What they *are* are SOMEWHAT knowledgeable SPECIAL EFFECTS GUYS, MIS-applying A BASTARDISED TV VERSION OF scientific methodology to fairly straight-foward questions in a MISLEADING but who cares it's entertaining fashion. They MIS-REPRESENT the basics of scientific testing to the masses. They INCORRECTLY teach OVER-SIMPLIFIED VERSIONS OF concepts such as skepticism and empiricism to REDNECKS WHO WOULDN'T RECOGNISE A PROPER CONTROL IF IT BIT THEM
Fixed it for you. There is good reason they are criticized. Sometimes teaching a subject badly is more dangerous than not teaching it at all. Suddenly you've got an army of TV viewers who think they know science when all they really know is how to make cool explosions. Then when their techniques fail to produce others rightly ridicule these viewers but wrongly come to the conclusion that science is all just BS and equally valid with mythology.
When they're older, if my kids are interested in Mythbusters, I'll be encouraging them to play pick the scientific flaw. "That's right, that was a logical leap and the conclusion isn't valid. That's right, that was a very weak excuse for a control . That's right, they didn't think of X Y or Z".
I wasn't aiming for high brow humour. I don't think that was any funnier than what I said. And you completely missed out "say it don't spray it' (which was my original joke...the 1. 2. 3. thing was just tacked on). Frankly. I think your post got the rating more due to reverse sexism than anything else...*shrug*
PETA will have a field day with this one, what with causing artificial stress in the mice to the point where they start losing hair? Think of their self esteem, think of premature heart attacks and strokes...
...and it was enough to turn Britney spears from an innocent mousekateer into a crazy wild tart.
I think Anonymous Coward needs to be replaced with Anonymous patronising idiot.
It's really this simple. If you want to contribute, contribute to those less fortunate. Not every random cheapskate that decides to phone you up from out of nowhere or because you have nothing better to do with your life and need to do work for random strangers for validation.
Sagan was a smart guy, but I don't see why his application of pop-psychology to the matter has any weight.
Popular or not the pyschology is not only plausible, it's been demonstrated. Sagan doesn't just write pop psych nonsense - he gives plenty of very strong evidence of actual historical events including the Salem witch trials. Have you read the book? Or are you just talking smack?
Everyone should read this book: A demon haunted world by Carl Sagan
Every era has had their share of unexplained phenomena. Before UFO's there were demons, beasts, witches, etc. The current myth-of-the day is UFO's.
(And I'm not saying they don't exist, just that there might be a simpler reason for all these sightings):)
Agreed!!!! One of my favourite books of all time. Should be required reading early in highschool.
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If you don't know them, you should be charging an hourly rate, even if it is a token one. If you don't need/want the work, or responsibility that goes with accepting money, or can't due to other employment arrangements, just plain refuse.
The trick is to moderate "Underrated" if the comment already has a Funny moderation. Then they get karma but keep the Funny moderation.
The trick is to ignore the hideous broken slashdot moderation system, which rewards popular views over correct ones and penalizes anyone who dares to point out a harsh truth.
that argument applies to organised crime in general.
perhaps the employer then has a responsibility to it's employees and must compensate them for any losses they incur as a result of the employer's crime(s)?
If you can't tell the difference between an employee taking a above board legitimate job and getting involved in organised crime, you're not worth discussing this with because you are either stupid, or think I am. I bet you'd be the person who shouted loudest and longest if your employer made a mistake and you were punished for it, even though you had nothing to do with that mistake. But you clearly don't care how harshly OTHERS are treated.
That something was TeX. Have you ever tried using it? We're lucky he got part A out. The entire chapter (not just part A) would have been published 30 years ago if he hadn't been dicking around with the font, margins, gutters, line breaks, etc.
Leave the poor man alone. He's just trying to build an alternative to MS Word that isn't O(n^2);-)
At least I always feel like I'm playing Farmville when I talk to tech support. It's expensive and frustrating. I get nothing but empty promises for my efforts which make no difference in the real world, it's a real slog, and I wish people could speak English.
Job security is important. Employees need to be protected. Otherwise the knock on effects include further crime. (People need to feed their family. Laws are only respected where they are perceived as just). You're advocating protecting the consumer and sacrificing the employee and society to do so. Your solution is socially destructive.
Evil: Let's do it! (We're rich! We can map everyone's WIFI while we drive past and take photos! No one can stop us! Buhahahahahaha) Dr Evil: 1 BEEEELLLLIUN Dollars! You know: Evil! Do you know evil? (Oh no weavils!) Oh no! Evil! Dr Evil: 1 MEEEELLLLIUN Dollars! Do no evil!
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What they *are* are SOMEWHAT knowledgeable SPECIAL EFFECTS GUYS, MIS-applying A BASTARDISED TV VERSION OF scientific methodology to fairly straight-foward questions in a MISLEADING but who cares it's entertaining fashion. They MIS-REPRESENT the basics of scientific testing to the masses. They INCORRECTLY teach OVER-SIMPLIFIED VERSIONS OF concepts such as skepticism and empiricism to REDNECKS WHO WOULDN'T RECOGNISE A PROPER CONTROL IF IT BIT THEM
Fixed it for you. There is good reason they are criticized. Sometimes teaching a subject badly is more dangerous than not teaching it at all. Suddenly you've got an army of TV viewers who think they know science when all they really know is how to make cool explosions. Then when their techniques fail to produce others rightly ridicule these viewers but wrongly come to the conclusion that science is all just BS and equally valid with mythology.
When they're older, if my kids are interested in Mythbusters, I'll be encouraging them to play pick the scientific flaw. "That's right, that was a logical leap and the conclusion isn't valid. That's right, that was a very weak excuse for a control . That's right, they didn't think of X Y or Z".
You already are in the "no sex" control group. Thanks for your contribution.
It might not be valid scientifically but so is Brian Foy, for the foreseeable future I would think.
This being /., it looks like we're in for a whole lot of puppy-kicking.
Well that's good because Microsoft is ONE BIG PUPPY!!! And one RICH puppy too.
In fact calling Microsoft a puppy is a little like calling Godzilla a little critter.
I thought telecommuting had been around for some time.
...and given the average attractiveness within the industry this is a good thing ;-)...
I wasn't aiming for high brow humour. I don't think that was any funnier than what I said. And you completely missed out "say it don't spray it' (which was my original joke...the 1. 2. 3. thing was just tacked on). Frankly. I think your post got the rating more due to reverse sexism than anything else...*shrug*
Proffitt? Dude, SAY it don't SPRAY it.
And anyway you forgot. 1. and 2. Only when you get to 3. can you Proffitt!
PETA will have a field day with this one, what with causing artificial stress in the mice to the point where they start losing hair? Think of their self esteem, think of premature heart attacks and strokes...
...and it was enough to turn Britney spears from an innocent mousekateer into a crazy wild tart.
Dire straights is so yesterday!!! Today we're WINNING with Charlie Sheen ;-)
Popular or not the pyschology is not only plausible, it's been demonstrated.
Really, Sagan has proved the negative regarding UFO's?
He has proven to a high that the evidence provided is BALLS.
I think Anonymous Coward needs to be replaced with Anonymous patronising idiot.
It's really this simple. If you want to contribute, contribute to those less fortunate. Not every random cheapskate that decides to phone you up from out of nowhere or because you have nothing better to do with your life and need to do work for random strangers for validation.
Where non-news confirmed to be non-news is news.
The news is: This UFO hoax is so lame even UFO nutters rejected it!
Sagan was a smart guy, but I don't see why his application of pop-psychology to the matter has any weight.
Popular or not the pyschology is not only plausible, it's been demonstrated. Sagan doesn't just write pop psych nonsense - he gives plenty of very strong evidence of actual historical events including the Salem witch trials. Have you read the book? Or are you just talking smack?
Methinks succubi always DID anal probes. Its part of the whole convincing you to commit the sin of sodomy thing.
Actually it's the incubus that is the male
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus
Everyone should read this book: A demon haunted world by Carl Sagan
Every era has had their share of unexplained phenomena. Before UFO's there were demons, beasts, witches, etc. The current myth-of-the day is UFO's.
(And I'm not saying they don't exist, just that there might be a simpler reason for all these sightings) :)
Agreed!!!! One of my favourite books of all time. Should be required reading early in highschool.
If you don't know them, you should be charging an hourly rate, even if it is a token one. If you don't need/want the work, or responsibility that goes with accepting money, or can't due to other employment arrangements, just plain refuse.
And what comes after Backup Day?
Back down day?
Cute, but the one spec they don't seem to list is endurance (battery life)
Clearly we need a version with an RTG.
The trick is to moderate "Underrated" if the comment already has a Funny moderation. Then they get karma but keep the Funny moderation.
The trick is to ignore the hideous broken slashdot moderation system, which rewards popular views over correct ones and penalizes anyone who dares to point out a harsh truth.
that argument applies to organised crime in general.
perhaps the employer then has a responsibility to it's employees and must compensate them for any losses they incur as a result of the employer's crime(s)?
If you can't tell the difference between an employee taking a above board legitimate job and getting involved in organised crime, you're not worth discussing this with because you are either stupid, or think I am. I bet you'd be the person who shouted loudest and longest if your employer made a mistake and you were punished for it, even though you had nothing to do with that mistake. But you clearly don't care how harshly OTHERS are treated.
That something was TeX. Have you ever tried using it? We're lucky he got part A out. The entire chapter (not just part A) would have been published 30 years ago if he hadn't been dicking around with the font, margins, gutters, line breaks, etc.
Leave the poor man alone. He's just trying to build an alternative to MS Word that isn't O(n^2) ;-)
At least I always feel like I'm playing Farmville when I talk to tech support. It's expensive and frustrating. I get nothing but empty promises for my efforts which make no difference in the real world, it's a real slog, and I wish people could speak English.
Job security is important. Employees need to be protected. Otherwise the knock on effects include further crime. (People need to feed their family. Laws are only respected where they are perceived as just). You're advocating protecting the consumer and sacrificing the employee and society to do so. Your solution is socially destructive.
tl;dr -> Try again. Your idea SUCKS!
"the Russian images are not better or worse than their images. They are just different visualizations of reality based on different data sets"
and this sums up nearly everything ever.
In post-Soviet Russia, satellite data and image visualizes you.
This is kind of like saying "I hope Darth Vader doesn't force-choke me"
....well except that Darth Vader didn't use his penis to do it.
Evil: Let's do it!
(We're rich! We can map everyone's WIFI while we drive past and take photos! No one can stop us! Buhahahahahaha)
Dr Evil: 1 BEEEELLLLIUN Dollars!
You know: Evil!
Do you know evil?
(Oh no weavils!)
Oh no! Evil!
Dr Evil: 1 MEEEELLLLIUN Dollars!
Do no evil!