Important point we agree reality is a bit more complex than that frequently implied by media, religion, politics, and sometimes... EU, US, I, me, we... whoever. There are a few (very few) honorable and ethical statisticians at state/public universities.
In business, politics,... I trust none to be honorable and ethical, but maybe there are a couple. I have read some significant business and government reports on surveys, samples, reports,.... I finish (9 of 10 times) reports with the feeling that the findings frequently reflected the recommended outcome of the company, agency,... that paid for the report/paper/BS/smoke (no fire).
I used the abbreviation a hyphen and the present participle of lying [Stat-Lie]. It is short for the BS/smoke (from questionable authoritative sources) that is presented (as fact/truth) to place a positive top-spin on the self/special-interest of business, market-media/news, politics, religion,...
BPM Disraeli; said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
Because it reduces technology in the hands of the general public, homes, and society and promotes more reactionary totalitarian supporting illiteracy that supports getting idiots elected by just using media magic for image and sound bytes.
There is always a good religiously and politically logical reason that justifies enhancing stupidity in society and government.
Well folks just imagine what Jeb Bush will do for US when it is his turn to be President. Be Paranoid... Be vary Paranoid, GW Bush has already brought us... PA-1&2, and many other "things to come"... shades of 1939.
If there are significant more Apache websites compared to MS-Win websites on the internet, and the numerical coefficients of the variables used in the equations were not weighted appropriately, then a condition (of at least) co-variation was not taken into account... the interpretation of 61% is in error.
Also, novice websites (Apache, MS-Win,...) are frequently defaceable. I believe, due to the obvious (cost for a Linux+Apache+Skill+Daring) already stated by others, means that the most easily defaced website are in fact probably "Linux+Apache", but also the best most secure website because of the open-community+collaboration+... implies (for me) "Linux+Apache" makes the best websites for business and government.
So, I suspect stat-lie. However, I ain't done any major data crunching with FORTRAN and arrays in almost as many years as serious code.
You never leave critical primary systems running on the backup hardware and software. However, most (almost all) primary and backup systems are using the same OS+Apps. The intent/focus should be to maintain services to the users and enterprise under any/all situations.
The intent is to not be redundant in making a mistake.
If Solaris or Atlas ware appropriate for the network/servers/... and significantly different in file-systems, configuration, commands,... (from Linux or BSD) then they would be an option.
I mean MS-WIN or Apple-OX (if appropriate) is weird enough to provide a backup... incase of attacks/goofs/whoops/... on Linux or BSD.
On your reply, I agree, but... you work with what you got and the customer. Also, I would give you a funny "+1", I did chuckle, but reality is always an evil beast you make love with and hope for the best... life after....
I strongly advocate mixed platform networks. I consider Linux and/or BSD as the best for most backbone/critical services/systems, but MS Windows to backup the backbone/critical.
In an office environment for the users in the past I could only advocate Apple and MS software OS+Apps. Late last year I added Linux+GNU desktop/workstation OS+Apps for a mixed platform office environment. Businesses and government should consider letting experienced users [AKA: Geeks/Gurus] select their own OS+Appps desktop.
The reason no one ever supports the mixed network devices/switches/... (3Com, Cisco, Lucent,...) and platform from Ma-Bell to the user is that the complexity of configuration, security, operation,... help-desk, network/server admin... everything would be an expensive pain to support, but (unless power-failure/outage) web/email/ftp/VoIP/VTC/... services from Ma-Bell to the user could be maintained during cyber-conflict activities. Someone in the office would always be able to access email, websites,....
For critical/emergency business/government systems and offices the complexity should be able to provide critical services for utilities, command-post, emergency agencies,.... Just a few critical (maybe one) networks and offices would require this mixed-platform configuration in business and government.
Strict adherence to protocols, standards, and configuration would allow business and government to communicate and use www/internet/intranet services......DB2, My-SQL, MS-SQL,... other considerations.
Letting a one version OS attack (frequently MS) cripple your business, critical infrastructure systems, and/or part of a major government agency like NASA or DoD is PPP.
A rhetorical reply to a rhetorical (overelaborate or bombastic) comment, so entertaining. PLEASE, seek the concept content to critique, but if it is not possible, then I will always enjoy the entertaining (somewhat dull) replies.
Oh, any attempt to critique of my spelling of "overelaborate", will be considered entertaining.
But, but, but,... how does that help GW or his brother next time, the Bush, Kennedy, or any other USA political dynasty [AKA: USA Aristocracy]. Politics in America has become "pomp & circumstance"..."Dog and Pony" shows for the media to market fools or criminals to an almost illiterate (the majority/51%) public. As in "Being There" I enjoy watching (it is funny... a joke) not participating in politics, it just reminds me to much of rape... nothing to enjoy and everything to object too.
Bravo Roxanne - Technology and Cultural Wisdom and Enlightenment being displayed in a Southern State "Georgia". Dang, what in the world will happen in Mississippi and/or Alabama next. I may just move back down south when I retire, maybe they ain't the evil dumb (white and black) bigots I remember from my childhood anymore.
That this forward thinking behavior is happening in the USA is a surprise, but that it is happening in a Southern State (not at fed-level), a Woman made the challenge, and a predominantly white male group of state employees and politicians accepted the challenge. I mean "HOLY-SHIT" something big has changed about Southern Culture over the last 30 years.
This "Challenge and Acceptance" is (I feel) the most forward thinking act by any government (including the Fed) in the USA on Science & Technology possibly since the start of the Internet with the US Congress and DARPA, and definitely since the "moral majority" [AKA: Religious Extremists/Terrorist] began strongly influencing USA Foreign and Domestic politics.
The Global Capitalist Republic Governing Body, well okay maybe they're called the illuminati must defend their interest (IP/IPR/...) by all means possible. Then again maybe the right name is WTO or World Bank, or IMF, or....
I hope y'all understand we are politically outnumbered, under-funded, poorly organized,.... Dang this sort of leaves you feeling like all heroic efforts by the OSS community are wasted.
We have lost the war, but not surrendered, we have not failed, we have not been defeated, dinosaurs go extinct, aristocrats pass into insignificant, but interesting reading, news shorts, and box-office dud movies.
We should never expect the ruling elite to embrace or control the future. In other words... they will lose, and we will gain the future. Sorry, some of my "60s" attitude is hard to oppress. Also, 1969-71 I was in the USMC. I remain (as always) flabbergasted and bewildered by reality or maybe it's those flashbacks.
Dumb (Altruist), Dumber (Prosecutors, Judges/Juries), Dumbest (Parochial Enforcers and Politicians), Dummies (others that see any justice in these actions); Therefor, the laws work, people feel safer, and justice is absent.
Altruistic activities will not go unpunished in a Capitalist Republic.
The type of behavior displayed by the Altruist (Dumb) is as un-American (Anti-Capitalist) as OSS, FSF, RMS,.... So, what should we expect from a failing Capitalist Republic legal and governing system managed by Capitalist Feudal lords (including the you get what you paid for supporting politicians) of the economy maintaining the good profitable ways in opposition to the potential instabilities caused by the evolving new Collaborative Community Consensus dynamics. Oh well human history proves: "Shit Happens and Things Change", pretentious fools will always become the oppressive tyrants before achieving their anachronistic place in history, and best of all humanity as a community gets better and achieves more with less oppressive religion and government.
Next step real & true separation of business, church, and state. Humanity governs much better without greed, lies, flimflam scam,....
I suspect, that in today's climate of escalating totalitarianism in EU and US that if the hacker that wrote the Anti-Worm for the Slammer virus is ever identified... they should expect arrest and significant prison time. Dang good proven concept to administer an active anti-virus medication, maybe Norton will take the credit; So, the real hero won't get in trouble. Yep, they deserve a Presidential Freedom Medal, but I ain't the G.W.Bush. Oh, Yea, THANKS MUCH Anti-Worm... wherever you are, whoever you are, and however you got to be who you are (THE STARS!).
Who in the Global Community will be the next hero to follow RMS, PZ, LT, Anti-Worm,... and the many others of the REAL salient silent majority in the world working for humanity... GBYA.
Dang, You're right, but some things always will cause far less incensed frustration then microsoft. I love troubleshooting and solving a problem/enigma, but since 1991 when a MS-SE told me that everyone did FTP and attached files to email and there was no need for anymore 10cpi Courier and pure text email....
I have never again told MS about any problem with their software. Oh, the problem was that when you selected a laser-printer the courier font magically vanished from the font selections and reappeared with selection of a dot.matrix.printer. C&P (proportional fonts) into a pure text email system and it looks like stupid was typing.
MS ain't the only OSD with a HUTA problem, but I ain't paid to tell any of them why their expensive software causes a blue-screen or just locks-up until POPO reset. There have been far to many problems....
I hate most OSD products, but I like Linux and PS-GNU stuff more than any personal software products in many years.
I agree, I think, you may be right. Get money from folks settling out of court. Drive the stock price up as best as possible. Then shut the doors and run for a long Burmuda vacation. Linux and all OSS belongs to the people.
I am not a physicist. I have for many years now considered time as another field, sort of like gravity which is noticeable and measurable when there are particle(s) distorting the field. Time (for me) has some unique qualities like gravity, space,.... I do not believe time is correctly understood or measured when identified/measured using planetary motion (or flow stuff) as the yards stick. Gravity, space, and time would distort according to the properties of the field. Go to "black-hole", quasar, pulsar,... -exstreams- and you would (I expect) end up with some extremely wonderfully interesting qualities in any field that would be hard to predict/expect. Oh, weird yep, considering particles (-/+/...) as a discontiguous field (why not) when there is something that appears to bind them together across space. A measured point as reference is not the substance/item/field/...time, and a measure does not in anyway define/identify the material/item quality, and if the measure is linear (or missing a dimension) then it has little real value, sort of like a Rembrandt canvas without the paint.
Cataclysmic events from super-nova to cosmic-burst would create some odd time-field instabilities, that at our present level of S&T we just create some good and some SWAG about reality. I believe, time permeates every dimension, but I am not so sure about particle or gravitational fields. However, the interaction of the fields, across dimensions, at these events.... Anyway, everything to me is weirdly wonderful, and totally accidental (if random, not) then predictable (like the boiling C&V soup analogy for the universe (both within and beyond our guessing).
It dang sure is as exquisite as anything in that-thar fancy Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Only if we could but see the beauty of a breathtaking equation.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination. (and that is why I can say the BS above as a layman on reality).
"Democratic Capitalism" there ain't no such thing in the USA. We got's a "Capitalist Republic" promoting reduced living standards for US and EU (us & you) as an expected business benefit equivalent to a tax-cut.
Anyway, I don't see allot of democracy for US or EU, but I still love the USA Constitution even when it is devalued by creative political skullduggery. I mean some good wag-the-dog stuff.
I have some entertaining archives, for history, I believe we all need to make sure (in our interest area) we preserve for posterity. I have some nice http TIA and PAM clippings on CD.
It is a weird hobby "http clippings", but I only have a couple interesting hobbies.
Was a DARPA program, but ain't no more... gone-gone-gone. http://www.PolicyAnalysisMarket.o rg/pam_home.htm
Futures Trading: Analysts often use prices from various markets as indicators of potential events. The use of petroleum futures contract prices by analysts of the Middle East is a classic example. The Policy Analysis Market (PAM) refines this approach by trading futures contracts that deal with underlying fundamentals of relevance to the Middle East. Initially, PAM will focus on the economic, civil, and military futures of Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey and the impact of U.S. involvement with each.
For example, the economic health of a country may affect civil stability in the country and the disposition of one country's military may affect the disposition of another country's military. The trading process at the heart of PAM allows traders to structure combinations of futures contracts. Such combinations represent predictions about interrelated issues that the trader has knowledge of and thus may be able to make money on through PAM. Trading these trader-structured derivatives results in a substantial refinement in predictive power.
Futures Contracts were limited to $100 (good idea), to limit international provocations, but US Congress & Senate self-righteous politicians that were unconcerned with TIA, PA-1, PA-2, DMCA, Carnivore, Echelon,... got upset about low-stakes bets on reality [dang, go figure?]. Maybe "/." or "2600" could come up with a low-stakes prescience guessing pool on global events for fun and entertainment. Note, my last line always....
This is why the USA DoD created the internet, because they knew they would need to defeat an enemy like microsoft to preserve human history and data from the techno-fascist of the 21st Century.
Well DoD expected a Draconian Nation as the enemy, but heck a draconian enemy of any sort justifies expenditures... I mean, look at TIA. However, I greatly regret the loss of PAM, you could not make any real money (just pocket-change), but getting it right a couple time would have been some great bragging rights at any friendly poker game.
I think maybe from what you and others said, that maybe... open...?
Birthrights of a human are free. Governments and institutions may steal freedom, happiness,... at birth, but an open-minded philosophy about life and humanity has preserved the best for a few millennia.
Maybe the word "OPEN" holds magic preserving the value of that which we share, prize, and use for humanity. "Open-Society", "Open-Minded", "Open-Learning", "Open-Standards", "Open-Source", "Open US & EU (okay this is hard to hyphenate)",....
Be Paranoid, be -vary- paranoid (or NOT! have plans)
I am glad they finally listened to one of my friends' ideas from a couple years ago. So, I am not worried, when my friends go to Guantanamo, I go to Canada, wait for the invasion, then head to France, before being forced in to hiding in the Tibet border region until the end of the war.
I have my travel/vacation agent already working out the cost from here to Tibet. The return trip I was told was not possible to plan, because there was no confidence which currency would be available and/or predictable for prices and my travel agent did not expect to be anywhere around for business.
Humanity as a commodity is a reality. The value of a human is directly based on wealth or position. Capitalism (wealth/Pseudo-power) and Communism (Power/Pseudo-wealth) have much in common (the haves and have nots) by the millions. Perhaseudo-totalitarianism in the Capitalist (Ferengi) Republics and Communist (Romulins) China have, much in common to include, a ruthless disregard for the health and welfare of others to include US and EU. "Reality is a bitch, then you die", well it will be for our descendants (like grandchildren,...). Gradual decline of US, EU, and all is a more manageable commodity problem that will probably avoid street riots and cities burning (preserve the property and wealth as valuable).
There are other more human economic theories/concepts, but major social changes in the past have always occurred with bloody revolutions. Whoops, I forgot Ghandi and M.L.King, maybe it could be different this time... maybe not.
I agree China could get by on one or two internet IP addresses, and just use the public domain 10.X.X.X IP addresses for their private networks. It is what should be done around the world, but....
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Dear Kringle,
... EU, US, I, me, we... whoever. There are a few (very few) honorable and ethical statisticians at state/public universities. ... I trust none to be honorable and ethical, but maybe there are a couple. I have read some significant business and government reports on surveys, samples, reports, .... I finish (9 of 10 times) reports with the feeling that the findings frequently reflected the recommended outcome of the company, agency, ... that paid for the report/paper/BS/smoke (no fire). ...
Important point we agree reality is a bit more complex than that frequently implied by media, religion, politics, and sometimes
In business, politics,
I used the abbreviation a hyphen and the present participle of lying [Stat-Lie]. It is short for the BS/smoke (from questionable authoritative sources) that is presented (as fact/truth) to place a positive top-spin on the self/special-interest of business, market-media/news, politics, religion,
BPM Disraeli; said, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
How to Lie with Statistics; 1954, Darrel Huff
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Because it reduces technology in the hands of the general public, homes, and society and promotes more reactionary totalitarian supporting illiteracy that supports getting idiots elected by just using media magic for image and sound bytes.
There is always a good religiously and politically logical reason that justifies enhancing stupidity in society and government.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Well folks just imagine what Jeb Bush will do for US when it is his turn to be President. Be Paranoid ... Be vary Paranoid, GW Bush has already brought us ... PA-1&2, and many other "things to come" ... shades of 1939.
HAVE FUN
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Is that 61% a stat-lie?
... the interpretation of 61% is in error. ...) are frequently defaceable. I believe, due to the obvious (cost for a Linux+Apache+Skill+Daring) already stated by others, means that the most easily defaced website are in fact probably "Linux+Apache", but also the best most secure website because of the open-community+collaboration+... implies (for me) "Linux+Apache" makes the best websites for business and government.
If there are significant more Apache websites compared to MS-Win websites on the internet, and the numerical coefficients of the variables used in the equations were not weighted appropriately, then a condition (of at least) co-variation was not taken into account
Also, novice websites (Apache, MS-Win,
So, I suspect stat-lie. However, I ain't done any major data crunching with FORTRAN and arrays in almost as many years as serious code.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
I like the content at cryptome and your humor. THANKS
You never leave critical primary systems running on the backup hardware and software. However, most (almost all) primary and backup systems are using the same OS+Apps. The intent/focus should be to maintain services to the users and enterprise under any/all situations.
... (from Linux or BSD) then they would be an option.
... incase of attacks/goofs/whoops/... on Linux or BSD.
... you work with what you got and the customer. ... life after ....
The intent is to not be redundant in making a mistake.
If Solaris or Atlas ware appropriate for the network/servers/... and significantly different in file-systems, configuration, commands,
I mean MS-WIN or Apple-OX (if appropriate) is weird enough to provide a backup
On your reply, I agree, but
Also, I would give you a funny "+1", I did chuckle, but reality is always an evil beast you make love with and hope for the best
HAVE FUN
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination
I strongly advocate mixed platform networks. I consider Linux and/or BSD as the best for most backbone/critical services/systems, but MS Windows to backup the backbone/critical. ...) and platform from Ma-Bell to the user is that the complexity of configuration, security, operation, ... help-desk, network/server admin ... everything would be an expensive pain to support, but (unless power-failure/outage) web/email/ftp/VoIP/VTC/ ... services from Ma-Bell to the user could be maintained during cyber-conflict activities. Someone in the office would always be able to access email, websites, .... .... Just a few critical (maybe one) networks and offices would require this mixed-platform configuration in business and government. .....DB2, My-SQL, MS-SQL, ... other considerations.
In an office environment for the users in the past I could only advocate Apple and MS software OS+Apps. Late last year I added Linux+GNU desktop/workstation OS+Apps for a mixed platform office environment. Businesses and government should consider letting experienced users [AKA: Geeks/Gurus] select their own OS+Appps desktop.
The reason no one ever supports the mixed network devices/switches/... (3Com, Cisco, Lucent,
For critical/emergency business/government systems and offices the complexity should be able to provide critical services for utilities, command-post, emergency agencies,
Strict adherence to protocols, standards, and configuration would allow business and government to communicate and use www/internet/intranet services.
Letting a one version OS attack (frequently MS) cripple your business, critical infrastructure systems, and/or part of a major government agency like NASA or DoD is PPP.
Okay, I ain't seen it yet. I cannot resist ....
Is Roxanne a Georgia Cracker?
Someone must of asked already, but I did not see the Q&A.
Ain't it funny, how the meaning of words and phrases change with time?
Things always seam to get better.
OldHawk777
Bubba,
That was a good'un. If I could I would give you a "+1" for funny.
THANKS
OldHawk777
A rhetorical reply to a rhetorical (overelaborate or bombastic) comment, so entertaining. PLEASE, seek the concept content to critique, but if it is not possible, then I will always enjoy the entertaining (somewhat dull) replies.
Oh, any attempt to critique of my spelling of "overelaborate", will be considered entertaining.
HAVE FUN
OldHawk777
But, but, but, ... how does that help GW or his brother next time, the Bush, Kennedy, or any other USA political dynasty [AKA: USA Aristocracy]. Politics in America has become "pomp & circumstance"..."Dog and Pony" shows for the media to market fools or criminals to an almost illiterate (the majority/51%) public. As in "Being There" I enjoy watching (it is funny ... a joke) not participating in politics, it just reminds me to much of rape ... nothing to enjoy and everything to object too.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Bravo Roxanne - Technology and Cultural Wisdom and Enlightenment being displayed in a Southern State "Georgia". Dang, what in the world will happen in Mississippi and/or Alabama next. I may just move back down south when I retire, maybe they ain't the evil dumb (white and black) bigots I remember from my childhood anymore.
That this forward thinking behavior is happening in the USA is a surprise, but that it is happening in a Southern State (not at fed-level), a Woman made the challenge, and a predominantly white male group of state employees and politicians accepted the challenge. I mean "HOLY-SHIT" something big has changed about Southern Culture over the last 30 years.
This "Challenge and Acceptance" is (I feel) the most forward thinking act by any government (including the Fed) in the USA on Science & Technology possibly since the start of the Internet with the US Congress and DARPA, and definitely since the "moral majority" [AKA: Religious Extremists/Terrorist] began strongly influencing USA Foreign and Domestic politics.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
The Global Capitalist Republic Governing Body, well okay maybe they're called the illuminati must defend their interest (IP/IPR/...) by all means possible. Then again maybe the right name is WTO or World Bank, or IMF, or .... .... Dang this sort of leaves you feeling like all heroic efforts by the OSS community are wasted. ... they will lose, and we will gain the future. Sorry, some of my "60s" attitude is hard to oppress. Also, 1969-71 I was in the USMC. I remain (as always) flabbergasted and bewildered by reality or maybe it's those flashbacks.
I hope y'all understand we are politically outnumbered, under-funded, poorly organized,
We have lost the war, but not surrendered, we have not failed, we have not been defeated, dinosaurs go extinct, aristocrats pass into insignificant, but interesting reading, news shorts, and box-office dud movies.
We should never expect the ruling elite to embrace or control the future. In other words
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Dumb (Altruist), Dumber (Prosecutors, Judges/Juries), Dumbest (Parochial Enforcers and Politicians), Dummies (others that see any justice in these actions); Therefor, the laws work, people feel safer, and justice is absent.
.... So, what should we expect from a failing Capitalist Republic legal and governing system managed by Capitalist Feudal lords (including the you get what you paid for supporting politicians) of the economy maintaining the good profitable ways in opposition to the potential instabilities caused by the evolving new Collaborative Community Consensus dynamics. Oh well human history proves: "Shit Happens and Things Change", pretentious fools will always become the oppressive tyrants before achieving their anachronistic place in history, and best of all humanity as a community gets better and achieves more with less oppressive religion and government.
....
... they should expect arrest and significant prison time. Dang good proven concept to administer an active anti-virus medication, maybe Norton will take the credit; So, the real hero won't get in trouble. Yep, they deserve a Presidential Freedom Medal, but I ain't the G.W.Bush. Oh, Yea, THANKS MUCH Anti-Worm ... wherever you are, whoever you are, and however you got to be who you are (THE STARS!).
... and the many others of the REAL salient silent majority in the world working for humanity ... GBYA.
Altruistic activities will not go unpunished in a Capitalist Republic.
The type of behavior displayed by the Altruist (Dumb) is as un-American (Anti-Capitalist) as OSS, FSF, RMS,
Next step real & true separation of business, church, and state. Humanity governs much better without greed, lies, flimflam scam,
I suspect, that in today's climate of escalating totalitarianism in EU and US that if the hacker that wrote the Anti-Worm for the Slammer virus is ever identified
Who in the Global Community will be the next hero to follow RMS, PZ, LT, Anti-Worm,
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Dang, You're right, but some things always will cause far less incensed frustration then microsoft. I love troubleshooting and solving a problem/enigma, but since 1991 when a MS-SE told me that everyone did FTP and attached files to email and there was no need for anymore 10cpi Courier and pure text email .... ....
I have never again told MS about any problem with their software. Oh, the problem was that when you selected a laser-printer the courier font magically vanished from the font selections and reappeared with selection of a dot.matrix.printer. C&P (proportional fonts) into a pure text email system and it looks like stupid was typing.
MS ain't the only OSD with a HUTA problem, but I ain't paid to tell any of them why their expensive software causes a blue-screen or just locks-up until POPO reset. There have been far to many problems
I hate most OSD products, but I like Linux and PS-GNU stuff more than any personal software products in many years.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
I agree, I think, you may be right. Get money from folks settling out of court. Drive the stock price up as best as possible. Then shut the doors and run for a long Burmuda vacation. Linux and all OSS belongs to the people.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Art, Science, & Technology, ....
.... I do not believe time is correctly understood or measured when identified/measured using planetary motion (or flow stuff) as the yards stick. Gravity, space, and time would distort according to the properties of the field. Go to "black-hole", quasar, pulsar, ... -exstreams- and you would (I expect) end up with some extremely wonderfully interesting qualities in any field that would be hard to predict/expect. Oh, weird yep, considering particles (-/+/...) as a discontiguous field (why not) when there is something that appears to bind them together across space. A measured point as reference is not the substance/item/field/...time, and a measure does not in anyway define/identify the material/item quality, and if the measure is linear (or missing a dimension) then it has little real value, sort of like a Rembrandt canvas without the paint.
.... Anyway, everything to me is weirdly wonderful, and totally accidental (if random, not) then predictable (like the boiling C&V soup analogy for the universe (both within and beyond our guessing).
I am not a physicist. I have for many years now considered time as another field, sort of like gravity which is noticeable and measurable when there are particle(s) distorting the field. Time (for me) has some unique qualities like gravity, space,
Cataclysmic events from super-nova to cosmic-burst would create some odd time-field instabilities, that at our present level of S&T we just create some good and some SWAG about reality. I believe, time permeates every dimension, but I am not so sure about particle or gravitational fields. However, the interaction of the fields, across dimensions, at these events
It dang sure is as exquisite as anything in that-thar fancy Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Only if we could but see the beauty of a breathtaking equation.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination. (and that is why I can say the BS above as a layman on reality).
HAVE FUN!
"Democratic Capitalism" there ain't no such thing in the USA. We got's a "Capitalist Republic" promoting reduced living standards for US and EU (us & you) as an expected business benefit equivalent to a tax-cut.
Anyway, I don't see allot of democracy for US or EU, but I still love the USA Constitution even when it is devalued by creative political skullduggery. I mean some good wag-the-dog stuff.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
I have some entertaining archives, for history, I believe we all need to make sure (in our interest area) we preserve for posterity. I have some nice http TIA and PAM clippings on CD.
It is a weird hobby "http clippings", but I only have a couple interesting hobbies.
OldHawk777
Was a DARPA program, but ain't no more
http://www.PolicyAnalysisMarket.
Futures Trading: Analysts often use prices from various markets as indicators of potential events. The use of petroleum futures contract prices by analysts of the Middle East is a classic example. The Policy Analysis Market (PAM) refines this approach by trading futures contracts that deal with underlying fundamentals of relevance to the Middle East. Initially, PAM will focus on the economic, civil, and military futures of Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey and the impact of U.S. involvement with each.
For example, the economic health of a country may affect civil stability in the country and the disposition of one country's military may affect the disposition of another country's military. The trading process at the heart of PAM allows traders to structure combinations of futures contracts. Such combinations represent predictions about interrelated issues that the trader has knowledge of and thus may be able to make money on through PAM. Trading these trader-structured derivatives results in a substantial refinement in predictive power.
Futures Contracts were limited to $100 (good idea), to limit international provocations, but US Congress & Senate self-righteous politicians that were unconcerned with TIA, PA-1, PA-2, DMCA, Carnivore, Echelon,
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
PMZ,
... I mean, look at TIA. However, I greatly regret the loss of PAM, you could not make any real money (just pocket-change), but getting it right a couple time would have been some great bragging rights at any friendly poker game.
This is why the USA DoD created the internet, because they knew they would need to defeat an enemy like microsoft to preserve human history and data from the techno-fascist of the 21st Century.
Well DoD expected a Draconian Nation as the enemy, but heck a draconian enemy of any sort justifies expenditures
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Yo,
... open ...?
... at birth, but an open-minded philosophy about life and humanity has preserved the best for a few millennia. ....
...?
I think maybe from what you and others said, that maybe
Birthrights of a human are free. Governments and institutions may steal freedom, happiness,
Maybe the word "OPEN" holds magic preserving the value of that which we share, prize, and use for humanity. "Open-Society", "Open-Minded", "Open-Learning", "Open-Standards", "Open-Source", "Open US & EU (okay this is hard to hyphenate)",
Weird sometimes I am
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Be Paranoid, be -vary- paranoid (or NOT! have plans)
I am glad they finally listened to one of my friends'
ideas from a couple years ago. So, I am not worried,
when my friends go to Guantanamo, I go to Canada,
wait for the invasion, then head to France, before
being forced in to hiding in the Tibet border region
until the end of the war.
I have my travel/vacation agent already working out
the cost from here to Tibet. The return trip I was
told was not possible to plan, because there was no
confidence which currency would be available and/or
predictable for prices and my travel agent did not
expect to be anywhere around for business.
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
Folks,
...). Gradual decline of US, EU, and all is a more manageable commodity problem that will probably avoid street riots and cities burning (preserve the property and wealth as valuable).
... maybe not.
Humanity as a commodity is a reality. The value of a human is directly based on wealth or position. Capitalism (wealth/Pseudo-power) and Communism (Power/Pseudo-wealth) have much in common (the haves and have nots) by the millions. Perhaseudo-totalitarianism in the Capitalist (Ferengi) Republics and Communist (Romulins) China have, much in common to include, a ruthless disregard for the health and welfare of others to include US and EU. "Reality is a bitch, then you die", well it will be for our descendants (like grandchildren,
There are other more human economic theories/concepts, but major social changes in the past have always occurred with bloody revolutions. Whoops, I forgot Ghandi and M.L.King, maybe it could be different this time
HAVE FUN!
OldHawk777
Reality is a self-induced hallucination.
I agree China could get by on one or two internet IP addresses, and just use the public domain 10.X.X.X IP addresses for their private networks. It is what should be done around the world, but ....
OldHawk777