Cellular is a different ball game because there is a fundamental limit to the technology due to the bandwidth limitations. Fiber & other point to point not so much.
The real question is why someone could ever pay a flat fee for an infinite resource. It was obvious that could never last.
The people that scream the loudest about it, are of course the ones abusing the system and hastening its demise...
In Canada we've had this discussion ad nausium. The reality is that data transfer is dirt cheap (penies per gb) and that once wholesalers were mandated on the incumbents networks all the sudden unlimited became possible again and cheap ($10-15 more than 400GB capped plans). Before the wholesalers the incumbents cried poor/congestion/the sky is falling and caps kept getting smaller/prices higher.
Saying that men are bigger/stronger on average is [i]very different[/i] than saying average woman will perform less well than average main in all combat situations.
A smaller body is an advantage in situations like stealth, low cover, small access, and generally present a smaller target to hit.
I think, you are describing special forces requirements, not infantry... But, yes, smaller can be useful. Just not often enough...
The element of surprise, which requires stealth, is advantageous in every engagement. Low cover happens any time you're out in the open.
Firing a hand gun is certainly not a situation where they should have issues.
Maybe. But it is still not sexist — contrary to your accusation — to point out, that the "smaller hand" mentioned in TFA and the write-up is an euphemism for "female hand".
Smaller hands is a euphemism for smaller hands. Some men have smaller hands, Asians have smaller hands, women have smaller hands, etc. Unless you're going to institute a hand size requirement for joining why would you want sections of your military not able to properly use their equipment?
I read the whole comment and this is not about SJWing. Comments like that are akin to saying female lions can't hunt because the male lions are bigger and stronger. There are situations where strength & size will matter on the battlefield but there will also be situations where those things are a detriment.
1) Of course not 2) Infantry service calls for all kinds. A smaller body is an advantage in situations like stealth, low cover, small access, and generally present a smaller target to hit. Females also tend to have an advantage in situational awareness, target tracking, and not getting 'locked in' on targets the way men tend to. Sure women may not typically be as strong and will suffer in certain tasks but in others size/strength is a detriment and they will excel. Firing a hand gun is certainly not a situation where they should have issues. There are many guns that suit both sexes just fine.
I admittedly don't know a lot about guns but the APX seems like it solves none of the issues, is ugly, has too many parts, and would likely be very hard to keep clean in a non-gun range setting.
Wow you're sexist. People come in all shapes/sizes http://bit.ly/1MGwynO and have different abilities that make them uniquely suited to certain situations over others.
As a scientist you should have noted the many qualifiers I used in that statement. Clearly I have no actual evidence to backup the theory as it has not been properly studied. If you want to compare anecdotes - I can train myself to do 6 hours without alarms, heck I can train my body to whatever rhythm I need but I perform significantly less well with less sleep. For me the most important factor is that it be a multiple of 2. I can do fine at 6 hours, 7 hours I'm a zombie, and 8 hours I'm excellent.
I would also suspect that due to the increased use of our brains for more complex tasks puts more stress on that system. That could require more down time than a tribal hunter/gatherer.
I'm not going to convince you but for most people it's plain as day that he uses the language of hate and fear to gain popularity.
It's "obvious" to you because this is what the media focuses on and interprets for you, and you have been propagandized with it.
I'm actually not influenced by the media much. I don't have cable, don't listen to the radio, don't troll blogs/news sites, etc. I think for myself and go back to the original transcripts when I do decide to take interest in a subject (as I did with all three of those quotes).
"Laziness is a trait in the blacks.... Black guys counting my money! I hate it" - Trump
This one kind of surprised me - I hadn't heard it repeated before, so I went to check the context. I found where it came from on a HuffPo article from 2011, which says he didn't directly deny it, but the veracity is very questionable. In any case, the article points out Trump's public support of civil rights, donations to civil rights groups, etc., although it paints an unflattering picture of Trump generally. Regardless, there is nothing racist about his campaign, it has nothing to do with his positions or his views on these issues, which seem reasonable.
It was a direct quote from his twitter account. The tweet has long since been deleted but it was captured and reported on extensively.
"China is killing us. They’ve taken so much of our wealth. They’ve taken our jobs. They’ve taken our business, they’ve taken our manufacturing, [audience member screams out “our land”] Our land? The way they’re going they’ll have that pretty soon.Think about it, we have rebuilt China — somebody said to me “that’s a harsh statement” — it’s the greatest theft in the history of the United States." - Trump
So you're in favor of moving more manufacturing jobs to China? Driven by more dirty coal power plants? This is about US competition with China - all countries compete for better trade position, and China is producing all the cheap crap that Walmart sells millions of dollars worth of every day. THIS is one of the threats we should be focused on. Afghanistan and Syria are not going to attack us any time soon, but we are pouring billions into military operations there, while China has all the jobs. Not sure what this has to do with Hitler. Trump isn't advocating invading China or anything like that. He's pointing out that our politicians and multinational corporations have sent all of our manufacturing there, and we can't compete with them. He's right.
I assume you're a TPP supporter? Because that's going to close down more jobs in the US, send more manufacturing to Asia, and allow global multinational corporations to have more power than ever.
If his comments were strictly about the loss of manufacturing, I would agree with you. Unfortunately he couldn't keep his racism in check and called them thieves stealing from Americans, which is exactly what the Nazis did with the Jews - they painted them as thieves/rats/etc stealing from Germans. Also, TPP is the worst agreement since NAFTA - I hope it dies.
When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." - Trump
Okay, this was about illegal immigrants. And, yes, they are causing problems for the US. This, again, is about the US competing with other countries, primaril
This is an issue of freedom because without the ability to exercise freedom then you do not actually have it.
Consequences, yes they happen and must be dealt with. That does not mean that I must disclose these things or expect them to be monitored/tracked/etc. I may have to pay that credit card bill but my employer does not need to know that information nor my extended family/friends/strangers. Just like the person in the article who's identity was disclosed by simply entering a person's phone number into a contact list. In that case it wasn't a huge consequence, the person it was disclosed to was a fellow AA member, however, who is to say that information isn't later disclosed to his employer in the same manner? His act of getting help for his problem becomes an issue for advancement, possibly retaining his position at the company.
So you think it's better to give up my privacy and liberty so that I don't lose opportunity? What is the point of freedoms/rights if you cannot exercise them for fear of the consequences? That's about as dishonest as you can be with yourself trying to suppress what/who you are to fit society's expectations.
Seriously? Your, or rather every potential boss wouldn't care if you were a casual marijuana user in your personal time or liked to dress up in drag on the weekends or a million other things that some people find harmless and others find abhorrent? You're taking it to the extreme of blackmail but I'm thinking simply of being fired from your job, passed over for promotion, or limited in some other way from progressing in your career. Marriage is the same, yes my wife knows I watch porn but it's not something we share. I don't know what she would say/think about what I watch but at the same time she doesn't want to know. She believes that it's private so 'ignorance is bliss' to her. If she pops onto my computer and suddenly gets targeted ads.... that is information neither one of us wants shared. Would she leave me if she found out? No. Could someone blackmail me? Hell no. Is it something I really want out there? Not really because it's easier for it not to be.
These things don't have to be "negative" either. I want to take my wife on a trip somewhere so I start investigating places I know she's wanted to visit and all the sudden the ads switch and she now knows I'm looking at these things - there goes the 10th anniversary surprise. Is it the end of the world? No. Does it ruin some of the romance of surprising your spouse with a special gift? Absolutely.
Everyone does things they don't want others to know about. They express opinions which might not be popular or could be hurtful to the wrong person. They say/search things that, when taken out of context, can land them in serious trouble. It doesn't make you a bad person or someone who "has a lot to hide", it makes you human. If anything I'd be sorry for anyone who was completely honest with those around them.
It's not only about data theft or being a high value "target". It's about you deciding when and who knows what about you so you can function in your "pitiful" life. I don't need my bosses knowing about my time away from work, I don't need my wife knowing about my porn habits, and I certainly wouldn't like strangers I'm trying to conceal my identity from in an "anonymous" program being told exactly who I am. There are so many things we keep private, white lies we tell people, all to keep our lives as functional as possible and big data cannot make the judgements necessary to determine what is private/what can be openly shared. Only we can do that.
Slashdot Mirror
...the last time I was actually interested in an article on Slashdot. I used to read 4-6 a day... way to go DHI.
Cellular is a different ball game because there is a fundamental limit to the technology due to the bandwidth limitations. Fiber & other point to point not so much.
The real question is why someone could ever pay a flat fee for an infinite resource. It was obvious that could never last.
The people that scream the loudest about it, are of course the ones abusing the system and hastening its demise...
In Canada we've had this discussion ad nausium. The reality is that data transfer is dirt cheap (penies per gb) and that once wholesalers were mandated on the incumbents networks all the sudden unlimited became possible again and cheap ($10-15 more than 400GB capped plans). Before the wholesalers the incumbents cried poor/congestion/the sky is falling and caps kept getting smaller/prices higher.
At a certain point that's no longer the case. Systems become too integrated and any mention of changing them is met with derision and ego.
I was surprised that trained females had worse accuracy than untrained males with the m4 and crew served weapons, and by a considerable difference.
I'd theorize men tend to play FPS games which has been proven to improve those metrics.
Lets say everything in that report is true, which I doubt, it glosses over/ignores the 31% of tasks where mixed teams did BETTER than all male teams.
LOL
Saying that men are bigger/stronger on average is [i]very different[/i] than saying average woman will perform less well than average main in all combat situations.
The problem is this isn't about lowering standards. It's about improving the tool to suit the needs of your military.
Yes, because the Chinese are known to be large strong men with big hands. [facepalm]
I think, you are describing special forces requirements, not infantry... But, yes, smaller can be useful. Just not often enough...
The element of surprise, which requires stealth, is advantageous in every engagement. Low cover happens any time you're out in the open.
Maybe. But it is still not sexist — contrary to your accusation — to point out, that the "smaller hand" mentioned in TFA and the write-up is an euphemism for "female hand".
Smaller hands is a euphemism for smaller hands. Some men have smaller hands, Asians have smaller hands, women have smaller hands, etc. Unless you're going to institute a hand size requirement for joining why would you want sections of your military not able to properly use their equipment?
I read the whole comment and this is not about SJWing. Comments like that are akin to saying female lions can't hunt because the male lions are bigger and stronger. There are situations where strength & size will matter on the battlefield but there will also be situations where those things are a detriment.
1) Of course not
2) Infantry service calls for all kinds. A smaller body is an advantage in situations like stealth, low cover, small access, and generally present a smaller target to hit. Females also tend to have an advantage in situational awareness, target tracking, and not getting 'locked in' on targets the way men tend to. Sure women may not typically be as strong and will suffer in certain tasks but in others size/strength is a detriment and they will excel. Firing a hand gun is certainly not a situation where they should have issues. There are many guns that suit both sexes just fine.
I admittedly don't know a lot about guns but the APX seems like it solves none of the issues, is ugly, has too many parts, and would likely be very hard to keep clean in a non-gun range setting.
Wow you're sexist. People come in all shapes/sizes http://bit.ly/1MGwynO and have different abilities that make them uniquely suited to certain situations over others.
That accounts for 4-5 per episode there's still 7-8 missing
+1.
One thing is bugging me... 2,950 experiments would be an average of 11 experiments per episode... I don't quite remember there being that many.
As a scientist you should have noted the many qualifiers I used in that statement. Clearly I have no actual evidence to backup the theory as it has not been properly studied. If you want to compare anecdotes - I can train myself to do 6 hours without alarms, heck I can train my body to whatever rhythm I need but I perform significantly less well with less sleep. For me the most important factor is that it be a multiple of 2. I can do fine at 6 hours, 7 hours I'm a zombie, and 8 hours I'm excellent.
I would also suspect that due to the increased use of our brains for more complex tasks puts more stress on that system. That could require more down time than a tribal hunter/gatherer.
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I'm not going to convince you but for most people it's plain as day that he uses the language of hate and fear to gain popularity.
It's "obvious" to you because this is what the media focuses on and interprets for you, and you have been propagandized with it.
I'm actually not influenced by the media much. I don't have cable, don't listen to the radio, don't troll blogs/news sites, etc. I think for myself and go back to the original transcripts when I do decide to take interest in a subject (as I did with all three of those quotes).
"Laziness is a trait in the blacks. ... Black guys counting my money! I hate it" - Trump
This one kind of surprised me - I hadn't heard it repeated before, so I went to check the context. I found where it came from on a HuffPo article from 2011, which says he didn't directly deny it, but the veracity is very questionable. In any case, the article points out Trump's public support of civil rights, donations to civil rights groups, etc., although it paints an unflattering picture of Trump generally. Regardless, there is nothing racist about his campaign, it has nothing to do with his positions or his views on these issues, which seem reasonable.
It was a direct quote from his twitter account. The tweet has long since been deleted but it was captured and reported on extensively.
"China is killing us. They’ve taken so much of our wealth. They’ve taken our jobs. They’ve taken our business, they’ve taken our manufacturing, [audience member screams out “our land”] Our land? The way they’re going they’ll have that pretty soon.Think about it, we have rebuilt China — somebody said to me “that’s a harsh statement” — it’s the greatest theft in the history of the United States." - Trump
So you're in favor of moving more manufacturing jobs to China? Driven by more dirty coal power plants? This is about US competition with China - all countries compete for better trade position, and China is producing all the cheap crap that Walmart sells millions of dollars worth of every day. THIS is one of the threats we should be focused on. Afghanistan and Syria are not going to attack us any time soon, but we are pouring billions into military operations there, while China has all the jobs. Not sure what this has to do with Hitler. Trump isn't advocating invading China or anything like that. He's pointing out that our politicians and multinational corporations have sent all of our manufacturing there, and we can't compete with them. He's right.
I assume you're a TPP supporter? Because that's going to close down more jobs in the US, send more manufacturing to Asia, and allow global multinational corporations to have more power than ever.
If his comments were strictly about the loss of manufacturing, I would agree with you. Unfortunately he couldn't keep his racism in check and called them thieves stealing from Americans, which is exactly what the Nazis did with the Jews - they painted them as thieves/rats/etc stealing from Germans. Also, TPP is the worst agreement since NAFTA - I hope it dies.
When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." - Trump
Okay, this was about illegal immigrants. And, yes, they are causing problems for the US. This, again, is about the US competing with other countries, primaril
This is an issue of freedom because without the ability to exercise freedom then you do not actually have it.
Consequences, yes they happen and must be dealt with. That does not mean that I must disclose these things or expect them to be monitored/tracked/etc. I may have to pay that credit card bill but my employer does not need to know that information nor my extended family/friends/strangers. Just like the person in the article who's identity was disclosed by simply entering a person's phone number into a contact list. In that case it wasn't a huge consequence, the person it was disclosed to was a fellow AA member, however, who is to say that information isn't later disclosed to his employer in the same manner? His act of getting help for his problem becomes an issue for advancement, possibly retaining his position at the company.
So you think it's better to give up my privacy and liberty so that I don't lose opportunity? What is the point of freedoms/rights if you cannot exercise them for fear of the consequences? That's about as dishonest as you can be with yourself trying to suppress what/who you are to fit society's expectations.
Seriously? Your, or rather every potential boss wouldn't care if you were a casual marijuana user in your personal time or liked to dress up in drag on the weekends or a million other things that some people find harmless and others find abhorrent? You're taking it to the extreme of blackmail but I'm thinking simply of being fired from your job, passed over for promotion, or limited in some other way from progressing in your career. Marriage is the same, yes my wife knows I watch porn but it's not something we share. I don't know what she would say/think about what I watch but at the same time she doesn't want to know. She believes that it's private so 'ignorance is bliss' to her. If she pops onto my computer and suddenly gets targeted ads.... that is information neither one of us wants shared. Would she leave me if she found out? No. Could someone blackmail me? Hell no. Is it something I really want out there? Not really because it's easier for it not to be.
These things don't have to be "negative" either. I want to take my wife on a trip somewhere so I start investigating places I know she's wanted to visit and all the sudden the ads switch and she now knows I'm looking at these things - there goes the 10th anniversary surprise. Is it the end of the world? No. Does it ruin some of the romance of surprising your spouse with a special gift? Absolutely.
Everyone does things they don't want others to know about. They express opinions which might not be popular or could be hurtful to the wrong person. They say/search things that, when taken out of context, can land them in serious trouble. It doesn't make you a bad person or someone who "has a lot to hide", it makes you human. If anything I'd be sorry for anyone who was completely honest with those around them.
It's not only about data theft or being a high value "target". It's about you deciding when and who knows what about you so you can function in your "pitiful" life. I don't need my bosses knowing about my time away from work, I don't need my wife knowing about my porn habits, and I certainly wouldn't like strangers I'm trying to conceal my identity from in an "anonymous" program being told exactly who I am. There are so many things we keep private, white lies we tell people, all to keep our lives as functional as possible and big data cannot make the judgements necessary to determine what is private/what can be openly shared. Only we can do that.