Good call, thanks. I was suspicious about it but wrote it anyway. Nonetheless, you don't have to look far to find very large and organized groups with their own ideas of what should and shouldn't be in the Constitution.
I should have said "the claims that Africans have lower functional intelligence" (whatever that means). The lower IQ, as conventionally measured, is a simple statistical fact.
This is all uncontroversially true (apart from "cheapening even similar products"). Some but not all of them also pertain to the non-Chinese and Americans in particular.
And, as I said before, I'm not seeing racism here and may I note that all your points are based on social or economic facts, or at least the perception thereof. It is quite understandable (although it is hypocritical) that Americans would be threatened by "work for long hours for little pay."
We can call this racism if we want, but it's very imprecise language and quite a different thing entirely from e.g. the claims that Africans have lower IQ.
``This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today.'' Uh, yeah.
The "disclaimer" is not only mere boilerplate for all their historical documents, but a value neutral and true observation. The trolling comes from pure speculation.
And it gets better: `By putting on the warning, you’re making controversial something that’s not controversial: our Constitution, our Declaration of Independence.'' Right. I seem to recall W saying that it was just a "goddam piece of paper." Nothing controversial there.
The fact that we've already amended the Constitution 27 times suggests fairly strongly that the disclaimer is true as stated.
Is it really racism? First, "Chinese" is kind of entangled in whether it refers to the nation or the "race" (this is thanks as much to their xenophobia, as ours). More importantly, if the majority of gold farmers were from Phooistan, they'd be called "Phooie gold farmers." Doesn't racism need, on some level, an implicit (negative) claim about the race? This is more like an economic (foremost), and cultural resentment.
No, the law isn't useless. Chromosomal abnormalities don't make one non-human; there is no debate about this. Humans with retroviral manipulation at the level we have, are still human (and note this isn't banned by the bill). Yes, we share a lot of DNA, but it's still totally trivial to distinguish us at the genetic level. The law's interpretation today, and for the next few decades, is extremely clear. Every law has "flaws" at the level you are describing. That's why they get amended.
Some people, including many who are not very religious, are a bit concerned about what we'll start doing to each other once we truly look at ourselves as merely animals.
No. The manipulation has to be done at the level of one of these (quick summary): embryonic "fusing" or engineering; engineering non-humans to produce human gametes; or using any human neural tissue at all in an animal (animal-to-human brain-matter transplants are OK).
The rabbit/human embryo mentioned there falls under 3701.95.A.1.e. of the bill: "an embryo produced by introducing a human nucleus into a nonhuman egg".
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I (think that I) can usually detect the 'turfing on Amazon. Usually, anyway, I evaluate products by going for the most negative review (that isn't totally crazy) and checking how bad it is.
Do you have a cite on Consumer Reports? I didn't like it, because their reviews were far too shallow for my purposes, and the dot ratings did seem sort of arbitrary. Yes, I think their model depends on a sort of assumption of "average consumer" which may have worked in the 70s but doesn't work now.
You have a good point about micropayments, but the (hopeful) idea is that a company or two will make enough by receiving micropayments, so as to preserve the value of its word. I point again to Cooks Illustrated as a functioning prototype. If micropayments take off, the categories of products for which this works should grow. I don't see why there couldn't be (Whatever) Illustrated, at the very least for "prosumer" type stuff if not regular consumer-level.
to elaborate, your sound problem is exactly the one I had on 9.10 on my desktop, but 10.04 fixed.
these are not unusual; anecdotes taken singularly may be worthless, but when the bug reports (as you can read on canonical's fora) show such a non-monotonic path of errors with such variability, there is something wrong.
WinXP had its problems for sure, but I've never heard of anyone whose sound stopped working with SP1, came back with SP2, &c. (unless they were using some weird 3rd party software).
Anecdote: actually, the plurality of conflicting anecdotes indicate a very unstable software platform.
For instance, I've run the exact same upgrade/install path on both my laptop and desktop. Nonetheless, the mechanics of icons are totally different on each. For instance, I get the stupid envelope icon on my desktop, but not on my laptop. Likewise, audio seems to work and not work at random for each person and each machine configuration. There are many more discrepancies; I've just given up keeping track...
So, no, these anecdotes are not worthless. For one, they are more-or-less exactly why I don't recommend ubuntu (or any linux) to any casual computer user.
We have enough specialists in each of those fields to bootstrap back up if necessary, and I'd rather have a hairstylist than go to my barber for a leeching.
FFT: i don't even know what you mean. I guess FFT strictly speaking grew out of the field of analysis? Unless you are computing the eigenvectors or using it for multiplication, then it's algebra, combinatorics, and number theory. If you're actually implementing a DFT, then it's mostly combinatorics and engineering. My math professor said that his best analysis students, on average, tend to have EE background, so whatever.
Mods: this is NOT offtopic. It can be and has been seriously argued that the "war on drugs" was designed to be unwinnable (compare it for example to smoking cessation efforts which have been much more effective, or even the reduction of red meat in diets). This has, obviously, huge implications for the interpretation of any privacy-infringing law introduced in its pursuit.
I just get indicators for rhythmbox (no volume control there); display settings; battery meter; and a weird and useless envelope icon with some useless options, like "set up mail" and "set up broadcast account".
What do you mean? Sound magically works again, and stopped fading out into static after 10 seconds of use.
On the downside, there is now no obvious way to get a panel volume control applet. (sigh) At least I'm ahead on average!
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consumer reports has its information online for subscribers. subscription is a small monthly fee.
there are similar services for specialty interests, for example Cooks Illustrated has a simply amazing amount of in-depth and pretty objective information about utensils and food available again for a small monthly fee. for example, they found that real vanilla extract isn't any better in baked goods, than the 20 times cheaper synthetic vanillin (it is however a lot better in custards and ice cream and that sort of thing).
the only question is doing it for "free". for most general consumer items, amazon works. for specialist items, I'd be surprised if there wasn't a periodical with web access, like Cooks Illustrated.
finally i know some smart people from various backgrounds who are working on micropayment systems. it's hard for me to imagine that taking off, but then again there's a certain charm in the idea of paying like $0.05 to read a vetted review about an item on a smartphone while I'm shopping.
First, I gave you a counterexample in my post. I could give it away but I'd rather not. Suffice it to say, there are quite natural conditions (i.e. they are mathematically sound and model reality extremely well) where a measure on displacement and a measure of time are connected through a probability space. There was even an article on slashdot about it a few days ago...:)
Second, yes, that's my point. Productivity should be the actual desideratum for advancement and wealth generation. Labor is something else entirely; dependent on one's politics it can be viewed as an approximation of wealth-generation, or as a social ends in and of itself. an approximation of that, or a social ends.
Maybe it should fail simple dimensional analysis because, hey, smashing people and hours together doesn't always generate productivity, unlike how force and distance always generate work.
It's more subtle, needs certain assumptions, and it's not at all clear what the scaling law should be. Kind of like how in some cases but not all, the effective distance travelled is proportional to the square root of time spent travelling.
I'd be surprised if the majority didn't think the iPhone was a great product, even if they haven't bought it. I think the iPod is a great product, apart from the minor detail that I'm cryptographically locked out of using it last I checked... My Sansa Fuze is sort of in the same ballpark but no, not quite as good.
Anyway, many of them just don't want to spend the money; hate AT already have something from work; are waiting for the old one to wear out; can't sync with linux; don't like running iTunes on Windows; &c.
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Yes, it does matter. Democracy matters even when it's functioning correctly.
my bad. see above.
Good call, thanks. I was suspicious about it but wrote it anyway. Nonetheless, you don't have to look far to find very large and organized groups with their own ideas of what should and shouldn't be in the Constitution.
The passing and the repeal of prohibition are two other amendments that don't really seem to fall into the 'revision' category.
But they sure as hell do not consistently "reflect the same values."
And I agree completely wrt the Commerce Clause. It's an overshadowing blot on our nation.
I should have said "the claims that Africans have lower functional intelligence" (whatever that means). The lower IQ, as conventionally measured, is a simple statistical fact.
This is all uncontroversially true (apart from "cheapening even similar products"). Some but not all of them also pertain to the non-Chinese and Americans in particular.
And, as I said before, I'm not seeing racism here and may I note that all your points are based on social or economic facts, or at least the perception thereof. It is quite understandable (although it is hypocritical) that Americans would be threatened by "work for long hours for little pay."
We can call this racism if we want, but it's very imprecise language and quite a different thing entirely from e.g. the claims that Africans have lower IQ.
Let's call it maybe jingoism instead?
``This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today.'' Uh, yeah.
The "disclaimer" is not only mere boilerplate for all their historical documents, but a value neutral and true observation. The trolling comes from pure speculation.
And it gets better: `By putting on the warning, you’re making controversial something that’s not controversial: our Constitution, our Declaration of Independence.'' Right. I seem to recall W saying that it was just a "goddam piece of paper." Nothing controversial there.
The fact that we've already amended the Constitution 27 times suggests fairly strongly that the disclaimer is true as stated.
Is it really racism? First, "Chinese" is kind of entangled in whether it refers to the nation or the "race" (this is thanks as much to their xenophobia, as ours). More importantly, if the majority of gold farmers were from Phooistan, they'd be called "Phooie gold farmers." Doesn't racism need, on some level, an implicit (negative) claim about the race? This is more like an economic (foremost), and cultural resentment.
I guess it's sort of post hoc racism at most.
No, the law isn't useless. Chromosomal abnormalities don't make one non-human; there is no debate about this. Humans with retroviral manipulation at the level we have, are still human (and note this isn't banned by the bill). Yes, we share a lot of DNA, but it's still totally trivial to distinguish us at the genetic level. The law's interpretation today, and for the next few decades, is extremely clear. Every law has "flaws" at the level you are describing. That's why they get amended.
Some people, including many who are not very religious, are a bit concerned about what we'll start doing to each other once we truly look at ourselves as merely animals.
No. The manipulation has to be done at the level of one of these (quick summary): embryonic "fusing" or engineering; engineering non-humans to produce human gametes; or using any human neural tissue at all in an animal (animal-to-human brain-matter transplants are OK).
source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=128_SB_243
Whether you agree with the bill or not, it will have an effect:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0125_050125_chimeras.html; link from wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(genetics)
The rabbit/human embryo mentioned there falls under 3701.95.A.1.e. of the bill: "an embryo produced by introducing a human nucleus into a nonhuman egg".
I (think that I) can usually detect the 'turfing on Amazon. Usually, anyway, I evaluate products by going for the most negative review (that isn't totally crazy) and checking how bad it is.
Do you have a cite on Consumer Reports? I didn't like it, because their reviews were far too shallow for my purposes, and the dot ratings did seem sort of arbitrary. Yes, I think their model depends on a sort of assumption of "average consumer" which may have worked in the 70s but doesn't work now.
You have a good point about micropayments, but the (hopeful) idea is that a company or two will make enough by receiving micropayments, so as to preserve the value of its word. I point again to Cooks Illustrated as a functioning prototype. If micropayments take off, the categories of products for which this works should grow. I don't see why there couldn't be (Whatever) Illustrated, at the very least for "prosumer" type stuff if not regular consumer-level.
to elaborate, your sound problem is exactly the one I had on 9.10 on my desktop, but 10.04 fixed.
these are not unusual; anecdotes taken singularly may be worthless, but when the bug reports (as you can read on canonical's fora) show such a non-monotonic path of errors with such variability, there is something wrong.
WinXP had its problems for sure, but I've never heard of anyone whose sound stopped working with SP1, came back with SP2, &c. (unless they were using some weird 3rd party software).
Anecdote: actually, the plurality of conflicting anecdotes indicate a very unstable software platform.
For instance, I've run the exact same upgrade/install path on both my laptop and desktop. Nonetheless, the mechanics of icons are totally different on each. For instance, I get the stupid envelope icon on my desktop, but not on my laptop. Likewise, audio seems to work and not work at random for each person and each machine configuration. There are many more discrepancies; I've just given up keeping track...
So, no, these anecdotes are not worthless. For one, they are more-or-less exactly why I don't recommend ubuntu (or any linux) to any casual computer user.
We have enough specialists in each of those fields to bootstrap back up if necessary, and I'd rather have a hairstylist than go to my barber for a leeching.
FFT: i don't even know what you mean. I guess FFT strictly speaking grew out of the field of analysis? Unless you are computing the eigenvectors or using it for multiplication, then it's algebra, combinatorics, and number theory. If you're actually implementing a DFT, then it's mostly combinatorics and engineering. My math professor said that his best analysis students, on average, tend to have EE background, so whatever.
Mods: this is NOT offtopic. It can be and has been seriously argued that the "war on drugs" was designed to be unwinnable (compare it for example to smoking cessation efforts which have been much more effective, or even the reduction of red meat in diets). This has, obviously, huge implications for the interpretation of any privacy-infringing law introduced in its pursuit.
that's a neg.
I just get indicators for rhythmbox (no volume control there); display settings; battery meter; and a weird and useless envelope icon with some useless options, like "set up mail" and "set up broadcast account".
OK that did the trick. It doesn't show up anymore in the "add to panel" menu which threw me.
Thanks.
What do you mean? Sound magically works again, and stopped fading out into static after 10 seconds of use.
On the downside, there is now no obvious way to get a panel volume control applet. (sigh) At least I'm ahead on average!
consumer reports has its information online for subscribers. subscription is a small monthly fee.
there are similar services for specialty interests, for example Cooks Illustrated has a simply amazing amount of in-depth and pretty objective information about utensils and food available again for a small monthly fee. for example, they found that real vanilla extract isn't any better in baked goods, than the 20 times cheaper synthetic vanillin (it is however a lot better in custards and ice cream and that sort of thing).
the only question is doing it for "free". for most general consumer items, amazon works. for specialist items, I'd be surprised if there wasn't a periodical with web access, like Cooks Illustrated.
finally i know some smart people from various backgrounds who are working on micropayment systems. it's hard for me to imagine that taking off, but then again there's a certain charm in the idea of paying like $0.05 to read a vetted review about an item on a smartphone while I'm shopping.
First, I gave you a counterexample in my post. I could give it away but I'd rather not. Suffice it to say, there are quite natural conditions (i.e. they are mathematically sound and model reality extremely well) where a measure on displacement and a measure of time are connected through a probability space. There was even an article on slashdot about it a few days ago... :)
Second, yes, that's my point. Productivity should be the actual desideratum for advancement and wealth generation. Labor is something else entirely; dependent on one's politics it can be viewed as an approximation of wealth-generation, or as a social ends in and of itself. an approximation of that, or a social ends.
and a rational population
well, fuck. any other ideas?
Now if we could only find two libertarians who agree on a coherent system or theory of what constitutes fraud...
Maybe it should fail simple dimensional analysis because, hey, smashing people and hours together doesn't always generate productivity, unlike how force and distance always generate work.
It's more subtle, needs certain assumptions, and it's not at all clear what the scaling law should be. Kind of like how in some cases but not all, the effective distance travelled is proportional to the square root of time spent travelling.
I'd be surprised if the majority didn't think the iPhone was a great product, even if they haven't bought it. I think the iPod is a great product, apart from the minor detail that I'm cryptographically locked out of using it last I checked... My Sansa Fuze is sort of in the same ballpark but no, not quite as good.
Anyway, many of them just don't want to spend the money; hate AT already have something from work; are waiting for the old one to wear out; can't sync with linux; don't like running iTunes on Windows; &c.