Then I think they should just drop the pretense of being some sort of transformative world expanding service, remove all the mixed signal features, clearly state rules instead of mysteriously disabling accounts out of the blue for having too many friends or messaging too much etc and just admit they are a glorified rolodex.
Now they do everything in their power to discourage networking. They should just remove the people you may know feature. You're likely to get your account locked down if you try it. Basically all you're supposed to do is tend to your small garden of friends you meet in RL and thats it in which case its better to pick up the phone anyway.
Before the reflexive pearl clutching
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Sexism In Science
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Yet another article wants you to kneejerk sexism but I think this is more an interesting reminder on how we process information. People don't judge things just using a blank slate but use demographic shortcuts from their past experiences and ideologies. With only a paper likely filled with lies and exaggeration to go on the human brain is designed in these situations to mine for information not just in direct but indirect ways, it doesn't automatically mean they're wrong. Obviously it would be better to get to know the person, but mental shortcuts in certain situations are a valid strategy that the brain naturally gravitates toward because it overall works. In fact everybody with a functioning brain uses shortcuts including demographic shortcuts all the time everyday, anyone claiming not to is lying.
This would actually be a huge boon for students looking for a research mentor or PI. I spent months trawling through google and WoS looking through faculty and it was a gigantic mess trying to separate out who was who. The professors of Asian origin were by far the worst to get through as they had 200 other guys with the same name boosting their publication counts to absurd levels. Its made worse by the habit of moving around the country and name abbreviations. Algorithms and narrowing the search criteria could only get you so far since you still have thousands of Chens working in biochemistry at the same time. This could make an hour long search instantaneous.
Obviously no one wants a population will kill everyone but its debatable whether we truly are there. But if we could overcome the environmental obstacles a bigger population with productive people is certainly better than a smaller one. So we should ultimately be working for a population that can sustain growth rather than one that simply shrinks.
Population growth should be seen as an extremely powerful tool with obstacles to overcome rather than an inherently bad thing. A larger vibrant population of (intelligent productive) people means more science, technology, goods, art, and everything else we need as a society and most importantly survival. A shrinking or stagnant population will lead to doom.
The only place you are truly free to be yourself the only sanctuary where you can do whatever you want is your mind. Everywhere else no matter what you are forced to a degree to mold your behavior and do what the rapidly changing and fickle whims of society and your 'betters' want you to do. But you don't have to think what they want you to think. Invading the mind is dangerous, once we sacrifice this boundary, you will have to begin to think what others want you to think. There will be no more privacy, there will be no place where you are free to be yourself, and no place to rest.
Well, if they get too many requests then I guess they'll shut it down. The company has been thoroughly checked out and I don't use my personal information anyways. Many people I know HAVE gotten ipods through this offer. Whether or not people here can believe it does not change the fact
They even showed it on techtv and I know several people who got their's...
Shameless plug
Now if anyone wants to refer me I'll give them 7 bucks through paypal!
But the darn thing was so unreliable when she tried it that a third of the time it would log on to AIM. That and the fact that she couldn't get all the smilies to work or the windows to popup drove her away completely. She wouldn't even listen once I brought GAIM around...
Bacteria are particularly tough and anaeorobic species can surivive in the interior of rocks for an obscenely long amount of time without access to outside nutrients. Maybe sometime in the primordial past an impact could have sent one rock plummeting to mars. The planet is seeded...suprise...
There will always be a p2p forum for trading games and piracy and quit harassing people and providing restrictive 'features' to control what users can do...
The only way companies will end this is to offer better alternatives. Something I do not see happening in the foreseeable future.
Chip Companies..I'm not going to name names but companies like Intel should stop ramming clockspeeds up to insane numbers just for more $$. I've noticed a trend of clockspeeds continuing to rise at ever faster rates while real world performance increases only hold steady or decline with time. All this is doing is just increasing heat and decreasing reliability for MONEY...
Other governments will see this as an opportunity to step up efforts against Microsoft. What were Israel's specific complaints against MS? Most government customers seem to be comfortable with their relationship as is...
For those who don't want to put up with the unreliability, hyped promise, antiquated technology and skyhigh prices of Broadband from greedy fat Baby Bells.
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Then I think they should just drop the pretense of being some sort of transformative world expanding service, remove all the mixed signal features, clearly state rules instead of mysteriously disabling accounts out of the blue for having too many friends or messaging too much etc and just admit they are a glorified rolodex.
Now they do everything in their power to discourage networking. They should just remove the people you may know feature. You're likely to get your account locked down if you try it. Basically all you're supposed to do is tend to your small garden of friends you meet in RL and thats it in which case its better to pick up the phone anyway.
Yet another article wants you to kneejerk sexism but I think this is more an interesting reminder on how we process information. People don't judge things just using a blank slate but use demographic shortcuts from their past experiences and ideologies. With only a paper likely filled with lies and exaggeration to go on the human brain is designed in these situations to mine for information not just in direct but indirect ways, it doesn't automatically mean they're wrong. Obviously it would be better to get to know the person, but mental shortcuts in certain situations are a valid strategy that the brain naturally gravitates toward because it overall works. In fact everybody with a functioning brain uses shortcuts including demographic shortcuts all the time everyday, anyone claiming not to is lying.
This would actually be a huge boon for students looking for a research mentor or PI. I spent months trawling through google and WoS looking through faculty and it was a gigantic mess trying to separate out who was who. The professors of Asian origin were by far the worst to get through as they had 200 other guys with the same name boosting their publication counts to absurd levels. Its made worse by the habit of moving around the country and name abbreviations. Algorithms and narrowing the search criteria could only get you so far since you still have thousands of Chens working in biochemistry at the same time. This could make an hour long search instantaneous.
Obviously no one wants a population will kill everyone but its debatable whether we truly are there. But if we could overcome the environmental obstacles a bigger population with productive people is certainly better than a smaller one. So we should ultimately be working for a population that can sustain growth rather than one that simply shrinks.
Population growth should be seen as an extremely powerful tool with obstacles to overcome rather than an inherently bad thing. A larger vibrant population of (intelligent productive) people means more science, technology, goods, art, and everything else we need as a society and most importantly survival. A shrinking or stagnant population will lead to doom.
The only place you are truly free to be yourself the only sanctuary where you can do whatever you want is your mind. Everywhere else no matter what you are forced to a degree to mold your behavior and do what the rapidly changing and fickle whims of society and your 'betters' want you to do. But you don't have to think what they want you to think. Invading the mind is dangerous, once we sacrifice this boundary, you will have to begin to think what others want you to think. There will be no more privacy, there will be no place where you are free to be yourself, and no place to rest.
dupalicious?
they've been busy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:143.231.249.141
Its nice to see everyone will jump to the UK's defense. If this was the US there would be no end to the bashing and rhetoric.
not that I agree with the study
Just watch Quantum Leap
Well, if they get too many requests then I guess they'll shut it down. The company has been thoroughly checked out and I don't use my personal information anyways. Many people I know HAVE gotten ipods through this offer. Whether or not people here can believe it does not change the fact
Forgot, here's my link http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=9026044
They even showed it on techtv and I know several people who got their's... Shameless plug Now if anyone wants to refer me I'll give them 7 bucks through paypal!
But the darn thing was so unreliable when she tried it that a third of the time it would log on to AIM. That and the fact that she couldn't get all the smilies to work or the windows to popup drove her away completely. She wouldn't even listen once I brought GAIM around...
Bacteria are particularly tough and anaeorobic species can surivive in the interior of rocks for an obscenely long amount of time without access to outside nutrients. Maybe sometime in the primordial past an impact could have sent one rock plummeting to mars. The planet is seeded...suprise...
There will always be a p2p forum for trading games and piracy and quit harassing people and providing restrictive 'features' to control what users can do... The only way companies will end this is to offer better alternatives. Something I do not see happening in the foreseeable future.
Chip Companies..I'm not going to name names but companies like Intel should stop ramming clockspeeds up to insane numbers just for more $$. I've noticed a trend of clockspeeds continuing to rise at ever faster rates while real world performance increases only hold steady or decline with time. All this is doing is just increasing heat and decreasing reliability for MONEY...
Other governments will see this as an opportunity to step up efforts against Microsoft. What were Israel's specific complaints against MS? Most government customers seem to be comfortable with their relationship as is...
For those who don't want to put up with the unreliability, hyped promise, antiquated technology and skyhigh prices of Broadband from greedy fat Baby Bells.