By Plato, I assume you mean Plato's Republic where Socrates declares that the philosopher should rule in enlightened despotism. I am a big fan of the Foundation series. It just seems so American to me. The Foundation had this manifest destiny that carried it in its early days is reminiscent of the early U.S. In Contrast, the last book he wrote was a prequel, Forward the Foundation, that details the fall of the Trantorian galactic empire. This to me is very representative of the U.S. as it is now. My favorite scene is Seldon complaining about something breaking down and how in his day everyone would be outraged, yet now everyone just ignores the problem. Reminds me of Katrina or the Minneapolis bridge collapsing in America recently. The unwillingness to pay taxes to a corrupt government is also similar.
It's really not that hard if you think about it. Some women just want to talk about themselves and the man in the conversation just reaffirms her. This one teenager just happened to be a person who liked to talk a lot and it didn't matter that she was talking to a robot.
Then why hide his identity behind mantanmoreland? If what he was doing was on the up and up, he would have been doing it in his own name and wouldn't have used a bunch of sock puppets to echo his position.
You are assuming the constituents know what they want or are experts in every field. That's not always the case. Most working economists agree that the bailout is a necessary evil. It's the armchair economists in the ivory towers whispering into Shelby's ears that are saying everything will be fine. If a congressman feels that the bailout is a good thing for the US economy, he has to vote his conscious even if it means he loses his seat. If he feels it's a bad thing, then he should vote against it. Either way, he has to vote regardless of the feelings of his constituency. America is not ruled by a mob, but by elected officials held accountable by the voters.
This was actually a Daily Show bit on the Sept 5th episode IIRC. Both McCain and Bush stated that they would work with Democrats, create a culture of Life, cut spending, reduce taxes and then they each thanked the other one.
What it does show is that more McCain supporters chose Obama on a few specific key issues then the other way around. The notable exception was international trade in which more Obama supporters chose McCain instead. The conclusion I come away with is that economists feel that Obama is clearly better on Education, Health Care, and Energy while McCain is better on International Trade. Tech Innovation and Wars/Security were a push although for 2 different reasons. More economists said that neither would affect Tech Innovation then any other category (except reducing waste), but the Wars/Security issue split almost exactly along party or supporter lines. The other issues were not as important according to those surveyed.
It horrifies me to think so many people voting think Obama's trillions of dollars of new spending, vast government expansion, 20+ years of attending an anti white/anti US church, clueless foreign policy and zero experience are something to vote for.
Have you heard of a guy named John Maynard Keynes? Government investment in public works and infrastructure, even if it incurs a deficit, can stimulate demand in times of unemployment. You know like now. Government spending led to some of the best economic times after WW2. Eisenhower's investment in the highway system and JFK's investment in the space program are two prominent examples. We need to increase government investments into infrastructure like bridges. Remember the bridge in Minneapolis collapsing? That is the direct result of too small a government. The idea of lower taxes and smaller government was a great idea in 1982, but it won't necessarily fix today's economic problems.
I had a friend set up something like you want at a hotel convention room/ballroom. He got a discount because he worked there, but it worked out fairly well. They had tables and chairs there, after a little bit of setup everyone plugged in and played. The only tricky bit was managing the power of all those machines. We had to distribute the load on various walls to prevent breakers from flipping.
My wife is a kindergarten/first grade teacher and she likes to use a technique to help some of her struggling kids. They are given a bit of PVC pipe shaped like a phone that allows them to hear themselves sound out words. For some reason, this helps many struggling kids to connect what the word sounds like and what the word looks like. Is your device similar to this technique?
Also, for kids with a teacher, does your "talking book" device give them any added value? Is it just to replace a teacher and if not can it also be used to supplement a teacher's lesson?
Netflix is changing their policy and will start charging a premium of $1 to $2 extra a month for Blu Ray rentals. It does make sense to pass the extra cost of Blu Ray discs on to the customers who use them.
Come on it's funny cause it's true. More women watch the Olympics then men. My wife and her friends are already planning to watch the opening ceremonies on our HD tv.
I never understood why people watch the opening ceremonies (or parades for that matter). How can a bunch of people walking be interesting. I'm sure I'll be making snarky comments during the event similar to the LOTR rant on Clerks 2.
I don't like Fortuny or his ilk, but he does have a few good points. The plaintiff shouldn't be using spurious copyright infringement claims to get back at him. Most of the arguments the plaintiff has really don't apply to this case.
However, Fortuny does deserve to be sued (albeit in the correct jurisdiction) for damages. It doesn't matter if he intended to harm the victim or not. If damage was caused, he should pay the plaintiff for his trouble. But it should be done the right way that doesn't involve the DMCA at all.
As always IANAL
I have a blackberry and my wife has an iPhone. I am very jealous of her iPhone. The speed of the internet alone makes me want to dump my blackberry and get a new 3G.
I'm all for free speech, but allowing someone to say something that affects my career and livelihood is not cool. If I was convinced that a forum posting was going to cost me my job and career, I would sue too. That is real damages being inflicted to me. It would be better if employers would take everything on the internet with a grain of salt, but for some reason, no one does that.
The biggest issue with filming/photographing/recording is that they can be faked or doctored in some way. We do have methods that detect changes, and as long as those work, citizen spying can work as a deterrent. But what happens when someone creates a way to doctor footage that is undetectable?
I find Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education to contain the answers to a lot of what's wrong with kids. Teaching kids to rationalize their decision making so that they will grow up to make good choices is severely lacking in today's youth. Instead, they are turning into sensualists. Increasing the rational thinking in students will help increase their ability to learn science as well.
You'd have to make your virus display the EULA to the user, and they'd have the chance to decline. I don't know about you, but I reckon viruses requiring the user to agree to the EULA before they can infect the PC to be an improvement!
Sad thing is, some people would still click yes. For proof of this fact, look at how successful phishing has been over the years.
My company uses Ounce for static analysis. It's great at helping find the tedious bugs and potential security violations. For instance, server side input validation for web sites is much easier and more accurate with static analysis.
As others have said, it's not perfect but having an extra set of digital eyes looking at the code helps. The sooner bugs are fixed in the development cycle, the cheaper it is to fix.
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Nahh... He won't be pardoned. He'll just have his sentence commuted.
By Plato, I assume you mean Plato's Republic where Socrates declares that the philosopher should rule in enlightened despotism. I am a big fan of the Foundation series. It just seems so American to me. The Foundation had this manifest destiny that carried it in its early days is reminiscent of the early U.S. In Contrast, the last book he wrote was a prequel, Forward the Foundation, that details the fall of the Trantorian galactic empire. This to me is very representative of the U.S. as it is now. My favorite scene is Seldon complaining about something breaking down and how in his day everyone would be outraged, yet now everyone just ignores the problem. Reminds me of Katrina or the Minneapolis bridge collapsing in America recently. The unwillingness to pay taxes to a corrupt government is also similar.
It's really not that hard if you think about it. Some women just want to talk about themselves and the man in the conversation just reaffirms her. This one teenager just happened to be a person who liked to talk a lot and it didn't matter that she was talking to a robot.
Bad joke I know ;)
McCain isn't black. If Obama's channel was unmoderated, there would be plenty of racist vitriol posted anonymously.
Then why hide his identity behind mantanmoreland? If what he was doing was on the up and up, he would have been doing it in his own name and wouldn't have used a bunch of sock puppets to echo his position.
You are assuming the constituents know what they want or are experts in every field. That's not always the case. Most working economists agree that the bailout is a necessary evil. It's the armchair economists in the ivory towers whispering into Shelby's ears that are saying everything will be fine. If a congressman feels that the bailout is a good thing for the US economy, he has to vote his conscious even if it means he loses his seat. If he feels it's a bad thing, then he should vote against it. Either way, he has to vote regardless of the feelings of his constituency. America is not ruled by a mob, but by elected officials held accountable by the voters.
This was actually a Daily Show bit on the Sept 5th episode IIRC. Both McCain and Bush stated that they would work with Democrats, create a culture of Life, cut spending, reduce taxes and then they each thanked the other one.
What it does show is that more McCain supporters chose Obama on a few specific key issues then the other way around. The notable exception was international trade in which more Obama supporters chose McCain instead. The conclusion I come away with is that economists feel that Obama is clearly better on Education, Health Care, and Energy while McCain is better on International Trade. Tech Innovation and Wars/Security were a push although for 2 different reasons. More economists said that neither would affect Tech Innovation then any other category (except reducing waste), but the Wars/Security issue split almost exactly along party or supporter lines. The other issues were not as important according to those surveyed.
It horrifies me to think so many people voting think Obama's trillions of dollars of new spending, vast government expansion, 20+ years of attending an anti white/anti US church, clueless foreign policy and zero experience are something to vote for.
Have you heard of a guy named John Maynard Keynes? Government investment in public works and infrastructure, even if it incurs a deficit, can stimulate demand in times of unemployment. You know like now. Government spending led to some of the best economic times after WW2. Eisenhower's investment in the highway system and JFK's investment in the space program are two prominent examples. We need to increase government investments into infrastructure like bridges. Remember the bridge in Minneapolis collapsing? That is the direct result of too small a government. The idea of lower taxes and smaller government was a great idea in 1982, but it won't necessarily fix today's economic problems.
I had a friend set up something like you want at a hotel convention room/ballroom. He got a discount because he worked there, but it worked out fairly well. They had tables and chairs there, after a little bit of setup everyone plugged in and played. The only tricky bit was managing the power of all those machines. We had to distribute the load on various walls to prevent breakers from flipping.
My wife is a kindergarten/first grade teacher and she likes to use a technique to help some of her struggling kids. They are given a bit of PVC pipe shaped like a phone that allows them to hear themselves sound out words. For some reason, this helps many struggling kids to connect what the word sounds like and what the word looks like. Is your device similar to this technique?
Also, for kids with a teacher, does your "talking book" device give them any added value? Is it just to replace a teacher and if not can it also be used to supplement a teacher's lesson?
Netflix is changing their policy and will start charging a premium of $1 to $2 extra a month for Blu Ray rentals. It does make sense to pass the extra cost of Blu Ray discs on to the customers who use them.
Come on it's funny cause it's true. More women watch the Olympics then men. My wife and her friends are already planning to watch the opening ceremonies on our HD tv. I never understood why people watch the opening ceremonies (or parades for that matter). How can a bunch of people walking be interesting. I'm sure I'll be making snarky comments during the event similar to the LOTR rant on Clerks 2.
I don't like Fortuny or his ilk, but he does have a few good points. The plaintiff shouldn't be using spurious copyright infringement claims to get back at him. Most of the arguments the plaintiff has really don't apply to this case. However, Fortuny does deserve to be sued (albeit in the correct jurisdiction) for damages. It doesn't matter if he intended to harm the victim or not. If damage was caused, he should pay the plaintiff for his trouble. But it should be done the right way that doesn't involve the DMCA at all. As always IANAL
I have a blackberry and my wife has an iPhone. I am very jealous of her iPhone. The speed of the internet alone makes me want to dump my blackberry and get a new 3G.
This reminds me of Zoolander's phone. Good to see they are finally selling it to the masses and not just the male models.
I'm all for free speech, but allowing someone to say something that affects my career and livelihood is not cool. If I was convinced that a forum posting was going to cost me my job and career, I would sue too. That is real damages being inflicted to me. It would be better if employers would take everything on the internet with a grain of salt, but for some reason, no one does that.
The biggest issue with filming/photographing/recording is that they can be faked or doctored in some way. We do have methods that detect changes, and as long as those work, citizen spying can work as a deterrent. But what happens when someone creates a way to doctor footage that is undetectable?
I find Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education to contain the answers to a lot of what's wrong with kids. Teaching kids to rationalize their decision making so that they will grow up to make good choices is severely lacking in today's youth. Instead, they are turning into sensualists. Increasing the rational thinking in students will help increase their ability to learn science as well.
Sounds to me like we would be trading contaminated air for contaminated water.
You'd have to make your virus display the EULA to the user, and they'd have the chance to decline. I don't know about you, but I reckon viruses requiring the user to agree to the EULA before they can infect the PC to be an improvement!
Sad thing is, some people would still click yes. For proof of this fact, look at how successful phishing has been over the years.
My company uses Ounce for static analysis. It's great at helping find the tedious bugs and potential security violations. For instance, server side input validation for web sites is much easier and more accurate with static analysis. As others have said, it's not perfect but having an extra set of digital eyes looking at the code helps. The sooner bugs are fixed in the development cycle, the cheaper it is to fix.