they should re-do the study and compare soda to equal quantities of other things, such as chocolate milk, orange juice, punch, or anything else really. i bet the results would be similar
I already figured out the "college industrial complex" long before the term was even coined. The overcrowded classrooms, lack of sufficient parking, ridiculously overpriced textbooks, and all other factors made it blatantly obvious. But what really made me lose my temper was the university's refusal to acknowledge and do anything about its broken online testing system. I was taking classes that required students to complete quizzes, tests, and final exams all via the college website. Almost everything was true/false and multiple-choice. We were permitted to see our quiz results when they were finished and which questions we got right and wrong, and also view our submitted answers. As the semester went by, I realized that their testing system was literally changing the answers that I had selected to wrong answers! Whats more, it was also counting correct answers as incorrect! Nearly every quiz I had taken had been brought down from a A to a B, a B to a C, and in one case an A to a D. Clearly their testing system didn't work correctly, and keep in mind this is the same system that we took our tests and final exams on, which usually counted towards 60% of our final average. For the tests and final exams, we were NOT permitted to see our submitted answers and NOT permitted to see which questions were counted as correct and incorrect. So I complained to all the respective departments and faculty, the dean, and they all just gave me the run around! Nobody wanted to make any attempt to fix the problem or even acknowledge that their system was broken. They were just going to keep on using it. I was furious. And then it occurred to me that by lowering everyone's test scores, they fail more students, who in turn will have spend more money re-taking the classes making second attempts to move closer to their goal of graduating. It even screwed people who could have otherwise made the deans list. When I think of all the thousands of students who poured their time and money into attending that university only to get ripped off systematically I was almost ready to file a lawsuit. But I was a poor broke powerless college student who really couldn't do much of anything to put a stop to it. I eventually graduated, but I've never gone back. Lived and learned.
successful twitter campaigns will increase voter turnout in the voting polls (for both parties). the voting booths and locations will not be equipped well enough to handle the normal volume of voter turnout because most of the sheeple are used to staying home rather than actually taking the time to vote. they'll show up and thousands of democrats will find that they should have registered to vote but didn't and so now they cant, or else they will have registered but some republican somewhere in the chain of communication will have conveniently forgotten to process their paperwork. then there will be angry "mobs" all fuelled by twitter, so of course now we'll have to censor it, and so on and so forth.....
well obviously we'd need more powerful routers with greater range. it would spawn a whole new generation of prouducts to bring it to life. and of course they'd consume more electricity. you'd probably have to get rid of your cable internet bill and pay only for the mesh router power consumption.
We might as well just throw in the towel and go back to using kite string with styrofoam cups to communicate (kidding). Seriously though, all the "fighting" in the world doesn't stand a chance against the almighty dollar. Anyone who fights can either be forced to cooperate or else probably be bought-off. Since clearly after all that CISPA protesting the govt just went ahead and did it anyway, that pretty much says loud and clear weather or not they have any interest in what the public has to say in the matter. So the only solution I can think of is that we gotta find an alternative; something decentralized that can't be easily bottlenecked and used as a point-of-origin to intercept and track what is supposed to be private. Global wireless mesh networking is the only alternative I can think of, but for as many times as I've brought it up, someone always shoots the idea down and insists its not possible (just like going to the moon used to be "not possible", right?).
Sure but what about 3rd parties ?
The difference about nukes is that not just any old soldier can just walk right up to a nuke and hit the launch button. There's all kinds of security checks and balances in place to authenticate the identity of the launcher, and the average launch button likely rarely even gets exposure to the human eye. Securing a nuke is probably much easier because its actually tangible; something physical that can be protected by physical means.
The NSA on the other hand has created a networked system that makes lots of private information available to lots of different people around the country at lots of different locations with a few simple keystrokes (XKeyScore). Its just data that gets queried. There are probably hackers already hard at work trying to gain unauthorized access to a terminal for it already right as we speak, and for all we know its already been compromised by a third party and just haven't been told about it yet. Or who knows.....perhaps some kind of under-the table deal could take place where someone rich enough could contribute to a politician's next campaign in exchange for access to it. There's other scenarios I'm sure, but anyhow, the point is that if it hasn't happened yet, in time it will at some point by some mode and means. I'd be much happier knowing it didn't exist at all in the first place, so there's nothing there to abuse, just like the good 'ol days.
I've been in that whole situation myself. A developer anticipates and escalates problems many months in advance and is just ignored and dismissed of, but then when it all goes wrong as predicted, they still get blamed. Sucks, but it happens.
solar panels are probably heavy. thats a lot of extra weight to have to carry around, and then its a device that only works at its best when the sun is shining and its really hot outside, plus it generates more head when you use it. and forget about working in the shade; thats out. if this is for military application, i'd hate to be the guy who has to carry and use this thing. i'd rather be the guy who carrys the M60. probably equally as heavy, and a lot more fun!
seen it happen. they probably hired a YOUNGER person. too much experience and too much knowledge can be reason not to hire. sometimes a job merits someone who is still eager and driven towards getting more experience under their belt, or perhaps someone hellbent on climing up the ladders in a company and determined to do things with vigor that show they are loyal to their company (someone more ignorant).
Lets look at law enforcement from a money-making standpoint. In order for law enforcement to make money, there has to be work to be done. Officers, prosecutors, investigators, DNA lab workers, prison guards, judges, the people doing the wiretapping, new-prison construction workers, and everyone involved makes pay from the part they make in the system. Without "bad guys" to bust, there is no need for what they do, and that leads to nobody making a paycheck. These are people who have families of their own who need to be clothed and fed and taken care of, all of which requires money. So if it comes down to respecting an individual's rights versus maintaining own their ability to continue to put food on the table, they're gonna do everything they can get away with doing and more. Whatever it takes to make sure that paycheck keeps coming in. So to create artificial demand, everybody is now a major criminal. Everybody is a major threat to the nation, everybody gets wiretaps, everybody is major league, and everybody gets maximum sentencing. All criminals, great and small, are biw effectively the "fuel" that is consumed so that their services remain in demand. And the popular attitude among law enforcement is that these people deserve to have their lives ruined anyhow, so its no big deal really; they're boosting their paychecks and bettering society both at the same time. High fives all around.
Decentralize the internet and make it run such that there are no "providers". All internet is available where participants are willing to use it and make it available to others, and all traffic flows in the path of least resistance. Users can also flag and blacklist participants who look suspiciously like big brother, so they get skipped in the chain of communication.
i'm just curious. are we talking about an army of just a few talented hackers here? or is there a list of members as long as that list that they defaced the homepage with?
True that. Seen this routine a bunch of times in various ways, and in the end its really about developers making money. You can just keep it simple and go with what works (as you can see from my handle, I'm old-school). But I've met many less-experienced and less-knowledgable business owners who were totally sold on complex methodologies by their developers, and as time progressed they ended up with something thats very bulky and complicated that required a big learning curve to get past in order for any new developer to be added to the scene to jump in and start getting anything done. Business owners don't want to have to pay money for someone to just sit there and learn, so they can't find anyone else to work on their site who they consider "qualified". So whats happened is they've found themselves pretty much stuck with whomever originally wrote their code, which of course keeps their job secure and empowers them to command more money for their work. To me it just feels and sounds too much like a scam, and I hold myself to higher standards than that.
Think about it: you integrate the Kinect (which reputedly recognises facial expressions) and let it do its thing while you watch TV. They record your expressions as the commercial runs. In exchange for this (sacrificing your privacy) they give you a discount on your monthly TV bill. I can see it happening.
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they should re-do the study and compare soda to equal quantities of other things, such as chocolate milk, orange juice, punch, or anything else really. i bet the results would be similar
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I already figured out the "college industrial complex" long before the term was even coined. The overcrowded classrooms, lack of sufficient parking, ridiculously overpriced textbooks, and all other factors made it blatantly obvious. But what really made me lose my temper was the university's refusal to acknowledge and do anything about its broken online testing system. I was taking classes that required students to complete quizzes, tests, and final exams all via the college website. Almost everything was true/false and multiple-choice. We were permitted to see our quiz results when they were finished and which questions we got right and wrong, and also view our submitted answers. As the semester went by, I realized that their testing system was literally changing the answers that I had selected to wrong answers! Whats more, it was also counting correct answers as incorrect! Nearly every quiz I had taken had been brought down from a A to a B, a B to a C, and in one case an A to a D. Clearly their testing system didn't work correctly, and keep in mind this is the same system that we took our tests and final exams on, which usually counted towards 60% of our final average. For the tests and final exams, we were NOT permitted to see our submitted answers and NOT permitted to see which questions were counted as correct and incorrect. So I complained to all the respective departments and faculty, the dean, and they all just gave me the run around! Nobody wanted to make any attempt to fix the problem or even acknowledge that their system was broken. They were just going to keep on using it. I was furious. And then it occurred to me that by lowering everyone's test scores, they fail more students, who in turn will have spend more money re-taking the classes making second attempts to move closer to their goal of graduating. It even screwed people who could have otherwise made the deans list. When I think of all the thousands of students who poured their time and money into attending that university only to get ripped off systematically I was almost ready to file a lawsuit. But I was a poor broke powerless college student who really couldn't do much of anything to put a stop to it. I eventually graduated, but I've never gone back. Lived and learned.
This is bad comedy. I don't know who's more gullible: Germany, or the U.S.
successful twitter campaigns will increase voter turnout in the voting polls (for both parties). the voting booths and locations will not be equipped well enough to handle the normal volume of voter turnout because most of the sheeple are used to staying home rather than actually taking the time to vote. they'll show up and thousands of democrats will find that they should have registered to vote but didn't and so now they cant, or else they will have registered but some republican somewhere in the chain of communication will have conveniently forgotten to process their paperwork. then there will be angry "mobs" all fuelled by twitter, so of course now we'll have to censor it, and so on and so forth.....
seen those in RC planes. they're not jet engines, but they'll fly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtDykslL954
well obviously we'd need more powerful routers with greater range. it would spawn a whole new generation of prouducts to bring it to life. and of course they'd consume more electricity. you'd probably have to get rid of your cable internet bill and pay only for the mesh router power consumption.
We might as well just throw in the towel and go back to using kite string with styrofoam cups to communicate (kidding). Seriously though, all the "fighting" in the world doesn't stand a chance against the almighty dollar. Anyone who fights can either be forced to cooperate or else probably be bought-off. Since clearly after all that CISPA protesting the govt just went ahead and did it anyway, that pretty much says loud and clear weather or not they have any interest in what the public has to say in the matter. So the only solution I can think of is that we gotta find an alternative; something decentralized that can't be easily bottlenecked and used as a point-of-origin to intercept and track what is supposed to be private. Global wireless mesh networking is the only alternative I can think of, but for as many times as I've brought it up, someone always shoots the idea down and insists its not possible (just like going to the moon used to be "not possible", right?).
cool! just like in that 1995 movie "Hackers" ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZHG3pi9EDA
Sure but what about 3rd parties ? The difference about nukes is that not just any old soldier can just walk right up to a nuke and hit the launch button. There's all kinds of security checks and balances in place to authenticate the identity of the launcher, and the average launch button likely rarely even gets exposure to the human eye. Securing a nuke is probably much easier because its actually tangible; something physical that can be protected by physical means. The NSA on the other hand has created a networked system that makes lots of private information available to lots of different people around the country at lots of different locations with a few simple keystrokes (XKeyScore). Its just data that gets queried. There are probably hackers already hard at work trying to gain unauthorized access to a terminal for it already right as we speak, and for all we know its already been compromised by a third party and just haven't been told about it yet. Or who knows.....perhaps some kind of under-the table deal could take place where someone rich enough could contribute to a politician's next campaign in exchange for access to it. There's other scenarios I'm sure, but anyhow, the point is that if it hasn't happened yet, in time it will at some point by some mode and means. I'd be much happier knowing it didn't exist at all in the first place, so there's nothing there to abuse, just like the good 'ol days.
I think I just felt everybody in America groan, roll their eyes, and flip him the bird.
I think David Bowie has already long since earned the right to have his material on the side of the MAVEN and pretty much any spacecraft.
beano prevents gas. we're gonna need a lot of it
nobody likes to take orders from a short guy, and everybody gladly follows a tall statuesque manager, even if he has no idea what he's doing. seen it.
I've been in that whole situation myself. A developer anticipates and escalates problems many months in advance and is just ignored and dismissed of, but then when it all goes wrong as predicted, they still get blamed. Sucks, but it happens.
simple idea, lots of people will want it. that ones almost as good as the post-it note. nobody wants bedbugs.
solar panels are probably heavy. thats a lot of extra weight to have to carry around, and then its a device that only works at its best when the sun is shining and its really hot outside, plus it generates more head when you use it. and forget about working in the shade; thats out. if this is for military application, i'd hate to be the guy who has to carry and use this thing. i'd rather be the guy who carrys the M60. probably equally as heavy, and a lot more fun!
Soon as someone invents the app I'm throwing my G3 phone off the roof of a building, or perhaps into a botomless pit.
seen it happen. they probably hired a YOUNGER person. too much experience and too much knowledge can be reason not to hire. sometimes a job merits someone who is still eager and driven towards getting more experience under their belt, or perhaps someone hellbent on climing up the ladders in a company and determined to do things with vigor that show they are loyal to their company (someone more ignorant).
Lets look at law enforcement from a money-making standpoint. In order for law enforcement to make money, there has to be work to be done. Officers, prosecutors, investigators, DNA lab workers, prison guards, judges, the people doing the wiretapping, new-prison construction workers, and everyone involved makes pay from the part they make in the system. Without "bad guys" to bust, there is no need for what they do, and that leads to nobody making a paycheck. These are people who have families of their own who need to be clothed and fed and taken care of, all of which requires money. So if it comes down to respecting an individual's rights versus maintaining own their ability to continue to put food on the table, they're gonna do everything they can get away with doing and more. Whatever it takes to make sure that paycheck keeps coming in. So to create artificial demand, everybody is now a major criminal. Everybody is a major threat to the nation, everybody gets wiretaps, everybody is major league, and everybody gets maximum sentencing. All criminals, great and small, are biw effectively the "fuel" that is consumed so that their services remain in demand. And the popular attitude among law enforcement is that these people deserve to have their lives ruined anyhow, so its no big deal really; they're boosting their paychecks and bettering society both at the same time. High fives all around.
Decentralize the internet and make it run such that there are no "providers". All internet is available where participants are willing to use it and make it available to others, and all traffic flows in the path of least resistance. Users can also flag and blacklist participants who look suspiciously like big brother, so they get skipped in the chain of communication.
i'm just curious. are we talking about an army of just a few talented hackers here? or is there a list of members as long as that list that they defaced the homepage with?
True that. Seen this routine a bunch of times in various ways, and in the end its really about developers making money. You can just keep it simple and go with what works (as you can see from my handle, I'm old-school). But I've met many less-experienced and less-knowledgable business owners who were totally sold on complex methodologies by their developers, and as time progressed they ended up with something thats very bulky and complicated that required a big learning curve to get past in order for any new developer to be added to the scene to jump in and start getting anything done. Business owners don't want to have to pay money for someone to just sit there and learn, so they can't find anyone else to work on their site who they consider "qualified". So whats happened is they've found themselves pretty much stuck with whomever originally wrote their code, which of course keeps their job secure and empowers them to command more money for their work. To me it just feels and sounds too much like a scam, and I hold myself to higher standards than that.
Agreed. They should just use kites and/or hot-air balloons.
Think about it: you integrate the Kinect (which reputedly recognises facial expressions) and let it do its thing while you watch TV. They record your expressions as the commercial runs. In exchange for this (sacrificing your privacy) they give you a discount on your monthly TV bill. I can see it happening.