You could argue that it's form of mind control -- perhaps not an effective one. Whoever said than mind control means absolute control of someone's mind, as opposed to trying to control it by influences?
If you ask me, it seems like a cop-out by an establishment that's not sure enough of its foundations to take the initiative and say that some behaviors, even when culturally acceptable, lead to bad results.
No, it's because psychology can be subjective by nature. It's also about the study of the mind, not science, or philosophy, or ethics, or society, even if they do, obviously, play a part in it. I'm sure your judgment holds true for some people, but certainly not of the "establishment" as a whole.
No, but you do seem to be suffering from some irrational thoughts. But the difference is that you know better. An insane person can't tell the difference.
Are you really saying that all religious people are delusional in some way? Where is the proof? My guess is that you don't have any, and now you know why religious people are not considered delusional, just like I don't consider you delusional for thinking that you know you are right based on no evidence.
Science at this point suggests that there is no grand purpose to much of anything.
But it is completely out of the realms of science to suggest such things to begin with. Science is about the study of phenomena, not about it's meaning. And to suggest that science can say something about the meaning of the universe is to misunderstand what science is in the first place.
If you shoot at the resolution you are tend to project at, you can't modify the frames in any non-trivial way other than colour/contrast adjustments. Anything else will in practice degrade the resolution.
Aside from the obvious cropping/zooming, why is that exactly?
If Slashdot has taught me anything, it's that intelligent people can still do stupid things. There are different types of intelligence, and most people tend to only develop certain areas. For example, look at all the smart programmers who can't even design a decent interface.
While I agree with you about the silly megapixel race, I think there are plenty of decent cameras out there with manual control, including compact cameras.
Plus, they've got the power-to-weight to do things helicopters can't do
Guess you've never seen Alan Szabo. A big RC helicopter has a pretty high power to weight ratio. Yeah, so does a foamie, but that's to be expected when it weighs almost nothing in the first place. I'll give you that they are a hell of a lot cheaper, not just in set-up, but also when it comes to crashes and maintenance, not to mention safer, which makes a foamie a much better choice as a way to get into the RC aircraft world.
I'll have to look into the receipt thing. Although, unless everyone supports it, it becomes pointless, a bit like e-mail receipts. I know that I can set the message retention, but that is a bit different to what I mean. I think priority is important -- you could always charge more for a high-priority message, that way doctors and people on call-out etc. could reply on cellphones instead of pagers.
Trust me, Apple has hard time selling OS upgrades (major versions) to Windows Switchers.
Switchers must be a small part of OS X's share then, because I'm pretty sure I've seen figures showing that the adoption rate of OS X upgrades is very high, at least compared to Windows. I think it's a bit like Firefox and IE.
The other thing is that OS X gets updated more regularly, with the same branding, and they aren't as expensive. I think this helps a lot.
Problem is, I don't want to be notified when it's delivered. I want to only be notified when it's late or doesn't get delivered. Confirmation of delivery would be good if it was properly integrated into the interface, though. So perhaps it's also the cellphone makers who share some of the blame here.
Yeah, that's the other part. Unlike e-mail, you don't even get notified weeks later that it never made it. The funny thing is that it usually costs more money to send a text message than email. They really do need to redesign the SMS protocol to take into account both priority and receipts.
I've had SMS messages that were over a week late. This, of course, is the fault of the cellphone carriers not acknowledging the way SMS is now used by upgrading the service to reflect its customers' expectations.
I'm guessing it's because there isn't anything a pager can do that a cellphone can't. You might have to shop around a bit to get one that gives you the most pager-like experience. Perhaps there is some difference in the pager vs. SMS networking that may effect things that may be critical if you're a doctor etc., but otherwise pagers just seem redundant.
On the other hand, there is a huge team of people waiting to take control of this one thing should even the slightest problem occur. So it's not quite the same.
When I say performance, I mean some sort of measured strength compared to others, not general fitness. Loosing some muscle strength isn't going to matter if you're just doing exercise to keep fit or have fun. This article really only matters to people doing competitive sports etc.
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You could argue that it's form of mind control -- perhaps not an effective one. Whoever said than mind control means absolute control of someone's mind, as opposed to trying to control it by influences?
If you ask me, it seems like a cop-out by an establishment that's not sure enough of its foundations to take the initiative and say that some behaviors, even when culturally acceptable, lead to bad results.
No, it's because psychology can be subjective by nature. It's also about the study of the mind, not science, or philosophy, or ethics, or society, even if they do, obviously, play a part in it. I'm sure your judgment holds true for some people, but certainly not of the "establishment" as a whole.
Why would the person assume they are important, exactly? Why could they not think the were just picked at random?
From the last sentence on the article: "The Internet isn't a cause of mental illness, it's a complicating new variable."
No, but you do seem to be suffering from some irrational thoughts. But the difference is that you know better. An insane person can't tell the difference.
Are you really saying that all religious people are delusional in some way? Where is the proof? My guess is that you don't have any, and now you know why religious people are not considered delusional, just like I don't consider you delusional for thinking that you know you are right based on no evidence.
If it was really him, why would he not simply say so and... I dunno... post anonymously?
Science at this point suggests that there is no grand purpose to much of anything.
But it is completely out of the realms of science to suggest such things to begin with. Science is about the study of phenomena, not about it's meaning. And to suggest that science can say something about the meaning of the universe is to misunderstand what science is in the first place.
Meaning and purpose are the realms of philosophy.
Out of curiosity, have you read any Buddhist philosophy?
If you shoot at the resolution you are tend to project at, you can't modify the frames in any non-trivial way other than colour/contrast adjustments. Anything else will in practice degrade the resolution.
Aside from the obvious cropping/zooming, why is that exactly?
Utterly separate concepts? Why do you think the legal system exists in the first place?
If Slashdot has taught me anything, it's that intelligent people can still do stupid things. There are different types of intelligence, and most people tend to only develop certain areas. For example, look at all the smart programmers who can't even design a decent interface.
While I agree with you about the silly megapixel race, I think there are plenty of decent cameras out there with manual control, including compact cameras.
When you have the perfect army then nobody messes with you in the first place.
Yeah, 9/11 never happened.
Plus, they've got the power-to-weight to do things helicopters can't do
Guess you've never seen Alan Szabo. A big RC helicopter has a pretty high power to weight ratio. Yeah, so does a foamie, but that's to be expected when it weighs almost nothing in the first place. I'll give you that they are a hell of a lot cheaper, not just in set-up, but also when it comes to crashes and maintenance, not to mention safer, which makes a foamie a much better choice as a way to get into the RC aircraft world.
I'll have to look into the receipt thing. Although, unless everyone supports it, it becomes pointless, a bit like e-mail receipts. I know that I can set the message retention, but that is a bit different to what I mean. I think priority is important -- you could always charge more for a high-priority message, that way doctors and people on call-out etc. could reply on cellphones instead of pagers.
Trust me, Apple has hard time selling OS upgrades (major versions) to Windows Switchers.
Switchers must be a small part of OS X's share then, because I'm pretty sure I've seen figures showing that the adoption rate of OS X upgrades is very high, at least compared to Windows. I think it's a bit like Firefox and IE.
The other thing is that OS X gets updated more regularly, with the same branding, and they aren't as expensive. I think this helps a lot.
Problem is, I don't want to be notified when it's delivered. I want to only be notified when it's late or doesn't get delivered. Confirmation of delivery would be good if it was properly integrated into the interface, though. So perhaps it's also the cellphone makers who share some of the blame here.
Really? OS X seems to get faster each time.
Yeah, that's the other part. Unlike e-mail, you don't even get notified weeks later that it never made it. The funny thing is that it usually costs more money to send a text message than email. They really do need to redesign the SMS protocol to take into account both priority and receipts.
I've had SMS messages that were over a week late. This, of course, is the fault of the cellphone carriers not acknowledging the way SMS is now used by upgrading the service to reflect its customers' expectations.
I'm guessing it's because there isn't anything a pager can do that a cellphone can't. You might have to shop around a bit to get one that gives you the most pager-like experience. Perhaps there is some difference in the pager vs. SMS networking that may effect things that may be critical if you're a doctor etc., but otherwise pagers just seem redundant.
On the other hand, there is a huge team of people waiting to take control of this one thing should even the slightest problem occur. So it's not quite the same.
When I say performance, I mean some sort of measured strength compared to others, not general fitness. Loosing some muscle strength isn't going to matter if you're just doing exercise to keep fit or have fun. This article really only matters to people doing competitive sports etc.
I wasn't joking. I still think that on average, it's a stereotype that still holds a lot of truth.