we should all know that anything that sticks to paper-like ink- even after changing chemically hours later is going to leave SOME chemical traces on the paper, making it possible at some point afterward to see at least that the ink was used on the paper if not be able to read parts of it.
Despite NO 100% conclusive evidence on this matter at this time, OIL is a major geopolitical problem for the entire world. Cutting down on Oil helps both problems.
Also, remember even when its proven 99.99% true there will be people still thinking the world is flat, the holocost did not happen, and Bush Jr was smart and informed.
Despite 100% conclusive evidence on this matter at this time, OIL is a major geopolitical problem for the entire world. Cutting down on Oil helps both problems.
Also, remember even when its proven 99.99% true there will be people still thinking the world is flat, the holocost did not happen, and Bush Jr was smart and informed.
Elementary school is supposed to be for the basics, where even calculators are not allowed. A computer lab used as a teaching tool for certain lessons and after school activities is optional.
Students hardly need to learn computers anymore since they grow up exposed to them now.
MECC quality educational software is a thing of the past. My schools had staff that knew less than I did from K-12. This was an advantage for 1 school, where the teachers gave kids open ended progamming goals to ALL the kids they didn't have a clue how to do. The class figured it out together and wrote programs using logo. That was true learning and group work.
Back in my childhood we had to call friends on a phone (no email, no cell phone) then they would have to walk miles in the snow just to play a few games. Often, we would go without food to keep playing.
We didnt start out on video games, we just had exciting board or card games when attention spans had to last more than 2.5 seconds.
To find how to pass a level or cheat, you would have to talk to other kids to find codes. Our cheat codes did not require some add on device(that came later): up up down down left right left right B A start...
Almost no games could save, so you would have to remember codes or start over each time. Save areas were few if there were any and made that walk in the snow seem much easier...
We didn't have a stupid dance mat. We had a power pad on which we played track and field, getting bumps and bruises-- none of this polite footsy simon says.
1 player games involved sharing (its like kazaa but takes effort.)
Some of us learned to talk smack and exchanged new words at these social gatherings as well.
Uniform national PAPER ballot booklets (locals print in the names)
1 candidate per page or issue
1" large circle where any ink or blood mark in the circle is a vote
Volunteer counted
Counters are cross checked for an error & 1% error rate is a felony
Exit polling for pointing out problems
Special Paper (like currency) with a serial number and barcode (or simply print digital signatures on normal paper)
Account for where series of ballots are shipped (4 tracking problems at polling places)
Each area's ballots are shuffled before shipped so they are not handed out serial # order
Use Condorcet Method [wikipedia.org] because its a mathematically better (kill 2 party duopoly)
FULL DAY OFF for everyone
Require an ID to register. Register on or before election day
Absent ballots are the same format; require time-stamp reguardless (remember 2000?) must be snail mailed to USA unopened. Votes must be cast in private (looking over to the Marines...)
Any CITIZEN over 18 can vote. no silly rules (like stopping a group by taking their right away)
Provisional ballots are like absent ones. Must ALL be counted before election certification. The only dispute: proof of citizenship
ID must be FREE and no homestead is required
Areas with over voting will be examined
Fine people who don't vote to fund the system (you CAN still submit a blank ballot - hey you got the day off you at least should do your duty by showing up. Its been done before and the moron voters do tend cancel out.)
Lawsuits for not being counted are allowed against the district
Districts are determined by census data
A Computer Alg determines districting and the alg is national and is open source
redistricting result, data, and implementation is publicly verifiable
Treason for redrawing lines in-between census (hello texas)
Treason for tampering with redistricting
No Electoral College
Courts decide if elections can be re-run due to corruption in an ALL or nothing decision
Courts are not allowed special 1 time only rulings that don't set precedence (2000)
1) In 2000, gore won despite nader or "stupid" democrats 2) Computers were involved (smaller scale) 3) It wasn't the "stupid" voters confused on those butterfly ballots. THINK past the propaganda machine for a second. I have a smart friend (engineer) who was confused: he asked for help to make sure and they gave him wrong advice-- he DID figure it out but he wondered if they were giving bad advice on purpose. He figured a popsicle stick could been used to shift the ballot up in the slot further confusing or tricking the voter.
Use bluetooth for communications between devices! What ever happend to the 'personal' networks hype?
The phone acts like a modem and contact directory-- whole process allows the phone to sit in your pocket untouched.
Camera lets you choose contacts to sent to. Camera fetches photos/video sent to you. Camera can save photos to remote storage over the internet using the phone. Camera could save to a --
Bluetooth iPod: A disk & media player Phone ring bypassed when iPod is nearbye--iPod plays song. Phone could use iPod for storage. iPod could fetch media sent to phone. Uses contacts from the phone, could backup. Phone's voice recognition could operate iPod. iPod Music Store uses modem. iPod could do online maps, using phone's GPS or a bluetooth gps.
bluetooth GPS: provides GPS info to any bluetooth device. places, cars, phones, other people's devices nearbye... Alternatives to GPS would also work. Static location broadcast from a desktop?
Separate devices + standard communications = many combinations not possible with monolithic device. Add in a snap-on system and some devices could be used as one like an iPod phone or a Camera Phone.
Wouldn't it be nice if the purpose of the meeting was about tight integration of firefox as a fall back to IE 8, since they will be behind in IE7 and more so with IE8.
Well, one can at least hope they concede on some app for the betterment of mankind...
We are still trying to learn mental development from prebirth to 3.
Like a snow flakes, all brains start out differently. It is just a starting point before 3 years of really massive development. Most variations if understood, could be compensated for.
I'm hoping they don't ever figure it out (its bad enough with what they do on adults now.)
I was born deaf and was not able to hear until 3. I was described as "slow" or "highly abstract" which I find silly, since language is an abstraction that I was not exposed to. It took me about 10 years to catch up on English with the other kids.
Kids learn amazing stuff you never expect, especially when babies. Those things create a mind conductive to certain topics-- which people mistake as "natural talent." A big factor, if not the biggest factor -which any good teacher will tell you- is the child's emotions: on the teacher, subject, environment, at home, etc.
Its the measurement that determines the level of success. If weight lifting and other physical activities were measured relative to your physical characteristics, then anybody could complete. Many sports are separated by gender to create a relative measure; also, similar things are done for various handicaps.
You can push your body to its limits which are genetically or physically set. You can't change genes yet.
If someone with brain damage can adapt and re-learn to function nearly as well as they once did then surely any brain genetic preponderance is largely inconsequential by comparison.
Clear indication someone doesn't know design: "It took you that long just to do that? Thats simple."
--------- They didn't show their best stuff because MS would copy them, if you did not notice they made sure to point that out to you Many refinements were quite good-- virtual desktops is not new, but their way is the best UI for virtual desktops I have ever seen. Not every idea was mind blowing, but their UI design and cost (bundled free) can't be beat. Time machine is the best version control UI I've seen. my mother could use that. Jobs is phasing himself out of the limelight a bit more all the time making it so when he does go its not as much of a shock to the fans.
By allowing GPL to have a version 2, they opened us all up to the idea GPL can be revised.
If GPL v2 was NEVER allowed to happen, a new license would be required.
Creating conflicting definitions of GPL every x years is going to undermine the GPL. MS could have MS-GPL and call it GPLv4 but nobody would accept that...who knows, in 10 years MS could be directly involved in GPLv4.
Why is it so hard for people to believe life exists beyond earth? Fear and tradition.
There is no proof on either side so one can't take a position without a belief or hypothesis.
The hypothesis that there is other life is the better approach because it makes you look for it. The other side likely would not be looking as hard and pushing for a narrow definition for life.
Once we find signs of life, then we can make loose estimates on how much there is.
Technology beyond the understanding of the users may as well be a magic black box.
Its not just voters who could cheat on a small scale but the officials in charge of securing the system would cheat if they could cheat. Its a large scale security problem where the officials at the top would cheat if they could.
The ONLY solution is an open system with checks and balances that the public can understand (sorry constitution, you've become too complex...)
Paper counting in a simple process meets this criteria.
Uniform national PAPER ballot booklets (locals print in the names)
1 candidate per page or issue
1" large circle where any ink or blood mark in the circle is a vote
Volunteer counted
Counters are cross checked for an error & 1% error rate is a felony
Exit polling for pointing out problems
Special Paper (like currency) with a serial number and barcode (or simply print digital signatures on normal paper)
Account for where series of ballots are shipped (4 tracking problems at polling places)
Each area's ballots are shuffled before shipped so they are not handed out serial # order
Instant Run Off because its a mathematically better (kill 2 party duopoly)
FULL DAY OFF for everyone
Require an ID to register. Register on or before election day
Absent ballots are the same format; require time-stamp reguardless (remember 2000?) must be snail mailed to USA unopened. Votes must be cast in private (looking over to the Marines...)
Any CITIZEN over 18 can vote. no silly rules (like stopping a group by taking their right away)
Provisional ballots are like absent ones. Must ALL be counted before election certification. The only dispute: proof of citizenship
ID must be FREE and no homestead is required
Areas with over voting will be examined
Fine people who don't vote (at least do a blank one) to fund the system
Lawsuits for not being counted are allowed against the district
Uniform PAPER ballots that are about as idiot proof as you get. any mark on the large 1" circle is a vote. They are counted by hand and people who count poorly can be held accountable.
ADD:
Exit polling for pointing out problems
Uniform National Ballot (locals print in the names)
Special Paper (like currency) with a serial number and barcode (or simply print digital signatures on normal paper)
Account for where series of ballots are shipped (4 tracking problems at polling places)
Each area's ballots are shuffled before shipped so they are not handed out serial # order
Instant Run Off because its a mathematically better (kill 2 party duopoly)
FULL DAY OFF for everyone
Require an ID to register. Register on or before election day
Absent ballots are the same format; require time-stamp reguardless (remember 2000?) must be snail mailed to USA unopened. Votes must be cast in private (looking over to the Marines...)
Any CITIZEN over 18 can vote. no silly rules (like stopping a group by taking their right away)
Provisional ballots are like absent ones. Must ALL be counted before election certification. The only dispute: proof of citizenship
ID must be FREE and no homestead is required
Areas with over voting will be examined
Fine people who don't vote (at least do a blank one) to fund the system
Lawsuits for not being counted are allowed against the district
I believe there was a district ruling on this point years ago where they ruled that you can not sign away your fundimental constitutional rights. It was for a case dealing with employee rights.
Signing them away does show clear intent to the court; however, it does not take away their rights. Its a question wether they knew what they were getting into. Even then, you can sign something for someone to kill you but it doesn't stand because you don't have the right to death in the USA.
Measuring in yards/meters is easier than measuring in nanometers. Predicting long term weather trends is easier than daily weather conditions in your area.
When fluid dynamics and computers are to a level to handle compressible fluids at the scale needed, the predictions will still be off to places that aren't the focus. Frequently the predictions for my city only come true to part of the city.
Slashdot Mirror
we should all know that anything that sticks to paper-like ink- even after changing chemically hours later is going to leave SOME chemical traces on the paper, making it possible at some point afterward to see at least that the ink was used on the paper if not be able to read parts of it.
CORRECTION:
Despite NO 100% conclusive evidence on this matter at this time, OIL is a major geopolitical problem for the entire world. Cutting down on Oil helps both problems.
Also, remember even when its proven 99.99% true there will be people still thinking the world is flat, the holocost did not happen, and Bush Jr was smart and informed.
Despite 100% conclusive evidence on this matter at this time, OIL is a major geopolitical problem for the entire world. Cutting down on Oil helps both problems.
Also, remember even when its proven 99.99% true there will be people still thinking the world is flat, the holocost did not happen, and Bush Jr was smart and informed.
Elementary school is supposed to be for the basics, where even calculators are not allowed. A computer lab used as a teaching tool for certain lessons and after school activities is optional.
Students hardly need to learn computers anymore since they grow up exposed to them now.
MECC quality educational software is a thing of the past. My schools had staff that knew less than I did from K-12. This was an advantage for 1 school, where the teachers gave kids open ended progamming goals to ALL the kids they didn't have a clue how to do. The class figured it out together and wrote programs using logo. That was true learning and group work.
Back in my childhood we had to call friends on a phone (no email, no cell phone) then they would have to walk miles in the snow just to play a few games. Often, we would go without food to keep playing.
We didnt start out on video games, we just had exciting board or card games when attention spans had to last more than 2.5 seconds.
To find how to pass a level or cheat, you would have to talk to other kids to find codes. Our cheat codes did not require some add on device(that came later): up up down down left right left right B A start...
Almost no games could save, so you would have to remember codes or start over each time. Save areas were few if there were any and made that walk in the snow seem much easier...
We didn't have a stupid dance mat. We had a power pad on which we played track and field, getting bumps and bruises-- none of this polite footsy simon says.
1 player games involved sharing (its like kazaa but takes effort.)
Some of us learned to talk smack and exchanged new words at these social gatherings as well.
1) In 2000, gore won despite nader or "stupid" democrats
2) Computers were involved (smaller scale)
3) It wasn't the "stupid" voters confused on those butterfly ballots. THINK past the propaganda machine for a second.
I have a smart friend (engineer) who was confused: he asked for help to make sure and they gave him wrong advice-- he DID figure it out but he wondered if they were giving bad advice on purpose.
He figured a popsicle stick could been used to shift the ballot up in the slot further confusing or tricking the voter.
A Phone that survives the rain, a moment in a puddle or coffie mug.
Surviving a 1m fall onto pavement would be nice too.
Use bluetooth for communications between devices! What ever happend to the 'personal' networks hype?
The phone acts like a modem and contact directory-- whole process allows the phone to sit in your pocket untouched.
Camera lets you choose contacts to sent to. Camera fetches photos/video sent to you. Camera can save photos to remote storage over the internet using the phone.
Camera could save to a --
Bluetooth iPod: A disk & media player
Phone ring bypassed when iPod is nearbye--iPod plays song. Phone could use iPod for storage. iPod could fetch media sent to phone. Uses contacts from the phone, could backup.
Phone's voice recognition could operate iPod. iPod Music Store uses modem. iPod could do online maps, using phone's GPS or a bluetooth gps.
bluetooth GPS: provides GPS info to any bluetooth device. places, cars, phones, other people's devices nearbye... Alternatives to GPS would also work. Static location broadcast from a desktop?
Separate devices + standard communications = many combinations not possible with monolithic device.
Add in a snap-on system and some devices could be used as one like an iPod phone or a Camera Phone.
STANDARD replaceble batteries- AAAA?
no recharge cable & brick; standardized dock, cheap to buy extras
STANDARD cell phone network (FCC does its job)
bluetooth contact sync & bluetooth modem -- don't care about usb
ONE E-paper screen (save power- ditch graphics)
Runs at least as long as my iPod
no buttons except as needed (please kill keypad, I can speak names, numbers, and spell words)
Example: STNG communicator badges have 1 button
no moving parts, strong enough to survive being in a back pocket of an american...
Encrypted storage
If GPS or clock, figures out home/work numbers based on location & time.
If GPS, positions can be sent only to specified contacts. My location is personal information.
Parental lock.
Service: Ask "where is bob" and if bob allows it, the service gives me a location.
Wouldn't it be nice if the purpose of the meeting was about tight integration of firefox as a fall back to IE 8, since they will be behind in IE7 and more so with IE8.
Well, one can at least hope they concede on some app for the betterment of mankind...
We are still trying to learn mental development from prebirth to 3.
Like a snow flakes, all brains start out differently. It is just a starting point before 3 years of really massive development. Most variations if understood, could be compensated for.
I'm hoping they don't ever figure it out (its bad enough with what they do on adults now.)
I was born deaf and was not able to hear until 3. I was described as "slow" or "highly abstract" which I find silly, since language is an abstraction that I was not exposed to. It took me about 10 years to catch up on English with the other kids.
Kids learn amazing stuff you never expect, especially when babies. Those things create a mind conductive to certain topics-- which people mistake as "natural talent." A big factor, if not the biggest factor -which any good teacher will tell you- is the child's emotions: on the teacher, subject, environment, at home, etc.
Its the measurement that determines the level of success. If weight lifting and other physical activities were measured relative to your physical characteristics, then anybody could complete. Many sports are separated by gender to create a relative measure; also, similar things are done for various handicaps.
You can push your body to its limits which are genetically or physically set. You can't change genes yet.
If someone with brain damage can adapt and re-learn to function nearly as well as they once did then surely any brain genetic preponderance is largely inconsequential by comparison.
The only true division in mankind is:
Those who think with their head vs those who know with their heart.
wikiality.com
Clear indication someone doesn't know design:
"It took you that long just to do that? Thats simple."
---------
They didn't show their best stuff because MS would copy them, if you did not notice they made sure to point that out to you
Many refinements were quite good-- virtual desktops is not new, but their way is the best UI for virtual desktops I have ever seen. Not every idea was mind blowing, but their UI design and cost (bundled free) can't be beat.
Time machine is the best version control UI I've seen. my mother could use that.
Jobs is phasing himself out of the limelight a bit more all the time making it so when he does go its not as much of a shock to the fans.
By allowing GPL to have a version 2, they opened us all up to the idea GPL can be revised.
If GPL v2 was NEVER allowed to happen, a new license would be required.
Creating conflicting definitions of GPL every x years is going to undermine the GPL. MS could have MS-GPL and call it GPLv4 but nobody would accept that...who knows, in 10 years MS could be directly involved in GPLv4.
Why is it so hard for people to believe life exists beyond earth?
There is no proof on either side so one can't take a position without a belief or hypothesis.Fear and tradition.
The hypothesis that there is other life is the better approach because it makes you look for it. The other side likely would not be looking as hard and pushing for a narrow definition for life.
Once we find signs of life, then we can make loose estimates on how much there is.
It will not be long until they are doing what they were attacking google and others for doing.
Remember when google and others attacked publically by the usa for following Chinese laws?
Thanks! That sounds even better yet!
Technology beyond the understanding of the users may as well be a magic black box.
Its not just voters who could cheat on a small scale but the officials in charge of securing the system would cheat if they could cheat. Its a large scale security problem where the officials at the top would cheat if they could.
The ONLY solution is an open system with checks and balances that the public can understand (sorry constitution, you've become too complex...)
Paper counting in a simple process meets this criteria.
Uniform PAPER ballots that are about as idiot proof as you get. any mark on the large 1" circle is a vote. They are counted by hand and people who count poorly can be held accountable.
ADD:
Exit polling for pointing out problems
Uniform National Ballot (locals print in the names)
Special Paper (like currency) with a serial number and barcode (or simply print digital signatures on normal paper)
Account for where series of ballots are shipped (4 tracking problems at polling places)
Each area's ballots are shuffled before shipped so they are not handed out serial # order
Instant Run Off because its a mathematically better (kill 2 party duopoly)
FULL DAY OFF for everyone
Require an ID to register. Register on or before election day
Absent ballots are the same format; require time-stamp reguardless (remember 2000?) must be snail mailed to USA unopened. Votes must be cast in private (looking over to the Marines...)
Any CITIZEN over 18 can vote. no silly rules (like stopping a group by taking their right away)
Provisional ballots are like absent ones. Must ALL be counted before election certification. The only dispute: proof of citizenship
ID must be FREE and no homestead is required
Areas with over voting will be examined
Fine people who don't vote (at least do a blank one) to fund the system
Lawsuits for not being counted are allowed against the district
I believe there was a district ruling on this point years ago where they ruled that you can not sign away your fundimental constitutional rights. It was for a case dealing with employee rights.
Signing them away does show clear intent to the court; however, it does not take away their rights. Its a question wether they knew what they were getting into. Even then, you can sign something for someone to kill you but it doesn't stand because you don't have the right to death in the USA.
Aren't they supposed to test it on animals 1st?
Measuring in yards/meters is easier than measuring in nanometers.
Predicting long term weather trends is easier than daily weather conditions in your area.
When fluid dynamics and computers are to a level to handle compressible fluids at the scale needed, the predictions will still be off to places that aren't the focus. Frequently the predictions for my city only come true to part of the city.