Most laptops have upgradeable hard drive, RAM, Wifi adapter, and optical drive, and rather than custom tamper-proof screws newer models have a single removable underplate and are very easy to work on. Some have upgradeable video cards and even CPUs.
If that happened we'd all switch to Linux in a heartbeat, corporate support (AKA MBA-Approved Blameability) is Microsoft's bread and butter on business desktops.
You know that Kim Dotcom is the fat pasty nerd who runs a file-sharing site and Kim Jong-Un is the fat pasty nerd who runs a nuclear-armed dictatorship, right?
The US was heavily into eugenics until the Nazis got their cooties all over it (a good thing, because imagine how long it would take for society to come to their senses the good ol' fashioned way, as with racism and homosexuality).
IQ is basically a novelty in today's society, it doesn't give that much of an advantage. Massive IQ inequality would be a precondition for massive power/wealth inequality if society were to change radically to reward IQ however.
I actually agree with the rest of your argument but not this point. How is this so much worse than choosing an attractive mate? Yes it takes chance out of the equation but it's not that different.
I think the fact that it will be available only to the rich for the first few decades is the main problem, basically leading to the plot of GATTACA.
Fusion could be the most powerful means to reduce carbon emissions, if we weren't a bunch of stupid shortsighted idiots as a species we'd be putting a huge amount of money into fusion power research instead of wars and bailouts for our stupid broken economic systems.
It is sort of design flaw in the cell phone system that the phone has any say in the matter, but that's a done deal and now this is a bug in the phone. This is the sort of thing that should be firmware-controlled.
Usually Ebay tries to enforce joke sales where neither side wants to go through with the deal (remember the "drawing of a spider" fiasco?) and encourages sales of stupid shit because it advertises the "anyone can get rich by selling crap on our website!" angle. They must have been having major issues with returns on "magic items" to do this.
My government knows what my plate is and it's association with my name and the vehicle it's on. Apart from that, as far as they know I've never driven a vehicle apart from when I got pulled over for speeding a couple of years ago (this came up recently when I needed to provide proof of driving experience). If they had license plate readers they'd have a detailed record of everywhere I've driven.
Unfortunately they're not in a gray zone, they're in a white zone. It's perfectly within the letter of the law if completely against the spirit of the law (which basically counts for dick until the letter of the law is updated to spell it out more precisely).
If it works, it's illegal, by definition. IR license plate frames don't work though. With a good IR filter it will just look like a set of dull white LEDs around the perfectly readable plate.
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Most laptops have upgradeable hard drive, RAM, Wifi adapter, and optical drive, and rather than custom tamper-proof screws newer models have a single removable underplate and are very easy to work on. Some have upgradeable video cards and even CPUs.
If that happened we'd all switch to Linux in a heartbeat, corporate support (AKA MBA-Approved Blameability) is Microsoft's bread and butter on business desktops.
A gratuitous joke or sarcastic critique of Maxwell's Demon? You decide!
I think you answered your own question, although if you want to know more you can google up a physical disproof of his ideas.
Oil and gas are fine for now
Good thing I wasn't drinking or eating when I read this. I have a friend who actually passed a pretzel through his nose in a similar incident.
Yeah who needs all those damn regulations on nuclear power plants?
You know that Kim Dotcom is the fat pasty nerd who runs a file-sharing site and Kim Jong-Un is the fat pasty nerd who runs a nuclear-armed dictatorship, right?
"People's" is another flag word too - as seen in 2 of the countries you listed, and also the People's Republic of China.
Much like health foods/supplements advertised on TV, the only ones that say "scientifically proven" are the ones that aren't...
The US was heavily into eugenics until the Nazis got their cooties all over it (a good thing, because imagine how long it would take for society to come to their senses the good ol' fashioned way, as with racism and homosexuality).
IQ is basically a novelty in today's society, it doesn't give that much of an advantage. Massive IQ inequality would be a precondition for massive power/wealth inequality if society were to change radically to reward IQ however.
GATTACA was rated the most realistic sci-fi movie by NASA. Sleep tight everyone.
I actually agree with the rest of your argument but not this point. How is this so much worse than choosing an attractive mate? Yes it takes chance out of the equation but it's not that different.
I think the fact that it will be available only to the rich for the first few decades is the main problem, basically leading to the plot of GATTACA.
An inch of height is worth something like $5000 annually.
Hahahaha if only...
Fusion could be the most powerful means to reduce carbon emissions, if we weren't a bunch of stupid shortsighted idiots as a species we'd be putting a huge amount of money into fusion power research instead of wars and bailouts for our stupid broken economic systems.
And even if they don't there's no reason you can't use another adapter to provide local short-range access.
It is sort of design flaw in the cell phone system that the phone has any say in the matter, but that's a done deal and now this is a bug in the phone. This is the sort of thing that should be firmware-controlled.
They're betting on the death of the PC, like Canonical:
http://slashdot.org/journal/285347/ms-and-canonical-bet-big-on-the-death-of-the-pc
He doesn't have a degree and the years he spent building these left a huge employment gap. UNEMPLOYABLE!
Usually Ebay tries to enforce joke sales where neither side wants to go through with the deal (remember the "drawing of a spider" fiasco?) and encourages sales of stupid shit because it advertises the "anyone can get rich by selling crap on our website!" angle. They must have been having major issues with returns on "magic items" to do this.
My hero! You brought up the biggest flaw in this plan and the best argument against acceleration-based driver ratings on the first post. You = winnar!
If so it could now be possible for anyone to experiment with it using these cheap headsets...great...
You're basically describing automatic facial recognition, coming soon to public places near you.
My government knows what my plate is and it's association with my name and the vehicle it's on. Apart from that, as far as they know I've never driven a vehicle apart from when I got pulled over for speeding a couple of years ago (this came up recently when I needed to provide proof of driving experience). If they had license plate readers they'd have a detailed record of everywhere I've driven.
Unfortunately they're not in a gray zone, they're in a white zone. It's perfectly within the letter of the law if completely against the spirit of the law (which basically counts for dick until the letter of the law is updated to spell it out more precisely).
If it works, it's illegal, by definition. IR license plate frames don't work though. With a good IR filter it will just look like a set of dull white LEDs around the perfectly readable plate.