If someone can't afford a TV, most advertizers brobably don't care much about them. They woudln't have enough money to buy the stuff that is being advertized!
Modern war is won or lost by production. A city that produces war machines is more important than what you would call a 'military' target. The factories that made the weapons (and the people that ran them) were the most important military targets in WWII.
You really need to try OpenBSD before you dismiss this guy. Compared to Linux, OpenBSD is MUCH better designed. By this, I mean to say the whole system seems to be more coherently engineered, while every Linux distro I've used (and I've used all the big ones) seems to be much more thrown together than engineered. Linux is "good enough" to get the job done, and has more features and hardware support than OpenBSD, but it is not well architected at all.
Boolean logic SHOULD be a big part of the normal human's thinking. If it were, humanity and human society would be much advanced. Any language that encourages us to think logically is a net positive for the human race.
I can only afford to raise X number of children well. If I tried to have one with some expensive and time-consuming disease, that would reduce the number of successful, productive children I can raise. Such a child would no doubt also drain resources I could use for my other children. I think the right thing to do for the whole of humanity is to save our resources for the children who will also contribute to humanity.
But once you become a parent, this sort of rational thinking ceases to exist in your brain (or so I have observed).
I would like to know how you got yourself classified as a genius. Where can I sign up for this test?
And your spelling isn't that terrible. But your mechanics are so bad it seems you must have typed that with a pencil in your teeth. Prof. Hawking, is that you?
Are you aware of how horrible dispicable that argument is? You are trying to suggest it could cost lives by suggesting one nearly-impossible situation, when in reality, the technology would save a million lives for every one that is lost in scenarios like yours. How nasty of you to try to contort it like that.
There is lots of evidence to suggest life could possibly emerge under conditions that exist in other places in our universe. There isn't any evidence of intelligence in the universe other than our own (that of a god species) yet. You can't make any comparison. Don't confuse evidence and proof.
OK, be picky. Your statement that school in the US isn't designed to make you think is just NOT TRUE in all cases. That was my point. I should not have assumed that you based your statement on personal experience, but that doesn't change my point.
Is that a joke? It sounds like something you might say in a high school philosophy class to try and impress the girls with how "deep" you are.
Human thinking is often not done correctly. However, there is a way of thinking that is perfect. It is called "Logic" and is a branch of mathematic.
The greatest invention of Mankind is a process that involves Logic, called Science. The difference between Science and any of that crappy "the matrix has you," "thinking is flawed" kind of pseudo-thought is that Science actually works. It allows us to quickly tell much of what is not true, and slowly determine what is true. Because of Science, we can predict the future, fly, even put a man on the fucking moon. No other way of thinking (especially your "thinking is useless" way), can do this. Because scientific thinking is the only way we have that can eventually arrive at the truth.
Moderators, it is your duty to mod people who misuse "begs the question." If fewere stupid people read his comment, then fewere stupid people will reapeat it.
My experience with Math and Engineering courses in school in the US were all about thinking and designing and extrapolating.... you just had a bad education.
This argument, as you recounted it, makes lots of logical errors. Extrapolating his small view of planet earth (wood in particular) to the entire universe is silly. Assuming everything must have a beginning is quaint. "We don't understand it yet, therefore God" thinking makes me want to cry for humanity. Any line of reasoning is worthless if it is built upon unproven assumptions.
So you prefer ambiguity? I'm sorry, but "pyrrhonist doesn't like the sound of the word" is NO reason to continue using ambiguous language. The new prefixes are good for everyone, even the dumb people who have to be dragged to them kicking and screaming.
As a US citizen, I have no problem with the US pushing its commerce-related laws on other countries. The more uniform trade laws are accross countries, the easier it is to do business internationally. This leads to lower prices, more efficient capitalism, and fewer lawyers.
Some of our laws (specifically, the criminalization of IP violation and shrinking of Fair Use) are just bad laws. But in general, pushing our trade laws onto others is good for everyone.
Getting rid of computers will NOT double every teacher's salary. And you should have used computers more in school and paid attention to what the grammar-check told you. 'higher'? ick.
Slashdot Mirror
If someone can't afford a TV, most advertizers brobably don't care much about them. They woudln't have enough money to buy the stuff that is being advertized!
"Far be it from me to tell these people how to do their jobs"
They work for you!
Citizen, Taxpayer: You have a right to tell them how to do their jobs.
Modern war is won or lost by production. A city that produces war machines is more important than what you would call a 'military' target. The factories that made the weapons (and the people that ran them) were the most important military targets in WWII.
You really need to try OpenBSD before you dismiss this guy. Compared to Linux, OpenBSD is MUCH better designed. By this, I mean to say the whole system seems to be more coherently engineered, while every Linux distro I've used (and I've used all the big ones) seems to be much more thrown together than engineered. Linux is "good enough" to get the job done, and has more features and hardware support than OpenBSD, but it is not well architected at all.
More like: It is because of the amazing popularity of Windows that we are targets of these attacks.
Boolean logic SHOULD be a big part of the normal human's thinking. If it were, humanity and human society would be much advanced. Any language that encourages us to think logically is a net positive for the human race.
I wonder how many scientists who actually understood the technology were in the group. I'm guessing 0.
Wow. The guy in that article spelled "through" as "thru," and you just spelled it as "threw." STOP!!! You're hurting my brain!!!
I can only afford to raise X number of children well. If I tried to have one with some expensive and time-consuming disease, that would reduce the number of successful, productive children I can raise. Such a child would no doubt also drain resources I could use for my other children. I think the right thing to do for the whole of humanity is to save our resources for the children who will also contribute to humanity.
But once you become a parent, this sort of rational thinking ceases to exist in your brain (or so I have observed).
I would like to know how you got yourself classified as a genius. Where can I sign up for this test?
And your spelling isn't that terrible. But your mechanics are so bad it seems you must have typed that with a pencil in your teeth. Prof. Hawking, is that you?
Are you aware of how horrible dispicable that argument is? You are trying to suggest it could cost lives by suggesting one nearly-impossible situation, when in reality, the technology would save a million lives for every one that is lost in scenarios like yours. How nasty of you to try to contort it like that.
There is lots of evidence to suggest life could possibly emerge under conditions that exist in other places in our universe. There isn't any evidence of intelligence in the universe other than our own (that of a god species) yet. You can't make any comparison. Don't confuse evidence and proof.
That doesn't make any sense. The older the universe is, the more of a chance there has been for intelligence to have evolved.
OK, be picky. Your statement that school in the US isn't designed to make you think is just NOT TRUE in all cases. That was my point. I should not have assumed that you based your statement on personal experience, but that doesn't change my point.
Is that a joke? It sounds like something you might say in a high school philosophy class to try and impress the girls with how "deep" you are.
Human thinking is often not done correctly. However, there is a way of thinking that is perfect. It is called "Logic" and is a branch of mathematic.
The greatest invention of Mankind is a process that involves Logic, called Science. The difference between Science and any of that crappy "the matrix has you," "thinking is flawed" kind of pseudo-thought is that Science actually works. It allows us to quickly tell much of what is not true, and slowly determine what is true. Because of Science, we can predict the future, fly, even put a man on the fucking moon. No other way of thinking (especially your "thinking is useless" way), can do this. Because scientific thinking is the only way we have that can eventually arrive at the truth.
Moderators, it is your duty to mod people who misuse "begs the question." If fewere stupid people read his comment, then fewere stupid people will reapeat it.
My experience with Math and Engineering courses in school in the US were all about thinking and designing and extrapolating.... you just had a bad education.
Please read this book.
This argument, as you recounted it, makes lots of logical errors. Extrapolating his small view of planet earth (wood in particular) to the entire universe is silly. Assuming everything must have a beginning is quaint. "We don't understand it yet, therefore God" thinking makes me want to cry for humanity. Any line of reasoning is worthless if it is built upon unproven assumptions.
If he thinks these 1-cell embryos are people, then I would like to see him attend a funeral for a 1st trimester miscarriage.
Same here. Their proxy support is borked. Talk about a failed release, geeze!
So how fast is that 1megabit connection you have?
Riiiiiight. Shoddy programming. Because if they had programmed it better, somehow that would teach people to stop opening attachments.
So you prefer ambiguity? I'm sorry, but "pyrrhonist doesn't like the sound of the word" is NO reason to continue using ambiguous language. The new prefixes are good for everyone, even the dumb people who have to be dragged to them kicking and screaming.
As a US citizen, I have no problem with the US pushing its commerce-related laws on other countries. The more uniform trade laws are accross countries, the easier it is to do business internationally. This leads to lower prices, more efficient capitalism, and fewer lawyers.
Some of our laws (specifically, the criminalization of IP violation and shrinking of Fair Use) are just bad laws. But in general, pushing our trade laws onto others is good for everyone.
Getting rid of computers will NOT double every teacher's salary. And you should have used computers more in school and paid attention to what the grammar-check told you. 'higher'? ick.