But if the brain is tricking us into thinking that we have free will doesn't that mean that the brain itself has free will and therefore us since we are governed by the brain?
Sounds like my situation... 12/13 hours a day, 6/7 days a week, no overtime because the U.S. doesn't think that you should be getting overtime if you work a seasonal job (no medical insurance either). Add living here for 11 year on a temporary green card that was supposed to have been turned permanent 3 years ago but they magically keep losing the file and every 6 months I have to drive 10 hours to get an extension and when I re-enter the U.S. after visiting my family in Italy I get interrogated for an hour and treated as if I was coming straight from Afghanistan with Bin Laden's passport.
And I wish it was a joke...
>It would appear that you don't know what slave labor is.
Try working as an illegal mexican in a potato/tomato field in California or Idaho (they are in the U.S., by the way) under the scorching sun for $2/hour and then you'll see what's slave labor.
>Is USA using slave labor again to bootstrap it failing economie?
Who modded this one "troll"? AC for once is right. There is no wage protection in the US, unlike Europe, Japan and other countries. And don't come telling me that a $6.75/hour minimum wage is wage protection.
Actually I agree with the first statement. The terrorists have won for the simple fact that the objective of a terrorist is to change a people way of life. How many liberties have we given up already in the name of protection and security? I travel a lot and I dread the moment I step into an airport inside the US when it used to be something fun. As a photographer myself, I know of many people who have been mistreated or even arrested for taking photos of public buildings. The only thing here that is arguable is not if the terrorists have won, but who the real terrorists really are. Are they a bunch of people from a far-away country or our own governments who are promoting fear in the name of protection so that they can keep a tighter leash on the population (therefore changing our way of life)?
I vote for the latter. I'm done being afraid of Bin Laden, I'm more afraid of the guys in the White House.
>if the US has run out of money, how can they afford to stay in Iraq?
Actually it can't, but it's doing it with loans borrowed from China. This White House has decided that it's better to run the country down in a hole rather than admit that it was a poor choice to invade Iraq even if it's costing billions of dollars that we don't have. There was a very interesting article on Scientic American not to long ago, where a famous psychiatrist explained the dynamics of thought, related to Iraq, of not letting go of a situation even when the result is a huge loss, he attributed that to a person's brain always finding an excuse to justify their actions.
Hey look, Craigslist removed my ad when I was looking for a roommate because I wrote that I wanted someone responsible and open minded (liberal views) which they justified by saying it was discriminatory. Don't I have the right to freaking live with whomever I deem better fit for sharing my house? Sorry, little off-topic but it's to show how sometimes Craigslist people are a bit of a zealot.
>too stupid to use basic camouflage.
You are assuming that:
1) They care about not being seen
2) They did not actually plan to contact someone "in charge"
Not sure what stupidity has to do with this but I guess you're thinking like a human;-)
Even dismissing 99.9% of the conspiracy theory, I'm a lot more likely to believe an extra astronaut than the US government, on any issue.
As for the airline pilot example, it doesn't hold water. Mitchell was an astronaut who worked for NASA and had insight into certain classified activities (and pretty much every astronaut back then was an ex or an active military pilot. Mitchell was a US Navy pilot, also a fighter trainer, with a degree in astronautical engineering. Definitely not an idiot), airline pilots are most definitely not allowed any insight into government classified activities.
I live in the States so when I make conversions I use US Gallons, I don't even have an idea of how much an imperial gallon is worth, and I'm not going to look because I have better things to do, like posting on/.;-)
And of course you are assuming that life in the universe can only exist at 1G, like on Earth... I'd be very surprised if that was the case. Shall I remind you that even on Earth there are organisms that live in the depths of the oceans at very high pressures? Other live at extreme temperatures, so why not at extreme gravity?
>The US market is beginning to more closely resemble the European market:)
Really?
I live in the States but I grew up in Europe (lived there 20 something years) and still spend 5 weeks there every year. Most cars do at least 40MPG with many going above that. My father's car goes over 50MPG on the highways... how's the US resembling Europe exactly? Unless by "beginning" you meant the real "beginning" of the car industry... like 1900;-)
What's more interesting is that european car companies and oil companies divisions are more concerned about environment and smart us of resources than their American counterpart. I know this guy, the director of movie/documentary "Fields of Fuel" (coming out in August in theaters nationwide) who could get a same-day appointment with the CEO of Ford in Europe with just a phone call, but in the US after 77 phone calls he could not go through (regardless of having been promised he would get an interview). The CEO of Exxon (Esso) Europe also claimed that Environment and alternative fuels was their main priority and showed him what they were doing to reduce dependence; the US based officials... you guessed it, no interview. This film got awesome public critique at its premiere at the Jackson Hole Film Festival.
Fact is that now are sellers the one taking their business elsewhere. I moved to iOffer.com and so have hundreds of other sellers if you read the posts on ebay's forum.
Who said that? Maybe a few years ago, today we have cameras that are better than any B&W film.
Hint: I'm a professional photographer. I'm on/. because I'm a reformed geek and every once in a while I get withdrawals;-)
I don't think that should be moderated as Flamebait. I think it's insightful, at the very least funny.
If the market is not ready for that by 2015, then he is correct: most people would not consider buying Mercedes, which would result in serious financial trouble for the company.
Doesn't work. It's too time consuming, expensive and ebay won't release necessary information. Would you do that for a $50 item? not worth it. What if it happens twice a month? Have to file a lawsuit every time? Not worth it. Ebay needs to protect its sellers from dishonest buyers, just like it needs to protect its buyers from dishonest sellers, but they don't care and have just made things worse.
Hi. I appreciate your serious questions.
On ebay there are many people (called "deadbit buyers") that just post on things and then don't pay. Some of these people have a habit of doing it because they're either stupid or feel like they have no obbligation to the auction they're bidding on.
By leaving them a negative feedback you are warning other sellers that these people cannot be trusted.
Ebay does not do anything to protect you, as seller, they will ask you to way 10 days just to file a non-paying complaint before you can get your insertion fees back. Meanwhile you still have your item, wasted time and by the time you reposted it its value might have decreased.
Another example is that the buyer will pay, then will receive the item and exchange it with one they already had and claim that yours was broken. It happens a lot, has happened to me as well, unfortunately the idiot tried that with an unbreakable object (made of rubber).
There are a lot of cases when a seller needs to leave a negative feedback for a buyer, this is ebay, not Amazon we are talking about. Amazon takes care of its sellers and buyers, ebay does not, they only take care of their money.
If you wish to learn more go to ebay and read the community threads.
I was there since 1997, but I stopped selling on ebay several months ago. Their new policies, higher prices and impossibility for sellers to leave any negative or neutral feedback has driven many people away.
Just read the ebay forums, the Front Porch, and you will see hundreds of angry people. What's even worse, go to Seller Central forum and browse the last pages... ebay had moved to the back of the list some important threads where people were complaining about the new policies.
Last Feb. when sellers called for a boycott and stopped selling for a determined amount of time ebay posted hundreds of thousands of fake listings to show that their numbers were not down (it's all documented in the forums).
Nowadays, me and many other ex ebayers moved to iOffer.com and it's like heaven compared to ebay. No listing fees, lower final value fees, proper feedback (and you can transfer your rating from ebay), free pics and free store.
As of this week there are over 4 million listings on iOffer.com
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But if the brain is tricking us into thinking that we have free will doesn't that mean that the brain itself has free will and therefore us since we are governed by the brain?
Sounds like my situation... 12/13 hours a day, 6/7 days a week, no overtime because the U.S. doesn't think that you should be getting overtime if you work a seasonal job (no medical insurance either). Add living here for 11 year on a temporary green card that was supposed to have been turned permanent 3 years ago but they magically keep losing the file and every 6 months I have to drive 10 hours to get an extension and when I re-enter the U.S. after visiting my family in Italy I get interrogated for an hour and treated as if I was coming straight from Afghanistan with Bin Laden's passport. And I wish it was a joke...
Try working as an illegal mexican in a potato/tomato field in California or Idaho (they are in the U.S., by the way) under the scorching sun for $2/hour and then you'll see what's slave labor.
>Is USA using slave labor again to bootstrap it failing economie? Who modded this one "troll"? AC for once is right. There is no wage protection in the US, unlike Europe, Japan and other countries. And don't come telling me that a $6.75/hour minimum wage is wage protection.
Actually I agree with the first statement. The terrorists have won for the simple fact that the objective of a terrorist is to change a people way of life. How many liberties have we given up already in the name of protection and security? I travel a lot and I dread the moment I step into an airport inside the US when it used to be something fun. As a photographer myself, I know of many people who have been mistreated or even arrested for taking photos of public buildings. The only thing here that is arguable is not if the terrorists have won, but who the real terrorists really are. Are they a bunch of people from a far-away country or our own governments who are promoting fear in the name of protection so that they can keep a tighter leash on the population (therefore changing our way of life)? I vote for the latter. I'm done being afraid of Bin Laden, I'm more afraid of the guys in the White House.
Actually it can't, but it's doing it with loans borrowed from China. This White House has decided that it's better to run the country down in a hole rather than admit that it was a poor choice to invade Iraq even if it's costing billions of dollars that we don't have. There was a very interesting article on Scientic American not to long ago, where a famous psychiatrist explained the dynamics of thought, related to Iraq, of not letting go of a situation even when the result is a huge loss, he attributed that to a person's brain always finding an excuse to justify their actions.
"640 Kb should be enough for even the most demanding tasks".
Hey look, Craigslist removed my ad when I was looking for a roommate because I wrote that I wanted someone responsible and open minded (liberal views) which they justified by saying it was discriminatory. Don't I have the right to freaking live with whomever I deem better fit for sharing my house? Sorry, little off-topic but it's to show how sometimes Craigslist people are a bit of a zealot.
LOL. Good one! :)
True, but you're assuming that the next step is not inventing unbreakable material.
Yeah we do!
>Perhaps aliens [...] have never heard of radio waves
Yeah we have.
Oops! I said too much!
>too stupid to use basic camouflage. You are assuming that: 1) They care about not being seen 2) They did not actually plan to contact someone "in charge" Not sure what stupidity has to do with this but I guess you're thinking like a human ;-)
Even dismissing 99.9% of the conspiracy theory, I'm a lot more likely to believe an extra astronaut than the US government, on any issue.
As for the airline pilot example, it doesn't hold water. Mitchell was an astronaut who worked for NASA and had insight into certain classified activities (and pretty much every astronaut back then was an ex or an active military pilot. Mitchell was a US Navy pilot, also a fighter trainer, with a degree in astronautical engineering. Definitely not an idiot), airline pilots are most definitely not allowed any insight into government classified activities.
I live in the States so when I make conversions I use US Gallons, I don't even have an idea of how much an imperial gallon is worth, and I'm not going to look because I have better things to do, like posting on /. ;-)
Actually even among the same models the engine of the US version of european cars differs quite largely.
Some animals don't walk around, they slither or they swim.
That's funny in more than one way. For those who haven't read it, I recommend the book "Deep Storm" but I can't say more or I'd ruin the end.
And of course you are assuming that life in the universe can only exist at 1G, like on Earth... I'd be very surprised if that was the case. Shall I remind you that even on Earth there are organisms that live in the depths of the oceans at very high pressures? Other live at extreme temperatures, so why not at extreme gravity?
>The US market is beginning to more closely resemble the European market :)
Really?
I live in the States but I grew up in Europe (lived there 20 something years) and still spend 5 weeks there every year. Most cars do at least 40MPG with many going above that. My father's car goes over 50MPG on the highways... how's the US resembling Europe exactly? Unless by "beginning" you meant the real "beginning" of the car industry... like 1900 ;-)
What's more interesting is that european car companies and oil companies divisions are more concerned about environment and smart us of resources than their American counterpart. I know this guy, the director of movie/documentary "Fields of Fuel" (coming out in August in theaters nationwide) who could get a same-day appointment with the CEO of Ford in Europe with just a phone call, but in the US after 77 phone calls he could not go through (regardless of having been promised he would get an interview). The CEO of Exxon (Esso) Europe also claimed that Environment and alternative fuels was their main priority and showed him what they were doing to reduce dependence; the US based officials... you guessed it, no interview. This film got awesome public critique at its premiere at the Jackson Hole Film Festival.
Fact is that now are sellers the one taking their business elsewhere. I moved to iOffer.com and so have hundreds of other sellers if you read the posts on ebay's forum.
I always thought Stephen Baxter was ahead of his time. In all his novels he shows an uncanny ability to predict a believable far away future.
Who said that? Maybe a few years ago, today we have cameras that are better than any B&W film. Hint: I'm a professional photographer. I'm on /. because I'm a reformed geek and every once in a while I get withdrawals ;-)
I don't think that should be moderated as Flamebait. I think it's insightful, at the very least funny. If the market is not ready for that by 2015, then he is correct: most people would not consider buying Mercedes, which would result in serious financial trouble for the company.
Doesn't work. It's too time consuming, expensive and ebay won't release necessary information. Would you do that for a $50 item? not worth it. What if it happens twice a month? Have to file a lawsuit every time? Not worth it. Ebay needs to protect its sellers from dishonest buyers, just like it needs to protect its buyers from dishonest sellers, but they don't care and have just made things worse.
Hi. I appreciate your serious questions. On ebay there are many people (called "deadbit buyers") that just post on things and then don't pay. Some of these people have a habit of doing it because they're either stupid or feel like they have no obbligation to the auction they're bidding on. By leaving them a negative feedback you are warning other sellers that these people cannot be trusted. Ebay does not do anything to protect you, as seller, they will ask you to way 10 days just to file a non-paying complaint before you can get your insertion fees back. Meanwhile you still have your item, wasted time and by the time you reposted it its value might have decreased. Another example is that the buyer will pay, then will receive the item and exchange it with one they already had and claim that yours was broken. It happens a lot, has happened to me as well, unfortunately the idiot tried that with an unbreakable object (made of rubber). There are a lot of cases when a seller needs to leave a negative feedback for a buyer, this is ebay, not Amazon we are talking about. Amazon takes care of its sellers and buyers, ebay does not, they only take care of their money. If you wish to learn more go to ebay and read the community threads.
I was there since 1997, but I stopped selling on ebay several months ago. Their new policies, higher prices and impossibility for sellers to leave any negative or neutral feedback has driven many people away. Just read the ebay forums, the Front Porch, and you will see hundreds of angry people. What's even worse, go to Seller Central forum and browse the last pages... ebay had moved to the back of the list some important threads where people were complaining about the new policies. Last Feb. when sellers called for a boycott and stopped selling for a determined amount of time ebay posted hundreds of thousands of fake listings to show that their numbers were not down (it's all documented in the forums). Nowadays, me and many other ex ebayers moved to iOffer.com and it's like heaven compared to ebay. No listing fees, lower final value fees, proper feedback (and you can transfer your rating from ebay), free pics and free store. As of this week there are over 4 million listings on iOffer.com