People naturally shoot the messenger and it goes in reverse as well. Not logical, but that that is how it goes.
Quote Hitler all you wish but it is not practical to cite him as the source of the quote. Same goes with any other evil person who might say something relevant, cogent, or true. (Yes, Ayn Rand IS evil and I'm one who doesn't think the sociopaths she practically idolizes are evil.)
"Rule of law" is authoritarian Pavlovian mind control, quite Orwellian actually...
Society makes the laws. It is ruled by itself not by laws.
Law is created by representatives of THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE rule and that is how it is supposed to work, the laws merely reflect the current will of THE PEOPLE. "We the people" isn't just an empty phrase... or didn't used to be. Laws come and go.
Unfortunately, our society is too foolish to defend our fundamental human rights because of dehumanization of some minority group causes them to lose touch with the reality that those minority groups ARE STILL HUMAN no matter how you feel about them. Any blow against them is a blow against humanity. The right to vote is unalienable and we've denied it to millions unjustifiably (in other words we've alienated those rights.) The excons I've known were more politically capable than the average citizen. Someday, could all the competent voters will be felons? (with the NSA's help you probably have felonies on record already, only need 1 of the 10,000+ crimes... some obscure thing like marrying between races can probably be found... remember "rule of law" applies to unenforced old laws too.)
I thought USB had to pass thru the CPU/driver. Firewire had device DMA access and PCI is well, as low as you can go. I read about Thunderbolt 3 which is also being worked on; since both come out from intel you can expect Thunderbolt to be ahead of USB in terms of speed and flexibility. Don't see much need for high power output when Thunderbolt devices like displays will probably need their own power supply anyway.
You must be old. Everything is passive today, people expect to just sit and absorb info and be entertained as well. The professor has to be an entertainer and if they drone on it is THEIR fault the students fail to focus their short attentions away from their smart phones and laptops. It's a TV culture and the new generation has a drug like addiction to instant feedback.
I have a hard time believing people today can even reach 10 minutes. If they TRY sure I don't doubt it, but if they don't try it's probably 5 seconds. They tell video editors to change scene ever 2.5 seconds average.
If I knew the material, I found the dull lectures RELEVANT and useful- they were not dull because of the CONTENT of the lecture, not the presentation of it. On rare occasion I'd have work that was ahead of the lecture so then I was REALLY motivated to make sense of what I was already working on. College doesn't have to please the students/parents like K-12, we should just let them fail if they are not going to be serious. College students are supposed to be able to do something on their own - the prof is there to guide, support, challenge them as they develop; not simply certify they finished the obstacle course. College today is the new High School or JOB training for most people and that is a big part of the problem; along with business-oriented thinking. Students are not customers.
Prof is the master and students are the apprentices. The good setup has them doing a lot of "wax-on / wax-off" with the student being the ignorant and determined "grasshopper" and the wise master guiding them along a productive journey where they trust in the master's wisdom on where to go next (except unlike a martial arts movie, most don't realize the master's plan got them somewhere; especially, if they didn't ever have to prove to themselves of their new skills.)
1) Anti-Establishment candidates are often marginalized by the establishment, by civil methods and later by authoritarian ones depending on the threat and how authoritarian. Example: Ghandi. MLK. The extreme repression was their strength; the wise establishment doesn't empower their enemies.
2) If you can elect somebody, they are a minority and unless it is a dictatorship they can't do anything on their own. Continued marginalization and undermining them with their base as they are forced to compromise to get anything done at all. Example: Paul Wellstone, Bernie Sanders, Ron Paul (a rare case of no compromise and doing nothing.)
3) Use the system against the elected officials. As the 2006 NSA leaker stated, Obama was observed before he was a senator. Officials have things to hide; even honest ones must make tough decisions that can look horrible if made public. Catch-22, such as the intelligence committee members who can't even tell other's in office what they know. Remember, Wyden said when Snowden leaks came out that it was just the tip of the iceberg and he couldn't talk about any of it. Remember, the 1st Snowden leak was they were spying on everybody. that was the tip of the iceberg?! Example: possibly everybody who did a 360 after getting in office.
4) Politicians can only address a few issues at a time; much of their time is spent eating shit from their predecessors and trying to convince people it will taste good after they add their seasoning and most their time is spent raising money.
5) Press has been captured. You have to go foreign to get anything and they are being terrorized. (Funny how much "treason" is applied to foreigners.) When it's a big issue the press backs the government position; without even the need to be asked. Self censorship is the norm and patriotism is supporting the gov PR. Remember, the press didn't back the pentagon papers until it was already published and that was back during better days.
Franken is my senator. he is just OK. He is also at risk of being replaced by a complete sellout.
Get a house TODAY you don't need to save up your money! Mortgages let you have immediate comfort now.
The cost of a house forces a long term payment plan but you can STILL have short term thinking. Short term thinking is central to the mortgage crisis we are still recovering from. bad planning / rates.... adjustable rates. That'll solve itself somehow you'll probably make more money long term...
High temp burning should produce decent energy output without pollution. IF they don't use some goofy plastic it can be burned hot enough and well enough to not be a problem.
People have been conditioned what to believe. Thought has nothing to do with it. People don't think like their parents, they believe what their parents conditioned them to and the defenses etc are just conditioning; not a single thought is required, if anything they are discouraged-- child asks "why isn't there any proof of god?" daring to think something and is immediately told rationalized beliefs to discourage any further thinking. A continued line of questioning leads to "just because" dead ends where faith is the only answer and thinking is wrong. I'm only using religion as an example, it applies similarly elsewhere.
Humans do not scale. Tribalism is inherent to humanity and my theory is that humans evolved BECAUSE of tribalism. We already have most the missing links and they all have tiny brains (except the last few) and dominated the food chain-- a growing population and competition forced tribes to compete with each other for resources and that resulted in evolutionary pressure for bigger brains. (If you are not up on the topic, look into it-- packs of humanoid apes running around in the plains of Africa able to run greater distances than any animal -- just like we can -- all our biological advantages are for running in packs... except our large brains.) Also there is plenty of psychology on how humans only handle a limited number of relationships etc. You are bound to identifying with limited size group; only with the power of abstract thinking can you exceed those tribal limits (but one still tends to think in tribal terms, your tribe is just abstracted into a larger group.)
Problem is what was our advantage is now hindering us. It takes considerable mental training and education to surpass our inherent nature. We also evolved to avoid extra work; hell, even your brain avoids learning by grasping for known patterns to classify stuff under because actual learning takes the whole brain and is an expensive operation (as brain scans prove, plus education research) not to mention if you had to learn everything we'd not be anywhere near as smart. Mapping is essential. Again, this characteristic works against us as we classify others, groups, policies, systems etc. It can help too but it's a double edged sword.
I lived in MN during his election and I even listened occasionally to his radio show. He was nothing like Rush Limbaugh and at least he bothered to look for facts instead of make them up on the spot. I didn't listen long enough to his show to find fault and it wasn't entertaining; but I read his book which was the most funny thing I've ever read (and why I knew who he was, I never heard of him otherwise.) I wouldn't blame the failure of that radio station on Franken; that is baseless, he quit the show to run for office. One could make equally baseless claims that Franken was keeping that radio station alive.
He didn't steal the election. I was a volunteer. I WAS THERE. No cheating. They video taped and disputed every single stupid thing no matter how pointless (for example, somebody who marked and wrote in the same person.) The GOP propaganda machine lied about the whole thing and their disrespect for the legal system got them into hot water with the judges -- the majority of which were REPUBLICAN judges!!! They let it drag out a year with no chance to win solely to stall because they are so partisan. Plus creating outrage is a good way to raise money-- for both parties, but in this situation 1 side was being quite unethical. Every ridiculous situation was fought in court with a republican majority of judges and they lost most of it (hey, I didn't say the democrat lawyers were perfect... they ARE lawyers...) It's pretty bad when the Republican judge makes comments about how sleazy the Republican lawyers are.
The debate in the senate is mostly BS. I spent years watching CSPAN in the background. We are so bad now it doesn't matter what is said because filibusters have DoS the senate. It's the fall of rome all over again; just waiting for the death count to rise (maybe the "accidents" will just turn into out right murders.)
Franken drew the map from memory BEFORE he was in office and during the campaign for office. He has served ONE term. He never spent tax payer money learning to draw the map.
Given how politicians are sold like products and put on an act to get elected, it makes him no different than anybody else--- EXCEPT he is not a lawyer which automatically makes him better.
Japan needs to figure this problem out without increasing the population so the whole planet can benefit from their example! Our economics are built around continual growth as if there are no limits to anything.
Global warming is caused by overpopulation.
Two children DO NOT simply replace two parents! Significant overlap means huge resource and economic impacts. FOUR live in total for around 50 years (a long time) and grandchildren makes that 6 people for a short period, falling back down to 4 again when the parents finally die. An exact 2.0 children means you'll always have 4 people. Any fraction above 2.0 results in exponential growth. Japan may be 1st to solve the problem, but quickly they will be overwhelmed with the explosion everywhere else.
2) Technology progress is not linear. New areas are ripe with low hanging fruit and people trying to get there first to get as much as they can. Later, there is less to get and it is harder to reach; doesn't matter if you have smarter people. Another mistake is judging intelligence by quantity discoveries or even the quality of those discoveries; it's largely situational.
3) We only require enough to defend against 1 major power; that is if you are pro-defense and if you are not, you don't even require that much. Nobody else is dumping anything near what we do into newer tech - we act like we are still at war (that is, a major war non-stop since WW2.) Some officials are honest when they keep the old and ignore the new (which is produced under heavy corruption. see F-22)
4) Our new tech is sold or leaked around the world or other nations simply use what they already have, which is plenty effective. Globally we help the whole industry on all sides by providing a high level of unnecessary competition... making things go out of fashion. Thing is, the other buyers won't pay any price and the US will. Result? Everybody else might be lower grade and smaller but they are extremely cost effective by comparison. Afghanistan has won again, we spent more than Russia or Vietnam and they had almost nothing and spend almost nothing while our implosion is accelerated.
So because Hitler was behind the Holocaust, we should just give him a pass on that little WORLD WAR 2 thing? Why is it we only ever talk about the Holocaust when WW2 was 10x worse (and is required for the war crimes to exist.) Is it because WAR is good that a 100 million people more can die and we still just cite the relatively tiny war crime?
I think it's direction is that of a consumer computer; a toy. A computer version of Swiss Army Knife but for consumers.. with all the blades made safe (dull) and it has a spork.
Most people don't need desktop computers and don't know how to even use them or care. They just have narrow tasks to perform and don't want to think about anything else or other ways to do things etc. These people when they have serious work to do will want a larger smart phone. The ability to hook a keyboard and larger screen at work might be a big need when businesses eliminate their PCs and most IT by using a set of apps on their staff's smart phones (and make IT issues be the employee's responsibility. Think of how email today has largely moved away from IT and people are expected to deal with it on their own.. that transition is still ongoing, but could foreshadow the other software used.)
But a REAL computer... with powerful open-ended software? Most won't need it. A hybrid seems a good idea today if you want both worlds but if you have little need for a tablet... and face it, almost nobody actually needs a tablet... you will stick with a nicer lighter laptop for the money. Yes, I have no tablet. It was cool to play with but I can't see it being much use to justify the expense and another device to contend with (theft, software, etc.) I don't have much need for the smart phone either, but it does offer a couple unique things... like being a phone.
I think the hybrid approach will be fairly successful. The downside is that the OS will make serious desktop software suck more while trying to find a forced hybrid of two things that probably never can meld properly. The power users will not be happy and have to seek out systems that haven't tried to dumb everything down to the lowest common denominator. Something like hollywood movies...
I've seen some amazing prototype demos of magnetic fluids as a sealant. The concept is sound and I don't know why somebody isn't doing anything with them. It can hold quite a lot-- magnets keep the liquid in the gaps and there is minimal friction; much less than any solids. somebody just needs to engineer a synthetic oil that is magnetic... but even if they don't, just the magnetic fluid should be enough...
not sure of the speeds... but the demo I saw was for an air compressor that used less energy (due to the seals being essentially a fluid that was between water and gas in viscosity... and boy did it stain anything it touched...)
The USPS doesn't have to make a profit and it can run at a loss (but congress has the power to make it suck ass.)
Unlike the insanely expensive Department of Defense, the USPS is constitutionally mandated to exist and is run by the congress (who are now less popular than Castro.)
LEGAL documents require USPS. 90s law allowed digital signatures for legal documents; however, it will never be as secure as the physical items.
Look it up. It doesn't have anything to do with physics.
In reboot Trek, physics only exists so a main character can kick it's ass.
Mentality: new Kirk can change the laws of physics. With his fists. new Scotty doesn't fall, he attracts the earth to him. new Spock does logic, on your face. over and over and over. new Uhura doesn't need communications, everybody just runs to the person they need to shout at.
Kahn!!! (I put it in for no reason, to be in the spirit of JJ Abrams.)
I haven't heard of Shatner doing anything besides acting alpha male in TV and some Movies. The creator/writer of Trek deserves far far more credit.
Nimoy, has at least done voice overs for many TV shows that were real science shows over the decades. He also helped keep the movies going (not that the movies were inspirational... but they kept things alive before TNG got started up which may not have happened otherwise.)
Scotty also deserves more than Shatner, for getting people to be engineers. He even has a term named after him which any wise engineer uses ("The Scotty Principle.") But perhaps that keeps NASA away from him (plus he is dead.)
Although Nimoy's blessing on the disgraceful reboot... that shouldn't be overlooked; perhaps that cost him the honor? maybe it should?
I am ordering the book for use in my class... any ideas on how we could use it in a course?
Perhaps the parent, you and I could devise coursework around this book? (I've not read it yet.)
As far as those other two books, I recommend them in the class for those who are interested. I've considered assigning Everyday Things... I have little trouble extracting the homework time they are supposed to be using for a 4 credit course... probably because it's required and I'm the only person who teaches it (and I make sure they know this.) So, I can force them to actually work and I will flunk them all if need be; without any regret or harming myself (now if I did that routinely, I'd lose the job... but you only need to establish the reputation and keep the rumors going.)
Apple has been going downhill as the result of doing things like others in industry have been doing: using profiling and statistics gathered from user's use of their software.
Instead of thinking about themselves (advanced users) and thinking about what they've learned about novices and creating compromise solutions. They are taking the easy way out and using profiling of huge numbers of users they gather simple statistics from. This then guides them too strongly in making the decisions they do. This ALSO causes a bias towards the majority of users, who are clueless and undermines any motives to add subtle things for advanced users (because it takes effort to design something for beginners and advanced users while keeping them both happy.)
Observing a user go over the menus looking for a feature lets you know that is working for them but when you have stats showing that most people rarely ever use the menus leads you to conclude you should get rid of the menu bar because people don't use it enough. Or even remove rarely used features that are still important to the users but don't show that importance with your statistics modeling.
Advanced users may block your profiling or opt out (firefox asks) so your profile is of a different demographic - not your whole user base.
Then there is the argument that people are getting more stupid; years of not having to solve any problems for themselves makes them adverse to figuring things out. Even simple stuff like building something from legos is a problem for more children today. If your software provides smart features which you can combine in various ways to get MANY things accomplished it could be that today's users are less capable of putting the steps together to perform a task! They may need wizards to hand hold them down a rigid path.... like a lot of typical consumer software does and phone apps seem to go towards (simple apps with a narrow focus... just use more apps and if you are lucky combine the results... if possible.)
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People naturally shoot the messenger and it goes in reverse as well. Not logical, but that that is how it goes.
Quote Hitler all you wish but it is not practical to cite him as the source of the quote. Same goes with any other evil person who might say something relevant, cogent, or true. (Yes, Ayn Rand IS evil and I'm one who doesn't think the sociopaths she practically idolizes are evil.)
"Rule of law" is authoritarian Pavlovian mind control, quite Orwellian actually...
Society makes the laws. It is ruled by itself not by laws.
Law is created by representatives of THE PEOPLE. THE PEOPLE rule and that is how it is supposed to work, the laws merely reflect the current will of THE PEOPLE. "We the people" isn't just an empty phrase... or didn't used to be. Laws come and go.
Unfortunately, our society is too foolish to defend our fundamental human rights because of dehumanization of some minority group causes them to lose touch with the reality that those minority groups ARE STILL HUMAN no matter how you feel about them. Any blow against them is a blow against humanity. The right to vote is unalienable and we've denied it to millions unjustifiably (in other words we've alienated those rights.) The excons I've known were more politically capable than the average citizen. Someday, could all the competent voters will be felons? (with the NSA's help you probably have felonies on record already, only need 1 of the 10,000+ crimes... some obscure thing like marrying between races can probably be found... remember "rule of law" applies to unenforced old laws too.)
Natural gas fracking is anything but clean.
It's not a threat if you've already are doing it.
I thought USB had to pass thru the CPU/driver. Firewire had device DMA access and PCI is well, as low as you can go. I read about Thunderbolt 3 which is also being worked on; since both come out from intel you can expect Thunderbolt to be ahead of USB in terms of speed and flexibility. Don't see much need for high power output when Thunderbolt devices like displays will probably need their own power supply anyway.
You must be old. Everything is passive today, people expect to just sit and absorb info and be entertained as well. The professor has to be an entertainer and if they drone on it is THEIR fault the students fail to focus their short attentions away from their smart phones and laptops. It's a TV culture and the new generation has a drug like addiction to instant feedback.
I have a hard time believing people today can even reach 10 minutes. If they TRY sure I don't doubt it, but if they don't try it's probably 5 seconds. They tell video editors to change scene ever 2.5 seconds average.
If I knew the material, I found the dull lectures RELEVANT and useful- they were not dull because of the CONTENT of the lecture, not the presentation of it. On rare occasion I'd have work that was ahead of the lecture so then I was REALLY motivated to make sense of what I was already working on. College doesn't have to please the students/parents like K-12, we should just let them fail if they are not going to be serious. College students are supposed to be able to do something on their own - the prof is there to guide, support, challenge them as they develop; not simply certify they finished the obstacle course. College today is the new High School or JOB training for most people and that is a big part of the problem; along with business-oriented thinking. Students are not customers.
Prof is the master and students are the apprentices. The good setup has them doing a lot of "wax-on / wax-off" with the student being the ignorant and determined "grasshopper" and the wise master guiding them along a productive journey where they trust in the master's wisdom on where to go next (except unlike a martial arts movie, most don't realize the master's plan got them somewhere; especially, if they didn't ever have to prove to themselves of their new skills.)
1) Anti-Establishment candidates are often marginalized by the establishment, by civil methods and later by authoritarian ones depending on the threat and how authoritarian. Example: Ghandi. MLK. The extreme repression was their strength; the wise establishment doesn't empower their enemies.
2) If you can elect somebody, they are a minority and unless it is a dictatorship they can't do anything on their own. Continued marginalization and undermining them with their base as they are forced to compromise to get anything done at all. Example: Paul Wellstone, Bernie Sanders, Ron Paul (a rare case of no compromise and doing nothing.)
3) Use the system against the elected officials. As the 2006 NSA leaker stated, Obama was observed before he was a senator. Officials have things to hide; even honest ones must make tough decisions that can look horrible if made public. Catch-22, such as the intelligence committee members who can't even tell other's in office what they know. Remember, Wyden said when Snowden leaks came out that it was just the tip of the iceberg and he couldn't talk about any of it. Remember, the 1st Snowden leak was they were spying on everybody. that was the tip of the iceberg?!
Example: possibly everybody who did a 360 after getting in office.
4) Politicians can only address a few issues at a time; much of their time is spent eating shit from their predecessors and trying to convince people it will taste good after they add their seasoning and most their time is spent raising money.
5) Press has been captured. You have to go foreign to get anything and they are being terrorized. (Funny how much "treason" is applied to foreigners.) When it's a big issue the press backs the government position; without even the need to be asked. Self censorship is the norm and patriotism is supporting the gov PR. Remember, the press didn't back the pentagon papers until it was already published and that was back during better days.
Franken is my senator. he is just OK. He is also at risk of being replaced by a complete sellout.
Get a house TODAY you don't need to save up your money! Mortgages let you have immediate comfort now.
The cost of a house forces a long term payment plan but you can STILL have short term thinking. Short term thinking is central to the mortgage crisis we are still recovering from. bad planning / rates .... adjustable rates. That'll solve itself somehow you'll probably make more money long term...
High temp burning should produce decent energy output without pollution. IF they don't use some goofy plastic it can be burned hot enough and well enough to not be a problem.
Sometimes recycling is just not worth the effort.
People have been conditioned what to believe. Thought has nothing to do with it. People don't think like their parents, they believe what their parents conditioned them to and the defenses etc are just conditioning; not a single thought is required, if anything they are discouraged-- child asks "why isn't there any proof of god?" daring to think something and is immediately told rationalized beliefs to discourage any further thinking. A continued line of questioning leads to "just because" dead ends where faith is the only answer and thinking is wrong. I'm only using religion as an example, it applies similarly elsewhere.
Humans do not scale. Tribalism is inherent to humanity and my theory is that humans evolved BECAUSE of tribalism. We already have most the missing links and they all have tiny brains (except the last few) and dominated the food chain-- a growing population and competition forced tribes to compete with each other for resources and that resulted in evolutionary pressure for bigger brains. (If you are not up on the topic, look into it-- packs of humanoid apes running around in the plains of Africa able to run greater distances than any animal -- just like we can -- all our biological advantages are for running in packs... except our large brains.) Also there is plenty of psychology on how humans only handle a limited number of relationships etc. You are bound to identifying with limited size group; only with the power of abstract thinking can you exceed those tribal limits (but one still tends to think in tribal terms, your tribe is just abstracted into a larger group.)
Problem is what was our advantage is now hindering us. It takes considerable mental training and education to surpass our inherent nature. We also evolved to avoid extra work; hell, even your brain avoids learning by grasping for known patterns to classify stuff under because actual learning takes the whole brain and is an expensive operation (as brain scans prove, plus education research) not to mention if you had to learn everything we'd not be anywhere near as smart. Mapping is essential. Again, this characteristic works against us as we classify others, groups, policies, systems etc. It can help too but it's a double edged sword.
I lived in MN during his election and I even listened occasionally to his radio show. He was nothing like Rush Limbaugh and at least he bothered to look for facts instead of make them up on the spot. I didn't listen long enough to his show to find fault and it wasn't entertaining; but I read his book which was the most funny thing I've ever read (and why I knew who he was, I never heard of him otherwise.) I wouldn't blame the failure of that radio station on Franken; that is baseless, he quit the show to run for office. One could make equally baseless claims that Franken was keeping that radio station alive.
He didn't steal the election. I was a volunteer. I WAS THERE. No cheating. They video taped and disputed every single stupid thing no matter how pointless (for example, somebody who marked and wrote in the same person.) The GOP propaganda machine lied about the whole thing and their disrespect for the legal system got them into hot water with the judges -- the majority of which were REPUBLICAN judges!!! They let it drag out a year with no chance to win solely to stall because they are so partisan. Plus creating outrage is a good way to raise money-- for both parties, but in this situation 1 side was being quite unethical. Every ridiculous situation was fought in court with a republican majority of judges and they lost most of it (hey, I didn't say the democrat lawyers were perfect... they ARE lawyers...) It's pretty bad when the Republican judge makes comments about how sleazy the Republican lawyers are.
The debate in the senate is mostly BS. I spent years watching CSPAN in the background. We are so bad now it doesn't matter what is said because filibusters have DoS the senate. It's the fall of rome all over again; just waiting for the death count to rise (maybe the "accidents" will just turn into out right murders.)
Franken drew the map from memory BEFORE he was in office and during the campaign for office. He has served ONE term. He never spent tax payer money learning to draw the map.
Given how politicians are sold like products and put on an act to get elected, it makes him no different than anybody else--- EXCEPT he is not a lawyer which automatically makes him better.
Japan needs to figure this problem out without increasing the population so the whole planet can benefit from their example! Our economics are built around continual growth as if there are no limits to anything.
Global warming is caused by overpopulation.
Two children DO NOT simply replace two parents! Significant overlap means huge resource and economic impacts. FOUR live in total for around 50 years (a long time) and grandchildren makes that 6 people for a short period, falling back down to 4 again when the parents finally die. An exact 2.0 children means you'll always have 4 people. Any fraction above 2.0 results in exponential growth. Japan may be 1st to solve the problem, but quickly they will be overwhelmed with the explosion everywhere else.
EMACS:
"An OS inside an OS"
"The Emacs operating system needs a better editor."
"Linux is just the bootloader"
What country?
1) Industrial military complex == corruption.
2) Technology progress is not linear. New areas are ripe with low hanging fruit and people trying to get there first to get as much as they can. Later, there is less to get and it is harder to reach; doesn't matter if you have smarter people. Another mistake is judging intelligence by quantity discoveries or even the quality of those discoveries; it's largely situational.
3) We only require enough to defend against 1 major power; that is if you are pro-defense and if you are not, you don't even require that much. Nobody else is dumping anything near what we do into newer tech - we act like we are still at war (that is, a major war non-stop since WW2.) Some officials are honest when they keep the old and ignore the new (which is produced under heavy corruption. see F-22)
4) Our new tech is sold or leaked around the world or other nations simply use what they already have, which is plenty effective. Globally we help the whole industry on all sides by providing a high level of unnecessary competition... making things go out of fashion. Thing is, the other buyers won't pay any price and the US will. Result? Everybody else might be lower grade and smaller but they are extremely cost effective by comparison. Afghanistan has won again, we spent more than Russia or Vietnam and they had almost nothing and spend almost nothing while our implosion is accelerated.
So because Hitler was behind the Holocaust, we should just give him a pass on that little WORLD WAR 2 thing?
Why is it we only ever talk about the Holocaust when WW2 was 10x worse (and is required for the war crimes to exist.) Is it because WAR is good that a 100 million people more can die and we still just cite the relatively tiny war crime?
I think it's direction is that of a consumer computer; a toy. A computer version of Swiss Army Knife but for consumers.. with all the blades made safe (dull) and it has a spork.
Most people don't need desktop computers and don't know how to even use them or care. They just have narrow tasks to perform and don't want to think about anything else or other ways to do things etc. These people when they have serious work to do will want a larger smart phone. The ability to hook a keyboard and larger screen at work might be a big need when businesses eliminate their PCs and most IT by using a set of apps on their staff's smart phones (and make IT issues be the employee's responsibility. Think of how email today has largely moved away from IT and people are expected to deal with it on their own.. that transition is still ongoing, but could foreshadow the other software used.)
But a REAL computer... with powerful open-ended software? Most won't need it. A hybrid seems a good idea today if you want both worlds but if you have little need for a tablet... and face it, almost nobody actually needs a tablet... you will stick with a nicer lighter laptop for the money. Yes, I have no tablet. It was cool to play with but I can't see it being much use to justify the expense and another device to contend with (theft, software, etc.) I don't have much need for the smart phone either, but it does offer a couple unique things... like being a phone.
I think the hybrid approach will be fairly successful. The downside is that the OS will make serious desktop software suck more while trying to find a forced hybrid of two things that probably never can meld properly. The power users will not be happy and have to seek out systems that haven't tried to dumb everything down to the lowest common denominator. Something like hollywood movies...
Mod parent up.
I've seen some amazing prototype demos of magnetic fluids as a sealant. The concept is sound and I don't know why somebody isn't doing anything with them. It can hold quite a lot-- magnets keep the liquid in the gaps and there is minimal friction; much less than any solids. somebody just needs to engineer a synthetic oil that is magnetic... but even if they don't, just the magnetic fluid should be enough...
not sure of the speeds... but the demo I saw was for an air compressor that used less energy (due to the seals being essentially a fluid that was between water and gas in viscosity... and boy did it stain anything it touched...)
Article sounds made up.
The USPS doesn't have to make a profit and it can run at a loss (but congress has the power to make it suck ass.)
Unlike the insanely expensive Department of Defense, the USPS is constitutionally mandated to exist and is run by the congress (who are now less popular than Castro.)
LEGAL documents require USPS. 90s law allowed digital signatures for legal documents; however, it will never be as secure as the physical items.
Look it up. It doesn't have anything to do with physics.
In reboot Trek, physics only exists so a main character can kick it's ass.
Mentality:
new Kirk can change the laws of physics. With his fists.
new Scotty doesn't fall, he attracts the earth to him.
new Spock does logic, on your face. over and over and over.
new Uhura doesn't need communications, everybody just runs to the person they need to shout at.
Kahn!!! (I put it in for no reason, to be in the spirit of JJ Abrams.)
SPOCK! duh!
I haven't heard of Shatner doing anything besides acting alpha male in TV and some Movies. The creator/writer of Trek deserves far far more credit.
Nimoy, has at least done voice overs for many TV shows that were real science shows over the decades. He also helped keep the movies going (not that the movies were inspirational... but they kept things alive before TNG got started up which may not have happened otherwise.)
Scotty also deserves more than Shatner, for getting people to be engineers. He even has a term named after him which any wise engineer uses ("The Scotty Principle.") But perhaps that keeps NASA away from him (plus he is dead.)
Although Nimoy's blessing on the disgraceful reboot... that shouldn't be overlooked; perhaps that cost him the honor? maybe it should?
I am ordering the book for use in my class... any ideas on how we could use it in a course?
Perhaps the parent, you and I could devise coursework around this book? (I've not read it yet.)
As far as those other two books, I recommend them in the class for those who are interested. I've considered assigning Everyday Things... I have little trouble extracting the homework time they are supposed to be using for a 4 credit course... probably because it's required and I'm the only person who teaches it (and I make sure they know this.) So, I can force them to actually work and I will flunk them all if need be; without any regret or harming myself (now if I did that routinely, I'd lose the job... but you only need to establish the reputation and keep the rumors going.)
Apple has been going downhill as the result of doing things like others in industry have been doing: using profiling and statistics gathered from user's use of their software.
Instead of thinking about themselves (advanced users) and thinking about what they've learned about novices and creating compromise solutions. They are taking the easy way out and using profiling of huge numbers of users they gather simple statistics from. This then guides them too strongly in making the decisions they do. This ALSO causes a bias towards the majority of users, who are clueless and undermines any motives to add subtle things for advanced users (because it takes effort to design something for beginners and advanced users while keeping them both happy.)
Observing a user go over the menus looking for a feature lets you know that is working for them but when you have stats showing that most people rarely ever use the menus leads you to conclude you should get rid of the menu bar because people don't use it enough. Or even remove rarely used features that are still important to the users but don't show that importance with your statistics modeling.
Advanced users may block your profiling or opt out (firefox asks) so your profile is of a different demographic - not your whole user base.
Then there is the argument that people are getting more stupid; years of not having to solve any problems for themselves makes them adverse to figuring things out. Even simple stuff like building something from legos is a problem for more children today. If your software provides smart features which you can combine in various ways to get MANY things accomplished it could be that today's users are less capable of putting the steps together to perform a task! They may need wizards to hand hold them down a rigid path.... like a lot of typical consumer software does and phone apps seem to go towards (simple apps with a narrow focus... just use more apps and if you are lucky combine the results... if possible.)