Just because there ARE risks doesn't mean we shouldn't try to lower them. From an institutional point of view, deaths put any operation on hold longer than almost anything else. If you want to get there, make it safe; ain't nobody gonna go to space if dying has to actually be considered.
...other than we cannot truly hold other countries to the strictest standards that we all know we would impose on commercial endeavors
Sarcasm and cynicism aside, I DO prefer the companies that have worked closely with NASA for decades successfully over national programs far younger and comparatively untested. And that isn't to even mention it's a lot easier to talk when there isn't an ocean or two between you and your outsourcee.
While I'm all for this (because what guy doesn't want free GPS on his phone?) isn't there an aspect of it that paints Nokia as essentially undercutting the entire GPS market? The leader in smartphones is now offering a product for free - am I wrong in thinking that there's something not so nice in relation to the market going on there? I'm thinking of a cross between Microsoft and steel dumping.
This is fantastic information to have. You know, because of all the times in everyday life where you need to either gets lots of points or do different things rapidly. Let's see, there's sports and... sports? People good at video games are good at sports?
Are they trying to suggest that only about 1% of Mars is obviously interesting to Martian scientists? There's really nothing else they know they want to look at? Okay sure, the PR could be a good thing and they might get some cool suggestions, but honestly:
- Pictures of the rovers - Pictures of the canals - Pictures of the mountains - Pictures of the ice caps
Outside of that, everything is just "more red sand." Nobody really cares which small portion of the planet it is as long as they get cool desktop photos in a handy resolution (1680x1050, please). Do your own damn work and figure out what deserves to be photographed.
Not to belabor the analogy, but nobody is forcing you to own a phone either. Sure, anyone who doesn't like this system can just leave, but the point is that people don't want to have to bail, and shouldn't. And as for who the data belongs to, it's just like an IP address. You don't OWN the address, but it sure as hell can be used to identify you, and in some cases your password-protected account might be more unique than your IP.
most people who have a problem with this are people who play when they should be working or at school or something and are concerned their employer/parent will now be able to see this and hold it up as evidence against them in disciplinary action.
Maybe, but that's really the same argument as we see for wiretaps or unwarranted searches or cameras up the wazoo - "You only have something to lose if you're doing something illegal." As has been said before around here, decreased privacy hurts everyone, not just those doing things they shouldn't. Just because so-called stalkers won't find anything doesn't mean they should be able to look.
Is it really cheaper to sue for peace? I mean, can't the legal teams for both companies see this down the road and come to some sort of mutual agreement in advance? It'd sure save a lot of time and money, not to mentioning freeing the courts a bit. Why is it acceptable policy to sue instead of discussing?
The process could be really fast or not-so-fast! We don't really know exactly yet, though, so it's somewhere around either fast or not fast. Full story at 11.
I think you're misinterpreting what I mean by reeling. Not mentally or socially, but institutionally. As the above posters have been so kind to point out, there have been some improvements and there have been very few attacks or serious threats, but there haven't been a lot of changes. At least publicly, we're still under a very similar institutional thought process to September 10th. People can point fingers at Bush or Obama's lack of confirmations, but the underlying process of what is being done hasn't shifted much. The failed attempts just show how reflexive we are and how little prescriptive our behavior is.
The answer to that first question (the first part anyway) could basically be summed up in one sentence: Read the goddamned 9/11 Commission Report. As one of probably seven Americans who actually did, I must say that it always surprised me just how flat it seemed to fall on the populous and government both. Sure, it made the NYT best-seller list for a bit, because hey, in 2004 what better coffee table book was there?
Sure, the first third of the report might be horrifying, and the middle third was extremely dry, but they were still extremely telling. What's more, the final section offered some suggestions, potential fixes, and forward-thinking plans that were excellent. Of course none of them were fully-fledged, but they were great jumping-off points. How many were put into action? Surely not too many, and five and a half years later we're still reeling from that inaction.
The main message in the report was that of any good relationship, communication, and that's precisely what hasn't been happening. McGovern hits a lot of good points, but I agree with him that this is all incredibly old. Not stale, because it hasn't been done, but old nonetheless. And lord knows holding those responsible responsible is a novel concept.
You're absolutely right, but it's not that clear-cut. An analogy can be drawn to Africa where giving countries food and water doesn't solve any of the root problems, and can even foster dependencies, making the root cause even worse. Still, the inexorable wall every organization or individual has to face is that there's no point fixing the long run if everyone is going to die of starvation and lack of medical care within the week. Sure, we'd all like to change their government, build infrastructure, and up their standard of living, but not at the cost of lives right now.
NO way dude.... they just sprinkled some crack on the money.... it is now the CEO of AIG's last week's lunch tab.
Wow. You took a UK court ruling and somehow made it about an American financial giant by stealing a race joke. I'm impressed. What's your next trick, telling us about how China's Google hack is really the cause of the Haitian earthquake?
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Indeed. Or my take on it: there's a difference between statistically significant and actually significant.
60% versus 50%? How is that WAY better?
Just because there ARE risks doesn't mean we shouldn't try to lower them. From an institutional point of view, deaths put any operation on hold longer than almost anything else. If you want to get there, make it safe; ain't nobody gonna go to space if dying has to actually be considered.
Thank you, that was very helpful. You're the kind of person who calls in to surveys to say "I don't know," aren't you?
...other than we cannot truly hold other countries to the strictest standards that we all know we would impose on commercial endeavors
Sarcasm and cynicism aside, I DO prefer the companies that have worked closely with NASA for decades successfully over national programs far younger and comparatively untested. And that isn't to even mention it's a lot easier to talk when there isn't an ocean or two between you and your outsourcee.
While I'm all for this (because what guy doesn't want free GPS on his phone?) isn't there an aspect of it that paints Nokia as essentially undercutting the entire GPS market? The leader in smartphones is now offering a product for free - am I wrong in thinking that there's something not so nice in relation to the market going on there? I'm thinking of a cross between Microsoft and steel dumping.
Yeah. But why would they need ideas for what should be next?
This is fantastic information to have. You know, because of all the times in everyday life where you need to either gets lots of points or do different things rapidly. Let's see, there's sports and... sports? People good at video games are good at sports?
Uh huh. *rolls eyes*
Are they trying to suggest that only about 1% of Mars is obviously interesting to Martian scientists? There's really nothing else they know they want to look at? Okay sure, the PR could be a good thing and they might get some cool suggestions, but honestly:
- Pictures of the rovers
- Pictures of the canals
- Pictures of the mountains
- Pictures of the ice caps
Outside of that, everything is just "more red sand." Nobody really cares which small portion of the planet it is as long as they get cool desktop photos in a handy resolution (1680x1050, please). Do your own damn work and figure out what deserves to be photographed.
All in all, our system works out reasonably well as long as you've got people in Parliament who are willing to work together
That is a big fucking IF.
As a kid, which was more fun - a rock that looked different from other rocks, or smashing a big rock on an even bigger rock?
Adults are just big children. Collisions may not be more interesting, but they'll always be more exciting.
Not to belabor the analogy, but nobody is forcing you to own a phone either. Sure, anyone who doesn't like this system can just leave, but the point is that people don't want to have to bail, and shouldn't. And as for who the data belongs to, it's just like an IP address. You don't OWN the address, but it sure as hell can be used to identify you, and in some cases your password-protected account might be more unique than your IP.
most people who have a problem with this are people who play when they should be working or at school or something and are concerned their employer/parent will now be able to see this and hold it up as evidence against them in disciplinary action.
Maybe, but that's really the same argument as we see for wiretaps or unwarranted searches or cameras up the wazoo - "You only have something to lose if you're doing something illegal." As has been said before around here, decreased privacy hurts everyone, not just those doing things they shouldn't. Just because so-called stalkers won't find anything doesn't mean they should be able to look.
Something tells me Blizzard's target audience isn't girls eagerly awaiting their second birthday...
Yup.
http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/25/0527205/US-Air-Force-Buying-Another-2200-PS3s
Is it really cheaper to sue for peace? I mean, can't the legal teams for both companies see this down the road and come to some sort of mutual agreement in advance? It'd sure save a lot of time and money, not to mentioning freeing the courts a bit. Why is it acceptable policy to sue instead of discussing?
The process could be really fast or not-so-fast! We don't really know exactly yet, though, so it's somewhere around either fast or not fast. Full story at 11.
I think you're misinterpreting what I mean by reeling. Not mentally or socially, but institutionally. As the above posters have been so kind to point out, there have been some improvements and there have been very few attacks or serious threats, but there haven't been a lot of changes. At least publicly, we're still under a very similar institutional thought process to September 10th. People can point fingers at Bush or Obama's lack of confirmations, but the underlying process of what is being done hasn't shifted much. The failed attempts just show how reflexive we are and how little prescriptive our behavior is.
The answer to that first question (the first part anyway) could basically be summed up in one sentence: Read the goddamned 9/11 Commission Report. As one of probably seven Americans who actually did, I must say that it always surprised me just how flat it seemed to fall on the populous and government both. Sure, it made the NYT best-seller list for a bit, because hey, in 2004 what better coffee table book was there?
Sure, the first third of the report might be horrifying, and the middle third was extremely dry, but they were still extremely telling. What's more, the final section offered some suggestions, potential fixes, and forward-thinking plans that were excellent. Of course none of them were fully-fledged, but they were great jumping-off points. How many were put into action? Surely not too many, and five and a half years later we're still reeling from that inaction.
The main message in the report was that of any good relationship, communication, and that's precisely what hasn't been happening. McGovern hits a lot of good points, but I agree with him that this is all incredibly old. Not stale, because it hasn't been done, but old nonetheless. And lord knows holding those responsible responsible is a novel concept.
"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Yeah, pretty grave I'd say...
No, you were right, 30 days was for Canadian charities; the 90 day figure was for "some" American ones.
You're absolutely right, but it's not that clear-cut. An analogy can be drawn to Africa where giving countries food and water doesn't solve any of the root problems, and can even foster dependencies, making the root cause even worse. Still, the inexorable wall every organization or individual has to face is that there's no point fixing the long run if everyone is going to die of starvation and lack of medical care within the week. Sure, we'd all like to change their government, build infrastructure, and up their standard of living, but not at the cost of lives right now.
Wait, I'm a bit confused by your post there. It sounds like you just implied the Zune was something done well.
Yeah, I'm lost.
NO way dude.... they just sprinkled some crack on the money.... it is now the CEO of AIG's last week's lunch tab.
Wow. You took a UK court ruling and somehow made it about an American financial giant by stealing a race joke. I'm impressed. What's your next trick, telling us about how China's Google hack is really the cause of the Haitian earthquake?