The purpose of war is to shatter a social system that is harming our species and make space for something better. If your war is moral, the cruelty of your weapons is immaterial.
If you can shatter that "social system" while causing a larger or smaller amount of damage to human beings in the process, it's of course morally preferable to cause the smaller number.
For that reason, most "laws of war" are designed to outlaw methods and weapons that cause an unnecessarily high amount of human suffering relative to the resulting military gain.
"There are numerous instances where the US Supreme Court has found that state courts have reasonably concluded that "the health, safety, morals, or general welfare" would be promoted by prohibiting particular contemplated uses of land. And in this context the Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld land-use regulations that adversely affected recognized real property interests."
This allowed the Germans to escape through the Falaise gap, for example, when they were otherwise going to be caught. This probably extended the war another 6 months.
[Citation needed]. Wikipedia mentions nothing of the sort.
The second is that we have this misbegotten notion that "balance" is that we must give both sides of a story equal billing. When one side is flagrantly wrong, it deserves to be dismissed and ignored.
That's not the kind of "imbalance" I often see in the media nowadays. What I see is more like liberal sources heavily reporting cases of police brutality, and conservative sources heavily reporting cases of black looting, and each side failing to report on events that don't fit its narrative. To some extent, it's inevitable that journalism consists of "anecdotes" rather than "data", but journalists should at least make a honest effort to have their anecdotes reflect the data, so readers can get a fair picture of what's going on. And often this doesn't happen.
Let me go through each of the predicted applications of the Internet of Things and see how much, or how little, effect it will have.
Environmental monitoring - Will protect you from a tsunami once a decade. Otherwise, makes no difference to your life.
Infrastructure management - Will make your train run a couple percent faster. Barely noticeable.
Industrial applications - Will let Walmart cut a few more cents off their prices and still make a profit. Barely noticeable.
Energy management - Will cut a few dollars off your electric bill. Barely noticeable.
Medical and healthcare systems - Will get you faster to the hospital when certain medical crises occur. May lead to better treatment of some chronic diseases, once a few decades of research is done based on the resulting data.
Building and home automation - Will change the world just as much as X10 did. Remember them?
Transport Systems - See infrastructure and industry above.
Large scale deployments - May save a little money. Unclear what this category even means.
Compare that to the effects of the internet on business on society. Here are a few of the first ones I can think of: - Internet purchases - Telecommuting and eased outsourcing - Almost replaces the newspaper, travel agent, and snail mail industries - Social media as a major activity for most people - formation of new geographically-dispersed communities
There's just no reasonable comparison. Even the hype for the IoT is smaller than many of the demonstrable effects for the real internet.
Or you could be like me, and take a train to work every day because it's only somewhat slower than driving and lets me work/read Slashdot for the duration of the ride.
I'm not a metrosexual. Trust me, I wear socks with sandals.:)
"(that didn't apply to said indigenous people, or the slaves that were imported) to try and protect it. Then in the 19th century, half the country tried to repress the other half - destroying their entire way of life"
You're condemning the US both for allowing slavery and for abolishing slavery? Doesn't seem like you're coming to this subject from an unbiased place.
Actually, most cities in the eastern half of the US are close enough to support high-speed rail between them. In fact, a privately funded high-speed rail project is currently being planned between Houston and Dallas. High-speed rail already exists over much longer distances in countries like France, Spain, and Russia. http://texascentral.com/the-fa...
Back in the day, I had to keep my computer plugged into the wall whenever it was on, and any transient electric drop would make it restart. Now, I carry it around in my pocket and charge it once a day. Sounds like an improvement.
but since when it is a university's job to censor stupidity? Let the conference go on, and have a good laugh at it. Once upon a time, universities were places where ideas could compete, and the, um, fittest ideas would survive. Maybe not any more.
One important use for coupons is price discrimination. You might be willing to pay up to $1 for a gallon of milk, while a super-rich person might be willing to pay up to $100 if there were no alternative. But because the rich person can buy at the same grocery story as you, the store loses the potential $99 in profit. In a competitive marketprice, loss of profits for the store translates into higher prices for everyone. Coupons are one rough form of adjusting prices - rich people think that collecting coupons is not worth their time, while poor people collect coupons, so poor people pay somewhat lower prices on average.
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That's pretty common actually in many fields. It's generally called being "overqualified".
If you can shatter that "social system" while causing a larger or smaller amount of damage to human beings in the process, it's of course morally preferable to cause the smaller number.
For that reason, most "laws of war" are designed to outlaw methods and weapons that cause an unnecessarily high amount of human suffering relative to the resulting military gain.
From Wikipedia:
"There are numerous instances where the US Supreme Court has found that state courts have reasonably concluded that "the health, safety, morals, or general welfare" would be promoted by prohibiting particular contemplated uses of land. And in this context the Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld land-use regulations that adversely affected recognized real property interests."
This sounds like a clear case of "safety"...
[Citation needed]. Wikipedia mentions nothing of the sort.
What if you strap a gas tank or high-capacity battery to the drone?
That's not the kind of "imbalance" I often see in the media nowadays. What I see is more like liberal sources heavily reporting cases of police brutality, and conservative sources heavily reporting cases of black looting, and each side failing to report on events that don't fit its narrative. To some extent, it's inevitable that journalism consists of "anecdotes" rather than "data", but journalists should at least make a honest effort to have their anecdotes reflect the data, so readers can get a fair picture of what's going on. And often this doesn't happen.
Someone in the next comment thread mentioned Wall Street...
I hacked the dead branch off that tree with my axe...
Let me go through each of the predicted applications of the Internet of Things and see how much, or how little, effect it will have.
Environmental monitoring - Will protect you from a tsunami once a decade. Otherwise, makes no difference to your life.
Infrastructure management - Will make your train run a couple percent faster. Barely noticeable.
Industrial applications - Will let Walmart cut a few more cents off their prices and still make a profit. Barely noticeable.
Energy management - Will cut a few dollars off your electric bill. Barely noticeable.
Medical and healthcare systems - Will get you faster to the hospital when certain medical crises occur. May lead to better treatment of some chronic diseases, once a few decades of research is done based on the resulting data.
Building and home automation - Will change the world just as much as X10 did. Remember them?
Transport Systems - See infrastructure and industry above.
Large scale deployments - May save a little money. Unclear what this category even means.
Compare that to the effects of the internet on business on society. Here are a few of the first ones I can think of:
- Internet purchases
- Telecommuting and eased outsourcing
- Almost replaces the newspaper, travel agent, and snail mail industries
- Social media as a major activity for most people - formation of new geographically-dispersed communities
There's just no reasonable comparison. Even the hype for the IoT is smaller than many of the demonstrable effects for the real internet.
An interesting thing for "drinkypoo" to say :)
A bus takes up a lot of room - but the 40 cars that would have to replace the bus take up far more room.
Or you could be like me, and take a train to work every day because it's only somewhat slower than driving and lets me work/read Slashdot for the duration of the ride.
I'm not a metrosexual. Trust me, I wear socks with sandals. :)
FTFY
Would that be the flying spaghetti monster?
MACBETH:
I bear a charmèd life, which must not yield
To one of woman born.
MACDUFF:
Despair thy charm,
And let the angel whom thou still hast served
Tell thee, Macduff was from his mother’s womb
Untimely ripped.
"(that didn't apply to said indigenous people, or the slaves that were imported) to try and protect it. Then in the 19th century, half the country tried to repress the other half - destroying their entire way of life"
You're condemning the US both for allowing slavery and for abolishing slavery? Doesn't seem like you're coming to this subject from an unbiased place.
Actual discussion:
Parent "I want #Ebola vaccine for my child"
Doc "There isn't one, but we have #flushot"
Parent "We don't believe in that"
https://twitter.com/AllergyKid...
Actually, most cities in the eastern half of the US are close enough to support high-speed rail between them. In fact, a privately funded high-speed rail project is currently being planned between Houston and Dallas. High-speed rail already exists over much longer distances in countries like France, Spain, and Russia.
http://texascentral.com/the-fa...
Back in the day, I had to keep my computer plugged into the wall whenever it was on, and any transient electric drop would make it restart. Now, I carry it around in my pocket and charge it once a day. Sounds like an improvement.
There are plenty of raw materials left. They are concentrated in deposits commonly known as "landfills".
but since when it is a university's job to censor stupidity?
Let the conference go on, and have a good laugh at it.
Once upon a time, universities were places where ideas could compete, and the, um, fittest ideas would survive. Maybe not any more.
One important use for coupons is price discrimination. You might be willing to pay up to $1 for a gallon of milk, while a super-rich person might be willing to pay up to $100 if there were no alternative. But because the rich person can buy at the same grocery story as you, the store loses the potential $99 in profit. In a competitive marketprice, loss of profits for the store translates into higher prices for everyone. Coupons are one rough form of adjusting prices - rich people think that collecting coupons is not worth their time, while poor people collect coupons, so poor people pay somewhat lower prices on average.
Remember when Microsoft used its monopolistic position in one market (OSs) to unfairly favor its product in another market (web browsers)?
How is that different from Apple using its position in the high-end phone market to unfairly favor its product in the headphone market?
Obligatory bash.org:
http://www.bash.org/?4780
Because many prisons are in the middle of nowhere, without public transportation or access to jobs? That's an obstacle.