Or in a less knee-jerk way: have we verified that this is actually a problem? What issues arise from psychopaths being in these positions of authority? Is there a way we can mitigate those negative effects while still playing to the strengths of the psychopath?
The characteristic lack of remorse or shame leads psychopaths to a fervent belief that "rules are for other people".
This results in catastrophes like the recent Banking/Finance issues in the US and the recent "rogue trader" excesses (UBS, and others).
"It's only against the law if you get caught" is a prime Directive of psychopaths.
And yet somehow you think there's ANY reason we want these people running anything?
Seriously folks, their behaviour is classed as antisocial for a reason, read the words - ANTI SOCIAL.
It's hard to convince the general public not steeped in an interest in science from an early age the way a lot of the geekverse was. People need to see something happening in a big, clear way before they believe it.
Well, except for religion.
And politicial ideology.
And conspiracy theories.
And urban myths.
And all the "I know what I know" categiries.
And... er... hmmm...
The reason for this is because NONE of the above beliefs actually require you to DO ANYTHING.
However if you actually believe that Hot-or-Not is in the affirmative and that The Current Rate Of Change is way(way, way)-past-the-bell-curve (not to mention accelerating) then to change nothing would be CATASTROPHIC.
WHAT? you mean I have to actually DO SOMETHING? Change My Ways? Vote With My Wallet? Make Hard Choices? Perhaps even (OMFG not that, ANYTHING but that) pay more for some items.
SCREW THAT, too hard! Why should I care anyway, NONE of the best science can PROVE (beyond even a reasonable doubt) that it will directly personally impact me in a significant way. (NB most predictions are for doom "by the end of this century" by which time he-thee-an-me are pushin-up-daisies already)
I'm just an average man with an average life
I work from nine to five, hey, hell, I pay the price
All I want is to be left alone in my average home
But why do I always feel like I'm in the twilight zone
I always feel like somebody's watching me
And I have no privacy
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Tell me is it just a dream
When I come home at night
I bolt the door real tight
I agree with what he says, "I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says.".
However this is not what he (and his accomplices) actually mean.
Despite what the words say, the underlying intention is radically different.
- not "parents should be able to teach..." but "schools must be forced to teach"
- and not just teach, but with every word imply ABSOLUTELY equal standing with science (eg Intelligent Design, which is nothing more than christian creationism with SCIENCE branded all over it)
And, of course, the WORST part of their hypocrisy is that they want THEIR religion mandatorily taught everywhere, but not any OTHER religion.
You want the worldview of your religion taught in schools, sure - GO AHEAD - as long as EVERY other religion also gains equal airtime and equal status.
For Example:
- Hindus
- Buddhists
- Mormons
- Zoroastrians
- and yes, even Scientologists.
It's called having a secret agenda and they're doing the same thing with Global Warming. The entire "debate" has nothing to do with science, and everything to do with MONEY.
A large part of "LALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" came from arguments which essentially boil down to "but if that's actually true, then fixing it would cost LOTS OF MONEY".
Whoever said HISTORY NEVER REPEATS is a complete moron.
These days s/Y2K bug/Global Warming/ and the situation is EXACTLY THE SAME.
Lots of industries pushing for FLAT OUT DENIAL mainly because of attitudes which amount to not much more than "but if that's actually true, then fixing it would cost LOTS OF MONEY".
Insert here well documented evidence that THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY knew, many many may ears ago that smoking tobacco was (a) bad for you and (b) addictive.
Big Business KNOWS perfectly well that we're pretty much up Fitz Creek without a paddle (or even a canoe) but THEY DON'T CARE as long as they make lots of money TODAY.
Show me one CEO where their bonuses/etc are indexed against ANYTHING more than the next 1-5 years of profit.
An environmental (and therefore economic) CATASTROPHE that will occur no sooner than 10 years from now is akin to the heat-death-of-the-universe, we ALL know it's coming - but NOBODY CARES.
Why do people keep pretending that it wasn't? It was a real issue, that required real work to fix. If none of that work had happened, it would've hit and it would've hit hard. Celebrate success on occasion, sheesh.
Because if you accept that the problem was real and the only reason life doesn't suck as badly as predicted is because the fix was real means you are going to have a LOT more trouble sticking your fingers in your ears and chanting LALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU whenever people discuss Global Climate Change.
You should exert absolutely no effort to be diverse, and you should exert absolutely no effort to not be diverse. What matters is the merit of the speakers, not their diversity.
PLUS ONE on the above.
Diversity (in and of itself) has literally zero merit.
This is political correctness gone COMPLETELY INSANE.
Repeat after me: Enforced Diversity is NOT the opposite of Discrimination.
Do you REALLY want a Ruby (or anything else, for that matter) conference with One White Guy expert and PURELY FOR THE SAKE OF DIVERSITY one homeless female immigrant from Uzbeckistan who has never handled an electronic device in her life and can barely speak any english?
NO, you DON'T want that? BUT BUT BUT the speakers are diverse! By Definition that must be a good thing, right?
The U.S. and Europe aren't to blame, Sparky. Our CO2 emissions have been either steady on on a downward trend for some time. If you want to point fingers, look at China.
COUGH! Really? And the millions of tons of cee-oh-too emissions that "the west" (europe/USA/etc) have been spewing for a hundred or two years didn't start the ball rolling?
Sure China/India and friends are now catching up and have accelerated hard, but to claim that "it's not our fault" is to completely ignore the entire history of the human race.
they're not just pulling this stuff out of thin air
Actually that's where you're wrong , climatologists are by definition always pulling this stuff (predictions etc) out of thin air (hint: it's fundamental to their science).
Copyrights, patents, and designs are mentioned only in the context of the presenter explaining to the audience what “intellectual property” even means.
Intellectual Property means somewhere a lawyer is getting rich off your product.
More than anything, IP in this context means WESTERN LAWYERS sucking the life out of impoverished African agriculturalists.
Yes, yes, the sky is falling, it always has been, and it always will be.
We coped with far wilder climate change when we had nothing better than smelly furs, sharpened sticks and "Fire bad, tree pretty" to work with. I'm pretty sure that many of us will muddle through somehow.
Go back and do your research, mitochondrial DNA research shows conclusively that WE (humans) came >this< close to being completely wiped off the face of the planet.
Sure there's no rock-solid admissible-in-court type proof this was a direct result solely of climate change but the fact remains that your argument "we've survived before, I'm sure we'll be fine now" is 100% A-Grade GenuWhine bullshit.
Are you So stupid that you'v never heard (or perhaps never accepted) "don't put all your eggs in one basket"?
Well SURE Planet Earth is mighty-fine and mighty-large, but PLANET EARTH IS ONE BASKET.
Human conditions have LOTS in common with modern pig-farming.
- High-Density living - insufficient fresh-air and sunshine - insufficient exercise - fast food - excessive amounts of food - complete lack of varied diet - high-stress - excessive use of antibiotics
Sure some of us don't spend our days up to our elbows in shit, but that's ONLY SOME OF US.
THEN you would not only know what the camera was looking at, but from where (GPS) and from what viewing angle/direction (orientation).
In theory it would allow you to post-process logs from multiple officers into a virtual-scene.
PLUS you need to have legislation which guarantees people the right to view the logs and imposes massive fines and other penalties for "oops, we seem to have lost that footage" probably including an immediate dismissal of any case.
Slashdot Mirror
Or in a less knee-jerk way: have we verified that this is actually a problem? What issues arise from psychopaths being in these positions of authority? Is there a way we can mitigate those negative effects while still playing to the strengths of the psychopath?
The characteristic lack of remorse or shame leads psychopaths to a fervent belief that "rules are for other people".
This results in catastrophes like the recent Banking/Finance issues in the US and the recent "rogue trader" excesses (UBS, and others).
"It's only against the law if you get caught" is a prime Directive of psychopaths.
And yet somehow you think there's ANY reason we want these people running anything?
Seriously folks, their behaviour is classed as antisocial for a reason, read the words - ANTI SOCIAL.
By Definition BAD FOR THE ENTIRE SOCIETY.
Having change freezes is standard practice. Most places I've worked have a short month-end freeze, and a couple of month year-end freeze.
However, critical security vulnerabilities are exempt from these freezes. Those still get done using whatever emergency protocols are in place.
Especially for systems hosted in The Northern Hemisphere.
It's winter, people should know enough to expect freezing this time of year.
It's hard to convince the general public not steeped in an interest in science from an early age the way a lot of the geekverse was. People need to see something happening in a big, clear way before they believe it.
Well, except for religion.
And politicial ideology.
And conspiracy theories.
And urban myths.
And all the "I know what I know" categiries.
And... er... hmmm...
The reason for this is because NONE of the above beliefs actually require you to DO ANYTHING.
However if you actually believe that Hot-or-Not is in the affirmative and that The Current Rate Of Change is way(way, way)-past-the-bell-curve (not to mention accelerating) then to change nothing would be CATASTROPHIC.
WHAT? you mean I have to actually DO SOMETHING?
Change My Ways?
Vote With My Wallet?
Make Hard Choices?
Perhaps even (OMFG not that, ANYTHING but that) pay more for some items.
SCREW THAT, too hard! Why should I care anyway, NONE of the best science can PROVE (beyond even a reasonable doubt) that it will directly personally impact me in a significant way. (NB most predictions are for doom "by the end of this century" by which time he-thee-an-me are pushin-up-daisies already)
I always feel like somebody's watching me.
I'm just an average man with an average life
I work from nine to five, hey, hell, I pay the price
All I want is to be left alone in my average home
But why do I always feel like I'm in the twilight zone
I always feel like somebody's watching me
And I have no privacy
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Tell me is it just a dream
When I come home at night
I bolt the door real tight
I agree with what he says, "I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says.".
However this is not what he (and his accomplices) actually mean.
Despite what the words say, the underlying intention is radically different.
- not "parents should be able to teach..." but "schools must be forced to teach"
- and not just teach, but with every word imply ABSOLUTELY equal standing with science (eg Intelligent Design, which is nothing more than christian creationism with SCIENCE branded all over it)
And, of course, the WORST part of their hypocrisy is that they want THEIR religion mandatorily taught everywhere, but not any OTHER religion.
You want the worldview of your religion taught in schools, sure - GO AHEAD - as long as EVERY other religion also gains equal airtime and equal status.
For Example:
- Hindus
- Buddhists
- Mormons
- Zoroastrians
- and yes, even Scientologists.
It's called having a secret agenda and they're doing the same thing with Global Warming.
The entire "debate" has nothing to do with science, and everything to do with MONEY.
It's essentially the same concept as The Small Plate Movement but implemented using "sufficiently advanced technology".
I'm not FAT, I'm just big-boned.
My Obesity is DRUG INDUCED, you insensitive clod!
My Obesity is due to a HORMONAL IMBALANCE, you insensitive clod.
and, for extra points....
My Obesity is a LIFESTYLE CHOICE, you politically-insensitive clod.
Was not the bug. Nor was it The Fix(ing/es/etc).
It was THE MONEY.
A large part of "LALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" came from arguments which essentially boil down to "but if that's actually true, then fixing it would cost LOTS OF MONEY".
Whoever said HISTORY NEVER REPEATS is a complete moron.
These days s/Y2K bug/Global Warming/ and the situation is EXACTLY THE SAME.
Lots of industries pushing for FLAT OUT DENIAL mainly because of attitudes which amount to not much more than "but if that's actually true, then fixing it would cost LOTS OF MONEY".
Insert here well documented evidence that THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY knew, many many may ears ago that smoking tobacco was (a) bad for you and (b) addictive.
Big Business KNOWS perfectly well that we're pretty much up Fitz Creek without a paddle (or even a canoe) but THEY DON'T CARE as long as they make lots of money TODAY.
Show me one CEO where their bonuses/etc are indexed against ANYTHING more than the next 1-5 years of profit.
An environmental (and therefore economic) CATASTROPHE that will occur no sooner than 10 years from now is akin to the heat-death-of-the-universe, we ALL know it's coming - but NOBODY CARES.
Why do people keep pretending that it wasn't? It was a real issue, that required real work to fix. If none of that work had happened, it would've hit and it would've hit hard. Celebrate success on occasion, sheesh.
Because if you accept that the problem was real and the only reason life doesn't suck as badly as predicted is because the fix was real means you are going to have a LOT more trouble sticking your fingers in your ears and chanting LALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU whenever people discuss Global Climate Change.
You should exert absolutely no effort to be diverse, and you should exert absolutely no effort to not be diverse. What matters is the merit of the speakers, not their diversity.
PLUS ONE on the above.
Diversity (in and of itself) has literally zero merit.
This is political correctness gone COMPLETELY INSANE.
Repeat after me: Enforced Diversity is NOT the opposite of Discrimination.
Do you REALLY want a Ruby (or anything else, for that matter) conference with One White Guy expert and PURELY FOR THE SAKE OF DIVERSITY one homeless female immigrant from Uzbeckistan who has never handled an electronic device in her life and can barely speak any english?
NO, you DON'T want that? BUT BUT BUT the speakers are diverse! By Definition that must be a good thing, right?
The U.S. and Europe aren't to blame, Sparky. Our CO2 emissions have been either steady on on a downward trend for some time. If you want to point fingers, look at China.
COUGH! Really? And the millions of tons of cee-oh-too emissions that "the west" (europe/USA/etc) have been spewing for a hundred or two years didn't start the ball rolling?
Sure China/India and friends are now catching up and have accelerated hard, but to claim that "it's not our fault" is to completely ignore the entire history of the human race.
they're not just pulling this stuff out of thin air
Actually that's where you're wrong , climatologists are by definition always pulling this stuff (predictions etc) out of thin air (hint: it's fundamental to their science).
s/fleas/lawyers/
Vermin by any other name.
I have scruples.
You should see your pharmacist, I hear these days there's a cream for that.
Copyrights, patents, and designs are mentioned only in the context of the presenter explaining to the audience what “intellectual property” even means.
Intellectual Property means somewhere a lawyer is getting rich off your product.
More than anything, IP in this context means WESTERN LAWYERS sucking the life out of impoverished African agriculturalists.
MEH!
Civet Coffee is so fifteen-seconds-ago. the latest and greatest thing is Elephant Coffee!
Extra value because elephants are likely to become extinct any second now due to excessive poaching for ivory.
It's perfectly natural for Coffee and Intelectual Property to go hand in hand.
Coffee is a diuretic, after all.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a big gun."
http://schlockmercenary.wikia.com/wiki/The_Seventy_Maxims_of_Maximally_Effective_Mercenaries
I'll believe it when I don't see it.
Move along, move along, nothing to see here.
Seeing is NOT believing.
Pay No Attention to The Man behind The Invisibility Cloak.
Yes, yes, the sky is falling, it always has been, and it always will be.
We coped with far wilder climate change when we had nothing better than smelly furs, sharpened sticks and "Fire bad, tree pretty" to work with. I'm pretty sure that many of us will muddle through somehow.
Go back and do your research, mitochondrial DNA research shows conclusively that WE (humans) came >this< close to being completely wiped off the face of the planet.
Sure there's no rock-solid admissible-in-court type proof this was a direct result solely of climate change but the fact remains that your argument "we've survived before, I'm sure we'll be fine now" is 100% A-Grade GenuWhine bullshit.
Are you So stupid that you'v never heard (or perhaps never accepted) "don't put all your eggs in one basket"?
Well SURE Planet Earth is mighty-fine and mighty-large, but PLANET EARTH IS ONE BASKET.
Fuck it up badly enough and we're all toast.
It's not the eating, it's the living conditions.
Well that's a fair argument.
Human conditions have LOTS in common with modern pig-farming.
- High-Density living
- insufficient fresh-air and sunshine
- insufficient exercise
- fast food
- excessive amounts of food
- complete lack of varied diet
- high-stress
- excessive use of antibiotics
Sure some of us don't spend our days up to our elbows in shit, but that's ONLY SOME OF US.
(cue drumroll)
The Homosexuality Gene?
How many genes did they find in common with middle management? Can they cure that?
Did you mean 'cure' in the food sense or in the medical sense?
mmmm, wood-smoked management-middle!
Has anybody, at all, anywhere, EVER cared about "is it really feasible, desirable or even affordable for the majority of Earth's population" ?
If there's even the remotest chance that The Fabulously Rich might possibly maybe want one, then IT WILL BE BUILT.
Maybe, if you're lucky, enough of the fabulously wealthy will want one that eventually the moderately-not-poor will be able to afford one.
That's nice for a start - but you need at least two more things:
- GPS tracklog
- accelerometer/orientation tracklog
THEN you would not only know what the camera was looking at, but from where (GPS) and from what viewing angle/direction (orientation).
In theory it would allow you to post-process logs from multiple officers into a virtual-scene.
PLUS you need to have legislation which guarantees people the right to view the logs and imposes massive fines and other penalties for "oops, we seem to have lost that footage" probably including an immediate dismissal of any case.