Agreed, the last thing we want is for the cesspool of Digg-reading, MySpace dwelling, Pokemon-playing LuSerS!!!!!1 to spill over into where the grownups are trying to have intelligent discussions.
1) The article is indeed vague and quotes from officials who don't seem to know what's going on, exactly. But to me that's a reason not to "translate Ms. Wilderman's words into plain English" and pitch hysteria over creeping totalitarianism.
2) At any rate, you and a lot of other people seem to think about chemical safety only in terms of Dangerous and Not Dangerous. Most organic solvents are "harmless" in the sense you mean, but it's still illegal and extremely dangerous to have large stocks of them stored improperly, especially when your air conditioner is catching fire. Again, if the people who are so freaking concerned about chemistry had ever taken an orgo lab class, they'd know that.
Also, people here are mostly incapable of grasping that there's more to law than criminal law. When firemen come into your home laboratory (at which point they're already disinclined to give you the benefit of the doubt about what a knowledgeable chemist you are) criminal proceedings are the least of their concerns.
Anyone who has worked in a lab understands what happens to you if you're flouting safety regulations, have a fire, and the firemen see your mess. All these "OMG teh chemistry!!!" people ranting about the Fourth Amendment and terrorism clearly don't know jack about being a chemist.
Wouldn't it be more logical to expect either the police to come over and say hi, or to take a note of the registration and car details (not necessarily visibly)?
Indeed one might, but it would certainly result in the "overreacting idiots that don't understand technology" hysteria here that the OP suggests.
To some extent, that is how the chess systems already work. That approach isn't nearly as applicable in Go as it is in chess, which is one of the main reasons why Go computers have lagged.
in a land where ignorance and laziness are applauded (nascar, etc)...
Can't you F1 dweebs ever give it a rest? (Incidentally, working with network cables is something a chimp can be taught to do. It's hardly "learning and knowledge".)
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"New York" alludes to big business (think: New York Stock Exchange)...
I think here it refers to the traditional advertising business (usually metonymized as "Madison Avenue").
The guy may well be legally in the clear (although his argument that Craigslist's disclaimer that "you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate, misleading" allows him to legally engage in fraud strikes as... unlikely). But there's no question that he's a jerk, and his whiny, pompous defense of himself makes him even more of a jerk.
In all seriousness, they've done a terrific job of getting themselves free publicity. Unfortunately, it seems like they've done it at least a year too early and are only attracting lots of attention to a not-really-useful site. (What used to be known as "Good advertising kills a bad product" and is now referred to as "Remember Marimba?"
Isn't Craigslist basically just Craig and a handful of other people? I wonder if they have a lawyer, or even someone there to accept the summons. Their financial dealings with EBay don't suggest massive legal support.
Well, there is the small matter of making the robocars, but I guess it's not the job of a "futurist" to do that. Also, he seems to have jumbled a bunch of different enormous breakthroughs (limitless, cheap, clean energy; enormously powerful and reliable AI; efficient solution of enormous traveling salesman problems) into a single obsession. It's not like robocars per se somehow eliminate dependence on oil.
Basically, this is talking about requiring webcams or biometric devices when you take an online exam. Whether or not that's a good idea, it hardly qualifies as "Orwellian". Timothy and skeazer seem to think this is going to involve 24/7 cameras in your bedroom or something like that.
Yes and no -- part of the success of the Prius relative to other hybrids is that it's distinctive looking. For a lot of the 'OMGTHEENVIROMENT' people, being seen to be doing something supposedly useful is at least as important as whether it is actually useful (which in the case of current hybrids is questionable).
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Mod this up. At least it's better than the old days when RobLimo would "interview" obviously deranged people for everyone's amusement.
You'd most likely have died in infancy from improperly pasteurized milk. Pretty freaking cool, huh?
You forgot "Wikipedia-linking".
1) The article is indeed vague and quotes from officials who don't seem to know what's going on, exactly. But to me that's a reason not to "translate Ms. Wilderman's words into plain English" and pitch hysteria over creeping totalitarianism.
2) At any rate, you and a lot of other people seem to think about chemical safety only in terms of Dangerous and Not Dangerous. Most organic solvents are "harmless" in the sense you mean, but it's still illegal and extremely dangerous to have large stocks of them stored improperly, especially when your air conditioner is catching fire. Again, if the people who are so freaking concerned about chemistry had ever taken an orgo lab class, they'd know that.
Also, people here are mostly incapable of grasping that there's more to law than criminal law. When firemen come into your home laboratory (at which point they're already disinclined to give you the benefit of the doubt about what a knowledgeable chemist you are) criminal proceedings are the least of their concerns.
Anyone who has worked in a lab understands what happens to you if you're flouting safety regulations, have a fire, and the firemen see your mess. All these "OMG teh chemistry!!!" people ranting about the Fourth Amendment and terrorism clearly don't know jack about being a chemist.
Indeed one might, but it would certainly result in the "overreacting idiots that don't understand technology" hysteria here that the OP suggests.
He lives in Colombia, you ethnocentric clod!
To some extent, that is how the chess systems already work. That approach isn't nearly as applicable in Go as it is in chess, which is one of the main reasons why Go computers have lagged.
You're missing the "reducible" which was the crux of his point.
As I posted that, I realized it's obviously wrong: if you have to teach the chimp, I suppose it is in fact "learning and knowledge".
Can't you F1 dweebs ever give it a rest? (Incidentally, working with network cables is something a chimp can be taught to do. It's hardly "learning and knowledge".)
I think here it refers to the traditional advertising business (usually metonymized as "Madison Avenue").
What you said is approximately what's happened to figure skating since their last round of scandal-precipitated scoring changes.
A number of offenses come in "aggravated" flavors, not just assault.
And PowerPoint ("Pecha Kucha") as a recreational after-work activity also sounds awful. Next they'll be having Lotus Notes Night!
The guy may well be legally in the clear (although his argument that Craigslist's disclaimer that "you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate, misleading" allows him to legally engage in fraud strikes as ... unlikely). But there's no question that he's a jerk, and his whiny, pompous defense of himself makes him even more of a jerk.
The comment wasn't that "some women should be raped", it was what a reasonable person would construe as saying that the plaintiffs should be raped.
In all seriousness, they've done a terrific job of getting themselves free publicity. Unfortunately, it seems like they've done it at least a year too early and are only attracting lots of attention to a not-really-useful site. (What used to be known as "Good advertising kills a bad product" and is now referred to as "Remember Marimba?"
The freaking link is from Reuters, which meets most people's standards of "mainstream media".
What makes this "eco-friendly"? The glass trackpad? The "manufactured out of one piece of aluminum"?
Isn't Craigslist basically just Craig and a handful of other people? I wonder if they have a lawyer, or even someone there to accept the summons. Their financial dealings with EBay don't suggest massive legal support.
Well, there is the small matter of making the robocars, but I guess it's not the job of a "futurist" to do that. Also, he seems to have jumbled a bunch of different enormous breakthroughs (limitless, cheap, clean energy; enormously powerful and reliable AI; efficient solution of enormous traveling salesman problems) into a single obsession. It's not like robocars per se somehow eliminate dependence on oil.
Basically, this is talking about requiring webcams or biometric devices when you take an online exam. Whether or not that's a good idea, it hardly qualifies as "Orwellian". Timothy and skeazer seem to think this is going to involve 24/7 cameras in your bedroom or something like that.
Yes and no -- part of the success of the Prius relative to other hybrids is that it's distinctive looking. For a lot of the 'OMGTHEENVIROMENT' people, being seen to be doing something supposedly useful is at least as important as whether it is actually useful (which in the case of current hybrids is questionable).