I submitted a similar story last week [2004-10-05 18:44:25 National ID Card proposed (Index,Privacy) (rejected)] and when I saw this headline, I assumed it was about the same bill. Turns out it's not.
There is another bill proposed by three Republicans and a Texas Democrat that would make the Social Security card a national ID, one that would also be linked to a country-wide database containing information about your "employability."
However, since our SSNo. is also required for banking, tax, and medical records, the potential for database linking and tracking is even higher.
This guy predicted a major earthquake in Southern CA by early September 2004. At the time, he was 2 for 3. I guess his average just took a serious hit.
One mechanism I've not seen discussed is one I'll call a "voter economy". It probably has a real name, but it's not on that site and it seems like a reasonable system to me.
In this system, you get a certain number of votes (say 5x the number of candidates) and you can "spend" those votes however you like. So if you really like candidate A, you spend all your votes on A. If you like A a little, hate B, and would prefer C, you can spend 75% of your votes on C, 25% on A, and none on be.
This, to me, seems much better than ranking systems, since you can specifiy how much you prefer one candidate over another. It should be easy to explain, since people are used to the idea of spending.
Mathematicians, tell me whether or not this is a workable system.
Yeah,give him credit. Though now it appears that he's backpedalling a bit and saying he doesn't think he made a mistake, but he "might have" stepped on the rudder.
They'll have to do a full data analysis, I expect, before the issue is resolved.
I suspect that if it requires an air force to protect it, that the government should be involved. The land (privately-owned island) isn't the part that's in danger.
Civil War vet John Carter is transplanted to Mars, where he discovers a lush, wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, who is in desperate need of a savior.
Princess of Helium, eh? We'll need someone with a high, squeaky voice. Casting, get me Ms. Boop.
For those of us who enjoy wine, SAK without a corkscrew is useless. How can you go camping or have an informal picnic without a corkscrew? I carry my SAK all the time (except now on freaking airplane trips I have to put it in my baggage) and I never carry a "stand-alone" corkscrew.
No, it's not like any other. If I wanted to distribute your SS# and bank account information 20 years ago, I'd have to print copies of the information and hand them out. Now I can distribute it globally, instantaneously, and thanks to things like the Google cache and Internet archive, irrevocably. That is a significant increase in power.
What you say is true, but I think there is legitimage reason for concern. Consider the multiplying power of the computer.
Back in the old days, bullying had to be one on one, or the by the people the bully talked to. With text messaging and the Internet, you have broadcast and publishing capabilities in the hands of the bully. In the "real world", that's when things like libel laws come into play.
While I'm not in favor of bringing lawyers into grade schools, this kind of difference has to be considered. As a parallel, consider how much damage a disaffected teen can do alone, vs. how much a disaffected scriptkiddy can do.
It seems that even the president is trying to cash in on the Olympics in ways that may not be legit. Especially considering that there is an act of Congress that grants exclusive use of the term Olympics to the USOC and states that it "shall be non-political and may not promote the candidacy of any individual seeking public office."
Unfortunately, there is no spacewalk planned. The approval has been given for a robotic mission only. Presumably this means that people actually believe it can be done by a robot, which hasn't been clear up to now.
I suspect the reason the servers are dying is that they aren't "officially hosted." According to the movie blog, the trailer was released only on DVD to attendees of Comic-Con in San Diego.
That kind of growth is predicated on mere math, not human behavior. Plagues such as the Justinian plague in 550CE, the Black death circa 1300CE, and AIDs in the next 20 years take significant chunks of the population. However, these have all be temporary setbacks, as the birthrate has been high enough to offset them.
More relevantly, in recent years, the birthrate in industrialized nations has dropped sigifincantly and has gone negative in some countries. This is due to primarily to contraception technology. Even allowing for the fact that these technologies haven't impacted the 3rd world significantly yet, the overall world fertility rate dropped from 6 children/woman in 1900 to 2.7 in 2003. Declines are expected to continue. If rates continue to decline to a rate such as 1.85, the world population in 2300 would actually be lower than it is today.
While I, personally, wouldn't have any trouble with breaking up Ford and GM, (I think it would be nice if all companies greater than a certain size where prevented from owning more than 20% of the market), it really is a different kettle of fish.
For one thing, the media conglomerates control how a large percentage of Americans get their information. Do you really want everyone to hear only the news that Rupert Murdoch thinks you should hear?
For another, the broadcast media companies in particular, are making use of the public airwaves and as such, are required to submit to rules that they provide some public benefit. Broadcasters have been whining about those rules since day one, and have been weaseling their way out of them since day two. The FCC was supposed to act in the public interest, it is sadly much more likely to operate in the corporate interest these days.
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Crew? We don't need no stinking crew. We're unmanned airships.
Or did you think that meant an all-female crew?
I submitted a similar story last week [2004-10-05 18:44:25 National ID Card proposed (Index,Privacy) (rejected)] and when I saw this headline, I assumed it was about the same bill. Turns out it's not.
There is another bill proposed by three Republicans and a Texas Democrat that would make the Social Security card a national ID, one that would also be linked to a country-wide database containing information about your "employability."
However, since our SSNo. is also required for banking, tax, and medical records, the potential for database linking and tracking is even higher.
Kerry took a note out of his pocket
Sorry. Already proven wrong. It was a pen.
here.
This guy predicted a major earthquake in Southern CA by early September 2004. At the time, he was 2 for 3. I guess his average just took a serious hit.
One mechanism I've not seen discussed is one I'll call a "voter economy". It probably has a real name, but it's not on that site and it seems like a reasonable system to me.
In this system, you get a certain number of votes (say 5x the number of candidates) and you can "spend" those votes however you like. So if you really like candidate A, you spend all your votes on A. If you like A a little, hate B, and would prefer C, you can spend 75% of your votes on C, 25% on A, and none on be.
This, to me, seems much better than ranking systems, since you can specifiy how much you prefer one candidate over another. It should be easy to explain, since people are used to the idea of spending.
Mathematicians, tell me whether or not this is a workable system.
There's a Hauppage subsidiary called Eskape Labs that does Mac versions of their products.
The myTV/fm combo TV and FM tuner is available from CompUSA for about $140.
Yeah,give him credit. Though now it appears that he's backpedalling a bit and saying he doesn't think he made a mistake, but he "might have" stepped on the rudder.
They'll have to do a full data analysis, I expect, before the issue is resolved.
According to an interview, pilot Mike Melville claims that it was his error that caused the rolls, and the SS1 performed properly.
The engine burn was shut down 11 seconds early because of the rolls.
To put the comparison in European units, that's 1220 soccer pitches or 890 hectares.
I suspect that if it requires an air force to protect it, that the government should be involved. The land (privately-owned island) isn't the part that's in danger.
Native americans had not discovered the process of brewing beer.
Civil War vet John Carter is transplanted to Mars, where he discovers a lush, wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12-foot tall green barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, who is in desperate need of a savior.
Princess of Helium, eh? We'll need someone with a high, squeaky voice. Casting, get me Ms. Boop.
Another site that is probably somewhat less scientific, but is doing a similar analysis is http://presidentelect.org/e2004.html.
The telegraph age has many parallels, see the book above for interesting tales including the stock market bubble effect caused by the telegraph.
For those of us who enjoy wine, SAK without a corkscrew is useless. How can you go camping or have an informal picnic without a corkscrew? I carry my SAK all the time (except now on freaking airplane trips I have to put it in my baggage) and I never carry a "stand-alone" corkscrew.
Why miss out on all that lovely wine?
No, it's not like any other. If I wanted to distribute your SS# and bank account information 20 years ago, I'd have to print copies of the information and hand them out. Now I can distribute it globally, instantaneously, and thanks to things like the Google cache and Internet archive, irrevocably. That is a significant increase in power.
What you say is true, but I think there is legitimage reason for concern. Consider the multiplying power of the computer.
Back in the old days, bullying had to be one on one, or the by the people the bully talked to. With text messaging and the Internet, you have broadcast and publishing capabilities in the hands of the bully. In the "real world", that's when things like libel laws come into play.
While I'm not in favor of bringing lawyers into grade schools, this kind of difference has to be considered. As a parallel, consider how much damage a disaffected teen can do alone, vs. how much a disaffected scriptkiddy can do.
Listen to Venus as well. Not as blatant as Mars, but Leia's theme is derivative, too.
It seems that even the president is trying to cash in on the Olympics in ways that may not be legit. Especially considering that there is an act of Congress that grants exclusive use of the term Olympics to the USOC and states that it "shall be non-political and may not promote the candidacy of any individual seeking public office."
a 3-hour spacewalk
Unfortunately, there is no spacewalk planned. The approval has been given for a robotic mission only. Presumably this means that people actually believe it can be done by a robot, which hasn't been clear up to now.
Note that this quote has not been ever verified as actually being Stalin's.
I suspect the reason the servers are dying is that they aren't "officially hosted." According to the movie blog, the trailer was released only on DVD to attendees of Comic-Con in San Diego.
That kind of growth is predicated on mere math, not human behavior. Plagues such as the Justinian plague in 550CE, the Black death circa 1300CE, and AIDs in the next 20 years take significant chunks of the population. However, these have all be temporary setbacks, as the birthrate has been high enough to offset them.
More relevantly, in recent years, the birthrate in industrialized nations has dropped sigifincantly and has gone negative in some countries. This is due to primarily to contraception technology. Even allowing for the fact that these technologies haven't impacted the 3rd world significantly yet, the overall world fertility rate dropped from 6 children/woman in 1900 to 2.7 in 2003. Declines are expected to continue. If rates continue to decline to a rate such as 1.85, the world population in 2300 would actually be lower than it is today.
While I, personally, wouldn't have any trouble with breaking up Ford and GM, (I think it would be nice if all companies greater than a certain size where prevented from owning more than 20% of the market), it really is a different kettle of fish.
For one thing, the media conglomerates control how a large percentage of Americans get their information. Do you really want everyone to hear only the news that Rupert Murdoch thinks you should hear?
For another, the broadcast media companies in particular, are making use of the public airwaves and as such, are required to submit to rules that they provide some public benefit. Broadcasters have been whining about those rules since day one, and have been weaseling their way out of them since day two. The FCC was supposed to act in the public interest, it is sadly much more likely to operate in the corporate interest these days.