Using technology to compensate for human frailty is asking for trouble.
Damn those eyeglasses, eh - if you don't have 20/20 vision naturally, you shouldn't be driving...
Power steering? Blah - work out in the gym - discard the technology.
Windscreens? Forget it - only wimps can't carry on a safe comfortable drive with bugs smashing into their teeth all day long at 60 mph.
Motorcycle helmets and leathers? - only for wusses, of course.
And, geez, what about those fighter pilots that wear g-suits - if they can't strain hard enough naturally without having a stroke while pulling 9 Gs for 30 seconds, then they should get out of the cockpit.
Come to think of it, that's what technology is - compensating for our inability to be from Krypton.
so, when you play a complex game such as chess, or go, do you just move the first piece and declare "I'll win at the end with this perfect move, so you may as well recognize it now and just resign"... and your opponents simply bow down to the greatness of your perfect move, and everyone lives happily ever after, and birds sing, and bambi's mother lives...
Not hardly. If the only way to attack the US was by sailing ships then we could defend in a similar manner. There's obviously many other ways now.
Countries/Governments/Regimes/Individuals that threaten the well being of the US are all valid targets for the use of military power. Establishing a society more friendly to US interests in the middle of the Mideast, while expensive in every measure, provides a needed (and potentially infectious) stress relief in the region.
the defense of the nation is one of the few things in the US Constitution that is supposed to be paid for by the people - the other 80% of the national budget is all vote buying add ons by the fine people we've voted into office
and we haven't paid for much of a space program for several decades now. All that engineering knowledge has slowly, and literally, died as engineers have retired. Sending a handful of people to earth orbit every year is not exploration - any focus on anything other than how to advance human beings as rapidly as possible to every body in the solar system is simply spending money without garnering public desire to pay for more of it. We need people going places, and waiting five decades to get around to making it happen has wasted away all the good will those who write the checks had for doing this business.
it cannot be held liable for actions that are not illegal.
I wouldn't recommend pulling the "no legal authority" act with the FCC. They have enjoyed significant autonomy from the Congress throughout their existence.
Cute... your method of dissing Google's employee retention techniques is to call it stupid, and equate anyone who disagrees with you as brainwashed. You're a deep thinker there, man.
Know anyone who ever worked at a place where you were basically chained to your desk from open to close? What was the turnover rate?
Know any professions where people flit from company to company at the slightest hint they may get a few bucks more, since there's little effort made to keep them happy and build a sense of loyalty - ever examine the retention time of commission driven salesmen?
So, Google thinks it needs to hire birght curious people to figure out how to monetize this curious thing called the Intertubes, and find ways to keep those bright curious people's brains, ah, bright and curious, but your management technique in such a place would be to issue custom fitted balls and chains...
it also causes them to hemorrhage employees that take their ideas on the public market.
and if those new businesses generate traffic to Google via mashups, etc., or become businesses that Google will buy, then the downside to Google is...?
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so buying a throw-away brick is now considered green?
Diesel is toxic - what's it matter if the algae it comes from is too?
The type of algae being produced in these dead zones is no where near as efficient in the bio diesel production loop.
Yeah, but there's lots of it and it's causing problems with its existence. If it could be harvested and put to use it'd be a good thing.
how to prepare 10 billion tons of fried fish
Yes, I'll pay you Tuesday for the hamburger today, as scheduled.
Using technology to compensate for human frailty is asking for trouble.
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Damn those eyeglasses, eh - if you don't have 20/20 vision naturally, you shouldn't be driving
Power steering? Blah - work out in the gym - discard the technology.
Windscreens? Forget it - only wimps can't carry on a safe comfortable drive with bugs smashing into their teeth all day long at 60 mph.
Motorcycle helmets and leathers? - only for wusses, of course. And, geez, what about those fighter pilots that wear g-suits - if they can't strain hard enough naturally without having a stroke while pulling 9 Gs for 30 seconds, then they should get out of the cockpit.
Come to think of it, that's what technology is - compensating for our inability to be from Krypton.
Because Ben didn't want to have to leave the island.
Next up ... how DRM protects you from virus laden mp3s
Would you like to upload your contacts list, for your convenience?
so, when you play a complex game such as chess, or go, do you just move the first piece and declare "I'll win at the end with this perfect move, so you may as well recognize it now and just resign" ... and your opponents simply bow down to the greatness of your perfect move, and everyone lives happily ever after, and birds sing, and bambi's mother lives ...
Not hardly. If the only way to attack the US was by sailing ships then we could defend in a similar manner. There's obviously many other ways now. Countries/Governments/Regimes/Individuals that threaten the well being of the US are all valid targets for the use of military power. Establishing a society more friendly to US interests in the middle of the Mideast, while expensive in every measure, provides a needed (and potentially infectious) stress relief in the region.
Sure - just keep cranking up the power to a big enough number and eventually it'll work.
the defense of the nation is one of the few things in the US Constitution that is supposed to be paid for by the people - the other 80% of the national budget is all vote buying add ons by the fine people we've voted into office
Well, there's VirtualBox, for example.
and we haven't paid for much of a space program for several decades now. All that engineering knowledge has slowly, and literally, died as engineers have retired. Sending a handful of people to earth orbit every year is not exploration - any focus on anything other than how to advance human beings as rapidly as possible to every body in the solar system is simply spending money without garnering public desire to pay for more of it. We need people going places, and waiting five decades to get around to making it happen has wasted away all the good will those who write the checks had for doing this business.
What do you think "archive" folders in Outlook are for? Emails older than 100 years?
You never worked for my old boss.
announce to the UN that Iraq had WMB's, without any true evidence
That's why it's called intelligence, and not evidence.
Sometimes you have to hold your nose and vote for the party most closely aligned with the future you desire.
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and sometimes for the future you expect, based on the history you've seen
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all 55 states of it are gone?
what'd be nice is if politicians adhered to theconstitution.txt
Then why do colleges produce innovations?
If you spend enough (especially of someone else's) money you will eventually produce something.
Market forces breed the patience of a 5 year old with ADHD.
The reason everyone focuses on quarterly earnings is because the government requires quarterly reporting.
it cannot be held liable for actions that are not illegal.
I wouldn't recommend pulling the "no legal authority" act with the FCC. They have enjoyed significant autonomy from the Congress throughout their existence.
Cute ... your method of dissing Google's employee retention techniques is to call it stupid, and equate anyone who disagrees with you as brainwashed. You're a deep thinker there, man.
...
Know anyone who ever worked at a place where you were basically chained to your desk from open to close? What was the turnover rate?
Know any professions where people flit from company to company at the slightest hint they may get a few bucks more, since there's little effort made to keep them happy and build a sense of loyalty - ever examine the retention time of commission driven salesmen?
So, Google thinks it needs to hire birght curious people to figure out how to monetize this curious thing called the Intertubes, and find ways to keep those bright curious people's brains, ah, bright and curious, but your management technique in such a place would be to issue custom fitted balls and chains
it also causes them to hemorrhage employees that take their ideas on the public market.
...?
and if those new businesses generate traffic to Google via mashups, etc., or become businesses that Google will buy, then the downside to Google is