As the whole UFO and crop circle situation unraveled, I think it taught us a great lesson.
That many scientists are not to be trusted. They can be made to say anything, not even for money. They'd do it for fame, or to just kill time. Literally.
The worst part is, that many of these BS scientists completely believe in their BS science. When they speak with conviction, it is because they have it.
Of course, this lesson is followed by another great lesson.
That many scientists are to be trusted. They are acknowledged by their peers, their work is repeatedly challenged and tested, and backed with hard evidence. When they all agree on something, it is, by definition, true beyond a reasonable doubt. If there is one thing competent scientists agree on, it is global warming.
With that said, is the debate over? The debate about what to do, how to do it, and how global warming is really happening will always be debated. But not global warming itself.
So because water expands when frozen, ice is lighter than water, and hence floats. And because displacement is by weight, the expansion from freezing is compensated by the ice that is pushed above sea level creating a virtual land mass made of ice.
But this is the case if the water is deeper than the ice. If at any point the ice reaches the bottom of the Ocean, then wouldn't the displacement change? Or are there forces that naturally compensate? And how about ice attached and extending from land. I guess the numbers might change slightly, but these aren't big enough factors compared to the total volume of ice...
So just to prove Al Gore wrong, we've resorted to alternate theories for the exact same problem. Great. Now by blaming underwater volcanoes, we can die in our oil guzzling Hummers eating cheap beef.
My understanding was that the whole concept only became possible with IT and what it can do with both content delivery and supply chain management. Hence it is an interesting case study, not a fun business.
3 search hits on a *good* day on something that could take a year to sell is in no way a big cash cow, and you have to be a Walmart or Amazon to pull off the enormous operations side of it, because the tail must be massive to even work. And even then, the margins are slim.
such as WMD or FBUSH but I am assuming these WTF plates were part of the random plate numbers provided by the DMV? So I guess it is only courtesy if you buy a new car and end up with a number containing WTF that the DMV would replace it at no charge. They already make sure other ruder terms are filtered, and WTF does happen to be quite new.
Just as the lottery is a tax for dumb people, bearing arms is a tax for dumb and scared people.
Hope is free. You don't have to pay for it. Yet millions of lesser income people pay millions of dollars for false hope.
The right to bear lethal force is also what arms your enemies. It is what will get you shot in the face. Yet it will successfully get a lesser income person to pay hundreds of dollars for something they will never use.
But tell me this. How many of these robbers carry guns? If you don't have one, ya, your targeted victim pulling one out would scare the shit out of you.
when I saw so many other posters call this article out. Hope is not lost, when people can see bull for what it is!
The reason why theory is not necessary is because they have petabytes of EVIDENCE. Yes, the votes are in, so tally them up with computers, and spew out some results. But if no theory was involved, then why is google so much better at it than other now obsolete search engines? Maybe they have better science. What a leap!
Unfortunately, it is well written, and many "smart" people simply uninformed in this particular field may find compelled by some of the arguments... but then again, they probably won't. At least I hope not.
Ya, that is what the class action lawsuit pamphlets always say.
"It's taken 5 years and 10 million dollars in lawyer fees to get this far, and good news, we won, and you get free Mortgage coupons! To opt out you may write the court judge at {address}."
Ya, I am going to go after Bank of America individually. That is really a feasible option. Let me look up a lawyer in the phone book.
Hell no.
Class action lawsuits are for lawyers, and the wrong-doers settle to make them go away. It is never about the victims. Ever.
are the lawyers. The lawyers don't care if everyone get pennies, because they get their millions. And if there is a settlement or verdict, it should always be in monetary form distributed automatically to every class member. Members shouldn't have to fill any paperwork. The corporations should calculate it for them. Two examples:
Fees waived for deposited items getting returned! Fees returned for calling customer service! 12 months free subscription to a credit card protection service (a $30 value)! 90 free days of Privacy Assist Identity Theft Protection Service (a $17.85 value)!
Hell no. Basically, they get free marketing. OUCH.
They want you to calculate your foreign purchases yourself and document them for your reimbursement. Hell no. They should pay us $400/hr as they do their lawyers for the time we spend sorting through years worth of credit card statements. Some companies even charge a fee for requesting older records.
Settling should not be an option for class action lawsuits. The client/s should decide whether to settle, not the lawyer/s. A settlement should always be an opt-in, not an opt-out.
The government loaning businesses money to go oil free. Buying hybrid cars and installing solar panels and lowering electricity usage by installing more efficient machinery and air conditioning systems and light bulbs are all often cheaper in the long run. Then why don't we do it? The time and money it costs now.
If the government would to step in and help push these eco-dead-brainer upgrades for the benefit of their own good, I think America would look a whole lot cleaner in 5 to 10 years. The businesses would also be happier. This is called "real help".
I promise never to allow financial gain, competitiveness or ambition cloud my judgment in the conduct of ethical research and scholarship. I will pursue knowledge and create knowledge for the greater good, but never to the detriment of colleagues, supervisors, research subjects or the international community of scholars of which I am now a member. I love how this completely contradicts the basic principles of modern economics and government: The profit motive and market competition. This would make more sense:
"I won't let profit cloud my judgement, even though profit is the foundation of my existence."
It's mainly a teaching + learning system for a system with input and output. I don't see anything built with it answering any rational questions or coming up with new ideas anytime soon, but if you do AI and don't know about them, you better catch up.
no proof that no one used it that way, then it doesn't count as prior art?? I am confused by your wording a little, but assuming I understand correctly, my answer is no, if the product existed prior, then we don't need proof that anyone used it. There are tons of patents of things people haven't or will ever use, so I think it's safe to say usage is not a factor.
I think the problem though is in determining the exact date, and if they have issues proving the date of their invention (missing documents, lack of evidence), then maybe they are resorting to finding those who purchased the product, since they may be able to provide proof of product existence.
I totally agree. It's far less harmful than the cable news network bomb or the New York Times bomb.
If you're voting for Obama, your vote starts when you decide to act on it, like the millions of others who participate in campaigns in one form or another.
the tenants of democracy that everyone have access to all information and then they decide who's best for themselves? Yes. And one of the tenants of manipulating democracy is providing spreading biased information to the majority first so that they can decide for themselves based on tainted knowledge.
Which brings me to a bigger issue, that knowledge is always tainted and no one can ever know everything even if they made an effort to.
time * learning = total learned.
That is why democracy is completely an information game. You control the pieces that talk and what they say, then you control what the voters hear and think. Experts are brought in to harvest votes.
Our free will is only a product of our related experiences shaped by those who have influence over us.
Girls have an unbelievably high tolerance for ugly, poor, rude men. This board is loaded with proof of it.
On the other had, they hate guys that make excuses, and that is often what a lot of people with these traits do.
And to state the obvious, money is attractive, as many geeks find out later in their lives when all of a sudden they're hot stuff. In high school bad boys get an unfair advantage though, and to think there are some sacrificing college for high school dating is sad, if you put it in perspective. College girls are much more fun:)
Yes, that is how to get the girl. And that is how to be the "bad boy" she'd fall for. Hence the irony of it all.
Of course, there is always a slight chance you *really* aren't her type. This is the risk bad boy's are more willing to take, or overcome with violence.
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we should be very wary of allowing politics or popular opinion to be confused with actual science.
Not only should we not confuse them, we should not let politics or popular opinion dictate our science.
Scientific problems are not solved by voting. They are only solved by science. And only when solved can we look back and say our science was correct.
As the whole UFO and crop circle situation unraveled, I think it taught us a great lesson.
That many scientists are not to be trusted. They can be made to say anything, not even for money. They'd do it for fame, or to just kill time. Literally.
The worst part is, that many of these BS scientists completely believe in their BS science. When they speak with conviction, it is because they have it.
Of course, this lesson is followed by another great lesson.
That many scientists are to be trusted. They are acknowledged by their peers, their work is repeatedly challenged and tested, and backed with hard evidence. When they all agree on something, it is, by definition, true beyond a reasonable doubt. If there is one thing competent scientists agree on, it is global warming.
With that said, is the debate over? The debate about what to do, how to do it, and how global warming is really happening will always be debated. But not global warming itself.
So because water expands when frozen, ice is lighter than water, and hence floats. And because displacement is by weight, the expansion from freezing is compensated by the ice that is pushed above sea level creating a virtual land mass made of ice.
But this is the case if the water is deeper than the ice. If at any point the ice reaches the bottom of the Ocean, then wouldn't the displacement change? Or are there forces that naturally compensate? And how about ice attached and extending from land. I guess the numbers might change slightly, but these aren't big enough factors compared to the total volume of ice...
So just to prove Al Gore wrong, we've resorted to alternate theories for the exact same problem. Great. Now by blaming underwater volcanoes, we can die in our oil guzzling Hummers eating cheap beef.
But Global Cooling eat Al Gore. Screw plankton and their radical Global Cooling agenda!
And what does Al Gore eat... :)
He's been eating a lot lately
...except maybe the stock hypists.
My understanding was that the whole concept only became possible with IT and what it can do with both content delivery and supply chain management. Hence it is an interesting case study, not a fun business.
3 search hits on a *good* day on something that could take a year to sell is in no way a big cash cow, and you have to be a Walmart or Amazon to pull off the enormous operations side of it, because the tail must be massive to even work. And even then, the margins are slim.
such as WMD or FBUSH but I am assuming these WTF plates were part of the random plate numbers provided by the DMV? So I guess it is only courtesy if you buy a new car and end up with a number containing WTF that the DMV would replace it at no charge. They already make sure other ruder terms are filtered, and WTF does happen to be quite new.
Just as the lottery is a tax for dumb people, bearing arms is a tax for dumb and scared people.
Hope is free. You don't have to pay for it. Yet millions of lesser income people pay millions of dollars for false hope.
The right to bear lethal force is also what arms your enemies. It is what will get you shot in the face. Yet it will successfully get a lesser income person to pay hundreds of dollars for something they will never use.
In the end it's about money. How cliche.
But tell me this. How many of these robbers carry guns? If you don't have one, ya, your targeted victim pulling one out would scare the shit out of you.
... and don't forget to pick up those nukes. 3rd isle to your left.
Why the cloud cannot obscure the scientific method by John Timmer.
If you've scrolled down this far, you might as well read it all :)
It is the most relevant. Hence... Surprisingly Few People Collect On GTA Hot Coffee. :)
when I saw so many other posters call this article out. Hope is not lost, when people can see bull for what it is!
The reason why theory is not necessary is because they have petabytes of EVIDENCE. Yes, the votes are in, so tally them up with computers, and spew out some results. But if no theory was involved, then why is google so much better at it than other now obsolete search engines? Maybe they have better science. What a leap!
Unfortunately, it is well written, and many "smart" people simply uninformed in this particular field may find compelled by some of the arguments... but then again, they probably won't. At least I hope not.
Ya, that is what the class action lawsuit pamphlets always say.
"It's taken 5 years and 10 million dollars in lawyer fees to get this far, and good news, we won, and you get free Mortgage coupons! To opt out you may write the court judge at {address}."
Ya, I am going to go after Bank of America individually. That is really a feasible option. Let me look up a lawyer in the phone book.
Hell no.
Class action lawsuits are for lawyers, and the wrong-doers settle to make them go away. It is never about the victims. Ever.
are the lawyers. The lawyers don't care if everyone get pennies, because they get their millions. And if there is a settlement or verdict, it should always be in monetary form distributed automatically to every class member. Members shouldn't have to fill any paperwork. The corporations should calculate it for them. Two examples:
1. Bank of America privacy lawsuit.
Fees waived for deposited items getting returned!
Fees returned for calling customer service!
12 months free subscription to a credit card protection service (a $30 value)!
90 free days of Privacy Assist Identity Theft Protection Service (a $17.85 value)!
Hell no. Basically, they get free marketing. OUCH.
2. Visa MasterCard Discovery Currency lawsuit.
They want you to calculate your foreign purchases yourself and document them for your reimbursement. Hell no. They should pay us $400/hr as they do their lawyers for the time we spend sorting through years worth of credit card statements. Some companies even charge a fee for requesting older records.
Settling should not be an option for class action lawsuits. The client/s should decide whether to settle, not the lawyer/s. A settlement should always be an opt-in, not an opt-out.
The government loaning businesses money to go oil free. Buying hybrid cars and installing solar panels and lowering electricity usage by installing more efficient machinery and air conditioning systems and light bulbs are all often cheaper in the long run. Then why don't we do it? The time and money it costs now.
If the government would to step in and help push these eco-dead-brainer upgrades for the benefit of their own good, I think America would look a whole lot cleaner in 5 to 10 years. The businesses would also be happier. This is called "real help".
Just a thought.
FYI The oath:
I promise never to allow financial gain, competitiveness or ambition cloud my judgment in the conduct of ethical research and scholarship. I will pursue knowledge and create knowledge for the greater good, but never to the detriment of colleagues, supervisors, research subjects or the international community of scholars of which I am now a member. I love how this completely contradicts the basic principles of modern economics and government: The profit motive and market competition. This would make more sense:"I won't let profit cloud my judgement, even though profit is the foundation of my existence."
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It's mainly a teaching + learning system for a system with input and output. I don't see anything built with it answering any rational questions or coming up with new ideas anytime soon, but if you do AI and don't know about them, you better catch up.
I think the problem though is in determining the exact date, and if they have issues proving the date of their invention (missing documents, lack of evidence), then maybe they are resorting to finding those who purchased the product, since they may be able to provide proof of product existence.
At least that is how I see it.
I totally agree. It's far less harmful than the cable news network bomb or the New York Times bomb.
If you're voting for Obama, your vote starts when you decide to act on it, like the millions of others who participate in campaigns in one form or another.
Which brings me to a bigger issue, that knowledge is always tainted and no one can ever know everything even if they made an effort to.
time * learning = total learned.
That is why democracy is completely an information game. You control the pieces that talk and what they say, then you control what the voters hear and think. Experts are brought in to harvest votes.
Our free will is only a product of our related experiences shaped by those who have influence over us.
Girls have an unbelievably high tolerance for ugly, poor, rude men. This board is loaded with proof of it.
On the other had, they hate guys that make excuses, and that is often what a lot of people with these traits do.
And to state the obvious, money is attractive, as many geeks find out later in their lives when all of a sudden they're hot stuff. In high school bad boys get an unfair advantage though, and to think there are some sacrificing college for high school dating is sad, if you put it in perspective. College girls are much more fun :)
Yes, that is how to get the girl. And that is how to be the "bad boy" she'd fall for. Hence the irony of it all.
Of course, there is always a slight chance you *really* aren't her type. This is the risk bad boy's are more willing to take, or overcome with violence.
lol. give the guy a break. with /. speed is eveyrthing!!