Does this further erode the argument that Fukushima was just an isolated incident in the 'modern' nuclear power age?"
Modernity is irrelevant when the contracts go to the lowest bidder, who also cut costs in the name of profit.
We're seeing people come to Skewz for more sophisticated debate with people from the other side of the political spectrum.
I wish them the best of luck with this. In fact, that's the same goal my website(Lucid America) has. But what I'm finding out is that most people don't have the time. It takes time to understand the issue enough to have a sophisticated debate about it. It takes even more time to think through your thoughts, and write them in a concise manner. At best I can manage this once a week, and I'm finding that's pretty similar with most people.
I very much hope them success as intelligent debate is not only something I truly enjoy, but is also very important for a good society.
Sure, that works for popular news. That's why CNN, foxnews, digg, reddit, etc all have news on Britney Spears or Brad Pitt. If the news gets that critical mass of people, it will make the rounds.
Naturally there will be certain circles where some types of news is more popular. But what hurts is that it reinforces the popular == good methodology. And that's what hurts me about people these days. They don't seem to be interested if they don't see one of two things. An immediate effect on them, or most of their friends being interested in it.
This is why I started the website in my sig. It's hard to find people who don't just read popular news, and like to think and discuss it.
The article is right in that news does propagate that way. But until we're at a point where we're propagating useful, knowledgeable news, we will still be doing a disservice to people.
How many of us get links to the economist in our email? It's certainly not popular on the social news sites. The potential is there with social news. We just need to get a larger mass of people disseminating useful news. Then we won't have to worry about things like "Mainstream media", as only the knowledgeable news will be propagated.
This is a good point. But what I think people fail to realize is that we don't really know. When it comes to economics, global warming, and really all of the big button issues, we simply don't know. We have theories on both sides, but that's all we have. There's evidence for and against climate change, so who wins the argument is who has the best marketing. Its the same thing when it comes to economics(supply side, etc). Arguments on both sides, no clear answer.
We need to be moving towards a state that requires information. Instead of just making this an exercise in marketing, we need to be doing more studies to find out if climate change is real. We need honest politicians to stand up and say, "We don't know. Here's how we're going to find out." When we get to the science of it, it is honest. We just need to distill the hype down to useful information.
Okay, I understand that MS is hurting and they need to do something. My answer is MS research. You have the development labs. You have the cool ideas. Use them. INNOVATE DAMMIT. Google didn't get to this point by the standard merger philosophy. MS, you didn't get to where you are by stupid mergers and desperate acts. You got there by providing something that people wanted, in a better manner or for cheaper. Keep doing it. PUSH the boundaries of what you're doing. Yeah, it's higher risk. But the reward is higher. You get the revenue, the soft benefit of everyone loving your company vs everyone hating it. You'll avoid the monopoly claims because you won't be a monopoly. The only downside is higher risk. You have the cash to offset that. Use it.
Maybe I missed the point of this, but I don't see how scientific laws can be anything BUT a description of nature. We're not creating laws. I can't write a law saying gravity doesn't exist. Scientific laws/theories are merely descriptions of nature.
fear what phishers/advertisers/malware distributors might be able to do
Well, the flipside is that of security. Open code will reveal bugs. These bugs will be fixed, and the code will be more secure. Don't forget that companies selling platforms on asterik have to support their products. Customers get mad when their telephones go down from hacking. The companies that sell asterik will have an incentive to fix the problem.
Wow, bad times for AMD. They're losing the war against intel, and now have another set back. A 20% performance penalty is simply unacceptable for any processor. The fact that it is for brand new ones makes it an even bigger slap in the face for consumers.
This is a pretty useless article. Doesn't really tell how he's planning on doing it. It's a patent pending method. All it basically says is "Hey, look what we might be able to do". Even the quote from the expert doesn't do anything to tell me this problem is on its way to being solved.
It's all marketing. If you're not involved in the war on terror you get your funding cut. Maybe this will change in 2008, maybe not. In order to get people to give you money, they have to care about what you're doing. The most effective way to get people to care is to play the fear card.
That's insanity. They're suing HIM for their court fees? I hope he wins this. I hope those lawyers are disbarred. Morso, I wish this was all a joke. What are these people doing???
Sorry, second page of the article just loaded. They're running X as well. But I've got WIFI working. Which may just be because of the card. I'm still not sure why DSL? The greivences they mention are solved by other distros(including, but not limited to gentoo).
I have exactly the same laptop. It's not a toshiba, is it? Why DSL though? I run gentoo on it. It runs great. Compile time wasn't bad, as I have a few other machines to distcc it with. And I can run X on it. Although, I recommend using FVWM for the window manager. It's hella lightweight, and highly configurable. The only downside is I haven't got standby/hibernation working yet. But, since it's so old, I threw in a second battery. So I get about 5 hours of constant use out of it.
Thank you! This was exactly my thought. I run a minimal WM on X on my 266 mhz laptop, and it still struggles. A $100 dollar laptop won't have the horsepower to run OSX.
Say the designers need more speed. What are they going to do, go to Apple and say "Please optimize your GUI, it's too sluggish"? Apple isn't going to do that, there's no money in it for them. What are they supposed to do then?
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Does this further erode the argument that Fukushima was just an isolated incident in the 'modern' nuclear power age?"
Modernity is irrelevant when the contracts go to the lowest bidder, who also cut costs in the name of profit.
We're seeing people come to Skewz for more sophisticated debate with people from the other side of the political spectrum.
I wish them the best of luck with this. In fact, that's the same goal my website(Lucid America) has. But what I'm finding out is that most people don't have the time. It takes time to understand the issue enough to have a sophisticated debate about it. It takes even more time to think through your thoughts, and write them in a concise manner. At best I can manage this once a week, and I'm finding that's pretty similar with most people.
I very much hope them success as intelligent debate is not only something I truly enjoy, but is also very important for a good society.
Sure, that works for popular news. That's why CNN, foxnews, digg, reddit, etc all have news on Britney Spears or Brad Pitt. If the news gets that critical mass of people, it will make the rounds.
Naturally there will be certain circles where some types of news is more popular. But what hurts is that it reinforces the popular == good methodology. And that's what hurts me about people these days. They don't seem to be interested if they don't see one of two things. An immediate effect on them, or most of their friends being interested in it.
This is why I started the website in my sig. It's hard to find people who don't just read popular news, and like to think and discuss it.
The article is right in that news does propagate that way. But until we're at a point where we're propagating useful, knowledgeable news, we will still be doing a disservice to people.
How many of us get links to the economist in our email? It's certainly not popular on the social news sites. The potential is there with social news. We just need to get a larger mass of people disseminating useful news. Then we won't have to worry about things like "Mainstream media", as only the knowledgeable news will be propagated.
This is a good point. But what I think people fail to realize is that we don't really know. When it comes to economics, global warming, and really all of the big button issues, we simply don't know. We have theories on both sides, but that's all we have. There's evidence for and against climate change, so who wins the argument is who has the best marketing. Its the same thing when it comes to economics(supply side, etc). Arguments on both sides, no clear answer.
We need to be moving towards a state that requires information. Instead of just making this an exercise in marketing, we need to be doing more studies to find out if climate change is real. We need honest politicians to stand up and say, "We don't know. Here's how we're going to find out." When we get to the science of it, it is honest. We just need to distill the hype down to useful information.
While there's a moderate amount I don't agree with in there, I appreciate the candor. I wish all politicians were like this!
Looks kinda cool. I would be quite happy with screens that aren't completely angular. Would be great for the next iteration of wearable computing.
That's pretty awesome. Less water usage. Less work for me. It's win/ win. The water savings along could be incredible.
Okay, I understand that MS is hurting and they need to do something. My answer is MS research. You have the development labs. You have the cool ideas. Use them. INNOVATE DAMMIT. Google didn't get to this point by the standard merger philosophy. MS, you didn't get to where you are by stupid mergers and desperate acts. You got there by providing something that people wanted, in a better manner or for cheaper. Keep doing it. PUSH the boundaries of what you're doing. Yeah, it's higher risk. But the reward is higher. You get the revenue, the soft benefit of everyone loving your company vs everyone hating it. You'll avoid the monopoly claims because you won't be a monopoly. The only downside is higher risk. You have the cash to offset that. Use it.
I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
A blue screen every night and day
call MS and yell away
I believe they will call
I see them calling 10 years down the road
I believe in MS
I believe in MS
I'm only 24. I bought a cell phone at 15. I've had the same number for 9 years. It's not uncommon.
Maybe I missed the point of this, but I don't see how scientific laws can be anything BUT a description of nature. We're not creating laws. I can't write a law saying gravity doesn't exist. Scientific laws/theories are merely descriptions of nature.
fear what phishers/advertisers/malware distributors might be able to do
Well, the flipside is that of security. Open code will reveal bugs. These bugs will be fixed, and the code will be more secure. Don't forget that companies selling platforms on asterik have to support their products. Customers get mad when their telephones go down from hacking. The companies that sell asterik will have an incentive to fix the problem.
Wow, bad times for AMD. They're losing the war against intel, and now have another set back. A 20% performance penalty is simply unacceptable for any processor. The fact that it is for brand new ones makes it an even bigger slap in the face for consumers.
This is a pretty useless article. Doesn't really tell how he's planning on doing it. It's a patent pending method. All it basically says is "Hey, look what we might be able to do". Even the quote from the expert doesn't do anything to tell me this problem is on its way to being solved.
It's all marketing. If you're not involved in the war on terror you get your funding cut. Maybe this will change in 2008, maybe not. In order to get people to give you money, they have to care about what you're doing. The most effective way to get people to care is to play the fear card.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/01/01 7230
This link works.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/01/01 7230/
From last night.
The most I can tell you is I am a 23 year old web designer from Florida named Mike.
Where did the summary get the name Chris from?
That's insanity. They're suing HIM for their court fees? I hope he wins this. I hope those lawyers are disbarred. Morso, I wish this was all a joke. What are these people doing???
I wish i had mod points. Good work.
Sorry, second page of the article just loaded. They're running X as well. But I've got WIFI working. Which may just be because of the card. I'm still not sure why DSL? The greivences they mention are solved by other distros(including, but not limited to gentoo).
I have exactly the same laptop. It's not a toshiba, is it? Why DSL though? I run gentoo on it. It runs great. Compile time wasn't bad, as I have a few other machines to distcc it with. And I can run X on it. Although, I recommend using FVWM for the window manager. It's hella lightweight, and highly configurable. The only downside is I haven't got standby/hibernation working yet. But, since it's so old, I threw in a second battery. So I get about 5 hours of constant use out of it.
FVWM. It's hard to configure, but sweet when you get it there. Look for taviso's config. It's awesome.
Thank you! This was exactly my thought. I run a minimal WM on X on my 266 mhz laptop, and it still struggles. A $100 dollar laptop won't have the horsepower to run OSX.
Say the designers need more speed. What are they going to do, go to Apple and say "Please optimize your GUI, it's too sluggish"? Apple isn't going to do that, there's no money in it for them. What are they supposed to do then?
This was the correct course of action for them.
Holy Shit, other people from Colorado School of Mines!