I gotta concede that Professor Bjork's brain is much better than mine.
Bjork also recommends taking notes just after class, rather than during â" forcing yourself to recall a lectureâ(TM)s information is more effective than simply copying it from a blackboard
That might work for him because his brain has the capacity to recall all the stuffs _after_ the class is over. Not me.
If I waited till the class is over and _then_ started to write down the notes based on what I recall, I probably can recall 15% to 20% of the total thing.
Granted, not every single word from the lecturer mouth is useful, but still, about 30% of the stuffs an average lecturer taught in an average college level class is relevant in _someway_ to the subject in hand.
My own ability to recall only 15% to 20% means that there will be essential stuffs that I would have missed.
I guess porn was mentioned here because there are actually no well paying work-from-home jobs that you can get in 2-3 months. If it can be done from home, it can be done from India as well.
Don't tell me, please don't tell me that India gonna takes away the porn making business too !!!
In other words, you are saying that scientists in general have such low esteem of themselves that they crave for the respect of their own peers in order to survive
This makes as much sense as claiming that the only reason athletes accept an invitation to play in the all-star game is that "in general have such low esteem of themselves that they crave for the respect of their own peers in order to survive"
I am afraid you've failed in your Logic 101 class.
In an all-star game, the athletes COMPETES against one another
In becoming a referee for leechy organizations such as Elsevier there is definitely no competition, neither mentally nor physically --- It's a task, a venue, a way, to garner "respect" from their peers
Being invited to be a referee of one of those journals is seen as a sign of respect by the scientific community
In other words, you are saying that scientists in general have such low esteem of themselves that they crave for the respect of their own peers in order to survive
And in order to gain the respect of their peers, they would do anything - including participating in activities that do more harm than good to the scientific community as a whole - like keep on supporting leeches such as Elsevier
Being a human being with integrity is ALSO part of being a scientist.
If one wants to think one being worthy to be known as a SCIENTIST one must at least have the integrity to know that keep on feeding leeches such as Elsevier does the scientific community a dis-service
Restricting the access to information is an antithesis to scientific principle.
All these FUDs amount to one thing, and one thing only --->
Those erected the walls that kept everyone away from their precious exclusive walled garden think that all the Netizens are as brainless as the users of their walled gardens
They think that we Netizens who grew up OUTSIDE their pathetic walled gardens would believe in their FUDs
Grow up, FaceBook !! Learn to compete in the real world !!
I'm really sick and tired of this "blame the victim" mentality.
I ain't blaming the "victim" per se.
The case I am trying to make is this --- Ultimately this mess will come to haunt us and our children, and their children's children in the future --- and what are we doing now?
Blaming the politicians, blaming the system, blaming every-single-thing but ourselves for giving the system/politician/whatever the blank check to do whatever pleases them !!
The voting public has been under-educated, manipulated, and deceived by those who are either in or wanting power
If the voting public been under-educated, who is to blame but those dumb-fucked and under-educated voters?
It does sound like I am playing the same-old fiddle, but it's the fact ---- It all comes back to us.
Another use that I can see for this technology is to use it for emergency and impromptu news broadcasting, especially when faced with dictatorial authorities (like Iran/China/Syria) which will do anything to stop unfavorable news from getting out to the world
The European politicians who are behind this sort of bullshit typically aren't elected in any meaningful sense.
Well...
Who puts them there ?
It might not be *US* who put them there directly but ultimately it's *US* who allow THE SYSTEM to put them there !!
In a democratic system - and I am talking about the *US* in democratic system - the SYSTEM ultimately falls under the control of the society - which is, the voters, like You, and Me, *US* !!
This world we live in - and I am not only talking about the cyberworld, - is turning into a place where every-single-thing gonna be monopolized by somebody
We can blame the governments.
We can blame Washington D.C.
We can blame the greedy politicians.
But IMHO it has passed time to point fingers.
It's *US*, yes, You and Me, who is responsible for this mess.
You see, it's *US* who have allowed the politicians we have elected to carry out all these bullshits.
The article talked about "all is not loss", WTF ??
What does it mean by "all is not loss" ??
We've given our politicians the blank check to pass all these bullshit bills, and still, we're saying "all is not loss" ??
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I gotta concede that Professor Bjork's brain is much better than mine.
Bjork also recommends taking notes just after class, rather than during â" forcing yourself to recall a lectureâ(TM)s information is more effective than simply copying it from a blackboard
That might work for him because his brain has the capacity to recall all the stuffs _after_ the class is over. Not me.
If I waited till the class is over and _then_ started to write down the notes based on what I recall, I probably can recall 15% to 20% of the total thing.
Granted, not every single word from the lecturer mouth is useful, but still, about 30% of the stuffs an average lecturer taught in an average college level class is relevant in _someway_ to the subject in hand.
My own ability to recall only 15% to 20% means that there will be essential stuffs that I would have missed.
It's a sucker game, actually
Back in the 1980's when Al Gore proclaimed the "Information Super Highway" there had been more hype than everything else combined
There were so many example of Net venture wasted all the money being pumped into them, and yet, the financial world never learn
Take search engines for example
The was Altavista, and people was like goo-goo and gaa-gaa all over it
Then Yahoo came along, and the goo-goo gaa-gaa people flocked to it
When Google arrived, Yahoo withered
Take "community", for example
There was "The-Well", AOL, tripod, whathaveyous
How many of them are still left, today?
How many BILLIONS have they wasted?
I do not have a crystal ball, but I can tell you that FB will be just like any of the above-mentioned, and the billions pumped into it would be wasted
I can't remember how much $$$
Sweet lord .. i been tellin geveryone for the past 4 years that we need european versions of facebook
America has Facebook
Europe has? Buttbook ??
"...I am one of those curry lovers stealing your jobs"
And you sign as "John"?
Yeah, right... If your name is John, eating cows is India's favorite pastime!
Dear Sir,
Don't you think Slashdot would be a much better place without your racist ranting ?
I guess porn was mentioned here because there are actually no well paying work-from-home jobs that you can get in 2-3 months. If it can be done from home, it can be done from India as well.
Don't tell me, please don't tell me that India gonna takes away the porn making business too !!!
Your employer trusted Microsoft on this?
Bruhaha!
Unfortunately, stupidity is still the "2nd most abundant element in the Universe"
Please pardon my stupidity, but isn't the size of H2O molecule larger than that of Helium?
Not all nations in this world kow tow to the mighty Uncle Sam, you know?
The way Rambus has profited over the years from these now-invalidated patents ...
In other words, Rambus is nothing but a scam
And the amazing part is that the America knowingly allows such a scam to exist for such a looooooooooonnng time !!
In other words, you are saying that scientists in general have such low esteem of themselves that they crave for the respect of their own peers in order to survive
This makes as much sense as claiming that the only reason athletes accept an invitation to play in the all-star game is that "in general have such low esteem of themselves that they crave for the respect of their own peers in order to survive"
I am afraid you've failed in your Logic 101 class.
In an all-star game, the athletes COMPETES against one another
In becoming a referee for leechy organizations such as Elsevier there is definitely no competition, neither mentally nor physically --- It's a task, a venue, a way, to garner "respect" from their peers
That's all !
Being invited to be a referee of one of those journals is seen as a sign of respect by the scientific community
In other words, you are saying that scientists in general have such low esteem of themselves that they crave for the respect of their own peers in order to survive
And in order to gain the respect of their peers, they would do anything - including participating in activities that do more harm than good to the scientific community as a whole - like keep on supporting leeches such as Elsevier
Being a referee is part of being a scientist.
Being a human being with integrity is ALSO part of being a scientist.
If one wants to think one being worthy to be known as a SCIENTIST one must at least have the integrity to know that keep on feeding leeches such as Elsevier does the scientific community a dis-service
Restricting the access to information is an antithesis to scientific principle.
USA can live with 10 aircraft carriers, or perhaps 9
The savings from not having to maintain 1 (or 2) navy armada (aka carrier group) can easily be channeled to build a permanent American moon base
No American judge gonna force me to decrypt anything !
I ain't gonna buckle under America's draconian laws
All these FUDs amount to one thing, and one thing only --->
Those erected the walls that kept everyone away from their precious exclusive walled garden think that all the Netizens are as brainless as the users of their walled gardens
They think that we Netizens who grew up OUTSIDE their pathetic walled gardens would believe in their FUDs
Grow up, FaceBook !! Learn to compete in the real world !!
Just read what this "Freecoder" has been writing in this thread
I'd bet this guy is from MAFIAA, or similar thuggery groups
When vendors decide to keep everything to themselves and leave the users out in the cold, the only way to get in is by reverse engineer
But it is hard
It is especially hard when one has to deal with updated microcodes for each subsequent release of the product
Kudos for those who try to crack the Radeon !
I'm really sick and tired of this "blame the victim" mentality.
I ain't blaming the "victim" per se.
The case I am trying to make is this --- Ultimately this mess will come to haunt us and our children, and their children's children in the future --- and what are we doing now?
Blaming the politicians, blaming the system, blaming every-single-thing but ourselves for giving the system/politician/whatever the blank check to do whatever pleases them !!
The voting public has been under-educated, manipulated, and deceived by those who are either in or wanting power
If the voting public been under-educated, who is to blame but those dumb-fucked and under-educated voters?
It does sound like I am playing the same-old fiddle, but it's the fact ---- It all comes back to us.
What are WE going do about this?
Or are we going to depend on/blaming others?
Take responsibility, people !!!
Another use that I can see for this technology is to use it for emergency and impromptu news broadcasting, especially when faced with dictatorial authorities (like Iran/China/Syria) which will do anything to stop unfavorable news from getting out to the world
Clicked that link, saw that pic but still, I don't get it.
How are you gonna handle that roll of soiled toilet paper?
Apology for having to reply to your message twice
...so there is really no democratic mandate or accountability at all
What do you mean by "no democratic mandate" ??
Aren't we, the voters, the one who put in those politicians in the first place ?
Without us, those politicians are not that much different from a garbage collector.
Why should we, the voters, resign to this "no democratic mandate" feeling when we are the one holding the ultimate key?
I mean, are we talking on the page regarding DEMOCRACY ?
EU Commissioners are appointed by their home government based on arbitrary criteria.
above emphasis mine
Well ... who are the "home governments" ?
Are those "home governments" elected government ?
Who elected the politicians who made up those "home governments" ?
As I said, ultimately the responsibility rest on *US* ----> You, and Me ----
We are the ones who have elected those politicians who supposed to represent us in the government.
We are the ones who are responsible for the mess.
I might be "new" here, but then ...
The European politicians who are behind this sort of bullshit typically aren't elected in any meaningful sense.
Well ...
Who puts them there ?
It might not be *US* who put them there directly but ultimately it's *US* who allow THE SYSTEM to put them there !!
In a democratic system - and I am talking about the *US* in democratic system - the SYSTEM ultimately falls under the control of the society - which is, the voters, like You, and Me, *US* !!
All the other countries are just little bitches for the USA now.
While all the other countries are little bitches for the USA, USA is a little bitch for the Hollywood moguls
This world we live in - and I am not only talking about the cyberworld, - is turning into a place where every-single-thing gonna be monopolized by somebody
We can blame the governments.
We can blame Washington D.C.
We can blame the greedy politicians.
But IMHO it has passed time to point fingers.
It's *US*, yes, You and Me, who is responsible for this mess.
You see, it's *US* who have allowed the politicians we have elected to carry out all these bullshits.
The article talked about "all is not loss", WTF ??
What does it mean by "all is not loss" ??
We've given our politicians the blank check to pass all these bullshit bills, and still, we're saying "all is not loss" ??