That's the new internet - anything for a buck. Lying, cheating, invading your privacy, not cleaning up the messes they've already started, only apologizing when they get caught (if then). You and I would be in jail if we did half what they do, and yet, because investors know they will get away with it, they keep throwing money at the worst offenders.
But there’s no question that the human goal of figuring out the basic rules by which the easily observable world works was one that was achieved once and for all in the twentieth century.
Absolutely absurd. We have NOT figured out what makes time "tick" (pun intended) and why it results in the world we experience today. And his "explanation" elsewhere, that it's the uni-directional arrow of time and entropy and that when the universe gets to maximum entropy another universe "pops off", doesn't work. It's just hand-waving.
And the last paragraph of this interview, Carroll admits that we don't know:
f you think you understand the rules of gravity and quantum mechanics really, really well, you can say, "According to the rules, universes pop into existence. Even if I can’t observe them, that’s a prediction of my theory, and I’ve tested that theory using other methods." We’re not even there yet. We don’t know how to have a good theory, and we don’t know how to test it.
Anyway, one day maybe we'll have a decent first approximation to work from. In the meantime, getting there is half the fun. Happy New Year!
If that's your idea of a simple solution, you're doing it wrong.
1. He hasn't bought a Chromebook yet, so he can, for the same price, buy a "real laptop". Problem solved.
2. Who says the submitter is living in Europe? Your solution fails then.
3. Linux does NOT have all the printer drivers, and some of the ones that DO exist don't let you access all the features. Under linux, I can't scan, can't do color printing - I had to save on usb. The b/w laser would only print at the lowest resolution. Waste of toner. It may be the same problem when he eventually changes printers. Easier to just get a laptop and keep the OS it came with.
4. He won't have to deal with "why can't I run this program?"
I would go with option #1. Windows laptops are cheap, and work with most printers; he'll be able to print pretty much anything without fussing with flash drives or usb keys or converting file formats.
So very true, but I believe he is trying to make headway, given the current makeup of the vatican leadership. It almost certainly won't happpen in his lifetime, but sometimes you have to plant a seed for a tree that you will never be able to sit under. Or I could be wrong. I just don't know.
He's pushing to clean up the financial dealing going on in the Vatican - the same sort of crap that got John Paul 1 killed (Banco Ambrosia, etc.) I'd give him time. If he had come out with everything he's already done before he was elected, he would never have been elected.
On the other hand he might be to old, never breed or if he does: does not pass his gene.
Well, there's still the chance that he passed on the gene(s) to some of his offspring before before "getting too old." Plus, old letches think they're never too old.
"Tired of being seen as a nerdy geek? We can fix that for you. A regimen of training to get you physically in shape will make you more attractive to the opposite (or same) sex, and invigorate your brain, enabling you to do even more marathon game sessions. We'll help you make an even greater impression on the folks back home by throwing in a spiffy uniform. And you'll get paid to do what you do best."
Then use the money from that tax to fund endeavors in the public interest.
But if everything's automated, that's not going to create jobs, since those "jobs" have also been replaced by automation. So there's still no iwork for the masses through your proposal, the money just gets funneled back to those who own the robots.
After all, you're the one who said
Money itself doesn't go away when people automate jobs, it simply gets concentrated into the people that own the automation.
Metal whiskering is a phenomenon which occurs in electrical devices. Tin whiskers were noticed and documented in the vacuum tube era of electronics early in the 20th century, in equipment which used pure, or almost pure, tin solder in their production. It was noticed that small metal hairs or tendrils grew between metal solder pads causing short circuits. Metal whiskers form in the presence of compressive stress. Zinc, cadmium, and even lead whiskers have been documented. Many techniques are used to mitigate the problem including changes to the annealing process (heating and cooling), addition of elements like copper and nickel, and the inclusion of conformational coatings.[2] Traditionally, lead is added to slow down whisker growth.
Slow down means just that. Lead grows whiskers at a much slower rate than tin, and lead was added to slow down whisker growth, not to reduce the melting point. Lead-free solders melt at 5 to 20 degrees Celsius more than lead solders - an insignificant difference - which is why the same soldering gun works with both.
And what is the actual mechanism you propose for that? And who is going to invest the capital necessary without an incentive to profit from it? You can't get there from here.
Normally I wouldn't be so pedantic, but this whole notion has caused a lot of harm. Too many people still see their offspring as "continuing the line" or "passing on the genes" and try to mold their kids into mini me's of themselves. They get angry when their kids act differently than they "expect", rather than being fascinated with how their kids are unique people, and grow into their own unique place in the world.
Too many people put too much value in the fiction of "passing on their genes" as actually having any real meaning. We are more than our genes. But please think of this - if people weren't so hung up on "genetic lineage", nobody would see adopted children as being any different from "their own" children, causing a lot less hassles for those who adopt.
I've always been more worried about what can be derived from big data. If your browsing patterns, SAT scores, home mortgage rate, and Facebook likes can be fed into an algorithm that labels you a possible threat to the nation. Then yeah, I have a problem with that.
Now imagin every world power with a security agency is doing this. Worried now?
Almost everyone with more than two brain cells is a potential threat... or a potential ally. Treat people like assholes, don't be surprised if they take it personally.
Unless she has a twin sister, her genes are history.
Her genes are in the kid that shot her, unless the kid gets the death penalty.
No, that's not how it works. Her genes would only be in the kid if the kid was a clone. What's in the kid is a unique amalgam composed of the genetic material of two people, and easily shown to be different from the mother's genetic material. Only SOME of her genes are in the kid, but some of those same genes are in others as well.
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That's the new internet - anything for a buck. Lying, cheating, invading your privacy, not cleaning up the messes they've already started, only apologizing when they get caught (if then). You and I would be in jail if we did half what they do, and yet, because investors know they will get away with it, they keep throwing money at the worst offenders.
But there’s no question that the human goal of figuring out the basic rules by which the easily observable world works was one that was achieved once and for all in the twentieth century.
Absolutely absurd. We have NOT figured out what makes time "tick" (pun intended) and why it results in the world we experience today. And his "explanation" elsewhere, that it's the uni-directional arrow of time and entropy and that when the universe gets to maximum entropy another universe "pops off", doesn't work. It's just hand-waving.
And the last paragraph of this interview, Carroll admits that we don't know:
f you think you understand the rules of gravity and quantum mechanics really, really well, you can say, "According to the rules, universes pop into existence. Even if I can’t observe them, that’s a prediction of my theory, and I’ve tested that theory using other methods." We’re not even there yet. We don’t know how to have a good theory, and we don’t know how to test it.
Anyway, one day maybe we'll have a decent first approximation to work from. In the meantime, getting there is half the fun. Happy New Year!
If that's your idea of a simple solution, you're doing it wrong.
1. He hasn't bought a Chromebook yet, so he can, for the same price, buy a "real laptop". Problem solved.
2. Who says the submitter is living in Europe? Your solution fails then.
3. Linux does NOT have all the printer drivers, and some of the ones that DO exist don't let you access all the features. Under linux, I can't scan, can't do color printing - I had to save on usb. The b/w laser would only print at the lowest resolution. Waste of toner. It may be the same problem when he eventually changes printers. Easier to just get a laptop and keep the OS it came with.
4. He won't have to deal with "why can't I run this program?"
linux+color samsung laser printer == fail.
I would go with option #1. Windows laptops are cheap, and work with most printers; he'll be able to print pretty much anything without fussing with flash drives or usb keys or converting file formats.
So very true, but I believe he is trying to make headway, given the current makeup of the vatican leadership. It almost certainly won't happpen in his lifetime, but sometimes you have to plant a seed for a tree that you will never be able to sit under. Or I could be wrong. I just don't know.
You can start with this, then google for "nazis in brazil" to find all sorts of interesting stuff.
Maybe they should be looking in Brazil?
He's pushing to clean up the financial dealing going on in the Vatican - the same sort of crap that got John Paul 1 killed (Banco Ambrosia, etc.) I'd give him time. If he had come out with everything he's already done before he was elected, he would never have been elected.
On the other hand he might be to old, never breed or if he does: does not pass his gene.
Well, there's still the chance that he passed on the gene(s) to some of his offspring before before "getting too old." Plus, old letches think they're never too old.
Big words to write from an Internet Tough guy who hasn't received an NSL.
If he had, how would you know? Can't tell anybody you got one.
As an atheist, I have to say that I respect this Pope for trying to drag the church, with many kicking and screaming, into the 21st century.
And not just the church - look what he did to help the US and Cuba. A year ago that wasn't even on the radar.
I wonder what else he has up his sleeve.
Possibly the start of something good - maybe next they'll be banning compilers, and all those jobs that were off-shored to India will come back home.
And you can bet they watch the propaganda, because in North Korea, TV watches YOU!.
"Tired of being seen as a nerdy geek? We can fix that for you. A regimen of training to get you physically in shape will make you more attractive to the opposite (or same) sex, and invigorate your brain, enabling you to do even more marathon game sessions. We'll help you make an even greater impression on the folks back home by throwing in a spiffy uniform. And you'll get paid to do what you do best."
Then use the money from that tax to fund endeavors in the public interest.
But if everything's automated, that's not going to create jobs, since those "jobs" have also been replaced by automation. So there's still no iwork for the masses through your proposal, the money just gets funneled back to those who own the robots.
After all, you're the one who said
Money itself doesn't go away when people automate jobs, it simply gets concentrated into the people that own the automation.
Supply of poetry created the demand for poetry.
Only in the minds of those "poets" who get suckered into the "send us $50 and we'll publish your poem in the next edition of our poetry book" scams.
Supply created the demand.
"God must love poor people 'cuz he made so many of them." Real wages have been stagnant for 40 years.
The supply of old people and people who can't work is increasing as well. There's no "demand" at work here pushing up the supply.
It's a challenge, you see,
When discussing god,
To be on topic AND lyrical,
You insensitive clod!
No Burma Shave for YOU!
No, here's the first paragraph:
Metal whiskering is a phenomenon which occurs in electrical devices. Tin whiskers were noticed and documented in the vacuum tube era of electronics early in the 20th century, in equipment which used pure, or almost pure, tin solder in their production. It was noticed that small metal hairs or tendrils grew between metal solder pads causing short circuits. Metal whiskers form in the presence of compressive stress. Zinc, cadmium, and even lead whiskers have been documented. Many techniques are used to mitigate the problem including changes to the annealing process (heating and cooling), addition of elements like copper and nickel, and the inclusion of conformational coatings.[2] Traditionally, lead is added to slow down whisker growth.
Slow down means just that. Lead grows whiskers at a much slower rate than tin, and lead was added to slow down whisker growth, not to reduce the melting point. Lead-free solders melt at 5 to 20 degrees Celsius more than lead solders - an insignificant difference - which is why the same soldering gun works with both.
And what is the actual mechanism you propose for that? And who is going to invest the capital necessary without an incentive to profit from it? You can't get there from here.
Normally I wouldn't be so pedantic, but this whole notion has caused a lot of harm. Too many people still see their offspring as "continuing the line" or "passing on the genes" and try to mold their kids into mini me's of themselves. They get angry when their kids act differently than they "expect", rather than being fascinated with how their kids are unique people, and grow into their own unique place in the world.
Too many people put too much value in the fiction of "passing on their genes" as actually having any real meaning. We are more than our genes. But please think of this - if people weren't so hung up on "genetic lineage", nobody would see adopted children as being any different from "their own" children, causing a lot less hassles for those who adopt.
Thanks. It's one of my new years resolutions - "Nobody likes a pedant, so play nice" or something to that effect.
It's not about direct contact.
I've always been more worried about what can be derived from big data. If your browsing patterns, SAT scores, home mortgage rate, and Facebook likes can be fed into an algorithm that labels you a possible threat to the nation. Then yeah, I have a problem with that.
Now imagin every world power with a security agency is doing this. Worried now?
Almost everyone with more than two brain cells is a potential threat ... or a potential ally. Treat people like assholes, don't be surprised if they take it personally.
Unless she has a twin sister, her genes are history.
Her genes are in the kid that shot her, unless the kid gets the death penalty.
No, that's not how it works. Her genes would only be in the kid if the kid was a clone. What's in the kid is a unique amalgam composed of the genetic material of two people, and easily shown to be different from the mother's genetic material. Only SOME of her genes are in the kid, but some of those same genes are in others as well.
'Tis not for unfaithful
To disprove the existence
Of one or more gods.
But rather believers
Extraordinary claims
To prove, insensitive clod.
But rather than state
"I don't believe"
"This is silly I say!."
Next time I'll smile
Not get in a fight,
And be on my way.
Burma Shave