A Scientists view of GOD is no more valid because he is a Scientist. Neither is a Theologian's view of Science more valid because he is respected in Theology. Mind you, I haven't read either's article, because I think such arguments are silly, on both accounts:-P
Probably much longer than an actual textbook, as the "app" would get regular updates and be changed when the course or laws or whatever else making hard cover textbooks obsolete are changed.
The problem with most people in Education is that they see technology as what it is, a replacement for bad teachers, teachers whose livelihoods are being threatened. I read a quote somewhere, which said "If a teacher can be replaced by a computer, they should be".
Think about it this way, a person, who can read, can start learning from books. And as they increase in expertise, they can advance to greater/harder subjects. I can imagine a future where kids are proctored by teachers, but do the bulk of their learning from/on computers, advancing at their own pace in all subjects.
Good at math/science? You're not held back by teachers whose only expertise is early childhood education.
Good at Music or Art? You're not held back by people who don't see value in artistry.
Imagine a system where each student reaches their own potential, and not held back by artificial restrictions of the system or the teachers. We need to move from the "Industrial" education of factory workers to "knowledge" education of knowledge workers.
No the solution is to realize that the internet is designed to route around failures, and not being able to get content is seen as a failure. The only thing that this is actually doing is making it more difficult for legitimate users wanting legitimate content from getting it. They will route around the problem until the internet is broken by people who don't know how the internet actually works.
Eric Garner didn't pay the taxes, nor should he have. They should be taxed at the manufacturing/Distribution level, not at the store. I realize that it appears to be a Non Sequitur but it isn't. You apply/collected taxes to the smallest vector possible (higher up the chain). The Cigarettes Eric Garner was selling, were singles, not packs, not cartons. There is no need to pay taxes on singles. And police shouldn't be enforcing tax laws with choke-holds for people selling single cigarettes.
But you now must realize that Taxes are enforced with the threat of violence, let me know if you find this acceptable for selling single cigarettes on the street.
Voluntary taxes which can be avoided by anyone. Compulsory taxes are a threat to liberty simply because it requires force of government for compliance.
Once you realize that Eric Garner was killed over taxes, you'll realize we live in a police state that is chasing after every last dollar it can extort out of the people. At the point you realize that Taxes discourage the activity / goods they are applied to, then you can simply tax "sin", which would fund everything we want in government while at the same time reducing the kinds of goods / activities that harm society.
Don't ban plastic bags, tax them. Don't ban cigarettes, tax them. Don't ban porn, tax it
Let the people figure out what they are willing to tax themselves, and you'll see things really change.
And taxes are a permission, not a right (a subtle distinction). The 16th is permission, supposedly by the people, to collect taxes on income. And like all taxes, was supposed to be progressive, and only applied to the Uber Rich when it was promoted, only to apply currently to just about anyone making more than Min Wage. Compliance costs are extremely high for the average person who can't follow Income Tax Regulations. And the EZ form is nothing short of robbery for most people using it.
Thus, my premise holds true, all taxes are regressive, even "progressive" ones like Income taxes. And my point above is proven by the few that remarked "it is a right of government" to forcibly take from people under threat of guns, and choke holds like Eric Garner. Once you realize that taxes are an evil albeit necessary one, then your view on taxes will change. But too many people think governments have the right and the duty to collect as much in taxes as possible, and these people are evil.
Taxes will be collected, for sure, and the rest of your thesis is missing a major piece. Taxes are regressive, as people search out tax avoidance remedies. The only people hurt are the ones that cannot avoid the taxes, and these tend to be poorer people. Socialist paradise!
Thus offering evidence of my Thesis, All Taxes are regressive. People engage in tax avoidance, which only hurts the little guy. The wealthier you are, the easier (relatively) it is to avoid. So in taxing the online books, they have diminished the authors livelihood.
This is where I usually would insert an overlay map of the USA vs Europe. Most people, especially Europeans, think that USA is the size of France or something, the fact is, France is smaller than Texas. Comparing smallish European countries and the myriad of travel options, doesn't really translate well to the USA.
We should be able to articulate what we intended much better than was done here, especially those people criticizing literature and editing skills. If this was a formatting error (as was indicated) then that was the problem, the letter should have indicated it. And since it was a formatting problem, it was easy to fix, as was proven in this matter.
There was no need to remove the book, and a human (not an automated response) could (and should) have politely asked for a correction. Amazon simply came across as a boor.
And "The Interview" was a problem for Kim (North Korea, not Kardashian) so what? The problem with listening to every whiner is that they get too much power in the process, and normal people start being impacted by all the various "rules" the whiners come up with that serve no purpose other than to annoy everyone else.
What would you label Al Gore "the polar caps will be gone in twenty years!!!" and the people who believed in drowning polar bears?
What do you call people who said weather would be extreme and unbearable within a few years, but it never happened.
These are extraordinary claims, yet they are proven false time and time again. THE only thing Science has proven, is CO2 levels rising. The rest of the predictive outcomes have been largely falsified.
It is approximately right, but completely wrong. These are not mutually exclusive. Arguing approximations are perfectly accurate is itself a grave error.
We do use Newtonian Physics, not because they are correct (they are not) but rather because their approximations are within tolerances of certain deviations from accurate.
Why do not the people who have a vested interest in AGW not being true fund the research to prove it,
I'm sorry, but you have it exactly backwards. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. AWG proponents have made some huge claims that simply have not even come close to happening. Some, have actually been proven to be false on their own face (drowning polar bears).
One cannot prove a negative. This is the basis for "Innocent until proven guilty". What you've asked for is assume guilt, and prove innocence.
As for AGW, the only thing you can prove is increase in CO2. Everything else is conjecture based on simplistic models that have been consistently proven inaccurate. Scare tactics of "by the time we prove it, it will be too late" is like religious people saying "By the time I prove to you there is a god, you're already dead and it is too late". Basically, AGW proponents are arguing Pascal's wager.
You can say the same thing about the bots that have blindly accepted "experts" opinions. The problem is, many of the proponents of the AGW don't care about the science part, because they are too fucking busy crying wolf. Drowning Polar Bears was a story, until it was proven false. YET there were so many willing to believe the story, because it fit their religious narrative. Same can be said of just about anything Al Gore says, but he still attracts crowds of worshipers listening to his sermons, WHY?
There isn't much difference between the two religious camps, except one gets excused by the AGW proponents much more quickly. Why?
Until you can recognize the religious fever on your own side, and dismiss it as easily as you do the other "nutjobs" you are part of the problem.
Which is why we should NEVER ever stop questioning "science". Newtonian Physics is wrong, but close enough to be functional in many circumstances.
Science should be about continuous improvement, which requires ongoing skepticism.
AGW or "climate change" is one of those things I simply do not believe is "settled science", mainly because of the huge number of variables, and the models and advocate predictions have completely been falsified. It is the modern version of Piltdown Man (once "settled science", taught at university, and people even got PhD's based on it)
Call me a denier all you want. I'm not denying the "Science" part of this (CO2). I am denying the predictive hyperbole from the likes of Al Gore, who keeps making ridiculous claims, while having a huge Carbon Footprint (carbon offsets not withstanding).
And if you are going to make fun of Fox News, great, but the real person you should make fun of is the stupid chicken littles who have been proven wrong, but continue to spew their idiocy and the climate lapdogs keep licking up.
If my PM sent me a word doc via email, especially if it was sensitive, I would fire the PM for incompetence. Files should be stored on servers where proper security can be enabled and monitored. Once a doc gets attached to email, you have lost all control over it.
Document control systems need to be in place, and email is not a document control system.
There are two kinds of Repbulicans, NeoCons and Libertarians. Neocons are Simply Democrat Lite banded. These are the people who support Amnesty along with the Democrats, Support Government intervention into markets (too big to fail), and so on. The others are the Libertarian, limited government types that are a much smaller crowd, but tend to be louder and better at getting more attention.
The war in the Republican party is over who has more influence at a given time. Right now, you're seeing a large number of Libertarian types coming into the new congress, which is why Boehner (a neocon) quickly passed a budget that gave the (D) just about everything they wanted. A huge number of republicans are pissed off, and seriously thinking about building a credible 3rd party, something you'll never see democrats do.
I'm not going to Mod up, I am going to expound. The fact that we do not hold the people actually doing harm responsible, but rather go for anyone tangentially related but has deep pockets, in a get rich quick scheme using the legal system as a tool, is what is causing this kind of reaction. The threat of a lawsuit is greater than the threat from actual crime.
And to be honest, the US reaction has been pitiful. Why we put up with NK at all at this point is simply a matter of lack of leadership. However, as long as NK is a pawn of China and acts as their puppet, we cannot do anything to them. Make no mistake, this is China, not NK. But we are too chickenshit, and perhaps more importantly in debt to China, that both NK and China will get away with this shit.
And while I'm tossing blame, Sony itself is to blame for its crappy Security. How the hell does Muti-terabytes of data leave your network, without even a HINT of it. I'm sure that whatever cost savings they were going for when IT budgets came out was well worth it. I hope Sony gets it pants sued off (see first paragraph) by the likes of all the actors, crews and other employees.
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A Scientists view of GOD is no more valid because he is a Scientist. Neither is a Theologian's view of Science more valid because he is respected in Theology. Mind you, I haven't read either's article, because I think such arguments are silly, on both accounts :-P
How long will the textbook "app" be usable?
Probably much longer than an actual textbook, as the "app" would get regular updates and be changed when the course or laws or whatever else making hard cover textbooks obsolete are changed.
The problem with most people in Education is that they see technology as what it is, a replacement for bad teachers, teachers whose livelihoods are being threatened. I read a quote somewhere, which said "If a teacher can be replaced by a computer, they should be".
Think about it this way, a person, who can read, can start learning from books. And as they increase in expertise, they can advance to greater/harder subjects. I can imagine a future where kids are proctored by teachers, but do the bulk of their learning from/on computers, advancing at their own pace in all subjects.
Good at math/science? You're not held back by teachers whose only expertise is early childhood education.
Good at Music or Art? You're not held back by people who don't see value in artistry.
Imagine a system where each student reaches their own potential, and not held back by artificial restrictions of the system or the teachers. We need to move from the "Industrial" education of factory workers to "knowledge" education of knowledge workers.
No the solution is to realize that the internet is designed to route around failures, and not being able to get content is seen as a failure. The only thing that this is actually doing is making it more difficult for legitimate users wanting legitimate content from getting it. They will route around the problem until the internet is broken by people who don't know how the internet actually works.
Eric Garner didn't pay the taxes, nor should he have. They should be taxed at the manufacturing/Distribution level, not at the store. I realize that it appears to be a Non Sequitur but it isn't. You apply/collected taxes to the smallest vector possible (higher up the chain). The Cigarettes Eric Garner was selling, were singles, not packs, not cartons. There is no need to pay taxes on singles. And police shouldn't be enforcing tax laws with choke-holds for people selling single cigarettes.
But you now must realize that Taxes are enforced with the threat of violence, let me know if you find this acceptable for selling single cigarettes on the street.
Voluntary taxes which can be avoided by anyone. Compulsory taxes are a threat to liberty simply because it requires force of government for compliance.
Once you realize that Eric Garner was killed over taxes, you'll realize we live in a police state that is chasing after every last dollar it can extort out of the people. At the point you realize that Taxes discourage the activity / goods they are applied to, then you can simply tax "sin", which would fund everything we want in government while at the same time reducing the kinds of goods / activities that harm society.
Don't ban plastic bags, tax them.
Don't ban cigarettes, tax them.
Don't ban porn, tax it
Let the people figure out what they are willing to tax themselves, and you'll see things really change.
And the 16th is permission, not a right. Which is a point missed to too many people here.
Actually, the 16th only applies to income taxes.
And taxes are a permission, not a right (a subtle distinction). The 16th is permission, supposedly by the people, to collect taxes on income. And like all taxes, was supposed to be progressive, and only applied to the Uber Rich when it was promoted, only to apply currently to just about anyone making more than Min Wage. Compliance costs are extremely high for the average person who can't follow Income Tax Regulations. And the EZ form is nothing short of robbery for most people using it.
Thus, my premise holds true, all taxes are regressive, even "progressive" ones like Income taxes. And my point above is proven by the few that remarked "it is a right of government" to forcibly take from people under threat of guns, and choke holds like Eric Garner. Once you realize that taxes are an evil albeit necessary one, then your view on taxes will change. But too many people think governments have the right and the duty to collect as much in taxes as possible, and these people are evil.
Taxes will be collected, for sure, and the rest of your thesis is missing a major piece. Taxes are regressive, as people search out tax avoidance remedies. The only people hurt are the ones that cannot avoid the taxes, and these tend to be poorer people. Socialist paradise!
Thus offering evidence of my Thesis, All Taxes are regressive. People engage in tax avoidance, which only hurts the little guy. The wealthier you are, the easier (relatively) it is to avoid. So in taxing the online books, they have diminished the authors livelihood.
All of this basically presupposes that taxes are a right of government. Let that sink in.
All taxes are regressive.
This also goes towards tax compliance.
Just remember, it is your money that is being taxed.
This is where I usually would insert an overlay map of the USA vs Europe. Most people, especially Europeans, think that USA is the size of France or something, the fact is, France is smaller than Texas. Comparing smallish European countries and the myriad of travel options, doesn't really translate well to the USA.
He said "One study estimated that it could be completely gone during summer in less than 22 years"
Yes, he is promoting the idea that the ice caps are going to be gone.
You can see him claim 5-7 years here (from 2009) :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsioIw4bvzI
BTW, it is now 5 years later and there was still ice this summer.
"Too many" is not "wrong kind"
We should be able to articulate what we intended much better than was done here, especially those people criticizing literature and editing skills. If this was a formatting error (as was indicated) then that was the problem, the letter should have indicated it. And since it was a formatting problem, it was easy to fix, as was proven in this matter.
There was no need to remove the book, and a human (not an automated response) could (and should) have politely asked for a correction. Amazon simply came across as a boor.
And "The Interview" was a problem for Kim (North Korea, not Kardashian) so what? The problem with listening to every whiner is that they get too much power in the process, and normal people start being impacted by all the various "rules" the whiners come up with that serve no purpose other than to annoy everyone else.
Hey, I just described political correctness :-D
What would you label Al Gore "the polar caps will be gone in twenty years!!!" and the people who believed in drowning polar bears?
What do you call people who said weather would be extreme and unbearable within a few years, but it never happened.
These are extraordinary claims, yet they are proven false time and time again. THE only thing Science has proven, is CO2 levels rising. The rest of the predictive outcomes have been largely falsified.
It is approximately right, but completely wrong. These are not mutually exclusive. Arguing approximations are perfectly accurate is itself a grave error.
We do use Newtonian Physics, not because they are correct (they are not) but rather because their approximations are within tolerances of certain deviations from accurate.
Why do not the people who have a vested interest in AGW not being true fund the research to prove it,
I'm sorry, but you have it exactly backwards. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. AWG proponents have made some huge claims that simply have not even come close to happening. Some, have actually been proven to be false on their own face (drowning polar bears).
One cannot prove a negative. This is the basis for "Innocent until proven guilty". What you've asked for is assume guilt, and prove innocence.
As for AGW, the only thing you can prove is increase in CO2. Everything else is conjecture based on simplistic models that have been consistently proven inaccurate. Scare tactics of "by the time we prove it, it will be too late" is like religious people saying "By the time I prove to you there is a god, you're already dead and it is too late". Basically, AGW proponents are arguing Pascal's wager.
No. Deniers have made up their minds already;
You can say the same thing about the bots that have blindly accepted "experts" opinions. The problem is, many of the proponents of the AGW don't care about the science part, because they are too fucking busy crying wolf. Drowning Polar Bears was a story, until it was proven false. YET there were so many willing to believe the story, because it fit their religious narrative. Same can be said of just about anything Al Gore says, but he still attracts crowds of worshipers listening to his sermons, WHY?
There isn't much difference between the two religious camps, except one gets excused by the AGW proponents much more quickly. Why?
Until you can recognize the religious fever on your own side, and dismiss it as easily as you do the other "nutjobs" you are part of the problem.
mistakes happen
Which is why we should NEVER ever stop questioning "science". Newtonian Physics is wrong, but close enough to be functional in many circumstances.
Science should be about continuous improvement, which requires ongoing skepticism.
AGW or "climate change" is one of those things I simply do not believe is "settled science", mainly because of the huge number of variables, and the models and advocate predictions have completely been falsified. It is the modern version of Piltdown Man (once "settled science", taught at university, and people even got PhD's based on it)
Call me a denier all you want. I'm not denying the "Science" part of this (CO2). I am denying the predictive hyperbole from the likes of Al Gore, who keeps making ridiculous claims, while having a huge Carbon Footprint (carbon offsets not withstanding).
And if you are going to make fun of Fox News, great, but the real person you should make fun of is the stupid chicken littles who have been proven wrong, but continue to spew their idiocy and the climate lapdogs keep licking up.
If my PM sent me a word doc via email, especially if it was sensitive, I would fire the PM for incompetence. Files should be stored on servers where proper security can be enabled and monitored. Once a doc gets attached to email, you have lost all control over it.
Document control systems need to be in place, and email is not a document control system.
One picture of a sleeping baby is different from 10,000 pictures of said baby sleeping. One is memorial, the other is obsession.
There are two kinds of Repbulicans, NeoCons and Libertarians. Neocons are Simply Democrat Lite banded. These are the people who support Amnesty along with the Democrats, Support Government intervention into markets (too big to fail), and so on. The others are the Libertarian, limited government types that are a much smaller crowd, but tend to be louder and better at getting more attention.
The war in the Republican party is over who has more influence at a given time. Right now, you're seeing a large number of Libertarian types coming into the new congress, which is why Boehner (a neocon) quickly passed a budget that gave the (D) just about everything they wanted. A huge number of republicans are pissed off, and seriously thinking about building a credible 3rd party, something you'll never see democrats do.
NK is just a puppet state of China.
I'm not going to Mod up, I am going to expound. The fact that we do not hold the people actually doing harm responsible, but rather go for anyone tangentially related but has deep pockets, in a get rich quick scheme using the legal system as a tool, is what is causing this kind of reaction. The threat of a lawsuit is greater than the threat from actual crime.
And to be honest, the US reaction has been pitiful. Why we put up with NK at all at this point is simply a matter of lack of leadership. However, as long as NK is a pawn of China and acts as their puppet, we cannot do anything to them. Make no mistake, this is China, not NK. But we are too chickenshit, and perhaps more importantly in debt to China, that both NK and China will get away with this shit.
And while I'm tossing blame, Sony itself is to blame for its crappy Security. How the hell does Muti-terabytes of data leave your network, without even a HINT of it. I'm sure that whatever cost savings they were going for when IT budgets came out was well worth it. I hope Sony gets it pants sued off (see first paragraph) by the likes of all the actors, crews and other employees.
What a cluster fuck.