... this is so lame! Think how much better it would be to put a tax on verbs! Then you could derive income from speech, text, posts, signage, display, heck, even thinking!
I did not imply that scientists are a homogenous group, just a fallible one. Nor did I equate the weapons of war with medical equipment, but MRI scanners are not without their hazards.
Science is a powerful tool and one we could well benefit from having more broadly applied, but that does not make it a panacea for the fallacies of those intoxicated by the power it provides.
The only point I was wishing to make was simply that once the genie is out of the bottle, you're committed. That's true whether it's handguns, fracking or nuclear power; there will be consequences and those selling the product will attempt to obscure tradeoffs with a "win-win" marketing ploy. The nuclear industry is one that has long been writing checks the public has had to cover, as your posts backhandedly expose.
John Tyndall demonstrated the effect on energy absorption gas composition had, some 152 years ago. It took until a few decades ago for anyone to put together what that might mean for the climate vis-a-vis human activities. With a track record like that, science and scientists would be wise not to trumpet the infallability of their judgment.
As industries and ideologies have competed for the consumer's dollar, they have learned that almost nothing sells better than fear. Whether it's extra medical procedures, the law-and-order candidate, more insurance or 15-round magazines, a frightened customer is a willing customer.
Marketing requires an understanding of both the product or service being marketed and the marketplace being targeted. Be careful to engage those with insight into your target marketplace.
Actually, the Bill of Rights was an outgrowth of the public perception of events surrounding Shays' Rebellion.
The U.S. immigration policy is founded in the principles of Expansionism, which takes as its dictum, "growth is good". On a planet with 7 billion people, there is reason to question that wisdom.
Ideals are worthwhile, but rarely pay the rent, just ask Karl Marx. Policy that is dictated by idealogy most often comes at a very high cost.
There is a misguided perception, here, that immigration is about fairness. It is, in fact, about the benefit a society accrues from accepting the immigrant. You take on another mouth to feed in light of the production you will gain. Wringing hands over the ideal of welcoming all "wretched refuse" is to confuse poetry with reality.
If your software is localized, it will be accessible to a wider audience, that's really all there is to it. You have to decide if that wider audience merits the additional work. Bear in mind, access to such localized materials could help those struggling to learn both programming and English at the same time a doubly useful tool. Being reminded of the meaning of a "pre" tag with a localized tooltip might go a long way in helping to learn the often arcane "English" that is markup and code.
The genie is long and truly out of the bottle. When someone realizes the implication of oval boring, we'll even have printable guns that leave no scoring on the bullet to identify the weapon it was fired from.
As desirable as it might be to better control who has access to guns, outlawing them will only benefit the global market in illegal weapons. Witness the success of the "War On Drugs", initiated by the Nixon administration and the greatest single factor in the ascent of Mexican drug cartels.
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Do you think this is how that started?
... this is so lame! Think how much better it would be to put a tax on verbs! Then you could derive income from speech, text, posts, signage, display, heck, even thinking!
... it's an adventure.
... Fox News is going to want him.
This led to clever people developing submachine guns.
Give it a couple decades and you'll be able to download plans for your own battlebot and then create it on your printer
I did not imply that scientists are a homogenous group, just a fallible one. Nor did I equate the weapons of war with medical equipment, but MRI scanners are not without their hazards.
Science is a powerful tool and one we could well benefit from having more broadly applied, but that does not make it a panacea for the fallacies of those intoxicated by the power it provides.
The only point I was wishing to make was simply that once the genie is out of the bottle, you're committed. That's true whether it's handguns, fracking or nuclear power; there will be consequences and those selling the product will attempt to obscure tradeoffs with a "win-win" marketing ploy. The nuclear industry is one that has long been writing checks the public has had to cover, as your posts backhandedly expose.
John Tyndall demonstrated the effect on energy absorption gas composition had, some 152 years ago. It took until a few decades ago for anyone to put together what that might mean for the climate vis-a-vis human activities. With a track record like that, science and scientists would be wise not to trumpet the infallability of their judgment.
The material doesn't go away just because you move it along. A shell game is not the same as elimination.
LWRs produce plutonium as a byproduct.
... for the next 240,000 years, regardless.
As industries and ideologies have competed for the consumer's dollar, they have learned that almost nothing sells better than fear. Whether it's extra medical procedures, the law-and-order candidate, more insurance or 15-round magazines, a frightened customer is a willing customer.
... I imagine stupid people tricks will remain more popular than smart robot ones.
So, I guess this means don't make any plans past 20 billion years or so?
Marketing requires an understanding of both the product or service being marketed and the marketplace being targeted. Be careful to engage those with insight into your target marketplace.
You should see what I went through with Eric, my fish.
Actually, the Bill of Rights was an outgrowth of the public perception of events surrounding Shays' Rebellion.
The U.S. immigration policy is founded in the principles of Expansionism, which takes as its dictum, "growth is good". On a planet with 7 billion people, there is reason to question that wisdom.
Ideals are worthwhile, but rarely pay the rent, just ask Karl Marx. Policy that is dictated by idealogy most often comes at a very high cost.
There is a misguided perception, here, that immigration is about fairness. It is, in fact, about the benefit a society accrues from accepting the immigrant. You take on another mouth to feed in light of the production you will gain. Wringing hands over the ideal of welcoming all "wretched refuse" is to confuse poetry with reality.
If your software is localized, it will be accessible to a wider audience, that's really all there is to it. You have to decide if that wider audience merits the additional work. Bear in mind, access to such localized materials could help those struggling to learn both programming and English at the same time a doubly useful tool. Being reminded of the meaning of a "pre" tag with a localized tooltip might go a long way in helping to learn the often arcane "English" that is markup and code.
So, just don't hold the Mac Pro that way?
"We don't need you, you need us."
... this argument has been with us for at least a century, as well.
... the humanity we have is the humanity we deserve.
... to call a robot's work a "job".
The genie is long and truly out of the bottle. When someone realizes the implication of oval boring, we'll even have printable guns that leave no scoring on the bullet to identify the weapon it was fired from.
As desirable as it might be to better control who has access to guns, outlawing them will only benefit the global market in illegal weapons. Witness the success of the "War On Drugs", initiated by the Nixon administration and the greatest single factor in the ascent of Mexican drug cartels.
When an employee does it, it's fraud; when a company does it, it's "smart business".