So because hurricane Irene wasn't bad, that means Hurricane Sandy won't be bad?
There is an official philosophic term for this but I prefer the term 'idiocy.'
Go with my grandmother's saying: That's funny the horse died. He never died before.
Nature adapts - quickly. Much more quickly than anybody is giving her credit for.
Unfortunately, the fastest way for nature to adapt is thru extinction. 99% of all species that ever existed are extinct now.
If that natural process makes you feel safe in the face of an uncertain future, you aren't able to think.
Russian maps were purposely wrong to deter foreigners and spies. When the Wall fell, even citizens wanted to buy the American and European maps instead. The American system of Global Positioning Satellites is also inaccurate for similar reasons but not far enough to put you into a wilderness area.
Two things continue to remain true: the map is not the territory and you shouldn't trust the government (or any large organization) to give you correct instructions;-)
money or votes count. the Libertarians started a few think tanks and I thought they were looking for rules for good government.
Alas, they were only looking for rules to get them into power. as soon as they discovered you _need_ government to solve the Tragedy of the Commons, They abandoned that approach. Now they are some of the folks talking about a 'free' market without actually saying they mean a market free of competition for businesses that support the Libertarian party. They do not mean a competitive market well-regulated by the government. If they did, they would vote against Monsanto trying to keep GMO announcements off the market. If Monsanto wants to sell Genetically Modified Foods, fine, just label it. Labeling means Monsanto would have to pass along some of the cost-savings to consumers. That's Adam Smith economics. Allowing Monsanto to prevent passing along low prices is now apparently 'Libertarian' economics.
Bob Lewis pointed out in a column that Hostess went under from lack of advertising. The unions offered concessions. The managers did take millions but their business plan was expecting hundreds of millions from a working, profitable company. And it didn't matter if they only sold junk food, no other junk food company has gone under.
Bob Lewis asked when was the last time you saw any ad for Wonder Bread (builds body 12 ways) or Twinkies. You cannot tell if advertising matter-of-factly works but I don't think you can get by without it ever. For another example, Budweiser is NOT the official beer of the NFL, Coors is, but you wouldn't know that from merely watching the ads.
"Corporations have no souls to damn; no bodies to kick." They've been an issue for centuries.
But it's extremely hard to get minions to testify against their capo. A murder charge is a wonderful incentive.
For all the posters who tink a game means one thing and nothing more, read Reality Is Broken.
Tetris is a real computer game that cannot be won. Games are where humans put _voluntary_ impediments in their way
The original article is essentially complaining about the difference between games people like. Chess is considered a more hifalutin game than Checkers. But Checkers is more popular. It's like how the New York Times is supposedly the 'best' newspaper in America but the National Enquirer is the most popular one.
My daughter goes to Colorado School of Mines, a school for geeks. She is a senior with a 4.0 GPA. None of her classmates or roommates know that. She keeps quiet because it's easier to get along.
Her roommates are all chemical engineering majors. One of them got a 100 on a test last week and it was tense after that in the house. I'm not sure what the exact definition of bullying is.
re: Computer scientists don't make the best programmers. (Physicists do). I believe it is mathematicians who make the best programs (which are nothing but applied algorithm).
Human intelligence is more of a group thing (via language) than it is an individual thing. If the ancient Athenian could learn English or Mandarin at the level of an intelligent citizen, then he or she would be 'equally' intelligent (I love that phrase;-). Compare the _concepts_ contained in modern languages versus ancient languages. The languages we create together hold human intelligence over time.
Dang. Someone must have accidentally changed the time on those servers in the cloud and that's why we thought those messages were 6 months older than they really were.
The economics of college degrees has always been suspect--charging the same tuition for degrees which are valued differently in the marketplace.
OF course, subsidizing the degrees which bring in the most money to the student--science--is exactly backward but that's what you get from folks who don't understand economics (which seems to be most voters and thus most politicians).
The reason we don't see a lot of other life is because it takes awhile to evolve.The Fermi paradox added time to their probabilities which always cancels out any calculations. The easiest-to-understand calculation is this: there are 10 to the 22nd stars in the entire universe. For Earth to be unique (at this time) all we need is a string of 22 one out of ten chances of something happening. Or 11 one out of a hundred chances.
For my money, I'll bet life doesn't come out of the oceans (and develop fire and civilization) without a moon causing huge tides.
Anybody who gets too close to speaking the truth about homosexuality, for example, will be fired, for 'offending' the wonderful, not mentally ill at all (because they told us so) 'gays'...
Okay. I'll bite. What is "the truth about homosexuality?" Please include appropriate citations to support your position.
Thank you. That is all.
The two real truths about homosexuality are
1. Homosexuals do not reproduce
2 It has almost always been illegal yet has always been around.
It is easy to design a house to withstand multiple types of disasters.
However, the pampered rich will not buy them.
If you entertain, you cannot have a long entryway to repel home invaders.
If you want a view of the water or mountains or whatever, you need to carve holes in the sturdy walls in put in windows that _will_ fail when the wind gets strong enough. And most emergency preparedness is not a one-time thing. It is the maintenance of keeping batteries charged and an emergency food supply up-to-date and having sufficient -liquid- gasoline (it jells over time).
That said, those homes will sell for the same reason folks bought/built nuclear shelters in the 1960s. Fear and lack of foresight. (And the homes will only -appear- to withstand multiple disasters up until the time one actually occurs because they will have windows that fail and homeowners who don't understand generators and a house staff that will stay at their own homes instead of show up during a disaster to take care of white folks who probably vote Republican.)
Google/Motorola should counter offer 2.25% for all past sales (how can those be ignored because those were sold without a valid license?) and then $1/device for any new sales (legally licensed now). A judge would accept that and any delaying tactices would probably just add on more costs and drag down Apple's stock price.
Apple has lied about every lawsuit it has fought, especially the first one against the Beatle's Apple Records when it said it would never get into the music business (3 years before iTunes).
There was an old quote from the 1700s about corporations: They have no souls to damn; no bodies to kick.
The basic issue between business and consumer (moderated by government) was outlined by Adam Smith in 1776. Free enterprise provides the best prices to consumers. Established business despise free enterprise (which is why Smith had to write his book in the first place).
A current example is Monsanto and GMOs (genetically modified organisms). Monsanto does not want to advertise their products in a truthful manner so consumers can make a wise choice. Monsanto lawyers say it is because consumers are uninformed that GMOs are better for them. Bullshit. Nobody knows if that is true or not yet. What we do know is if you offer a new untested product along with an established one at the same price, consumers will buy the familiar product.
Of course, if you pass along the cost savings of the new product (forego some of the anticipated profit), then your GMO will actually sell better than the current familiar stuff.
It is basic economics as outlined by Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations. A free market forces businesses to pass along cost savings to consumers instead of pass them along to the CEO and Wall Street.
In Colorado, the medical marijuana shops do not accept credit cards.Visa and MasterCard say since it is still illegal, they will not process payments (mainly because they might lose some of the money if the Feds crack down). They know where the money is going at all times.
And as long as the cost of the fraud is less than the cost of combating it, they will fight for the profit.
California is a big state. Living in Manhattan (New York City) costs a lot more than living in Buffalo or New Paltz. Same with California. San Francisco is expensive. California as a whole, not so much.
If you're an advertiser, privacy is evil. And since google doesn't wish to be evil, they have to black out all the privacy stuff. It makes total sense.
The reason people are 'ruder' on-line is that their writing skills are worse than their talking skills so more mis-interpretation happens.
A lot of people are really rude in meat space too, but there are fewer errors because folks usually speak their intentions better than they can type them.
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So because hurricane Irene wasn't bad, that means Hurricane Sandy won't be bad?
There is an official philosophic term for this but I prefer the term 'idiocy.'
Go with my grandmother's saying: That's funny the horse died. He never died before.
Nature adapts - quickly. Much more quickly than anybody is giving her credit for.
Unfortunately, the fastest way for nature to adapt is thru extinction. 99% of all species that ever existed are extinct now.
If that natural process makes you feel safe in the face of an uncertain future, you aren't able to think.
Maybe it will land in China and inspire them to do something a little more drastic about North Korea.
Russian maps were purposely wrong to deter foreigners and spies. When the Wall fell, even citizens wanted to buy the American and European maps instead. The American system of Global Positioning Satellites is also inaccurate for similar reasons but not far enough to put you into a wilderness area.
;-)
Two things continue to remain true: the map is not the territory and you shouldn't trust the government (or any large organization) to give you correct instructions
Educational games are bull right now. But how predators learn to hunt as babies is gaming. It can be done.
money or votes count. the Libertarians started a few think tanks and I thought they were looking for rules for good government.
Alas, they were only looking for rules to get them into power. as soon as they discovered you _need_ government to solve the Tragedy of the Commons, They abandoned that approach. Now they are some of the folks talking about a 'free' market without actually saying they mean a market free of competition for businesses that support the Libertarian party. They do not mean a competitive market well-regulated by the government. If they did, they would vote against Monsanto trying to keep GMO announcements off the market. If Monsanto wants to sell Genetically Modified Foods, fine, just label it. Labeling means Monsanto would have to pass along some of the cost-savings to consumers. That's Adam Smith economics. Allowing Monsanto to prevent passing along low prices is now apparently 'Libertarian' economics.
Bob Lewis pointed out in a column that Hostess went under from lack of advertising. The unions offered concessions. The managers did take millions but their business plan was expecting hundreds of millions from a working, profitable company. And it didn't matter if they only sold junk food, no other junk food company has gone under.
Bob Lewis asked when was the last time you saw any ad for Wonder Bread (builds body 12 ways) or Twinkies. You cannot tell if advertising matter-of-factly works but I don't think you can get by without it ever. For another example, Budweiser is NOT the official beer of the NFL, Coors is, but you wouldn't know that from merely watching the ads.
"Corporations have no souls to damn; no bodies to kick." They've been an issue for centuries.
But it's extremely hard to get minions to testify against their capo. A murder charge is a wonderful incentive.
For all the posters who tink a game means one thing and nothing more, read Reality Is Broken.
Tetris is a real computer game that cannot be won. Games are where humans put _voluntary_ impediments in their way
The original article is essentially complaining about the difference between games people like. Chess is considered a more hifalutin game than Checkers. But Checkers is more popular. It's like how the New York Times is supposedly the 'best' newspaper in America but the National Enquirer is the most popular one.
My daughter goes to Colorado School of Mines, a school for geeks. She is a senior with a 4.0 GPA. None of her classmates or roommates know that. She keeps quiet because it's easier to get along.
Her roommates are all chemical engineering majors. One of them got a 100 on a test last week and it was tense after that in the house.
I'm not sure what the exact definition of bullying is.
re: Computer scientists don't make the best programmers. (Physicists do). I believe it is mathematicians who make the best programs (which are nothing but applied algorithm).
Human intelligence is more of a group thing (via language) than it is an individual thing. If the ancient Athenian could learn English or Mandarin at the level of an intelligent citizen, then he or she would be 'equally' intelligent (I love that phrase ;-). Compare the _concepts_ contained in modern languages versus ancient languages. The languages we create together hold human intelligence over time.
Dang. Someone must have accidentally changed the time on those servers in the cloud and that's why we thought those messages were 6 months older than they really were.
The economics of college degrees has always been suspect--charging the same tuition for degrees which are valued differently in the marketplace.
OF course, subsidizing the degrees which bring in the most money to the student--science--is exactly backward but that's what you get from folks who don't understand economics (which seems to be most voters and thus most politicians).
The reason we don't see a lot of other life is because it takes awhile to evolve.The Fermi paradox added time to their probabilities which always cancels out any calculations. The easiest-to-understand calculation is this: there are 10 to the 22nd stars in the entire universe. For Earth to be unique (at this time) all we need is a string of 22 one out of ten chances of something happening. Or 11 one out of a hundred chances.
For my money, I'll bet life doesn't come out of the oceans (and develop fire and civilization) without a moon causing huge tides.
Anybody who gets too close to speaking the truth about homosexuality, for example, will be fired, for 'offending' the wonderful, not mentally ill at all (because they told us so) 'gays'...
Okay. I'll bite. What is "the truth about homosexuality?" Please include appropriate citations to support your position. Thank you. That is all.
The two real truths about homosexuality are
1. Homosexuals do not reproduce
2 It has almost always been illegal yet has always been around.
Perhaps this is how the Mayan end of times starts ;-)
It is easy to design a house to withstand multiple types of disasters.
However, the pampered rich will not buy them.
If you entertain, you cannot have a long entryway to repel home invaders.
If you want a view of the water or mountains or whatever, you need to carve holes in the sturdy walls in put in windows that _will_ fail when the wind gets strong enough. And most emergency preparedness is not a one-time thing. It is the maintenance of keeping batteries charged and an emergency food supply up-to-date and having sufficient -liquid- gasoline (it jells over time).
That said, those homes will sell for the same reason folks bought/built nuclear shelters in the 1960s. Fear and lack of foresight. (And the homes will only -appear- to withstand multiple disasters up until the time one actually occurs because they will have windows that fail and homeowners who don't understand generators and a house staff that will stay at their own homes instead of show up during a disaster to take care of white folks who probably vote Republican.)
Google/Motorola should counter offer 2.25% for all past sales (how can those be ignored because those were sold without a valid license?) and then $1/device for any new sales (legally licensed now). A judge would accept that and any delaying tactices would probably just add on more costs and drag down Apple's stock price.
Apple has lied about every lawsuit it has fought, especially the first one against the Beatle's Apple Records when it said it would never get into the music business (3 years before iTunes).
There was an old quote from the 1700s about corporations: They have no souls to damn; no bodies to kick. The basic issue between business and consumer (moderated by government) was outlined by Adam Smith in 1776. Free enterprise provides the best prices to consumers. Established business despise free enterprise (which is why Smith had to write his book in the first place).
A current example is Monsanto and GMOs (genetically modified organisms). Monsanto does not want to advertise their products in a truthful manner so consumers can make a wise choice. Monsanto lawyers say it is because consumers are uninformed that GMOs are better for them. Bullshit. Nobody knows if that is true or not yet. What we do know is if you offer a new untested product along with an established one at the same price, consumers will buy the familiar product.
Of course, if you pass along the cost savings of the new product (forego some of the anticipated profit), then your GMO will actually sell better than the current familiar stuff.
It is basic economics as outlined by Adam Smith in Wealth of Nations. A free market forces businesses to pass along cost savings to consumers instead of pass them along to the CEO and Wall Street.
So the Lake Woebegone Effect IS true!!!
In Colorado, the medical marijuana shops do not accept credit cards.Visa and MasterCard say since it is still illegal, they will not process payments (mainly because they might lose some of the money if the Feds crack down). They know where the money is going at all times.
And as long as the cost of the fraud is less than the cost of combating it, they will fight for the profit.
California is a big state. Living in Manhattan (New York City) costs a lot more than living in Buffalo or New Paltz. Same with California. San Francisco is expensive. California as a whole, not so much.
If you're an advertiser, privacy is evil. And since google doesn't wish to be evil, they have to black out all the privacy stuff. It makes total sense.
The reason people are 'ruder' on-line is that their writing skills are worse than their talking skills so more mis-interpretation happens.
A lot of people are really rude in meat space too, but there are fewer errors because folks usually speak their intentions better than they can type them.