They've been perfectly able to take down Megaupload without SOPA/PIPA.
So how could a sane person logically argue we'd need them to bring down similar criminal sites. (Considering megaupload criminal for the sake of the argument only. Everything else: Innocent until proven guilty)
On the other hand, if the summary is correct, the chance for OFFICIALLY naming an entire world would be worth something! Who knows, maybe the exo-planet you named after yourself (or your firstborn, or your pet dog) could one day be determined to have life, maybe intelligent life!
If there is intelligent life, there is most likely alraedy an official name for that planet.
In any case, the article said the use would be other countries, so the first world is probably not the target market... Unless they come up with clever curved designs that prove popular.
But the second or third world probably isn't the best target market for construction technics that rely on expensive machinery and/or non-local construction materials.
Not to mention that traditional construction materials/methods are usually perfect for the local climate. If I was to live in a dessert, I'd prefer a simple tent over an expensive brick house that needs even more expensive A/C to be habitable at all and gets swallowed by the next wandering dune a few years after completition.
There are all possible kinds of brain teasers. from the riddles (farmer owns x animals with a sum of y legs. how many doga are there) to the ones that allow or encourage out-of-the-box thinking (dropping a thermometer from a tower) to those zen riddles.
I think it's ok to use all of them, based on what kind of person you need. There are probably geniuses able to disassemble a hexdump into c++ and optimize the last two processor cycles out of it, but you probably won't find them if you ask them the unsolvable ones.
I was referring to a generalized (and idealized, hence "should") traditional school as I don't know much about the shortcomings of specific national school systems. (Sounds like you're from the US)
Scoring well in a test and love of knowledge aren't diametral goals per se. Being curious helped me pass my final test 15 years ago. But I guess, each system has slightly different problems.
Really? Journalism is going downhill with the standards hitting all-time lows, I fear.
No, schooling will not be replaced by Kindles. There is a lot more to education than making the kids read stuff, or reading it to them. There's a reason we have a whole field of science dedicated to teaching - educational science.
Well, that's mostly getting the kids to WANT TO KNOW stuff.
If they associate, it's with others who are home schooled.
Oh? So it's impossible to find friends without being locked in a building with a bunch of people your age? You don't need to associate solely with people who are home schooled. You can do it with just about anyone.
But you need to MEET them first.
That may happen at choir, sports team, whatever, but most likely at school, because you simply spend your time there with others of your age for quite a bit of time.
For me it's just the other way round. All the way through school and university, I learned mostly through listening.
Put someone in front of me who knows to explain a subject in a halfway intresting manner, and I'll remember it for years. (Combine that with going to lectures out of a habit...) On the other hand, making me pick up a book on a certain subject and concentrate on self study is a major task.
I can name two of those mysterious forces: "feedback" and "immersion"
Examples:
Students fall asleep en masse --> a good teacher tries to be less boring Student doesn't pay attention -> student is reminded by the teacher to concentrate on the subject
and likewise, beeing physically at a place helps to focus on what's going on there, espescially if that place is dedicated to a task. (Like schools, offices, churches..)
OK, keep on measuring as much as you want, but don't be stupid enough to believe "measurements" would tell you anything besides the thing you're actually measuring.
If you want to measure LOC, go ahead. But this will only tell you something about the number of lines of codes. nothing. more. If you believe this tells you something about productivity, you're right out stupid.
If you want to measure number of bugs fixed, go ahead. But this will only tell you something about the amount of overhead people put into ducumenting small issues instead of fixing them. nothing. more. If you believe this tells you something about code quality, you're right out stupid.
Well, you exactly didn't do what I dismissed as crap. you didn't reduce a single individual profile to a number and expect that number to tell you the professional fortune of that guy.
I basically said, IQ tests only measure what they're designed to measure. And to most jobs, there's much more that that.
IQ tests aren't crap. The idea, that the whole range of cognitive abilities can be expressed in a number is crap. And the idea that this number could is a usefull metric for anything is right out stupid.
The best definition of intelligence I ever heard is: Intelligence is what you can measure with intelligence tests.
So if you slap together a test that tries to measure intelligence by testing language. concentration, logic and 3D-thinking, you'll get an accurate test that measures exactly that.
When they really want to pretend some actual intelligence/personality, they should make the voice (and perhaps avatar) randomized, seeded with the phones serial number.
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They've been perfectly able to take down Megaupload without SOPA/PIPA.
So how could a sane person logically argue we'd need them to bring down similar criminal sites. (Considering megaupload criminal for the sake of the argument only. Everything else: Innocent until proven guilty)
On the other hand, if the summary is correct, the chance for OFFICIALLY naming an entire world would be worth something! Who knows, maybe the exo-planet you named after yourself (or your firstborn, or your pet dog) could one day be determined to have life, maybe intelligent life!
If there is intelligent life, there is most likely alraedy an official name for that planet.
In any case, the article said the use would be other countries, so the first world is probably not the target market... Unless they come up with clever curved designs that prove popular.
But the second or third world probably isn't the best target market for construction technics that rely on expensive machinery and/or non-local construction materials.
Not to mention that traditional construction materials/methods are usually perfect for the local climate. If I was to live in a dessert, I'd prefer a simple tent over an expensive brick house that needs even more expensive A/C to be habitable at all and gets swallowed by the next wandering dune a few years after completition.
There are all possible kinds of brain teasers. from the riddles (farmer owns x animals with a sum of y legs. how many doga are there) to the ones that allow or encourage out-of-the-box thinking (dropping a thermometer from a tower) to those zen riddles.
I think it's ok to use all of them, based on what kind of person you need. There are probably geniuses able to disassemble a hexdump into c++ and optimize the last two processor cycles out of it, but you probably won't find them if you ask them the unsolvable ones.
They're excellent hiring criteria if you want to hire people good at solving brain teasers.
no more, but no less.
...and recognize those cases when adding some high performer reduces team productivity. (Or the other way round)
And a method of recognizing "performance" in the first place.
I was referring to a generalized (and idealized, hence "should") traditional school as I don't know much about the shortcomings of specific national school systems. (Sounds like you're from the US)
Scoring well in a test and love of knowledge aren't diametral goals per se. Being curious helped me pass my final test 15 years ago. But I guess, each system has slightly different problems.
Well, that's supposed to be the goal of traditional schools, too.
Really? Journalism is going downhill with the standards hitting all-time lows, I fear.
No, schooling will not be replaced by Kindles. There is a lot more to education than making the kids read stuff, or reading it to them. There's a reason we have a whole field of science dedicated to teaching - educational science.
Well, that's mostly getting the kids to WANT TO KNOW stuff.
If they associate, it's with others who are home schooled.
Oh? So it's impossible to find friends without being locked in a building with a bunch of people your age? You don't need to associate solely with people who are home schooled. You can do it with just about anyone.
But you need to MEET them first.
That may happen at choir, sports team, whatever, but most likely at school, because you simply spend your time there with others of your age for quite a bit of time.
For me it's just the other way round. All the way through school and university, I learned mostly through listening.
Put someone in front of me who knows to explain a subject in a halfway intresting manner, and I'll remember it for years. (Combine that with going to lectures out of a habit...) On the other hand, making me pick up a book on a certain subject and concentrate on self study is a major task.
I can name two of those mysterious forces: "feedback" and "immersion"
Examples:
Students fall asleep en masse --> a good teacher tries to be less boring
Student doesn't pay attention -> student is reminded by the teacher to concentrate on the subject
and likewise, beeing physically at a place helps to focus on what's going on there, espescially if that place is dedicated to a task. (Like schools, offices, churches..)
something as famous as "why the heck do I have to sign up to some ad-supported online service instead of simply mailing the pic in?"
The word he was looking for was "pot with boiling water"
Interactive fiction.
And useless.
OK, keep on measuring as much as you want, but don't be stupid enough to believe "measurements" would tell you anything besides the thing you're actually measuring.
If you want to measure LOC, go ahead. But this will only tell you something about the number of lines of codes. nothing. more. If you believe this tells you something about productivity, you're right out stupid.
If you want to measure number of bugs fixed, go ahead. But this will only tell you something about the amount of overhead people put into ducumenting small issues instead of fixing them. nothing. more. If you believe this tells you something about code quality, you're right out stupid.
Well, you exactly didn't do what I dismissed as crap. you didn't reduce a single individual profile to a number and expect that number to tell you the professional fortune of that guy.
I basically said, IQ tests only measure what they're designed to measure. And to most jobs, there's much more that that.
IQ tests aren't crap. The idea, that the whole range of cognitive abilities can be expressed in a number is crap. And the idea that this number could is a usefull metric for anything is right out stupid.
The best definition of intelligence I ever heard is: Intelligence is what you can measure with intelligence tests.
So if you slap together a test that tries to measure intelligence by testing language. concentration, logic and 3D-thinking, you'll get an accurate test that measures exactly that.
Well but don't forget the low actual suicide rate of thos trying to commit suicide by jumping into the river...
"They also are well suited to a life of darkness, low temperature and high pressure in the deep sea."
Oh yes? Well... they better should be suited for that if they live in the Mariana Trench!!
D'oh!
Wouldn't that be Nana Visitor?
Nah.
When they really want to pretend some actual intelligence/personality, they should make the voice (and perhaps avatar) randomized, seeded with the phones serial number.
(remember where you read that first!)
On the one hand, the female computer voice could at any moment turn into Lwaxana Troi.
But you could always think about Nurse Chapel if you prefere more pleasant thoughts...
I was thinking more in terms of "native" content. eBooks for Kindle, Apps for iPhone
Wow. That is a statement where a sarcasm detector would ba actually usefull. (I wouldn't bet against people out there really doing that)