The *record* being whatever their superiors tell them.
I think I see a problem.
In truth, variations on this sort of stuff has been going on for years.
You can not trust any information source absolutely, but you can definietly *distrust* the military.
People who follow orders without question, largely without personal responsibility and permitted to act in absolute secrecy are not good guardians of the truth.
The site contains the profiles of various reseachers, including addresses, phone numbers, etc. They continue to list the man's home address and phone number. They offer cash prizes to anyone who helps further their goals, regardless of means.
Please let them know how you feel about their actions.
A class in Abnormal Psych. Seriously. How many people that call a help desk are experiencing acute anxiety? How many VIPs at your company will think they are your exclusive supervisor? How many bitter department secretaries will try to monopolize your time to show how important they are? How many times will you hear: "don't help that person, I'm mad at them"? How many times will you see a user make the same mistake over and over and over?
A class in abnormal psyche helps you spot the kooks early on. Every job has kooks, but in IT, you have more opportunities to interact with them.
... maybe the greeks just used short-range arrows for the calculation. Or maybe the romans were flirting with building boats out of paper that day. Or maybe...
I understand the potential gains we can make from this study. I know the work is important. But I don't trust the people doing the research. The military. These are the same bozos that brought us weaponized anthrax nerve gas and the nuclear bomb a host of other clever things.
You let this jeanie out of the bottle, even a little bit, even with the best intentions and you have potential to depopulate a good chunk of the planet. Last time it killed more people than died in WWII. And they didn't have modern air-travel. Just what is the cost / risk ratio here?
And this assumes good intntions. What if some military committee decides to "study" weaponizing it? In the name is national security, of course. And in secret.
We just learned how to do this stuff. Let's think twice before actually doing it. Measure twice, cut once.
Paraphrasing Oppenheimer: We spent so much energy thinking about *how* to make the bomb, that we didn't stop to ask *whether* we should do it at all.
Slashdot Mirror
... "and aim to "correct the record". "
The *record* being whatever their superiors tell them.
I think I see a problem.
In truth, variations on this sort of stuff has been going on for years.
You can not trust any information source absolutely,
but you can definietly *distrust* the military.
People who follow orders without question,
largely without personal responsibility
and permitted to act in absolute secrecy
are not good guardians of the truth.
Slashdot editors think this is news?
Right you are. Thank you.
Sorry. No. Go to news.google.com and look for reference to this. It ain't there.
The Register a great example of info-tainment. But not a solid news source. Editors aughta know better.
PS: If I am wrong about this, please post a link of something. To a real source.
Go ahead. Click that moderate button. You know you want to.
Hollywood has been waiting for this for decades.
Now that's progress.
Go to Amazon.com. You can view a good chunck of the book on-line.
At a quick glance, it looks good, the author seems to have a good grasp of physics.
http://www.uclaprimatefreedom.com/
They seem to be gloating.
The site contains the profiles of various reseachers, including addresses, phone numbers, etc. They continue to list the man's home address and phone number. They offer cash prizes to anyone who helps further their goals, regardless of means.
Please let them know how you feel about their actions.
Primate Freedom Project:
(310) 495-0429
info@UCLAPrimateFreedom.com
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>"'... self-absorbed geeks who learns Klingon and attends science fiction conventions ...'"
I will tear out his intestines with my teeth!!!
Blame Taco Bell.
A class in Abnormal Psych. Seriously.
How many people that call a help desk are experiencing acute anxiety?
How many VIPs at your company will think they are your exclusive supervisor?
How many bitter department secretaries will try to monopolize your time to show how important they are?
How many times will you hear: "don't help that person, I'm mad at them"?
How many times will you see a user make the same mistake over and over and over?
A class in abnormal psyche helps you spot the kooks early on. Every job has kooks, but in IT, you have more opportunities to interact with them.
Just a thought.
Anyone know what Steve Jobs drives?
Come to think of it, he probably doesn't drive at all. Never mind. Sigh.
Well, that aughta keep the obcessive comnpulsives busy for a while.
"Did anyone see my isotope of Boron?"
Do you remember when ...
a "head crash" meant a problem with a hard-drive?
Sigh. Big Bother gets a face lift, and big floppy ears. And Enjoy your Happy Meal! Damnit!
They're just showing off.
It's nothing but a token ring.
=brian
There goes our secret plan to take over England.
Drats. Foiled again.
The great thing about standards in the computer industry is that there are so many to choose from.
Ok, so they found a clever way to turn down fear.
... scary.
I wonder if they can use this knowledge to do the opposite: turn fear way up? How might that be used & abused? Say around election time?
The idea is
... maybe the greeks just used short-range arrows for the calculation. Or maybe the romans were flirting with building boats out of paper that day. Or maybe ...
I understand the potential gains we can make from this study. I know the work is important. But I don't trust the people doing the research. The military. These are the same bozos that brought us weaponized anthrax nerve gas and the nuclear bomb a host of other clever things.
You let this jeanie out of the bottle, even a little bit, even with the best intentions and you have potential to depopulate a good chunk of the planet. Last time it killed more people than died in WWII. And they didn't have modern air-travel. Just what is the cost / risk ratio here?
And this assumes good intntions. What if some military committee decides to "study" weaponizing it? In the name is national security, of course. And in secret.
We just learned how to do this stuff. Let's think twice before actually doing it. Measure twice, cut once.
Paraphrasing Oppenheimer: We spent so much energy thinking about *how* to make the bomb, that we didn't stop to ask *whether* we should do it at all.
Finally ... the VW Rabbit can live up to it's name.
"Ew... there's little rabbit pellets all over your garage."
"Yeah, they do that."
"... weapons that can make you hear the voice of God."
Hmm. I think entirely too many people hear the voice of god already. That's largely why we think we need weapons.
=brian
Next week: Fire - A How-To Guide
(A disturbance in the force, as though an entire audience with Asperger's was thinking: "was that supposed to be funny?")
This is humor. Laugh damnit, laugh!