We just need to tweak the rules of the game a little. A fair price has to be put on this kind of thing, so that oil companies will go broke if they screw up -- then we have to let them go broke instead of declaring them "too big to fail." Also, in this case, there appears to be a culture of negligence, and those responsible for the bad choices they made should be personally held accountable. Unfortunately, this last bit simply enriches lawyers, and I'm not sure what to do about that part. I guess writing really clear laws that have no doubt as to their intent and then letting human beings sort out the nuances rather than trying to describe everything in the law perfectly would probably help.
To the extent that Apple is removing posts, they are censoring by definition. Censorship is not always bad! Safeway censors the violent obscenity or even just fairly innocuous scrawls of bathroom graffiti as they consider it to be tasteless. Apple has the right to do that as well. If you don't like it, then use another forum, there are others out there.
Read the comment "Bad research, worse article" in the comments section. "Melott has made an arxiv carrier of various kinds of pattern searches and catastrophism scenarios in data. (What I would like to call "pseudoscience conspirationism".) " To sum it up, this article is probably sensationalist psuedoscience and there is nothing to see here.
I don't understand why people put her down. To me, it's so clear how much talent she has. I had never listened to anything by her until a few weeks ago when I watched her "Bad Romance" video. Holy crap, that girls got talent. Her voice is awesome, and her showmanship is intense and powerful. I remember how many people said Madonna had no talent. Just because she doesn't sing your favorite flavor of music ("Get off my lawn") doesn't mean she is not chock full o' talent and using it to the gills. Gaga gots it.
It's not the nature of their work that makes them see it this way, it's the lack of responsibility for their impact on me. They should have to pay a heavy financial penalty when identity theft occurs, if all they care about is money. Then they will take action. The penalty should be automatic and paid to me personally since they are negligent in their security practices.
Do the credit card companies care yet? when my friend's identity was stolen a few years back, they had no interest in finding and prosecuting those responsible, even when he did the research and found them. It was cheaper for them to just pay him off and forget about it. So if it's a no-risk crime, then it doesn't matter which industry leads the... uh... industry. I'd prefer to see how many such crimes are solved and prosecuted successfully.
I don't think it should be illegal to give away your stuff for free or reduced price as an incentive to use it. If competitors want to, they can do the same. If they cannot afford to due to low sales volume, and their product is not much better so they cannot charge enough to make money off of, then they will go out of business, and nothing of value is lost.
The only thing that should be illegal is if MS punishes people for buying a competitor's software or otherwise restricts availability, and even that is iffy.
Price controls are not going to have the consumer win. What happens under price controls and government mandated products is that choice is reduced, businesses are stifled, and the consumer ultimately loses. It is a win for the consumer much like stealing a TV is a win for the theif. It works for a short while..
The subsidies are a small part of the price of corn, but the resulting demand for fuel from corn is having an impact on supplies for poor people. I think we should end corn subsidies.
If one extra character changes it from pseudocode to real code, why not include that one extra character?
Because he's not writing to a computer program? Clearly his communication was successful to its intended audience. I know some of us interact with computers all day, but there is no reason to start acting like one when talking to other humans. Except for the fun of it.:-)
Probably because everything you said had to be gleaned by implication -- the poster just made a request without any background for it. People misheard it as rude and demanding apparently.
Who cares how much energy is in a gram? What we want to know is how expensive a joule is in dollars, and how much pollution of interest, whether NOX, CO2, nuclear waste, heat water, whatever it causes. Put a price on the pollutions and don't subsidize anything. Let the market race to a solution.
I'm all for being safe, but it is not the end all and be all. A ruler/politician/diplomat emphasizes safety above all else. A leader does not. Sometimes principles such as liberty and prosperity seem risky.
Your aim is not to make the world fair for everyone but to make it best for yourself. Learn to politic.
I can see how that would work out great for the world. The only reason that appeals to fairness have any effect is that people actually care about actual fairness. Cynicism and resignation have never gotten anything worthwhile in this world. Diplomacy aside, protectionism is bullshit by and large, and China needs to be called on it just like we do.
Or we could oppose all attempts by the government to regulate what can be said on the Internet. And I'm sorry, what we will get from a "Net Nuetrality" law will be like haggis made with rotten oats.
Nobody is proposing that the government regulate what is said on the Internet. The proposal is to regulate what can be *suppressed* or limited by corporations.
Swamp cooler do a decent job if you don't mind humidity going through the roof (figuratively). The system mentioned here of course remove that humdity (hopefully not too much though -- is that adjustible?)
Swamp cooler do a decent job if you don't mind humidity going through the roof (figuratively). The system mentioned here of course remove that humdity (hopefully not too much though -- is that adjustible?)
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We just need to tweak the rules of the game a little. A fair price has to be put on this kind of thing, so that oil companies will go broke if they screw up -- then we have to let them go broke instead of declaring them "too big to fail." Also, in this case, there appears to be a culture of negligence, and those responsible for the bad choices they made should be personally held accountable. Unfortunately, this last bit simply enriches lawyers, and I'm not sure what to do about that part. I guess writing really clear laws that have no doubt as to their intent and then letting human beings sort out the nuances rather than trying to describe everything in the law perfectly would probably help.
To the extent that Apple is removing posts, they are censoring by definition. Censorship is not always bad! Safeway censors the violent obscenity or even just fairly innocuous scrawls of bathroom graffiti as they consider it to be tasteless. Apple has the right to do that as well. If you don't like it, then use another forum, there are others out there.
Read the comment "Bad research, worse article" in the comments section. "Melott has made an arxiv carrier of various kinds of pattern searches and catastrophism scenarios in data. (What I would like to call "pseudoscience conspirationism".) " To sum it up, this article is probably sensationalist psuedoscience and there is nothing to see here.
I don't understand why people put her down. To me, it's so clear how much talent she has. I had never listened to anything by her until a few weeks ago when I watched her "Bad Romance" video. Holy crap, that girls got talent. Her voice is awesome, and her showmanship is intense and powerful. I remember how many people said Madonna had no talent. Just because she doesn't sing your favorite flavor of music ("Get off my lawn") doesn't mean she is not chock full o' talent and using it to the gills. Gaga gots it.
It's not the nature of their work that makes them see it this way, it's the lack of responsibility for their impact on me. They should have to pay a heavy financial penalty when identity theft occurs, if all they care about is money. Then they will take action. The penalty should be automatic and paid to me personally since they are negligent in their security practices.
Making predictions is not impressive. Making *accurate* predictions is. I'm sure you could get a psychic to predict this too if you paid one.
Do the credit card companies care yet? when my friend's identity was stolen a few years back, they had no interest in finding and prosecuting those responsible, even when he did the research and found them. It was cheaper for them to just pay him off and forget about it. So if it's a no-risk crime, then it doesn't matter which industry leads the ... uh... industry. I'd prefer to see how many such crimes are solved and prosecuted successfully.
[Adult Swim]I'm waiting for the Adrienne Barbeau-bots. [/Adult Swim]
I hope programmers don't equate "most clicked" with "more valuable" or "more useful." In my view this is a useless statistic.
I don't think it should be illegal to give away your stuff for free or reduced price as an incentive to use it. If competitors want to, they can do the same. If they cannot afford to due to low sales volume, and their product is not much better so they cannot charge enough to make money off of, then they will go out of business, and nothing of value is lost. The only thing that should be illegal is if MS punishes people for buying a competitor's software or otherwise restricts availability, and even that is iffy.
Price controls are not going to have the consumer win. What happens under price controls and government mandated products is that choice is reduced, businesses are stifled, and the consumer ultimately loses. It is a win for the consumer much like stealing a TV is a win for the theif. It works for a short while..
The subsidies are a small part of the price of corn, but the resulting demand for fuel from corn is having an impact on supplies for poor people. I think we should end corn subsidies.
If one extra character changes it from pseudocode to real code, why not include that one extra character?
Because he's not writing to a computer program? Clearly his communication was successful to its intended audience. I know some of us interact with computers all day, but there is no reason to start acting like one when talking to other humans. Except for the fun of it. :-)
Why is parent modded offtopic?
Probably because everything you said had to be gleaned by implication -- the poster just made a request without any background for it. People misheard it as rude and demanding apparently.
Who cares how much energy is in a gram? What we want to know is how expensive a joule is in dollars, and how much pollution of interest, whether NOX, CO2, nuclear waste, heat water, whatever it causes. Put a price on the pollutions and don't subsidize anything. Let the market race to a solution.
I'm all for being safe, but it is not the end all and be all. A ruler/politician/diplomat emphasizes safety above all else. A leader does not. Sometimes principles such as liberty and prosperity seem risky.
Your aim is not to make the world fair for everyone but to make it best for yourself. Learn to politic.
I can see how that would work out great for the world. The only reason that appeals to fairness have any effect is that people actually care about actual fairness. Cynicism and resignation have never gotten anything worthwhile in this world. Diplomacy aside, protectionism is bullshit by and large, and China needs to be called on it just like we do.
Or we could oppose all attempts by the government to regulate what can be said on the Internet. And I'm sorry, what we will get from a "Net Nuetrality" law will be like haggis made with rotten oats.
Nobody is proposing that the government regulate what is said on the Internet. The proposal is to regulate what can be *suppressed* or limited by corporations.
So what would be the cost in pollution from toxic materials used in production in solar cells if 1% of the Sahara was covered with solar cells?
I'm 58... these damned kids... the phone is designed by someone with no sense of logic...
Oh, yes, clearly you really get this newfangled technology thing.
Theory is related to a real-world example of the theory wherever possible
In theory, theory and practice are closely related. In practice, however...
evaporates (not the right word I know)
The word you're looking for is "sublimates".
Swamp cooler do a decent job if you don't mind humidity going through the roof (figuratively). The system mentioned here of course remove that humdity (hopefully not too much though -- is that adjustible?)
Swamp cooler do a decent job if you don't mind humidity going through the roof (figuratively). The system mentioned here of course remove that humdity (hopefully not too much though -- is that adjustible?)