The argument from incredulity is often applied to science by the layperson. You don't need an opponent or a debate to use a logical fallacy. The fact that the Kitzmiller vs. Dover case had to happen proves that people question science regardless of it's validity.
It wouldn't be real science without real skepticism. A theory should remain a theory until it can stand up the to the scrutiny of skepticism.
Everything I put on Facebook is public. if I want some secrets I keep it off of facebook. You can watch me walk down the road, watch me shop, watch me play with my kids in the park etc etc etc. Life itself has very few privacy controls when you are in a public space. Facebook is a public space.
You don't need to be my "friend" to see my content.
I think a lot of folks here on Slashdot are a little paranoid about privacy... Or, at least try to sound like they're paranoid about privacy.
The fact of the matter is that there's precious little privacy in the world. When I'm working out in my front yard, I've got no privacy. When I'm shopping or driving or walking down the street, I've got no privacy. At work I've got no privacy.
Why would anyone expect that posting something on the Internet, quite possibly the most public space in the world, would be private?
Why do people in their house with the blinds closed and the doors lock expect privacy? Because the previous controls to limit your exposure were synonymous with window shades and door locks.
I open the shades so I can see out, and with that I accept the risk that someone can see in. At least before these changes I had the ability to do just that. Now? Not so much.
Meh. In the war of the mission statements, Iron Mountain wins.
Infobunker: InfoBunker is committed to providing our clients with the most secure, robust and flexible data storage
environment attainable while maintaining affordability and delivering the utmost in customer service.
Iron Mountain: Helping businesses solve information management challenges.
I mean seriously, did the infobunker folks run the Buzzword Mission Statement generator when coming up with that, or are their marketing execs truly that... um, talented?
Meh. In the war of nuclear bombs, InfoBunker wins.
I mean seriously, nuclear bombs.
In the case of cars, I fail to see why it would create any more of a liability issue than the DIY kit cars currently available. I suspect if it can pass inspection, it can be insured. For cars at least liability lies with the drivers (barring some catastrophic equipment failure, which obviously the manufacturers would be liable for).
So, I would assume that if there exists an appropriate ratings committee, standards, and inspectors to ensure safety (QA), liability would be a non-issue.
Instruments make musical sounds, electronics make noises which can be forced into sounding musical.
Something I really despise about the "young/hip" techno making kids is that they seem to be raised as artists. Rather, they seem to believe because they say their noise is art, and art is subjective, that it is automatically true.
I disagree. Music is a formal language; much like the English I am using right now. I can use this language to create forms of art, however, speaking/writing English in and of itself is not art. The same holds true for music, you can use that language to create forms of art. Just remember that making noises doesn't necessarily mean making music, and that using that language does not implicitly mean you are creating art (even if you say you are).
"We don't need anybody's invitation. We stole the land fair and square from it's original inhabitants creating hundreds of thousands of refugees"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugee#Refugees_from_1948_War
I corrected your post for your to reflect the historical reality, you're welcome.
You corrected it for historical accuracy? Fucking laughable. That entire region is historically called Judea. Can you guess why? I'll give you a hint, it has nothing to do with Turks, Arabs, or the muslims they turned into around 600AD.
Ever since I had to travel to our BC/DR data center I find these stories bland. We are using a decommissioned Cold War Era federal government nuclear fallout command center.
Would you rather have your digital documents stored in a mineshaft, or in a data center rated to withstand nuclear bombs and EMPs?
Ok, so they were INCREDIBLY stupid in how they went about their astro-turfing. They literally had tons and tons of people review ONLY their apps and always give them 5 stars, it was only a matter of time till it was detected.
So, if you are wondering how to do this better, just RTFA. The BIG kicker = Apple isn't going to refund any money, and the app dev isn't either.
Why would the developer refund money if the apps do what they were supposed to?
Plus, everyone should know by now that ratings are subjective, and the interweb lies.
So... offering the people a place to stay was heinous?
They were not offered a place to stay, Palenstinian land and buildings are usurped using the progressive tactic of:
1. Build border settlements
2. Whine about rocket attacks
3. Move border out of range of rockets
Wash, rinse, repeat. This is why the illegal settlements are such a sore point in the issue; they are the mechanism by which Israel is stealing the entire area that was the Palestinian state. Just look at a map from 1948 and a map from today. If you have time, check the map every decade between, you'll see Israel increasing steadily in area.
I guess you consider it heinous to defend your sovereignty?
That's just it; the Palenstinians contend that Israel is not only violating their sovereignty, but displacing it physically by pushing their country into a smaller and smaller area. Gaza and the West Bank are becoming more and more overpopulated as the Palestinian lands shrink, effectively making them concentration camps.
There is however a large group of nomads that chose to be led by a well known terrorist organization.
Say what you want about Hamas. They were elected fairly, in elections overseen by Jimmy Carter. Whatever you, the UN or your government may think of them, they are the democratically elected party, and they were elected mainly because the previous group who did not support direct violence fell out of favour because Israel refused to negotiate with them. This fuelled support for Hamas. Now that Hamas are in Israel strangely wants to talk to Fatah again.
Smells like Israel just wants a belligerent neighbor so they can keep pointing at them and playing victim all the while dredging military aid from the US by the billions.
Right. Because it's completely justifiable, logical, and rational to elect fucking terrorists as your leaders. They don't have a country, they never did as far I as I can tell. Their complete inability to defend their sovereignty is the nail in that coffin. The fact that they elected terrorists democratically is irrelevant.
Back in 1948 when Israel was declared independent, no one displaced. No one was kicked out. What did happen though was a bunch of racist "palestinians" who hated the Jews so much that they got up and left voluntarily. Then after it was all said and done it was suddenly a problem that needed a solution. A man made problem by a bunch of obviously barbaric people.
How civilized can you say a people really are when they elect terrorists to lead them? How sovereign is a nation that technically cannot defend itself from foreign threats?
There is a lot of work being done to integrate search algorithms into simple gameplay. It seems to me the best way would be to have a back-end algorithm that breaks up the work into "game-able" chunks, and another that queues up the chunks into the front-end game engine.
At least, it seems to me that if we know that binary computing sucks at solving the problem, and we know that human computing is great, that it's fundamentally wrong to be using binary computers to do the work.
So... offering the people a place to stay was heinous? You do know that those people left on their own free will, they were not forced out, and in fact they were invited back several times, don't you?
I guess you consider it heinous to defend your sovereignty? You now there is no sovereign nation called Palestine? There is however a large group of nomads that chose to be led by a well known terrorist organization.
No no no... The CEO says you are an evil law breaking criminal if you want privacy. He is making sure Google becomes "transparent to users". My interpretation of this: all users have access to all emails, documents, pictures, and videos belonging to all other users. Because privacy is wrong and you are an evil anti-democratic anti-capitalist if you say otherwise!
I am pretty sure there is some lesson about throwing rocks and living in glass houses, but I can't remember because these crazy CEO's talking crazy are making me crazy.
Once I accidentally saw a few seconds of "Grannies Gone Wild" I immediately ripped out my hard-drive, smashed it with a hammer, demagnetized it, dissolved the remains in acid, and buried it piece by piece across five counties; then I proceeded to rinse my eyes with sulphuric acid. Only way to to be safe.
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
He's carrying a gun, mortar, and/or RPG. And he's in a group of several other guys like him. And he's moving toward a military checkpoint or installation. And he keeps ducking behind cover, thinking it will hide him.
Or he's hiding in a mosque or behind a bunch of women and children.
Your analogy is suspect. Fahrenheit and Celsius "align" at just one point. However, the alignment of pre 1960 tree ring data and pre 1960 temperature is somewhat stronger than a mere intersection.
No. For accurate data you just don't change metrics. Either use tree rings or use thermometers. Don't use one then switch to the other.
it was shown to diverge from the actual instrumental record after 1960; so for the post-1960 period we basically replace tree rings with the actual instrumental data, because we trust thermometers more than tree rings when the two fail to agree
That's absurd. Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers align at -40 degrees. The logical conclusion is not to switch from using Celsius instruments to Fahrenheit after (warmer than) -40 because the two fail to agree. Stick with the tree rings, or don't include non-thermometer based data at all.
Once web users get it in their head that your site is 'closed'
I think stating it like this makes it obvious to me that the it's not the users who were out of touch. The whole "get it in their head" bit... as if Salon.com wasn't the one that told them. No, in fact it just magically popped in with unicorns and pixie dust.
I'm 20 and it's before my time. I have heard of it, but feel no desire to investigate what it really is.
Just so you don't get flamed, everyone with mod points should note there is a difference between not having a desire to do something, and being apathetic.
Save your energy for when Comcast buys up Time Warner or one of the other similarly large content/delivery companies. Until then, this is business as usual.
Comcast bought all of Time Warner's cable in Minnesota. Now I believe in the Twin Cities you have no choice. My entire childhood and young adulthood we had "King Video Cable" and "Paragon Cable" and they were loosely divided as Northern Metropolitan suburbs and Southern Metropolitan suburbs.
Qwest bought King Video Cable and renamed it MediaOne. Time Warner bought Paragon and renamed it Time Warner. After less than 5 years Comcast bought them both.
Now, I believe there are only 3 choices for cable television and broadband in Minnesota, and their coverage seems to be loosely based on our original three telephone area codes. Therefore, if you live in Comcast's controlled area (Minneapolis/St. Paul), you get to deal with the Comcast monopoly. If you live outside of this area, you would be in the Charter controlled area, or Rogers I think.
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The argument from incredulity is often applied to science by the layperson. You don't need an opponent or a debate to use a logical fallacy. The fact that the Kitzmiller vs. Dover case had to happen proves that people question science regardless of it's validity.
It wouldn't be real science without real skepticism. A theory should remain a theory until it can stand up the to the scrutiny of skepticism.
mod parent up
Everything I put on Facebook is public. if I want some secrets I keep it off of facebook. You can watch me walk down the road, watch me shop, watch me play with my kids in the park etc etc etc. Life itself has very few privacy controls when you are in a public space. Facebook is a public space.
You don't need to be my "friend" to see my content.
I think a lot of folks here on Slashdot are a little paranoid about privacy... Or, at least try to sound like they're paranoid about privacy.
The fact of the matter is that there's precious little privacy in the world. When I'm working out in my front yard, I've got no privacy. When I'm shopping or driving or walking down the street, I've got no privacy. At work I've got no privacy.
Why would anyone expect that posting something on the Internet, quite possibly the most public space in the world, would be private?
Why do people in their house with the blinds closed and the doors lock expect privacy? Because the previous controls to limit your exposure were synonymous with window shades and door locks.
I open the shades so I can see out, and with that I accept the risk that someone can see in. At least before these changes I had the ability to do just that. Now? Not so much.
Meh. In the war of the mission statements, Iron Mountain wins.
Infobunker: InfoBunker is committed to providing our clients with the most secure, robust and flexible data storage environment attainable while maintaining affordability and delivering the utmost in customer service.
Iron Mountain: Helping businesses solve information management challenges.
I mean seriously, did the infobunker folks run the Buzzword Mission Statement generator when coming up with that, or are their marketing execs truly that... um, talented?
Meh. In the war of nuclear bombs, InfoBunker wins. I mean seriously, nuclear bombs.
In the case of cars, I fail to see why it would create any more of a liability issue than the DIY kit cars currently available. I suspect if it can pass inspection, it can be insured. For cars at least liability lies with the drivers (barring some catastrophic equipment failure, which obviously the manufacturers would be liable for).
So, I would assume that if there exists an appropriate ratings committee, standards, and inspectors to ensure safety (QA), liability would be a non-issue.
Yet it's still cheaper to pull data from the HST? It's really a shame we let these CEO's and large corporations rape us on a daily basis.
I'd watch a 2hr porn hologram.
Instruments make musical sounds, electronics make noises which can be forced into sounding musical.
Something I really despise about the "young/hip" techno making kids is that they seem to be raised as artists. Rather, they seem to believe because they say their noise is art, and art is subjective, that it is automatically true.
I disagree. Music is a formal language; much like the English I am using right now. I can use this language to create forms of art, however, speaking/writing English in and of itself is not art. The same holds true for music, you can use that language to create forms of art. Just remember that making noises doesn't necessarily mean making music, and that using that language does not implicitly mean you are creating art (even if you say you are).
"We don't need anybody's invitation. We stole the land fair and square from it's original inhabitants creating hundreds of thousands of refugees" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_refugee#Refugees_from_1948_War I corrected your post for your to reflect the historical reality, you're welcome.
You corrected it for historical accuracy? Fucking laughable. That entire region is historically called Judea. Can you guess why? I'll give you a hint, it has nothing to do with Turks, Arabs, or the muslims they turned into around 600AD.
Ever since I had to travel to our BC/DR data center I find these stories bland. We are using a decommissioned Cold War Era federal government nuclear fallout command center.
Would you rather have your digital documents stored in a mineshaft, or in a data center rated to withstand nuclear bombs and EMPs?
http://infobunker.com/
Ok, so they were INCREDIBLY stupid in how they went about their astro-turfing. They literally had tons and tons of people review ONLY their apps and always give them 5 stars, it was only a matter of time till it was detected. So, if you are wondering how to do this better, just RTFA. The BIG kicker = Apple isn't going to refund any money, and the app dev isn't either.
Why would the developer refund money if the apps do what they were supposed to?
Plus, everyone should know by now that ratings are subjective, and the interweb lies.
They were not offered a place to stay, Palenstinian land and buildings are usurped using the progressive tactic of:
1. Build border settlements 2. Whine about rocket attacks 3. Move border out of range of rockets
Wash, rinse, repeat. This is why the illegal settlements are such a sore point in the issue; they are the mechanism by which Israel is stealing the entire area that was the Palestinian state. Just look at a map from 1948 and a map from today. If you have time, check the map every decade between, you'll see Israel increasing steadily in area.
That's just it; the Palenstinians contend that Israel is not only violating their sovereignty, but displacing it physically by pushing their country into a smaller and smaller area. Gaza and the West Bank are becoming more and more overpopulated as the Palestinian lands shrink, effectively making them concentration camps.
Say what you want about Hamas. They were elected fairly, in elections overseen by Jimmy Carter. Whatever you, the UN or your government may think of them, they are the democratically elected party, and they were elected mainly because the previous group who did not support direct violence fell out of favour because Israel refused to negotiate with them. This fuelled support for Hamas. Now that Hamas are in Israel strangely wants to talk to Fatah again.
Smells like Israel just wants a belligerent neighbor so they can keep pointing at them and playing victim all the while dredging military aid from the US by the billions.
Right. Because it's completely justifiable, logical, and rational to elect fucking terrorists as your leaders. They don't have a country, they never did as far I as I can tell. Their complete inability to defend their sovereignty is the nail in that coffin. The fact that they elected terrorists democratically is irrelevant.
Back in 1948 when Israel was declared independent, no one displaced. No one was kicked out. What did happen though was a bunch of racist "palestinians" who hated the Jews so much that they got up and left voluntarily. Then after it was all said and done it was suddenly a problem that needed a solution. A man made problem by a bunch of obviously barbaric people.
How civilized can you say a people really are when they elect terrorists to lead them? How sovereign is a nation that technically cannot defend itself from foreign threats?
There is a lot of work being done to integrate search algorithms into simple gameplay. It seems to me the best way would be to have a back-end algorithm that breaks up the work into "game-able" chunks, and another that queues up the chunks into the front-end game engine.
At least, it seems to me that if we know that binary computing sucks at solving the problem, and we know that human computing is great, that it's fundamentally wrong to be using binary computers to do the work.
We can construct a topic that will generate the lowest signal to noise ratio EVER! Proceed, gentlemen, proceed!
I think someone already beat us to market: xkcd.com
So... offering the people a place to stay was heinous? You do know that those people left on their own free will, they were not forced out, and in fact they were invited back several times, don't you?
I guess you consider it heinous to defend your sovereignty? You now there is no sovereign nation called Palestine? There is however a large group of nomads that chose to be led by a well known terrorist organization .
I blame Hamas for persecuting the Jews.
Shouldn't you iterate that it's beautiful before reiterating it?
Shouldn't you read the title of the post before being a dickface?
No no no... The CEO says you are an evil law breaking criminal if you want privacy. He is making sure Google becomes "transparent to users". My interpretation of this: all users have access to all emails, documents, pictures, and videos belonging to all other users. Because privacy is wrong and you are an evil anti-democratic anti-capitalist if you say otherwise!
I am pretty sure there is some lesson about throwing rocks and living in glass houses, but I can't remember because these crazy CEO's talking crazy are making me crazy.
Once I accidentally saw a few seconds of "Grannies Gone Wild" I immediately ripped out my hard-drive, smashed it with a hammer, demagnetized it, dissolved the remains in acid, and buried it piece by piece across five counties; then I proceeded to rinse my eyes with sulphuric acid. Only way to to be safe.
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
He's carrying a gun, mortar, and/or RPG. And he's in a group of several other guys like him. And he's moving toward a military checkpoint or installation. And he keeps ducking behind cover, thinking it will hide him.
Or he's hiding in a mosque or behind a bunch of women and children.
Your analogy is suspect. Fahrenheit and Celsius "align" at just one point. However, the alignment of pre 1960 tree ring data and pre 1960 temperature is somewhat stronger than a mere intersection.
No. For accurate data you just don't change metrics. Either use tree rings or use thermometers. Don't use one then switch to the other.
it was shown to diverge from the actual instrumental record after 1960; so for the post-1960 period we basically replace tree rings with the actual instrumental data, because we trust thermometers more than tree rings when the two fail to agree
That's absurd. Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers align at -40 degrees. The logical conclusion is not to switch from using Celsius instruments to Fahrenheit after (warmer than) -40 because the two fail to agree. Stick with the tree rings, or don't include non-thermometer based data at all.
Once web users get it in their head that your site is 'closed'
I think stating it like this makes it obvious to me that the it's not the users who were out of touch. The whole "get it in their head" bit... as if Salon.com wasn't the one that told them. No, in fact it just magically popped in with unicorns and pixie dust.
I'm 20 and it's before my time. I have heard of it, but feel no desire to investigate what it really is.
Just so you don't get flamed, everyone with mod points should note there is a difference between not having a desire to do something, and being apathetic.
Save your energy for when Comcast buys up Time Warner or one of the other similarly large content/delivery companies. Until then, this is business as usual.
Comcast bought all of Time Warner's cable in Minnesota. Now I believe in the Twin Cities you have no choice. My entire childhood and young adulthood we had "King Video Cable" and "Paragon Cable" and they were loosely divided as Northern Metropolitan suburbs and Southern Metropolitan suburbs.
Qwest bought King Video Cable and renamed it MediaOne. Time Warner bought Paragon and renamed it Time Warner. After less than 5 years Comcast bought them both.
Now, I believe there are only 3 choices for cable television and broadband in Minnesota, and their coverage seems to be loosely based on our original three telephone area codes. Therefore, if you live in Comcast's controlled area (Minneapolis/St. Paul), you get to deal with the Comcast monopoly. If you live outside of this area, you would be in the Charter controlled area, or Rogers I think.
So which monopoly does Comcast have again?
Fixed that for you. The answer would be cable television and broadband cable.