munsoned (v.) - To have the whole world in the palm of your hand and blow it. The ones responsible, through actions of their own, of "Being on 'a Gravy train with Biscuit Wheels' and falling off."
It's hubris, pure and simple -- well deserved, imho.
Imagine there are no corporations, it's easy if you try; no copyright hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine -- people only being people, living for today. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one; I hope some day everyone will join us, and the world will be as one.
... where do I apply for one of these blog-shilling jobs--getting paid cash for troll posting comments on the Internet all day. Sounds kind of sweet, especially if it's a living wage.
Yea, there is some law of the cosmos that causes you to royally fuck up your grammar when criticizing spelling/typing of others. Never flails.
Prevailing Consensus:
"Skitt’s Law" (1999) "Any post correcting an error in another post will contain at least one error itself” or “the likelihood of an error in a post is directly proportional to the embarrassment it will cause the poster.”
Contenders:
"McKean’s Law" (2001) “Any correction of the speech or writing of others will contain at least one grammatical, spelling, or typographical error.”
“Hartman’s Law of Precriptivist Retaliation.” (1999) "Any article or statement about correct grammar, punctuation, or spelling is bound to contain at least one error.”
“Bell’s First Law of Usenet” (1990) "Flames of spelling and/or grammar will have spelling and/or grammatical errors.”
... and I thought I was going to read a sort of warm and fuzzy thread starting out with a reference to Carl Sagan's, Contact. Instead, the Nazism was about grammar; not Germany's bounced message returned from the Vega.
Although I'm not vouching for the accuracy of the following, I thought it might be interesting to include what appears to be a legitimate post at torrentfreak a few hours ago by the father:
As a father of this 10-years girl, I would like to thank you all for a huge support in this case. We are still devestited of what happened, and my girl is still almoust in tears. I will take this as far it goes, and seek for justice for all other cases like this around a globe. Hopefully finnish justice system will find this as fucked up as most of Finnish & Europes social media, and regular people does. Thanx once again, it really matters a lot for us! Love & respect, Julietta & his Dad ps. Sorry for my bad English. Facebook: Aki"weq"Nylund
Everything looks proper, including the link to the facebook page; my apologies in advance if anything turns out to be otherwise. Fwiw, if it hasn't already been mentioned, the actual download that has caused the recent arrest happened in 2011.
If you knew anything about psychopathy, you would know that it's simply not possible for normal people to think like a psychopath. For example, it's simply not possible for them to feel remorse. The wiring just doesn't exist in their brain. While normal people can occasionally do bad things, they are hardly the same people.
The psychological studies are't science. It may become one some day -- going far beyond the scientific ground work developed by the likes of William James and others; until then, it's diluted with the politics of social engineering. There's too many sociopaths involved in this field using their position to advance their personal beliefs and professional careers -- by giving support to the group-think fashionable for the times. Once someone is accurately or inaccurately officially labeled anything by the psychological community, it'll be a problem for the rest of their life.
Richard Feyman's thoughts about psychiatrists and psychologists are classic examples of a definitive answer (imho) explaining what is wrong about their field of work and the standards they use to form conclusions.
Who are the witch doctors? Psychoanalysts and psychiatrists, of course. If you look at all the complicated ideas that they have developed in an infinitesimal amount of time, if you compare to any other of the sciences how long it takes to get one idea after another, if you consider all the structures and inventions and complicated things, the ids and the egos, the tensions and the forces, and the pushes and tthe pulls, i tell you they can't all be there. It's too much for one brain or a few brains to have cooked up in such a short time. However, I remind you if you're in the tribe, there's nobody else to go to.
That was from a published lecture series titled, "The Meaning of It All'. There's an unverified story members of the psychology department at the University of Washington in Seattle stood up in "solidarity" and walked out. He has elaborated about how psychology can be bad science on several ocassions, most notably in his discussions about Cargo Cult Science. Feyman was not one known for his diplomacy.
The article was an unpleasant read. It felt as if it was really written (imho) by a marketing department; sentences that included a variety of pleasant sounding adjectives that were abstract enough to give multiple meanings to the reader -- all designed to make the product's capabilities sound impressive, important and possibly giving the mistaken impression it's a new product release (without actually saying so).
From TFA:
"We reached out to Microsoft for comment on its Xbox set-top box plans and the company issued the following statement:" "Xbox 360 has found new ways to extend the console life cycle by introducing controller-free experiences with Kinect and re-inventing the console with a new dashboard and new entertainment content partnerships. We are always thinking about what is next for our platform and how to continue to defy the life cycle convention."
Did I understand this correctly? It appears this could have been just as easily done with any potential product coming from any company
Perhaps you should be using German names here. I'm really not versed in the road systems of world's countries, but I'm probably not the only one who - on the basis of having a third (neither American nor German) entirely different system in my country - fails to see the exact difference between a "freeway" and a "highway", not to mention the fact that whatever the difference between the two is in the US is probably different from the difference between the two in Germany
Fwiw, in America, there is a formal framework for naming conventions, (the ideal not being implemented is another issue). The conventions are based upon interruptions from cross traffic and the number of lanes (in each direction) both additionally affecting the limitations on speed. I don't know anything about the German system, other than the legendary limitlessness of the Autobahn.
Freeways (65 mph || 109 kph) are "free" of cross traffic (having nothing to do with tolls). Probably the same as the Turnpikes on the East Coast. (ymmv.)
Highways (55 mph || 92 kph) can have cross traffic, but the intersection always gives the highway the right of way -- cars crossing are required to stop first before proceeding. (ymmv.)
Expressways (45 mph || 75 kph) have traffic control lights at each intersection. (ymmv.)
Access to all three are fixed by design and prevents anyone from stopping for any reason other than an emergency. (ymmv.)
The exception is the Interstate (Federal) freeway's planned rest stops that can be accessed only to and from the freeway. (ymmv.)
"Roads" outside municipalities (you know them as towns or cities) are an extension of a street leaving or entering the city limits and can have any type of intersection or any type of restriction for stopping to access roadside commerce -- basically a combination of a highway and a expressway, becoming more informal as it becomes more rural. (There's further naming rules within the municipality for Avenues, Boulevards, Streets, Lanes, Courts, how many lanes allowed each way and how all of this affects speeds -- unrelated to this post.)
Some Interstate freeways have recently increased speed limits and can be at 70, 75 or in some cases, such as in Texas, 80 (mph || 134 kph); if it's posted as such. Otherwise, the speed limits mentioned are in affect.
If it's posted with the higher speed, it will probably say "Maximum Speed" instead of "Speed Limit". There's a difference. It's important, especially if you want to avoid a speeding ticket. For example: If you're going with the flow of traffic at 72 mph in a 65 mph "Speed Limit" zone, it's supposedly okay. If you're going 76 mph in a 75 mph "Maximum Speed" zone, it supposedly doesn't matter what the speed of the traffic flow is doing. Ymmv.
That's why you drop to impulse _before_ you go into the star system.
There's an obvious solution. It's in the as-yet unidentified kind of dense exotic matter capable of bending space-time that TFA says is needed to power the warp drive. If this mystery matter is capable of warping the continuum, shouldn't it also be capable of being redesigned to absorb the dangerous particles? After all, the matter is dense and exotic, two very important qualities for finding awesome solutions to problems in new technology.
Sarcasm aside, is there some aspect of present day physics the general public is unaware of that's seriously being discussed about mystery matter potentially happening in the near future? I seem to remember Kip Thorne of CalTech sometime in the 1980's designing (iirc, a mathematically sound) device capable of creating a wormhole, if the material was the right length rotating at the right speed. Unfortunately, the 10 kilometer cylinder required being made of an as-yet unidentified kind of dense exotic matter. Is its discovery on the near horizon?
The people vote for who they want to win the election. Not for Electors. The Electors then decide who THEY will vote for. They are not bound by the choices of the people. Regardless, the people vote for political candidates, not electors.
Actually, the people vote for electors (because that's who actually gets elected based on the popular vote), its just that every state has adopted a procedure under which the names of the candidates for whom the electors are pledged, rather than the names of the electors actually standing for election, are printed on the ballot, which makes people think they are voting for a Presidential/Vice Presidential ticket rather than a slate of electors.
Thanks. My clause: chosen by the voters tomorrow is approximately equivalent to your: Actually, the people vote for electors [...] people think they are voting for a Presidential / Vice Presidential ticket rather than a slate of electors. My reply is meant only to clarify my position about the subject being discussed in this thread; not to convince others they're wrong. Although it's a topic that should be discussed that would hopefully conclude with a definitive solution, in hindsight my original reply should have left out any reference to the idea, since all of the complications resulting from it are tangential to my response to simply answer the original question: Won't the election be over on Tuesday?
However, all of this is apparently mute, since it appears the original question was really referring to a technicality, a small error TFS made (since edited with a correction) about the election being tomorrow (at the time of the post) and not about clarifying a reference to the popular vote (originally, the election was over) on Tuesday night.
The President is elected by the Electoral College; the Electors, chosen by the voters tomorrow, meet in their own state capitals on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December (December 12, for this year) and cast their votes on separate ballots, one for the President and the other for the Vice President. Unofficially, we'll know tomorrow night. If it's an unusually close or controversial election, then we'll know after December 12, 2012.
Its stupid to keep the lab animals in the basement obviously, if only from the perspective of setting research back years as was pointed out, let alone the needless killing of thousands of animals. The basements should be kept for the adminstration staff, or at least the lawyers...
(Or the obligatory): Preferably the IT staff, since it will remind them of their Mom's basement, making most feel right at home. It's a win win for everyone.
Probably somebody with contacts back in China. Steal $300k in something. Ship it back to China where it probably came from before. Sell to supplier (probably also a family member) cheap who will then just ship it back to the US for another $300k. Perhaps even ship back the truck.Shipping container to China is probably a few thousand and everything else is profit.
Otherwise, a finite for-looping of the four step (hand waving) profit list?
No fencing required; obviously this a conspiracy. Here's a quote from The Straightdope:
"Authorities believe the culprit is the same person who also picked up another load of walnuts days earlier from Los Molinos. Those walnuts were intended for Texas, but also disappeared."
Is it an agent working for China, the largest producer of walnuts, next being the U,.S., wanting to control the Great Paper Tiger? Could it be someone trying to beat the commodities market pricing for walnuts, to cover a loss or to make a profit?
If it turns out to be either one of those, I will... laugh-out-loud.
Even at the likely risk of being considered a tin foil luddite, this is the one technology I wish would never be made, even if there is a "100% assuredness" in both accountability and transparency people can feel comfortable about, even when it is something done in autonomous isolation.
The political system of representative government is about people interacting with one another; voting should reflect that process. Regrettably, since the time and energy to write a compelling argument here is way beyond my present capabilities, I've resigned myself to being on the losing end on a personal viewpoint about the philosophy of politics.
Are people confusing the Slashdot journal post by the user "Concealment" with the post being submitted by the editor "Soulskill"? He may agree with the idea, I don't know; then again, he may not and be wrongly criticized just for being a submission editor. In any case, shouldn't the comments be directed at Concealment?
This is the way it is with everything, the way it has always been and sadly, the way it will always be until we're genetically altered as a species to have an unquestioned hive mentality. It only seems unusual when one gets initially involved with a sense of excitement about their own dreams and plans, eventually realizing they were wrong for imagining it to be otherwise. Humanity operates politically as a political animal and has never been a meritocracy -- although it tries to be on occasion. The real challenge is to find a way to constantly improve something and allow everyone involved in the problem to buy into the decision making process. Anything else will only result in variations of the original complaint skewed with a different perspective.
So what will you actually do? It has to actually be something.
Speeches that allow you to feel proud about your comments are more about the pride and little about the (conveniently vague) idea. The idealistic rant is a classic condition of human nature. It's been done by everyone at one time or another and not unique to any time, place or culture. Stating the obvious while thinking others were unaware of the obvious and thinking they have become impressed with your enlightened insight is one aspect of what the Greeks meant by being sophomoric. After stating the obvious, you then "walk away" and leave it for someone else to resolve while feeling like a genius for somehow equating the stating of a problem with the offering of a solution.
Personally, my beliefs presently lack the cynicism anyone may wrongly infer from this post and embrace a positive outcome for societies in the long run, maybe even close to what was explained in the summary. But that will occur only if there isn't suppression of communication or a suppression of disparate groups of people with differing opinions independently trying to work with each other to improve their condition, including a process that prevents one of those groups from becoming a monopoly; or a way to prevent a bunch of royal asshats wandering around with nothing to do except to question people's motives -- every time they pursue something they happily enjoy doing or find interesting -- explaining this is not in the best interest of society.
The utopian scenarios I'm told I should pine for instead of pursuing personal happiness, never seem to really explain themselves well enough to prevent it from deteriorating into some one-size-fits-all master plan empowering a committee of well meaning self appointed leaders to decide what's best for everyone to do. Also, they tend to pay lip service to people's feedback (in the best case scenario -- usually, they disappear) and becoming an inhumane version of the original complaint in TFS. If you want to prevent it from happening, well... then (cough)... you should do something about it.
Granted the following quotes from other times are not ideally analogous to Wikipedia's predicament, but it was impossible to resist recalling the similarities.
Starting with:
Rebecca J. Rosen, associate editor at The Atlantic, 2012: "There's always going to be some tidying -- better citations, small updates, new links, cleaner formatting -- but the bulk of the work, the actual writing and structuring of articles [in Wikipedia], has already been done."
Ending with:
Lord Kelvin (William Thomson), in 1901: "There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement."
Charles Holland Duell, U.S. Patent Office Commissioner, in the 1890's: "In my opinion, all previous advances in the various lines of invention will appear totally insignificant when compared with those which the present century will witness. I almost wish that I might live my life over again to see the wonders which are at the threshold." The questionable version: "Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Henry Ellsworth, U.S. Patent Office Commissioner, in an 1843 report to Congress: "The advancement of the arts taxes our credulity and seems to presage the arrival of when human improvement must end."
Old Testament's Ecclesiastes: "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."
I was under the impression that the 100 foot radius (in California--Ianal) was created to prevent campaigners from trying to sway voters to their side and prevent the ensuing emotional chaos created from interfering with the voting process when the voters were making a decision at the polling booth. Witnesses, OTOH, can be anyone, for whatever purpose, watching and learning about the voting process in the voting area as long as it's peaceable and reasonably practical. (An example: students not of voting age.)
A former Microsoft employee takes control of a failing company, uses a somewhat over the top analogy accusing the non-Microsoft competitors of setting the company on fire while Nokia stood by and did nothing and wants to solve the problem by replacing the OS with a Microsoft's system. Are there any other solutions better than a classic market share strategy?
Slashdot Mirror
Post responses of cool names.
Instead of the dry M(48), could one of those cool names, at the least, include something about The Gimp? This one is their 14th.
munsoned (v.) - To have the whole world in the palm of your hand and blow it. The ones responsible, through actions of their own, of "Being on 'a Gravy train with Biscuit Wheels' and falling off."
It's hubris, pure and simple -- well deserved, imho.
Then all this arguing would've been for nothing.
Imagine there are no corporations, it's easy if you try; no copyright hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine -- people only being people, living for today. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one; I hope some day everyone will join us, and the world will be as one.
Yea, there is some law of the cosmos that causes you to royally fuck up your grammar when criticizing spelling/typing of others.
Never flails.
Prevailing Consensus:
Contenders:
The "article" mostly quotes from Torrent Freak. Here's the longer source:
http://torrentfreak.com/police-raid-9-year-old-pirate-bay-girl-confiscate-winnie-the-pooh-laptop-121122/
Although I'm not vouching for the accuracy of the following, I thought it might be interesting to include what appears to be a legitimate post at torrentfreak a few hours ago by the father:
Everything looks proper, including the link to the facebook page; my apologies in advance if anything turns out to be otherwise. Fwiw, if it hasn't already been mentioned, the actual download that has caused the recent arrest happened in 2011.
If you knew anything about psychopathy, you would know that it's simply not possible for normal people to think like a psychopath. For example, it's simply not possible for them to feel remorse. The wiring just doesn't exist in their brain. While normal people can occasionally do bad things, they are hardly the same people.
The psychological studies are't science. It may become one some day -- going far beyond the scientific ground work developed by the likes of William James and others; until then, it's diluted with the politics of social engineering. There's too many sociopaths involved in this field using their position to advance their personal beliefs and professional careers -- by giving support to the group-think fashionable for the times. Once someone is accurately or inaccurately officially labeled anything by the psychological community, it'll be a problem for the rest of their life.
Richard Feyman's thoughts about psychiatrists and psychologists are classic examples of a definitive answer (imho) explaining what is wrong about their field of work and the standards they use to form conclusions.
That was from a published lecture series titled, "The Meaning of It All'. There's an unverified story members of the psychology department at the University of Washington in Seattle stood up in "solidarity" and walked out. He has elaborated about how psychology can be bad science on several ocassions, most notably in his discussions about Cargo Cult Science. Feyman was not one known for his diplomacy.
The article was an unpleasant read. It felt as if it was really written (imho) by a marketing department; sentences that included a variety of pleasant sounding adjectives that were abstract enough to give multiple meanings to the reader -- all designed to make the product's capabilities sound impressive, important and possibly giving the mistaken impression it's a new product release (without actually saying so).
From TFA:
"We reached out to Microsoft for comment on its Xbox set-top box plans and the company issued the following statement:"
"Xbox 360 has found new ways to extend the console life cycle by introducing controller-free experiences with Kinect and re-inventing the console with a new dashboard and new entertainment content partnerships. We are always thinking about what is next for our platform and how to continue to defy the life cycle convention."
Did I understand this correctly? It appears this could have been just as easily done with any potential product coming from any company
Just in case it wasn't obvious to someone interested, the other reply to the parent was also my reply that was mistakenly posted as AC (#42020027).
And yet the California Traffic Code knows of no other road but "highway."
Actually, the California Vehicle Code does know of other roads besides "highway". Inside the General Provisions and Divisions Section is a section for Words and Phrases basically describing Freeway, Highway and Expressway.
Perhaps you should be using German names here. I'm really not versed in the road systems of world's countries, but I'm probably not the only one who - on the basis of having a third (neither American nor German) entirely different system in my country - fails to see the exact difference between a "freeway" and a "highway", not to mention the fact that whatever the difference between the two is in the US is probably different from the difference between the two in Germany
Fwiw, in America, there is a formal framework for naming conventions, (the ideal not being implemented is another issue). The conventions are based upon interruptions from cross traffic and the number of lanes (in each direction) both additionally affecting the limitations on speed. I don't know anything about the German system, other than the legendary limitlessness of the Autobahn.
Freeways (65 mph || 109 kph) are "free" of cross traffic (having nothing to do with tolls). Probably the same as the Turnpikes on the East Coast. (ymmv.)
Highways (55 mph || 92 kph) can have cross traffic, but the intersection always gives the highway the right of way -- cars crossing are required to stop first before proceeding. (ymmv.)
Expressways (45 mph || 75 kph) have traffic control lights at each intersection. (ymmv.)
Access to all three are fixed by design and prevents anyone from stopping for any reason other than an emergency. (ymmv.)
The exception is the Interstate (Federal) freeway's planned rest stops that can be accessed only to and from the freeway. (ymmv.)
"Roads" outside municipalities (you know them as towns or cities) are an extension of a street leaving or entering the city limits and can have any type of intersection or any type of restriction for stopping to access roadside commerce -- basically a combination of a highway and a expressway, becoming more informal as it becomes more rural. (There's further naming rules within the municipality for Avenues, Boulevards, Streets, Lanes, Courts, how many lanes allowed each way and how all of this affects speeds -- unrelated to this post.)
Some Interstate freeways have recently increased speed limits and can be at 70, 75 or in some cases, such as in Texas, 80 (mph || 134 kph); if it's posted as such. Otherwise, the speed limits mentioned are in affect.
If it's posted with the higher speed, it will probably say "Maximum Speed" instead of "Speed Limit". There's a difference. It's important, especially if you want to avoid a speeding ticket. For example: If you're going with the flow of traffic at 72 mph in a 65 mph "Speed Limit" zone, it's supposedly okay. If you're going 76 mph in a 75 mph "Maximum Speed" zone, it supposedly doesn't matter what the speed of the traffic flow is doing. Ymmv.
That's why you drop to impulse _before_ you go into the star system.
There's an obvious solution. It's in the as-yet unidentified kind of dense exotic matter capable of bending space-time that TFA says is needed to power the warp drive. If this mystery matter is capable of warping the continuum, shouldn't it also be capable of being redesigned to absorb the dangerous particles? After all, the matter is dense and exotic, two very important qualities for finding awesome solutions to problems in new technology.
Sarcasm aside, is there some aspect of present day physics the general public is unaware of that's seriously being discussed about mystery matter potentially happening in the near future? I seem to remember Kip Thorne of CalTech sometime in the 1980's designing (iirc, a mathematically sound) device capable of creating a wormhole, if the material was the right length rotating at the right speed. Unfortunately, the 10 kilometer cylinder required being made of an as-yet unidentified kind of dense exotic matter. Is its discovery on the near horizon?
A couple places to start would be an explanation by NASA and the organisation for developing the protocols at the Delay Tolerant Networking Research Group.
The people vote for who they want to win the election. Not for Electors. The Electors then decide who THEY will vote for. They are not bound by the choices of the people. Regardless, the people vote for political candidates, not electors.
Actually, the people vote for electors (because that's who actually gets elected based on the popular vote), its just that every state has adopted a procedure under which the names of the candidates for whom the electors are pledged, rather than the names of the electors actually standing for election, are printed on the ballot, which makes people think they are voting for a Presidential/Vice Presidential ticket rather than a slate of electors.
Thanks. My clause: chosen by the voters tomorrow is approximately equivalent to your: Actually, the people vote for electors [...] people think they are voting for a Presidential / Vice Presidential ticket rather than a slate of electors. My reply is meant only to clarify my position about the subject being discussed in this thread; not to convince others they're wrong. Although it's a topic that should be discussed that would hopefully conclude with a definitive solution, in hindsight my original reply should have left out any reference to the idea, since all of the complications resulting from it are tangential to my response to simply answer the original question: Won't the election be over on Tuesday?
However, all of this is apparently mute, since it appears the original question was really referring to a technicality, a small error TFS made (since edited with a correction) about the election being tomorrow (at the time of the post) and not about clarifying a reference to the popular vote (originally, the election was over) on Tuesday night.
Won't the election be over on Tuesday?
The President is elected by the Electoral College; the Electors, chosen by the voters tomorrow, meet in their own state capitals on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December (December 12, for this year) and cast their votes on separate ballots, one for the President and the other for the Vice President. Unofficially, we'll know tomorrow night. If it's an unusually close or controversial election, then we'll know after December 12, 2012.
Its stupid to keep the lab animals in the basement obviously, if only from the perspective of setting research back years as was pointed out, let alone the needless killing of thousands of animals. The basements should be kept for the adminstration staff, or at least the lawyers...
(Or the obligatory): Preferably the IT staff, since it will remind them of their Mom's basement, making most feel right at home. It's a win win for everyone.
Probably somebody with contacts back in China. Steal $300k in something. Ship it back to China where it probably came from before. Sell to supplier (probably also a family member) cheap who will then just ship it back to the US for another $300k. Perhaps even ship back the truck.Shipping container to China is probably a few thousand and everything else is profit.
Otherwise, a finite for-looping of the four step (hand waving) profit list?
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Who would you go to to fence something like that?
No fencing required; obviously this a conspiracy. Here's a quote from The Straightdope:
"Authorities believe the culprit is the same person who also picked up another load of walnuts days earlier from Los Molinos. Those walnuts were intended for Texas, but also disappeared."
Is it an agent working for China, the largest producer of walnuts, next being the U,.S., wanting to control the Great Paper Tiger?
Could it be someone trying to beat the commodities market pricing for walnuts, to cover a loss or to make a profit?
If it turns out to be either one of those, I will ... laugh-out-loud.
Even at the likely risk of being considered a tin foil luddite, this is the one technology I wish would never be made, even if there is a "100% assuredness" in both accountability and transparency people can feel comfortable about, even when it is something done in autonomous isolation.
The political system of representative government is about people interacting with one another; voting should reflect that process. Regrettably, since the time and energy to write a compelling argument here is way beyond my present capabilities, I've resigned myself to being on the losing end on a personal viewpoint about the philosophy of politics.
Are people confusing the Slashdot journal post by the user "Concealment" with the post being submitted by the editor "Soulskill"? He may agree with the idea, I don't know; then again, he may not and be wrongly criticized just for being a submission editor. In any case, shouldn't the comments be directed at Concealment?
This is the way it is with everything, the way it has always been and sadly, the way it will always be until we're genetically altered as a species to have an unquestioned hive mentality. It only seems unusual when one gets initially involved with a sense of excitement about their own dreams and plans, eventually realizing they were wrong for imagining it to be otherwise. Humanity operates politically as a political animal and has never been a meritocracy -- although it tries to be on occasion. The real challenge is to find a way to constantly improve something and allow everyone involved in the problem to buy into the decision making process. Anything else will only result in variations of the original complaint skewed with a different perspective.
So what will you actually do? It has to actually be something.
Speeches that allow you to feel proud about your comments are more about the pride and little about the (conveniently vague) idea. The idealistic rant is a classic condition of human nature. It's been done by everyone at one time or another and not unique to any time, place or culture. Stating the obvious while thinking others were unaware of the obvious and thinking they have become impressed with your enlightened insight is one aspect of what the Greeks meant by being sophomoric. After stating the obvious, you then "walk away" and leave it for someone else to resolve while feeling like a genius for somehow equating the stating of a problem with the offering of a solution.
Personally, my beliefs presently lack the cynicism anyone may wrongly infer from this post and embrace a positive outcome for societies in the long run, maybe even close to what was explained in the summary. But that will occur only if there isn't suppression of communication or a suppression of disparate groups of people with differing opinions independently trying to work with each other to improve their condition, including a process that prevents one of those groups from becoming a monopoly; or a way to prevent a bunch of royal asshats wandering around with nothing to do except to question people's motives -- every time they pursue something they happily enjoy doing or find interesting -- explaining this is not in the best interest of society.
The utopian scenarios I'm told I should pine for instead of pursuing personal happiness, never seem to really explain themselves well enough to prevent it from deteriorating into some one-size-fits-all master plan empowering a committee of well meaning self appointed leaders to decide what's best for everyone to do. Also, they tend to pay lip service to people's feedback (in the best case scenario -- usually, they disappear) and becoming an inhumane version of the original complaint in TFS. If you want to prevent it from happening, well ... then (cough) ... you should do something about it.
Sounds as if he was trying to the use the Force, as in: Stormtrooper, "These aren't the Droids you're looking for."
Granted the following quotes from other times are not ideally analogous to Wikipedia's predicament, but it was impossible to resist recalling the similarities.
Starting with:
Rebecca J. Rosen, associate editor at The Atlantic, 2012: "There's always going to be some tidying -- better citations, small updates, new links, cleaner formatting -- but the bulk of the work, the actual writing and structuring of articles [in Wikipedia], has already been done."
Ending with:
Lord Kelvin (William Thomson), in 1901:
"There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement."
Charles Holland Duell, U.S. Patent Office Commissioner, in the 1890's:
"In my opinion, all previous advances in the various lines of invention will appear totally insignificant when compared with those which the present century will witness. I almost wish that I might live my life over again to see the wonders which are at the threshold." The questionable version: "Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Henry Ellsworth, U.S. Patent Office Commissioner, in an 1843 report to Congress:
"The advancement of the arts taxes our credulity and seems to presage the arrival of when human improvement must end."
Old Testament's Ecclesiastes:
"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."
I was under the impression that the 100 foot radius (in California--Ianal) was created to prevent campaigners from trying to sway voters to their side and prevent the ensuing emotional chaos created from interfering with the voting process when the voters were making a decision at the polling booth. Witnesses, OTOH, can be anyone, for whatever purpose, watching and learning about the voting process in the voting area as long as it's peaceable and reasonably practical. (An example: students not of voting age.)
A former Microsoft employee takes control of a failing company, uses a somewhat over the top analogy accusing the non-Microsoft competitors of setting the company on fire while Nokia stood by and did nothing and wants to solve the problem by replacing the OS with a Microsoft's system. Are there any other solutions better than a classic market share strategy?