What is debatable is whether that demand will create more jobs than they are removing and that is an empirical question which we cannot resolve here by recourse to mere reason.
Quantity of jobs is not the only important measure. The quality of the created jobs matters as well. It is clear that the 5 engineers cannot support 10 service workers that make even 1/2 as much as the engineers do. -- JimFive
And yet the governments big plan is to bulldoze all the houses they just kicked families out of.
I know it's anathema to read the article, but some of these buildings have been empty since 1973. These are not houses that just got foreclosed on. These are houses that you can't get rid because no one will buy them. Then the owner decides to screw it and stop paying the property taxes so then the city or county takes it and now they own it and can't do anything about it.
This is a good idea for Flint. Genessee county was talking about hiring people to strip the houses to recover any pipes, wiring, or other useful materials out of the houses as well which would create some temporary jobs and some funding as well. -- JimFive
It's illegal to ask about marital status, religion and age among other things. Since those items are likely to be revealed on a facebook page, especially if you log in as the page owner, it might be illegal to ask for the credentials to the facebook account.
-- JimFive
It really is, I had my Vic-20 on the internet 15 years ago. It isn't that hard (for certain definitions of "on the internet") Null modem into a ttyS on the linux box and run a terminal program on the old computer. Poof, it's on the internet. The twitter client is a bit more complicated than that, but it isn't anything beyond the capabilities of the machine, there doesn't seem to be anything computationally intensive about creating a TCP/IP stack and sending twitter messages through it. -- JimFive
jury nullification, which would either be overturned by the judge on the spot or would be overturned in an appeal.
I think you're wrong about this. I don't think a judge can overturn a not guilty verdict (or whatever it is in a civil trial, not liable?) and the appelate court would only be able to send it back for a new trial if there were procedural issues. -- JimFive
I think a form of Usenet that only sends headers around with the actual posting maintained at the source site and a couple of backup sites would be excellent. Spam control is still an issue but you would be able to have clients that would ignore a source site if its spam ratio was bad. -- JimFive
I mean seriously, if anyone had UFO-like technology during the space race, do you really think that either Russia or the USA would have spent so many billions on space rockets?
This is part of the problem. "UFO-Like" technology as displayed in even the most robust reports (such as Tehran 1976) appears to be advanced aircraft, not spacecraft. If the Tehran episode had been an alien craft I would expect it to have departed UP, not West. UFO watchers see an activity that they can't explain and then attribute other abilities to the craft that aren't demonstrated.
I also find some of the details in the wikipedia article a little over the top. "25 nm"? Why would an alien craft keep such a nice round earth-based number away? That can, of course, be glossed over as an estimate, but it isn't reported that way.
I can give no credence to the Control Tower anecdote that wasn't "revealed" until 20+ years after the incident and that apparently has no contemporary documentation.
Finally, for the Tehran incident, It seems more likely to have been a test of an experimental Electronic-Interference Aircraft. It used bright lights to destroy night vision and making photography difficult. There was some sort of Electro-magnetic interference. Were the cockpit recorders of the commercial jet and the F-4s ever analyzed?
Negative reinforcement encourages a behavior by removing a negative condition.
Positive reinforcement encourages a behavior by adding a positive condition.
Punishment, on the other hand, discourages a behavior by introducing a negative condition.
Extinction discourages a behavior by not experiencing a positive condition.
Negative Reinforcement: If you behave, I'll turn off the polka music.
Positive Reinforcement: If you behave, I'll buy you an ice cream.
Punishment: If you misbehave I will turn on the polka music.
Extinction: If you misbehave you will not get dessert.
-- JimFive
I'd propose that spanking isn't necessary, but is a viable option for negative re-enforcement.
Not picking on you in particular, but spanking is not negative reinforcement. Spanking is Punishment c.f. B.F. Skinner.
Reinforcement is for when you want to encourage a behavior. Negative reinforcement encourages a behavior by removing a negative condition. Positive reinforcement encourages a behavior by adding a positive condition.
Punishment, on the other hand, discourages a behavior by introducing a negative condition.
And Finally, Extinction discourages a behavior by not experiencing a positive condition
So: Negative Reinforcement: If you behave, I'll turn off the polka music. Positive Reinforcement: If you behave, I'll buy you an ice cream. Punishment: If you misbehave I will turn on the polka music. Extinction: If you misbehave you will not get dessert.
As can be seen from these examples, Punishment and Negative Reinforcement are opposites. -- JimFive
I never said it was illegal, I said that it makes it different, which is the question that you asked. It is different than your hypothetical because Google is getting paid by the competitor while the consultant is not. It might be illegal(fraudulent) as it is a conflict of interest. I doubt, in this case, that Google is guilty of trademark infringement.
That is patently untrue. if a copyright holder does not pay, they still are the first search result. Any one can pay to add their advertisement to the sidebar.
When I go to Google and search for kleenex, the first thing that shows up in the list is: www.BuyTheCase.net (Sponsored Link) That is not on the side bar it is right above the search results and it looks quite similar to the search results. Also, the trademark holder is not guaranteed to be the first search result. So, in reality, for Kleenex to show up at the top of the page they would have to pay Google more than BuyTheCase is paying to, in the company's view, use their own trademark. -- JimFive
I don't see how. Here's an example I used in another post:
Suppose you hire me a business consultant. You ask me, "hey, should we buy servers from Dell?"I respond, "Well you could. We'll comparison shop and look at HP and Lenovo too." Am I infringing upon Dell's trademark? After all I'm making money suggesting alternatives when someone mentioned the trademarked term "Dell".
Do tell me how that is qualitatively different in the eyes of the law compared to what Google is doing.
Because Google is taking money from HP to suggest it everytime someone searches for Dell. It's Payola.
The key phrase in the summary is "protection racket". Google is basically telling the trademark holder to pay up or the customers will be sent elsewhere. -- JimFive
"Each OMS engine is capable of 1,000 starts and
15 hours of cumulative firing. The minimum
duration of an OMS engine firing is 2 seconds."
While this says that the engine is capable of a 15 hour burn it gives no indication of whether there is enough fuel on board to achieve a 15 hour burn. -- JimFive
I've always wondered why the windows can't normally be wound even when the key is off
Because if you keep your car window cracked open to prevent it from getting 400 degrees inside then anyone with a long stick would be able to open the window and get into your car.
I've noticed that some cars allow the window to roll up but not down with the key out.
I'm not the original poster, but I have been considering the idea of Home Schooling for the same reasons as the GP. While thinking about it I have come up with these answers to your questions. The GP may have different, and perhaps better answers gained through experience.
Where do your kids stay when you're out?
With the other parent.
How do your kids learn socialization skills?
At the playground or in community sports or other groups. The environment within a school is nothing like any other environment you will ever be in (except, perhaps, the military or prison). The homogoneity of the students and the ultimate authority of the teacher are unequaled in even the most bureaucratic workplace. Socialization to that type of environment seems very overrated.
How are your kids exposed to multiple points of view?
Books. There is a decent set at our local library that I can't remember the name of right now where each volume is a collection of essays on differing sides of a given topic.
Also, as long as you are teaching relatively mainstream stuff (No Jesus on dinosaurs) there isn't a lot of controversial stuff being taught in elementary school.
Third is devils advocacy, either on your part or, for the older kids, get them to research the support for views that they (or you) disagree with.
How do you deal with subjects that either are taught too dim in school or that have greatly evolved since then? (Genetics come to mind)
Books again. There is nothing in the K-8 curriculum, except, perhaps, foreign language pronunciation, that a reasonably intelligent adult can't help their child learn. Even if you don't know the topic you can find reasonable reference materials and learn it along with your child. The hardest part of this seems to me to be not giving off the cuff answers but actually looking it up if you're not sure.
-- JimFive
We won't be talking about Gigahertz, Terahertz, or even Petahertz. We MIGHT be talking about Exahertz
Reality check time.
The Speed of light is about 3x10^9 m/s
Therefore in 1 terasecond light can travel about 3/10,000 meters or about 300 micrometers
At 1 exasecond light can travel only 1/1,000,000 of that, or about 300 picometers. (For reference, a Helium atom has a diameter of 62pm) So unless you can develop a computer using no more than 19 Helium atoms, you can't get exahertz speeds.
Most of the wires for the network were installed by a government granted monopoly which was then required (by the government) to put a wire anywhere that someone needed it. -- JimFive
What is the justification for sales tax on an internet purchase?
Did the state or county provide some service or infrastructure that supported the internet sale?
Wires for the network, the right of way for the wires for the network, the road to drive down to maintain the wires for the network, police to protect the property rights of the purchaser so that any purchases get made at all, etc.
Of course the state provides infrastructure. Do you think Amazon's website just magically shows up on your computer without anything in between you and them? -- JimFive
How many questions are you going to have?
3 yes/no questions 8 possibilities Random guessing passes 1 in 8 no problem for the bot
10 yes/no questions 1024 possibilities 1 in 1024 for the bot, still not really a problem. But is getting annoying for the user.
The point in the article (I know, I know) is that breaking the captcha is more valuable to the spammer than solving it is to the user. So, it has to be easy or you won't get any legitimate users. But if it's easy, the bots will get through.
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JimFive
I'm quite happy with the current system, warts and all -- we pay the journals to do the insanely laborious task of filtering through all the submissions and providing us with a reasonable subset that represent (with some measurement error) the most salient works.
Assuming most readers of the Journals agree with this then the decision by the MIT faculty won't adversely affect the Journals. They will still have subscribers and reviewers, they just won't have exclusive copyright on the material.
Since what you are paying for is the work of the Journals' staff everything can stay as it is AND the authors can maintain the right to open their material for access to everyone.
This not a flying car. It is a road-legal(?) drivable airplane. It even says so in the summary. This is an important distinction because it hits on both who will use it (if anyone) and how it will be used. As someone else mentioned, the problem this is able to solve is that of the private pilot who wants to take a trip somewhere but then doesn't have any way to get around when E(*) gets there. -- JimFive
(*) Proposed third person gender-neutral personal pronoun: E, Em, Es to replace He/She, Him/Her, His/Hers and avoid the problem with their.
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Quantity of jobs is not the only important measure. The quality of the created jobs matters as well. It is clear that the 5 engineers cannot support 10 service workers that make even 1/2 as much as the engineers do.
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JimFive
I know it's anathema to read the article, but some of these buildings have been empty since 1973. These are not houses that just got foreclosed on. These are houses that you can't get rid because no one will buy them. Then the owner decides to screw it and stop paying the property taxes so then the city or county takes it and now they own it and can't do anything about it.
This is a good idea for Flint. Genessee county was talking about hiring people to strip the houses to recover any pipes, wiring, or other useful materials out of the houses as well which would create some temporary jobs and some funding as well.
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JimFive
It's illegal to ask about marital status, religion and age among other things. Since those items are likely to be revealed on a facebook page, especially if you log in as the page owner, it might be illegal to ask for the credentials to the facebook account.
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JimFive
As I understand it, No. With an invalid ip you have to wait for a timeout, by sending to localhost you get the fail immediately.
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JimFive
It really is, I had my Vic-20 on the internet 15 years ago. It isn't that hard (for certain definitions of "on the internet") Null modem into a ttyS on the linux box and run a terminal program on the old computer. Poof, it's on the internet. The twitter client is a bit more complicated than that, but it isn't anything beyond the capabilities of the machine, there doesn't seem to be anything computationally intensive about creating a TCP/IP stack and sending twitter messages through it.
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JimFive
I think you're wrong about this. I don't think a judge can overturn a not guilty verdict (or whatever it is in a civil trial, not liable?) and the appelate court would only be able to send it back for a new trial if there were procedural issues.
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JimFive
I think a form of Usenet that only sends headers around with the actual posting maintained at the source site and a couple of backup sites would be excellent. Spam control is still an issue but you would be able to have clients that would ignore a source site if its spam ratio was bad.
--
JimFive
This is part of the problem. "UFO-Like" technology as displayed in even the most robust reports (such as Tehran 1976) appears to be advanced aircraft, not spacecraft. If the Tehran episode had been an alien craft I would expect it to have departed UP, not West. UFO watchers see an activity that they can't explain and then attribute other abilities to the craft that aren't demonstrated.
I also find some of the details in the wikipedia article a little over the top. "25 nm"? Why would an alien craft keep such a nice round earth-based number away? That can, of course, be glossed over as an estimate, but it isn't reported that way.
I can give no credence to the Control Tower anecdote that wasn't "revealed" until 20+ years after the incident and that apparently has no contemporary documentation.
Finally, for the Tehran incident, It seems more likely to have been a test of an experimental Electronic-Interference Aircraft. It used bright lights to destroy night vision and making photography difficult. There was some sort of Electro-magnetic interference. Were the cockpit recorders of the commercial jet and the F-4s ever analyzed?
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JimFive
Not quite. You have Positive Reinforcement right.
Negative reinforcement encourages a behavior by removing a negative condition.
Positive reinforcement encourages a behavior by adding a positive condition.
Punishment, on the other hand, discourages a behavior by introducing a negative condition.
Extinction discourages a behavior by not experiencing a positive condition.
Negative Reinforcement: If you behave, I'll turn off the polka music.
Positive Reinforcement: If you behave, I'll buy you an ice cream.
Punishment: If you misbehave I will turn on the polka music.
Extinction: If you misbehave you will not get dessert.
--
JimFive
Not picking on you in particular, but spanking is not negative reinforcement. Spanking is Punishment c.f. B.F. Skinner.
Reinforcement is for when you want to encourage a behavior. Negative reinforcement encourages a behavior by removing a negative condition. Positive reinforcement encourages a behavior by adding a positive condition.
Punishment, on the other hand, discourages a behavior by introducing a negative condition.
And Finally, Extinction discourages a behavior by not experiencing a positive condition
So: Negative Reinforcement: If you behave, I'll turn off the polka music.
Positive Reinforcement: If you behave, I'll buy you an ice cream.
Punishment: If you misbehave I will turn on the polka music.
Extinction: If you misbehave you will not get dessert.
As can be seen from these examples, Punishment and Negative Reinforcement are opposites.
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JimFive
When I go to Google and search for kleenex, the first thing that shows up in the list is: www.BuyTheCase.net (Sponsored Link) That is not on the side bar it is right above the search results and it looks quite similar to the search results. Also, the trademark holder is not guaranteed to be the first search result. So, in reality, for Kleenex to show up at the top of the page they would have to pay Google more than BuyTheCase is paying to, in the company's view, use their own trademark.
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JimFive
Because Google is taking money from HP to suggest it everytime someone searches for Dell. It's Payola.
The key phrase in the summary is "protection racket". Google is basically telling the trademark holder to pay up or the customers will be sent elsewhere.
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JimFive
While this says that the engine is capable of a 15 hour burn it gives no indication of whether there is enough fuel on board to achieve a 15 hour burn.
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JimFive
Because if you keep your car window cracked open to prevent it from getting 400 degrees inside then anyone with a long stick would be able to open the window and get into your car.
I've noticed that some cars allow the window to roll up but not down with the key out.
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JimFive
With the other parent.
At the playground or in community sports or other groups. The environment within a school is nothing like any other environment you will ever be in (except, perhaps, the military or prison). The homogoneity of the students and the ultimate authority of the teacher are unequaled in even the most bureaucratic workplace. Socialization to that type of environment seems very overrated.
Books. There is a decent set at our local library that I can't remember the name of right now where each volume is a collection of essays on differing sides of a given topic.
Also, as long as you are teaching relatively mainstream stuff (No Jesus on dinosaurs) there isn't a lot of controversial stuff being taught in elementary school.
Third is devils advocacy, either on your part or, for the older kids, get them to research the support for views that they (or you) disagree with.
Books again. There is nothing in the K-8 curriculum, except, perhaps, foreign language pronunciation, that a reasonably intelligent adult can't help their child learn. Even if you don't know the topic you can find reasonable reference materials and learn it along with your child. The hardest part of this seems to me to be not giving off the cuff answers but actually looking it up if you're not sure.
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JimFive
Sorry, that should be 65 Helium atoms (a d=5 sphere).
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JimFive
Reality check time.
The Speed of light is about 3x10^9 m/s
Therefore in 1 terasecond light can travel about 3/10,000 meters or about 300 micrometers
At 1 exasecond light can travel only 1/1,000,000 of that, or about 300 picometers. (For reference, a Helium atom has a diameter of 62pm) So unless you can develop a computer using no more than 19 Helium atoms, you can't get exahertz speeds.
-- JimFive
Most of the wires for the network were installed by a government granted monopoly which was then required (by the government) to put a wire anywhere that someone needed it.
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JimFive
Wires for the network, the right of way for the wires for the network, the road to drive down to maintain the wires for the network, police to protect the property rights of the purchaser so that any purchases get made at all, etc.
Of course the state provides infrastructure. Do you think Amazon's website just magically shows up on your computer without anything in between you and them?
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JimFive
I think they're going to go the University Endowment route and call it the "Stephen Colbert Serenity Module"
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JimFive
How hard could it be to strip out the uncolored letters, send the image through a quick OCR and pipe the text into the field?
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JimFive
How many questions are you going to have? 3 yes/no questions 8 possibilities Random guessing passes 1 in 8 no problem for the bot 10 yes/no questions 1024 possibilities 1 in 1024 for the bot, still not really a problem. But is getting annoying for the user. The point in the article (I know, I know) is that breaking the captcha is more valuable to the spammer than solving it is to the user. So, it has to be easy or you won't get any legitimate users. But if it's easy, the bots will get through. -- JimFive
I just wondered if he rolled the d4 in the morning, or after the 3rd cup to figure out how many he got to drink that day.
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JimFive
Assuming most readers of the Journals agree with this then the decision by the MIT faculty won't adversely affect the Journals. They will still have subscribers and reviewers, they just won't have exclusive copyright on the material.
Since what you are paying for is the work of the Journals' staff everything can stay as it is AND the authors can maintain the right to open their material for access to everyone.
Sounds like win-win to me.
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JimFive
This not a flying car. It is a road-legal(?) drivable airplane. It even says so in the summary. This is an important distinction because it hits on both who will use it (if anyone) and how it will be used. As someone else mentioned, the problem this is able to solve is that of the private pilot who wants to take a trip somewhere but then doesn't have any way to get around when E(*) gets there.
--
JimFive
(*) Proposed third person gender-neutral personal pronoun: E, Em, Es to replace He/She, Him/Her, His/Hers and avoid the problem with their.