Well, I guess if that depends upon whether you think a bunch of celibate men that think an invisible supernatural being is listening to them are "authorative".
I've looked at the bishops document and it contains nothing to do with the science of stem cell research.
I regularly travel between several countries in Europe and would like to use one method to access the internet in all countries. But what I've found is that the "roaming" charges are huge, and if you get, say, access from a UK mobile company it treats the rest of Europe as "abroad" and you pay huge roaming charges, even if it is with the same company.
Anyone know of a way to do this, with good speeds and reasonable prices?
Over here in Europe I am increasingly hearing people who say they don't want to travel to the USA at the moment, whether for tourism or business. The effect of this kind of thing on tourism would be fairly easy to measure, however the effect on business generally - if businessmen outside of the USA don't want to travel there - is impossible to know.
I thought the Republicans were supposed to be "pro-business" - surely they can understand the potential negative consequences of this kind of thing? Having said that, they don't seem to be worried about the negative effects of their neanderthal foreign policies, so perhaps not.
Microsoft have essentially copied a classic. Which would you prefer, a VW Beetle or a copy that looks similar to it and has a couple of extra features? A Harley Davidson Sportster or a similar looking bike.
The big mistake Microsoft has made with the Zune is copying. It's a music player - there are any number of physical forms it could come in, why did they just copy the iPod?
This kind of issue highlights the importance of "soft power". For those of you who have never heard the phase, it basically means the power you get from people trusting you, and from having moral authority.
As you might have guessed, it is out of favour with the current administration, who prefer military "hard power". Previously, the USA could have said to the rest of the world "trust us to manage the Internet" and much of the world would have gone "ummm, ok!". Now the USA has lost much of its soft power, it makes it much harder, and "hard power" doesn't work well in this kind of situation!
Is this the same Pentagon that brought us the "Jessica Lynch" story..?
I guess the noble idea that the government shouldn't use taxpayers money to try to influence public opinion has been thrown out along with the Geneva convention. Go Bush!
If they wanted, they could give Zunes away for 10 years. It's hard to compete against that kind of financial muscle.
This is a common argument about Microsoft. However, it is only partly true. Microsoft has shareholders. Microsoft cannot just throw money away, it has to be something that will potentially bring big profits in the future.
Ok, your design seems reasonable, but essentially what you describe is using the electronic device as a printer. I don't think that is what most people mean when they talk about electronic voting. Also, it does seem like a complex solution to fairly simple problems - you can have boards printed with instuctions in different languages, and I'm not convinced that electronic devices are necessarily easier for disabled people to use that other, simpler methods. However, if we are to have electronic voting then your specification is the type of thing I would like to see.
Advantages of electronic voting over paper voting:
1) Faster to get the results.
Disadvantages
1) Independant observers cannot observe that votes are being counted correctly. 2) Voters cannot easily understand or see how the system works. 3) Voters are likely to distrust a system they cannot see functioning.
I think the disadvantages greatly outweigh the advantages.
I don't know if you have ever seem a normal (non-electronic) voting booth run properly, but it is a marvel of common sense and simplicity. I don't understand why anyone would want to replace that.
I think you prove my point. Some people consider Mulholland Drive a brilliant film, others hate it. It would be impossible to make such a film by committee.
Is voting on creative decisions really a good idea? Creativity is a very individual thing. And let's face it, a lot of people aren't very creative, but might have strong opinions.
Could you ever make a film like Mulholland Drive throught this process? Or Memento? Or for that matter, The Hobbit - imagine the arguments!
I really don't understand how Sony can do this kind of thing. Isn't this the kind of thing the World Trade Organisation is supposed to prevent? I thought that there was supposed to be essentially "free trade" between countries in the WTO. Or is it only free trade that benefits corporations that's allowed, not that which benefits us lowly consumers...
This isn't a dig at your comment, but don't we already have 3D interfaces? My windows' sit forward or behind each other - I have x,y and z.
They may lie on top of each other, but they are all in the same plain, there is no distance between the windows, i.e. the range of z is zero, so current desktops are 2D, not 3D.
The fact that you can complain about it here like the above says we're not *that* bad yet.
I really hate this particular argument. The "isn't that bad here, look at North Korea!" argument. The "a little bit of torture is ok, under Sadam it was much worse!" argument. The "ok we've lost a few freedoms, but we're much freer than the Chinese!" argument.
We should compare ourselves with the best in the world, not the worst.
Even a game like worms, which by its very nature was 2D
yes, I find it a real shame that people 2D games are thought to be inferior. We live in 3D space and yet all our classic games (chess, go, cards etc) are all essentially 2D. This suggests to me that 2D space is actually better than 3D space for many sorts of games - Worms and Lemmings are good examples.
(p.s. yes I will look at your web site - I'm sure you do some great 2D games!).
I remember going to a presentation at SGI UK in about 1997, which titled something like "Web 2.0 - the coming 3D web space". It was about how the next generation of the web would all be in 3D. I thought it was bollocks then, and I think it's bollocks today.
If 3D user interfaces were better then we'd be using 3D versions of desktop applications by now. Clearly Photoshop or Microsoft Word with a 3D interface doesn't make much sense, so why should it for online applications?
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... for the 20% non-Windows, non-IE users out there, sure.
That happens to include a lot of the tech elite...
I tried to test this but it is for IE explorer only. So Google wins by default.
These are authorative sources.
Well, I guess if that depends upon whether you think a bunch of celibate men that think an invisible supernatural being is listening to them are "authorative".
I've looked at the bishops document and it contains nothing to do with the science of stem cell research.
I regularly travel between several countries in Europe and would like to use one method to access the internet in all countries. But what I've found is that the "roaming" charges are huge, and if you get, say, access from a UK mobile company it treats the rest of Europe as "abroad" and you pay huge roaming charges, even if it is with the same company.
Anyone know of a way to do this, with good speeds and reasonable prices?
Over here in Europe I am increasingly hearing people who say they don't want to travel to the USA at the moment, whether for tourism or business. The effect of this kind of thing on tourism would be fairly easy to measure, however the effect on business generally - if businessmen outside of the USA don't want to travel there - is impossible to know.
I thought the Republicans were supposed to be "pro-business" - surely they can understand the potential negative consequences of this kind of thing? Having said that, they don't seem to be worried about the negative effects of their neanderthal foreign policies, so perhaps not.
Who here thinks the Zune is cool?
The iPod is a design classic.
Microsoft have essentially copied a classic. Which would you prefer, a VW Beetle or a copy that looks similar to it and has a couple of extra features? A Harley Davidson Sportster or a similar looking bike.
The big mistake Microsoft has made with the Zune is copying. It's a music player - there are any number of physical forms it could come in, why did they just copy the iPod?
This kind of issue highlights the importance of "soft power". For those of you who have never heard the phase, it basically means the power you get from people trusting you, and from having moral authority.
As you might have guessed, it is out of favour with the current administration, who prefer military "hard power". Previously, the USA could have said to the rest of the world "trust us to manage the Internet" and much of the world would have gone "ummm, ok!". Now the USA has lost much of its soft power, it makes it much harder, and "hard power" doesn't work well in this kind of situation!
Yes, it's frightening to think that when an anti-war comment gets modded down on Slashdot, it may well be a taxpayer funded goon that's doing it.
Is this the same Pentagon that brought us the "Jessica Lynch" story..?
I guess the noble idea that the government shouldn't use taxpayers money to try to influence public opinion has been thrown out along with the Geneva convention. Go Bush!
I mean, if you can't handle living in a country where the government fundamentally keeps its distance from religion
Which country are you referring to? Because it sure isn't the USA...
If they wanted, they could give Zunes away for 10 years. It's hard to compete against that kind of financial muscle.
This is a common argument about Microsoft. However, it is only partly true. Microsoft has shareholders. Microsoft cannot just throw money away, it has to be something that will potentially bring big profits in the future.
Ok, your design seems reasonable, but essentially what you describe is using the electronic device as a printer. I don't think that is what most people mean when they talk about electronic voting. Also, it does seem like a complex solution to fairly simple problems - you can have boards printed with instuctions in different languages, and I'm not convinced that electronic devices are necessarily easier for disabled people to use that other, simpler methods. However, if we are to have electronic voting then your specification is the type of thing I would like to see.
Advantages of electronic voting over paper voting:
1) Faster to get the results.
Disadvantages
1) Independant observers cannot observe that votes are being counted correctly.
2) Voters cannot easily understand or see how the system works.
3) Voters are likely to distrust a system they cannot see functioning.
I think the disadvantages greatly outweigh the advantages.
I don't know if you have ever seem a normal (non-electronic) voting booth run properly, but it is a marvel of common sense and simplicity. I don't understand why anyone would want to replace that.
I think you prove my point. Some people consider Mulholland Drive a brilliant film, others hate it. It would be impossible to make such a film by committee.
Is voting on creative decisions really a good idea? Creativity is a very individual thing. And let's face it, a lot of people aren't very creative, but might have strong opinions.
Could you ever make a film like Mulholland Drive throught this process? Or Memento? Or for that matter, The Hobbit - imagine the arguments!
Europe is very varied. Your experience is of Italy, so you don't have the experience to generalize about the whole of Europe.
I really don't understand how Sony can do this kind of thing. Isn't this the kind of thing the World Trade Organisation is supposed to prevent? I thought that there was supposed to be essentially "free trade" between countries in the WTO. Or is it only free trade that benefits corporations that's allowed, not that which benefits us lowly consumers...
Great idea. I was trying to find "neutral" reviews for video cameras the other day and Google just returned loads of sites trying to sell the cameras.
This isn't a dig at your comment, but don't we already have 3D interfaces? My windows' sit forward or behind each other - I have x,y and z.
They may lie on top of each other, but they are all in the same plain, there is no distance between the windows, i.e. the range of z is zero, so current desktops are 2D, not 3D.
It's kind of high in the UK (BBC) and kind of low in the US
You're kidding aren't you? You really don't think the government in the USA has much influence over the media?
The fact that you can complain about it here like the above says we're not *that* bad yet.
I really hate this particular argument. The "isn't that bad here, look at North Korea!" argument. The "a little bit of torture is ok, under Sadam it was much worse!" argument. The "ok we've lost a few freedoms, but we're much freer than the Chinese!" argument.
We should compare ourselves with the best in the world, not the worst.
Even a game like worms, which by its very nature was 2D
yes, I find it a real shame that people 2D games are thought to be inferior. We live in 3D space and yet all our classic games (chess, go, cards etc) are all essentially 2D. This suggests to me that 2D space is actually better than 3D space for many sorts of games - Worms and Lemmings are good examples.
(p.s. yes I will look at your web site - I'm sure you do some great 2D games!).
I remember going to a presentation at SGI UK in about 1997, which titled something like "Web 2.0 - the coming 3D web space". It was about how the next generation of the web would all be in 3D. I thought it was bollocks then, and I think it's bollocks today.
If 3D user interfaces were better then we'd be using 3D versions of desktop applications by now. Clearly Photoshop or Microsoft Word with a 3D interface doesn't make much sense, so why should it for online applications?
Your rant makes me think you probably have lots of arguments with your wife about this...
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