A day or two before this story broke I happened to be talking with my credit card company and noticed a few 1, 3, and 4 dollar charges on the card. I had no idea what they were and had all of them cancelled. 40 million cards x $1 - %50 of peopel who catch the charge = retire in luxury on an island.
You would seem to be implying that planting things requires no systemic knowledge of the natural world. Just stick it in the dirt, eh? Agriculture and the esoterics of planting are intensely geeky - and Druids among the more popular-culture ladder-toppers in this area. Agriculture is the root system science of a wide range of other engineering disciplines.
In a recent study, Science asserted that its superior reasoning had laid to rest nagging guilt brought on by the intuitive sense that we are being too heavy a burden on the planet.
New-age/prayer treatments, or radical new drug treatments tend to sound attractive when argued by their supporters, but aren't always good choices.
Really? So nothing to loose and little or no cost are, coupled with a documented effectiveness for a small number of people, is a choice worth demeaning?
For me, it was like, "Oh yeah, I remember that course in grad school," but if I hadn't already had the course, I wouldn't have been able to follow it.
Just a thought - you may nto be the best person to hand out a criticism over whether the book is accessible to the lay reader or not - since you are not them. The accessibility of th ebook will be determined by seeing how many lay readers understand more as a result of reading it.
...and as I'm one of those, and have't read the book' and you apparently aren't too impressed with it, will you send it to me for a reimbursmement of postage+ ? ; )
An I even enjoyed this article a fair bit. Methinks too many/.ers have little better to do with their Monday morning then get their adrenaline going with some self-induced hypertension
I don't have points to moderate, so I second this opinion - as with others above who have said so as well. Get a letter of recommendation that is accurate and faithful to your work with them. If there is any witholding or reputation damage, consult a lawyer, and consider informing your bos, politely, of this consideration. Make sure communication is clear - because it's clear that he easily feels threatened. The solution to getting the most fair situation for you will probalby involve a little bit of negotiation and maneuvering on your part. Part of it sound like you need to stand up for yourself more.
Solution: build a cultural awareness class into the cirriculum. Teach the structure and essential values of all major world religions in a factual and documentary manner. Invite guest speakers. Then send the kids off to their science classes to learn the theories preached there. It's an easy solution, and we get to hire more teachers.
With the exception of math/science/engineering academicians, none of the above have any real interest in improving the peer review process.
You forgot Artists - who have an active interest in receiving input form others. A well-deisnged Fine Arts program is grounded in concept development and critique.
but it's easier to just read the Science Museum report here...
And if you had, you would have come across the part that reads
"...and a central element that had been vandalised out of the instrument. When this element was removed was the subject of considerable conjecture, and its contents even more."
Meaning the device wasn't functional during the analysis performed. You almost certain read this part:
"Cowden tended to agree with colleagues in the United States who pronounced it a flawed design at best."
But in addition to failing to remember the non-functional nature of the "flawed" instrument, you also failed to give any mention of the following statement:
"[Cowden] ends by asking whether this strange man, Rife, could have muddled into something far before its time in what might be called a "low-tech" manifestation. He concedes it is possible, but not very probably."
Even an autoritative critic offers that Rife could have discovered something important to microscopy. Your classical-subjective editing speaks louder than your criticism. It is that same subjectivity and assumption by which you proceeded to draw out text from my web site (thanks for the advertising, BTW) and make implications without specific example. Since you were so miscellaneous in your comments, I'll have to presume you choked on words like "space-time" and "dowsing." I will comfortably file "astral/virtual" and "vortex gate" under Artistic License for Expression - which I'm gues you also did not notice from my bio that I am an Artist (or chose not to mention it because it would inhibit your ability to construct a pedastal).
"Space-time telemetry" refers to the fact that the work I designed for the time capsule has recordings of the location and date that the piece was placed. These indications are made using old and self-referencing systems for location and time, which I chose to ensure that, even long periods to time in the future, people have as good of a chance to decoding them as possible. Dowsing is a very old practice as well, witha folk history of successful performance and a scientific record of being, even at worst, slightly better than random when applied in field tests & scenarios of need.
Two hundred years ago the Airplane was "Fringe Science."....and you call yourself a SubGenius
One day, perhaps, scientists will invent new & modernly acceptable language to say the same thing that Royal Raymond Rife was talking about earlier last century. Rife's microscope was a truly unique invention that still lacks rigorous investigation, mainly due to its extraordinary claims giving it a 'quack' status. The curioes can start at places like here. For those who read with a "zero tolerance" filter for anything that doesn't sound like a recent issue of Science or Nature, please step lightly where people are using "volatile" language....
Okay, I'll make the program erase all your files, hack into your bank, and transfer the balance to my offshore accounts when I get an alpha value when a numeric was expected.
This point is all too relevant, such as with an example in the (perhaps) not-too-distant future:
Eventually we will only write design docs, and have compiler agents write the program for us. (only limited numbers of people will advance beyond this to learn a language like Java or , C. Assembly programmers will have a status of mystique and revere similar to neuro-surgeons or shaman (in the right circles).
Strange... So ASCII text contains no information then?
Essentially, no - or yes (depending on your perspective), but not any more than the dimensions of the interface (grammer, syntax, alphabet, etc.)
You're missing the point: the dimensions of information is so integral with the dimensions of the interface discriminating between the two of them is a gross assumption in our culture.
I'd be interested in hearing the arguement developed in relation to combinatorics, or some other manner - but in the case of the former the domain is still finite - extended only through redefinition and memory loss.
It sounds like he's trying to one-up Edward Tufte, who had published a well-read report on the slide presentation that led to the Columbia Disaster. I guess we could use a few more such public analyses before people will begin to realize the reach of what falls under "Interface Design" and how critical it is our functioning in the complex system we've created.
THE INTERFACE IS THE INFORMATION. If you don't have an interface, you don't have any information. Period.
Incidentally, I can think of a few reasons not to implement some of the changes that Storey suggests: - Bolded and highlighted text may draw the eye toward material that was incorrectly analyzed; or the burdern of analysis may fall upon the reader of that (original) memo. - The threat level may not be something that is established, but rather something that is established through decisions that come from this document
Whether these kinds of metrics are appropriate in the case of the President is unknown to me. My main here is to illustrate that Storey's ideas, though thoughtful, are perhaps a bit sensational. . -shpoffo kNOw Research
Really. Please. Stop. We don't need WiFi everywhere. I understand that it's prepping our genome for space (by blanket-washing the Schumann Resonance, just like in tall, electrified / wired buildings), but not all of humanity will move into space. Earth's resources will long be a base for exotic and subtle tastes (we even managed to convey this in Star Trek, our model for technical development). Over cosmic distances we'll use a 'broadcast-less' communications tech based on a modified / future revision of Quantum Foundations, and won't need to OD on wattage broadcasts. Better to spend your efforts developing in these directions, or in the Interdiscplinary Arts - to fuel vision in these directions.
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A day or two before this story broke I happened to be talking with my credit card company and noticed a few 1, 3, and 4 dollar charges on the card. I had no idea what they were and had all of them cancelled. 40 million cards x $1 - %50 of peopel who catch the charge = retire in luxury on an island.
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-shpoffo
You would seem to be implying that planting things requires no systemic knowledge of the natural world. Just stick it in the dirt, eh? Agriculture and the esoterics of planting are intensely geeky - and Druids among the more popular-culture ladder-toppers in this area. Agriculture is the root system science of a wide range of other engineering disciplines.
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-shpoffo
In a recent study, Science asserted that its superior reasoning had laid to rest nagging guilt brought on by the intuitive sense that we are being too heavy a burden on the planet.
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-shpoffo
second!!!
.shpoffo
New-age/prayer treatments, or radical new drug treatments tend to sound attractive when argued by their supporters, but aren't always good choices.
Really? So nothing to loose and little or no cost are, coupled with a documented effectiveness for a small number of people, is a choice worth demeaning?
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-shpoffo
For me, it was like, "Oh yeah, I remember that course in grad school," but if I hadn't already had the course, I wouldn't have been able to follow it.
Just a thought - you may nto be the best person to hand out a criticism over whether the book is accessible to the lay reader or not - since you are not them. The accessibility of th ebook will be determined by seeing how many lay readers understand more as a result of reading it.
...and as I'm one of those, and have't read the book' and you apparently aren't too impressed with it, will you send it to me for a reimbursmement of postage+ ? ; )
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-shpoffo
How do you connect Blood Music with the relevance of quantum mechanics to watching everything?
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-shpoffo
Yea - who woudl ever buy a "niche" audio player from a "niche" computer company.
Oh, btw, I think I heard in some recent news that Apple is going out of business
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-shpoffo
It's a pity that your post was labeled as flamebait - it shows the intolerance that is common in slashdot.
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-shpoffo
hmmm.... my post was in total agreement with your comment. yes.
thanks
An I even enjoyed this article a fair bit. Methinks too many /.ers have little better to do with their Monday morning then get their adrenaline going with some self-induced hypertension
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-shpoffo
I don't have points to moderate, so I second this opinion - as with others above who have said so as well. Get a letter of recommendation that is accurate and faithful to your work with them. If there is any witholding or reputation damage, consult a lawyer, and consider informing your bos, politely, of this consideration. Make sure communication is clear - because it's clear that he easily feels threatened. The solution to getting the most fair situation for you will probalby involve a little bit of negotiation and maneuvering on your part. Part of it sound like you need to stand up for yourself more.
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-shpoffo
Hmmm... I seem to remember this...but I can't find record of it on slashdot. can anyone remember if this has come up somewhere before?
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-shpoffo
Geeze - do all you people need to be schooled in the basics? You're forgetting the basic tenet that "All your bases belong to us!"
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-shpoffo
Solution: build a cultural awareness class into the cirriculum. Teach the structure and essential values of all major world religions in a factual and documentary manner. Invite guest speakers. Then send the kids off to their science classes to learn the theories preached there. It's an easy solution, and we get to hire more teachers.
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-shpoffo
That will never work! Do you remember what happened when the South forked from the Union?
The problem wasn't with the fork, it was with the merge.
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-shpoffo
With the exception of math/science/engineering academicians, none of the above have any real interest in improving the peer review process.
You forgot Artists - who have an active interest in receiving input form others. A well-deisnged Fine Arts program is grounded in concept development and critique.
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-shpoffo
but it's easier to just read the Science Museum report here...
And if you had, you would have come across the part that reads
"...and a central element that had been vandalised out of the instrument. When this element was removed was the subject of considerable conjecture, and its contents even more."
Meaning the device wasn't functional during the analysis performed. You almost certain read this part:
"Cowden tended to agree with colleagues in the United States who pronounced it a flawed design at best."
But in addition to failing to remember the non-functional nature of the "flawed" instrument, you also failed to give any mention of the following statement:
"[Cowden] ends by asking whether this strange man, Rife, could have muddled into something far before its time in what might be called a "low-tech" manifestation. He concedes it is possible, but not very probably."
Even an autoritative critic offers that Rife could have discovered something important to microscopy. Your classical-subjective editing speaks louder than your criticism. It is that same subjectivity and assumption by which you proceeded to draw out text from my web site (thanks for the advertising, BTW) and make implications without specific example. Since you were so miscellaneous in your comments, I'll have to presume you choked on words like "space-time" and "dowsing." I will comfortably file "astral/virtual" and "vortex gate" under Artistic License for Expression - which I'm gues you also did not notice from my bio that I am an Artist (or chose not to mention it because it would inhibit your ability to construct a pedastal).
"Space-time telemetry" refers to the fact that the work I designed for the time capsule has recordings of the location and date that the piece was placed. These indications are made using old and self-referencing systems for location and time, which I chose to ensure that, even long periods to time in the future, people have as good of a chance to decoding them as possible. Dowsing is a very old practice as well, witha folk history of successful performance and a scientific record of being, even at worst, slightly better than random when applied in field tests & scenarios of need.
Two hundred years ago the Airplane was "Fringe Science."
One could go on....
You certain did
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-shpoffo
kNOw Research
One day, perhaps, scientists will invent new & modernly acceptable language to say the same thing that Royal Raymond Rife was talking about earlier last century. Rife's microscope was a truly unique invention that still lacks rigorous investigation, mainly due to its extraordinary claims giving it a 'quack' status. The curioes can start at places like here. For those who read with a "zero tolerance" filter for anything that doesn't sound like a recent issue of Science or Nature, please step lightly where people are using "volatile" language....
.
-shpoffo
Okay, I'll make the program erase all your files, hack into your bank, and transfer the balance to my offshore accounts when I get an alpha value when a numeric was expected.
This point is all too relevant, such as with an example in the (perhaps) not-too-distant future:
Eventually we will only write design docs, and have compiler agents write the program for us. (only limited numbers of people will advance beyond this to learn a language like Java or , C. Assembly programmers will have a status of mystique and revere similar to neuro-surgeons or shaman (in the right circles).
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-shpoffo
Strange... So ASCII text contains no information then?
Essentially, no - or yes (depending on your perspective), but not any more than the dimensions of the interface (grammer, syntax, alphabet, etc.)
You're missing the point: the dimensions of information is so integral with the dimensions of the interface discriminating between the two of them is a gross assumption in our culture.
I'd be interested in hearing the arguement developed in relation to combinatorics, or some other manner - but in the case of the former the domain is still finite - extended only through redefinition and memory loss.
.
-shpoffo
It sounds like he's trying to one-up Edward Tufte, who had published a well-read report on the slide presentation that led to the Columbia Disaster. I guess we could use a few more such public analyses before people will begin to realize the reach of what falls under "Interface Design" and how critical it is our functioning in the complex system we've created.
THE INTERFACE IS THE INFORMATION. If you don't have an interface, you don't have any information. Period.
Incidentally, I can think of a few reasons not to implement some of the changes that Storey suggests:
- Bolded and highlighted text may draw the eye toward material that was incorrectly analyzed; or the burdern of analysis may fall upon the reader of that (original) memo.
- The threat level may not be something that is established, but rather something that is established through decisions that come from this document
Whether these kinds of metrics are appropriate in the case of the President is unknown to me. My main here is to illustrate that Storey's ideas, though thoughtful, are perhaps a bit sensational.
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-shpoffo
kNOw Research
As it is, I'm not losing sleep over a %0.042 chance that this puppy will shorten my retirement
So you think that a roughly 1-in-5000 chance is not too big of a concern? You clearly don't have any training in Risk Assessment
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-shpoffo
Really. Please. Stop. We don't need WiFi everywhere. I understand that it's prepping our genome for space (by blanket-washing the Schumann Resonance, just like in tall, electrified / wired buildings), but not all of humanity will move into space. Earth's resources will long be a base for exotic and subtle tastes (we even managed to convey this in Star Trek, our model for technical development). Over cosmic distances we'll use a 'broadcast-less' communications tech based on a modified / future revision of Quantum Foundations, and won't need to OD on wattage broadcasts. Better to spend your efforts developing in these directions, or in the Interdiscplinary Arts - to fuel vision in these directions.
.
-shpoffo
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kNOw Research