TV immersion deprives children of exposure to nature. (Jan 2007)
FCC is hapless agent in media regulation. (May 2003)
The media needs more diversity and competition. (May 2003)
FCC gave away $70B in airwave licenses to large corporations. (Oct 2000)
Domain name registration needs openness to replace monopoly. (Oct 2000)
Put all Congressional voting records on Internet. (Jun 2000)
More free info from govt via computers & airwaves. (Feb 2000)
Ruling against Microsoft bodes well for competition. (Nov 1999)
Bold investment needed for public transportation. (Jul 1999)
Microsoft is anticompetitive and anticonsumer. (Nov 1998)
Microsoft must be stopped. (Nov 1998)
The public owns the airwaves; express our rights. (Apr 1996)
"...George W. Bush is so dumb it wouldn't surprise me if he thought Peter Pan was a washbasin in a house of ill repute."
Pick up his last one, 'A Man Without A Country", it's full of these.
It's been proven one of the most effective ways to manage large groups of people, Christianity has been using it for years with it's threat of flaming damnation for getting out of line.
The whole 'not a morning person' is an excuse to skip all kinds of things. College is just as much about learning the ways of the working world as it is the content. Try telling your boss you're not a morning person.
I'm not so sure about your statement that our emotions are so fickle and infinite and thus too complex to understand in any standard way. In his book Blink, Malcolm Gladwell describes some interesting research done to dissect our facial expressions into discrete classifications. It showed that once these expressions were put back together in the right combinations they could be easily qualified as certain emotions. It also shows that usually these expressions are very brief and usually made unintentionally. The team doing the research was able to develop a standard of facial regoins and expressions on those regions to use to catalog human emothins. He also describes how this research applies to autism. Interesting stuff when applied to people with autism or not.
The main reason telecommuting is not more popular is simply that most people cannot be trusted to work at home. Although I agree with all the points you make here, it has been my experience that most people need to be in an office environment in order to be productive. Take the people around you right now that you see goofing off (not working) and picture them at home. A lot of people in the workforce lack the professionalism to work the honest 40 hour week at home, even if it is broken up into convenient chunks throughout their week.
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Here are some quotes from Ralph about technology...
http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Ralph_Nader_Technology.htm
TV immersion deprives children of exposure to nature. (Jan 2007)
FCC is hapless agent in media regulation. (May 2003)
The media needs more diversity and competition. (May 2003)
FCC gave away $70B in airwave licenses to large corporations. (Oct 2000)
Domain name registration needs openness to replace monopoly. (Oct 2000)
Put all Congressional voting records on Internet. (Jun 2000)
More free info from govt via computers & airwaves. (Feb 2000)
Ruling against Microsoft bodes well for competition. (Nov 1999)
Bold investment needed for public transportation. (Jul 1999)
Microsoft is anticompetitive and anticonsumer. (Nov 1998)
Microsoft must be stopped. (Nov 1998)
The public owns the airwaves; express our rights. (Apr 1996)
Check the link for more detailed quotes.
The Jatropha seeds taste like Jatropha seeds.
"...George W. Bush is so dumb it wouldn't surprise me if he thought Peter Pan was a washbasin in a house of ill repute." Pick up his last one, 'A Man Without A Country", it's full of these.
I think a crayon would be more appropriate than a magic marker. Or maybe finger paints.
It's been proven one of the most effective ways to manage large groups of people, Christianity has been using it for years with it's threat of flaming damnation for getting out of line.
The whole 'not a morning person' is an excuse to skip all kinds of things. College is just as much about learning the ways of the working world as it is the content. Try telling your boss you're not a morning person.
If the FCC came down so hard on a bare breast what will they say about ads with insertion?
Yes, we are. The buck stops with the parent.
...nifty handheld devices... Sounds like you want Google to build the Mandarax. I'd buy one.
I'm not so sure about your statement that our emotions are so fickle and infinite and thus too complex to understand in any standard way. In his book Blink, Malcolm Gladwell describes some interesting research done to dissect our facial expressions into discrete classifications. It showed that once these expressions were put back together in the right combinations they could be easily qualified as certain emotions. It also shows that usually these expressions are very brief and usually made unintentionally. The team doing the research was able to develop a standard of facial regoins and expressions on those regions to use to catalog human emothins. He also describes how this research applies to autism. Interesting stuff when applied to people with autism or not.
The main reason telecommuting is not more popular is simply that most people cannot be trusted to work at home. Although I agree with all the points you make here, it has been my experience that most people need to be in an office environment in order to be productive. Take the people around you right now that you see goofing off (not working) and picture them at home. A lot of people in the workforce lack the professionalism to work the honest 40 hour week at home, even if it is broken up into convenient chunks throughout their week.