I looked at it from the other direction...maybe it would encourage new posters instead of the samo samo.
I submitted once. I thought I was first on the topic, I thought it was a good summary, and I included a good source link. Maybe I was wrong about 1 or more items. Or maybe I needed to submit a bunch of stuff to get some cred. I have no idea since there was no feedback.
So, I decided that I wasn't interested in spending time to compete with frist weenies, and went and learned how to play the guitar.
Seeing the new "first submitter" line, though, has piqued my interest in perhaps trying again sometime.
Or perhaps I'll go learn "Stairway to Heaven". Yes, that seems more likely.
Now it is possible to talk, in public, to someone that isn't there, and that is normal. This has been a real boon to the schizophrenic population. Thank you blue tooth fairy
Yep, I've thought that many times. Didn't know who to give thanks to, though, so mark it +1 Informative.
Good answer. It reminds me of something Plato wrote about "how this generation has no respect". Apparently screeds like this can be plugged into any era.
Another advantage is that it decreases traffic noise by X decibels (for my buds, I estimate about 12 db's). Considering that each 3 db drop will halve the sound level, it's a reasonable decrease, yet still allows audio situational awareness.
sr
"There is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress." -- Mark Twain
"I for one am glad that English makes no attempt to be completely idiot-proof. A language that tries to avoid every single potential ambiguity and misuse is also going to limit its own expressiveness. It is analogous to that Unix saying, that trying to prevent you from doing something stupid would also prevent you from doing something clever. "
Worth quoting. I like this. I too used to worry about all the consistencies of English.
I once asked a Russian teenager once, "What's the hardest thing about English?"
I expected him to say, oh, the inconsistencies of the spelling, or plural agreements, etc. No, it was something that I find so natural.
The "the". An "a". Russian, of course, has no articles. No surprise, really, the stereotypical way to mimic a Russian is to drop all the articles.
Anyways, that's when I started learning not to be so anal about these little inconsistencies. Thanks for the interesting post.
True, and I understand the problems this can create. But I think that when you're ready to optimize for efficiency, you give it to a private company, not govt.
Govt has other issues to worry about. When politics get involved, "failure is not an option". Everything is way over-engineered.
This is not a criticism, rather an observation. Cost-effectiveness is not a primary goal (or perhaps, is very difficult to achieve) when you're on the cutting edge and you can't fail.
A business, on the other hand, simply *has* to be cost-effective, or it dies. Without political pressure, it can (theoretically) work to find the sweet spot between reliability & cost.
Sounds like an interesting idea. I imagine it can be gamed in some manner, but a less egregious manner than currently.
I always liked the middle of the pack method. Take the bid closest to the average.
But frankly, politics (in gov & biz) & budgets sometimes conflict. Often, the directive is "we will only do this if it costs less than $x". $X is the lowball, so the bid is accepted, and once the project is already proceeding, we have to support it "because it's 90% finished!".
#3 "...The only thing that should really matter if is the camera is only triggered while the light is red..."
I agree. Some (or all?) cities around here set traffic light cameras for the yellow. A lot of controversy, because timings vary on different devices (yes, they're supposed to be maintained properly, but, you know how that goes).
People have gotten off by challenging the camera timings, etc.
"Say what? Since when did such incredible order result from an arbitrary and chaotic event like this?"
It appears that God has interesting ways of setting things in motion. It's like God set the parameters for the universe at the beginning, then started it up to see what would happen. God may have intervened periodically when the sim wasn't performing optimally.
Citizen of CCCP afforded opportunity for volunteering to great Proletariat struggle. --- Actually, it's not too uncommon. US did it in WWII, sending squadrons to China & Britain. Spanish Civil war, too, w/ the Lincoln battalion. Sometimes trained military, sometimes civvie volunteers.
Jokes about windows & noobs aside, I've noticed that windows has lowered the bar in several ways. One way is that windows problems can be solved by a reboot. As long as that does not become too disruptive, people are more or less fine with that, because you don't need to be an expert or call an expert "to fix your problem". When it does become too disruptive, then an expert can be hired for a short period to come in & troubleshoot.
Do I like it? Eh, I live with it. It does remind me of someone that had an old Volkswagon. He loved it because it was so easy to work on. I made the mistake of going on a road trip with him once. To my regret, I found out why it needed to be easy to work on.
Ok, so what's my point? I guess I'm just venting/rambling. It is what it is.
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Well, sure, some of them. Anarchists are drawn to this kind of thing. What percentage I don't know, somewhere in the 1% range I would imagine.
As others have noted, you ask 10 occupiers what it's all about, & you get 10 answers. Ask 100, and 1 may say "yes, we don't need govt".
Good points.
I looked at it from the other direction...maybe it would encourage new posters instead of the samo samo.
I submitted once. I thought I was first on the topic, I thought it was a good summary, and I included a good source link. Maybe I was wrong about 1 or more items. Or maybe I needed to submit a bunch of stuff to get some cred. I have no idea since there was no feedback.
So, I decided that I wasn't interested in spending time to compete with frist weenies, and went and learned how to play the guitar.
Seeing the new "first submitter" line, though, has piqued my interest in perhaps trying again sometime.
Or perhaps I'll go learn "Stairway to Heaven". Yes, that seems more likely.
sr
"There's no right on red in NYC. Cuts down on gridlock"
Why do you say it cuts down on gridlock? Seems to me it provides another path.
sr
Good answer. It reminds me of something Plato wrote about "how this generation has no respect". Apparently screeds like this can be plugged into any era.
sr
Yah, guilty there.
Another advantage is that it decreases traffic noise by X decibels (for my buds, I estimate about 12 db's). Considering that each 3 db drop will halve the sound level, it's a reasonable decrease, yet still allows audio situational awareness.
sr
"There is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress." -- Mark Twain
...sez the Anonymous Coward
Space Truckers. Gotta havem. Cut rate, too, yet with year's of experience.
Launch your own racist, political or sexual joke here.
Hard to argue with that.
Yep, let the rich ones subsidize it. Gets the money into circulation, gets the unit price down.
Can't wait 'til the competition improves. The US needs something to charge it up.
sr
"Regulation got us into this mess and regulation won't get us out of this mess."
Actually, one might say de-regulation got us in this mess. Major stuff in the 90's.
Gameinformer mag sez Wii U is coming out. HD, plus a slate controller.
sr
"I for one am glad that English makes no attempt to be completely idiot-proof. A language that tries to avoid every single potential ambiguity and misuse is also going to limit its own expressiveness. It is analogous to that Unix saying, that trying to prevent you from doing something stupid would also prevent you from doing something clever. "
Worth quoting. I like this. I too used to worry about all the consistencies of English.
I once asked a Russian teenager once, "What's the hardest thing about English?"
I expected him to say, oh, the inconsistencies of the spelling, or plural agreements, etc. No, it was something that I find so natural.
The "the". An "a". Russian, of course, has no articles. No surprise, really, the stereotypical way to mimic a Russian is to drop all the articles.
Anyways, that's when I started learning not to be so anal about these little inconsistencies. Thanks for the interesting post.
sr
"What juvenille tripe, jejune BS from adolescent sci-fi fantasies and trashy TV shows."
To the neanderthalic AC: Here's more tripe to raise your
dander...
"The meek will inherit the Earth. The rest of us will go to the stars."
sr
"Privatizing = cutting corners."
True, and I understand the problems this can create. But I think that when you're ready to optimize for efficiency, you give it to a private company, not govt.
Govt has other issues to worry about. When politics get involved, "failure is not an option". Everything is way over-engineered.
This is not a criticism, rather an observation. Cost-effectiveness is not a primary goal (or perhaps, is very difficult to achieve) when you're on the cutting edge and you can't fail.
A business, on the other hand, simply *has* to be cost-effective, or it dies. Without political pressure, it can (theoretically) work to find the sweet spot between reliability & cost.
sr
re "cost-overrun risk analysis" & budgeting.
Sounds like an interesting idea. I imagine it can be gamed in some manner, but a less egregious manner than currently.
I always liked the middle of the pack method. Take the bid closest to the average.
But frankly, politics (in gov & biz) & budgets sometimes conflict. Often, the directive is "we will only do this if it costs less than $x". $X is the lowball, so the bid is accepted, and once the project is already proceeding, we have to support it "because it's 90% finished!".
Ditto all of Nasa's first systems. This stuff is Rocket Science, and it's hard. But not unsolvable.
Nasa has shown the way for many techniques & technologies. I think privatizing what has or will become "routine" is the right way to go.
sr
First orbit of an asteroid *in the belt*.
Eros was the first discovered near-Earth asteroid.
Itokawa is an Apollo and Mars-crosser asteroid.
sr
#3 "...The only thing that should really matter if is the camera is only triggered while the light is red..."
I agree. Some (or all?) cities around here set traffic light cameras for the yellow. A lot of controversy, because timings vary on different devices (yes, they're supposed to be maintained properly, but, you know how that goes).
People have gotten off by challenging the camera timings, etc.
sr
"Say what? Since when did such incredible order result from an arbitrary and chaotic event like this?"
It appears that God has interesting ways of setting things in motion. It's like God set the parameters for the universe at the beginning, then started it up to see what would happen. God may have intervened periodically when the sim wasn't performing optimally.
sr
+1
Thank you. This was my thought exactly. If it's read-only data, no problem.
sr
lol, I remember thinking the same thing when MS & Sybase named their db product SQL. Brillant markenting!
sr
A different analogy: You rent me a car for $x a day. It has a full gas tank. When I use up the gas, I foot the bill.
I certainly might rather do that than pay $x+$y amount, without choice, to carry all the slackers.
Hard to say, of course, without knowing x & y. Both types of "rentals" are used in the economy, and both work.
sr
"The A10 is a single purpose aircraft that even the Airforce wants to get rid of."
Generals didn't like them 'cause they're not sexy. Ground pounders love them.
They were close to retirement in '91 when Iraq 1 proved their worth.
sr
Citizen of CCCP afforded opportunity for volunteering to great Proletariat struggle.
---
Actually, it's not too uncommon. US did it in WWII, sending squadrons to China & Britain. Spanish Civil war, too, w/ the Lincoln battalion. Sometimes trained military, sometimes civvie volunteers.
sr
Jokes about windows & noobs aside, I've noticed that windows has lowered the bar in several ways. One way is that windows problems can be solved by a reboot. As long as that does not become too disruptive, people are more or less fine with that, because you don't need to be an expert or call an expert "to fix your problem". When it does become too disruptive, then an expert can be hired for a short period to come in & troubleshoot.
Do I like it? Eh, I live with it. It does remind me of someone that had an old Volkswagon. He loved it because it was so easy to work on. I made the mistake of going on a road trip with him once. To my regret, I found out why it needed to be easy to work on.
Ok, so what's my point? I guess I'm just venting/rambling. It is what it is.
sr
"...but the car doesn't have all your exboyfriends in the backseat when you buy it"
Great line! I was tending to think "well, they said the same thing about phones and cars and , so what's the difference?
I think you pointed out the difference.
sr