CF is not going to be helpful in refereeing scientific papers.
CF can be good to predict the individual preference over an item but not the quality of the item.
What it does is amplify the mistakes of the few who referee. Even if there are 2000 registered members and 2 referees per paper, the referee report is still based on those 2 referees.
I have thought about this but the problem is that moderation and moderation requires a lot of users to work. How many readers willing to comment and moderate would a scientific journal get? A few dozens? I doubt that's enough.
Good post, I agree that for now the monopolistic powers have prevailed only with the force of dated legislation. Hopefully in the near future more efficient distribution systems will overcome. Businesses can't ignore that the cost of distributing music and video is now almost zero.
... not Moses. (MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromagnetico), i.e. Electromagnetic Experimental Module . Unfortunately I can't find a link to it, only a bunch of aricles like this in english
One thing people forget is the easy shortcuts to increase/decrease font size. True, there is a similar toolbar button in IE but it does not override hardcoded font sizes; Ctrl + and - do so, and make some pages legible.
...the illegal actions were committed in Italy, the police agents went after the person who committed them and imposed him to correct those actions (or corrected them themselves).
Nobody prevents somebody in the US to restore that site.
The irony is... the blasphemous words contained in the site are part of the url and are present in the page the police put up. I guess somebody in Italy should sue the police.
NO, this post is missing the point. You are not supposed to keep the printout, you have to immediately hand it (after verification) to the officer for storage in a safe box.
Please read the entire post before replying: the entire mechanism was explained pretty well in my post.
Here is the part you missed:
If the printout is ok, click on "confirm", otherwise start over. Then fold the paper and hand it to the clerk to be stored away. If you voted twice because of a mistake, the clerk will ask you to give hime two pieces of papers, to be put in separate bins (one for the "wrong" votes).
too complicated and prone for errors. Why not vote *on the computer* and let the computer print the vote on a piece of papers for you to verify.
If the printout is ok, click on "confirm", otherwise start over. Then fold the paper and hand it to the clerk to be stored away. If you voted twice because of a mistake, the clerk will ask you to give hime two pieces of papers, to be put in separate bins (one for the "wrong" votes).
How difficult is to have a computerized system like this that *also* prints the votes on hardcopy? The voter checks that the printout is ok, stuffs it in a box, the box is sealed and reopened in case of litigation.
that the page put up by the Italian police still contains the blasphemy. I won't put a link here 'cause I feel bad about writing such blasphemy but any italian can guess what it is, sort of like www.[blasphemyhere].com. Well if you get there you'll find a notice like this (translated from the italian): Italian Police
Special Media Unit
This site www.[blasphemyhere].com has been blocked following decree Proc. Pen. Nr. 27463/02 - 26 giugno 2002 from "Procura della Repubblica di Roma"
I tried to write some words in a different language for which there was no dictionary and after 3 words it guessed that I was not using english and gave me equal probabilities for each letter. Pretty amazing.
Ebay recognizes they need sellers to survive. So they need to 1. Attract power sellers 2. Keep them 3. Make sure they remain "power" sellers (drop your sales for a long enough time and you'll be out of insurance coverage)
A health plan needs a minimum of 2000 (two thousand) members to break even. 80000 surpasses that by a huge amount. In addition, I suspect that most of such 8k are relatively younger and more educated than, say, an average manifacturing company, therefore less likely to get sick. Any HMO would jump at that group and I bet the rates are pretty good.
Well if you read their statement it's clear why they don't want to do that: they recognize that the vast majority of linking is not infringement and they want to honor that majority by not disallowing their links.
It seems to me that they have a legitimate concern: entire sites made up with links to npr, advocacy sites linking to NPR stories without disclaimers explainin that NPR does not advocate a specific position... I don't necessarily support their views but it's a legitimate view and if they want to support it they have to do it the legal way.
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CF is not going to be helpful in refereeing scientific papers.
CF can be good to predict the individual preference over an item but not the quality of the item.
What it does is amplify the mistakes of the few who referee. Even if there are 2000 registered members and 2 referees per paper, the referee report is still based on those 2 referees.
I have thought about this but the problem is that moderation and moderation requires a lot of users to work. How many readers willing to comment and moderate would a scientific journal get? A few dozens? I doubt that's enough.
Good post, I agree that for now the monopolistic powers have prevailed only with the force of dated legislation. Hopefully in the near future more efficient distribution systems will overcome. Businesses can't ignore that the cost of distributing music and video is now almost zero.
... not Moses. (MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromagnetico), i.e. Electromagnetic Experimental Module . Unfortunately I can't find a link to it, only a bunch of aricles like this in english
A recent story on slashdot provides a few suggestions on how to use your pc to do that. Should work in australia too.
One thing people forget is the easy shortcuts to increase/decrease font size. True, there is a similar toolbar button in IE but it does not override hardcoded font sizes; Ctrl + and - do so, and make some pages legible.
YOu're forgetting the good old
google cache that, is still showing the site as it was.
I think I saw a tape which clearly shows they smashed the hackers' head on the car hood, then punched him in the face until he gave them the password.
...the illegal actions were committed in Italy, the police agents went after the person who committed them and imposed him to correct those actions (or corrected them themselves).
Nobody prevents somebody in the US to restore that site.
The irony is... the blasphemous words contained in the site are part of the url and are present in the page the police put up. I guess somebody in Italy should sue the police.
This was already talked about in this story. The only news here is the cnn article.
Please read the entire post before replying: the entire mechanism was explained pretty well in my post.
Here is the part you missed:
YOu are missing the point. Voters cannot keep the printout: they have to give it to the election officer to be safely stored in case of verification.
too complicated and prone for errors. Why not vote *on the computer* and let the computer print the vote on a piece of papers for you to verify.
If the printout is ok, click on "confirm", otherwise start over. Then fold the paper and hand it to the clerk to be stored away. If you voted twice because of a mistake, the clerk will ask you to give hime two pieces of papers, to be put in separate bins (one for the "wrong" votes).
How difficult is to have a computerized system like this that *also* prints the votes on hardcopy? The voter checks that the printout is ok, stuffs it in a box, the box is sealed and reopened in case of litigation.
not only that, you'll find everyhing in the google cache
that the page put up by the Italian police still contains the blasphemy. I won't put a link here 'cause I feel bad about writing such blasphemy but any italian can guess what it is, sort of like www.[blasphemyhere].com. Well if you get there you'll find a notice like this (translated from the italian):
Italian Police
Special Media Unit
This site www.[blasphemyhere].com has been blocked following decree Proc. Pen. Nr. 27463/02 - 26 giugno 2002 from "Procura della Repubblica di Roma"
How clueless can they be?
I tried to write some words in a different language for which there was no dictionary and after 3 words it guessed that I was not using english and gave me equal probabilities for each letter.
Pretty amazing.
Ever heard of rm -rf ? That beats biodegradability by a long shot.
Ebay recognizes they need sellers to survive. So they need to
1. Attract power sellers
2. Keep them
3. Make sure they remain "power" sellers (drop your sales for a long enough time and you'll be out of insurance coverage)
A health plan needs a minimum of 2000 (two thousand) members to break even. 80000 surpasses that by a huge amount. In addition, I suspect that most of such 8k are relatively younger and more educated than, say, an average manifacturing company, therefore less likely to get sick. Any HMO would jump at that group and I bet the rates are pretty good.
Well if you read their statement it's clear why they don't want to do that: they recognize that the vast majority of linking is not infringement and they want to honor that majority by not disallowing their links.
It seems to me that they have a legitimate concern: entire sites made up with links to npr, advocacy sites linking to NPR stories without disclaimers explainin that NPR does not advocate a specific position... I don't necessarily support their views but it's a legitimate view and if they want to support it they have to do it the legal way.
When are you planning your IPO?
Have you noticed the consistent increase shown in the "other" browsers line after jan 2002? Is that mozilla?
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