that challenge would have been meaningful if you had not posted as AC, it sort of detracts from any kind of personal stake you might have had in the wager.
A long long time ago, in the dark ages of the internet, we launched this site called 'camarades.com', which was about hosting people's webcams.
This worked pretty good, but occasionally someone would run into trouble with the software. So, stupid us, we put our phone number in the software, so people would call us, at all times of day.
One evening it's my turn to man the phone, this American chick calls and complains her cam isn't working. So I talk her through the setup procedure and at some point it starts to work. For a verification she asks me "so, what am I wearing then" (she refuses to believe the cam is now online and visible to everybody), I answer: "Well, from where I'm sitting it seems you're not wearing much, if anything". She starts calling me a filthy pervert and slams down the phone:)
you still have a choice of wifi manufacturers, ethernet cable manufacturers and implementors of internet protocols, I think you are confusing standardization and monopolization, they're two entirely unrelated concepts.
the stock value of apple in dollars has gone up 10 fold in the last decade or so, but the value of the dollar has gone down by at least a factor of two in that same period, so really the increase is not as dramatic as it seems.
I for one am sick and tired of researchers hijacking Alzheimers and other diseases to legitimize their work.
Even if your work is not even remotely related just mentioning that one day maybe you will possibly contribute a tiny little bit then everybody will give you all the news coverage you could possibly want.
Is that the same 'trusted computing' that microsoft is advocating or are we talking (thinking) at cross purposes here ?
I'm not too sure about the 'wisdom of the crowds' thing, don't forget that fascism was voted in, and that in many countries (including mine) there are ultra-right wing nasties in parliament today.
Complicated problems require complicated solutions by people that are willing to invest significant time into solving them, there is no way you are going to inform joe/jolene average to the point where he (or she, in case of jolene) is going to make a decision that is not simply selfish.
That's one of the main reasons America is not a true democracy, and even if in the end it did not work at least it was tried.
no, I'm not 'swayed' at all, I just realized that there is a lot more to it than meets the eye.
The funny thing is that such information makes you skeptical about the very information you are consuming, which is exactly the point.
Everybody (Chomsky et al included) has their bias/agenda and because you are never going to be sure what that bias exactly is you have to be extremely skeptical about the information you consume. It's a bit like potentially eating poison, only this time there are no chemistry tests other than eye witnesses and money trails to help you figure out which you are looking at, fact, fiction, outright lie or lie by omission.
One of the more interesting things is when you look at the same article on the same website during the course of a day. In the morning you get it raw and uncut, by midday it's been massaged some and by the time the evening news rolls around you get the 'fit for consumption' version, with half the facts left out, other bits enhanced. The difference between the 6 am version and the 6 pm version can be so large you wonder whether you're reading about the same item.
Yes, that's the problem in a nutshell, it's the best of the worst. I've looked at projects like instantrunoff but it would still require a level of education on the subjects far beyond what people are willing to invest in to politics unless it is on a very local level.
yes, but you almost need a map of which news outlets are in the hands of which groups because so much of it has been consolidated that even if you think you are reading from multiple sources then in fact you may be reading from the same (or at least the same paymasters). Especially in the US this is a huge problem.
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it took you this long to figure that out ?
that's something I find hard to believe, I probably will be 'wooshed' for this...
that challenge would have been meaningful if you had not posted as AC, it sort of detracts from any kind of personal stake you might have had in the wager.
once they emerge there is no decompiling them.
reality tv is to supplant the lives that people had with the lives they could have had...
agreed, let's just throw out everybody with a userid over 10000... Oops, there I go :)
Seriously though, I really think a log(uid) modifier would be really neat, is there a place where you can suggest mods to /code ?
A long long time ago, in the dark ages of the internet, we launched this site called 'camarades.com', which was about hosting people's webcams.
This worked pretty good, but occasionally someone would run into trouble with the software. So, stupid us, we put our phone number in the software, so people would call us, at all times of day.
One evening it's my turn to man the phone, this American chick calls and complains her cam isn't working. So I talk her through the setup procedure and at some point it starts to work. For a verification she asks me "so, what am I wearing then" (she refuses to believe the cam is now online and visible to everybody), I answer: "Well, from where I'm sitting it seems you're not wearing much, if anything". She starts calling me a filthy pervert and slams down the phone :)
you still have a choice of wifi manufacturers, ethernet cable manufacturers and implementors of internet protocols, I think you are confusing standardization and monopolization, they're two entirely unrelated concepts.
There's a chance of that, but arguably os/x's driver model is a bit more solid than windows'.
I'd hope for a very solid spec and verification program to keep things as reliable as they are today.
More choice = better. Simple, really.
I really am scared of people that are so well connected they manage to have the same digit 5 times in their uid...
absolutely :)
Nothing more dangerous than religious nuts with torches...
the stock value of apple in dollars has gone up 10 fold in the last decade or so, but the value of the dollar has gone down by at least a factor of two in that same period, so really the increase is not as dramatic as it seems.
It's called a religion...
disclaimer, before someone lights their torches and comes for me, I have at least one apple product in this house.
I think you just soft of karma suicided for the next 3 years or so...
Thank you, I'll add that to my reading list.
And I'm well aware of Chomsky's bias, it's just that he has a valid point and backs it up with some pretty hard to argue with figures.
maybe, but it really is not at all related to Alzheimers, and that's what gets them the coverage.
That's just a cynical usage of other peoples suffering to get funding and publicity.
she'd suck you dry :)
I can verify the fish and chips thing from a recent road trip through the north part of England.
There you go, doing it again, putting facts in the way of discussion...
If those researchers would know the first little bit about statistics that paper would be used in the loo instead of published.
I for one am sick and tired of researchers hijacking Alzheimers and other diseases to legitimize their work.
Even if your work is not even remotely related just mentioning that one day maybe you will possibly contribute a tiny little bit then everybody will give you all the news coverage you could possibly want.
Is that the same 'trusted computing' that microsoft is advocating or are we talking (thinking) at cross purposes here ?
I'm not too sure about the 'wisdom of the crowds' thing, don't forget that fascism was voted in, and that in many countries (including mine) there are ultra-right wing nasties in parliament today.
Complicated problems require complicated solutions by people that are willing to invest significant time into solving them, there is no way you are going to inform joe/jolene average to the point where he (or she, in case of jolene) is going to make a decision that is not simply selfish.
That's one of the main reasons America is not a true democracy, and even if in the end it did not work at least it was tried.
no, I'm not 'swayed' at all, I just realized that there is a lot more to it than meets the eye.
The funny thing is that such information makes you skeptical about the very information you are consuming, which is exactly the point.
Everybody (Chomsky et al included) has their bias/agenda and because you are never going to be sure what that bias exactly is you have to be extremely skeptical about the information you consume. It's a bit like potentially eating poison, only this time there are no chemistry tests other than eye witnesses and money trails to help you figure out which you are looking at, fact, fiction, outright lie or lie by omission.
One of the more interesting things is when you look at the same article on the same website during the course of a day. In the morning you get it raw and uncut, by midday it's been massaged some and by the time the evening news rolls around you get the 'fit for consumption' version, with half the facts left out, other bits enhanced. The difference between the 6 am version and the 6 pm version can be so large you wonder whether you're reading about the same item.
"Honey, the car won't start, I think there's water in the carburettor."
"and how on earth do you conclude there's water in the carburettor"
"Because I parked it in the canal..."
Yes, that's the problem in a nutshell, it's the best of the worst. I've looked at projects like instantrunoff but it would still require a level of education on the subjects far beyond what people are willing to invest in to politics unless it is on a very local level.
yes, but you almost need a map of which news outlets are in the hands of which groups because so much of it has been consolidated that even if you think you are reading from multiple sources then in fact you may be reading from the same (or at least the same paymasters). Especially in the US this is a huge problem.
I don't know why you didn't rate a funny mod :) Thanks !