Just so everybody is completely clear, Howard Phillips (and his "Constitution Party") is in serious need of a clue. Actually, they're neanderthals. Check out their site if this is unclear.
Of course, I'm not saying they shouldn't be in this interview. If anything, this is all the more reason why I would like to see their answers to these questions:-)
Well, I know no politician would say this, but perhaps our lifestyles could stand to be less extravagent.
Solar panels on homes can go a LONG way in reducing home heating costs. The rest can be done with natural gas, which burns cleaner.
The US has lots of natural gas, so there's no dependence on foreign countries there. Also, many cars are made to run on it. I'd buy a CNG car, but it hasn't been adopted in any meaningful way - there aren't many places it can be refilled. That's the type of thing that would benefit a great deal from subsidies.
But the bottom line is that while these things will help, we need to change our habits to something that is sustainable in the long term.
Seriously, I like your solution. Anything which is used as an excess luxury doesn't deserve to be kept cheap, but that which is truely needed (for now) shouldn't be artificially taxed (but nor should it be subsidized).
And prehaps my knowing several people at nrel has something to do with it...
I think an economy as strong as ours could take the hit, and the long-term benefits would be well worth it. What better time than now to pursue serious development of long-term energy?
You're right, of course, that prices across the board would be affected, and I should have made that more clear. Mainly, I am referring to those people who have their Ford Excursions out front and think it is their god-given right to cheap gasoline at the pump to fill 'em up with, as if it really makes much difference (especially compared to the price of their vehicle).
Have you ever gotten one of those chain emails trying to organize a "gas-out" day to "teach those companies a lesson about gas prices"? Those are so stupid.
I like stuff like this. It won't swing the election but I applaud the way you include every party, and it's nice that they will be made aware of these issues just by the questions being sent.
And I don't know if I speak for anyone else, but this slashdot interview is almost certainly going to determine my vote. I know the veep and gov probably won't answer, but I probably won't vote for either of them, anyway. I'd be very anxious to see John Hagelin's responses.
Although the two main candidates disagree on how to handle the anticipated oil shortage this winter, they seem to agree that steps should be taken to keep oil prices low so that people can continue to use lots of it.
I fundamentally disagree with both of them on this point. I would like to see oil prices rise, so that people get the clue that this is not a good long-term solution for out energy needs, and I would like to see tax incentives for alternative energy (such as solar and wind, for example). Both tax breaks for alternative energy and tax hikes for oil would be preferable.
I don't care if gas prices rise. It is a small part of my budget and I hate to use more gas than I need to. That's why I drive a ULEV civic that gets over 40 mpg. Even with a guzzler, a trip across the country would only cost about 100 extra dollars in gasoline with the recent higher prices.
So here's my question: do you plan to agressively persue alternative energy sources, and reduce our reliance on oil to a minimum? If not, why not?
What is your interpretation of the Constitution's imposed separation of church and state, as in the first amendment ("Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech")?
Do you agree with this provision? Why or why not?
Finally, what is your view of the role of religion in issues such as free speech, public education and crime prevention?
Signal 11 got in trouble by manipulating the moderation system. He basically did an endeavour in social engineering or social hacking.
He discovered that there were a number of ways of increasing the probability that your posts would be moderated up. All of the methods were based on pretty sound judgements of how people think and react. I've got no idea what his karma is, but I'll bet its insanely high unless its been modified by the slashdot crew.
I bet that's exactly what Mr. 11 tells himself, too, as he sits there holed up in the basement spending day after day on Slashdot, engrossed in his "penetrating", "important" "social engineering".
There's just one thing wrong with that: nobody but Signal 11 gives a flying fuck about Karma points (I sincerely hope). I've been here a while and I got the +1 a long time ago, and ever since then my posts have started at level 2. Why should I keep trying to up the Karma? Taco said it best: it's not penis size.
So when you say these people were "pissed off" that he was "manipulating them" it kinda leaves the impression that the stakes are high or something. People don't care if Sig11 trys to get a bunch of Karma, they care about his overdeveloped sense of self-importance. Anyone who spends as much time here as Sig11 does has the ability to be just as annoying.
politicians suck, man... I'm voting for either Nader or John Hagelin. They're both a little crazy but that's part of the appeal. I wish we'd see more of Hagelin - he's by far the smartest person running...
It's an enumerated type, not a pointer. There are a small number of possible places the foot can go, and a switch statement takes care of it. Of course, mouth is the default so it didn't need to be explicitly given at all, but it improves readability.
agreed. A matter of policy in this election, that I am surprised Gore is not harping on, is that we need to actively promote alternative energy sources. The more renewable and less polluting, the better.
CNG (compressed natural gas) is a much cleaner burning fuel than gasoline which, incidentally, the U.S. has in abundance - and many cars are already made to run on it. The problem is that you usually can't get it at your local gas station. If this were to change, good things (tm) would happen.
Solar enery is a very effective option for significantly reducing fuel needed to heat homes. There used to be special tax exemptions for this, but I believe Ronald did away with those when he took office. And it would have made significant headway too.
This is Al Gore's chance to really make a difference in this regard and what does he do? Opens up some oil reseves (actually Clinton technically did it). This is idiotic - I would love to see oil prices rise, and rise, and rise, until people start using alternative energy because that's apparently the only way to get it through their thick skulls.
Isn't it idiotic how often people complain about the price of gas? It's so insignificant compared to other everyday costs. The price goes up 50 cents or a buck a gallon (which might increase the cost of a driving drip across the country by oh, a hundred dollars) and people start protesting as if it is their god-given right to get cheap, uninterrupted oil from OPEC.
sorry, didn't mean to get off on a rant there...
Seems like when really smart people at the top of their field who have basically got it made, and need no longer worry about the things most of us might worry about, they heed a higher calling and focus their attention on the future of the human race, or the planet. Remember, Bill Joy did that too, to name another.
yes thanks for pointing out the appeal of it. you know, jokes aren't quite as funny after they're explained.
then again, you can look at it another way. Instead of an "insert" method of a storage structure, it could be interpreted as telling the foot where to go. It's not so much the mouth going around the foot as the foot going into the mouth.
It's easy for them. Their readers know exactly how it is, and it's not like there's any data that needs to be protected. Accounts are free, no credit cards #s anywhere, etc...
As long as they have backup tapes somewhere it doesn't matter what the fuck happens to the site. They can restore it.
Just be insidious and subversive about it, because every post must be approved by a very thickheaded moderator. There is fun to be had, though. I am on as "crystal" the airhead.
I'm in the same boat. Anyone from Littleton, CO have some advice? ADSL with multiple IPs would, of course, be sweet...
It's funny really. I live less than a thousand feet from the HEADQUARTERS of TCI (at least it was till a few months ago). Is there cable modem service? ohhh, no...
And you can describe the secret hanshake and birdcall in the logbook so that when you meet at the Old Tree you can tell the good guys from the bad guys. The battle WILL be won - your mom WILL let you use the rickety treehouse, even if it IS dangerous.
I'd like to know how it'll handle modularization. I know that Sonique has a very fast, modular mp3 decoder, and I was wondering if that will be used (ported if necessary) or if it will use mpeg123. I hope it's the former. Also, will all the skins and visualization plugins be cross platform? That'd be sweet. I hope it has good ogg support...
Now maybe I hit return twice when I thought I hit it once, but I just installed the lates stable Debian on my computer (which uses a regular ethernet card as a network connection) from the CD and I saw nothing in the installation that had anything to do with setting up networking. When I booted, networking didn't work. I had to go into the config files (which were frustratingly different from the redhat layout which, while not bad, was frustrating because I didn't know where to find anything).
I'd just like it to get the network settings when you install.
I never understood the "evaporation" thing. If particle/antiparticle pairs are ripped apart by the event horizon, with one of them going in, aren't half of the "things" going in going to be particles and the other half antiparticles, effectively canceling each other out?
Or is one more likely to fall into a black hole than the other?
Slashdot Mirror
Just so everybody is completely clear, Howard Phillips (and his "Constitution Party") is in serious need of a clue. Actually, they're neanderthals. Check out their site if this is unclear.
:-)
Of course, I'm not saying they shouldn't be in this interview. If anything, this is all the more reason why I would like to see their answers to these questions
Well, I know no politician would say this, but perhaps our lifestyles could stand to be less extravagent.
Solar panels on homes can go a LONG way in reducing home heating costs. The rest can be done with natural gas, which burns cleaner.
The US has lots of natural gas, so there's no dependence on foreign countries there. Also, many cars are made to run on it. I'd buy a CNG car, but it hasn't been adopted in any meaningful way - there aren't many places it can be refilled. That's the type of thing that would benefit a great deal from subsidies.
But the bottom line is that while these things will help, we need to change our habits to something that is sustainable in the long term.
Dude, you're stomping on my idealism!
Seriously, I like your solution. Anything which is used as an excess luxury doesn't deserve to be kept cheap, but that which is truely needed (for now) shouldn't be artificially taxed (but nor should it be subsidized).
And prehaps my knowing several people at nrel has something to do with it...
I think an economy as strong as ours could take the hit, and the long-term benefits would be well worth it. What better time than now to pursue serious development of long-term energy?
You're right, of course, that prices across the board would be affected, and I should have made that more clear. Mainly, I am referring to those people who have their Ford Excursions out front and think it is their god-given right to cheap gasoline at the pump to fill 'em up with, as if it really makes much difference (especially compared to the price of their vehicle).
Have you ever gotten one of those chain emails trying to organize a "gas-out" day to "teach those companies a lesson about gas prices"? Those are so stupid.
I like stuff like this. It won't swing the election but I applaud the way you include every party, and it's nice that they will be made aware of these issues just by the questions being sent.
:-)
And I don't know if I speak for anyone else, but this slashdot interview is almost certainly going to determine my vote. I know the veep and gov probably won't answer, but I probably won't vote for either of them, anyway. I'd be very anxious to see John Hagelin's responses.
Anyways, keep up the good work
Although the two main candidates disagree on how to handle the anticipated oil shortage this winter, they seem to agree that steps should be taken to keep oil prices low so that people can continue to use lots of it.
I fundamentally disagree with both of them on this point. I would like to see oil prices rise, so that people get the clue that this is not a good long-term solution for out energy needs, and I would like to see tax incentives for alternative energy (such as solar and wind, for example). Both tax breaks for alternative energy and tax hikes for oil would be preferable.
I don't care if gas prices rise. It is a small part of my budget and I hate to use more gas than I need to. That's why I drive a ULEV civic that gets over 40 mpg. Even with a guzzler, a trip across the country would only cost about 100 extra dollars in gasoline with the recent higher prices.
So here's my question: do you plan to agressively persue alternative energy sources, and reduce our reliance on oil to a minimum? If not, why not?
Nobody uses GNP anymore. Use Gross Domestic Product (a related, but different calculation) instead.
What is your interpretation of the Constitution's imposed separation of church and state, as in the first amendment ("Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech")?
Do you agree with this provision? Why or why not?
Finally, what is your view of the role of religion in issues such as free speech, public education and crime prevention?
I'm not a person who flames, but after reading the first paragraph I supressed a powerful urge to savagely flame mr Katz just for the hell of it.
The only thing that stops me is that I knew 9 out of 10 people reading the article would do just that.
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"
Signal 11 got in trouble by manipulating the moderation system. He basically did an endeavour in social engineering or social hacking.
He discovered that there were a number of ways of increasing the probability that your posts would be moderated up. All of the methods were based on pretty sound judgements of how people think and react. I've got no idea what his karma is, but I'll bet its insanely high unless its been modified by the slashdot crew.
I bet that's exactly what Mr. 11 tells himself, too, as he sits there holed up in the basement spending day after day on Slashdot, engrossed in his "penetrating", "important" "social engineering".
There's just one thing wrong with that: nobody but Signal 11 gives a flying fuck about Karma points (I sincerely hope). I've been here a while and I got the +1 a long time ago, and ever since then my posts have started at level 2. Why should I keep trying to up the Karma? Taco said it best: it's not penis size.
So when you say these people were "pissed off" that he was "manipulating them" it kinda leaves the impression that the stakes are high or something. People don't care if Sig11 trys to get a bunch of Karma, they care about his overdeveloped sense of self-importance. Anyone who spends as much time here as Sig11 does has the ability to be just as annoying.
politicians suck, man... I'm voting for either Nader or John Hagelin. They're both a little crazy but that's part of the appeal. I wish we'd see more of Hagelin - he's by far the smartest person running...
It's an enumerated type, not a pointer. There are a small number of possible places the foot can go, and a switch statement takes care of it. Of course, mouth is the default so it didn't need to be explicitly given at all, but it improves readability.
:-|
Thanks for asking
agreed. A matter of policy in this election, that I am surprised Gore is not harping on, is that we need to actively promote alternative energy sources. The more renewable and less polluting, the better. CNG (compressed natural gas) is a much cleaner burning fuel than gasoline which, incidentally, the U.S. has in abundance - and many cars are already made to run on it. The problem is that you usually can't get it at your local gas station. If this were to change, good things (tm) would happen. Solar enery is a very effective option for significantly reducing fuel needed to heat homes. There used to be special tax exemptions for this, but I believe Ronald did away with those when he took office. And it would have made significant headway too. This is Al Gore's chance to really make a difference in this regard and what does he do? Opens up some oil reseves (actually Clinton technically did it). This is idiotic - I would love to see oil prices rise, and rise, and rise, until people start using alternative energy because that's apparently the only way to get it through their thick skulls. Isn't it idiotic how often people complain about the price of gas? It's so insignificant compared to other everyday costs. The price goes up 50 cents or a buck a gallon (which might increase the cost of a driving drip across the country by oh, a hundred dollars) and people start protesting as if it is their god-given right to get cheap, uninterrupted oil from OPEC. sorry, didn't mean to get off on a rant there...
Seems like when really smart people at the top of their field who have basically got it made, and need no longer worry about the things most of us might worry about, they heed a higher calling and focus their attention on the future of the human race, or the planet. Remember, Bill Joy did that too, to name another.
yes thanks for pointing out the appeal of it. you know, jokes aren't quite as funny after they're explained.
then again, you can look at it another way. Instead of an "insert" method of a storage structure, it could be interpreted as telling the foot where to go. It's not so much the mouth going around the foot as the foot going into the mouth.
It's easy for them. Their readers know exactly how it is, and it's not like there's any data that needs to be protected. Accounts are free, no credit cards #s anywhere, etc... As long as they have backup tapes somewhere it doesn't matter what the fuck happens to the site. They can restore it.
no grasshopper, you need to think big!
+2 for everything AND infinite mod points.
For anyone looking to waste some time and have some great fun with evangelical types, head over here:
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http://www.wwjd.com/eforums/view/wwjd_senior/?d
Just be insidious and subversive about it, because every post must be approved by a very thickheaded moderator. There is fun to be had, though. I am on as "crystal" the airhead.
I'm in the same boat. Anyone from Littleton, CO have some advice? ADSL with multiple IPs would, of course, be sweet... It's funny really. I live less than a thousand feet from the HEADQUARTERS of TCI (at least it was till a few months ago). Is there cable modem service? ohhh, no...
why is that a troll?
That's funny!
And you can describe the secret hanshake and birdcall in the logbook so that when you meet at the Old Tree you can tell the good guys from the bad guys. The battle WILL be won - your mom WILL let you use the rickety treehouse, even if it IS dangerous.
Ok not that I don't pretty much agree with your stance on IP and fair use and all that but...
is Slashdot on some kind of Jihad against digital convergence? This is getting a little weird.
I'd like to know how it'll handle modularization. I know that Sonique has a very fast, modular mp3 decoder, and I was wondering if that will be used (ported if necessary) or if it will use mpeg123. I hope it's the former. Also, will all the skins and visualization plugins be cross platform? That'd be sweet. I hope it has good ogg support...
Now maybe I hit return twice when I thought I hit it once, but I just installed the lates stable Debian on my computer (which uses a regular ethernet card as a network connection) from the CD and I saw nothing in the installation that had anything to do with setting up networking. When I booted, networking didn't work. I had to go into the config files (which were frustratingly different from the redhat layout which, while not bad, was frustrating because I didn't know where to find anything).
I'd just like it to get the network settings when you install.
I never understood the "evaporation" thing. If particle/antiparticle pairs are ripped apart by the event horizon, with one of them going in, aren't half of the "things" going in going to be particles and the other half antiparticles, effectively canceling each other out? Or is one more likely to fall into a black hole than the other?