
:-(
The level of utter incompetence w.r.t. "controlling the narrative" just terrifies me.
(3) They actually live there and a firmer grasp of their own situation than you?
(Angry "harrumph") why must people treat Iraqis as brainless twits?
Google News Search for "Quagmire"
Oh...and it's a QUAGMIRE! QUAGMIRE! WE'RE LOSING!
"His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it"
Sorry Slashdotters, but the parent is *dead* on. I don't have any moderator points, but damn....if only.
It's difficult to choose between modding this "troll" or "insightful".
Rude vs. completely correct.
Sigh.
Sweet reporting justice for SWIFT.......
NO.
The first answer will be 42.
Why is it whenever someone blasts the negative role of government control, somebody has to remark about the person being "cold" or "indifferent" to the poor? Where did he say that the unfortunate should be left to die? He didn't, did he? Are some people seriously this programmed to believe that giving the State control is automatically more humane? If there is a solution more efficient and more effective than the State, then that is what should be.
I know people found it funny, but this guy does have a point - the difference is whether it's law.
It will be harder to impose policeware. Trusting your computer not to spy on you for someone else (be it criminal or not), is an equation of control. Open source hardware + open source software = nearly zero government leverage. Expect legislation concerning this if this technology takes off.
How..... Orientalist .
Thanks to Jack Thompson, everyone knows that video games are a catch-all excuse.
Mod this comment up - incredibly important point. You know this image? http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_1642_ images/0416071259_M_041607_shooting1.jpg
Yeah, that was just a reporter. He was released.
"allowing Corporate America to use its vastly superior resources to force....."
A tyranny by any other name, would it smell. So. Sweet.
I agree. However, you went to opposite direction as I do - end taxes for those unable to vote.
That's one of the famous uses of image analysis - finding the presence of human skin in digital pictures.
Skin detection.....5.5 million hits on Google.
Once you can do this accurately, companies like McAffee and Norton can scan the internet and database pr0n sites for the whole web. Keep in mind that there's a subscription service that allows a Norton database to filter websites for them.
Parents...
The fight in the modding reflects the truth in the comment - the reality of wealth is uncomfortable.
Imagine what applications you cook up with this .....
Perhaps there's a way to fuse the presentation possibilities with Gapminder?
/(runs and hides)
It must be more important than I thought - I just found out about it by accident a couple of days ago.
In case anyone is curious - Google is also into the data-visualization market. The Gap Minder is now avaible directly as an online Google App: Link to GapMinder
Is there a surging market here we haven't seen yet?
Am I seriously the first to wonder how many people from India worked on this project?
Where'd they get the cocaine? And it's actually an important point - everything that requires knowing what an material is made of is bound to be used EVERYWHERE.
.......BEEP BEEP. ....MOM! Why is there broccoli in this??