No I didn't read TFA at all - because I assumed that it would contain this sort of bullshit. How can you calibrate your machine and prove that your test's sensitivity/specificity is anywhere in a useful range by using employees? It's like doctors trying to test out the side effects of a medication by looking for side effects in the nurses who are handing our the pills. It's moronic. Hey, but tax dollars at work.
And he was being forced to stay there? I mean, he could always leave once he realized how everyone's attitude changed. Not to the same job but at least he could expect a higher salary than before in a different place.
But first all potential pre-criminals should be readily identifiable to the common population. I suggest a yellow star of david on their clothes, or perhaps a yellow crescent moon? Then it will become easier to prevent people from doing business with them or having sex with them.
Where did they find so many criminals to be able to test out these detection methods to be able to say that they work? I mean, considering that they haven't actually caught ONE terrorist yet (PS - the ones that make it onto the plane and are taken down by passengers a crew don't count). This is probably just another expensive DHS money pit. So now not only will you get cancer from going through the "super safe" scanners that have never been rated or tested for use on humans, but you might just be accused of terrorism because of your social phobia.
Because you think that creativity automatically confers wealth. That's not true. Wealthy musicians/artists/actors have a combination of acting skills as well as a great deal of luck in "getting that part" that everyone wanted that resulted in the breakthrough etc etc etc. Not everyone can be at the top of the pyramid at the same time - there is simply no room. But being at the top is easy. And not everyone at the bottom sucks, a lot of them are simply not at the right place at the right time to move up the pyramid.
Next time you are near a street musician or some street theater, or are listening to some unknown band in a bar/club, stop a while and pay attention to the talent. Yeah maybe the singer is a little off but the guitarist is really good, etc. There is talent everywhere.
I count myself firmly in the uncreative group
Why? Do you have no skills whatsoever? Aren't you good at what you do, or any hobby of yours? Myself I can't draw worth a damn, I'm a pretty awful piano player, a fair singer, but boy I have a talent for abstraction that stuns everyone around me. I built my wife a garden, complete with stairs and storm drainage system and electrical wiring, deck, stone floor, planters - a place she is absolutely in love with. Am I a landscaper or a contractor? No. I'm a doctor. But it seemed logical to me what should go where, and building is fairly simple. I insist that everyone has latent talent somewhere. Maybe you just haven't found yours yet.
At first I thought this was an article about C++. What, creatives have a "class" now? The reality is that every human can be pretty creative in one way or another. Thinking that somehow there is a "class" of creative person is ridiculous. While one person might be very good at choosing color palettes, another might be fairly adept at wiring a building. The thought that creativity is in short supply is an artificial concept created by those who seek to charge you money for it.
Heh, they did much more than that. Which is why I added "/epic troll" to the end of my post. I am essentially fucking around with mods who lack a sense of humor and only read the first 3 words of a post before modding someone down.
Again you are confusing anti-copyright and piracy. This is why you keep banging your head into the wall. They are not the same thing. Yesterday in my country, "The Matrix" was available on one of the cable channels. I watched part of it, and fell asleep. Say today I went to a torrent site and downloaded "The Matrix" and watched the part that I missed. How, exactly, has this prevented:
1) Warner Brothers, Village Roadshow, the Wachowski brothers, Keanu Reeves and everyone else from making their royalties?
2)The cable company from selling me its subscription, the distributor from selling rights to air the movie to the cable company, and any advertisers from selling commercials in the movie?
See? I don't disagree with copyright. Everyone here has made money for work done, and rightfully so. But I don't disagree with piracy either. Why the hell should I pay $20 to watch a movie I have already seen countless times, has already been on TV countless times, and will be on TV again countless times? If you are dumb enough to do it, go ahead. But this whole argument about me putting thousands of people out of work and costing the economy and the studios trillions of dollars just because I wanted to watch the last 20 minutes of the Matrix is utter bullshit.
And if you read their contest announcement, they expressly state that you retain all rights to your work but allow them to use it on their sites. Next.
Yeah I've seen people complain because (this is the line they use) they "don't have time" to sift through all the comments. To those people I have always said: The good thing about reading is that the more you do it, the faster you get. And usually you can tell if a comment is worth reading in the first sentence or so. And finally if you are reading here on slashdot for anything other than recreation then you are doing it wrong. You don't have to be like Steve Jobs - always driving yourself hard every day. You can enjoy life, too. You only get to live it once.
Being able to edit/delete your posts would be favorite. Yeah I know there's the preview button but often mistakes can slip through a quick proof-read. For a further example, look at how many actual submission titles/commentaries are riddled with spelling and grammatical errors... Now imagine the comments.
It's constantly abused on Slashdot, up to the point where it really has started to annoy people.
Do what I do and read at -1, ignoring all mods. That way it won't annoy you. Yeah you'll run into the occasional goatse/GNAA/epic troll post. So what?
If any changes are made to the moderation system at least let users like me be able to opt out of the new system, because ANY automated system can be abused by non-automated humans. I'd rather take my chances than miss out on the numerous good posts that never get modded up.
I think everyone has the right to know what time zone their country/town/state is in. Either that or the information was the property of Sir Sanford Fleming and his estate but the copyright (if such a thing were possible) from 1879 should have expired by now and the information would be in the public domain.
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Probably using the free version of FSUIPC too, the cheap bastards.
No I didn't read TFA at all - because I assumed that it would contain this sort of bullshit. How can you calibrate your machine and prove that your test's sensitivity/specificity is anywhere in a useful range by using employees? It's like doctors trying to test out the side effects of a medication by looking for side effects in the nurses who are handing our the pills. It's moronic. Hey, but tax dollars at work.
And he was being forced to stay there? I mean, he could always leave once he realized how everyone's attitude changed. Not to the same job but at least he could expect a higher salary than before in a different place.
This metric exists to try to prevent future crime, not point out ongoing ones.
It's happening now. Don't you listen on the news? More and more often you hear people talking about "prove his innocence".
But first all potential pre-criminals should be readily identifiable to the common population. I suggest a yellow star of david on their clothes, or perhaps a yellow crescent moon? Then it will become easier to prevent people from doing business with them or having sex with them.
No, I think if you go down this road then there is no future.
Where did they find so many criminals to be able to test out these detection methods to be able to say that they work? I mean, considering that they haven't actually caught ONE terrorist yet (PS - the ones that make it onto the plane and are taken down by passengers a crew don't count). This is probably just another expensive DHS money pit. So now not only will you get cancer from going through the "super safe" scanners that have never been rated or tested for use on humans, but you might just be accused of terrorism because of your social phobia.
so many starving artists/musicians/actors/etc.?
Because you think that creativity automatically confers wealth. That's not true. Wealthy musicians/artists/actors have a combination of acting skills as well as a great deal of luck in "getting that part" that everyone wanted that resulted in the breakthrough etc etc etc. Not everyone can be at the top of the pyramid at the same time - there is simply no room. But being at the top is easy. And not everyone at the bottom sucks, a lot of them are simply not at the right place at the right time to move up the pyramid.
Next time you are near a street musician or some street theater, or are listening to some unknown band in a bar/club, stop a while and pay attention to the talent. Yeah maybe the singer is a little off but the guitarist is really good, etc. There is talent everywhere.
I count myself firmly in the uncreative group
Why? Do you have no skills whatsoever? Aren't you good at what you do, or any hobby of yours? Myself I can't draw worth a damn, I'm a pretty awful piano player, a fair singer, but boy I have a talent for abstraction that stuns everyone around me. I built my wife a garden, complete with stairs and storm drainage system and electrical wiring, deck, stone floor, planters - a place she is absolutely in love with. Am I a landscaper or a contractor? No. I'm a doctor. But it seemed logical to me what should go where, and building is fairly simple. I insist that everyone has latent talent somewhere. Maybe you just haven't found yours yet.
At first I thought this was an article about C++. What, creatives have a "class" now? The reality is that every human can be pretty creative in one way or another. Thinking that somehow there is a "class" of creative person is ridiculous. While one person might be very good at choosing color palettes, another might be fairly adept at wiring a building. The thought that creativity is in short supply is an artificial concept created by those who seek to charge you money for it.
In fact, when I started, I was a rank amateur.
I should hope so. It would be sad if you were still a rank amateur after doing something for 15 years.
Then you haven't been here long enough.
Not sure how strong they'd be after that though
in b4 1,000,000 trolls claiming controlled detonations and inside jobs. Hurr Durr steel and concrete does not burn, etc, ad nauseam.
Or heat the homes past the Curie temperatures. Hopefully with the builders still inside them. Then let them cool off.
Oh yes it is, because behind every law that's used to screw someone over, there was a lawyer writing it.
Heh, they did much more than that. Which is why I added "/epic troll" to the end of my post. I am essentially fucking around with mods who lack a sense of humor and only read the first 3 words of a post before modding someone down.
Indians and math? Who said Indians can do math.... /epic troll
Again you are confusing anti-copyright and piracy. This is why you keep banging your head into the wall. They are not the same thing. Yesterday in my country, "The Matrix" was available on one of the cable channels. I watched part of it, and fell asleep. Say today I went to a torrent site and downloaded "The Matrix" and watched the part that I missed. How, exactly, has this prevented:
1) Warner Brothers, Village Roadshow, the Wachowski brothers, Keanu Reeves and everyone else from making their royalties?
2)The cable company from selling me its subscription, the distributor from selling rights to air the movie to the cable company, and any advertisers from selling commercials in the movie?
See? I don't disagree with copyright. Everyone here has made money for work done, and rightfully so. But I don't disagree with piracy either. Why the hell should I pay $20 to watch a movie I have already seen countless times, has already been on TV countless times, and will be on TV again countless times? If you are dumb enough to do it, go ahead. But this whole argument about me putting thousands of people out of work and costing the economy and the studios trillions of dollars just because I wanted to watch the last 20 minutes of the Matrix is utter bullshit.
Except as expressly authorized by Floor64
And if you read their contest announcement, they expressly state that you retain all rights to your work but allow them to use it on their sites. Next.
All things considered though, the second person probably is crazy :)
Yeah I've seen people complain because (this is the line they use) they "don't have time" to sift through all the comments. To those people I have always said: The good thing about reading is that the more you do it, the faster you get. And usually you can tell if a comment is worth reading in the first sentence or so. And finally if you are reading here on slashdot for anything other than recreation then you are doing it wrong. You don't have to be like Steve Jobs - always driving yourself hard every day. You can enjoy life, too. You only get to live it once.
Being able to edit/delete your posts would be favorite. Yeah I know there's the preview button but often mistakes can slip through a quick proof-read. For a further example, look at how many actual submission titles/commentaries are riddled with spelling and grammatical errors... Now imagine the comments.
It's constantly abused on Slashdot, up to the point where it really has started to annoy people.
Do what I do and read at -1, ignoring all mods. That way it won't annoy you. Yeah you'll run into the occasional goatse/GNAA/epic troll post. So what?
If any changes are made to the moderation system at least let users like me be able to opt out of the new system, because ANY automated system can be abused by non-automated humans. I'd rather take my chances than miss out on the numerous good posts that never get modded up.
In the US, absolutely not, and he will be tried as a criminal.
I think everyone has the right to know what time zone their country/town/state is in. Either that or the information was the property of Sir Sanford Fleming and his estate but the copyright (if such a thing were possible) from 1879 should have expired by now and the information would be in the public domain.