Not a bad idea. "Companies involved in the production of this food item" would be very useful information indeed. It could be like the ingredient list on the back. I'd happily avoid Monsanto products, but support responsible companies that make wise use of GMO.
Exactly, and it sets a horrible precedent. Anything public becomes legally trackable. Your face is always showing. So you can't claim that is private, ergo there's no problem with facial recognition software recognizing and tracking everyplace you go. Suddenly everywhere I go, in a car, on foot, has been noted and recorded. That is the future we are inviting if we do not push back.
Enough of this. The charges may smell hella funny given the context, but the charges themselves ARE serious. If you consent to sex on the condition it be protected, and you find out later it wasn't, that sure is hell is "really rape". And if you still doubt that for some reason, consider finding out your partner not only lied to you about using protection, but in the process gave you an STD. Its a serious accusation, and we don't need to belittle the crime itself to criticize the highly suspicious political circumstances in which the accusation takes place.
We need to track abuses and publicize that tracking (UN Global Compact - Freedom of Speech (click background to view a map)). We then need to make consistent PR moves against all forms of oppression - especially political freedoms. When a government restricts political freedoms they send a clear message: "Our grasp on power is tenuous, we are cowardly, and we fear our own people.". We need to send a message in return: "We support your people, but look down on your government. As long as you restrict political freedoms such as freedom of expression, everything you do will be tainted."
Sublime 2 is amazing. Speaking as someone who wrote his own editor, and has tried out a multitude (vim-gtk, emacs, geany, textwrangler, notepad++), so far it is my absolute favorite. I hope he updates universal goto to make it more powerful, but so far, sublime has features, performance, cross platform compat, and an amazing user experience. Worth the investment!
I hope NASA does the right thing and releases the fellow's name. Unless it is a young RMS, who at that time SHOULD have been in undergrad, not goofing around with NASA.
In some states you have to register to vote in a particular primary. The primary is where in theory you get to determine how partisan/effective/brave your congress critters are. In practice it is more often than not a kabuki dance the higher up the office in question. But if we imagine primaries always matter, and matter a great deal, then that is quite a bit of power to give up. Since we have laws protecting the privacy of what you do within a booth, why not extend that to party affiliation? Make party mailing lists and the like an explicit opt in?
We need to find a way for them to make the same amount of money. Looking at Game of Thrones, the cost of the show has been enormous and in some cases kept them from filming scenes we'd love to see (fight scenes!). Saying "we are going to force you to offer your product in a medium where your profits will go down" is not going to help.
No, there isn't. Without a mechanism to transfer information outside of the dying brain, it is simply destroyed
Well, exactly. Current religious thoughts on reincarnation suggest that the information IS destroyed. All that remains is consciousness itself. Personality, memories - they are all gone.
The only things unknown about it are the structure and mechanisms
False. We have no clue what consciousness IS, or how it works. None. That's not to say it isn't purely physical in nature. But we could just as easily find out that consciousness stems from a few parts of the brain working in concert, or that there is something (physical or not) that "plugs in" to the brain. Also, given that we have yet to make a conscious computer, I don't think the computer analogy gets us quite as far as we'd like.
That's why I feel uncomfortable stating what is likely to be true. How can we state what is likely when our scientific understanding of consciousness is so poor?
I really hope some of the companies out there (HBO especially, I needs my Game of Thrones fix) figure out other ways of getting money from customers. I wouldn't want to see the shows I like cut back or eliminated if the tv/cable networks go the way of newspapers. So, dear cable/tv companies: We have money, we want to support your art. Let's figure something out!
This. Real name comments are basically a way of saying "Hey! Anyone being stalked, stay off the internet.". Bear in mind, before dismissing this, that *anyone* can potentially be stalked, for any number of reasons. Imagine being active in an online community for years, being stalked, and having to beg that website to remove your comments...
So why not eliminate requirements? Why must higher education be restricted to only a precious few, who by dint of childhood achievement or parental finances are able to attend? Let's recognize that an education up to high school is no longer enough, and make it possible for anyone who wants to keep learning to do so. Society can only benefit from a more educated population.
Want to trample activists? Stop dangerous ideologies like Democracy in its tracks? Trust Gamma Group as much as you don't trust your citizens. "We'll help you spy on your people(tm)".
If ever there was a company aching for a PR disaster...
I for one salute our bad e-teacher overlords. That'll give me the time I need to repurpose all the college kids currently being recruited into obsolete analog teaching positions for my growing army of disaffected warriors. We'll play the long game, and wait as humanity embraces non-nitpicky math, jesus-science, and non offensive literature. As the idiocracy grows in ignorance, so shall we grow in power and hunger... Soon the great feast shall commence! Bwahahahahaha.
I mean... errrr... gosh I'm excited about new technology improving education, why do teachers need to be such party poopers with facts. Its probably all some union's fault.
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Not a bad idea. "Companies involved in the production of this food item" would be very useful information indeed. It could be like the ingredient list on the back. I'd happily avoid Monsanto products, but support responsible companies that make wise use of GMO.
Exactly, and it sets a horrible precedent. Anything public becomes legally trackable. Your face is always showing. So you can't claim that is private, ergo there's no problem with facial recognition software recognizing and tracking everyplace you go. Suddenly everywhere I go, in a car, on foot, has been noted and recorded. That is the future we are inviting if we do not push back.
Enough of this. The charges may smell hella funny given the context, but the charges themselves ARE serious. If you consent to sex on the condition it be protected, and you find out later it wasn't, that sure is hell is "really rape". And if you still doubt that for some reason, consider finding out your partner not only lied to you about using protection, but in the process gave you an STD. Its a serious accusation, and we don't need to belittle the crime itself to criticize the highly suspicious political circumstances in which the accusation takes place.
As the airplane gets smaller, the chance a civilian is flying it goes up. Its kind of like comparing taxi drivers to civilian drivers.
Exactly. The real question is "how safe would you feel with bad drivers in the air?". Or even better, high speed chases in the air. Ouch.
We need to track abuses and publicize that tracking (UN Global Compact - Freedom of Speech (click background to view a map)). We then need to make consistent PR moves against all forms of oppression - especially political freedoms. When a government restricts political freedoms they send a clear message: "Our grasp on power is tenuous, we are cowardly, and we fear our own people.". We need to send a message in return: "We support your people, but look down on your government. As long as you restrict political freedoms such as freedom of expression, everything you do will be tainted."
Sublime 2 is amazing. Speaking as someone who wrote his own editor, and has tried out a multitude (vim-gtk, emacs, geany, textwrangler, notepad++), so far it is my absolute favorite. I hope he updates universal goto to make it more powerful, but so far, sublime has features, performance, cross platform compat, and an amazing user experience. Worth the investment!
If a crime lacks consequences, is it still illegal? There's no longer remedy available through criminal prosecution or civil suit.
Just saying the post title is irrelevant does not make it so.
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If you are a fan of ignoring post titles, sure.
That's why I said "If True, Shameful" rather than "ZOMG TRUE, SO SHAMEFUL".
I hope NASA does the right thing and releases the fellow's name. Unless it is a young RMS, who at that time SHOULD have been in undergrad, not goofing around with NASA.
In some states you have to register to vote in a particular primary. The primary is where in theory you get to determine how partisan/effective/brave your congress critters are. In practice it is more often than not a kabuki dance the higher up the office in question. But if we imagine primaries always matter, and matter a great deal, then that is quite a bit of power to give up. Since we have laws protecting the privacy of what you do within a booth, why not extend that to party affiliation? Make party mailing lists and the like an explicit opt in?
ZDNet, CNN.
Counterpoint: Quinoa.
We need to find a way for them to make the same amount of money. Looking at Game of Thrones, the cost of the show has been enormous and in some cases kept them from filming scenes we'd love to see (fight scenes!). Saying "we are going to force you to offer your product in a medium where your profits will go down" is not going to help.
Well, exactly. Current religious thoughts on reincarnation suggest that the information IS destroyed. All that remains is consciousness itself. Personality, memories - they are all gone.
False. We have no clue what consciousness IS, or how it works. None. That's not to say it isn't purely physical in nature. But we could just as easily find out that consciousness stems from a few parts of the brain working in concert, or that there is something (physical or not) that "plugs in" to the brain. Also, given that we have yet to make a conscious computer, I don't think the computer analogy gets us quite as far as we'd like.
That's why I feel uncomfortable stating what is likely to be true. How can we state what is likely when our scientific understanding of consciousness is so poor?
I really hope some of the companies out there (HBO especially, I needs my Game of Thrones fix) figure out other ways of getting money from customers. I wouldn't want to see the shows I like cut back or eliminated if the tv/cable networks go the way of newspapers. So, dear cable/tv companies: We have money, we want to support your art. Let's figure something out!
Unfortunately the study has been deemed Not Noteworthy by one of Wikipedia's editors and been removed.
This. Real name comments are basically a way of saying "Hey! Anyone being stalked, stay off the internet.". Bear in mind, before dismissing this, that *anyone* can potentially be stalked, for any number of reasons. Imagine being active in an online community for years, being stalked, and having to beg that website to remove your comments...
So why not eliminate requirements? Why must higher education be restricted to only a precious few, who by dint of childhood achievement or parental finances are able to attend? Let's recognize that an education up to high school is no longer enough, and make it possible for anyone who wants to keep learning to do so. Society can only benefit from a more educated population.
Want to trample activists? Stop dangerous ideologies like Democracy in its tracks? Trust Gamma Group as much as you don't trust your citizens. "We'll help you spy on your people(tm)".
If ever there was a company aching for a PR disaster...
I for one salute our bad e-teacher overlords. That'll give me the time I need to repurpose all the college kids currently being recruited into obsolete analog teaching positions for my growing army of disaffected warriors. We'll play the long game, and wait as humanity embraces non-nitpicky math, jesus-science, and non offensive literature. As the idiocracy grows in ignorance, so shall we grow in power and hunger... Soon the great feast shall commence! Bwahahahahaha.
I mean... errrr... gosh I'm excited about new technology improving education, why do teachers need to be such party poopers with facts. Its probably all some union's fault.
We need to be reminded constantly, because of our short attention kittens.
Might we get to a point as a society where not everyone needs to work? Or where we imagine jobs that move past our basic needs...