That's like the democrats saying that the republicans "cut money for widows and orphans", when they actually just reduced the amount it was -increased-!
Some people think it is part of their jobs to lie. 8-)
They expect you to remember WXY Corp when you're about to buy a widget or service they offer.
And it works! On the rare occasions that I see ads, I definitely remember the company the ad is for. And I avoid buying anything from that company as much as possible.
I agree with you. Unfortunatly, psychologists have discovered that people tend to remember the name -without- remembering to -not- buy from them. And end up buying!
You want to meet some psychologists that get actual concrete result? Contact the advertising agencies! 8-)
A vernacular is just a local technical jargon, "technical" being what ever they are talking about.
We need technical jargon for specific things, but everyone needs to also know "standard". Alse, there will be radical misunderstandings between people in different areas. I have heard so many arguments where people were both on the same side, but didn't know it because they defined a word different.
"Icebox" is a cooling box that uses a large block of ice. "Refrigerator" is a cooling box that uses a compression refrigeration system.
But if you swap them people will still probably know what you mean... mostly. 8-)
Many people still have septic tank systems, but they also have indoor flush toilets. Connecting to city sewer is a different question and is only really needed in the cities.
Water pumps don't have to be electric, what do you think all of those windmills out west did? 8-)
By the way, running water is not the same as sewer systems. Some had one without the other.
Trump specialises in saying spectacularly unpleasant things, not dumb ones. They're not accidental.
I'm not a Trump fan either, but it does seem that what he says is not at all accidental. It might not be successful in the election, but it has definitely been successful in getting media coverage! 8-)
They knew, but they didn't need it. Then they died. The next ones had never heard the story, and they were not detectives or archetects. And they didn't care anyway, they had other worries... 8-)
Suppose that you live in a seaport town, in some time and place, and a ship comes in to dock.
It is loaded with people to be sold as slaves. It has cannon, more that the whole town has.
The slaves had a bad passage and several died. If they are not sold here, the ship will dump the remaining ones overboard. There is no help closer that a months travel away.
Exactly. Everybody was doing it, so that made it ok.
Actually, slavery was a liberal quick-fix to reduce the number of people slaughtered in war. If the prisoners could be sold for money, then there was a reason -not- to kill them.
Of course, that eventually led to wars just to capture slaves so they could be sold. Unintended side-effects can be a bitch!
And who sold them to the southern planters? The ships were from places like Boston and New York. I grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, and I have seen the actual shipping papers in the museum there.
Thank you, I did not know that. As I mentioned before, I'm not navy!
That's ok, I was...
But it's still a good question about detecting submarines. A country that tried a "sneak attack" could not take them out if they can't find them. So if they can be detected quickly, it could make the whole world less safe.
There are 5.4 million traffic accidents each year in the USA. That's 1 car accident for every 59 people every year.
The accidents are not evenly distributed among the people. So the number that have accidents is lower than that.
Also, the autonomous cars have millions of failure points, both mechanical and software. So it takes error rates that are very small just to get it to run at all.
Actually it's well known that microwave ovens are allowed to leak more energy than Wifi devices are allowed to transmit. That's one of the reasons why "electrosensitivity" is such a load of bullshit.
By the way, don't stand too close to your microwave when it is running. (!!) 8-)
Art is required in games, just as it is required in movies and books. But not all games are art, just as not all movies or books are art. Some far from it. 8-) For that matter, art is required in Engineering and Crafting. And some of those are art, even though some deny it.
The current ideas of what computers and automation can or should do, are bases on hundreds of years of human experiance with horses and slaves. That is not good because computers are quite different! 8-)
Many people's idea of what a car should do, came down from stories told by family. Tales of taking the carriage to the local pub, gettintg drunk, and climing back into the carriage so that the horse could take you home. Since the horse had lived there for most of it's life and knew quite well how to get home! 8-)
Computers just don't work that way. But people keep looking for a horse with no upkeep...
The truth is that very few people have any accidents. Most are very safe, you just hear a lot of noisy news reports about the few who are a problem.
That means that the requirement for autonomous vehicles is much higher than many think. Errors of "parts per million" are going to be significant! And no, computers are never perfect and never will be. 8-) I know, I design them...
Do we know that the federation does not use money? Or do we just not see it happening? The computers could easily be "running a tab" for each person, identifying them by appearance and communicator links. No-one would need to worry about small stuff and just check accounts at the end of the month or something.
There is not really any such thing as "Post Scarcity", things will still take -some- resources even if it is very small. And some things will still be expensive to make. But with computer convenience it could be close.
I have seen bars and resteraunts where there is no money or cards in sight. They keep a tab (record) for each customer and just send a bill at the end of the month. But new customers must "sign up" before they can enter. And, most customers are regulars.
... No, we really aren't. If anything, basic necessities in the western world are getting more expensive. Just because we have a lot of things doesn't mean people will start giving them away for free.
Is it really more expensive? Or are the dollars just worth less? Governments like pushing inflation because it is a hidden tax that people don't know is there. You used to be able to buy a loaf of bread for a penny. I remember buying a loaf for 32 cents, and the loaf of bread was pretty much the same. It's not the value of the bread that changed. In a sense, the reason everyone in the past used to carry pennies is, that they were worth a dollar! 8-)
Here, grab these two power lines and feel some electrons.
That's not the electrons that you feel, it's various third-level side effects.
But the effects are definite enough that you know -something- is there! Something that you can't see, feel, or taste has just knocked you over, it must be Magic! 8-)
I work with powerful magic every day. This world calls me an engineer, but that doesn't change anything...
For some perspective here, how about some links to how many people working for Gun-ban organizations have shot themselves or others accidentily. Maybe we should ban gun-ban organizations? 8-)
Or to be a bit more serious, how many policmen, soldiers or politicians?
The reason people didn't believe she was an engineer, is that she didn't have any pens and pencils in her shirt pocket. You can't be an engineer without a pocket protector and some pens and pencils, right! 8-)
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... So the strategy I've adopted is to click on evry ad I can. Especially on websites I like. ..
Now, -that- is an interesting idea! 8-)
That's like the democrats saying that the republicans "cut money for widows and orphans", when they actually just reduced the amount it was -increased-!
Some people think it is part of their jobs to lie. 8-)
They expect you to remember WXY Corp when you're about to buy a widget or service they offer.
And it works! On the rare occasions that I see ads, I definitely remember the company the ad is for. And I avoid buying anything from that company as much as possible.
I agree with you. Unfortunatly, psychologists have discovered that people tend to remember the name -without- remembering to -not- buy from them. And end up buying!
You want to meet some psychologists that get actual concrete result? Contact the advertising agencies! 8-)
A vernacular is just a local technical jargon, "technical" being what ever they are talking about.
We need technical jargon for specific things, but everyone needs to also know "standard". Alse, there will be radical misunderstandings between people in different areas. I have heard so many arguments where people were both on the same side, but didn't know it because they defined a word different.
"Icebox" is a cooling box that uses a large block of ice.
"Refrigerator" is a cooling box that uses a compression refrigeration system.
But if you swap them people will still probably know what you mean ... mostly. 8-)
Many people still have septic tank systems, but they also have indoor flush toilets. Connecting to city sewer is a different question and is only really needed in the cities.
Water pumps don't have to be electric, what do you think all of those windmills out west did? 8-)
By the way, running water is not the same as sewer systems. Some had one without the other.
Trump specialises in saying spectacularly unpleasant things, not dumb ones. They're not accidental.
I'm not a Trump fan either, but it does seem that what he says is not at all accidental. It might not be successful in the election, but it has definitely been successful in getting media coverage! 8-)
They knew, but they didn't need it. Then they died. The next ones had never heard the story, and they were not detectives or archetects. And they didn't care anyway, they had other worries... 8-)
Suppose that you live in a seaport town, in some time and place, and a ship comes in to dock.
It is loaded with people to be sold as slaves. It has cannon, more that the whole town has.
The slaves had a bad passage and several died. If they are not sold here, the ship will dump the remaining ones overboard. There is no help closer that a months travel away.
Question, do you buy slaves? Or, not? 8-(
Exactly. Everybody was doing it, so that made it ok.
Actually, slavery was a liberal quick-fix to reduce the number of people slaughtered in war. If the prisoners could be sold for money, then there was a reason -not- to kill them.
Of course, that eventually led to wars just to capture slaves so they could be sold. Unintended side-effects can be a bitch!
And who sold them to the southern planters? The ships were from places like Boston and New York. I grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, and I have seen the actual shipping papers in the museum there.
... The Koch brothers are the most INSIDIOUS siblings on the planet.
Sounds like it was written by an agent of ISIS. Would not be the first time that foreign agants conducted Psy-ops here...
Thank you, I did not know that. As I mentioned before, I'm not navy!
That's ok, I was...
But it's still a good question about detecting submarines. A country that tried a "sneak attack" could not take them out if they can't find them. So if they can be detected quickly, it could make the whole world less safe.
But it sounds like it is not as fast as that. 8-)
There are 5.4 million traffic accidents each year in the USA. That's 1 car accident for every 59 people every year.
The accidents are not evenly distributed among the people. So the number that have accidents is lower than that.
Also, the autonomous cars have millions of failure points, both mechanical and software. So it takes error rates that are very small just to get it to run at all.
Ships have not vented steam overboard since about 1890. (Except for the whistle.) 8-)
And military subs don't vent -anything-.
Isaac Asimov foresaw a lot of things that came to pass.
Like communications satelites, for one...
Actually it's well known that microwave ovens are allowed to leak more energy than Wifi devices are allowed to transmit. That's one of the reasons why "electrosensitivity" is such a load of bullshit.
By the way, don't stand too close to your microwave when it is running. (!!) 8-)
Art is required in games, just as it is required in movies and books. But not all games are art, just as not all movies or books are art. Some far from it. 8-)
For that matter, art is required in Engineering and Crafting. And some of those are art, even though some deny it.
The current ideas of what computers and automation can or should do, are bases on hundreds of years of human experiance with horses and slaves. That is not good because computers are quite different! 8-)
Many people's idea of what a car should do, came down from stories told by family. Tales of taking the carriage to the local pub, gettintg drunk, and climing back into the carriage so that the horse could take you home. Since the horse had lived there for most of it's life and knew quite well how to get home! 8-)
Computers just don't work that way. But people keep looking for a horse with no upkeep...
The truth is that very few people have any accidents. Most are very safe, you just hear a lot of noisy news reports about the few who are a problem.
That means that the requirement for autonomous vehicles is much higher than many think. Errors of "parts per million" are going to be significant! And no, computers are never perfect and never will be. 8-)
I know, I design them...
1) Functional, humanlike, scalable AI (e.g. the Doctor) ...
Read that as "Slaves"!
Do we know that the federation does not use money? Or do we just not see it happening?
The computers could easily be "running a tab" for each person, identifying them by appearance and communicator links. No-one would need to worry about small stuff and just check accounts at the end of the month or something.
There is not really any such thing as "Post Scarcity", things will still take -some- resources even if it is very small. And some things will still be expensive to make. But with computer convenience it could be close.
I have seen bars and resteraunts where there is no money or cards in sight. They keep a tab (record) for each customer and just send a bill at the end of the month. But new customers must "sign up" before they can enter. And, most customers are regulars.
... No, we really aren't. If anything, basic necessities in the western world are getting more expensive. Just because we have a lot of things doesn't mean people will start giving them away for free.
Is it really more expensive? Or are the dollars just worth less?
Governments like pushing inflation because it is a hidden tax that people don't know is there. You used to be able to buy a loaf of bread for a penny. I remember buying a loaf for 32 cents, and the loaf of bread was pretty much the same. It's not the value of the bread that changed.
In a sense, the reason everyone in the past used to carry pennies is, that they were worth a dollar! 8-)
Why? Just spin it.
That doesn't work for material near the poles.
I think the theory was that the light pressure from the star would support it.
(But I could be wrong.)
Here, grab these two power lines and feel some electrons.
That's not the electrons that you feel, it's various third-level side effects.
But the effects are definite enough that you know -something- is there!
Something that you can't see, feel, or taste has just knocked you over, it must be Magic! 8-)
I work with powerful magic every day. This world calls me an engineer, but that doesn't change anything...
For some perspective here, how about some links to how many people working for Gun-ban organizations have shot themselves or others accidentily. Maybe we should ban gun-ban organizations? 8-)
Or to be a bit more serious, how many policmen, soldiers or politicians?
The reason people didn't believe she was an engineer, is that she didn't have any pens and pencils in her shirt pocket. You can't be an engineer without a pocket protector and some pens and pencils, right! 8-)
Unconsious stereotypes are everywhere...