Just for the record, medical claims keying is in all caps (industry standard). This was introduced back in the day, to improve readability of the n'th photo copy of a page (they did, and still do, make copies of copies of copies...). There are a lot of people who would be pretty upset if the caps lock feature were ever removed from standard keyboards.
It seems like the real problem is that any good solution to this issue will, by necessity, require the user to make informed decisions about who to trust and who to not trust. Based on the state of non-technical scamming, the success of confidence men throughout history and the fact that most people just want their browser to take them to whatever is linked off their friends' facebook pages, I can't see that this will ever be resolved.I mean, unless we decide to trust some body to make these decisions for people. Unfortunately, that pretty much brings us back to our current problem.
That's the main problem I see with the author's notion of "trust agility:... it requires action from Joe Sixpack users who just want their browser to work in the same way their TV does.
Even more amazingly, there are even geek dating site out there. One of my friends from college has been dating a girl that he met on Geek 2 Geek. He didn't want to admit where he met her at first, but everything seems to be going well (she even server transferred her WoW toon so she could raid with his guild).
Last time a flew (last week) I noticed the people being selected for "further screening" seemed to be primarily attractive women traveling alone. I'm sure that was a coincidence as well.
It probably doesn't hurt matters that Bison are delicious, and have other economic uses as well.
To be honest, when I first saw this article, that's what I was hoping it was about, creating a list of endangered species that would be of economical value to preserve. I know it sounds heartless, but in the US at least, that would be the best way to make sure an endangered species gets attention, show how you can make a buck off it if it isn't wiped out.
...the Bible is not something that Christians should be using to try and disprove Evolution, because it makes no mention whatsoever about how the inhabitants of the planet were created
While it's true the Bible doesn't say anything in particular about how (the Juduo-Christian) god created plants / animals / fish, it does say some pretty specific things about how humans were created. Namely (to wit) it states that Adam was created out of clay that god breathed life into and the Eve was created out of some part of Adam's body (his rib if I recall correctly, but I don't remember if it actually says as much in the Bible).
When I bought my new house (in Minnesota), there was copper electrical wiring (unused) circa 1920 (based on the age of the house) in our basement.
Completely uninsulated, wrapped around nails driven into the ceiling. It was pretty cool, like stepping back in time. It made me appreciate just how dangerous being an electrician must have been back then... that's for sure.
Made a couple bucks reselling it after I pulled it all down. Does that make me a thief or just a "scavenger"?
Mod parent insightful please, he's absolutely correct.
Buddhist practice involves basically hacking your brain. Meditation when done properly is a process of observing the inputs into a complex organic computer and then watching how the computer processes them in order to figure out how it works.
I suppose it should be pointed out that that same process is what a lot of early Christians were into as well. It's definitely what the "dark night of the soul" refers to, for example.
In IT, there is another problem... ever try rebooting a server while logged into it remotely? Hint: All the connections go away the moment you reboot it. A lot of sites require that you either physically be on site, or take home with you thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
While virtualization is awesome for remote rebooting as you point out, there are occasionally times when you have to reboot the virtual host, which I believe is what the parent is referring to.
It's really amazing to me how many professional programmers pirate software. As a professional programmer, I simply can not fathom how they would effectively deprive their fellow programmer of a job.
I mean, it's fairly simple. If you don't buy the software you use, then the company has less money to pay its employees. Which causes them to lay people off. At that point, those people are competing with you in the job market... possibly for YOUR job.
While what you say is basically true, one of the major differences today is that the kid who got beat up wouldn't come in with a knife / gun the next day. Also, the bullies, even in my day, typically didn't resort to weapons, even if they lost the fight. From what I hear and see on the news (not just Fox, although their scaremongering might be influencing my opinion) the loser these days doesn't just sit back and think to themselves, "well he whupped me gud" and call it over, but instead tends to escalate the level of violence.
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Just for the record, medical claims keying is in all caps (industry standard). This was introduced back in the day, to improve readability of the n'th photo copy of a page (they did, and still do, make copies of copies of copies...). There are a lot of people who would be pretty upset if the caps lock feature were ever removed from standard keyboards.
It seems like the real problem is that any good solution to this issue will, by necessity, require the user to make informed decisions about who to trust and who to not trust. Based on the state of non-technical scamming, the success of confidence men throughout history and the fact that most people just want their browser to take them to whatever is linked off their friends' facebook pages, I can't see that this will ever be resolved.I mean, unless we decide to trust some body to make these decisions for people. Unfortunately, that pretty much brings us back to our current problem.
That's the main problem I see with the author's notion of "trust agility:... it requires action from Joe Sixpack users who just want their browser to work in the same way their TV does.
Even more amazingly, there are even geek dating site out there. One of my friends from college has been dating a girl that he met on Geek 2 Geek. He didn't want to admit where he met her at first, but everything seems to be going well (she even server transferred her WoW toon so she could raid with his guild).
Last time a flew (last week) I noticed the people being selected for "further screening" seemed to be primarily attractive women traveling alone. I'm sure that was a coincidence as well.
It probably doesn't hurt matters that Bison are delicious, and have other economic uses as well.
To be honest, when I first saw this article, that's what I was hoping it was about, creating a list of endangered species that would be of economical value to preserve. I know it sounds heartless, but in the US at least, that would be the best way to make sure an endangered species gets attention, show how you can make a buck off it if it isn't wiped out.
...the Bible is not something that Christians should be using to try and disprove Evolution, because it makes no mention whatsoever about how the inhabitants of the planet were created
While it's true the Bible doesn't say anything in particular about how (the Juduo-Christian) god created plants / animals / fish, it does say some pretty specific things about how humans were created. Namely (to wit) it states that Adam was created out of clay that god breathed life into and the Eve was created out of some part of Adam's body (his rib if I recall correctly, but I don't remember if it actually says as much in the Bible).
Mandatory silly picture (not from xkcd! OMGZ!): Did Jesus ride a dinosaur?
Out of interest, what country is this?
Not to be mean, but I want to know so I can never visit. I would probably die without internet access for that long XD
When I bought my new house (in Minnesota), there was copper electrical wiring (unused) circa 1920 (based on the age of the house) in our basement.
Completely uninsulated, wrapped around nails driven into the ceiling. It was pretty cool, like stepping back in time. It made me appreciate just how dangerous being an electrician must have been back then... that's for sure.
Made a couple bucks reselling it after I pulled it all down. Does that make me a thief or just a "scavenger"?
Mod parent insightful please, he's absolutely correct. Buddhist practice involves basically hacking your brain. Meditation when done properly is a process of observing the inputs into a complex organic computer and then watching how the computer processes them in order to figure out how it works. I suppose it should be pointed out that that same process is what a lot of early Christians were into as well. It's definitely what the "dark night of the soul" refers to, for example.
In IT, there is another problem... ever try rebooting a server while logged into it remotely? Hint: All the connections go away the moment you reboot it. A lot of sites require that you either physically be on site, or take home with you thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
While virtualization is awesome for remote rebooting as you point out, there are occasionally times when you have to reboot the virtual host, which I believe is what the parent is referring to.
It's really amazing to me how many professional programmers pirate software. As a professional programmer, I simply can not fathom how they would effectively deprive their fellow programmer of a job.
I mean, it's fairly simple. If you don't buy the software you use, then the company has less money to pay its employees. Which causes them to lay people off. At that point, those people are competing with you in the job market... possibly for YOUR job.
That's how Karma actually works.
While what you say is basically true, one of the major differences today is that the kid who got beat up wouldn't come in with a knife / gun the next day. Also, the bullies, even in my day, typically didn't resort to weapons, even if they lost the fight. From what I hear and see on the news (not just Fox, although their scaremongering might be influencing my opinion) the loser these days doesn't just sit back and think to themselves, "well he whupped me gud" and call it over, but instead tends to escalate the level of violence.