The moral implications of this research are truly terrifying. I'm not just worried about governments, but almost any unscrupulous and well-funded organization (e.g. corporations, organized crime, etc.).
Aren't maglev trains energy inefficient? They have to spend power counteracting gravity, after all. If so, these things wouldn't be practical at all over long distances, and arguably may not be so practical even for Japan.
Ah, the Argument from Authority logical fallacy, and a common one at that.
If you feel that we should believe in Christianity because Newton believed in Christianity, you should also know that Newton ascribed to his age's equivalent of Shirley McClaine new age nonsense: alchemy.
Should we also believe in alchemy because Newton believed in it? Or will you accept that you are making an argument based on a logical fallacy? Keep in mind that in Newton's day, not believing in Christianity was a punishable offense.
It seems that someone occasionally makes a mistake that results in incorrect caller ID. For years, someone's business phone (or cell phone used for business) incorrectly reported my parents' home number. The result was that they got a ton of calls every week from business people from another state who would call up and ask "Why did you call me?"
The phone company was absolutely no help at all, and this went on for years. Eventually the fellow whose phone was incorrectly identifying itself figured out the problem and had it corrected, because the phone calls stopped.
While it's certainly possible that some telemarketing company is deliberately spoofing someone else's caller ID, it is also possible that this is a legitimate mistake somewhere by someone. Hanlon's Razor says not to assume malice when incompetence or stupidity are sufficient to explain things.
And yet all those countries "inferior" health systems enjoy longer average lifespans, lower infant mortality rates, etc., all while spending less per person on health care.
The rule I have always heard from car nuts is that you get your best mileage in the highest gear at the lowest RPMs. For my little 4 cylinder automatic, this happens around 40-45 mph, but I imagine for 6 cylinder cars it would be more like 55 mph or so.
Of course, this presumes that you are traveling at constant velocity. The folks who agonize over every mile per gallon will probably tell you that under normal driving conditions you can squeeze more mileage by adjusting the way you accelerate and decelerate (and how often you do so). Every time you touch the brakes, you're converting fuel into heat on your brake pads.
That's not the only allusion to machines that take over the world. I believe that same company has a product called "HAL 2000". Someone at that company has an incredibly sense of humor.:D
You find out that our government has been spying on us like some demented Soviet-era Politburo, and your first concern is that this information might be politically inconvenient for the Republican party? You, sir, have very confused priorities.
No offense, but it serves those consumers right for buying MP3s from Wal*Mart. Capitalism requires informed consumers to function properly, and these people were clearly not very well informed.
That he is a less bad candidate than McCain is obvious to anyone with two ears and a brain, but anyone who thinks his policies would be all that much different from McCain hasn't been paying attention to Obama's voting record or campaign rhetoric.
ALL Christians, even the literalists, pick and choose which parts they want to accept as true. If you don't believe me, ask a creationist Baptist some time if he believes there is a physical "firmament" between the sky and the waters above it that God opens up to let the rain fall down.
While Scientology is indeed a crock... well... I find it amusing that someone from any religion would point that out. Don't people realize by now that every religion looks kind of stupid and insane to those outside the religion?
If you are an IT professional, then by now you surely realize that while things like this really do happen to people, it's not what most people experience. Like many, I run Vista without getting any more crashes or weirdness than I got with Windows XP (which is to say very little).
It does eat RAM like a starving whale snarfing down krill and certain file operations are obnoxiously long, but other than that it's not half bad and I've grown rather attached to certain sidebar gadgets.
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The moral implications of this research are truly terrifying. I'm not just worried about governments, but almost any unscrupulous and well-funded organization (e.g. corporations, organized crime, etc.).
Aren't maglev trains energy inefficient? They have to spend power counteracting gravity, after all. If so, these things wouldn't be practical at all over long distances, and arguably may not be so practical even for Japan.
Ah, the Argument from Authority logical fallacy, and a common one at that.
If you feel that we should believe in Christianity because Newton believed in Christianity, you should also know that Newton ascribed to his age's equivalent of Shirley McClaine new age nonsense: alchemy.
Should we also believe in alchemy because Newton believed in it? Or will you accept that you are making an argument based on a logical fallacy? Keep in mind that in Newton's day, not believing in Christianity was a punishable offense.
It seems that someone occasionally makes a mistake that results in incorrect caller ID. For years, someone's business phone (or cell phone used for business) incorrectly reported my parents' home number. The result was that they got a ton of calls every week from business people from another state who would call up and ask "Why did you call me?"
The phone company was absolutely no help at all, and this went on for years. Eventually the fellow whose phone was incorrectly identifying itself figured out the problem and had it corrected, because the phone calls stopped.
While it's certainly possible that some telemarketing company is deliberately spoofing someone else's caller ID, it is also possible that this is a legitimate mistake somewhere by someone. Hanlon's Razor says not to assume malice when incompetence or stupidity are sufficient to explain things.
And yet all those countries "inferior" health systems enjoy longer average lifespans, lower infant mortality rates, etc., all while spending less per person on health care.
The rule I have always heard from car nuts is that you get your best mileage in the highest gear at the lowest RPMs. For my little 4 cylinder automatic, this happens around 40-45 mph, but I imagine for 6 cylinder cars it would be more like 55 mph or so.
Of course, this presumes that you are traveling at constant velocity. The folks who agonize over every mile per gallon will probably tell you that under normal driving conditions you can squeeze more mileage by adjusting the way you accelerate and decelerate (and how often you do so). Every time you touch the brakes, you're converting fuel into heat on your brake pads.
That's not the only allusion to machines that take over the world. I believe that same company has a product called "HAL 2000". Someone at that company has an incredibly sense of humor. :D
You find out that our government has been spying on us like some demented Soviet-era Politburo, and your first concern is that this information might be politically inconvenient for the Republican party? You, sir, have very confused priorities.
No offense, but it serves those consumers right for buying MP3s from Wal*Mart. Capitalism requires informed consumers to function properly, and these people were clearly not very well informed.
That he is a less bad candidate than McCain is obvious to anyone with two ears and a brain, but anyone who thinks his policies would be all that much different from McCain hasn't been paying attention to Obama's voting record or campaign rhetoric.
ALL Christians, even the literalists, pick and choose which parts they want to accept as true. If you don't believe me, ask a creationist Baptist some time if he believes there is a physical "firmament" between the sky and the waters above it that God opens up to let the rain fall down.
While Scientology is indeed a crock... well... I find it amusing that someone from any religion would point that out. Don't people realize by now that every religion looks kind of stupid and insane to those outside the religion?
Did you ever figure out why this happened to you?
If you are an IT professional, then by now you surely realize that while things like this really do happen to people, it's not what most people experience. Like many, I run Vista without getting any more crashes or weirdness than I got with Windows XP (which is to say very little).
It does eat RAM like a starving whale snarfing down krill and certain file operations are obnoxiously long, but other than that it's not half bad and I've grown rather attached to certain sidebar gadgets.