There is an argument to be made that at that age their brains are still developing and you don't want them developing the killing hookers areas. I think that's quite valid: you want your children to grow up to do good things, so you should be encouraging good things as early as possible.
Exactly right, good point. I thank god my parents made sure to keep me away from experiences that developed "the killing hookers areas" of my brain, and substituted things to grow the "getting into business school and attracting a nice girl" areas. And on weekends they worked on my "love your parents" and "look both ways before crossing the street" areas. And showering, they didn't forget showering.
Does your knowledge of human development come from looking at a phrenology model of the head?
I agree with you - I stop at the signs and lights because it's the safe thing to do, and secondarily because of the law.
I still stop at lights and signs even when driving when there is absolutely no one on the road, partly because maintaining the habit is important. Someone might reply, "but I'm so uber competent that I can blow through signs and red lights safely when I see there's no one about".
And that's bullshit - we're all still human, humans make mistakes, and eventually even the uber-competent dude will make one, and someone might die. To those totally awesome people, I say good luck, and I hope I don't share a road with you.
All of your examples were situations beyond the control of the driver of the stopped car, and therefore not their fault.
Someone who is texting, reading, doing their nails, or indeed anything optional and under their control, who fails to move when the light is green, shares responsibility because they obstructed traffic without a legitimate reason. If you have any non-straw man arguments, please trot them out. Your off-base gun analogy does not qualify.
The poster is a dork who did the *very* least he could, then mentioned it to make himself look good. He is the type of douchebag that people associate with Burning Man.
Deal with it - though I suspect you can't, you're obviously over invested emotionally on this subject, considering your profligate posting on it.
But... but... he mentions standing by the porta potties for "a few minutes", squirting hand sanitizer on people, to "give back to the community" and get to know some people. In return for scarfing up free food all week.
Does this sound like the most useless individual on the planet? I mean, aside from the fact that he went to Burning Man?
Thanks for the lucid, detailed explanation. That was quite thoughtful.
So, what have we learned? That Buddhism has schisms just like every other religion, and that it's just as batshit crazy as the others.
It's my impression that they don't wantonly kill people with opposing viewpoints as casually as those of other religions (I'm looking at you, Abraham-derived subsets, you know who you are), but I could be wrong.
It's not just adrenaline. It's also focus. When you concentrate on one input, you sample it at a much higher frequency, so it does seem that time slows both during the event and later in your memories... because you have so many of them.
Do all of "these people" cited as examples in TFS have good reasons? I think nearly anyone would say yes, they do, since they have an obvious motivation, and no attributes of these hypothetical people were identified that would make them undeserving of privacy.
Are we having reading comprehension troubles cause by firstpostitis?
This was the only decent post on this topic. If this actually happens sometime in the indefinite future, the autonomous driver should definitely be modeled on the Doctor.
You're welcome to waste your time and psychic energy on plots that likely don't exist, but that's just what they want you to do, so you don't notice what's really going on as they steal your future.
If you can get in the odd snarky remark to anyone who questions that attitude, well that's just gravy.
Really? What's the actual value of not being tracked, in practical terms? Your peace of mind that some extremely unlikely intrusion on your rights was just slightly more unlikely? The satisfaction of not doing what "the man" is suggesting you do? Can you compare that to the actual, measurable impact on your life by the additional time you had to wait for the privilege of paying cash?
Waiting in line at a toll booth is one of the more unpleasant routine annoyances in life, so I avoid it when I can.
Alternately, you can ask yourself how many major construction projects have occurred in Manhattan to improve traffic flow in response to the data from this program. I'd be really surprised if New York City even considered, say, rerouting 5th Avenue.
Ergo, traffic flow isn't the problem NYC is trying to solve.
You are aware that improving traffic flow involves more than tearing up roads and physically changing them, right? Traffic flow adjustments are made by changing the timing of the synchronized lights, rush hour/non-rush hour regulations, etc. I think you're implying a nefarious motivation where that's not likely.
Explain it? Explain what? It doesn't happen. Or if you actually do hold wires, and they do cross, you are making that happen by the way you hold them.
If you could actually do what you describe, you'd win some small amount of fame for demonstrating it in a controlled, monitored environment. But you never have done that, and you never will, because it would destroy something you hold on to that makes you feel special.
To be serious, I have a special power. I can jump into any disorganized mess of an organization, convince people to participate as I facilitate the improvement of their broken processes, and (poof!) their productivity jumps measurably. It's like making money out of thin air, it's like... (jazz hands) MAGIC!
You, on the other hand remind me of my older brother who fell for the "pop corn using cell phones" green screen hoax, and insisted we try it.
After I showed him the evidence about how it was faked, he *still* didn't want to let go of it.
Wrong - you're just so wrong. Look at the top causes of death worldwide - HIV/AIDS is SIXTH, more people die of diarrhea than of HIV, and diarrhea is very preventable. More than FOUR times the number die of heart disease, which is also largely preventable.
And that's just worldwide. As an exercise to improve your awareness of the facts, go look up the causes of death in the U.S. and report back to us. Don't forget to mention motor vehicle accidents (4 times the deaths caused by HIV), and FREAKING DIABETES (8 times the deaths caused by HIV).
People needlessly die from HIV/AIDS, but it's not even close to the "biggest Darwin award disease ever". Maybe you have some personal bias that makes you think that.
FEMA doesn't deserve the bad rap, not currently. Remember, the current president hired competent managers, not some moron whose biggest achievement was putting on horsie shows.
Right, using an email provider that does not cooperate with the NSA will be less secure than using a U.S. provider who follows orders like a good doggie.
Nope, the failure was in the writing of your post. Vaccination does not have the effect you think it does. Your views are obviously skewed by your agenda.
All right, since you didn't bite on my troll, I'll have to offer an actual thought... what tweaked me was that you seem to believe subversion of science is more severe or widespread as the subversion going on in all human institutions since the beginning of civilization. My view is that science as a discipline is better at self-correction than nearly any other institution, such as religion or politics. Of course, science is *also* being subverted by people who screw up politics and religion, usually with money, but science has a better track record (which is rather a low bar, in comparison).
To your specific point, it's not hard to find information on healthy eating guidelines, or find health food to eat, for anyone but the poor. Most people don't look, but whaddya gonna do?
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If only we could dispose of the IRS "scandal" as easily as recognizing that.
There is an argument to be made that at that age their brains are still developing and you don't want them developing the killing hookers areas. I think that's quite valid: you want your children to grow up to do good things, so you should be encouraging good things as early as possible.
Exactly right, good point. I thank god my parents made sure to keep me away from experiences that developed "the killing hookers areas" of my brain, and substituted things to grow the "getting into business school and attracting a nice girl" areas. And on weekends they worked on my "love your parents" and "look both ways before crossing the street" areas. And showering, they didn't forget showering.
Does your knowledge of human development come from looking at a phrenology model of the head?
I don't think you get it. But you're getting pretty cranky, so just go take a nap, and I won't trouble you further with people and their obligations.
I agree with you - I stop at the signs and lights because it's the safe thing to do, and secondarily because of the law.
I still stop at lights and signs even when driving when there is absolutely no one on the road, partly because maintaining the habit is important. Someone might reply, "but I'm so uber competent that I can blow through signs and red lights safely when I see there's no one about".
And that's bullshit - we're all still human, humans make mistakes, and eventually even the uber-competent dude will make one, and someone might die. To those totally awesome people, I say good luck, and I hope I don't share a road with you.
All of your examples were situations beyond the control of the driver of the stopped car, and therefore not their fault.
Someone who is texting, reading, doing their nails, or indeed anything optional and under their control, who fails to move when the light is green, shares responsibility because they obstructed traffic without a legitimate reason. If you have any non-straw man arguments, please trot them out. Your off-base gun analogy does not qualify.
Your analogy makes perfect sense... if cars could speed while stopped at red lights.
Under the circumstances, it actually makes no sense at all.
The poster is a dork who did the *very* least he could, then mentioned it to make himself look good. He is the type of douchebag that people associate with Burning Man.
Deal with it - though I suspect you can't, you're obviously over invested emotionally on this subject, considering your profligate posting on it.
But... but... he mentions standing by the porta potties for "a few minutes", squirting hand sanitizer on people, to "give back to the community" and get to know some people. In return for scarfing up free food all week.
Does this sound like the most useless individual on the planet? I mean, aside from the fact that he went to Burning Man?
Thanks for the lucid, detailed explanation. That was quite thoughtful.
So, what have we learned? That Buddhism has schisms just like every other religion, and that it's just as batshit crazy as the others.
It's my impression that they don't wantonly kill people with opposing viewpoints as casually as those of other religions (I'm looking at you, Abraham-derived subsets, you know who you are), but I could be wrong.
It's not just adrenaline. It's also focus. When you concentrate on one input, you sample it at a much higher frequency, so it does seem that time slows both during the event and later in your memories... because you have so many of them.
Do all of "these people" cited as examples in TFS have good reasons? I think nearly anyone would say yes, they do, since they have an obvious motivation, and no attributes of these hypothetical people were identified that would make them undeserving of privacy.
Are we having reading comprehension troubles cause by firstpostitis?
This was the only decent post on this topic. If this actually happens sometime in the indefinite future, the autonomous driver should definitely be modeled on the Doctor.
No, not THAT Doctor, THIS Doctor! http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=the+doctor+voyager&qpvt=the+doctor+voyager&FORM=IGRE
You're welcome to waste your time and psychic energy on plots that likely don't exist, but that's just what they want you to do, so you don't notice what's really going on as they steal your future.
If you can get in the odd snarky remark to anyone who questions that attitude, well that's just gravy.
Really? What's the actual value of not being tracked, in practical terms? Your peace of mind that some extremely unlikely intrusion on your rights was just slightly more unlikely? The satisfaction of not doing what "the man" is suggesting you do? Can you compare that to the actual, measurable impact on your life by the additional time you had to wait for the privilege of paying cash?
Waiting in line at a toll booth is one of the more unpleasant routine annoyances in life, so I avoid it when I can.
Alternately, you can ask yourself how many major construction projects have occurred in Manhattan to improve traffic flow in response to the data from this program. I'd be really surprised if New York City even considered, say, rerouting 5th Avenue.
Ergo, traffic flow isn't the problem NYC is trying to solve.
You are aware that improving traffic flow involves more than tearing up roads and physically changing them, right? Traffic flow adjustments are made by changing the timing of the synchronized lights, rush hour/non-rush hour regulations, etc. I think you're implying a nefarious motivation where that's not likely.
Explain it? Explain what? It doesn't happen. Or if you actually do hold wires, and they do cross, you are making that happen by the way you hold them.
If you could actually do what you describe, you'd win some small amount of fame for demonstrating it in a controlled, monitored environment. But you never have done that, and you never will, because it would destroy something you hold on to that makes you feel special.
To be serious, I have a special power. I can jump into any disorganized mess of an organization, convince people to participate as I facilitate the improvement of their broken processes, and (poof!) their productivity jumps measurably. It's like making money out of thin air, it's like... (jazz hands) MAGIC!
You, on the other hand remind me of my older brother who fell for the "pop corn using cell phones" green screen hoax, and insisted we try it.
After I showed him the evidence about how it was faked, he *still* didn't want to let go of it.
Ask, and ye shall receive. No, you can't do that. It doesn't happen.
Me, on the other hand, I can make clouds dissolve just by concentrating on them.
You think all Bayer makes is HIV treatments? Losing one product doesn't make a company go bankrupt.
True, when Bayer's heroin sales became unpopular, and then it lost it's Zyklon-B product line, they still had aspirin to fall back on.
Wrong - you're just so wrong. Look at the top causes of death worldwide - HIV/AIDS is SIXTH, more people die of diarrhea than of HIV, and diarrhea is very preventable. More than FOUR times the number die of heart disease, which is also largely preventable.
And that's just worldwide. As an exercise to improve your awareness of the facts, go look up the causes of death in the U.S. and report back to us. Don't forget to mention motor vehicle accidents (4 times the deaths caused by HIV), and FREAKING DIABETES (8 times the deaths caused by HIV).
People needlessly die from HIV/AIDS, but it's not even close to the "biggest Darwin award disease ever". Maybe you have some personal bias that makes you think that.
To be replaced by Vampire fiction :_(
First it was driven out by Harry Potter. That stuff is toxic waste.
Here's a proper story for young minds: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=the+runaway+robot&qpvt=the+runaway+robot&FORM=IGRE
FEMA doesn't deserve the bad rap, not currently. Remember, the current president hired competent managers, not some moron whose biggest achievement was putting on horsie shows.
Right, using an email provider that does not cooperate with the NSA will be less secure than using a U.S. provider who follows orders like a good doggie.
...aaaand we're back to the crazy. :-)
Peace.
Nope, the failure was in the writing of your post. Vaccination does not have the effect you think it does. Your views are obviously skewed by your agenda.
All right, since you didn't bite on my troll, I'll have to offer an actual thought... what tweaked me was that you seem to believe subversion of science is more severe or widespread as the subversion going on in all human institutions since the beginning of civilization. My view is that science as a discipline is better at self-correction than nearly any other institution, such as religion or politics. Of course, science is *also* being subverted by people who screw up politics and religion, usually with money, but science has a better track record (which is rather a low bar, in comparison).
To your specific point, it's not hard to find information on healthy eating guidelines, or find health food to eat, for anyone but the poor. Most people don't look, but whaddya gonna do?