They are like foolish children compared to educated Westerners who didn't grow up immersed in violent fundamentalist nutjobbery. Or perhaps they're closer to mentally ill.
Anyway, the CIA taught them that medical staff cannot be trusted. There's a reason using medics for espionage and attack in war is a war crime, it's the same reason that using ambulances to transport SWAT teams and this incident were incredibly horrible, dangerous ideas with grave consequences that are now being felt.
Exactly. This is why it's a war crime to disguise combat troops or spies as medics. The GP's mindset is like the NSA's, that no action is too horrific as long a you don't get caught, potential consequences be damned.
I havent seen Pandora's Promise, but it really sickened me that Blackfish had the headlines and the world's attention for a few weeks while there were 1 or 2 genocides going on and NK's prison camps were just getting UN attention. This has nothing to do with the merit of Blackfish as a documentary, it's that CNN thought a discussion over the ethics of whale captivity was the most newsworthy thing going on at the time.
And how would we have adopted to lead poisoning? We put the brakes on lead, CFCs, China-style air pollution (see: late 1800s/early 1900s US) and just dumping toxic shit into the environment until the land went barren and the rivers caught fire, and yet we're still here. We command and controlled those problems into submission like a bunch of commies and yet there are no bread lines.
Downside: You'll go down in history as being a part of the problem rather than the solution. Your descendants will wonder what the hell you were thinking.
He's probably referring to the theoretical backdoor that could exist in just about all baseband modems...I wouldn't be surprised if the NSA had something in-house that appeared "universal" from the user's perspective.
RMS is not a Tea Party supporter (quite the opposite, based on some of his blog posts) or PETA member (should be obvious from a certain incident he'll never live down).
I know a guy in Tennessee who tried to add flood insurance to his house not too long before he lost everything in the floods of 2010...his insurance company didn't offer it because the area wasn't considered a flood risk. Wouldn't take his money in exchange for pretty much doing nothing, because the risk was too low...suuuuure...
The problem is 24 hour news stations. It would take a global army of non-lazy old-school journalists to get enough fresh content for a 24 hour news station (costing tens of millions of dollars in salaries alone - coming straight out of some exec's megayacht fund!), and then a lot of people wouldn't care about news of what's happening in some place that has no relevance to their lives so it wouldn't pay off.
So news stations are always hungry for generic filler content (human interest stories, or intense discussion over inconsequential BS such as almost everything on MH370), and when they're not, they spend their time trying to whip up interest over something people don't currently care about one iota - the Blackfish movie is a perfect example. Funded by and premiered on CNN. They throw these things at the wall often but most don't stick, and amount to nothing but more filler content, which is OK for them.
Not by playing a video game, but maybe by having robots fighting other robots and destroying robot factories and unmanned bases etc. It could happen in a future full of unmanned war machines where it would be pointless for a person to try to fight a robot.
...Or at least adding game-like elements, like scorekeeping or achievements.
But you're right that this isn't gamification because it does not add any elements of gaming to the activity. It's a digital head-mounted display system for a tank, like the one in the F35. If there were an attack helicopter controlled with a dual-analog gamepad, that wouldn't be gamification either.
Robotized manuals are available on a few cheaper cars, mostly VWs...but I have some bad news. I know a guy who works at Ford and he said that when they released a robotized manual on a recent model, they intentionally programmed it to feel like an autotragic slushbox, with unnecessary clutch slipping and "gear blending." Customers thought the normal behavior of the gearbox was too "jerky" (AKA the car didn't just ooze forward lazily at anywhere from 1/4-full throttle).
That double/triple click is actually a really good idea, much quicker than the extended button-holding that most manufacturers require, and something a person who didn't RTFM is more likely to try in a panic.
Apparently even cars with traditional H-pattern manuals are getting some extra security thanks to noobie thieves. They don't know how to drive them...seriously.
Phew well I crashed into a water barrier, I'm OK apart from a slightly sore face, close call! Anyway I can't get into this rental car because I parked near the source of some radio signal that's causing interference with the keyless ignition system. Can anyone recommend a good tow truck service?
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We have the greenhouse effect and the answer to every question you can think of if you were to look it up. But you don't seek answers.
You're probably old, I can wait for science to advance.
That's too selfish and VHE-ish for my taste.
They are like foolish children compared to educated Westerners who didn't grow up immersed in violent fundamentalist nutjobbery. Or perhaps they're closer to mentally ill.
Anyway, the CIA taught them that medical staff cannot be trusted. There's a reason using medics for espionage and attack in war is a war crime, it's the same reason that using ambulances to transport SWAT teams and this incident were incredibly horrible, dangerous ideas with grave consequences that are now being felt.
Exactly. This is why it's a war crime to disguise combat troops or spies as medics. The GP's mindset is like the NSA's, that no action is too horrific as long a you don't get caught, potential consequences be damned.
...like that time I met a guy running a telemarketing company on Asterisk :-(
Crippling the economy? It would be quite affordable, surprisingly so in fact:
http://www.theguardian.com/env...
I havent seen Pandora's Promise, but it really sickened me that Blackfish had the headlines and the world's attention for a few weeks while there were 1 or 2 genocides going on and NK's prison camps were just getting UN attention. This has nothing to do with the merit of Blackfish as a documentary, it's that CNN thought a discussion over the ethics of whale captivity was the most newsworthy thing going on at the time.
There is a point where a species cannot adapt and change fast enough.
And for those interested, that point is approximately the speed of AGW divided by 10,000:
http://news.discovery.com/eart...
Interesting, I didn't know lead poisoning faced the same problems, I assumed it was straightforward enough...
And how would we have adopted to lead poisoning? We put the brakes on lead, CFCs, China-style air pollution (see: late 1800s/early 1900s US) and just dumping toxic shit into the environment until the land went barren and the rivers caught fire, and yet we're still here. We command and controlled those problems into submission like a bunch of commies and yet there are no bread lines.
You might want to take a closer look at history.
Downside: You'll go down in history as being a part of the problem rather than the solution. Your descendants will wonder what the hell you were thinking.
Figure out the problem like Max Planck did and stop worrying. There's nothing any of us can do about it, sadly.
I thought the same thing, I wanted to see his opinions on GPL-licensed hardware for example.
But now that I'm doing some research on it, there's little to nothing on free (libre) hardware on the FSF's website. Odd...
He's probably referring to the theoretical backdoor that could exist in just about all baseband modems...I wouldn't be surprised if the NSA had something in-house that appeared "universal" from the user's perspective.
RMS is not a Tea Party supporter (quite the opposite, based on some of his blog posts) or PETA member (should be obvious from a certain incident he'll never live down).
By learning on and taking their test with an automatic, are there countries that require you to take your test with a manual transmission?
But you don't really need a driving license to steal a car anyway...
I know a guy in Tennessee who tried to add flood insurance to his house not too long before he lost everything in the floods of 2010...his insurance company didn't offer it because the area wasn't considered a flood risk. Wouldn't take his money in exchange for pretty much doing nothing, because the risk was too low...suuuuure...
The problem is 24 hour news stations. It would take a global army of non-lazy old-school journalists to get enough fresh content for a 24 hour news station (costing tens of millions of dollars in salaries alone - coming straight out of some exec's megayacht fund!), and then a lot of people wouldn't care about news of what's happening in some place that has no relevance to their lives so it wouldn't pay off.
So news stations are always hungry for generic filler content (human interest stories, or intense discussion over inconsequential BS such as almost everything on MH370), and when they're not, they spend their time trying to whip up interest over something people don't currently care about one iota - the Blackfish movie is a perfect example. Funded by and premiered on CNN. They throw these things at the wall often but most don't stick, and amount to nothing but more filler content, which is OK for them.
Not by playing a video game, but maybe by having robots fighting other robots and destroying robot factories and unmanned bases etc. It could happen in a future full of unmanned war machines where it would be pointless for a person to try to fight a robot.
See also: Tiny robots in space :-P
...Or at least adding game-like elements, like scorekeeping or achievements.
But you're right that this isn't gamification because it does not add any elements of gaming to the activity. It's a digital head-mounted display system for a tank, like the one in the F35. If there were an attack helicopter controlled with a dual-analog gamepad, that wouldn't be gamification either.
Robotized manuals are available on a few cheaper cars, mostly VWs...but I have some bad news. I know a guy who works at Ford and he said that when they released a robotized manual on a recent model, they intentionally programmed it to feel like an autotragic slushbox, with unnecessary clutch slipping and "gear blending." Customers thought the normal behavior of the gearbox was too "jerky" (AKA the car didn't just ooze forward lazily at anywhere from 1/4-full throttle).
That double/triple click is actually a really good idea, much quicker than the extended button-holding that most manufacturers require, and something a person who didn't RTFM is more likely to try in a panic.
Apparently even cars with traditional H-pattern manuals are getting some extra security thanks to noobie thieves. They don't know how to drive them...seriously.
Phew well I crashed into a water barrier, I'm OK apart from a slightly sore face, close call! Anyway I can't get into this rental car because I parked near the source of some radio signal that's causing interference with the keyless ignition system. Can anyone recommend a good tow truck service?
My throttle is stuck open and I don't know how to shut the engine down!