the Japanese government is trying to keep people away from the radiation and doing everything it can to protect its population from it. and as a result there are a couple of well paid very well educated individuals that get unsafe levels of radiation.
The American government is coercing citizens into increasing exposure to radiation in the name of safety.
I can understand the distinction. "deliberate (yet lower) exposure for safety" vs "accidental (yet higher) exposure that is actively being managed by a governing body and scientists which is comparatively not as disastrous as comparable conventional power incident.
Japanese: "Stop exposure before we get another godzirra"
American: "y'all head through this magic doorway and I'll know your not a terrorist"
If the priority of the government (especially during war) was everyone be happy, then you're right.
Rommel may have had respect, but for all the good it did him.
[quote]Australians are generally quite apathetic when it comes to governance[/quote] I disagree,
that's why we had a hung Parliament, and a 3rd party holds a considerable amount of power now. We aren't as stuck in a 2 party system like America, if we don't like something actually important we tend to vote it out. Our longest serving prime minister got voted out of his own electorate because he was pushing unpopular legislation.
there are regular protests but they just get ignored by our politicians, the only thing our politicians listen to is citizen votes, even when it goes against business. it's not all a political wasteland here. we just have a strong religiously fundamental 50+ voting force that like to think they need to keep everyone safe from themselves and are entitled to money.
I'm not worried, As it will be used to spy on foreign corporations and people of interest, not domestic.
there is a risk of irritating the wrong country though. I'm sure Pakistan wouldn't like it if co-ordinates an attacks a nuclear facility somewhere in Pakistan "to ensure economic growth".
Attacking a website like wiki leaks though I'd definantly be against. removing foreign journalist websites because it "said something bad about us" is REALLY BAD form. Although I think that might have just speculation in the article.
Am i the only one wondering how the hell you connect an ethernet cable to a power outlet? would be a pretty funny support call though
Dell: welcome to dell customer service, how can i help you?
Customer: I got hacked so i fought back with electricity, and now the monitor isn't working properly.
Dell: *sounds of someone securing a noose*
Never heard of someone rushing into a burning building to save someone unrelated?
ego feeding and social status. both selfish achievements.
If anyone does not like the price they have to pay(taxes) for the service they get,(living in a free society) they can leave the store (the US).
all sorts of things wrong with this statement, but its off topic so i won't address them.
The idea that we must only appeal to the "selfish" part of our nature has been foisted on us by the selfish, the sociopathic, and the uncooperative.
read: the people in charge, who are only in charge because of their selfish nature.
It is possible for everyone to share and get along, but it only takes 1 person to break that system. Communism does work (sort of) but doesn't excel like it theoretically should. people are the most motivated for selfish reasons, it would be good to utilise this for unselfish causes,
There is more energy in a block of cheese then what it takes to get a rocket to escape velocity, we just don't know how to access it on a large scale yet.
We only like to cooperate when its beneficial to us personally, forcing us to assist our fellow man normally goes against the grain (healthcare reform?) unless there is something in it for us. this is simply humans selfish nature. This isn't necessarily a bad thing though, if you can use a humans selfish nature in a way that's helpful for a greater good (like in a company) then humans can be really quite productive, but there is a requirement to satisfy selfishness in either an end goal (lots of money for a company / greater achievement), or intermediate rewards (weekly pay).
Wow, AC can read the future of technology! what an amazing thing.
human technology is in its infancy. your limitations are based on a flawed understanding of the universe. its impossible _now_, but that doesn't mean it will be impossible forever. we are only just starting to understand the true nature of matter & energy (most of which we still don't know very well at all). but your right, because it would take more rocket fuel then the atoms in the universe to reach 98% the speed of light we should just give up. instead of looking at more energy efficient ways of moving matter at a high velocity, also. 1958 we had the technology to build something that would go 3.3% the speed of light with a big payload.
We're good at making bits.
transport may eventually become a digital process, i've heard promising things about quantum entanglement.
If we are too pathetic to fix the problems you mention, we are too pathetic to live in this universe.
says who? we can't share the world because everyone is naturally selfish, so there will always be ww3 looming and overpopulation is always going to be an issue. utilising that selfish behaviour to expand our reign of control into the cosmos is entirely supported by human psyche, avoiding wars and not breading is going against what makes us human, and is therefor a more difficult to achieve long term success with.
look at what we have accomplished in the last 1000 years, i think its entirely possible we will be able to work out ways to reproduce a big bang like event from currently existing singularities (black holes) to "restart" star systems with fresh energy after the cold death of the universe (if that is indeed how the universe is going to end)
i don't think i'd work for a company that wouldn't accept a laptop with your work in it as an example of your portfolio, as long as you can give them a copy of the source or whatever i don't see it ever being a problem.
but who would have thought that problem solving skills would be a part of programming? especially solutions that work around a requirement to spend money, i bet managers hate that.
there, ftfy.
do you really think someone is more likely to hire for a junior position someone who a) pays for their webhosting requirements or b) builds / runs a wamp/lamp server on their own machine to showcase their web programming ability?
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the Japanese government is trying to keep people away from the radiation and doing everything it can to protect its population from it. and as a result there are a couple of well paid very well educated individuals that get unsafe levels of radiation.
The American government is coercing citizens into increasing exposure to radiation in the name of safety.
I can understand the distinction. "deliberate (yet lower) exposure for safety" vs "accidental (yet higher) exposure that is actively being managed by a governing body and scientists which is comparatively not as disastrous as comparable conventional power incident.
Japanese: "Stop exposure before we get another godzirra"
American: "y'all head through this magic doorway and I'll know your not a terrorist"
If the priority of the government (especially during war) was everyone be happy, then you're right. Rommel may have had respect, but for all the good it did him.
I might have to add that to my toolkit, i could see it coming in useful when marketing comes up with an idea.
"Sure, i can introduce a popup on our website to signup to our newsletter, but could you just quickly hold on to these alligator clips first please"
[quote]Australians are generally quite apathetic when it comes to governance[/quote] I disagree, that's why we had a hung Parliament, and a 3rd party holds a considerable amount of power now. We aren't as stuck in a 2 party system like America, if we don't like something actually important we tend to vote it out. Our longest serving prime minister got voted out of his own electorate because he was pushing unpopular legislation. there are regular protests but they just get ignored by our politicians, the only thing our politicians listen to is citizen votes, even when it goes against business. it's not all a political wasteland here. we just have a strong religiously fundamental 50+ voting force that like to think they need to keep everyone safe from themselves and are entitled to money.
I'm not worried, As it will be used to spy on foreign corporations and people of interest, not domestic.
there is a risk of irritating the wrong country though. I'm sure Pakistan wouldn't like it if co-ordinates an attacks a nuclear facility somewhere in Pakistan "to ensure economic growth".
Attacking a website like wiki leaks though I'd definantly be against. removing foreign journalist websites because it "said something bad about us" is REALLY BAD form. Although I think that might have just speculation in the article.
Am i the only one wondering how the hell you connect an ethernet cable to a power outlet? would be a pretty funny support call though
Dell: welcome to dell customer service, how can i help you?
Customer: I got hacked so i fought back with electricity, and now the monitor isn't working properly.
Dell: *sounds of someone securing a noose*
i found another effective method, you just disable the logging.
are active religious members.
Chinas economy is growing without having to steal oil
Americas economy is falling even after stealing oil.
i see a pattern.
In my lifetime, people thought the world came about thanks to a sky wizard... oh wait.
At which point you should bring your own. I was doing technical support and had to bring in my own video card to get a second monitor at work.
a lot more would be dead right now if it were a coal plant fire.
Never heard of someone rushing into a burning building to save someone unrelated?
ego feeding and social status. both selfish achievements.
If anyone does not like the price they have to pay(taxes) for the service they get,(living in a free society) they can leave the store (the US).
all sorts of things wrong with this statement, but its off topic so i won't address them.
The idea that we must only appeal to the "selfish" part of our nature has been foisted on us by the selfish, the sociopathic, and the uncooperative.
read: the people in charge, who are only in charge because of their selfish nature. It is possible for everyone to share and get along, but it only takes 1 person to break that system. Communism does work (sort of) but doesn't excel like it theoretically should. people are the most motivated for selfish reasons, it would be good to utilise this for unselfish causes,
There is more energy in a block of cheese then what it takes to get a rocket to escape velocity, we just don't know how to access it on a large scale yet.
We only like to cooperate when its beneficial to us personally, forcing us to assist our fellow man normally goes against the grain (healthcare reform?) unless there is something in it for us. this is simply humans selfish nature. This isn't necessarily a bad thing though, if you can use a humans selfish nature in a way that's helpful for a greater good (like in a company) then humans can be really quite productive, but there is a requirement to satisfy selfishness in either an end goal (lots of money for a company / greater achievement), or intermediate rewards (weekly pay).
sending a camera at 3.3% the speed of light to see what its actually like?
human technology is in its infancy. your limitations are based on a flawed understanding of the universe. its impossible _now_, but that doesn't mean it will be impossible forever. we are only just starting to understand the true nature of matter & energy (most of which we still don't know very well at all). but your right, because it would take more rocket fuel then the atoms in the universe to reach 98% the speed of light we should just give up. instead of looking at more energy efficient ways of moving matter at a high velocity, also. 1958 we had the technology to build something that would go 3.3% the speed of light with a big payload.
We're good at making bits.
transport may eventually become a digital process, i've heard promising things about quantum entanglement.
or, we could start worrying about it now and ride the technology boom into the next "save the world" crisis that the hippies can come up with.
because its unlikely technology we develop to achieve the goals of taking us out of our own solar system would ever be used to, you know, help people.
and then humans came along and wiped out the local population to support their own species growth and proliferation.
Unfortunately the universe isn't infinitely big.
and infinite size means infinite planets
I'm starting to think your not the scientist you claimed to be!
If we are too pathetic to fix the problems you mention, we are too pathetic to live in this universe.
says who? we can't share the world because everyone is naturally selfish, so there will always be ww3 looming and overpopulation is always going to be an issue. utilising that selfish behaviour to expand our reign of control into the cosmos is entirely supported by human psyche, avoiding wars and not breading is going against what makes us human, and is therefor a more difficult to achieve long term success with.
look at what we have accomplished in the last 1000 years, i think its entirely possible we will be able to work out ways to reproduce a big bang like event from currently existing singularities (black holes) to "restart" star systems with fresh energy after the cold death of the universe (if that is indeed how the universe is going to end)
you'd fall under the "has experience" category.
i don't think i'd work for a company that wouldn't accept a laptop with your work in it as an example of your portfolio, as long as you can give them a copy of the source or whatever i don't see it ever being a problem.
but who would have thought that problem solving skills would be a part of programming? especially solutions that work around a requirement to spend money, i bet managers hate that.
a .com domain
there, ftfy. do you really think someone is more likely to hire for a junior position someone who a) pays for their webhosting requirements or b) builds / runs a wamp/lamp server on their own machine to showcase their web programming ability?