"astronaut" - Someone on who has gone into space. "fall" - 'to descend under the force of gravity" "Into" - "to the inside of"; Also "toward or in the direction of:" "black hole" - "an object in space so dense that its escape velocity exceeds the speed of light" "die" - "to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead." Or possible in this case: "to cease to exist" literally.
"and I've used zombies as a good example for a worst-case scenario for emergency preparedness"
You use a scenario where the best way to survive is killing others. Pretty pathetic. The people around need to be brought together and work for survival. Train how to do that safely, and you have chance at long term survival of the tribe/species.
Every generation has barbarians at their gates, there are called 'kids'.
" Human bodies are remarkably easy to bring back to life as long as certain constraints are adhered to." you watch too many tv shows. The majority of attempts right at the moment of death fail.
"symptoms only show themselves after heart stops" You are really underscoring your ignorance of how the human body work,. you should stop before you run right out of ignorant and into stupid.
" that's a realistic plot;" no, no it is not. It's a fine hand wavy plot device for a story, or a game. Nothing more.
Ignoring the fact you don't actually no much about the examples you give, lets look at the big picture.
In all case, after, say 100 people get it, people become aware that something is wrong and then take action.
"Viral hallucinogenic infection: " Too slow.
"Biological weapon " too vague. You might as well say 'magic happens'
"Mutated bacteria in water supply: " so it survives the gut, not easy, gets into the blood system, then infects the brain?
Zombies are only a threat in a magic world were infects are instantaneous, and the walking dead don't rot, and no one takes action. "and I'll have a scarily realistic scenario. " no you wont.
yes yes we all saw THX 1138. None of them include the people watching the corporations and the state. None of them include the rest of the world, none of them have multiple channels of disseminating information.
They are all great thought experiments for closed systems. We do not live in a closed system.
""Think of the children" is most often a rhetorical shortcut intended to negate rational discussion through appeals to emotion. "Think of the privacy implications" is exactly the opposite, in that it is an exhortation to think of problems and address them."
OR
"Think of the privacy implications"is most often a rhetorical shortcut intended to negate rational discussion through appeals to emotion. "Think of the children" is exactly the opposite, in that it is an exhortation to think of problems and address them.
really, it's context.
1984 doesn't apply here, and i wish people mwould try to understand the book.
Single group control of information was the issue in 1984. Something that doesn't apply becasue everyone can use a camera. You can record the police, there are many avenues to disseminate the information. Both of which make 1984 and the memory hole a minor problem.
"The idea that surveillance = power " No. Control of information is power. Control of history is power. The closes thing we have to 1984 is fox news. They change words to change ideas about subjects. THAT was the power in 1984.
I can record, store it locally, and/or on the could. I can distribute it through many different systems, or create my own distribution network. The Cloud is not centralized, that's the point.
"You don't combat drug (ab)use by prohibition" of course you do. you ALSO use education. We are talking about drugs where one bad decisions by a 15 year old will destroy his life.
"And anyway the side effect of prohibition.." that 's a broad statement, do yo base it on anything? Just a heads up, the 20's prohibition did exactly what it set out to do. Domestic violence all but disappeared. Crime in general dropped dramatically.
".. is to legalize absolutely all the drugs" no. Some drugs will destroy your life immediately. You're post if an over reaction from having drugs that are illegal that have less consequences then alcohol. Some drugs should be kept illegal.
"This has been absolutely done by the iPad..." not on the iPad. You need a middle man.
Tel my how I can write an app on the iPad, and then share it with whomever I want. How do I just send it to my friend across the table?
"Even this is disingenuous because Apple doesn't in any way prevent a people from creating a good app uploading it to the store for free" You are missing his point.
"d does not allow children to download an Etoy made by another child somewhere in the world. " he is correct. It has to go through Apple. I needs to meet Apples arbitrary corporate 'standard'; which includes many subjective things, such as 'we thing there are enough apps of this type'. Plus, creating an app on an iPad has a much higher barrier to entry then other systems.
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"astronaut" - Someone on who has gone into space.
"fall" - 'to descend under the force of gravity"
"Into" - "to the inside of"; Also "toward or in the direction of:"
"black hole" - "an object in space so dense that its escape velocity exceeds the speed of light"
"die" - "to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead."
Or possible in this case: "to cease to exist" literally.
"Ass" - You.
"We all know that general relativity is wrong -- or, not perfectly right"
Oh? care to give an example?
You need to look up what the word wrong is, and then you'll be embarrassed to have used it some incorrectly. i.e. you are wrong.
duh. Eventually his bodt would be shredded.
Another example of the violent stupid giving money for any excuse for the possibility to be violently stupid.
Thanks to denial, I'm going to live forever. - Fry
"and I've used zombies as a good example for a worst-case scenario for emergency preparedness"
You use a scenario where the best way to survive is killing others. Pretty pathetic.
The people around need to be brought together and work for survival.
Train how to do that safely, and you have chance at long term survival of the tribe/species.
Every generation has barbarians at their gates, there are called 'kids'.
More magic hand waving.
Did you even think about that at all?
Now you moved the goalpost from biting to sex and biting. I would call you but you whined about goalpost moving earlier.
Anyways, that scenario would be pretty easy to stop.
You are emotional attached to your little pet idea. let it go.
" Human bodies are remarkably easy to bring back to life as long as certain constraints are adhered to ."
you watch too many tv shows. The majority of attempts right at the moment of death fail.
"symptoms only show themselves after heart stops"
You are really underscoring your ignorance of how the human body work,. you should stop before you run right out of ignorant and into stupid.
" that's a realistic plot;"
no, no it is not. It's a fine hand wavy plot device for a story, or a game. Nothing more.
Ignoring the fact you don't actually no much about the examples you give, lets look at the big picture.
In all case, after, say 100 people get it, people become aware that something is wrong and then take action.
"Viral hallucinogenic infection: "
Too slow.
"Biological weapon "
too vague. You might as well say 'magic happens'
"Mutated bacteria in water supply: "
so it survives the gut, not easy, gets into the blood system, then infects the brain?
Zombies are only a threat in a magic world were infects are instantaneous, and the walking dead don't rot, and no one takes action.
"and I'll have a scarily realistic scenario. "
no you wont.
Maybe you should learn how the human body works?
Me.
spend a weekend brain storming.
Create your own company.
Make a go.
You're skills are fine.
If I had a dollar for every time I heard some piece of electronics can't be hacks or bypassed, I'd have... about a thousand bucks.
"If you don't think that a software update would issue as soon as the there was a working jailbreak, you're sadly mistaken."
based on..what?
get some fresh air and stay off the internet for a week or two.. You are coming across as crazy guy in an echo chamber.
yes yes we all saw THX 1138.
None of them include the people watching the corporations and the state. None of them include the rest of the world, none of them have multiple channels of disseminating information.
They are all great thought experiments for closed systems. We do not live in a closed system.
""Think of the children" is most often a rhetorical shortcut intended to negate rational discussion through appeals to emotion.
"Think of the privacy implications" is exactly the opposite, in that it is an exhortation to think of problems and address them."
OR
"Think of the privacy implications"is most often a rhetorical shortcut intended to negate rational discussion through appeals to emotion.
"Think of the children" is exactly the opposite, in that it is an exhortation to think of problems and address them.
really, it's context.
1984 doesn't apply here, and i wish people mwould try to understand the book.
Single group control of information was the issue in 1984. Something that doesn't apply becasue everyone can use a camera. You can record the police, there are many avenues to disseminate the information. Both of which make 1984 and the memory hole a minor problem.
"The idea that surveillance = power "
No. Control of information is power. Control of history is power. The closes thing we have to 1984 is fox news. They change words to change ideas about subjects.
THAT was the power in 1984.
Until people start realize that everyone has an embarrassing past, then it won't matter.
The same way you opt out of ANYONE with a camera when you are in public. You can't. Never could.
Hello, they won't have control.
I can send that data anywhere.
I have, but apparently you have not.
I can record, store it locally, and/or on the could. I can distribute it through many different systems, or create my own distribution network.
The Cloud is not centralized, that's the point.
I think all the number represents is that SOME drugs shouldn't be on the list. Marijuana being the obvious example.
"You don't combat drug (ab)use by prohibition"
of course you do. you ALSO use education. We are talking about drugs where one bad decisions by a 15 year old will destroy his life.
"And anyway the side effect of prohibition .."
that 's a broad statement, do yo base it on anything? Just a heads up, the 20's prohibition did exactly what it set out to do. Domestic violence all but disappeared. Crime in general dropped dramatically.
".. is to legalize absolutely all the drugs"
no. Some drugs will destroy your life immediately.
You're post if an over reaction from having drugs that are illegal that have less consequences then alcohol. Some drugs should be kept illegal.
At no point, did he see drugs.
If a gun seller knew the person was going to use the gun in a drug heist, then they could be arrested.
traps aren't illegal, knowing they are going to be used illegally and still making them is.
"Mine are for hunting"
yes, animals..like people.
"This has been absolutely done by the iPad ..."
not on the iPad. You need a middle man.
Tel my how I can write an app on the iPad, and then share it with whomever I want. How do I just send it to my friend across the table?
"Even this is disingenuous because Apple doesn't in any way prevent a people from creating a good app uploading it to the store for free"
You are missing his point.
"d does not allow children to download an Etoy made by another child somewhere in the world. "
he is correct. It has to go through Apple. I needs to meet Apples arbitrary corporate 'standard'; which includes many subjective things, such as 'we thing there are enough apps of this type'. Plus, creating an app on an iPad has a much higher barrier to entry then other systems.