Don't worry, it's all my personal opinion and pujre conjecture at that. Still, without facts all we can do is speculate. I like to speculate, that's my sin;)
The reason I brought up Reiser is to underline the point that people can be 'bad' and 'good' at the same time.
In the case of Reiser there were many of us who refused to believe he was guilty until he produced the body for a lighter sentence.
Especially people who like to stand in the limelight are not seldom narcissistic. Narcissist people can do weird things which seem out of character, but actually are not.
I'm not saying Assange is a narcissist, I'm just trying to think of a scenario in which both things I know of him fit: The slightly megalomanic way he runs the leaks site and the possible rape and abuse of these women. I'd say there is a possible scenario.
Other people say the CIA conspiracy theory is more likely. I disagree, respectfully, of course...
JA seems really attracted to standing in the limelight. He may well have a narcissistic tendency. Just my impression from seeing him in video's and pictures. It's unusual for such people to commit rape or violence when facing rejection.
OTOH, this has to be proven first. I find it highly unlikely that these accusations have been fabricated to damage wikileaks. That would be much too obvious in such a case.
It's not the first time someone from the free software/free information movement has been accused of something like this
Come on, range is a problem in many houses, including mine. Just one concrete floor is enough to degrade the signal far enough to cause problems in some devices. And I am using N already.
> You can't have a placebo-effect unless you claim that the therapy actually works in itself. > You can't claim that a non-working therapy works unless you a a liar.
You miss the point. For many conditions a placebo is not a nonworking therapy. So if it works you're not a liar. And placebo treatments do work 30-40% of the time for certain problems. You're only a liar if you make claims about the treatment that aren't true.
Mmm, yes, that's exactly my point. Thank you for pointing that out;)
The drug companies probably hate the placebo effect - a fair number of their candidate drugs can barely beat it in trials:).
Again you seem to mean the opposite. If the drugs aren't doing better than placebo's, they are placebo's!
You can't have a placebo-effect unless you claim that the therapy actually works in itself. You can't claim that a non-working therapy works unless you a a liar. The placebo effect works better if the treatment is costly (in terms of money or discomfort - pain from needles)
So the placebo industry can only exist if they mislead and overcharge. It's not a bug it's a feature!
Are there any statistics on this kind of thing? How often are people shot for trespassing. How often were these people unarmed? If I was a bad guy and I had bad intentions, I think I'd make sure I'd shoot to kill first. And, yes, you macho guys probably think you'll be quicker, but the reality is that you will be surprised. If everybody's armed the bad guys will still have the advantage of surprise and they know they can't miss...
AFAIK there's an even bigger problem with wind. To be able to use wind power you need to have backup power and Nuclear plants aren't good for that. A backup plant for a wind power facility must have the ability to produce power really fast to make up for variations in the wind speed (when the wind gets too strong the windmills must be shut down). Obviously coal plants aren't good for that either. You need relatively gas turbine plants which produce expensive electricity and - of course - expell CO2. This makes wind power a less attractive option.
I think I read somewhere that music is OK, but lyrics basically have the same effect as chatting people, some part of your brain listens to and interprets the words. Unfortunately that uses language and logic skills that you also need while programming. So, stick to classical and other instrumental music and you should be OK. MUch better than chatting people in the background. Here in Europe, at least we have doors that can be closed:)
Lots of bike lanes here and I live 10 miles from work. I tried it a few times, but I didn't like it much:
- You arrive at work all sweaty - If you need to go somewhere further after work you have to go get the car first - I thought it was freakin' dangerous. Bikers drive like mad and cars regularly don't see you. I'm pretty sure I'll have some accident if I keep it up.
So your hybrid car has a board computer with a program for regularly exercising your ICE if you drive only short stretches. So your MPG goes up a little...
Whenever we cross a national border (remember: Europe is not a country) we go part subscriber pays. When I call a Dutch GSM user who's in Belgium (the tiny country just below tiny Holland) I pay the normal rate you pay when you call a mobile number. The receiver pays the charge for calling an international number. That way the caller always knows what he's paying.
It played its part. I don't know if the finns have something similar. Still, it's not too bad for an almost socialist state;)
OTOH, if I need parts for my German Mercedes, I first look at Americans parts vendors. They're usually a lot cheaper than European places even after adding shipping costs.
"The disorder is seen often in identical twins: different studies have shown that if one identical twin has autism then there is a 63-98% chance that the other twin will have it. For non-identical twins (also called fraternal or dizygotic twins), the chance is between 0-10% that both twins will develop autism. The chance that siblings will be affected by autism is about 3%."
That's the old point of view. For decades the Dutch have congratulated themselves on the success of their liberal policies. And there are undoubtedly some advantages. But the long term effects are starting to become more and more clear. Read this report, for instance:
I don't really believe this will work that well, though. They're just trying. Obviously current detection methods aren't working very well. Electricity is tapped by bypassing the meters making detection harder.
Lately growers have resorted to using natural gas powered generators to generate the electricity. Also they're growing cannabis outside between regular crops. That's where this toy might perhaps come in handy.
It's perfectly legal for the police to fly manned helicopters to keep track of things, so I don't know what's particularly 1984ish about this. I don't expect to ever see one of these things. My guess is that it's an experiment that'll soon fail.
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That should be:
It's not unusual for such people to commit rape or violence when facing rejection.
Don't worry, it's all my personal opinion and pujre conjecture at that. Still, without facts all we can do is speculate. I like to speculate, that's my sin ;)
The reason I brought up Reiser is to underline the point that people can be 'bad' and 'good' at the same time.
In the case of Reiser there were many of us who refused to believe he was guilty until he produced the body for a lighter sentence.
Especially people who like to stand in the limelight are not seldom narcissistic. Narcissist people can do weird things which seem out of character, but actually are not.
I'm not saying Assange is a narcissist, I'm just trying to think of a scenario in which both things I know of him fit: The slightly megalomanic way he runs the leaks site and the possible rape and abuse of these women. I'd say there is a possible scenario.
Other people say the CIA conspiracy theory is more likely. I disagree, respectfully, of course...
JA seems really attracted to standing in the limelight. He may well have a narcissistic tendency. Just my impression from seeing him in video's and pictures. It's unusual for such people to commit rape or violence when facing rejection.
OTOH, this has to be proven first. I find it highly unlikely that these accusations have been fabricated to damage wikileaks. That would be much too obvious in such a case.
It's not the first time someone from the free software/free information movement has been accused of something like this
That's why I have an OpenVPN tcp tunnel to my home server and browser history and cache are automatically cleared.
Come on, range is a problem in many houses, including mine. Just one concrete floor is enough to degrade the signal far enough to cause problems in some devices. And I am using N already.
> You can't have a placebo-effect unless you claim that the therapy actually works in itself.
> You can't claim that a non-working therapy works unless you a a liar.
You miss the point. For many conditions a placebo is not a nonworking therapy. So if it works you're not a liar. And placebo treatments do work 30-40% of the time for certain problems. You're only a liar if you make claims about the treatment that aren't true.
Mmm, yes, that's exactly my point. Thank you for pointing that out ;)
The drug companies probably hate the placebo effect - a fair number of their candidate drugs can barely beat it in trials :).
Again you seem to mean the opposite. If the drugs aren't doing better than placebo's, they are placebo's!
Hah, but that's the paradox!
You can't have a placebo-effect unless you claim that the therapy actually works in itself.
You can't claim that a non-working therapy works unless you a a liar.
The placebo effect works better if the treatment is costly (in terms of money or discomfort - pain from needles)
So the placebo industry can only exist if they mislead and overcharge.
It's not a bug it's a feature!
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Unfortunately, what happens when you allow people to be judge and executioner is things like this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30650051
Are there any statistics on this kind of thing? How often are people shot for trespassing. How often were these people unarmed? If I was a bad guy and I had bad intentions, I think I'd make sure I'd shoot to kill first. And, yes, you macho guys probably think you'll be quicker, but the reality is that you will be surprised. If everybody's armed the bad guys will still have the advantage of surprise and they know they can't miss...
Good God...
I see that Linus wasn't kidding when he was talking about world domination!
Yeah, I hear that Belgium is not that great. Here in Holland, I enjoy 120Mbps down and 10 up for 70 EUR a month. That's the fastest I can get.
AFAIK there's an even bigger problem with wind. To be able to use wind power you need to have backup power and Nuclear plants aren't good for that. A backup plant for a wind power facility must have the ability to produce power really fast to make up for variations in the wind speed (when the wind gets too strong the windmills must be shut down). Obviously coal plants aren't good for that either. You need relatively gas turbine plants which produce expensive electricity and - of course - expell CO2. This makes wind power a less attractive option.
http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=1029
These guys:
http://www.applianceshop.eu/
Sell embedded systems with monowall/pfsense preloaded.
Extremely easy to use and reliable.
I use a pfsense one at home, no idea how things would scale...
I think I read somewhere that music is OK, but lyrics basically have the same effect as chatting people, some part of your brain listens to and interprets the words. Unfortunately that uses language and logic skills that you also need while programming. So, stick to classical and other instrumental music and you should be OK. MUch better than chatting people in the background. Here in Europe, at least we have doors that can be closed :)
Lots of bike lanes here and I live 10 miles from work. I tried it a few times, but I didn't like it much:
- You arrive at work all sweaty
- If you need to go somewhere further after work you have to go get the car first
- I thought it was freakin' dangerous. Bikers drive like mad and cars regularly don't see you. I'm pretty sure I'll have some accident if I keep it up.
I'll just take the Benz, thank you.
So your hybrid car has a board computer with a program for regularly exercising your ICE if you drive only short stretches. So your MPG goes up a little...
Whenever we cross a national border (remember: Europe is not a country) we go part subscriber pays. When I call a Dutch GSM user who's in Belgium (the tiny country just below tiny Holland) I pay the normal rate you pay when you call a mobile number. The receiver pays the charge for calling an international number. That way the caller always knows what he's paying.
It played its part. I don't know if the finns have something similar. Still, it's not too bad for an almost socialist state ;)
OTOH, if I need parts for my German Mercedes, I first look at Americans parts vendors. They're usually a lot cheaper than European places even after adding shipping costs.
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Well, that's a first! At last we're cheap in something else than marihuana...
Apparently the privatization of mobile networks worked out really well here!
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The ABS is a separate system.
There aren't any airbags ('83 MB S-Class)
That's why I'm putting an open source engine management system in mine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaSquirt
This pretty much tells the story:
"The disorder is seen often in identical twins: different studies have shown that if one identical twin has autism then there is a 63-98% chance that the other twin will have it. For non-identical twins (also called fraternal or dizygotic twins), the chance is between 0-10% that both twins will develop autism. The chance that siblings will be affected by autism is about 3%."
It looks partly genetic.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/aut.html
Believe it or not. Even as a Dutchman I'd drawn that conclusion. He obviously admitted to being a Brit in a later post ;)
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That's the old point of view. For decades the Dutch have congratulated themselves on the success of their liberal policies. And there are undoubtedly some advantages. But the long term effects are starting to become more and more clear. Read this report, for instance:
http://www.wodc.nl/onderzoeksdatabase/aanpak-van-de-criminele-organisaties-achter-de-wietteelt-nulmeting.aspx
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Yes, indeed, you figured it out. It's hyperbole.
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1984! No, I believe *that* paranoid shit. ;)
I don't really believe this will work that well, though. They're just trying. Obviously current detection methods aren't working very well. Electricity is tapped by bypassing the meters making detection harder.
Lately growers have resorted to using natural gas powered generators to generate the electricity. Also they're growing cannabis outside between regular crops. That's where this toy might perhaps come in handy.
It's perfectly legal for the police to fly manned helicopters to keep track of things, so I don't know what's particularly 1984ish about this. I don't expect to ever see one of these things. My guess is that it's an experiment that'll soon fail.
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