If I ever complete my novel and become famous I plan to do exactly this. Maintain a landlocked system where I write.
Of course- I need to complete a book first. Before that- I need to learn basic grammer and spelling.
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Basic e-ink readers are fantastic for reading things in one direction start to finish. Things like novels, biographies, etc.
I love my simple kindle.
E-ink devices suck at anything with diagrams or text books that need flipping through back and forth. They definately have uses- but they are not a solution for all things book.
Sortocracy was used very successfully by Athens and was a big success for them... until Sparta whipped their butts at least. Athens was a place of great freedom- arts, philosophy, intellectualism flourished. Can't argue with that.
What does rule by sorti offer that democracy doesn't? What if our houses were picked by sorti?
A true-wide spectrum representation of the people- and yes, that means even "nutters" get a say and speak if they are "elected" - but they do represent a portion of the population.
Corruption diminished; lobbyists power diminished. Less expense in chosing leaders. People do what they believe is right- not what they believe is popular. No emergence of a ruling elite.
Democracy is better than most systems- but I believe sortocracy would be better yet.
People are too dumb for democracy to work. Dictatorships are a bad idea. Communism is a failed experiment. Anarchy last until one person physically bends the will of another.
Obviously the only choice left is to allow robots and computers to rule mankind.
Being able to see your limitations- step back and say "I don't understand" is a much stronger sign of intelligence than thinking you know the answer if you don't.
You will need your webcam hooked up- and the captcha will call out directions that you need to perform. It would analyse your movements to prove you understood.
Bow to the camera, dosey doe, boot scoot, boot scoot,
"ERROR: You are not a human you did a shuffle step instead of a boot scoot."
It's getting to the point where I feel like I need an application to read Captchas for me.
Half the time I get them wrong. I swear a computer would HAVE to be better at translating them than me. This video is going to help- but we have to face the fact... EVENTUALLY, no captcha device will be able to block bots but not people.
EVENTUALLY all bots will be better at breaking all captchas than humans will be.
There will probably be a time we look back on the good old days when the internet was usable by humans as a means of communication.
/ Disclaimer: Oswald is an ex-bot who gained near human cognition and intelligence.
Iran wont let the IAEA confirm that it's compliant, make of that what you will, but I suspect if a country was in compliance there'd be absolutely no reason to not let the IAEA confirm that to be the case.
Not defending Iran... but...
If you're doing nothing wrong- you wouldn't mind the police routinely searching your home without a warrant. Or you Sig Other going through your cell phone call list/web history routinely.
Iran may or may not be doing anything wrong- but not letting inspectors have full access is not a sign of guilt. I wouldn't want the police randomly searching my house- I'm not breaking any laws (that I know of) but it's the kind of violation that you don't want occurring without necessity.
Again, I'm not defending Iran- they're clearly not "squeaky clean"- but the fact that they do have so many enemies may make them less wanting to endure being investigated and spied on. You say you're going to make sure we're not making nukes- they say, you're coming to spy on our infrastructure to build an attack plan on how to disable us.
Don't know about Numeracy - but numerology ruined my life. Fortune cookie told me 05 14 46 52 56 were my lucky numbers. I ran up huge credit card debt expecting to win the lottery with these numbers... then I found out fortune cookie didn't give me the powerball number.
What I hate... I when I'm fixing all these bugs- typing furiously... I'm on a roll- finding solutions to all the corporate problems... and then I realise I'm really in that bizarre between wake-and-sleep stage and I'm not really fixing any bugs- or typing... I'm laying in my bed.
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I think people that use homeopathic medicine should be allowed to marry.
No, but it could get an embedded trojan and allow some dude in China to control it.
The global hegemony.
Didn't you cast your vote for global hegemon last week?
Can we not just take away his existing one without giving him a new one?
I think most people getting this wrong think that a democracy means "parliamentary" democracy and think that republiv means "presidential" democracy.
I don't know why people seem to frequently think this.
Are cyborgs safe from becomming zombies?
If so- I want all my body parts converted to artificial parts BEFORE the zombie apocalypse. Afterwards it would be too late.
it's better for society that it's available now
I disagree- this is Michael Jackson's music we're talking about- it is better that this never is broardcast ever. Legally or illlegally.
If I ever complete my novel and become famous I plan to do exactly this. Maintain a landlocked system where I write.
Of course- I need to complete a book first. Before that- I need to learn basic grammer and spelling.
Basic e-ink readers are fantastic for reading things in one direction start to finish. Things like novels, biographies, etc.
I love my simple kindle.
E-ink devices suck at anything with diagrams or text books that need flipping through back and forth. They definately have uses- but they are not a solution for all things book.
Then our democracy is failing to produce educated people to make democracy work.
And I shall say that I think Churchill was wrong.
Sortocracy was used very successfully by Athens and was a big success for them... until Sparta whipped their butts at least. Athens was a place of great freedom- arts, philosophy, intellectualism flourished. Can't argue with that.
What does rule by sorti offer that democracy doesn't? What if our houses were picked by sorti?
A true-wide spectrum representation of the people- and yes, that means even "nutters" get a say and speak if they are "elected" - but they do represent a portion of the population.
Corruption diminished; lobbyists power diminished. Less expense in chosing leaders. People do what they believe is right- not what they believe is popular. No emergence of a ruling elite.
Democracy is better than most systems- but I believe sortocracy would be better yet.
People are too dumb for democracy to work. Dictatorships are a bad idea. Communism is a failed experiment. Anarchy last until one person physically bends the will of another.
Obviously the only choice left is to allow robots and computers to rule mankind.
Maybe he is.
Being able to see your limitations- step back and say "I don't understand" is a much stronger sign of intelligence than thinking you know the answer if you don't.
You all know what is next don't you?
You will need your webcam hooked up- and the captcha will call out directions that you need to perform. It would analyse your movements to prove you understood.
Bow to the camera,
dosey doe,
boot scoot, boot scoot,
"ERROR: You are not a human you did a shuffle step instead of a boot scoot."
It's getting to the point where I feel like I need an application to read Captchas for me.
Half the time I get them wrong. I swear a computer would HAVE to be better at translating them than me. This video is going to help- but we have to face the fact... EVENTUALLY, no captcha device will be able to block bots but not people.
EVENTUALLY all bots will be better at breaking all captchas than humans will be.
There will probably be a time we look back on the good old days when the internet was usable by humans as a means of communication.
/ Disclaimer: Oswald is an ex-bot who gained near human cognition and intelligence.
Iran wont let the IAEA confirm that it's compliant, make of that what you will, but I suspect if a country was in compliance there'd be absolutely no reason to not let the IAEA confirm that to be the case.
Not defending Iran... but...
If you're doing nothing wrong- you wouldn't mind the police routinely searching your home without a warrant. Or you Sig Other going through your cell phone call list/web history routinely.
Iran may or may not be doing anything wrong- but not letting inspectors have full access is not a sign of guilt. I wouldn't want the police randomly searching my house- I'm not breaking any laws (that I know of) but it's the kind of violation that you don't want occurring without necessity.
Again, I'm not defending Iran- they're clearly not "squeaky clean"- but the fact that they do have so many enemies may make them less wanting to endure being investigated and spied on. You say you're going to make sure we're not making nukes- they say, you're coming to spy on our infrastructure to build an attack plan on how to disable us.
I wish I were you. Unfortunately I am required to have one for my job.
No desire for a smart phone yet.
I'm ahead of the curb then- I've been practicing canibalism since Y2K.
If only there were an appropriate joke about Gaseous Rings in space.
Is it 1983- are we getting ready for 1984?
Cameras in our home watching us? Plus bad.
I don't know about ponies... surely it is horses that would sell more videos.
Don't know about Numeracy - but numerology ruined my life. Fortune cookie told me 05 14 46 52 56 were my lucky numbers. I ran up huge credit card debt expecting to win the lottery with these numbers... then I found out fortune cookie didn't give me the powerball number.
I say we build all our space ports in North Korea.
What I hate... I when I'm fixing all these bugs- typing furiously... I'm on a roll- finding solutions to all the corporate problems... and then I realise I'm really in that bizarre between wake-and-sleep stage and I'm not really fixing any bugs- or typing... I'm laying in my bed.
I'm surprised dyslexic agnostics are not on the list.