Why is this insightful? He doesn't even understand the word "complexity" in the context it was used!?
GO IS complex. Yes, the brute force complexity is stupidly large.
But also the (non-optimal) pattern strategies that humans use and researchers ARE STUDYING (and have done for some time) are very difficult to emulate.
I love how you just dismiss a whole field of research as if they had not bother to try anything else in the decades this has been study?!
Sheesh...talk about failing to give people the benefit of the doubt...
Because this has always been more about control than effectiveness.
At some point they will (if not already) start using this information for nefarious purposes such as squashing dissent, manipulation and blackmail and corporate gain. Most likely to tell the police robots which citizen to arrest and torture next.
And when that joyous time comes the NSA will be ready and waiting...
I am not an american. I don't watch ANY of your 24 hr news feeds for my news. They are all corporate driven media and biased in their own way. Try watching BBC or some other respected non-US news source once in a while to see what else is out there - you may be very surprised.
And taking your smear to the full extent I feel compelled to say I also don't like either of your 2 political parties either - I think they are both complete shit and find your whole political system a complete farce and a bad joke as do most americans it appears. (and believe me I wish I could afford not to give a toss about it but you keep spying on and invading on other countries!) Again, try investigating another well respected democracy etc...
Not that any of them (countries or news orgs) are perfect but none of them are as blatantly biased as Fox news. And that has been PROVEN with leaked memos and other analysis much of which has been mentioned on this very site.
So you might really love what Fox news has to say (and really it boils down to that, doesn't it) and YOU might find their sources beyond suspicion but I suspect you had no problem believing Bush and Cheney[Evil tyrants.com].
And why is i that a for profit corporate such as Fox News (to pick the most disgusting mainstream example I can think of) is given special privilege given their well documented bias and motivations....
I would argue the distinction has ALWAYS been unworkable its just that the internet has made it more obvious.
Although I am sure corporate media organisations will disagree...but fuck them.
And if this gets overturned or is not the case in other countries I would suggest that bloggers form a collective media organisation - Independent Media United.:)
As a side bonus they could use it as a blogging community, buy hosting in bulk or whatever....
Isn't it funny how everything is so simple when viewed in black and white?
There are a small number of these sorts of course. Yes there are crazies on both sides of the spectrum. I would argue the numbers are very much skewed one way. I will leave it up to you which way around they are skewed.
Most of these "pacifists" would argue that just being "better" is not necessarily good enough.
For example almost all of us are "better" than a fascist dictator who has killed millions of innocents but that does not make us all good people...
But feel free to continue to erect those straw men. They burn so brightly....
In reality this is 8.2 - just that you have to pay for it.
This is the same stunt they successfully pulled last time with Vista. Release a terrible OS that does not deserve to see the light of day. Patch it to fix all the problems but add some GUI and incremental changes to make it look different. Rebrand it a new version and get the early adopting suckers to pay twice and give everyone else the upgrade pathway they wanted.
It used to be called a major service pack and it was free in the days of XP, but this time its a "new version" and you pay. They early versions of windows have ALWAYS sucked until patched but at least they had the decency to fix them for free!!
So that is why they are coming so soon and that is why every second one sucks - its the same good ol' M$ "release the beta" marketing plan only upgraded to supervillain levels of evil.
He is invisible because you cannot see him. That whole Jesus thing was a bizarre and very temporary manifestation with many conflicting theories as to what exactly he was even among the faithful.
He is everywhere so in the sky too. Also that was a metaphor as you well know.
You are only forgiven if you ask for it. And what exactly constitutes someone who goes to hell is likewise extremely vague and conflicted. I was told as a child the very strict version of that myth and was not limiting my sentiment to christianity. (because none of the religions have any more truth to them that each other - even the fringe ones)
But if it provides you comfort to believe in that nonsense then feel free to go ahead.
But likewise don't expect me to do anything other than find you crazy and point out how ridiculous your position is and use it is the best and most extreme example we have of how people believe in all sorts of crazy shit when told by some other crazy as shit person with no evidence whatsoever to back up their position.
Your ilk don't get the privilege of being nuts in public and have me not comment because you have not earned it. And considering how much harm and damage religion has caused over the years I would argue any example of it has not earned the right to exist and not be publicly vilified.
So I will use the sheer insanity of religion as a metaphor, example, counterpoint or any other literary device for whatever I deem fit. It deserves far worse than anything I could ever give it.
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Viva la resistance!!
Pleeeasse. This whole thing continues to make me sick to my stomach.
So in other words working exactly as intended?
I am sorry, did you wake up in a different country or something??
It seems to me you just like to go down swinging...
Yes.
Why is this insightful? He doesn't even understand the word "complexity" in the context it was used!?
GO IS complex. Yes, the brute force complexity is stupidly large.
But also the (non-optimal) pattern strategies that humans use and researchers ARE STUDYING (and have done for some time) are very difficult to emulate.
I love how you just dismiss a whole field of research as if they had not bother to try anything else in the decades this has been study?!
Sheesh...talk about failing to give people the benefit of the doubt...
But it wont.
Because this has always been more about control than effectiveness.
At some point they will (if not already) start using this information for nefarious purposes such as squashing dissent, manipulation and blackmail and corporate gain. Most likely to tell the police robots which citizen to arrest and torture next.
And when that joyous time comes the NSA will be ready and waiting...
Like I said "that I could think of".
I am sure there are much more shitty news orgs out there. Probably none of them with the viewership of Fox news....
And I am not speaking from ignorance. I used to flick back and forth between Fox and BBC when they were on after midnight to compare.
The difference was mindblowing....
"200 mercury powered dolphins about to launch a devastating suicide poison attack on unsuspecting pig-like human hybrids"
(I apologise to porcines everywhere for that joke)
I am not an american. I don't watch ANY of your 24 hr news feeds for my news. They are all corporate driven media and biased in their own way.
Try watching BBC or some other respected non-US news source once in a while to see what else is out there - you may be very surprised.
And taking your smear to the full extent I feel compelled to say I also don't like either of your 2 political parties either - I think they are both complete shit and find your whole political system a complete farce and a bad joke as do most americans it appears. (and believe me I wish I could afford not to give a toss about it but you keep spying on and invading on other countries!)
Again, try investigating another well respected democracy etc...
Not that any of them (countries or news orgs) are perfect but none of them are as blatantly biased as Fox news. And that has been PROVEN with leaked memos and other analysis much of which has been mentioned on this very site.
So you might really love what Fox news has to say (and really it boils down to that, doesn't it) and YOU might find their sources beyond suspicion but I suspect you had no problem believing Bush and Cheney[Evil tyrants.com].
I was just picking the most disgusting mainstream example I can think of off the top of my head.
You are being very naive.
Who defines "bad" and "good"?
And why is i that a for profit corporate such as Fox News (to pick the most disgusting mainstream example I can think of) is given special privilege given their well documented bias and motivations....
As I said...naive....
Nevertheless, why would it be ok for an "official" journalist to do this?
For example Fox news in every second one of their stories....
You are arguing a different point here....
I totally agree with you.
I would argue the distinction has ALWAYS been unworkable its just that the internet has made it more obvious.
Although I am sure corporate media organisations will disagree...but fuck them.
And if this gets overturned or is not the case in other countries I would suggest that bloggers form a collective media organisation - Independent Media United. :)
As a side bonus they could use it as a blogging community, buy hosting in bulk or whatever....
Gotta love slashdot and the invisible post.
I read your response as in reply to the GP and not the parent because the parent was invisible at the time.
So I thought you were sarcastically commenting on: "(Personally, I'd like to think that my society is better than the bad guys.)"
Having seen the -1 troll post now I apologise.
You are quite correct!
Take your pick...
Isn't it funny how everything is so simple when viewed in black and white?
There are a small number of these sorts of course. Yes there are crazies on both sides of the spectrum. I would argue the numbers are very much skewed one way. I will leave it up to you which way around they are skewed.
Most of these "pacifists" would argue that just being "better" is not necessarily good enough.
For example almost all of us are "better" than a fascist dictator who has killed millions of innocents but that does not make us all good people...
But feel free to continue to erect those straw men. They burn so brightly....
Why on earth is he labelled troll?!
+1 for confusing headline....
Do you have a dimmer? If not then the power supply to those outlets is probably highly variable - something standard CFLs cannot handle.
You should try placing one of the dimmer-safe versions in there and see how you go.
You're welcome. :)
What is even funnier is that my post was labelled a troll.
Because pointing out how we are constantly making the wrong decisions around sustainability is trolling.
Add that to the survivability fail list....It just gets better and better.
You should not.
The human race has failed yet again at increasing its long term survival chances due to it valuing short term gain more highly.
In this case it is doubly stupid since CFLs save you money as well...
Then you would be wrong.
There was much written about their views at the time.
In reality this is 8.2 - just that you have to pay for it.
This is the same stunt they successfully pulled last time with Vista. Release a terrible OS that does not deserve to see the light of day. Patch it to fix all the problems but add some GUI and incremental changes to make it look different. Rebrand it a new version and get the early adopting suckers to pay twice and give everyone else the upgrade pathway they wanted.
It used to be called a major service pack and it was free in the days of XP, but this time its a "new version" and you pay. They early versions of windows have ALWAYS sucked until patched but at least they had the decency to fix them for free!!
So that is why they are coming so soon and that is why every second one sucks - its the same good ol' M$ "release the beta" marketing plan only upgraded to supervillain levels of evil.
Its really funny you cannot answer that question yourself....
lol.
He is invisible because you cannot see him. That whole Jesus thing was a bizarre and very temporary manifestation with many conflicting theories as to what exactly he was even among the faithful.
He is everywhere so in the sky too. Also that was a metaphor as you well know.
You are only forgiven if you ask for it. And what exactly constitutes someone who goes to hell is likewise extremely vague and conflicted. I was told as a child the very strict version of that myth and was not limiting my sentiment to christianity. (because none of the religions have any more truth to them that each other - even the fringe ones)
But if it provides you comfort to believe in that nonsense then feel free to go ahead.
But likewise don't expect me to do anything other than find you crazy and point out how ridiculous your position is and use it is the best and most extreme example we have of how people believe in all sorts of crazy shit when told by some other crazy as shit person with no evidence whatsoever to back up their position.
Your ilk don't get the privilege of being nuts in public and have me not comment because you have not earned it. And considering how much harm and damage religion has caused over the years I would argue any example of it has not earned the right to exist and not be publicly vilified.
So I will use the sheer insanity of religion as a metaphor, example, counterpoint or any other literary device for whatever I deem fit. It deserves far worse than anything I could ever give it.
I know what the common interpretation is mr literally minded.
I am postulating a hollywood end of movie twist grand finale big reveal in the super HD movie that is life.
Although I hear the book is better...