How? It's already very hard for them to find idiots who would participate in a suicide bombing. Trying to find one among non-Muslim whites may be impossible.
I don't think the SDI was ever intented to work. It was a massive bluff that forced the Soviet Union into a weapons race they couldn't afford. Ultimately, it was a major contributing factor in bankrupting the SU and ending the Cold War.
It's a somewhat misleading mistranslation but the 90% rate is the accuracy rate of the rockets not the efficiency of the whole system. WHEN the incoming missile is recognized and targeted in time, they fire a rocket which has 90% chance of hitting it. If it doesn't hit, they fire a second one. So that rate is more related to the cost-efficiency of the system than its safety. Of the rockets fired at Israel they only managed to shoot down about half.
No, because I don't live in America and have enough ISPs to choose from. This debate has nothing to do with the infrastructure of the Internet which was never controlled by the ICANN.
They did manage to get the bullets to fire, but they couldn't hit the driver with them. The bullets went everywhere in the car though, I was also surprised they didn't judge it as plausible.
You confuse people with states. If you really want a democratic control of the internet (a bad idea IMO), you shouldn't propose giving votes to leaders that weren't elected democratically. It's double standards to talk about democracy and at the same time making excuses for tyrannies.
The nice thing about the internet in it's current form is that if you don't like a service there are dozens of alternatives around the globe to choose from. Let's keep it that way.
This. Most metal salesmen have a pretty good idea which piece of trash came from illegal sources they just turn a blind eye because it's more profit for them.
There already are standardized reaction tests, I have taken one. There's a flash or a beep after which you have to press a button. The amount of time that takes for you is measured.
Because all of these combined aren't even close to measure up with cars. Which is why the focus is on them. Coal power plants do get replaced by gas ones, although the rate could be much faster if they could also be replaced by nuclear plants without hysteria. Ships are still the most fuel-efficient way of transportation, they should be encouraged not taxed. Electric lawnmowers require an extension cord which is not always an option. And water consumption has nothing to do with CO2 emissions.
Which is why I said that only take it if the person fails a reaction test. Blood samples are the only accurate method of determining drug use, it wouldn't be fair to convict someone without taking a sample first. Not sure how it works in America but around here if a breathalyzer shows high blood alcohol levels you are taken in for a blood test.
This. If you can't test for the drug, test for reactions. That's cheap, easy and relatively portable. If a person fails the test, then take a blood sample.
There were only 15 speakers, not nearly enough for any assumption of bias. Britain is a predominantly white country and programming is a male-dominated profession. If they have selected 15 British Ruby programmers at random they would also get 15 white males with a high chance.
If a nuclear power have developed a perfect rocket shield they could then nuke everyone else without fear of a counterattack. Most defensive systems can just as well be used for offensive purposes.
Abstracting away the reality that you are killing people, by making a machine do the actual deed after deployment removes the innate guilt of killing those people.
It makesit fantastically easier to justify and ignore wholesale slaughter.
A glitch on the program makes the drone think that anyone carrying a cylinder 2ft long and 1 inch diameter a combatant? (Looks like a gun barrel!) Well, all those poor fuckers carrying brooms and sweeping their patios had it coming! Nevermind those uppity pool boys with dipnets! Can't make an omlette without breaking some eggs, right?!
While the US army has developed software that can theoretically command drones autonomously they don't use it exactly for these reasons. Current drones are human controlled. Your argument is based on a false assumption.
As I have detailed previously, we will likely run out of fossil fuels before a 2C warming. Not that it matters much in terms of policy: while we don't know whether global warming or fuel scarcity will happen, either of them is a good reason to abandon fossil fuels.
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How? It's already very hard for them to find idiots who would participate in a suicide bombing. Trying to find one among non-Muslim whites may be impossible.
I don't think the SDI was ever intented to work. It was a massive bluff that forced the Soviet Union into a weapons race they couldn't afford. Ultimately, it was a major contributing factor in bankrupting the SU and ending the Cold War.
It's a somewhat misleading mistranslation but the 90% rate is the accuracy rate of the rockets not the efficiency of the whole system. WHEN the incoming missile is recognized and targeted in time, they fire a rocket which has 90% chance of hitting it. If it doesn't hit, they fire a second one. So that rate is more related to the cost-efficiency of the system than its safety. Of the rockets fired at Israel they only managed to shoot down about half.
No, because I don't live in America and have enough ISPs to choose from. This debate has nothing to do with the infrastructure of the Internet which was never controlled by the ICANN.
They did manage to get the bullets to fire, but they couldn't hit the driver with them. The bullets went everywhere in the car though, I was also surprised they didn't judge it as plausible.
You confuse people with states. If you really want a democratic control of the internet (a bad idea IMO), you shouldn't propose giving votes to leaders that weren't elected democratically. It's double standards to talk about democracy and at the same time making excuses for tyrannies.
The nice thing about the internet in it's current form is that if you don't like a service there are dozens of alternatives around the globe to choose from. Let's keep it that way.
This. Most metal salesmen have a pretty good idea which piece of trash came from illegal sources they just turn a blind eye because it's more profit for them.
Now shops will make mannequins even more creepy.
There already are standardized reaction tests, I have taken one. There's a flash or a beep after which you have to press a button. The amount of time that takes for you is measured.
Because all of these combined aren't even close to measure up with cars. Which is why the focus is on them. Coal power plants do get replaced by gas ones, although the rate could be much faster if they could also be replaced by nuclear plants without hysteria. Ships are still the most fuel-efficient way of transportation, they should be encouraged not taxed. Electric lawnmowers require an extension cord which is not always an option. And water consumption has nothing to do with CO2 emissions.
Which is why I said that only take it if the person fails a reaction test. Blood samples are the only accurate method of determining drug use, it wouldn't be fair to convict someone without taking a sample first.
Not sure how it works in America but around here if a breathalyzer shows high blood alcohol levels you are taken in for a blood test.
This. If you can't test for the drug, test for reactions. That's cheap, easy and relatively portable. If a person fails the test, then take a blood sample.
There were only 15 speakers, not nearly enough for any assumption of bias. Britain is a predominantly white country and programming is a male-dominated profession. If they have selected 15 British Ruby programmers at random they would also get 15 white males with a high chance.
Even if they succeed, putting a Guy Fawkes mask on a government site will hardly disrupt the IDF.
Or spam mails that hack into your glass and make it seem like the pills have actually worked.
This is a trick that only works once or twice. You can only fool your subconscious that long.
They are not homebrewn but smuggled from Iran through Egypt.
As always, Opera did it first.
If a nuclear power have developed a perfect rocket shield they could then nuke everyone else without fear of a counterattack. Most defensive systems can just as well be used for offensive purposes.
Yeah, it totally worked out for the last few years, there wasn't a single rocket fired during the ceasefire.
Facebook doesn't want anybody else stealing your data.
Abstracting away the reality that you are killing people, by making a machine do the actual deed after deployment removes the innate guilt of killing those people.
It makesit fantastically easier to justify and ignore wholesale slaughter.
A glitch on the program makes the drone think that anyone carrying a cylinder 2ft long and 1 inch diameter a combatant? (Looks like a gun barrel!) Well, all those poor fuckers carrying brooms and sweeping their patios had it coming! Nevermind those uppity pool boys with dipnets! Can't make an omlette without breaking some eggs, right?!
While the US army has developed software that can theoretically command drones autonomously they don't use it exactly for these reasons. Current drones are human controlled. Your argument is based on a false assumption.
As I have detailed previously, we will likely run out of fossil fuels before a 2C warming. Not that it matters much in terms of policy: while we don't know whether global warming or fuel scarcity will happen, either of them is a good reason to abandon fossil fuels.
The example of Megaupload showed that you don't actually have to be convicted. An accusation is enough to ruin a business.