Direct democracy would be better, statistically. Also, allowing people to complain about their lack of representation without criticizing them would be better. Learning techniques of argument better than 'stupid and puerile' would be better.
People whose views aren't represented in the government can justly complain that they aren't represented. No one I have voted for has won a state or federal office. How represented are my views? My neighbors, oh yeah, their views are represented. Not mine. By design of the system, we do not represent all views, merely the most popular views.
To claim that just because I got to vote in an election my views are represented is quite ridiculous. No one in those offices cares about looking out for my interests.
Ah, sorry, I assumed you were in the US where it is universally possible to forward email FOR 6 months, from any address, and is legal so long as you aren't committing fraud (you are legitimately trying to forward your own mail, and not to steal that belonging to someone else).
Our USPS even maintains a convenient website to do it online. Mail service is really one place where the US excels!
I think a lot of people think that the free market has been an utterly catastrophic mechanism for handling scarce properties. It has resulted in massive wealth concentration as clever individuals leveraged small differentials to exploit others to increase those differences, which is pretty much the opposite of what nearly everyone wants out of the market.
With y2k, there was significant worry that existing infrastructure would cease to function. With this, it's mostly a threat of new services not being able to get started. Slowing growth is much less worrisome than an immediate reversal of 50 years of progress.
It's been around for what? 10 years now? Give me a break.
12 years pretty much exactly:
IPv6 was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and is described in Internet standard document RFC 2460, published in December 1998.[1]
Yeah, I think that the estimate is that every dollar of government spending is good for $5-$8 in GDP through derivative actions. So 30ish% of the GDP is probably significant.
No one is "equal" so long as I think I am better than you and the resources you have should be mine.
Technically it only requires that I not think you are better than me, and that the resources be scarce enough that having them will decide which of us lives and has his genes propogate.
That only matters if the hashes output is perfectly distributed. Unless they have some proof of that, a 256 bit hash is actually much less than 256 bits of security.
Now if you start from a 4K hash, I'd stop worrying about brute force.
Yes, they use a torrent based distribution system for their patches. So, yes, while you are gaming, you are typically using some of your upstream bandwidth to help deliver patches to others.
Actually the review issue will be super simple to fix: if somebody buys a product from Amazon, if they also write a review on the product, there will be a special piece of text that says that the user who left the review bought the product from Amazon. To get rid of most of the bad/fake reviews, all Amazon needs to do is require that all reviews be from people who actually bought the product. This would also eliminate reviews on fake products, since unless the person paid for and bought the paid product, no review for them.
Amazon already marks reviews from actual buyers... look for the "Amazon Verified Purchase" label next to the review. Sometimes a product gets reviewed legitimately on Amazon that isn't a verified purchase. Maybe it was a gift or purchased elsewhere. It's still nice to have these other reviews but I do give more weight to verified reviews.
Exactly as you should, because neither astroturfers or reverse-astroturfers have budget to buy products through amazon!
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Direct democracy would be better, statistically.
Also, allowing people to complain about their lack of representation without criticizing them would be better.
Learning techniques of argument better than 'stupid and puerile' would be better.
Try reading up on a subject called alloparenting, and how that affects genetic outcomes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloparenting
People whose views aren't represented in the government can justly complain that they aren't represented. No one I have voted for has won a state or federal office. How represented are my views? My neighbors, oh yeah, their views are represented. Not mine. By design of the system, we do not represent all views, merely the most popular views.
To claim that just because I got to vote in an election my views are represented is quite ridiculous. No one in those offices cares about looking out for my interests.
Ah, sorry, I assumed you were in the US where it is universally possible to forward email FOR 6 months, from any address, and is legal so long as you aren't committing fraud (you are legitimately trying to forward your own mail, and not to steal that belonging to someone else).
Our USPS even maintains a convenient website to do it online. Mail service is really one place where the US excels!
https://moversguide.usps.com/icoa/flow.do?_flowExecutionKey=_c11DEE43C-6C68-755E-A47C-9A6E2C257FEB_k6593D190-6E19-1AD2-3B9F-E5C75C1AAD7C
Probably depends on your definition of 'us'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_and_Indian_War
I definitely wasn't arguing otherwise.
I think a lot of people think that the free market has been an utterly catastrophic mechanism for handling scarce properties. It has resulted in massive wealth concentration as clever individuals leveraged small differentials to exploit others to increase those differences, which is pretty much the opposite of what nearly everyone wants out of the market.
With y2k, there was significant worry that existing infrastructure would cease to function. With this, it's mostly a threat of new services not being able to get started. Slowing growth is much less worrisome than an immediate reversal of 50 years of progress.
Why don't you forward your mail from the old address to the current one, then request action by mail?
Very true, however IPv6 does include important routing optimizations that will (at least in theory) mean it is easier to route than IPv4.
So there's no good reason it should route slower than ipv4, just potentially poor hardware / software implementation.
And you apparently think costs are the same for ipv4 and ipv6 equipment?
It's been around for what? 10 years now? Give me a break.
12 years pretty much exactly:
IPv6 was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and is described in Internet standard document RFC 2460, published in December 1998.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6
You really think France or Germany would attack the USA? Not in 1000 years.
I'm pretty sure since both of those events have happened in a 1000 year window that you'd lose that bet.
Yeah, I think that the estimate is that every dollar of government spending is good for $5-$8 in GDP through derivative actions. So 30ish% of the GDP is probably significant.
No one is "equal" so long as I think I am better than you and the resources you have should be mine.
Technically it only requires that I not think you are better than me, and that the resources be scarce enough that having them will decide which of us lives and has his genes propogate.
That only matters if the hashes output is perfectly distributed. Unless they have some proof of that, a 256 bit hash is actually much less than 256 bits of security.
Now if you start from a 4K hash, I'd stop worrying about brute force.
Actually, to defeat a hash, you need only defeat the last repetition, so, no, iteration doesn't help.
Technically, if your hash algorithm is too fast, it gets easier to brute force. So it isn't completely unscientific.
I don't think that it is bad, myself, merely that it is a fact.
But I was moderated +2 informative!
Yes, they use a torrent based distribution system for their patches. So, yes, while you are gaming, you are typically using some of your upstream bandwidth to help deliver patches to others.
No, I think you **double whoosh**ed.
Surely the budget is relevant. Otherwise, I'd go 9x15xvertical worth of gold ingots and a lousy security system you know how to beat.
Yep, no one ever reverse-astroturfed their competitor's product on epinions!
Actually the review issue will be super simple to fix: if somebody buys a product from Amazon, if they also write a review on the product, there will be a special piece of text that says that the user who left the review bought the product from Amazon. To get rid of most of the bad/fake reviews, all Amazon needs to do is require that all reviews be from people who actually bought the product. This would also eliminate reviews on fake products, since unless the person paid for and bought the paid product, no review for them.
Amazon already marks reviews from actual buyers... look for the "Amazon Verified Purchase" label next to the review. Sometimes a product gets reviewed legitimately on Amazon that isn't a verified purchase. Maybe it was a gift or purchased elsewhere. It's still nice to have these other reviews but I do give more weight to verified reviews.
Exactly as you should, because neither astroturfers or reverse-astroturfers have budget to buy products through amazon!