Yeah, of course. But (and i admit i didn't read the whole paper), the point seems to be comparing the results of the IAT with the answers to the preference questions. If the answers to the preference questions are lies, it means nothing.
The fact that people don't admit to their preference doesn't make that preference unconscious. From the journal article:
[......] possible answers on a seven-point Likert scale ranging from “I (strongly) (moderately) (slightly) prefer fat people to thin people” to “I like thin people and fat people equally” to “I (slightly) (moderately) (strongly) prefer thin people to fat people.”
That doesn't seem like a very sophisticated way of assessing someone's unconscious feelings.
Sounds like they had two routers on in one room and none at all in the control room. If they had two routers and didn't bother doing the obvious control of one that wasn't powered, then they don't deserve to be on slashdot, let alone win a junior high science fair.
If you can't think of a better way to do the experiment that doesn't introduce a whole heap more variables (e.g., an unpowered router produces no heat and less VOCs) then maybe you don't deserve to be on slashdot either!
Easy enough to test experimentally. Just disable the Wifi on one of two routers (or disconnect the transmitter on hardware) and see if it makes a difference.
Nah, that's just adding in other possible variables. It would make much more sense to put the control samples in a Faraday cage in the same room as the test samples. That way pretty much the only variable is RF radiation or not.
Why do you think Windows 8.1 will have a "Start" button?
Because it's virtually unusable without it. Hopefully Gnome will follow suit - Gnome 3 isn't unusable, but a start button would make life a lot easier!
Have they added something better than notepad? Notepad is simply awful, it just does not work with plain text files with non-Windows linebreaks [......]
Yes they have - it's called Wordpad. I avoid Windows like the plague, but i was pleased to find (when i had to use it recently) that wordpad copes with the unix line ends in my text files.
This percentage limit doesn't bother to consider the fact that the full plate of food you ate with the drink *AT DINNER* is going to seriously reduce the detrimental effects of the alcohol.
You must be over 0.08% already! Food slows down the absorption of alcohol into your blood, so it takes longer for your blood alcohol content to get up to 0.08%. It has no significant effect on how any given percentage of alcohol in your blood affects your cognition, reaction time, etc.
[......] has anyone ever had a positive experience with an HTC?
Yes. I used an HTC Desire for two years and never had any problems with it at all. It was the best phone i'd had up to that point by far.When it came to replacing it, the Galaxy S3 only won out over the One X because it had a replaceable battery and an SD card.
[......] people who adhere to vegetarianism on an ethical basis strictly founded in the idea that they do not want to contribute to the death and/or suffering of animals [......]
Those people are deluding themselves - unless they're vegans, that is. Dairy production causes just as much death and suffering as meat production - and considerably more than the production of some types of meat (kangaroo, for example).
Yeah, that's right. If the brakes on your brand new car fail and you damage something or someone as a result, the manufacturer is liable. If the brakes on your old car fail because you haven't maintained them, and you damage something or someone as a result, then you're liable. If your new robot damages something or someone then it's the manufacturer's fault, if your old robot damages something or someone because you haven't upgraded the firmware, then it's your fault.
Except that Australian Consumer Law is ridiculously difficult to enforce. I had a Fisher Paykel oven installed 2.5 years ago, and the glass shattered while preheating it just last week. No amount of arguing "Australian Consumer Law" with the manufacturer would get them to fix it under warranty, since their ovens only have a 2-year warranty. The "reasonable lifetime" of an Oven is certainly longer than 30 months.
It's not at all difficult to enforce - although that may depend on which state or territory you're in. You certainly never deal with the manufacturer though - the responsibility lies with the vendor and it's them you pursue. Ignore the warranty, it's not worth the paper it's written on. It's the law that protects you - and that's between you and the vendor. Anything they sell you must be of merchantable quality and fit for use. If it breaks unreasonably quickly, it clearly wasn't of merchantable quality.
In NSW you take them to the Consumer, Trader, and Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT). In Queensland, it's the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT). In Vic, i believe (although i've got no experience there), it's VCAT. In the NT, it's much more half-arsed (as is everything else there!) The law is uniform in all states and territories now and they should all have some sort of tribunal. But the vendor probably won't let it get that far because going to the tribunal is going to cost them heaps of money even if they win (which they probably won't) - and it will be cheaper just to give you what you want. Go to your nearest community legal centre for advice on putting together a tribunal case.
Tell that to the guy that has to build a house with a saw that has no teeth.
Mate, i've been a carpenter and i've been a web developer and if you think CSS is equivalent to a toothless saw, you probably don't know much about either trade!
He will probably beat you to death with that saw. People that have no clue at all as to the problems with the tools or even how to do the task are the first to blame the craftsman.
And "craftsmen" who are too lazy to learn to do the job properly are the first to blame anyone who tries to point that out.
not true, there are clear defects in the tools that almost everybody agrees on (variables) [......]
Implementing variables in CSS is trivial - just put your CSS in a.php file like you do HTML and use PHP tags for variables. You can put JavaScript in a PHP file too, and pass variables to JavaScript that way as well.
[......] plus the browsers don't support everything even though the specs are years old.
That's not the fault of CSS. Any other system would suffer from the same browser incompatibilities.
I like your turn of phrase! I also rather like dynamic programming languages. However, that's a totally different story to CSS. You can tell the people who don't understand CSS - they're the ones who whine about it. It's a shame they can't take some time off from whining and actually learn how to use it properly.That's too much effort, of course - whining's so much easier.
[......] given the arcane kludges needed to produce popular web-page layout effects easily achieved using evil tables and frames, the lack of 'constants' to set standard colours and measurements.
Bad craftspeople have a definite tendency to blame their tools. If people put the same amount of energy into learning how to use CSS properly that they put into whining about something they clearly don't understand, the web would be a much better place.
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Are you unaware that "Less than 25 percent of students were aware of their biases" means that 75% were unaware of their biases?
Or it means that less than 25% were honest about their biases.
Yeah, of course. But (and i admit i didn't read the whole paper), the point seems to be comparing the results of the IAT with the answers to the preference questions. If the answers to the preference questions are lies, it means nothing.
The fact that people don't admit to their preference doesn't make that preference unconscious. From the journal article:
That doesn't seem like a very sophisticated way of assessing someone's unconscious feelings.
no. Its to test an observation.
No. It's to test a hypothesis.
Sounds like they had two routers on in one room and none at all in the control room. If they had two routers and didn't bother doing the obvious control of one that wasn't powered, then they don't deserve to be on slashdot, let alone win a junior high science fair.
If you can't think of a better way to do the experiment that doesn't introduce a whole heap more variables (e.g., an unpowered router produces no heat and less VOCs) then maybe you don't deserve to be on slashdot either!
Easy enough to test experimentally.
Just disable the Wifi on one of two routers (or disconnect the transmitter on hardware) and see if it makes a difference.
Nah, that's just adding in other possible variables. It would make much more sense to put the control samples in a Faraday cage in the same room as the test samples. That way pretty much the only variable is RF radiation or not.
Because it's free, as in beer?
It's going to take 30 years now is it? It was only supposed to take 20 years 40 years ago!
Why do you think Windows 8.1 will have a "Start" button?
Because it's virtually unusable without it. Hopefully Gnome will follow suit - Gnome 3 isn't unusable, but a start button would make life a lot easier!
Huh. I didn't know that RMS was a "conservative". He'll be so surprised.
He might be surprised, but i don't think anyone else will!
Have they added something better than notepad? Notepad is simply awful, it just does not work with plain text files with non-Windows linebreaks [......]
Yes they have - it's called Wordpad. I avoid Windows like the plague, but i was pleased to find (when i had to use it recently) that wordpad copes with the unix line ends in my text files.
This percentage limit doesn't bother to consider the fact that the full plate of food you ate with the drink *AT DINNER* is going to seriously reduce the detrimental effects of the alcohol.
You must be over 0.08% already! Food slows down the absorption of alcohol into your blood, so it takes longer for your blood alcohol content to get up to 0.08%. It has no significant effect on how any given percentage of alcohol in your blood affects your cognition, reaction time, etc.
[......] has anyone ever had a positive experience with an HTC?
Yes. I used an HTC Desire for two years and never had any problems with it at all. It was the best phone i'd had up to that point by far.When it came to replacing it, the Galaxy S3 only won out over the One X because it had a replaceable battery and an SD card.
Everybody hates Facebook - they only use it because everyone else does and they have to use it to keep in touch.
Your problem is that you're attacking a straw man version of veganism.
And your problem is you're replying to an anonymous coward - a complete waste of time and energy!
Er... hang on...
[......] people who adhere to vegetarianism on an ethical basis strictly founded in the idea that they do not want to contribute to the death and/or suffering of animals [......]
Those people are deluding themselves - unless they're vegans, that is. Dairy production causes just as much death and suffering as meat production - and considerably more than the production of some types of meat (kangaroo, for example).
Yeah, that's right. If the brakes on your brand new car fail and you damage something or someone as a result, the manufacturer is liable. If the brakes on your old car fail because you haven't maintained them, and you damage something or someone as a result, then you're liable. If your new robot damages something or someone then it's the manufacturer's fault, if your old robot damages something or someone because you haven't upgraded the firmware, then it's your fault.
"With the personal robotics revolution imminent..."
It's totally imminent - and has been for the last 50 years!
Anything they sell you must be of merchantable quality and fit for use.
Sorry, that should read "fit for purpose", not "fit for use".
Except that Australian Consumer Law is ridiculously difficult to enforce. I had a Fisher Paykel oven installed 2.5 years ago, and the glass shattered while preheating it just last week. No amount of arguing "Australian Consumer Law" with the manufacturer would get them to fix it under warranty, since their ovens only have a 2-year warranty. The "reasonable lifetime" of an Oven is certainly longer than 30 months.
It's not at all difficult to enforce - although that may depend on which state or territory you're in. You certainly never deal with the manufacturer though - the responsibility lies with the vendor and it's them you pursue. Ignore the warranty, it's not worth the paper it's written on. It's the law that protects you - and that's between you and the vendor. Anything they sell you must be of merchantable quality and fit for use. If it breaks unreasonably quickly, it clearly wasn't of merchantable quality.
In NSW you take them to the Consumer, Trader, and Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT). In Queensland, it's the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT). In Vic, i believe (although i've got no experience there), it's VCAT. In the NT, it's much more half-arsed (as is everything else there!) The law is uniform in all states and territories now and they should all have some sort of tribunal. But the vendor probably won't let it get that far because going to the tribunal is going to cost them heaps of money even if they win (which they probably won't) - and it will be cheaper just to give you what you want. Go to your nearest community legal centre for advice on putting together a tribunal case.
Tell that to the guy that has to build a house with a saw that has no teeth.
Mate, i've been a carpenter and i've been a web developer and if you think CSS is equivalent to a toothless saw, you probably don't know much about either trade!
He will probably beat you to death with that saw. People that have no clue at all as to the problems with the tools or even how to do the task are the first to blame the craftsman.
And "craftsmen" who are too lazy to learn to do the job properly are the first to blame anyone who tries to point that out.
not true, there are clear defects in the tools that almost everybody agrees on (variables) [......]
Implementing variables in CSS is trivial - just put your CSS in a .php file like you do HTML and use PHP tags for variables. You can put JavaScript in a PHP file too, and pass variables to JavaScript that way as well.
[......] plus the browsers don't support everything even though the specs are years old.
That's not the fault of CSS. Any other system would suffer from the same browser incompatibilities.
I like your turn of phrase! I also rather like dynamic programming languages. However, that's a totally different story to CSS. You can tell the people who don't understand CSS - they're the ones who whine about it. It's a shame they can't take some time off from whining and actually learn how to use it properly.That's too much effort, of course - whining's so much easier.
[......] given the arcane kludges needed to produce popular web-page layout effects easily achieved using evil tables and frames, the lack of 'constants' to set standard colours and measurements.
Bad craftspeople have a definite tendency to blame their tools. If people put the same amount of energy into learning how to use CSS properly that they put into whining about something they clearly don't understand, the web would be a much better place.
I don't understand.
You must be old!