What utter moron thinks that technology can't cause unemployment. Throughout history, technology has repeatedly caused unemployment. Fortunately, in the past, other positions opened and there was some balance. However, as this article is showing, the imbalance is growing as it is tipping towards more rapid technology growth and other positions not opening fast enough to compensate for the losses.
What we are seeing today is technology creating permanent unemployment. Cue the experts stating how clueless I am.
You're absolutely right. How do we work around that, though?
Who's in on the "Eradicate Silicon From the Planet Earth" movement? Anyone?
For my house in NJ, we got a quote for about $30,000 (of which we would pay $10,000 out of pocket) to put solar panels on our roof. We also were being asked to cut down 4 trees in order to get optimal sunlight. After hurricane Sandy, we instead bought a $450 3270 watt generator which is portable, won't be damaged outside, and can be shared with neighbors if need be.
Note also that if you want to make your house off-the-grid (as option) with solar, that requires much more expense. Batteries, inverter switches, etc.
That's the whole problem, IMHO.
If the cost of solar was affordable for the average American, a whole crapload of solar would be installed and used. For some reason it just doesn't make sense to be the "first company" to sell something near-cost with minimal profits to "start the revolution."
"In the news today, the U.S. Government's successful removal of all guns from all residing humans within the U.S. borders has given a 10,000% rise in the number of dirty bombs being made and used randomly against defenseless individuals. More at 11:00."
A good thing to have in this Act, and I'm only assuming it's not in there because tl;dr, is to have penalties for repeat offenders so that a system of pay-to-play-(very-loudly) won't crop up - of course, that means limiting the amount of fines coming in to the FCC and thus will likely not happen.
That is very insightful. I didn't think of that, but it really is a deterrent.
I guess the first large company to test it will show the numbers. *coughwalmartcough*
This will definitely create a new market for TV commercials. See example:
Weekly commercial run off prime-time: $750 Weekly commercial run during prime-time: $1500 Daily commercial run off prime-time: $5500 Daily commercial run off prime-time: $10,000 Additional fee for "enhanced attention grabbing services": *$?
* Since we can't find finite penalty amounts in the Act, you agree to pay whatever they happen to be, plus legal fees, plus an additional $1000 "Service Fee".
Why would a non-violent criminal be thrown in solitary immediately and also denied access to all but one visitor? I doubt it was to protect him from other inmates.
"Since then the Pirate Bay founder has been kept in solitary confinement, locked up 23 hours a day for weeks on end."
"Gottfrid wasnâ(TM)t allowed to meet anyone except his mother during his solitary confinement"
Now that's not exactly solitary confinement, now is it?
Perhaps they should rename it "MOSTLY solitary confinement*"
*See rules and conditions for further information.
You may teach your children as you like, but to never teach them about evolution is abuse.
I could easily come up with dozens of scientific theories and concepts that are certainly more important to be taught than evolution.
Do you consider it abuse to not teach kids about Newton's laws of motion? Sadly, I would be willing to bet that most products of the public education system have a better concept of evolution than of inertia.
This is the problem that I have with the whole evolution/creationism in education debate: the theory of evolution is just not that important. The loudmouths on both sides of this debate aren't interested in education; they're just using it as a proxy to attack their political enemies.
Try fixing the general state of science education, and then you can go attack the evolution in education question all you want.
Is it not one of the biggest questions of a Human, "Where did I come from?"
Understanding the theories and laws of the Universe are interesting to some and not interesting to others, but in general they are not a 100% "everyone wants to know" set. "Where did I come from" is a question we all ask at one time or another because we are sentient, intelligent beings.
What this comes down to is this: is school something that past theories and knowledge should simply be passed down without edit or modification through, or something with educational content that gets modified from time to time based on increasing levels of knowledge and data? Keep reading.
We can't teach EVERYTHING in school; it's too much information. We have to chop it up, edit pieces, and refine the information as time goes on. To continue teaching that we were magically created from an actual being (or more than one) after plenty of data has contraindicated that is... well... non-intelligent.
I see educational change process as one of those refinements, but one that religious people will whole-heartedly disagree with because..... they're religious!
Ok, now stop and think for a second... If what I said is true, then there is obviously an opposite: there are those who believe we should teach religion in school and not teach evolution. If that is the case, there is again missing data. Incomplete education.
Now, let's try to put the two together. Let's teach both. Well, both schools of thought (no pun intended) have their 'druthers about what should and shouldn't be taught in compliment of one another.
People would squabble over what's constitutional, right, wrong, politically correct and incorrect, etc etc etc. Solution? Balance with a little teaching of this, and a little teaching of that, both to balance each other out, but emphasizing on the one you want the kids to believe is really true.
Long story short, it ends up with having way too much useful information to teach so kids don't only understand what is "out there" today, but what happened in the past, how it happened, what it led to, and what the outcome was, along with a connection to the next step in the endless process of time. If you don't want too much information, you have to limit it. In order to limit it, you have to edit it, pick and choose relevant items and the extent of their explanation.
Loudmouths aside, the ultimate working educational system needs modifications and fixes from time to time.
Off-topic, but makes the point quite clear: when I was in school, it was perfectly okay to threaten other students with physical harm, threaten teachers with death, execute harm on other students and declare innocence (which was always the end decision just to quickly move past this "little problem"), and if you brought some kind of drug/weapon/contraband into school and were caught with it, you'd get a detention or short suspension (which was their equivalent of sending you to prison).
Nowadays, you'd better watch what words come out of your mouth at school and watch what you physically do because there are cameras everywhere.
I am happy the man got caught but there's something really up here, either the FBI are incompetent or they just feel like installing spyware on every computer they come across.
The story enclosed within this one is that (a) the FBI is unable to effectively scrub FBI spyware installed by an FBI agent, and (b) the computer repair shop charged an FBI agent to scrub and reimage a laptop, and then apparently just moved it from the To Do shelf to the Done shelf.
...or, that's just what they WANTED you to believe...
Either way it's fine because they got exactly what they needed. Right?
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In my own area, a Judge has ruled they are not legal.
What is "they"?
What utter moron thinks that technology can't cause unemployment. Throughout history, technology has repeatedly caused unemployment. Fortunately, in the past, other positions opened and there was some balance. However, as this article is showing, the imbalance is growing as it is tipping towards more rapid technology growth and other positions not opening fast enough to compensate for the losses.
What we are seeing today is technology creating permanent unemployment. Cue the experts stating how clueless I am.
You're absolutely right. How do we work around that, though?
Who's in on the "Eradicate Silicon From the Planet Earth" movement? Anyone?
*crickets chirping*
So... who builds this "technology"?
The technology.
Show me one house with a solar panel installation that is not broken and still functions after a hurricane or earthquake and we'll talk.
Wait, that's just food for the "toldyaso" people.
Show me over 50% success and we'll talk.
For my house in NJ, we got a quote for about $30,000 (of which we would pay $10,000 out of pocket) to put solar panels on our roof. We also were being asked to cut down 4 trees in order to get optimal sunlight. After hurricane Sandy, we instead bought a $450 3270 watt generator which is portable, won't be damaged outside, and can be shared with neighbors if need be.
Note also that if you want to make your house off-the-grid (as option) with solar, that requires much more expense. Batteries, inverter switches, etc.
That's the whole problem, IMHO.
If the cost of solar was affordable for the average American, a whole crapload of solar would be installed and used. For some reason it just doesn't make sense to be the "first company" to sell something near-cost with minimal profits to "start the revolution."
Wait, I'm just dreaming. Ignore me.
/snark
Our country makes it too easy for nutcases to have guns. I, for one, would give up the right to bear arms for everyone, and not miss it.
Congratulations. You would be one of the few without a gun who is a target for someone who will still illegally possess one.
It doesn't work in that simple manner, my friend.
It is time to amend the 2nd amendment.
Uh huh. And what happens when you make something illegal? Oh yeah, more people abuse the law and interest in doing so increases.
See: Prohibition, drugs (just to start)
The cure is worse than the disease.
Amen.
"In the news today, the U.S. Government's successful removal of all guns from all residing humans within the U.S. borders has given a 10,000% rise in the number of dirty bombs being made and used randomly against defenseless individuals. More at 11:00."
A good thing to have in this Act, and I'm only assuming it's not in there because tl;dr, is to have penalties for repeat offenders so that a system of pay-to-play-(very-loudly) won't crop up - of course, that means limiting the amount of fines coming in to the FCC and thus will likely not happen.
That is very insightful. I didn't think of that, but it really is a deterrent.
I guess the first large company to test it will show the numbers. *coughwalmartcough*
Watch.
This will definitely create a new market for TV commercials. See example:
Weekly commercial run off prime-time: $750
Weekly commercial run during prime-time: $1500
Daily commercial run off prime-time: $5500
Daily commercial run off prime-time: $10,000
Additional fee for "enhanced attention grabbing services": *$?
* Since we can't find finite penalty amounts in the Act, you agree to pay whatever they happen to be, plus legal fees, plus an additional $1000 "Service Fee".
Why would a non-violent criminal be thrown in solitary immediately and also denied access to all but one visitor? I doubt it was to protect him from other inmates.
"Since then the Pirate Bay founder has been kept in solitary confinement, locked up 23 hours a day for weeks on end."
"Gottfrid wasnâ(TM)t allowed to meet anyone except his mother during his solitary confinement"
Now that's not exactly solitary confinement, now is it?
Perhaps they should rename it "MOSTLY solitary confinement*"
*See rules and conditions for further information.
All senators want their email left under lock and key at all times. Since they can't be exempt, better law-it!
I'm serious.
I give you a +1. By 2112, you will be a +36,500 awesome /.er!
I love your reply btw. :)
Excellent description. Thank you!
...and I'm not talking about the inflation mentioned in the article. ("purchasing power").
I mean actual value of the dollar inflation.
So that's $146,000,000/yr.
Does the projection for the future savings take inflation into account?
i have an idea where this is coming from...
That or birth control?
Masturbating to porn instead of having sex could be seen as a form of birth control.
Touchè.
On the other hand, there has to be a nationalized standard for curriculums. I'm so confused... :-(
A previous poster said it well (and I'm shortening it to the relevant point):
School Science = Evolution Class With Data
School History = Religious Past Information
There. Happy? Wait, no one's happy with that. They still say we have to pick one or the other. Now I'm confused. :-(
Legislation mandating the teaching of "1+1=2" is still under consideration.
I keep waiting for someone to just blurt out "Listen. Guys. Have you realized it's 20-fucking-12! How are we even still talking about this?"
In a happy marriage, 1+1=1. And let it be written.
/snark
Okay, I shortened it down to this, tell me if I'm correct or misreading what you said:
"Debate with a lot of data but no defined factual outcome should be part of our curriculum."
Cuz if my reading is correct, it already is.
"No, actually your opinion is NOT just as valid as scientific fact."
Ooooh oooooh, try this one just to see how many pictures you get taken and oddballs walking up to you telling you how awesome you are:
"Your scientific fact is only an opinion, according to my MONEY"
You may teach your children as you like, but to never teach them about evolution is abuse.
I could easily come up with dozens of scientific theories and concepts that are certainly more important to be taught than evolution.
Do you consider it abuse to not teach kids about Newton's laws of motion? Sadly, I would be willing to bet that most products of the public education system have a better concept of evolution than of inertia.
This is the problem that I have with the whole evolution/creationism in education debate: the theory of evolution is just not that important. The loudmouths on both sides of this debate aren't interested in education; they're just using it as a proxy to attack their political enemies.
Try fixing the general state of science education, and then you can go attack the evolution in education question all you want.
Is it not one of the biggest questions of a Human, "Where did I come from?"
Understanding the theories and laws of the Universe are interesting to some and not interesting to others, but in general they are not a 100% "everyone wants to know" set. "Where did I come from" is a question we all ask at one time or another because we are sentient, intelligent beings.
What this comes down to is this: is school something that past theories and knowledge should simply be passed down without edit or modification through, or something with educational content that gets modified from time to time based on increasing levels of knowledge and data? Keep reading.
We can't teach EVERYTHING in school; it's too much information. We have to chop it up, edit pieces, and refine the information as time goes on. To continue teaching that we were magically created from an actual being (or more than one) after plenty of data has contraindicated that is... well... non-intelligent.
I see educational change process as one of those refinements, but one that religious people will whole-heartedly disagree with because..... they're religious!
Ok, now stop and think for a second... If what I said is true, then there is obviously an opposite: there are those who believe we should teach religion in school and not teach evolution. If that is the case, there is again missing data. Incomplete education.
Now, let's try to put the two together. Let's teach both. Well, both schools of thought (no pun intended) have their 'druthers about what should and shouldn't be taught in compliment of one another.
People would squabble over what's constitutional, right, wrong, politically correct and incorrect, etc etc etc. Solution? Balance with a little teaching of this, and a little teaching of that, both to balance each other out, but emphasizing on the one you want the kids to believe is really true.
Long story short, it ends up with having way too much useful information to teach so kids don't only understand what is "out there" today, but what happened in the past, how it happened, what it led to, and what the outcome was, along with a connection to the next step in the endless process of time. If you don't want too much information, you have to limit it. In order to limit it, you have to edit it, pick and choose relevant items and the extent of their explanation.
Loudmouths aside, the ultimate working educational system needs modifications and fixes from time to time.
Off-topic, but makes the point quite clear: when I was in school, it was perfectly okay to threaten other students with physical harm, threaten teachers with death, execute harm on other students and declare innocence (which was always the end decision just to quickly move past this "little problem"), and if you brought some kind of drug/weapon/contraband into school and were caught with it, you'd get a detention or short suspension (which was their equivalent of sending you to prison).
Nowadays, you'd better watch what words come out of your mouth at school and watch what you physically do because there are cameras everywhere.
Things change.
FBI agents AND a computer repair shop couldn't wipe a disk?
Not buying it.
Not buying what? That disk, I hope, for your sake. :) /humor
Really? Really? My grandmother can do that.
I am happy the man got caught but there's something really up here, either the FBI are incompetent or they just feel like installing spyware on every computer they come across.
s/FBI/Department of Homeland Security/g
The story enclosed within this one is that (a) the FBI is unable to effectively scrub FBI spyware installed by an FBI agent, and (b) the computer repair shop charged an FBI agent to scrub and reimage a laptop, and then apparently just moved it from the To Do shelf to the Done shelf.
Either way it's fine because they got exactly what they needed. Right?