As it is now, the greatest tool(weapon) we have lies between our ears, more powerful than the fastest jets and the biggest bombs, and anything that improves it to perform certain tasks better is an option. So genetic manipulation, chips in brains, anything. Because if you don't, then someone else will and then you lose.
I'm guessing most of this is done in secrecy to prevent public outcries.
"there was no significant difference in symptoms between patients taking amoxicillin to those who took the placebo three days after starting the pills were administered."
there was no significant difference
in symptoms
between patients taking amoxicillin to those who took the placebo three days
after starting the pills were administered.
Humans are bad at understanding nested stuff, luckily for me, I'm a programmer.
What we need is a simple webpage with links to complete tutorials of how to protest this for each country, where people can edit the tutorials, like, a wikipedia for protests. I don't know how to create such a website quickly, but I'm sure some guys on Slashdot could whip out something like this in a couple of hours.
For those who are interested, there is a kind of prison architecture that allows the prisoners to think that they are being watched all the time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon
I'm guessing that Germans are not against nuclear energy specifically, they are against nuclear meltdowns on German soil. Not having the risk of a nuclear meltdown(however small it may be) for a bit of cash seems like a good trade for them.
I like your idea of crowd-sourcing, and I came up with a few ideas while reading yours:
Test the judgement of the moderators.
When mods are called upon to moderate something make sure that they have no way of knowing if it's real or not. This way you can for example request of a mod if "MR. LANGAN IS A BUTT BRAIN," or any other previously non bogus post should be modded or not. This way, you can know before hand if the content should be modded and test the modding ability of the moderator.
Describe what how they should judge something.
When reporting bad content you can usually choose what kind of bad content it is, for example you could choose between: copyright infringement offensive Advertising (more things here)
It is important to have a distinction between the kinds of bad content because it allows you to both judge the users who mod and the judges. It could be possible that one user/mod can see the distinction between "offensive" and "non-offensive" content but not the difference between "copyright infringing" and "non-copyright infringing" posts. By having this system in place, you could judge each users/mods credibility.
This system allows you to have an overview of how credible each users complaint is and by also keeping track of how each moderators mods things, you could also select the right one for the job. This complements the first adjustment I mentioned and vice versa.
Don't just randomly select moderators
I'm pretty sure Facebook and YouTube keep track of a whole lot of things about their users. When things get reported you could try to search for unbiased mods based on all the data they collect. For example, one post could reported 100 times from one particular geographical location, you could then search for the mods from another location.
These are just the ideas I got off the top off my hat, maybe they'll be useful.
Slashdot Mirror
As it is now, the greatest tool(weapon) we have lies between our ears, more powerful than the fastest jets and the biggest bombs, and anything that improves it to perform certain tasks better is an option. So genetic manipulation, chips in brains, anything. Because if you don't, then someone else will and then you lose.
I'm guessing most of this is done in secrecy to prevent public outcries.
Ad Hominem much?
Turn the ship around and go back to the floating iceberg, board it, and wait for help there?
Our universe is just another marble in someone's bag. *sigh*
Galaxy. It's another galaxy in someone's bag.
"there was no significant difference in symptoms between patients taking amoxicillin to those who took the placebo three days after starting the pills were administered."
there was no significant difference
in symptoms
between patients taking amoxicillin to those who took the placebo
three days
after starting the pills were administered.
Humans are bad at understanding nested stuff, luckily for me, I'm a programmer.
Nah, It'll probably be something like:
It's a new propriety format! Proprieeeeeetttyyyyyyyyyyyyyy format!
What we need is a simple webpage with links to complete tutorials of how to protest this for each country, where people can edit the tutorials, like, a wikipedia for protests. I don't know how to create such a website quickly, but I'm sure some guys on Slashdot could whip out something like this in a couple of hours.
Don't forget to bill my ISP!
Is it a dot or is it a speck?
When it's underwater does it get wet?
Nobody knows; Particle man...
I have no attention span.
This guy explains things pretty well:
http://profmattstrassler.com/
Just don't buy from amazon and you won't be tracked!
Movies are much more realistic, why not start there first?
For those who are interested, there is a kind of prison architecture that allows the prisoners to think that they are being watched all the time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon
Encrypt the ram as well :p
Does your company own your account?
woooosh
What's next? Pong: The Movie!!
I'm guessing that Germans are not against nuclear energy specifically, they are against nuclear meltdowns on German soil. Not having the risk of a nuclear meltdown(however small it may be) for a bit of cash seems like a good trade for them.
I loved playing those games when I was younger! I think I was around 10 years old when I started playing those.
What is the radius of the solar system anyway? Furthest planet (40 AU)? Furthest comet orbit (50000 AU)?
But more importantly, how much digits of pi would you need to describe this sphere accurately?
I like to see it more as:
Sony: lawful evil
Anonymous: chaotic neutral
No, they're Roguelikelikes!
The first thing I though when I installed it was: woah, these icons look awesome!
I like your idea of crowd-sourcing, and I came up with a few ideas while reading yours:
Test the judgement of the moderators.
When mods are called upon to moderate something make sure that they have no way of knowing if it's real or not. This way you can for example request of a mod if "MR. LANGAN IS A BUTT BRAIN," or any other previously non bogus post should be modded or not. This way, you can know before hand if the content should be modded and test the modding ability of the moderator.
Describe what how they should judge something.
When reporting bad content you can usually choose what kind of bad content it is, for example you could choose between:
copyright infringement
offensive
Advertising
(more things here)
It is important to have a distinction between the kinds of bad content because it allows you to both judge the users who mod and the judges. It could be possible that one user/mod can see the distinction between "offensive" and "non-offensive" content but not the difference between "copyright infringing" and "non-copyright infringing" posts. By having this system in place, you could judge each users/mods credibility.
This system allows you to have an overview of how credible each users complaint is and by also keeping track of how each moderators mods things, you could also select the right one for the job. This complements the first adjustment I mentioned and vice versa.
Don't just randomly select moderators
I'm pretty sure Facebook and YouTube keep track of a whole lot of things about their users. When things get reported you could try to search for unbiased mods based on all the data they collect. For example, one post could reported 100 times from one particular geographical location, you could then search for the mods from another location.
These are just the ideas I got off the top off my hat, maybe they'll be useful.
And if they are proven legitimate, then what? The guy just gets 50% of Facebook?