On the other hand you have others -- usually but not always social conservatives -- claiming that the source of terrorism and related global instability is philosophical, religious, and dogmatic: e.g., what the terrorists hate isn't our conspicuously consumptive lifestyles per se, but really they hate the concept of a secular society in general, and really only hate McDonalds, etc., as a symptom of this essential problem. I don't disagree with that. (Notice that my comment about egalitarianism was specific to the identified threat of marxification of the Middle Class, and not about anti-Americanism in the Islamic world at all.)
However, I don't think the philosophical/religious/dogmatic thread can be entirely separated from the economic. Thus while I agree that "what the terrorists hate isn't our conspicuously consumptive lifestyles per se", I do think the p/r/d radicalism is fueled in part by the reality (or perception) that we've long taken an arrogant colonialist overlord's attitude toward their societies, nations, and natural resources. (Think Suez Crisis, broken promises after both world wars, British and French colonialism... the British tried to put their man on the Afghan throne nearly 200 years ago. There has been a long time for bad blood to boil.)
You can preempt that by running the country for the benefit of the people in general rather than for the billionaires. Anyone who believes that, unfortunately, has their head up their ass. I beg to differ.
You simply can't please everyone. Even if you try to please the majority, you'll have a vocal - and dangerous - minority attempting to subvert the system. I wasn't suggesting it as a mechanism for pleasing everyone; I was commenting on the specifically identified threat of Marxist radicalization of the Middle Class. You'll have people making different levels of effort to subvert the system no matter what the system is.
I'm not defending any particular system of government, but simply saying that this "running the country for the benefit of the people in general" that you envision is impossible. Is it? Or by "impossible" do you just mean you don't think it will work?
You can preempt that by running the country for the benefit of the people in general rather than for the billionaires. Name one state that has ever worked that way. Not sure what you mean by "that way", but in case it answers your question, I suspect it was the New Deal and the other Socialist or socializing programs implemented in the West that dampened the westward spread of Soviet-style Communism 70-80 years ago.
The middle classes becoming revolutionary, taking on the role of Marx's proletariat. You can preempt that by running the country for the benefit of the people in general rather than for the billionaires.
The population of countries in the Middle East increasing by 132% And the threat in 2035 will be from an unseen quarter.
Information chips implanted in the brain. Electromagnetic pulse weapons.... Flashmobs" -- groups rapidly mobilised by criminal gangs or terrorists groups. At least they've kept up on their pop reading.
Unless the Linux world comes up with a way to give Dell all the kickbacks and payoffs that the Windows world does, I don't see how Dell could possibly offer a Linux machine for less than, or even the same price as, a Windows machine. I hope Dell can prove me wrong, but I ain't holding my breath for it. At various places on Dell's website you can find workstations with Linux installed right now, and with a base configuration cheaper with Red Hat Enterprise Linux than with any of the versions of Windows listed.
Admittedly I haven't RTFA, but the summary talks about "turning on and off its 'genes'". Is this really evolution in any Darwinian sense? Automated artificial selection, perhaps, but it seems like a stretch to call it "evolution". Call me back when the genes themselves start to evolve. Biology has systems for turning on and off the transcription of genes. Otherwise there wouldn't be any distinction between brains and toenails.
it can go through 20,000 - 30,000 generations in just a few seconds. That same number of generations took humans 800,000 - 900,000 years. It's quality, not quantity. I don't know about that... twenty or thirty thousand generations is a lot of sex.
> I never said it was easy, but I have even seen it mathematically proven that any algorithm can be done in hardware...modulo the requirement for the infinite tape.
> There are fairly strict laws about who is allowed to be an 'exempt' employee (exempt from hourly labor laws). Most of Google's administrative staff aren't going to qualify. They have to be put on the clock, and paid overtime if they work more than 40 a week. There are benefits to being an hourly worker.
The Vorpal sword is for the red tape. For going postal on your pointy-haired boss, you use the Holy Avenger. I thought that's what the "bastard" sword was for.
> actually, the main point of the story is that it has changed, has evolved. There is no reason to believe that evolution stops if there is no sex, natural selection is quite happy to use mutation as a tool for evolution, just as it does sex.
Which is hardly news, since we've long known that the whole family tree stems from asexual organisms. If they didn't evolve, we wouldn't be here to comment on it.
D&D helped me be a better engineer by: 1. learning and working with a complex rule set. 2. Reading and comprehending specifications. The rulebook is several hundred pages long. 3. Problem solving within a strict set of boundaries, both individually and as a group 4. Failing a quest gracefully, without a hissy fit or seppeku, and without blaming the Damned Managers! (DM) 5. Carrying a +5 Bastard Sword, for cutting through the red tape when it gets in your way.
SO what the article is saying is that attentional load MODulates attentional responses to MEssage that are carrying an embedded message. I will not put UP with these shenanigans that are calcualated to INCITE us make a FOOL of ourselves.
Funny, after reading that I got an irresistable urge to run out and buy some SMMUIF.
> The proposal is that "Wikipedia develops a system for verifying editors' credentials, so as to encourage greater accountability for users who claim expertise in certain fields".
Can I cite a Wikipedia article about me as proof of my credentials?
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However, I don't think the philosophical/religious/dogmatic thread can be entirely separated from the economic. Thus while I agree that "what the terrorists hate isn't our conspicuously consumptive lifestyles per se", I do think the p/r/d radicalism is fueled in part by the reality (or perception) that we've long taken an arrogant colonialist overlord's attitude toward their societies, nations, and natural resources. (Think Suez Crisis, broken promises after both world wars, British and French colonialism... the British tried to put their man on the Afghan throne nearly 200 years ago. There has been a long time for bad blood to boil.)
That should make the next list of great hacks.
These systems evolve along with everything else.
> I never said it was easy, but I have even seen it mathematically proven that any algorithm can be done in hardware ...modulo the requirement for the infinite tape.
We don't get dupes, we get semi-identical posts.
Because we know that Canadians and other undesirables who want to visit the USA illegally will find these so hard to fake.
a) Why does the defendent care about the plaintiff's billing hours?
b) Why does the plaintiff care if the defendent finds out?
> There are fairly strict laws about who is allowed to be an 'exempt' employee (exempt from hourly labor laws). Most of Google's administrative staff aren't going to qualify. They have to be put on the clock, and paid overtime if they work more than 40 a week. There are benefits to being an hourly worker.
Yes, like not being 'exempt' from overtime pay.
For going postal on your pointy-haired boss, you use the Holy Avenger. I thought that's what the "bastard" sword was for.
which has had easy-to-use multithreading constructs built right into the language for the past 25 years or so.
> actually, the main point of the story is that it has changed, has evolved. There is no reason to believe that evolution stops if there is no sex, natural selection is quite happy to use mutation as a tool for evolution, just as it does sex.
Which is hardly news, since we've long known that the whole family tree stems from asexual organisms. If they didn't evolve, we wouldn't be here to comment on it.
> Raving on Slashdot is *stupid*. It's the world's most useless activity.
Rave on!
> Get a job. Get married. Get a hobby that doesn't involve trying to save VIRTUAL communities. You're an adult for Spaghetti's sake.
Don't take the FSM's name in vain.
1. learning and working with a complex rule set.
2. Reading and comprehending specifications. The rulebook is several hundred pages long.
3. Problem solving within a strict set of boundaries, both individually and as a group
4. Failing a quest gracefully, without a hissy fit or seppeku, and without blaming the Damned Managers! (DM) 5. Carrying a +5 Bastard Sword, for cutting through the red tape when it gets in your way.
I always wondered why Dispel Barriers and Dispel Creativity had the same material components.
How come this article gets 5% shorter when I turn on my browser's ad filter?
> "FEED ME"
Imagine my embarassment when I found out it was merely a bug, and my insurance won't pay for the exorcist or the damage done by the SWAT team.
> Seriously, I can't understand how any Microsoft product is permitted to be used in any role where failure isn't an option.
I can't understand why software is permitted to be used in any role where failure isn't an option.
But I get your point.
Bah, let God sort them out.
> The proposal is that "Wikipedia develops a system for verifying editors' credentials, so as to encourage greater accountability for users who claim expertise in certain fields".
Can I cite a Wikipedia article about me as proof of my credentials?