History will show that technology from roads, to writing, to radio and now has increased access to politics and the stretch of an empire for the past 5000 years. To ignore future advancements providing even more possibilities is being ignorant.
Where are you going to zerg rush? Even if the speed wont ever match current systems (which we will have to disagree on), there is no command structures to rush (hell part of it might even be in your classic military); and the creativity and ability to specialise by default could compensate for quicker command.
They don't need to know any of that for it to work, and you only need to vote on the things your knowledgeable about, or the big ticket items that other more knowledgeable people have refined. Don't think of it as direct democracy and representitive it's more of a combination of the two. The accountants will want to look at the books, doctors will decide the health plan, get the engineers to look at construction and so on; so it's representative because you aren't asking granny what type of bridge to build, but it's direct cause if granny came up with the idea to put a bridge there and lot of people liked it, it could happen. I don't care which way the majority of issues in politics go , but there are a few things i would like to fight for. Also since when did listening to politicians tell you anything about them, they make huge promises they never deliver on, and because you only have choice between dick head A, and dick head B people only vote for who there parents did (I laugh to myself when people think their little vote does anything in the current system).
Ok so crowd sourcing works but it takes too much time. What if we could have some kind of new tech that made the summation of the crowd near instantaneous? Your argument is kind of like saying since no one has made it to mars yet must mean no will ever make it there in the future.
I guess crowd sourcing doesn't work then. You just need strong goals and ideals that connects everyone and gives them a direction (maybe a free, peaceful, unified world). Also if you don't think AI and brain computer interfaces will make communication and information retrieval easier (if not automatic) for millions of people at once your just being ignorant.
I never said that. I think the Taliban is quite well organized, and in a good way to hold out against america. My point is it's not perfect, when america kills a Taliban leader another guy pops up but it's a young guy, they are big shoes to fill, and he hasn't had experience making those decisions. With adequate technology you could spread the load of leadership giving it more minds on the job and have no points of failure or bottle necks. How many good ideas are we missing out on by only having a a select few in charge?
That's why you need 25 years of communication and computer advancements. By that time we will be a lot closer to our computers maybe even brain computer interfaces to automatically file opinions and reactions, and also artificial intelligence capable of filling, sorting, and analysing the massive amount of data generated. It's not like the/. comment system would be capable.
The advantage would be it's very hard to kill or even analyse (the guy that makes the crucial decision one day might never make another). at the moment there is a kill list of the important people in the Taliban and if you could kill 100 of the right people in a america you could bring the country to its knees. With this system you can't dissect it the way the a modern army likes to operate, not to mention that the members can be anybody from anywhere in the world (you would have to kill a huge percentage to stop it). Sure you can't control information channels like with classic democracy getting away with stuff the mob doesn't want, but who says you need too. It's not mob rule as much as the right man for the right job, similar to how the scientific community works. Also democratic leadership in current military units wouldn't work because they don't have the tech to get, and sort opinions from the large number of individuals needed (/. comment system just wouldn't cut it)
i'm thinking retinal display is when it's projected directly onto your retina. I think apples approach will use lumus technology http://www.lumusvision.com/ have a read they tell you all about, they have been doing it for quite a while.
yeah apple found it all right they did a google search and found this mob http://www.lumusvision.com/ who have been doing it for 5 years then they plastered a fake google goggles ontop and tahdah you have apple innovation, and have they built anything, i doubt it, what apple has given us is 150% worthless and nothing half us haven't already thought about ourselves. It's companies like apple that are what's wrong with this world.
The military has been using side projection techniques for quite a while and if that's not enough for you lumus http://www.lumusvision.com/ has actually built a product (about 5 years ago) and not just sat around shouting "we are so smart we could do this if we tried so give us a patent"; and world augmented reality has been commercialised by Google for a long time. I honestly don't understand what brain dead iFanatics they have working at the patent office, and how hypocritical apple can be when they steal such vital truly genius tech while aggressively suing over things as simple as 'slide to unlock'.
I know it's probably out of your expertise, but any idea why when i and many others wrote and posted stories about mars one which got voted on quite highly in recent submissions, never made it to the front page, this being about month old news now.
Your government has a lot of control over the media (or the media owns the government) so you don't censor events as much as you flood opposition stories and cover-up the small details with courts and procedure. Occupy wall street was just as dramatic as Tiananmen square just instead of tanks they had police run around beating people up and pepper spraying them, and instead of disappearing protestors, they are locked up as criminals all under the watchful eyes of the news teams. Even now i know i hear 100 reasons why the protestors in America were evil and deserved everything they get, but the ones in china were heros. If i have the choice between censorship or lies and manipulation I’ll take censorship any day.
It all depends on what she is going to do with it, if it is to sit on her desk (or occasionally be used on the sofa) for graphic designing or something, then a more powerful cpu and bigger screen will come in handy. But this has nothing to do with me, if you want to debate it write to them.
jakooistra adds a few criteria, in case you have specific laptop suggestions: "It needs a good CPU, but we almost don't care about the GPU (HD 3000 graphics are acceptable). A model that doesn't get very hot would be nice. We'd like an SSD and an internal optical drive. A 15"-17" screen at 1366x768 or higher would be ideal. Budget is around $1,500, but could go up to $2,000 if it's really worth it."
author: "i would like to know a good 4wd for my sister"
me: "the toyota land cruiser is a good 4wd for x and y reason"
you: "the toyota land cruiser is a stupid car you should buy a ford focus it's made of steal but weighs less than the land cruiser that uses lots of alloy"
me: "thats not a 4wd but if you want something smaller and easier to park the toyota cammry or even echo also does a good job"
Ok great so it seems you haven't got anything against lenovo; just bigger screened, heavier, more powerful laptops. Which is fine everyone is entitled to an opinion, but why are you telling me. Why not start your own post telling the author of this story the specs he and his sister came up with are stupid. Unless you bring an orange to my table or you let me take an apple to yours, we aren't going to be able to make a proper comparison (because the size and power ratio is user preference and requirements).
why isn't the x1 carbon a good laptop, because it's not running osx , because it's balck not silver, maybe because it's an extra 2 mm thicker, or is it because it has more power and longer battery life
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History will show that technology from roads, to writing, to radio and now has increased access to politics and the stretch of an empire for the past 5000 years. To ignore future advancements providing even more possibilities is being ignorant.
Where are you going to zerg rush? Even if the speed wont ever match current systems (which we will have to disagree on), there is no command structures to rush (hell part of it might even be in your classic military); and the creativity and ability to specialise by default could compensate for quicker command.
Then how come the anonymous guy got caught because he posted a picture of his girlfriend on the internet?
They don't need to know any of that for it to work, and you only need to vote on the things your knowledgeable about, or the big ticket items that other more knowledgeable people have refined. Don't think of it as direct democracy and representitive it's more of a combination of the two. The accountants will want to look at the books, doctors will decide the health plan, get the engineers to look at construction and so on; so it's representative because you aren't asking granny what type of bridge to build, but it's direct cause if granny came up with the idea to put a bridge there and lot of people liked it, it could happen. I don't care which way the majority of issues in politics go , but there are a few things i would like to fight for. Also since when did listening to politicians tell you anything about them, they make huge promises they never deliver on, and because you only have choice between dick head A, and dick head B people only vote for who there parents did (I laugh to myself when people think their little vote does anything in the current system).
Ok so crowd sourcing works but it takes too much time. What if we could have some kind of new tech that made the summation of the crowd near instantaneous? Your argument is kind of like saying since no one has made it to mars yet must mean no will ever make it there in the future.
I guess crowd sourcing doesn't work then. You just need strong goals and ideals that connects everyone and gives them a direction (maybe a free, peaceful, unified world). Also if you don't think AI and brain computer interfaces will make communication and information retrieval easier (if not automatic) for millions of people at once your just being ignorant.
I never said that. I think the Taliban is quite well organized, and in a good way to hold out against america. My point is it's not perfect, when america kills a Taliban leader another guy pops up but it's a young guy, they are big shoes to fill, and he hasn't had experience making those decisions. With adequate technology you could spread the load of leadership giving it more minds on the job and have no points of failure or bottle necks. How many good ideas are we missing out on by only having a a select few in charge?
That's why you need 25 years of communication and computer advancements. By that time we will be a lot closer to our computers maybe even brain computer interfaces to automatically file opinions and reactions, and also artificial intelligence capable of filling, sorting, and analysing the massive amount of data generated. It's not like the /. comment system would be capable.
oh no don't give me freedom, a voice, and a vote on everything i care about not just the stuff that doesn't matter.
The advantage would be it's very hard to kill or even analyse (the guy that makes the crucial decision one day might never make another). at the moment there is a kill list of the important people in the Taliban and if you could kill 100 of the right people in a america you could bring the country to its knees. With this system you can't dissect it the way the a modern army likes to operate, not to mention that the members can be anybody from anywhere in the world (you would have to kill a huge percentage to stop it). Sure you can't control information channels like with classic democracy getting away with stuff the mob doesn't want, but who says you need too. It's not mob rule as much as the right man for the right job, similar to how the scientific community works. Also democratic leadership in current military units wouldn't work because they don't have the tech to get, and sort opinions from the large number of individuals needed (/. comment system just wouldn't cut it)
and that's how you innovate the apple way.
i'm thinking retinal display is when it's projected directly onto your retina. I think apples approach will use lumus technology http://www.lumusvision.com/ have a read they tell you all about, they have been doing it for quite a while.
yeah instead it's just like lumus http://www.lumusvision.com/.
the tech side sounds a lot like what lumus http://www.lumusvision.com/ have been doing for 5 years and the software is just google goggles.
yeah apple found it all right they did a google search and found this mob http://www.lumusvision.com/ who have been doing it for 5 years then they plastered a fake google goggles ontop and tahdah you have apple innovation, and have they built anything, i doubt it, what apple has given us is 150% worthless and nothing half us haven't already thought about ourselves. It's companies like apple that are what's wrong with this world.
The military has been using side projection techniques for quite a while and if that's not enough for you lumus http://www.lumusvision.com/ has actually built a product (about 5 years ago) and not just sat around shouting "we are so smart we could do this if we tried so give us a patent"; and world augmented reality has been commercialised by Google for a long time. I honestly don't understand what brain dead iFanatics they have working at the patent office, and how hypocritical apple can be when they steal such vital truly genius tech while aggressively suing over things as simple as 'slide to unlock'.
I know it's probably out of your expertise, but any idea why when i and many others wrote and posted stories about mars one which got voted on quite highly in recent submissions, never made it to the front page, this being about month old news now.
You mean the slightly raised to the middle bitumen with white lines on it. but how did they fiqure out how the US did it to begin with?
i tired it and i just got beat up by 5 red necks saying don't like it then GET OUT.
Your government has a lot of control over the media (or the media owns the government) so you don't censor events as much as you flood opposition stories and cover-up the small details with courts and procedure. Occupy wall street was just as dramatic as Tiananmen square just instead of tanks they had police run around beating people up and pepper spraying them, and instead of disappearing protestors, they are locked up as criminals all under the watchful eyes of the news teams. Even now i know i hear 100 reasons why the protestors in America were evil and deserved everything they get, but the ones in china were heros. If i have the choice between censorship or lies and manipulation I’ll take censorship any day.
Airship uav maybe.
It all depends on what she is going to do with it, if it is to sit on her desk (or occasionally be used on the sofa) for graphic designing or something, then a more powerful cpu and bigger screen will come in handy. But this has nothing to do with me, if you want to debate it write to them.
jakooistra adds a few criteria, in case you have specific laptop suggestions: "It needs a good CPU, but we almost don't care about the GPU (HD 3000 graphics are acceptable). A model that doesn't get very hot would be nice. We'd like an SSD and an internal optical drive. A 15"-17" screen at 1366x768 or higher would be ideal. Budget is around $1,500, but could go up to $2,000 if it's really worth it."
author: "i would like to know a good 4wd for my sister"
me: "the toyota land cruiser is a good 4wd for x and y reason"
you: "the toyota land cruiser is a stupid car you should buy a ford focus it's made of steal but weighs less than the land cruiser that uses lots of alloy"
me: "thats not a 4wd but if you want something smaller and easier to park the toyota cammry or even echo also does a good job"
you: "the toyota land cruiser is a stupid car"
Ok great so it seems you haven't got anything against lenovo; just bigger screened, heavier, more powerful laptops. Which is fine everyone is entitled to an opinion, but why are you telling me. Why not start your own post telling the author of this story the specs he and his sister came up with are stupid. Unless you bring an orange to my table or you let me take an apple to yours, we aren't going to be able to make a proper comparison (because the size and power ratio is user preference and requirements).
why isn't the x1 carbon a good laptop, because it's not running osx , because it's balck not silver, maybe because it's an extra 2 mm thicker, or is it because it has more power and longer battery life
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