I'd be more interested in compiling search entry data and analyzing it for trends, etc. I'm sure Google does this already. Studying that would say more about what people are interested in on a day to day basis than webpages.
YAH! I hate it when someone wants something for nothing. They should pay more because of how much they make you pay to use their search engine...wait a minute...
I think it is funny that people are complaining that Google is getting something for nothing. I could say the same about everyone who uses it's FREE search engine.
The faraday cage effect depends on nice homogenous surfaces (no cracks, holes, rust, etc). I'm sure the Statue of Lib is full of defects, plus it has loads of projections on it perfect for creating very high potentials.
The car effect isn't due to a faraday cage being formed, a car has too many holes (windows) in it. You are safe in it because the current will prefer to flow through the metal frame than through you (hopefully).
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I want to put a window in my power supply so I can watch the electrons.
Sounds like something I've wanted for a while. I find that once I learn the syntax to a language the best way for me to learn is to study someone else's good code. Make out the problems as case studies ("You have problem X, how are you going to code for it?") and then have the solutions with important points noted as specific lines ("A common mistake is to leave this error trap out because..."). The goal would be to learn the art of good programming, not the science of writing functional code. Sort of like having an old pro looking over your shoulder.
But the natural culling of the population has ceased. The natural weeding out of such genes as cystic fibrosis and juvenile diabetes has been arrested by the artificial intervention of medicine.
While communism may lack a strong mechanism for meeting scarcities one of capitalism's biggest flaws will be it's tenancy for one organization to gain enough momentum to become a monopoly and create an artificial scarcity (Microsoft, Standard Oil). Capitalism's greatest asset is competition but when that is squelched by either buyouts or sheer size then the lack of competition becomes it's greatest flaw. For this reason alone government regulation is essential, not only to protect society but capitalism itself.
One has to ask what is the goal of the economic system we choose? Is it for it's own sake, to become a pseudo-living thing where we ask "Is this good for the economy?" or is it for the society who created it and we ask "How is the economy serving us?".
Allowing car manufacturers, energy suppliers, etc to run unregulated and having multidecade copywrite/patent terms might be great for that imaginary economic beast but for the actual living people who live within it would (and has in the past) badly fail society.
Look to the late 1800's for examples of this. Business was allowed to run virtually unregulated and it thrived, for the benefit of a handful. Working conditions were abysmal, pay poor, pollution was severe, food was poisonous (ref Pure Food and Drug Act), and the gap between rich and poor resembled the middle ages.
A balance has to be maintained between society's needs and keeping the economy it feeds off of healthy, not fat and bloated. Personally, I think it is better to be the one being fed than being the one fed upon.
Will those in charge and those in their charge be subject to this invasion of privacy? Somehow I doubt it. History is full of police with "special powers" who immediately become corrupt (FBI under Hoover, KGB, Savak (Shah of Iran), the French in Algeria, Gestapo, Chile, etc...). The more we give away the harder it will become to get it back.
If that is the case then why do the Ultra-Orthodox parties have so much control? You have extremist Rabbis making decisions on social laws (divorce, conversion) and deciding who is a Jew or not. Try driving a car on a Sat in an ultra-orthodox neighborhood and you'd problably get stoned.
Being able to watch a DVD isn't a yardstick for measuring freedom.
I predict that the day peace comes with Israel's neighbors will be a two edged sword. The end of an external threat will cause Israel's power brokers to turn inward on the people and the people to turn inward from public involvment. We have been seeing this in the US since the end of the Cold War and saw it after the Korean War (McCarthy).
Yah, you can't trust those darkies either. They should stick to the "coloreds only" fountain.
"The best way for communities to not be harassed by profiling isn't to complain and demand that profiling not be used, its to demand that the members of their community stop the offensive behavior so that the profile is no longer accurate."
Ok, so please stop engaging in economic crimes (mainly whites in the US). Collective punishment has a lovely record, just ask the people of Lidice Czechslovakia about the justice of that. Just because some arabs men have committed bombings doesn't make them any more collectively guilty than I am for Timothy McVeigh, Charles Manson or any other white criminals. Maybe Jews are responsible for Bugsy Seigel?
Isn't it odd how the people who never have a problem with profiling are the ones who aren't being profiled? I have a suspicion you'd change your tune if you found yourself on the other end of the stick.
Actually his point is that you can't stop all terrorism so extreme measures are destructive. Last time I checked Israel is still wracked with bombings (and commits acts of terrorism itself) and Northern Ireland only gained peace through joint agreement among all the parties. The Imperial Japanese and Nazis were not terrorists but traditional organized militaries, if you are going to use them as examples then Napoleonic France was a terrorist empire also. Your just playing games with the definition of the term.
If you see no problem with unlimited police powers then please don't complain about big government. Also, please allow the police to wander through your home at will. There is a rule of thought where the cure starts to get worse than the problem, the law of dimishing returns. Pumping someone full of chemo drugs may cure the cancer but the drugs will kill him instead.
And by the way, Clinton was as right-wing as any Republican, just look at his legislative record and not just the National Enquirer.
I'm mailing Atari (and Williams and Midway) a bill for all the time I spent playing their games. I never wrote that great American novel because of them! I won't even mention what my old Apple II did to my future.
"I spend most of my waking time either reading or online"
You've gone too far in the other direction where even the imitation of life satisfies your lack of real social interaction. You can't ignore that part of your life and be a balanced person. You'll feel it even if you won't admit it.
"humans have a basic need to hear, and even better, see other humans"
Agreed. The problem is that it is a monologue, you are passive in this "interaction". The TV talks to you impersonally and you just sit there.
Speaking of trying to set averages for everyone. I frequently find myself coming up as "obese" on body fat index calculations even though no one would ever say I was obese. In fact I frequently get complemented on being in good shape (I do a lot of exercising). The problem is that a person as tall, muscular, and as a big build as myself throws off a scale designed around shorter, skinnier people who are the majority. Always take expected or average values in stats with a grain of salt.
Why do you recommend doing other activities but then apologize for TV and also recommend keeping it on in the background? If you aren't watching it TURN IT OFF! The article (and many comments on/.) specifically state that they are constantly distracted by a TV nearby.
The TV inteferes with your time and ability to use it in the first place. How can you address issues if you simply don't have the time to do so? TV doesn't give you commands but it occupies your brain so you can't give it any either. Turning it off was the best thing he could've done. It isn't the ultimate solution but it sure is a big part of the problem.
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"...how animals can survive in a cold, dark, gaseous environment."
Sounds like the mens room here at work.
Great, now I'm going to wake up in a glorified bidet full of pink snot and a headphone jack in the back of my head.
6 billion people and counting, do we really need research in how to make more? Try adoption.
You mean it isn't Slashdot?
I'd be more interested in compiling search entry data and analyzing it for trends, etc. I'm sure Google does this already. Studying that would say more about what people are interested in on a day to day basis than webpages.
YAH! I hate it when someone wants something for nothing. They should pay more because of how much they make you pay to use their search engine...wait a minute...
I think it is funny that people are complaining that Google is getting something for nothing. I could say the same about everyone who uses it's FREE search engine.
The faraday cage effect depends on nice homogenous surfaces (no cracks, holes, rust, etc). I'm sure the Statue of Lib is full of defects, plus it has loads of projections on it perfect for creating very high potentials.
The car effect isn't due to a faraday cage being formed, a car has too many holes (windows) in it. You are safe in it because the current will prefer to flow through the metal frame than through you (hopefully).
I want to put a window in my power supply so I can watch the electrons.
"Next thing they'll do is mod their bodies w/ windows."
They've already done that with cows, plus a hole reach into.
Sounds like something I've wanted for a while. I find that once I learn the syntax to a language the best way for me to learn is to study someone else's good code. Make out the problems as case studies ("You have problem X, how are you going to code for it?") and then have the solutions with important points noted as specific lines ("A common mistake is to leave this error trap out because..."). The goal would be to learn the art of good programming, not the science of writing functional code. Sort of like having an old pro looking over your shoulder.
"artical"? "compeditors"?
Your competition is obviously the Webster's Dictionary.
But the natural culling of the population has ceased. The natural weeding out of such genes as cystic fibrosis and juvenile diabetes has been arrested by the artificial intervention of medicine.
While communism may lack a strong mechanism for meeting scarcities one of capitalism's biggest flaws will be it's tenancy for one organization to gain enough momentum to become a monopoly and create an artificial scarcity (Microsoft, Standard Oil). Capitalism's greatest asset is competition but when that is squelched by either buyouts or sheer size then the lack of competition becomes it's greatest flaw. For this reason alone government regulation is essential, not only to protect society but capitalism itself.
One has to ask what is the goal of the economic system we choose? Is it for it's own sake, to become a pseudo-living thing where we ask "Is this good for the economy?" or is it for the society who created it and we ask "How is the economy serving us?".
Allowing car manufacturers, energy suppliers, etc to run unregulated and having multidecade copywrite/patent terms might be great for that imaginary economic beast but for the actual living people who live within it would (and has in the past) badly fail society.
Look to the late 1800's for examples of this. Business was allowed to run virtually unregulated and it thrived, for the benefit of a handful. Working conditions were abysmal, pay poor, pollution was severe, food was poisonous (ref Pure Food and Drug Act), and the gap between rich and poor resembled the middle ages.
A balance has to be maintained between society's needs and keeping the economy it feeds off of healthy, not fat and bloated. Personally, I think it is better to be the one being fed than being the one fed upon.
Will those in charge and those in their charge be subject to this invasion of privacy? Somehow I doubt it. History is full of police with "special powers" who immediately become corrupt (FBI under Hoover, KGB, Savak (Shah of Iran), the French in Algeria, Gestapo, Chile, etc...). The more we give away the harder it will become to get it back.
If that is the case then why do the Ultra-Orthodox parties have so much control? You have extremist Rabbis making decisions on social laws (divorce, conversion) and deciding who is a Jew or not. Try driving a car on a Sat in an ultra-orthodox neighborhood and you'd problably get stoned.
Being able to watch a DVD isn't a yardstick for measuring freedom.
I predict that the day peace comes with Israel's neighbors will be a two edged sword. The end of an external threat will cause Israel's power brokers to turn inward on the people and the people to turn inward from public involvment. We have been seeing this in the US since the end of the Cold War and saw it after the Korean War (McCarthy).
Yah, you can't trust those darkies either. They should stick to the "coloreds only" fountain.
"The best way for communities to not be harassed by profiling isn't to complain and demand that profiling not be used, its to demand that the members of their community stop the offensive behavior so that the profile is no longer accurate."
Ok, so please stop engaging in economic crimes (mainly whites in the US). Collective punishment has a lovely record, just ask the people of Lidice Czechslovakia about the justice of that. Just because some arabs men have committed bombings doesn't make them any more collectively guilty than I am for Timothy McVeigh, Charles Manson or any other white criminals. Maybe Jews are responsible for Bugsy Seigel?
Isn't it odd how the people who never have a problem with profiling are the ones who aren't being profiled? I have a suspicion you'd change your tune if you found yourself on the other end of the stick.
Actually his point is that you can't stop all terrorism so extreme measures are destructive. Last time I checked Israel is still wracked with bombings (and commits acts of terrorism itself) and Northern Ireland only gained peace through joint agreement among all the parties. The Imperial Japanese and Nazis were not terrorists but traditional organized militaries, if you are going to use them as examples then Napoleonic France was a terrorist empire also. Your just playing games with the definition of the term.
If you see no problem with unlimited police powers then please don't complain about big government. Also, please allow the police to wander through your home at will. There is a rule of thought where the cure starts to get worse than the problem, the law of dimishing returns. Pumping someone full of chemo drugs may cure the cancer but the drugs will kill him instead.
And by the way, Clinton was as right-wing as any Republican, just look at his legislative record and not just the National Enquirer.
Orgasmic? Try subliminal! "Touch Me"?!
I'm mailing Atari (and Williams and Midway) a bill for all the time I spent playing their games. I never wrote that great American novel because of them! I won't even mention what my old Apple II did to my future.
...and thank you God for MAME, amen.
Great, as soon as they reveal their locations their going to get spammed.
Excuse me but here on slashdot we prefer to use open source weaponry. The M1 isn't even Linux driven for god's sake!
Same goes for auto safety, if you are dumb enough to get yourself killed in a car accident you deserve to be maimed or killed.
"I spend most of my waking time either reading or online"
You've gone too far in the other direction where even the imitation of life satisfies your lack of real social interaction. You can't ignore that part of your life and be a balanced person. You'll feel it even if you won't admit it.
"humans have a basic need to hear, and even better, see other humans"
Agreed. The problem is that it is a monologue, you are passive in this "interaction". The TV talks to you impersonally and you just sit there.
Speaking of trying to set averages for everyone. I frequently find myself coming up as "obese" on body fat index calculations even though no one would ever say I was obese. In fact I frequently get complemented on being in good shape (I do a lot of exercising). The problem is that a person as tall, muscular, and as a big build as myself throws off a scale designed around shorter, skinnier people who are the majority. Always take expected or average values in stats with a grain of salt.
Why do you recommend doing other activities but then apologize for TV and also recommend keeping it on in the background? If you aren't watching it TURN IT OFF! The article (and many comments on /.) specifically state that they are constantly distracted by a TV nearby.
The TV inteferes with your time and ability to use it in the first place. How can you address issues if you simply don't have the time to do so? TV doesn't give you commands but it occupies your brain so you can't give it any either. Turning it off was the best thing he could've done. It isn't the ultimate solution but it sure is a big part of the problem.