I didn't say Stargate was evidence. The evidence was the cockroach. The possibility of outcompeting for resources is the most likely concern. The fiction merely illustrates it.
And yes, all of those things were technology. Alexander the Great (the corpses) invented biowarfare in that way, but nobody thought it would destroy the world--it didn't have the potential to yet. Today, it can be pretty gruesome. Machine guns had a huge cost--world war I had many more casualties because of them. Other technologies were very useful while being destructive--the infantry revolution helped incentivize the movement toward popular government, for example.
And we haven't destroyed ourselves--not with nukes, and not even (yet) with Global warming. And not with (malicious) genetic engineering. But all of those things are possible paths to massive destruction, as is the creation of one or more self-replicating species/objects that outcompete us. It only has to happen once. I'm not saying we shouldn't build--I'm saying we should build prudently.
If it is covering up molestation, then yes; but it is covering up (more accurately, not reporting) possession of child pornography. It seems like the church should not have to report possession of child pornography, but that they should take reasonable in-house steps to limit any potential detriment to young people that that possession might signal. Maybe the particular priest is told not to be alone with a single child, for example, and is disciplined in-house.
If it were covering up molestation--particularly ongoing molestation--then someone should go to jail for it.
I am not comfortable with the idea of criminalizing a person who doesn't report a colleague, except in certain situations. You might fire them (in a publicly-held corporation, for example). But particularly where there is no ongoing harm, and where the person is not a law enforcement official or perhaps officer of the court, it does not seem helpful to require people to report.
Actually, it may disincentivize witnesses later--if they had a duty to report something, they will refuse to testify as to what was occurring because that would be incriminating themselves.
The greater concern is that the technology will be used without understanding of the consequences. The Replicators in Stargate, for example, emerged from an experiment in which a childlike intellect taught its toys to make more of themselves. Research into self-replication, while reasonable, is not without nightmare scenarios or significant potential drawbacks.
The cockroach is one example of such an experiment. Who is to say that in time, we will not create an example capable of out-competing us for some natural resource? So it is not without risk to experiment in self-replication. You can limit the risk, of course. Until someone makes the wrong kind of mistake at the wrong time. Kind of like researching Level 4 biohazards in a major population zone. If nobody does something dumb or protocols require fifty dumb things to happen at once for a problem and no massively unexplained events occur, it works just fine.
Okay, why does a disgruntled ex-employee's rant about scalability and infrastructure come into play before we know that scalability or infrastructure was the cause of the break? Seriously, maybe the taco bell dog just chewed through fiber lines in NY and LA while on tour. Could happen to anybody.
The interesting corollary to that is that the rise of robo-warfare could push back a bit against the nation-state. Nations needed to be large to gather resources for warfare after the cannon came around, but the infantry revolution was what really prompted the rise of nationalism. Without the need for infantry, the existence of the state and its trappings (from a sociological perspective) becomes... what is the word? Outdated, in any event. Suggesting that the state as an entity could become, in effect, a historical accident.
(From an entirely academic perspective--the modern state of course has many other roles, but that was the historical motivator.)
This is probably the last time in history that could work. Very soon the 1% will be able to afford robotically defended fortresses. Automated machine gun turrets capable of killing hundreds of thousands will render the anger of the mob irrelevant.
Machine guns alone did this. The computers just make the will to use them less relevant.
I wouldn't call them hateful and bigoted. But they are shortsighted, and accept institutional intolerance. They do it out of an honestly-held belief that makes no sense empirically--but morality is not dictated by empiricism, and they are free to do things which are harmful, even cruel, and to be protected by free speech.
I don't care very much that it's shameful, except insofar as it alienates people who condemn the policy who wold have a great experience in scouting if they weren't alienated. I care that it hurts people and denies people opportunities.
On the hiking, sailing, whitewater: I agree with that, although those badges aren't required for advancement. They fall more onto the activities side in my mind.
Don't you still have to build a shelter and spend the night in it? The badges have all gotten much,much easier since 1911, but I'd be surprised if they've dropped they requirement for WS.
As a general rule, there aren't religious limitations on membership, except possibly atheism. (I'm not sure what the details are on that.) That being said, I'm not sure what the story is in terms of the chartering organization--if a baptist church only wants baptists in the troop, I'm not sure if they can do that. However, you should be able to clear it up pretty easily with a call to your local council, or to National. There are certainly scouting awards in many faiths, including Buddhism.
I have had a similar (though of course not identical) problem.
I have found it helpful to construe laziness not as being hesitant to work hard, but being unwilling to work hard even at things that are boring. I am lazy, but try to convince myself to do the boring stuff anyway, despite the lack of short-term reward.
Boy Scouts is good for the socialization, the outdoor experiences, and the service. For someone like this, social development is key. The badges are a joke for anyone remotely intelligent, but the experiences can be excellent. Try to get him involved in the Order of the Arrow through Boy Scouts--one of the largest youth-led organizations in the world, its emphasis on service is helpful to develop in someone.
Also, there are no race-based limitations on membership.
Actually, it looks like notice may be useful but not be required. (Though consult an atty. if this matters to you, obviously).
401. Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies2...
(d) Evidentiary Weight of Notice. — If a notice of copyright in the form and position specified by this section appears on the published copy or copies to which a defendant in a copyright infringement suit had access, then no weight shall be given to such a defendant's interposition of a defense based on innocent infringement in mitigation of actual or statutory damages, except as provided in the last sentence of section 504(c)(2).
I know what it is, and was mostly joking about the time padding I gave. I gave three hours because I figure maybe the admin has never configured a tape drive before and he wants to read up a bit, and because it's always nice to give people the benefit of the doubt when calling them incompetent.
Even so, I suspect the figure may be larger than five minutes for someone who's never done it before, particularly if they've never done it before and they're worried about enterprise-level reliability in their backup solution.
I take it that the hardware encryption takes a secret key and builds AES or a similar algorithm in using that?
Grow some thicker skin...and teach your children the same.
That a person should be able to withstand a verbal assault does not mean another person should make one.
We should be working to build a world where nobody has to withstand a verbal assault, because people are reasonable and interact with one another reasonably.
You may be fine if I punch you in the face, too. But that doesn't mean the solution to me punching you in the face is for you to get used to it.
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I didn't say Stargate was evidence. The evidence was the cockroach. The possibility of outcompeting for resources is the most likely concern. The fiction merely illustrates it.
And yes, all of those things were technology. Alexander the Great (the corpses) invented biowarfare in that way, but nobody thought it would destroy the world--it didn't have the potential to yet. Today, it can be pretty gruesome. Machine guns had a huge cost--world war I had many more casualties because of them. Other technologies were very useful while being destructive--the infantry revolution helped incentivize the movement toward popular government, for example.
And we haven't destroyed ourselves--not with nukes, and not even (yet) with Global warming. And not with (malicious) genetic engineering. But all of those things are possible paths to massive destruction, as is the creation of one or more self-replicating species/objects that outcompete us. It only has to happen once. I'm not saying we shouldn't build--I'm saying we should build prudently.
If it is covering up molestation, then yes; but it is covering up (more accurately, not reporting) possession of child pornography. It seems like the church should not have to report possession of child pornography, but that they should take reasonable in-house steps to limit any potential detriment to young people that that possession might signal. Maybe the particular priest is told not to be alone with a single child, for example, and is disciplined in-house.
If it were covering up molestation--particularly ongoing molestation--then someone should go to jail for it.
I am not comfortable with the idea of criminalizing a person who doesn't report a colleague, except in certain situations. You might fire them (in a publicly-held corporation, for example). But particularly where there is no ongoing harm, and where the person is not a law enforcement official or perhaps officer of the court, it does not seem helpful to require people to report.
Actually, it may disincentivize witnesses later--if they had a duty to report something, they will refuse to testify as to what was occurring because that would be incriminating themselves.
The greater concern is that the technology will be used without understanding of the consequences. The Replicators in Stargate, for example, emerged from an experiment in which a childlike intellect taught its toys to make more of themselves. Research into self-replication, while reasonable, is not without nightmare scenarios or significant potential drawbacks.
The cockroach is one example of such an experiment. Who is to say that in time, we will not create an example capable of out-competing us for some natural resource? So it is not without risk to experiment in self-replication. You can limit the risk, of course. Until someone makes the wrong kind of mistake at the wrong time. Kind of like researching Level 4 biohazards in a major population zone. If nobody does something dumb or protocols require fifty dumb things to happen at once for a problem and no massively unexplained events occur, it works just fine.
Okay, why does a disgruntled ex-employee's rant about scalability and infrastructure come into play before we know that scalability or infrastructure was the cause of the break? Seriously, maybe the taco bell dog just chewed through fiber lines in NY and LA while on tour. Could happen to anybody.
The interesting corollary to that is that the rise of robo-warfare could push back a bit against the nation-state. Nations needed to be large to gather resources for warfare after the cannon came around, but the infantry revolution was what really prompted the rise of nationalism. Without the need for infantry, the existence of the state and its trappings (from a sociological perspective) becomes... what is the word? Outdated, in any event. Suggesting that the state as an entity could become, in effect, a historical accident.
(From an entirely academic perspective--the modern state of course has many other roles, but that was the historical motivator.)
I once read a book by that really tall economist
Awesome.
This is probably the last time in history that could work. Very soon the 1% will be able to afford robotically defended fortresses. Automated machine gun turrets capable of killing hundreds of thousands will render the anger of the mob irrelevant.
Machine guns alone did this. The computers just make the will to use them less relevant.
You would be very, very far wrong. Good suits are expensive.
I wouldn't call them hateful and bigoted. But they are shortsighted, and accept institutional intolerance. They do it out of an honestly-held belief that makes no sense empirically--but morality is not dictated by empiricism, and they are free to do things which are harmful, even cruel, and to be protected by free speech.
I don't care very much that it's shameful, except insofar as it alienates people who condemn the policy who wold have a great experience in scouting if they weren't alienated. I care that it hurts people and denies people opportunities.
Yes, I believe that's true as a formal matter. But it certainly doesn't have to be Christian.
Gender being the most obvious, yes. But you accused them of having a white, straight, christian entrance requirement, which just isn't true.
They have a not openly non-straight membership requirement, and a male entrance requirement for most of their programs.
On the hiking, sailing, whitewater: I agree with that, although those badges aren't required for advancement. They fall more onto the activities side in my mind.
Don't you still have to build a shelter and spend the night in it? The badges have all gotten much,much easier since 1911, but I'd be surprised if they've dropped they requirement for WS.
As a general rule, there aren't religious limitations on membership, except possibly atheism. (I'm not sure what the details are on that.) That being said, I'm not sure what the story is in terms of the chartering organization--if a baptist church only wants baptists in the troop, I'm not sure if they can do that. However, you should be able to clear it up pretty easily with a call to your local council, or to National. There are certainly scouting awards in many faiths, including Buddhism.
Islam: http://usscouts.org/scoutduty/sd2gc40.asp
Buddhist: http://bcascout.webs.com/
I have had a similar (though of course not identical) problem.
I have found it helpful to construe laziness not as being hesitant to work hard, but being unwilling to work hard even at things that are boring. I am lazy, but try to convince myself to do the boring stuff anyway, despite the lack of short-term reward.
Boy Scouts is good for the socialization, the outdoor experiences, and the service. For someone like this, social development is key. The badges are a joke for anyone remotely intelligent, but the experiences can be excellent. Try to get him involved in the Order of the Arrow through Boy Scouts--one of the largest youth-led organizations in the world, its emphasis on service is helpful to develop in someone.
Also, there are no race-based limitations on membership.
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Interesting. Thank you; I did not know that.
Actually, it looks like notice may be useful but not be required. (Though consult an atty. if this matters to you, obviously).
401. Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies2 ...
(d) Evidentiary Weight of Notice. — If a notice of copyright in the form and position specified by this section appears on the published copy or copies to which a defendant in a copyright infringement suit had access, then no weight shall be given to such a defendant's interposition of a defense based on innocent infringement in mitigation of actual or statutory damages, except as provided in the last sentence of section 504(c)(2).
> it will also let services start on a trigger and stop when needed instead of running all the time.
Nice.
Although I have to wonder, why are "services" treated differently than other programs, in this context or any other? Does it have any positive effect?
:)
I know what it is, and was mostly joking about the time padding I gave. I gave three hours because I figure maybe the admin has never configured a tape drive before and he wants to read up a bit, and because it's always nice to give people the benefit of the doubt when calling them incompetent.
Even so, I suspect the figure may be larger than five minutes for someone who's never done it before, particularly if they've never done it before and they're worried about enterprise-level reliability in their backup solution.
I take it that the hardware encryption takes a secret key and builds AES or a similar algorithm in using that?
That just suggests they're storing the wrong programs or data, not that they are defective.
Why is the couple defective?
I assumed the sysadmin would first want to learn what encryption was.
Fair point. :)
Grow some thicker skin...and teach your children the same.
That a person should be able to withstand a verbal assault does not mean another person should make one.
We should be working to build a world where nobody has to withstand a verbal assault, because people are reasonable and interact with one another reasonably.
You may be fine if I punch you in the face, too. But that doesn't mean the solution to me punching you in the face is for you to get used to it.