I just spent the weekend on a farm in upstate new york (with about 20-30 other cityfolk) and it was more socially & sensorily taxing than my usual weekday office existence. Insects, breezes, sunlight, socializing, games, activities... so much to do and think about! For an introvert, corporate anonymity is much more relaxing.
I'm not being facetious. Burning man is a temporary city, after all - different and creative, but a city nonetheless. May as well remain connected to the rest of them, unless you're still harboring that false "nature/civilization" dichotomy, but even then - hello, town full of people, it ain't disconnected from civilization...
All things are not as black & white as arithmetic. Economists, for example, like to pretend that everything they talk about is as cut and dry, but it isn't. This causes problems.
The scientific method, and mathematics, don't disappear because decision-making approaches consensus rather than battling over supposed facts.
I don't hold "the founders" in any special high regard, but compromise used to be understood to be a part of American government. Congresspeople still use it, but our discourse has become all-fight all the time. I would prefer things move in the other direction, towards an goal of consensus, which doesn't require everyone to agree or be convinced of everything all the time, but rather just achieve consent.
I've heard just as much dreck from nerds believing they have a superior understanding of facts as from those who don't so self-identify.
Economists, for example.
As a side note, it really would be nice if we didn't believe we lived in a world that was a war of ideas requiring "winning arguments" and "convincing others." Consensus and, as USA's founders used to use a lot, compromise, are the hallmarks of good decision-making and discourse.
Everytime I understand what someone says in French, I'm both intercepting their signal and decoding it.
What's the difference between one language broadcast in sound waves, and another broadcast in radio waves?
I'm not sure how I feel about this one way or the other, but it doesn't seem clear cut to me.
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Meh. We all had to listen to Lost fans rave on about the show for six years. Yawnorama. Critics may be annoying, but it'd be worse to have a never-ending circle-jerk over the show.
Also - How about people just talk to each other during physical intimacy (and before!!!) and figure out what each finds pleasurable? Why is this so hard for some? Sheesh. (*weeps for humanity*)
So do boys! As a boy myself, I wish more boys & girls would read stuff like "Yes Means Yes"... jesu christu why is it so hard for human beings to treat each other like human beings and enjoy themselves and each other! I hate "wester society" (for lack of a better umbrella term).
"In the US in the 50's and 60's, that looked an awful lot like communism."
@#($*^%ing US.
Just sayin'.
'liberte, egalite, fraternite'... we took the first, tied it to property and ran with it. Wonderful ethics & values for the progressive project! *rolls eyes*
Not really. Sounds nice, but isn't really historically true. You really think every generation feels that way? Sure, some of them, and probably someone in every generation, but, really?
Amusingly, "smart" in this discussion is rather subjective, wouldn't you say? You, and the person you're responding to, probably both have different metrics for "smart" amongst your respective samples.
Hence the creation of things like IQ test which also reflect the biases of those who create them. Which is kinda the point, isn't it?
Me, I'd communicate to the woman as an equal human being that, hey, I like where this is going but I need to get to a job interview for a job I'd really like to land. "I'd like to resume this conversation when we can; Unfortunately I can't reschedule a job interview the same way."
Why? Because women aren't jobs, they're people. And I wouldn't want to spend my time forging a relationship with another person who doesn't understand that she's not a commodity I'm supposed to win, but a person with whom I'm hoping to share some nice experiences.
But that's just me.
Sorry - I liked the rest of your comment, I just balk at the ease with which people equate women with things or events rather than simply treating them as other people. Nevertheless, I appreciate the point you were making. (Although I'd also nitpick the idea that you can get enough sex. Some people can. Some people can also get enough wealth. Some people are also happy with limited amounts of power. Others can't get enough of any if not all of these.)
I grew up in the 80s and early 90s and most people I knew just had off-the-shelf radio/cassette/record-players from Target or wherever. Myself included. And the music always sounded good enough. It still does. I had a couple friends who turned audio hobbyist but I never saw the point. They spent loads of money and seemed to enjoy the music less.
And nowadays, emphasis should really be on enjoying music live, anyway. I might be wrong but I expect distribution will bring less and less money, but not less fame - and fame will bring performances and money.
If I want to carry my favorite artists with me, or listen to them at home, I have bigger things to worry about and spend on than the quality of the audio. Good enough is good enough for that.
I'm sorry. In my experience, everyone finds something good in an English course. I have friends who loved Jane Austin, friends who loved J D Salinger, friends who loved Gatsby, friends who didn't like much of particular but went on to love Henry Miller or Mark Twain or science fiction authors they might otherwise not have read.
Personally, I never found any particular favorite but gained a literary appreciation that influenced my later choices in sci-fi, and thank goodness for the middle-school English teacher who steered me to Fahrenheit 451.
Just sayin - a sci-fi lit course could be a good thing.. and likely would be for everyone who took it, on one level or another.
Stargate has plenty of problems but, there was a 10th season episode where they did send a Goa'uld mothership slamming into an Ori ship. It crashed all over the shields to no effect. Soo... cloaking a nuke to fly it into the middle of an Ori ship would have had the same effect: blowing up when it hit the shield and doing little if anything.
Sorry, I couldn't help it! There are plenty of holes and bad writing in Stargate, but for what you brought up, it's been covered (to some extent).
I don't want just my brain uploaded to some computer. I want my feelings, my senses, and everything else my brain needs in order to be "me."
Because, unlike most people, I think this whole "upload yourself" thing is going to be much harder than most people think. A human being is more than just the computational abilities and psychological configuration of the neurons in the brain. The whole being, the mind and identity, involves also the functioning and feedback of the other systems of the body, which will also have to be replicated for an uploaded person to feel like they are the same person.
There's a reason people who lose a limb feel a phantom one. Our brain is hardwired to assume the rest of the body, and to work with it. It's like, imagine having a 6th sense of magnetism. What would it feel like? Maybe you could map it over your sense of hearing, but you'd lose that. You need new brain parts, corresponding to new body parts, to have a new sense. Uploads would have a whole host of differences in "body" to deal with.
Now, at some point there will be a significant number of "uploads" who are ok with their new "computing only" existence - in fact, may be happy to shed those aspects of their minds that involve physical existence. But I wonder if they'll call themselves human.
reaction #2 to your post: people search for "reddit.com" instead of just going there??
conclusion: google is in mortal danger! these are the type of users they desperately need to keep a handle on, as they are the most susceptible to advertising!
Hm. The Awesomebar pretty much takes care of my "History" needs. I've only ever opened the "History" to delete *ahem* certain sites.
Bookmarks? I use google, pretty much. Or my RSS reader of choice. Other than that, for the few I actually bookmark, the bookmark menu suits my needs.
I'm not sure there's really *that* much room for advancement. That said, I don't welcome this Firefox proposal. Tabs are fine. If I want to "group" tabs, I open new browser windows.
Maybe if they want to branch off specialized Firefox products for advanced users who need advanced search and organizing abilities. But.. wasn't that the point of extensions? And being open source so others could use the engine for specialized projects?
And clearly, the fact that no one owns a specific and enforcable patent on any of the things you mentioned as patentable in 1989, clearly that means that no one should own a patent on anything that exists today, yet of which we are barely aware and could be widespread in 2029.
If you agree with that statement, so do I. Patents suck. Tech patents, doubly so. Useful, good tech happens regardless of them.
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Amen.
You're always tethered to reality.
My bias:
I just spent the weekend on a farm in upstate new york (with about 20-30 other cityfolk) and it was more socially & sensorily taxing than my usual weekday office existence. Insects, breezes, sunlight, socializing, games, activities... so much to do and think about! For an introvert, corporate anonymity is much more relaxing.
I'm not being facetious. Burning man is a temporary city, after all - different and creative, but a city nonetheless. May as well remain connected to the rest of them, unless you're still harboring that false "nature/civilization" dichotomy, but even then - hello, town full of people, it ain't disconnected from civilization...
All things are not as black & white as arithmetic. Economists, for example, like to pretend that everything they talk about is as cut and dry, but it isn't. This causes problems.
The scientific method, and mathematics, don't disappear because decision-making approaches consensus rather than battling over supposed facts.
I don't hold "the founders" in any special high regard, but compromise used to be understood to be a part of American government. Congresspeople still use it, but our discourse has become all-fight all the time. I would prefer things move in the other direction, towards an goal of consensus, which doesn't require everyone to agree or be convinced of everything all the time, but rather just achieve consent.
I've heard just as much dreck from nerds believing they have a superior understanding of facts as from those who don't so self-identify.
Economists, for example.
As a side note, it really would be nice if we didn't believe we lived in a world that was a war of ideas requiring "winning arguments" and "convincing others." Consensus and, as USA's founders used to use a lot, compromise, are the hallmarks of good decision-making and discourse.
Everytime I understand what someone says in French, I'm both intercepting their signal and decoding it.
What's the difference between one language broadcast in sound waves, and another broadcast in radio waves?
I'm not sure how I feel about this one way or the other, but it doesn't seem clear cut to me.
Meh. We all had to listen to Lost fans rave on about the show for six years. Yawnorama. Critics may be annoying, but it'd be worse to have a never-ending circle-jerk over the show.
yea, we got the misogynist anti-humanist joke the first time. but thanks for playing!
femurs? gspots? sadness for humanity. who are you with? communicate with them! so simple.
Also - How about people just talk to each other during physical intimacy (and before!!!) and figure out what each finds pleasurable? Why is this so hard for some? Sheesh. (*weeps for humanity*)
So do boys! As a boy myself, I wish more boys & girls would read stuff like "Yes Means Yes" ... jesu christu why is it so hard for human beings to treat each other like human beings and enjoy themselves and each other! I hate "wester society" (for lack of a better umbrella term).
"In the US in the 50's and 60's, that looked an awful lot like communism."
@#($*^%ing US.
Just sayin'.
'liberte, egalite, fraternite' ... we took the first, tied it to property and ran with it. Wonderful ethics & values for the progressive project! *rolls eyes*
Not really. Sounds nice, but isn't really historically true. You really think every generation feels that way? Sure, some of them, and probably someone in every generation, but, really?
Or, you're crazy.
To defend my purchasing choices, I choose this option.
Or, are you defending your purchasing choices?
Is "yes, humans can tell" even disprovable? No matter how big the sample of subjective subjects?
Amusingly, "smart" in this discussion is rather subjective, wouldn't you say? You, and the person you're responding to, probably both have different metrics for "smart" amongst your respective samples.
Hence the creation of things like IQ test which also reflect the biases of those who create them. Which is kinda the point, isn't it?
Me, I'd communicate to the woman as an equal human being that, hey, I like where this is going but I need to get to a job interview for a job I'd really like to land. "I'd like to resume this conversation when we can; Unfortunately I can't reschedule a job interview the same way."
Why? Because women aren't jobs, they're people. And I wouldn't want to spend my time forging a relationship with another person who doesn't understand that she's not a commodity I'm supposed to win, but a person with whom I'm hoping to share some nice experiences.
But that's just me.
Sorry - I liked the rest of your comment, I just balk at the ease with which people equate women with things or events rather than simply treating them as other people. Nevertheless, I appreciate the point you were making. (Although I'd also nitpick the idea that you can get enough sex. Some people can. Some people can also get enough wealth. Some people are also happy with limited amounts of power. Others can't get enough of any if not all of these.)
I grew up in the 80s and early 90s and most people I knew just had off-the-shelf radio/cassette/record-players from Target or wherever. Myself included. And the music always sounded good enough. It still does. I had a couple friends who turned audio hobbyist but I never saw the point. They spent loads of money and seemed to enjoy the music less.
And nowadays, emphasis should really be on enjoying music live, anyway. I might be wrong but I expect distribution will bring less and less money, but not less fame - and fame will bring performances and money.
If I want to carry my favorite artists with me, or listen to them at home, I have bigger things to worry about and spend on than the quality of the audio. Good enough is good enough for that.
I'm sorry. In my experience, everyone finds something good in an English course. I have friends who loved Jane Austin, friends who loved J D Salinger, friends who loved Gatsby, friends who didn't like much of particular but went on to love Henry Miller or Mark Twain or science fiction authors they might otherwise not have read.
Personally, I never found any particular favorite but gained a literary appreciation that influenced my later choices in sci-fi, and thank goodness for the middle-school English teacher who steered me to Fahrenheit 451.
Just sayin - a sci-fi lit course could be a good thing.. and likely would be for everyone who took it, on one level or another.
Stargate has plenty of problems but, there was a 10th season episode where they did send a Goa'uld mothership slamming into an Ori ship. It crashed all over the shields to no effect. Soo... cloaking a nuke to fly it into the middle of an Ori ship would have had the same effect: blowing up when it hit the shield and doing little if anything.
Sorry, I couldn't help it! There are plenty of holes and bad writing in Stargate, but for what you brought up, it's been covered (to some extent).
.. or until he finds out she is... ...or maybe they agreed on a specification beforehand...
sheesh.
I don't want just my brain uploaded to some computer. I want my feelings, my senses, and everything else my brain needs in order to be "me."
Because, unlike most people, I think this whole "upload yourself" thing is going to be much harder than most people think. A human being is more than just the computational abilities and psychological configuration of the neurons in the brain. The whole being, the mind and identity, involves also the functioning and feedback of the other systems of the body, which will also have to be replicated for an uploaded person to feel like they are the same person.
There's a reason people who lose a limb feel a phantom one. Our brain is hardwired to assume the rest of the body, and to work with it. It's like, imagine having a 6th sense of magnetism. What would it feel like? Maybe you could map it over your sense of hearing, but you'd lose that. You need new brain parts, corresponding to new body parts, to have a new sense. Uploads would have a whole host of differences in "body" to deal with.
Now, at some point there will be a significant number of "uploads" who are ok with their new "computing only" existence - in fact, may be happy to shed those aspects of their minds that involve physical existence. But I wonder if they'll call themselves human.
reaction #1 to your post: people use reddit??
reaction #2 to your post: people search for "reddit.com" instead of just going there??
conclusion: google is in mortal danger! these are the type of users they desperately need to keep a handle on, as they are the most susceptible to advertising!
Hm. The Awesomebar pretty much takes care of my "History" needs. I've only ever opened the "History" to delete *ahem* certain sites.
Bookmarks? I use google, pretty much. Or my RSS reader of choice. Other than that, for the few I actually bookmark, the bookmark menu suits my needs.
I'm not sure there's really *that* much room for advancement. That said, I don't welcome this Firefox proposal. Tabs are fine. If I want to "group" tabs, I open new browser windows.
Maybe if they want to branch off specialized Firefox products for advanced users who need advanced search and organizing abilities. But .. wasn't that the point of extensions? And being open source so others could use the engine for specialized projects?
Wish I had mod points for you. Simple & informational comment. Kudos.
And clearly, the fact that no one owns a specific and enforcable patent on any of the things you mentioned as patentable in 1989, clearly that means that no one should own a patent on anything that exists today, yet of which we are barely aware and could be widespread in 2029.
If you agree with that statement, so do I. Patents suck. Tech patents, doubly so. Useful, good tech happens regardless of them.