I seem to be seeing a trend of technology making people dumber, lazier, and more unskilled than ever before, and it really disturbs me.
Given that cursive writing doesn't make any smarter, increase their work ethic, or provide them with useful skills I don't think that this trend is all that disturbing.
Historical records in many countries are written in cursive, and not just English wring ones. Only a complete idiot would want to sever children from their past.
It's not when they grow up that they won't be carrying around devices in their pockets that have camera's that can see the cursive documents and translate them. Plus, how many historical documents wouldn't have typed out versions sitting right next to them?
... believe that this new fire thing will kill someone ... believe that this new talking thing will kill someone ... believe that this new reading thing will kill someone
People have been messing about with Media Player for years with Codec packs and various other add ons for years trying to make it more useful than MS will let it be. Crazy.
You're right; Microsoft is really crazy for developing a platform that lets anyone create plugins/addons so that the user can customize their experience. Microsoft should have been less crazy and not let any non-MS software run on, or plug into, any of its platforms.
I know in Windows 8.1, if you query for the version number you get back the version for Windows 8, unless you're executable lists the GUID for 8.1 in the app manifest. So in Windows 10, with no app manifest, do you still get back the version number for 8?
Citations please. How many municipalities have created their own local last-mile implementations? How many have gone bankrupt? You're talking out of your ass and it smells that way too.
A quick search found Municipal broadband expansion blocked in many states. I'm not claiming that the municipalities are going bankrupt (like what happened with Provo, UT and why Google was able to buy their fiber for $1), but I know that's the reasoning being presented to the state legislatures. I wouldn't be surprised if a lobbyist could go before your average state representative and say "Municipalities are doing X, and going bankrupt over it. You'd better stop X in your state so you won't have to bail out your Municipalities", and the representative wouldn't spend time double checking the reality of the situation. They just know that they wouldn't want to deal with a budget crises where all of their municipalities are going bankrupt.
Upgrade the Municipality to FIOS service to a COLO facility.
I believe that states have started passing laws against municipalities laying their own fiber because the states are tired of bailing out bankrupt municipalities who have done so.
Sounds like you are benefiting more from the competition than from the regulation.
Given the natural monopoly condition that laying cables in the ground creates, regulation can force the competition into existence. The two aren't mutually exclusive.
while in practice only a relatively small number of people will ever benefit directly from the faster travel times.
But how many will benefit indirectly? Even if you never travel on the train, having people travel on the train to meet with you, or do business with you, does benefit you.
The one question I have on the insurance situation is when an autonomous car causes an accident who is fault? The manufacturer or the owner?
The manufacturer. Unless there's evidence that the binaries for the AI system were hacked.
You mean the same precautionary principle that led the US government to indoctrinate a generation of kids in the food pyramid, leading to generational highs of sugar intake and obesity,
You think the food pyramid did that? The real reason is that Nixon saw a food shortage coming and didn't want to deal the political fallout of that. So he started subsidize corn, which resulted in a massive explosion of High Fructose Corn Syrup being added to everything that Americans eat. That's what's causing high sugar intakes and in increase in obesity.
When practically every user fails to connect to your server, including your own people, you know you have a problem to fix. Creating some work for web site owners in the interest of their own security.
In the real world, when a user updates his browser, and then can't access websites that he could access yesterday, he doesn't plow on a head, knowing that he's forcing some admin to make updates to their webserver, he rolls back the update, and then probably picks a new browser.
Some of these "friends" no longer live close to us so we like to see pictures of them, their families, and their activities. Facebook allows us to do these things.
There were many solution to that problem before Facebook, and there are still many solutions to solve that same problem today.
Apparently those who are capable of taking the AP CS exam are also those who are interested in taking the AP CS exam. Getting outside pressure to increase interest does not increase capability. Color me shocked.
And what sort of perception is not "a chemical illusion"? Is the feeling you get when you comprehend Cantor's diagonalization proof an illusion? The feeling you get from listening to the music of Bach? The feeling you get when you look up and see a meteor streak by? Everything you experience supervenes on neurochemistry, and a cannabis experience is no less valid on that basis than any other.
I believe that there are new kinds of perceptions which come from data as reflected in nature. The cannabis experience would be less valid because what your conscious is sensing is different than the data that's being sent to your body.
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I seem to be seeing a trend of technology making people dumber, lazier, and more unskilled than ever before, and it really disturbs me.
Given that cursive writing doesn't make any smarter, increase their work ethic, or provide them with useful skills I don't think that this trend is all that disturbing.
Historical records in many countries are written in cursive, and not just English wring ones. Only a complete idiot would want to sever children from their past.
It's not when they grow up that they won't be carrying around devices in their pockets that have camera's that can see the cursive documents and translate them. Plus, how many historical documents wouldn't have typed out versions sitting right next to them?
... believe that this new fire thing will kill someone
... believe that this new talking thing will kill someone
... believe that this new reading thing will kill someone
People have been messing about with Media Player for years with Codec packs and various other add ons for years trying to make it more useful than MS will let it be. Crazy.
You're right; Microsoft is really crazy for developing a platform that lets anyone create plugins/addons so that the user can customize their experience. Microsoft should have been less crazy and not let any non-MS software run on, or plug into, any of its platforms.
I'm still going to uninstall Media Player as soon as I buy a new Windows box or upgrade to 10.
Why bother uninstalling it?
I know in Windows 8.1, if you query for the version number you get back the version for Windows 8, unless you're executable lists the GUID for 8.1 in the app manifest. So in Windows 10, with no app manifest, do you still get back the version number for 8?
Every time they overhaul things, they break stuff right and left. Why can't they leave things alone that are working properly?
Because it's never quite worked properly. So far it's just worked good enough, but all those who work on it know that it can work better.
Citations please. How many municipalities have created their own local last-mile implementations? How many have gone bankrupt? You're talking out of your ass and it smells that way too.
A quick search found Municipal broadband expansion blocked in many states. I'm not claiming that the municipalities are going bankrupt (like what happened with Provo, UT and why Google was able to buy their fiber for $1), but I know that's the reasoning being presented to the state legislatures. I wouldn't be surprised if a lobbyist could go before your average state representative and say "Municipalities are doing X, and going bankrupt over it. You'd better stop X in your state so you won't have to bail out your Municipalities", and the representative wouldn't spend time double checking the reality of the situation. They just know that they wouldn't want to deal with a budget crises where all of their municipalities are going bankrupt.
Upgrade the Municipality to FIOS service to a COLO facility.
I believe that states have started passing laws against municipalities laying their own fiber because the states are tired of bailing out bankrupt municipalities who have done so.
Sounds like you are benefiting more from the competition than from the regulation.
Given the natural monopoly condition that laying cables in the ground creates, regulation can force the competition into existence. The two aren't mutually exclusive.
while in practice only a relatively small number of people will ever benefit directly from the faster travel times.
But how many will benefit indirectly? Even if you never travel on the train, having people travel on the train to meet with you, or do business with you, does benefit you.
Assume for a moment that robotic window washers could work:
Who will wash the washers?
The Window Washer Washers.
Well it's about time.
The one question I have on the insurance situation is when an autonomous car causes an accident who is fault? The manufacturer or the owner? The manufacturer. Unless there's evidence that the binaries for the AI system were hacked.
Call me when they can make an automated car that car drive in snowy conditions when no lane landmarks are visible.
Would it really be that bad if people stopped traveling in super unsafe conditions?
You mean the same precautionary principle that led the US government to indoctrinate a generation of kids in the food pyramid, leading to generational highs of sugar intake and obesity,
You think the food pyramid did that? The real reason is that Nixon saw a food shortage coming and didn't want to deal the political fallout of that. So he started subsidize corn, which resulted in a massive explosion of High Fructose Corn Syrup being added to everything that Americans eat. That's what's causing high sugar intakes and in increase in obesity.
how many countries has China bombed recently?
Due to the massive size of their own population, they have yet to extend much oppressive power outside of their boarders.
Create a large file, that the super user then deletes when the super user needs to fix issues.
When we didn't need to fight communists anymore.
When practically every user fails to connect to your server, including your own people, you know you have a problem to fix. Creating some work for web site owners in the interest of their own security.
In the real world, when a user updates his browser, and then can't access websites that he could access yesterday, he doesn't plow on a head, knowing that he's forcing some admin to make updates to their webserver, he rolls back the update, and then probably picks a new browser.
Some of these "friends" no longer live close to us so we like to see pictures of them, their families, and their activities. Facebook allows us to do these things.
There were many solution to that problem before Facebook, and there are still many solutions to solve that same problem today.
Given that I don't use two of those services, and occasionally use the other, that advice is not that tough.
Apparently those who are capable of taking the AP CS exam are also those who are interested in taking the AP CS exam. Getting outside pressure to increase interest does not increase capability. Color me shocked.
The Intel engineers watched Superman III, and they have a plan.
They're going to override the security?
And what sort of perception is not "a chemical illusion"? Is the feeling you get when you comprehend Cantor's diagonalization proof an illusion? The feeling you get from listening to the music of Bach? The feeling you get when you look up and see a meteor streak by? Everything you experience supervenes on neurochemistry, and a cannabis experience is no less valid on that basis than any other.
I believe that there are new kinds of perceptions which come from data as reflected in nature. The cannabis experience would be less valid because what your conscious is sensing is different than the data that's being sent to your body.