Folks who read, post, and think are less susceptible to indoctrination by repetition, but not immune.
Think how foolish advertisements can seem, and the next thing you know, a cartoon lizard has sold you some auto insurance.
Propaganda (controlling the free flow of information) is essential to a totalitarian government, but it is also handy-like-a-pocket-on-a-shirt for the elected democracy.
Not yet, but certainly getting the space program out of exclusively governmental hands is a good first step toward cost reduction techniques like this.
Rocket science has a successful legacy breeding technology that crosses over well. In the 60's, the Minuteman II's use of quad nand gate ICs reduced their cost to the point they could be used in commercial gadgets.
A space vehicle becomes much more practical when it can land, refuel, and planet hop.
A Recon Marine, a Navy Seal, and an Army Ranger sat around the fire one evening discussing who was the toughest.
The Recon Marine described his training, which included being dropped off in the middle of nowhere with a mark on a map for a rendezvous point, and his diet of raw bugs and reptiles as he struggled toward the LZ for five days.
The Navy man regaled with the legendarily difficult, 90+% failure rate, Seal training program that requires a man to learn to swim like a fish, but kill like a lion.
The Ranger took a long,quiet look at the others, squatted on his haunches, and stirred the coals in the fire with his fingers.
Before you know it, well be able to fight a complete war without risking a single soldier.
Since the bar for invasion of another sovereign state is already set fairly low, what future transgression will be enough when no dead heroes need to return home? Iran looked at me funny!
Too bad our AIs are apparently now smarter than our journal reviewers/editors. Well, at least in the specific domain of the jobs these people have probably been doing every day for years....
Thank Goodness we never have a problem like that on the green line site.
Not too many years ago, FB was a cash poor company with a lot of users.... the only question was how to monetize the company.
WhatsApp has recently overcome a similar dilemma, albeit with a differing strategy.
Zuck has exhibited an ability to transition from product creator to successful CEO, so it's entirely plausible he knows what he's doing here. Of course, by default, it's also plausible he doesn't.
I have to believe we will rectify the Beta to leave the legendary/. give and take commentary alive.
But my friend, I have lurked on the alternatives to the green line site, and it is the antithesis of pretty. Assuming your curious nature is spawned from the intellectual, root hard for a better Beta.
It remains to be seen if there will be any real change in the way governments are allowed to use surveillance with impunity.
I watched a President pay lip service to reform and restriction, and I recall some initial outrage in the populace and the media...
but if that's all there is, and this fades away as folks get back to their busy little lives, I am afraid the watchers will go back to work with a confidence reeking of our tacit permission.
Elite athletes are just like you: they quite naturally have poor, fair, good, and great days.
They are human, just like your surgeon, and some mornings they are well-rested and some mornings they're not: I hope your heart surgeon's child wasn't up all night with a tummy ache.
Luck is always a factor in sporting events. It's as ubiquitous as bad refereeing. Say, maybe, it's bad luck your suits offer a distinct advantage in a pool filled with US municipal water, but foster drag with the softer/harder water in Sochi.
Don't shit yourself... it's better to be lucky and good.
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Think how foolish advertisements can seem, and the next thing you know, a cartoon lizard has sold you some auto insurance.
Propaganda (controlling the free flow of information) is essential to a totalitarian government, but it is also handy-like-a-pocket-on-a-shirt for the elected democracy.
Rocket science has a successful legacy breeding technology that crosses over well. In the 60's, the Minuteman II's use of quad nand gate ICs reduced their cost to the point they could be used in commercial gadgets.
A space vehicle becomes much more practical when it can land, refuel, and planet hop.
The Recon Marine described his training, which included being dropped off in the middle of nowhere with a mark on a map for a rendezvous point, and his diet of raw bugs and reptiles as he struggled toward the LZ for five days.
The Navy man regaled with the legendarily difficult, 90+% failure rate, Seal training program that requires a man to learn to swim like a fish, but kill like a lion.
The Ranger took a long,quiet look at the others, squatted on his haunches, and stirred the coals in the fire with his fingers.
Before you know it, well be able to fight a complete war without risking a single soldier.
Since the bar for invasion of another sovereign state is already set fairly low, what future transgression will be enough when no dead heroes need to return home? Iran looked at me funny!
Too bad our AIs are apparently now smarter than our journal reviewers/editors. Well, at least in the specific domain of the jobs these people have probably been doing every day for years....
Thank Goodness we never have a problem like that on the green line site.
I think you know it's for the children.
WhatsApp has recently overcome a similar dilemma, albeit with a differing strategy.
Zuck has exhibited an ability to transition from product creator to successful CEO, so it's entirely plausible he knows what he's doing here. Of course, by default, it's also plausible he doesn't.
People tend to look at others through eyes that are a microcosm of their belief set(s).
Despite popular wisdom to the contrary, it is more difficult to con a con than a rube.
I have to believe we will rectify the Beta to leave the legendary /. give and take commentary alive.
But my friend, I have lurked on the alternatives to the green line site, and it is the antithesis of pretty. Assuming your curious nature is spawned from the intellectual, root hard for a better Beta.
My gut tells me you're onto something here.
it turns out bacteria are people, too.
Skies are blue.
Software and cheaper accommodations have bugs.
Imagination is more important than knowledge
A.E.
Quit getting your news from a female talk show program.
I'm Ricki Lake, you insensitive clod.
But when they do bark at real trouble, there's a different sound in it.
The inflection angle goes both ways.
because they learn to mimic our facial expressions with fair accuracy.
Cats have been reported to be developing smaller brains since their domestication. Whatever it takes, I guess.
Not only does this provide more toys, it also allows more leisure for their offspring.
mismanagement might be a smallish understatement.
I don't like to bandy about terms like inept or corrupt, bit there it is.
I watched a President pay lip service to reform and restriction, and I recall some initial outrage in the populace and the media...
but if that's all there is, and this fades away as folks get back to their busy little lives, I am afraid the watchers will go back to work with a confidence reeking of our tacit permission.
yang...
Elite athletes are just like you: they quite naturally have poor, fair, good, and great days.
They are human, just like your surgeon, and some mornings they are well-rested and some mornings they're not: I hope your heart surgeon's child wasn't up all night with a tummy ache.
Luck is always a factor in sporting events. It's as ubiquitous as bad refereeing. Say, maybe, it's bad luck your suits offer a distinct advantage in a pool filled with US municipal water, but foster drag with the softer/harder water in Sochi.
Don't shit yourself... it's better to be lucky and good.
We are, after all, seemingly working overtime for your viewing pleasure.
Occasionally, within a very narrow spectrum, we're talking Kelvin.
A cousin of mine never got below an A in any class except physical education, which was basically a required C all four years she attended.
Removing the bar of it costs something will effectively open the schools up to a flood of freeloaders who will never graduate to repay the system.
No person who is willing to work for it should be denied a collegiate opportunity... and I doubt very many who are willing are denied it.