If you send your kids to daycare all the time, you should not have kids.
AOL only has to show they were reasonable in prevention. That is all. There is no way they can monitor everything and everyone to the logical extremes.
Mores fits better. Its simply a cultural belief forced on to others in the minority. It has no basis; its tradition.
It was not all that long ago the line between Adult and Child was lower than 18.
I've seen "adults" being taken advantage of...they are not much better than kids... Its not like magically at 18 a person becomes an adult.
"Abuse of children" is bad, but its not so clear cut what is abuse and what is a child. We have simply picked #s for the acts. If we live by the letter of the law, we may as well plan to have computers replace judges in the not so distant future.
WHERE is common sense? (supposedly in our legal system...)
I read the human brain does not become fully developed until around 21.
Why should 18 the limit? the brain argument would push it higher.... and then you'd have to push back military service...or lower drinking to the same level. You can't drink, but you can have sex.
At least if they could drink (18-20), they could blame the beer.
its WHO is in control, the business (facism) or the goverment (socialism.)
simplistically, you'd want to be in the middle.
I think government should provide the foundation internet access and run it. like they do with roads etc. Let the ISPs use that network, and geeks can be their own ISP... we don't need an ISP, just an IP.
No city roads, police, fire, library, schools??
Its expensive to maintain and run wires for a fibre network. PLEASE let the city do it. all the regulation/permits etc, has made a mess of the streets---getting torn to hell for each company that wants to run some stupid line. the TOTAL COST of multiple companies running lines costs consumers MORE.
ps: gov already spys on you. local gov is too inept anyway. (but I think they could physically manage fibre lines)
now I should be able to make progress bugging them... The two cities have a long history of competing with each other...
me, I'm more for running cheap fiber to businesses for a 1 time install fee. the local geek will create an isp for the neighborhood just to get a fast connection. that will create many small competing businesses offering many different types of connections...not just wifi.
it should be almost free for business and be faster. let the businesses compete to offer it to consumers. there are TONS of problems when you give out a monopoly contract every x years to manage stuff.
Security is not a concern if there is an ISP running on top of the city provided connection. the ISP can encrypt info. Besides, incase you forgot after 9-11 all major ISPs let the gov in no questions asked, and they can't tell you when they do either.
"Live Action" is part animation in just about every movie these days. The "live" actors are starting to be replaced with CG if they need to sneeze. Those of us with CG backgrounds can see it all clearly. Its worse to see a human CG swap for us than to just make the whole thing CG.
I say just make the stuff all animation since people identify with that better, and so what if american adults still don't take animation seriously. Its transformers people! The plot should turn off anyone over 12 anyway.
Around here they had computers in schools 20 years ago. there were not as many of them, but they did have them and they were used for things. Educational games from MECC came out in the 80s, Oregon Trail, Number Munchers... that stuff was in the 80s.
Logo in the late 80s, which is what got me into programming.
Schools don't use computers any more effectively now than they did back then (at least around here.) In fact, they use them less now for learning, and more for training software 'skills'.
I suppose the community will hurt itself enough that Microsoft will not have to pay people to cause trouble in the community?? (maybe they are, and if you think it impossible, you are naive.)
Problem is people are marketing themselves with certifications, degrees are just a more impressive certification. Colleges are full of people wanting job skills only, and they are turning slowly into trade schools.
College is not for everyone. Trade school is acceptable. Many jobs don't require intensive training. Learning on the job suites many areas as well or better than schooling.
I was talking about BOTH groups. Outside of prison they can't have their voting rights taken away, its unconstitutional.
But for sake of argument, why can't prisoners vote? They still retain most their rights. What rights can be taken away from prisoners?? What are the justifications? The constitution does not make any distinction.
GI does have legal basis. I suppose you never heard of GIs going to prison for a while for damaging government property? (other GIs, even themselves.) I have. A look at the charges and you'd never know they just broke some limbs... I did not say slavery. But it is not freedom either, or even the level of citizenship. Point is, they are more removed from citizenship than a prisoner and they can vote (the point is highly debatable. But if you allow it, it sets up a nice syllogism.)
The biggest point is the issue of loss of rights. If former felons can't vote, and you want to eliminate a group, you just raise more crimes to felony level and target that group. Back in prohibition, if all drinkers were stripped of voting rights, prohibition would have never been repealed. (of course most did not get caught--but then they did not have a war on drugs either...)
Just because cheating has occurred all thru the history of elections is not a valid argument for trying to stop cheating.
1st) Chicago did not hand the election over to a 3rd party to control behind a black box. This is far worse than your example, in scope, potential abuse, and inability to detect/catch/etc.
2nd) So we should not arrest criminals either? Its not fair to all those criminals who get away with it or pay their way out.
3rd) Voter registration is a different issue from computer voting. Both are busted. You can't elect anyone really because the machines themselves can not be verified. You can't prove bush won anymore than you can't prove he lost. (although you can get testimony from programmers saying they worked on the tempering code, but you can't find the code if it removes itself...)
Anyway: It is NOT a worthless point. It is THE main reason problems have gotten WORSE. And YOU are part of the problem by thinking like that and allowing them to go even further than Chicago.
Paper records does not mean people get receipts. receipts are worthless anyhow.
ALL our national holidays are not as important as election day. It should be a national holiday, nobody works.
Felons are still citizens. Even when in jail. citizens have a right to vote. Now the military on the otherhand, they are government property (G.I.) so it would make more sense for them not to be able to vote while serving.
If ANYTHING should be computerized, its the registration/verification process. NOT the voting. Registration should include grabbing data from your stateID, including the photo--which some states already put on the 2D barcodes. On election day they can SEE if you match your registration data. Fixing stateIDs to be more secure is another issue, but is something they have been trying to get better with.
The Neocons will not fix the system that helps them cheat. Why would they? Just say conspiracy and the stupid americans turn off their brain.
He may not be perfect, but if he were, there would be plenty of suckers hating him.
The 2004 US election did not have half the level of validation that the Chavez recall had.
Did you forget the Chavez recall had 3 paper trails? and 2 international groups said it was valid?
and that his strongest support is in the largest demographic groups?
I want to go back to the hardware days! expensive computer and cheap software---back in the 80s when I could get office software for around $30; most stuff was under $30. An OS was something that came with the computer, and nobody I knew even thought of buying an OS update every few years.
Pay high for hardware, the vendors bundle open source software and support/test it. Software is cheap or free. Vendors pay open source programmers to support the hardware and do things to cut down on costs of support. (by removing bugs making it easier == less phone calls--higher support profit.) Viruses and bug fixes seem to be never ending, so I don't see this model ever fading away as a result of over refined 'perfect' software.
What about System on a Chip?? I used to hear a lot of hype for "system on a chip"...
You put the controller chips onto the cpu; you could even put the ram on the chip too. If mass produced, it would make it quite easy to get that cheap. Possibly could even have 2 chips---cpu + everything else.
1394b is a significant enhancement to the basic 1394 specification that enables speed increases to 3.2 Gigabits/sec, supports distances of 100 meters on UTP-5, plastic optical fiber. (copper version is stuck at 800)
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In any government, the system will eventually hack you in your attempts to hack the government. Also, government hacks are like trying to put backdoors into open source software; there are other hackers watching. (a government hacker, would probably have to be well versed in law.)
Take the CUPS printing or OpenGL or Quicktime. All run well on intel already. Darwin is largly based on FreeBSD. Darwin already works on intel. Quartz Extreme runs on OpenGL.
The driver system is quite different; however, its open sourced, and I read its a better design.
Much of the apple stuff is running on top of darwin OS. So if you get darwin working well, the rest will follow.
Actually, I have been wondering for years why nobody as not attempted to decompile code into an inter-language and from that into a compiler or dynamic compiling runtime VM like java.
I thought GCC worked around this concept, some abstract inter-language it then generates specific cpu code from that??
Processors have a great deal in common in their designs. So I can see it as a realistic approach to the problem. Startup time could be a big deal, but if you could recompile most or all the code, why not do that and cache the results to disk for next execution? I bet about 10% of the code can't be translated, in which case, include an interpreter code block to handle it in the generated exe. So then you lose "about 20%" when ever those small untranslated parts execute.
Then the process of translation could be quite slow for the '1st run' but not matter a whole lot.
Don't think it constitutes a religion. I think he chooses the wrong words; most of them being charged words; as the posts here prove---especially with the word religion.
Its a belief. not a religion. conformity and blind adhearance to law and authority. Viewing authority figures with an idealistc parent-like respect is something they do put out. (but some of that stuff is also in private schools) As our government gets closer to despotism, schools of any kind will turn out more drones.
How many people who suck EVER realize its their own fault they were fired? How many are surprised when they are fired?
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If you send your kids to daycare all the time, you should not have kids.
AOL only has to show they were reasonable in prevention. That is all. There is no way they can monitor everything and everyone to the logical extremes.
Mores fits better.
Its simply a cultural belief forced on to others in the minority. It has no basis; its tradition.
It was not all that long ago the line between Adult and Child was lower than 18.
I've seen "adults" being taken advantage of...they are not much better than kids... Its not like magically at 18 a person becomes an adult.
"Abuse of children" is bad, but its not so clear cut what is abuse and what is a child. We have simply picked #s for the acts. If we live by the letter of the law, we may as well plan to have computers replace judges in the not so distant future.
WHERE is common sense? (supposedly in our legal system...)
I read the human brain does not become fully developed until around 21.
Why should 18 the limit? the brain argument would push it higher.... and then you'd have to push back military service...or lower drinking to the same level. You can't drink, but you can have sex.
At least if they could drink (18-20), they could blame the beer.
I have a bat house in St. Paul.
hardly any bugs flying around my house... but get too far away, and its like those bugs are smarter than we think..
its WHO is in control, the business (facism) or the goverment (socialism.)
simplistically, you'd want to be in the middle.
I think government should provide the foundation internet access and run it. like they do with roads etc.
Let the ISPs use that network, and geeks can be their own ISP... we don't need an ISP, just an IP.
No city roads, police, fire, library, schools??
Its expensive to maintain and run wires for a fibre network. PLEASE let the city do it. all the regulation/permits etc, has made a mess of the streets---getting torn to hell for each company that wants to run some stupid line. the TOTAL COST of multiple companies running lines costs consumers MORE.
ps: gov already spys on you. local gov is too inept anyway. (but I think they could physically manage fibre lines)
shoot, I need to move...
now I should be able to make progress bugging them... The two cities have a long history of competing with each other...
me, I'm more for running cheap fiber to businesses for a 1 time install fee. the local geek will create an isp for the neighborhood just to get a fast connection. that will create many small competing businesses offering many different types of connections...not just wifi.
it should be almost free for business and be faster. let the businesses compete to offer it to consumers. there are TONS of problems when you give out a monopoly contract every x years to manage stuff.
Security is not a concern if there is an ISP running on top of the city provided connection. the ISP can encrypt info. Besides, incase you forgot after 9-11 all major ISPs let the gov in no questions asked, and they can't tell you when they do either.
"Live Action" is part animation in just about every movie these days. The "live" actors are starting to be replaced with CG if they need to sneeze. Those of us with CG backgrounds can see it all clearly. Its worse to see a human CG swap for us than to just make the whole thing CG.
I say just make the stuff all animation since people identify with that better, and so what if american adults still don't take animation seriously. Its transformers people! The plot should turn off anyone over 12 anyway.
HIGH-END embedded systems.
they are NOT cheap.
Around here they had computers in schools 20 years ago. there were not as many of them, but they did have them and they were used for things. Educational games from MECC came out in the 80s, Oregon Trail, Number Munchers... that stuff was in the 80s.
Logo in the late 80s, which is what got me into programming.
Schools don't use computers any more effectively now than they did back then (at least around here.) In fact, they use them less now for learning, and more for training software 'skills'.
I suppose the community will hurt itself enough that Microsoft will not have to pay people to cause trouble in the community??
(maybe they are, and if you think it impossible, you are naive.)
Problem is people are marketing themselves with certifications, degrees are just a more impressive certification. Colleges are full of people wanting job skills only, and they are turning slowly into trade schools.
College is not for everyone. Trade school is acceptable. Many jobs don't require intensive training. Learning on the job suites many areas as well or better than schooling.
I was talking about BOTH groups. Outside of prison they can't have their voting rights taken away, its unconstitutional.
But for sake of argument, why can't prisoners vote? They still retain most their rights.
What rights can be taken away from prisoners??
What are the justifications?
The constitution does not make any distinction.
GI does have legal basis. I suppose you never heard of GIs going to prison for a while for damaging government property? (other GIs, even themselves.)
I have. A look at the charges and you'd never know they just broke some limbs...
I did not say slavery. But it is not freedom either, or even the level of citizenship. Point is, they are more removed from citizenship than a prisoner and they can vote (the point is highly debatable. But if you allow it, it sets up a nice syllogism.)
The biggest point is the issue of loss of rights. If former felons can't vote, and you want to eliminate a group, you just raise more crimes to felony level and target that group.
Back in prohibition, if all drinkers were stripped of voting rights, prohibition would have never been repealed. (of course most did not get caught--but then they did not have a war on drugs either...)
And what is your point??
Just because cheating has occurred all thru the history of elections is not a valid argument for trying to stop cheating.
1st) Chicago did not hand the election over to a 3rd party to control behind a black box. This is far worse than your example, in scope, potential abuse, and inability to detect/catch/etc.
2nd) So we should not arrest criminals either? Its not fair to all those criminals who get away with it or pay their way out.
3rd) Voter registration is a different issue from computer voting. Both are busted. You can't elect anyone really because the machines themselves can not be verified. You can't prove bush won anymore than you can't prove he lost. (although you can get testimony from programmers saying they worked on the tempering code, but you can't find the code if it removes itself...)
Anyway:
It is NOT a worthless point. It is THE main reason problems have gotten WORSE. And YOU are part of the problem by thinking like that and allowing them to go even further than Chicago.
Childish reasoning is what it comes down to.
How about a means for the homeless?
Paper records does not mean people get receipts. receipts are worthless anyhow.
ALL our national holidays are not as important as election day. It should be a national holiday, nobody works.
Felons are still citizens. Even when in jail. citizens have a right to vote.
Now the military on the otherhand, they are government property (G.I.) so it would make more sense for them not to be able to vote while serving.
If ANYTHING should be computerized, its the registration/verification process. NOT the voting.
Registration should include grabbing data from your stateID, including the photo--which some states already put on the 2D barcodes. On election day they can SEE if you match your registration data. Fixing stateIDs to be more secure is another issue, but is something they have been trying to get better with.
The Neocons will not fix the system that helps them cheat. Why would they? Just say conspiracy and the stupid americans turn off their brain.
He may not be perfect, but if he were, there would be plenty of suckers hating him. The 2004 US election did not have half the level of validation that the Chavez recall had. Did you forget the Chavez recall had 3 paper trails? and 2 international groups said it was valid? and that his strongest support is in the largest demographic groups?
I suppose someone will next say that solar power cools the planet down.
I want to go back to the hardware days!
expensive computer and cheap software---back in the 80s when I could get office software for around $30; most stuff was under $30. An OS was something that came with the computer, and nobody I knew even thought of buying an OS update every few years.
Pay high for hardware, the vendors bundle open source software and support/test it. Software is cheap or free. Vendors pay open source programmers to support the hardware and do things to cut down on costs of support. (by removing bugs making it easier == less phone calls--higher support profit.)
Viruses and bug fixes seem to be never ending, so I don't see this model ever fading away as a result of over refined 'perfect' software.
What about System on a Chip??
I used to hear a lot of hype for "system on a chip"...
You put the controller chips onto the cpu; you could even put the ram on the chip too. If mass produced, it would make it quite easy to get that cheap. Possibly could even have 2 chips---cpu + everything else.
1394b is a significant enhancement to the basic 1394 specification that enables speed increases to 3.2 Gigabits/sec, supports distances of 100 meters on UTP-5, plastic optical fiber. (copper version is stuck at 800)
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In any government, the system will eventually hack you in your attempts to hack the government.
Also, government hacks are like trying to put backdoors into open source software; there are other hackers watching.
(a government hacker, would probably have to be well versed in law.)
Take the CUPS printing or OpenGL or Quicktime. All run well on intel already. Darwin is largly based on FreeBSD. Darwin already works on intel. Quartz Extreme runs on OpenGL.
The driver system is quite different; however, its open sourced, and I read its a better design.
Much of the apple stuff is running on top of darwin OS. So if you get darwin working well, the rest will follow.
I don't want to build a laser to attack another planet.
Fox news is smart enough to not site physical evidence; they just get vague false references, if they give any at all.
Actually, I have been wondering for years why nobody as not attempted to decompile code into an inter-language and from that into a compiler or dynamic compiling runtime VM like java.
I thought GCC worked around this concept, some abstract inter-language it then generates specific cpu code from that??
Processors have a great deal in common in their designs. So I can see it as a realistic approach to the problem. Startup time could be a big deal, but if you could recompile most or all the code, why not do that and cache the results to disk for next execution? I bet about 10% of the code can't be translated, in which case, include an interpreter code block to handle it in the generated exe. So then you lose "about 20%" when ever those small untranslated parts execute.
Then the process of translation could be quite slow for the '1st run' but not matter a whole lot.
Anyone get a hint of anarchism from the article?
Don't think it constitutes a religion. I think he chooses the wrong words; most of them being charged words; as the posts here prove---especially with the word religion.
Its a belief. not a religion. conformity and blind adhearance to law and authority. Viewing authority figures with an idealistc parent-like respect is something they do put out. (but some of that stuff is also in private schools)
As our government gets closer to despotism, schools of any kind will turn out more drones.
How many people who suck EVER realize its their own fault they were fired? How many are surprised when they are fired?