This is what causes me to lament the state of humanity. There are some tried and true methods of persuation and propaganda, none of these methods are secret. Yet they work, a disturbing percentage of the time. Why can't we learn from ourselves?
Making comments about the errors in the blurb if any appear. They will eventually be fixed, possibly silently, and the people looking at the article later will wonder what the big deal is.
The Daily Show is often more insightful about the news than the mainstream media. You would probably be better served watching a half hour of the Daily Show than CNN/Fox News, etc.
This brings up a question that has always bothered me. What is the constitutional justification for executive orders that affect funding. Shouldn't this be a congressional action?
I remember being in France for a semester in College. They had a program over there called "Questions for a Champion", quiz show, not exactly Jeopardy, but same idea.
The host of this show was a celebrity contestant on a celebrity quiz show, and got some questions wrong. The other celebrities ribbed him, the guest host even saying, 'See, it's easy when you have the cards'.
Sales of newer electronic devices plummet as consumers realize the older DRM free players will play MP3 files, and the newer models offer no advantage.
Will the electronics companies attribute sales loss to piracy too?
It is more balanced in that it covers stories from around the globe. You will rarely see news about Africa in the American press unless it is some disaster. In terms of any political leanings, when I say it is a bit 'liberal' by US standards, I just mean that I think that many Americans feel it is too 'liberal'. This is not suprising, considering the election results.
The only time I've seen XML helpful is in a config file that is non-"property" formatted, where properties need to be edited by hand. Sure some other config file type could be used, but the xml in this case was human readable, and modification of the config file easy.
I haven't watched Voyager or Enterprise for years, but I remember the ST shows were the flagships for the UPN network, the only 'cancel proof' series. (Why they ever cancelled Nowhere Man for 'homies in outerspace' is beyond me.) What are the relative ratings of UPN programming at this point? If they cancel Enterprise, does the UPN have enough programming to remain viable? Again excuse my ignorance, but I haven't watched UPN for years.
If it is cancelled, is there any possibility for syndicated Sci-Fi again, or is that medium completely dead now?
What emerges from all of the stories is that every manager claims that the intifada not destroyed his company, but has actually made it a leaner and more efficient organization and one that will be ready to go into overdrive when normal economic times resume.
I wonder, just because in "crisis mode" more efficiency and productivity can be gained, does this necessarily transfer to normal times. The US rationed materials in WW2, they did not do so later. Also people go at a certain pace, faster in emergency mode. I don't know if it is sustainable in the long term.
Speaking as someone who had a terrible time with English classes in High School being filled with petty, authoratative boors who enjoyed finding students out in the hallways to be punished, and thus cultivating the attitude that humanities and social sciences are utter "bullshit", college English, History, and Philosophy classes were a lot of fun. You don't have to major in the stuff, but get a broad base for it. You won't be able to later, but it's cool to shoot the shit with people at 3 in the morning about Hobbes or Locke, which you won't be able to do later in life.
Even in Math, proof involves an agreed upon set of axioms, and an agreed upon set of operations to derive theorems. Without these common axioms, proofs are not proofs. In the real world, 'proof' is even harder to agree with consensus wise. Even sight and sound can be fooled by a clever magician, and hoaxes abound. I believe that science, done in a controlled and disinterested manner, will validate useful models of the universe, and reject others, but proof? What is proof? And the very idea of science, that is that controlled conditions yield predictable results is a base axiom, and if you disagree with that, what common discourse is there?
First he tries to allow for big corporations to own EVEN MORE of the media. Look at Clear Channel and the virtual monopoly they have in the radio market.
Then he (and all of his cronies) push the DTV standard down our throats so they can sell off the spectrum to the highest bidder, at the same time mandating DRM technology with the broadcast flag.
Then, he arbitrarly decides to enforce (for the first time in a while) some "decency" bullshit with the Super Bowl and all the rest of that stuff, making Europeans chuckle that we are so prudish, "it's for the children"
They don't seem to care much about broadband over power lines cutting into HAM frequencies, or allocating emergency frequencies close to 800 MHz dangerously close to some cellphones.
I think the FCC is a mess. This is something that Congress has shunted it's responsibility on. It's much easier to pass a regulation when you only need to bribe 3 people (on the board) instead of the 300 or so for a majority in Congress.
In short, Michael Pwoell is a corporate shrill, using the "morality" game to distract from his true agenda, corporate power consolidation.
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Actually the question is "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
People have argued that since Arthur Dent got this by picking letters out of his homemade scrabble set at random, that this is impossbile, as there are not 4 Y's in a standard Scrabble set.
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The purposeful dupes_weren't funny last year, either.. :(
At least this one seems remotely plausible.
This is what causes me to lament the state of humanity. There are some tried and true methods of persuation and propaganda, none of these methods are secret. Yet they work, a disturbing percentage of the time. Why can't we learn from ourselves?
Making comments about the errors in the blurb if any appear. They will eventually be fixed, possibly silently, and the people looking at the article later will wonder what the big deal is.
It's Encino Paramecium
The Daily Show is often more insightful about the news than the mainstream media. You would probably be better served watching a half hour of the Daily Show than CNN/Fox News, etc.
Mare Nostrum literally means "our sea". It is what the Romans called the Mediterranean Sea during the Empire. As you can see, it was an apt name.
Oops. Sorry. Wrong place to reply.
There's also what you mean by "below average". Below the average slashdot reader, or below average of society as a whole?
Never mind, I found a link
This brings up a question that has always bothered me. What is the constitutional justification for executive orders that affect funding. Shouldn't this be a congressional action?
I remember being in France for a semester in College. They had a program over there called "Questions for a Champion", quiz show, not exactly Jeopardy, but same idea.
The host of this show was a celebrity contestant on a celebrity quiz show, and got some questions wrong.
The other celebrities ribbed him, the guest host even saying, 'See, it's easy when you have the cards'.
Sales of newer electronic devices plummet as consumers realize the older DRM free players will play MP3 files, and the newer models offer no advantage.
Will the electronics companies attribute sales loss to piracy too?
I hope they replace him with Howard Stern.
It is more balanced in that it covers stories from around the globe. You will rarely see news about Africa in the American press unless it is some disaster. In terms of any political leanings, when I say it is a bit 'liberal' by US standards, I just mean that I think that many Americans feel it is too 'liberal'. This is not suprising, considering the election results.
The only time I've seen XML helpful is in a config file that is non-"property" formatted, where properties need to be edited by hand. Sure some other config file type could be used, but the xml in this case was human readable, and modification of the config file easy.
I don't know about "good" (I think it is), but you could try the BBC.
A bit liberal by US standards, but more news about goings on around the world.
I haven't watched Voyager or Enterprise for years, but I remember the ST shows were the flagships for the UPN network, the only 'cancel proof' series. (Why they ever cancelled Nowhere Man for 'homies in outerspace' is beyond me.) What are the relative ratings of UPN programming at this point? If they cancel Enterprise, does the UPN have enough programming to remain viable? Again excuse my ignorance, but I haven't watched UPN for years.
If it is cancelled, is there any possibility for syndicated Sci-Fi again, or is that medium completely dead now?
What emerges from all of the stories is that every manager claims that the intifada not destroyed his company, but has actually made it a leaner and more efficient organization and one that will be ready to go into overdrive when normal economic times resume.
I wonder, just because in "crisis mode" more efficiency and productivity can be gained, does this necessarily transfer to normal times. The US rationed materials in WW2, they did not do so later. Also people go at a certain pace, faster in emergency mode. I don't know if it is sustainable in the long term.
Speaking as someone who had a terrible time with English classes in High School being filled with petty, authoratative boors who enjoyed finding students out in the hallways to be punished, and thus cultivating the attitude that humanities and social sciences are utter "bullshit", college English, History, and Philosophy classes were a lot of fun. You don't have to major in the stuff, but get a broad base for it. You won't be able to later, but it's cool to shoot the shit with people at 3 in the morning about Hobbes or Locke, which you won't be able to do later in life.
Even in Math, proof involves an agreed upon set of axioms, and an agreed upon set of operations to derive theorems. Without these common axioms, proofs are not proofs. In the real world, 'proof' is even harder to agree with consensus wise. Even sight and sound can be fooled by a clever magician, and hoaxes abound. I believe that science, done in a controlled and disinterested manner, will validate useful models of the universe, and reject others, but proof? What is proof? And the very idea of science, that is that controlled conditions yield predictable results is a base axiom, and if you disagree with that, what common discourse is there?
arbitrary
First he tries to allow for big corporations to own EVEN MORE of the media. Look at Clear Channel and the virtual monopoly they have in the radio market.
Then he (and all of his cronies) push the DTV standard down our throats so they can sell off the spectrum to the highest bidder, at the same time mandating DRM technology with the broadcast flag.
Then, he arbitrarly decides to enforce (for the first time in a while) some "decency" bullshit with the Super Bowl and all the rest of that stuff, making Europeans chuckle that we are so prudish, "it's for the children"
They don't seem to care much about broadband over power lines cutting into HAM frequencies, or allocating emergency frequencies close to 800 MHz dangerously close to some cellphones.
I think the FCC is a mess. This is something that Congress has shunted it's responsibility on. It's much easier to pass a regulation when you only need to bribe 3 people (on the board) instead of the 300 or so for a majority in Congress.
In short, Michael Pwoell is a corporate shrill, using the "morality" game to distract from his true agenda, corporate power consolidation.
it gets lonely in Alaska. :-)
Actually the question is
"What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
People have argued that since Arthur Dent got this by picking letters out of his homemade scrabble set at random, that this is impossbile, as there are not 4 Y's in a standard Scrabble set.