You must read Max Weber: he tackled those problems for the Social Sciences already: predictions are a complex issue when humans are involved and situations almost never repeat themselves. And it's not like there's nothing of value in Economics. A few useful insights: If you want to stop hyperinflation, you do a convertibility plan; there's a limit on how much you can tax your people before your revenue decreases; a new seller in the market will make prices go down (assuming there's not an oligopoly going on).
The problems you mention have to do with wrong assumptions, and you are right, but even Ohm's law have those (a superconducting medium is not contemplated:) )
Granted, when everyone is making predictions all the time, someone has to get it right. But your second and third questions are answered by those who invested in those companies. As for the first one...
Did anyone pre-compute the economic collapse of 2008?
Now that Syrians and journalists don't have the internet to inform them and keep in touch, they will pour down to the streets to do that. They will pull a Tahrir Square. Good for them!
I saw this same principle being used on CDs: in the crystalline state, it reflects much more light than in the amorphous. IIRC, to change into crystalline, it required more than 130 C, but take it with a grain of salt. What I'm sure is that it was a lot hotter than 50 C, otherwise I would've thought the same as you.
Got your point and agree with you, money can buy you entertainment. But I've talked with people in their low and mid twenties, from the upper decile in income, who have lived all their lives in closed neighborhoods. They are bored all the time, or have stunningly boring lifestyles. Older fellas are just accustomed to live in a Tupperware and are terrified to leave it, making excuses up like safety and stuff like that. The young ones, at least an important segment of them, do feel the isolation when they are in their little island, and specially when they talk and hang around with a mid-income fella like me.
Sounds reasonable, why there shouldn't be a tax on online sales is beyond me. Somehow it's not the view of most of the./ crowd... Don't interstate sales pay taxes at some point, to some state? If they do, why not replicate those taxes, even at a discount if this is justifiably fair?
Being exposed to radiation between 1 meter and 1 millimeter, less energetic than the harmless visible, is known to be hazardous. We call them micro waves.
Being exposed to radiation a little bit more energetic than visible, is known to be hazardous. We call them ultra violet waves.
It's useless, I agree, that the study said it might, but weak correlations are correlations nonetheless. We need more data.
By the way, high temperature is linked to reduced fertility (for those of us who use laptops on our laps), so thermal effects can still be problematic.
We get it; some people are still surly that SC2 doesn't have LAN play. There are valid reasons to feel that way. We still don't need to hear about it in each and every Starcraft-related story.
Sure we need to! An unsatisfied customer that doesn't complain can't help companies provide a better product.
It's more like a cultural trait than a stereotype. On the other hand, have you seen the demographics? Seniors are still in the work force because even if they wanted to hire just young people, there just aren't that many.
Thanks! I thought I was the only one thinking, "This is 'Enemy of the State' all over again". Glad to know I'm not alone.
The antidote for this Soviet Russia joke: put sick stuff right in front of the camera, like bestiality or something like that. If it wants to watch me, it should be ready for the consequences.:)
I do not think many slashdotters would understand, that world over, resistance to bio engineered and gene modified plants is mostly due to business reasons.
Or the "Monsato" model.
Agreed, but I'm out of mod points, so I'll add my two cents.
Monsanto don't sell you seeds: they sell you a license to use the seeds you bought for that year; if you didn't use them all then you're SoL. Plus, if some seeds pass their genetic material to your own seeds, they'll want to destroy them.
As a victim of the Motorola "CLIQ with MOTOBLUR"...
Yeah, I'm also a victim of the CLIQ XT/QUENCH, and it's a shame, the phone itself has a nice hardware, but they leave it stuck at 1.5 so it's next to useless.
...since I'm very happily running CyanogenMod 7 on it in place of their stock ROM.
I thought about it, but CGM didn't support the camera, so in the end I choose not to upgrade.
The people in Motorola made a few lousy decisions on the smartphones they make, so I, one of that minority, convinced a healthy number of people not to buy their products. We may be few, but all of our friends listen to our tech advice and act accordingly.:)
their obsessive lockdown of blu-ray (which of course, was cracked)...
Here is the link to the full "obsessive lock-down technology" standard that Sony employs. Look at THAT, Sony is not the only company promoting it! Even more, if you understood the tiniest bit about the system, you would know that it's expected to be cracked: that's part of its strength.
But now they've removed a little-used and fairly innocuous Linux feature from the PS3...
They removed for obvious reasons: Geoh0t announced that he was going to crack the PS3, you can also say people were using subsidized hardware and weren't buying games... they tried to protect their cake, don't minimize the impact of the "tiny feature they removed".
I agree with the rest, though, Sony had it coming.
...that lead to a very important question: should education be a for-profit enterprise with all its knowledge locked up into highly restrictive IP laws, or does the knowledge output of academia belong to the society as a whole and as such should be subsidized by that society as a whole?
I think you have an answer, but they would call you commie or lefty if you write it.;)
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You must read Max Weber: he tackled those problems for the Social Sciences already: predictions are a complex issue when humans are involved and situations almost never repeat themselves. And it's not like there's nothing of value in Economics. A few useful insights: If you want to stop hyperinflation, you do a convertibility plan; there's a limit on how much you can tax your people before your revenue decreases; a new seller in the market will make prices go down (assuming there's not an oligopoly going on).
The problems you mention have to do with wrong assumptions, and you are right, but even Ohm's law have those (a superconducting medium is not contemplated :) )
Granted, when everyone is making predictions all the time, someone has to get it right. But your second and third questions are answered by those who invested in those companies. As for the first one...
Did anyone pre-compute the economic collapse of 2008?
Yes, there was, Peter Schiff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I0QN-FYkpw . Cool stuff! :D
I'm not the only one who things UML is a gruesome collection of boxes and arrows!
Now that Syrians and journalists don't have the internet to inform them and keep in touch, they will pour down to the streets to do that. They will pull a Tahrir Square. Good for them!
His mother called the blue ones when she saw all his tech stuff: she thought he'd stolen it.
I saw this same principle being used on CDs: in the crystalline state, it reflects much more light than in the amorphous. IIRC, to change into crystalline, it required more than 130 C, but take it with a grain of salt. What I'm sure is that it was a lot hotter than 50 C, otherwise I would've thought the same as you.
Got your point and agree with you, money can buy you entertainment. But I've talked with people in their low and mid twenties, from the upper decile in income, who have lived all their lives in closed neighborhoods. They are bored all the time, or have stunningly boring lifestyles. Older fellas are just accustomed to live in a Tupperware and are terrified to leave it, making excuses up like safety and stuff like that. The young ones, at least an important segment of them, do feel the isolation when they are in their little island, and specially when they talk and hang around with a mid-income fella like me.
Sorry, my english is not good. Who is this man Coward? I see him all time, and always talks to him self.
...redundant employees can be cut...
Better yet, relocate redundant employees so the bureaucracy engine gets more meat fuel and stuff gets done faster.
The best solution for the interest groups involved would perhaps be to declare all of the US a jail (with some islands for the privileged).
Unfortunately, those who live in such islands would be equally imprisoned, as a substantial part of the country will be barred to them.
I'll mod you informative, but I'm out of mod points.
You have a sarcasm meter? Boy, mine exploded after reading your post and parent. :)
Sounds reasonable, why there shouldn't be a tax on online sales is beyond me. Somehow it's not the view of most of the ./ crowd... Don't interstate sales pay taxes at some point, to some state? If they do, why not replicate those taxes, even at a discount if this is justifiably fair?
Being exposed to radiation between 1 meter and 1 millimeter, less energetic than the harmless visible, is known to be hazardous. We call them micro waves.
Being exposed to radiation a little bit more energetic than visible, is known to be hazardous. We call them ultra violet waves.
It's useless, I agree, that the study said it might, but weak correlations are correlations nonetheless. We need more data.
By the way, high temperature is linked to reduced fertility (for those of us who use laptops on our laps), so thermal effects can still be problematic.
Le grande beating-a-dead-horse sigh.
We get it; some people are still surly that SC2 doesn't have LAN play. There are valid reasons to feel that way. We still don't need to hear about it in each and every Starcraft-related story.
Sure we need to! An unsatisfied customer that doesn't complain can't help companies provide a better product.
It's more like a cultural trait than a stereotype. On the other hand, have you seen the demographics? Seniors are still in the work force because even if they wanted to hire just young people, there just aren't that many.
Weird, mine doesn't. Are you sure it's safe?
Thanks! I thought I was the only one thinking, "This is 'Enemy of the State' all over again". Glad to know I'm not alone.
The antidote for this Soviet Russia joke: put sick stuff right in front of the camera, like bestiality or something like that. If it wants to watch me, it should be ready for the consequences. :)
Funny thing; the experiment was done by the University of Ghent and not a food company.
The article doesn't say a thing about it, but companies and universities can do joint research... need more data. :)
I do not think many slashdotters would understand, that world over, resistance to bio engineered and gene modified plants is mostly due to business reasons. Or the "Monsato" model.
Agreed, but I'm out of mod points, so I'll add my two cents.
Monsanto don't sell you seeds: they sell you a license to use the seeds you bought for that year; if you didn't use them all then you're SoL. Plus, if some seeds pass their genetic material to your own seeds, they'll want to destroy them.
It's a nice spin to this story, isn't it?
IIRC, Linus wanted some sort of distributed operating system for 3.0, but I read it too long ago, not sure about it...
As a victim of the Motorola "CLIQ with MOTOBLUR"...
Yeah, I'm also a victim of the CLIQ XT/QUENCH, and it's a shame, the phone itself has a nice hardware, but they leave it stuck at 1.5 so it's next to useless.
...since I'm very happily running CyanogenMod 7 on it in place of their stock ROM.
I thought about it, but CGM didn't support the camera, so in the end I choose not to upgrade.
The people in Motorola made a few lousy decisions on the smartphones they make, so I, one of that minority, convinced a healthy number of people not to buy their products. We may be few, but all of our friends listen to our tech advice and act accordingly. :)
Devolution doesn't have a meaning, because evolution doesn't mean changes for the better.
their obsessive lockdown of blu-ray (which of course, was cracked)...
Here is the link to the full "obsessive lock-down technology" standard that Sony employs. Look at THAT, Sony is not the only company promoting it! Even more, if you understood the tiniest bit about the system, you would know that it's expected to be cracked: that's part of its strength.
But now they've removed a little-used and fairly innocuous Linux feature from the PS3...
They removed for obvious reasons: Geoh0t announced that he was going to crack the PS3, you can also say people were using subsidized hardware and weren't buying games... they tried to protect their cake, don't minimize the impact of the "tiny feature they removed".
I agree with the rest, though, Sony had it coming.
...that lead to a very important question: should education be a for-profit enterprise with all its knowledge locked up into highly restrictive IP laws, or does the knowledge output of academia belong to the society as a whole and as such should be subsidized by that society as a whole?
I think you have an answer, but they would call you commie or lefty if you write it. ;)