They could be counting the out-of-state college students, and/or other people who have been unable to update their licenses to the state they have recently moved to (like me). Of course, this provides me with an additional incentive to get my license changed.:)
How about delayed electroshock feedback as a result of your votes? Maybe the people who repeatedly vote for dumb candidates would eventually get the idea.;)
In other words, your typical serial rapist or rapist/murderer is a very likely candidate for psychopathy. Nonviolent offenders, or offenders who's victim of choice is male and/or prepubescent, are less likely candidates.
In my experience, I didn't find that to be true (I work as a psychologist in a prison, and I've worked with a sex-offender population before). I would say that psychopathy is evenly distributed between the two groups of violent and "nonviolent" sex offenders (Robert Hare estimated 20% of the prison population meets the definition of psychopathy, and 1% of the general population does). Both groups demonstrate superficial charm, grandiose self-worth, are manipulative, frequently lie, are impulsive and irresponsible, have little or no remorse, have poor control over their behavior, and do not take responsibility for their own behavior. The violent offenders often take that a step or two further by adding in some additional criminal behaviors, and are "thrill-seeking." When compared to a more general cross-section of prisoners, (thieves, drug dealers, insurance fraud), the sex offenders certainly show an elevation in psychopathic traits.
There are a couple points to remember here, the first being the fact that pedophilia is an unrelated disorder, so the number of people who are both pedo and psycho is small. The cross section between those two disorders may be almost unnoticable.
Again, I think Hare was right about 20% of these guys being psychopathic - when talking to pedophiles and cybersex offenders (like what Representative Foley has been accused of doing, or traders of child porn, etc.) they will minimize and attempt to justify their behavior . "I didn't force anyone" (but still hurt/manipulated their victims) and "I just downloaded pictures" (which perpetuates part of the market for more child pornography to be created), and descriptions of how unfairly they are/were/will be treated strongly pulls toward those aforementioned psychopathic traits - superficial charm, manipulative, lack of remorse, lack of responsibility. (On a side note, "I was drunk" or "I was a closeted gay man" or "I was abused as a child" do not excuse Rep. Foley's behavior.)
Sex-offenders, whether violent or non-violent, seem about as likely to be psychopathic, and both of those groups are more likely to be psychopathic than other groups of prisoners.
According to Dr. Hare about 20% of the prison population meets his definition of psychopathic. Further down the page, it says that 1% of the general population is psychopathic.
that isn't to say there aren't violent psychopathic criminals. Most serial killers, and violent sex offenders who target adult women, would qualify.
So are you saying violent sex offenders who target children aren't psychopaths? What about psychopathic people who target men? (sorry to nitpick, but as someone who works in that field, some comments like that catch my attention)
In fact, I'm not even convinced they represent a signifigant fraction of violent criminals - the numbers I've seen vary wildly, which suggest to me that nobody knows how many of them exist with any certainty.
That's because it takes time to measure, and gather evidence. This isn't easy to do without the money/staff/training/desire of state and federal prison systems, and even that is only identifying psychopaths who have been caught for whatever they have done. And psychopaths don't make it any easier to identify themselves by doing what they do well - lying.
I've wondered if maybe some Linux User's Group wanted to do this as a fund-raiser: do a bulk-purchase of some Linux-compatible peripheral (say a WL card or TV tuner) in OEM packaging, and then wrap it up with the appropriate drivers and sell it over the web at a 50-60% markup.
In case you haven't heard, there is a HDTV tuner card made specifically for linux, to receive Over-The-Air hdtv broadcasts, and analogue cable channels. I believe that as of kernel 2.6.12, driver modules are included with the kernel. Find or start your own LUG, and there you go.:-)
if gay marriage was legalized how could you not then legalize 2 sisters getting married.
For the same reason you wouldn't have a brother and sister having sex and getting married - that is called incest. Incest is always wrong.
Although, siblings living together (in an non-incestuous manner) should be afforded the same rights and privileges as married couples and homosexual couples.
I think you're trolling, but I'll bite. There are other, easier guides to follow for the installation of MythTV. The Wiki on MythTV is helpful, and so are the numerous forums for each distribution of linux. (At least, the ones where I've searched have been helpful).
I don't see how you can predict the death of OSS based on the documentation. The documentation for other OSS projects is just as convoluted (see MySQL or Apache's HTTP server) and they're not going away anytime soon.
From the article: Horton, 30, of Dorchester, didn't get the job after her credit report showed $18,000 in deferred student loans.
"My credit wasn't perfect, but I never thought my student loans would go against me," said Horton. "The company said I could reapply once I had two years of excellent credit, but there is no way I am going to be able to pay off those loans that quickly."
As someone with massive student loan debt (easily into the 6-digit range), I think the key word there in her case is deferred student loans. I've had some pretty stringent background checks for working in secured areas where there is concern about employees being compromised ("sex, drugs, and serious debt" being easy ways to get compromised), and my debt hasn't been an issue (neither has my sex or drugs). The reasons for deferment of her loans seems like why she is having problems getting employment, and since we don't know about her reasons, why is everyone jumping to some ridiculous conclusions?
We do know that many violent sex fiends started with looking at violent pornography. We also know that millions of people the world over, have enjoyed viewing it and did not go on to be a pervert.
Oh, what a day to be packing, else I would come up with a researcher and a reference or two to support your comment (sorry, I'm not untaping my boxes for you). I'm going to do my best to recall some of the research, and I hope I don't mangle the results too badly from memory. In a nutshell, there was a study on the effect of pornography on college-aged men. Some viewed porn for a few hours, and others viewed a different kind of movie for a similar amount of time. (If I remember right, the pornography involved a man and a woman, and would fall between somewhere closer to "Cinemax" than "Anal All-stars" on an improvised "hardcore" scale). These two groups were compared, before viewing, and after viewing. The group that watched porn indicated that they were more accepting of some "rape myths" (ie, "'No' doesn't always mean 'no'"). So porn did have an effect.
Before you turn on the flamethrowers, this study does have some methodological flaws. First, the college-student population is not representative of everyone who watches porn, men in general, or violent sex offenders. Although no one knows for 100% certain, it seems like none of the participants actually sexually assaulted anyone after viewing the porn. So you could conclude that porn doesn't cause you to do anything you don't want to do.
I'm sure there are other flaws in the study that I'm not recalling right now, but I think that we should all keep in mind that viewing pornography is not a benign act with no reprocussions on our thoughts and what we're willing to accept in life.
I have seen two implimentations of "ala-carte" programming in both cases less than 1/3rd of the channels included in the standard" digital tier ended up costing quite a bit more than just taking them all and not watching the channels you dont like.
I'd rather pay more for things that I want and enjoy than continue to support mediocrity. Hell, that might be the only way to get rid of Fox News.
I'd also like for the cable channels to see what would happen to their demographics if they moved to a more free-market system. Would they improve their programming to appeal to a broader audience? Or would they go pandering ("Hey everybody! More T&A on CNN!")?
Of course, you're overlooking an obvious IT worker beverage bait: Homer: "I'm feelin' low, Apu. You got any of that beer that has candy floating in it, you know, Skittlebrau?" Apu: "Such a product does not exist, sir! You must have dreamed it." Homer: "Oh. Well then just gimme a six-pack and a couple of bags of Skittles."
One of my jobs as a grad student involved working at a sleep research lab at Stanford University, and I get questions from a lot of people about insomnia (it's part of my job). I usually point them to this page of Dr. William Dement who wrote a number of books on sleep (go do your own Amazon.com research;) ). The page lists about 10 other things you can do to help with your sleep. Give that a try for two weeks, get into that pattern, and your sleep should improve.
Just make the whole uniform out of kevlar coated with this stuff. Might not need that many layers before your regular uniform is bullet resistant...
First, wouldn't there is a weight issue to creating a uniform out of kevlar and this stuff? Second, did you see the part in the summary where it says the liquid stiffens quickly when hit by an object? Wouldn't running, jumping, moving your arms rapidly, etc., cause the armor to be stiff, and slow soldier's movements?
people would be driving hybrid cars. People would be investing in alternative energy. People would be investing a lot differently
People want to do those things, and some people are currently doing those things. It starts with an individual decision, and that hopefully leads to many more individuals to decide to do the right thing as well. It is that simple. But if one person doesn't start, you're absolutely right, it is a never ending cycle.
Until we actually value ethics in economic ways, ethics have no value to society,
That's the whole point of investing in ethical organizations. So in order to make the change into ethics having economic value, that "we" might as well start with "I".
You won't lose your money if you invest in oil companies. You won't lose your money if you invest in tabacco companies. You wont lose your money if you invest in alcohol companies. You wont lose your money if you invest in surveillance companies.
What about the opposite? Surely there are some companies that are good investments AND don't leave you with a guilty conscience from sponsoring people that are profitting on the misery of others. (Or am I living in la-la-land again?;) ).
Slashdot Mirror
They could be counting the out-of-state college students, and/or other people who have been unable to update their licenses to the state they have recently moved to (like me). Of course, this provides me with an additional incentive to get my license changed. :)
i am basically for stronger enforcement of copyright laws.. does this make me 'anti-tech' or 'pro-tech' in this survey view?
;)
I don't know but it certainly dooms your slashdot karma.
Seriously, there does seem to be a flaw here - does "Tech friendly" mean "Hacker friendly", or "Big Technology Business Friendly" ?
How about delayed electroshock feedback as a result of your votes? Maybe the people who repeatedly vote for dumb candidates would eventually get the idea. ;)
In other words, your typical serial rapist or rapist/murderer is a very likely candidate for psychopathy. Nonviolent offenders, or offenders who's victim of choice is male and/or prepubescent, are less likely candidates.
In my experience, I didn't find that to be true (I work as a psychologist in a prison, and I've worked with a sex-offender population before). I would say that psychopathy is evenly distributed between the two groups of violent and "nonviolent" sex offenders (Robert Hare estimated 20% of the prison population meets the definition of psychopathy, and 1% of the general population does). Both groups demonstrate superficial charm, grandiose self-worth, are manipulative, frequently lie, are impulsive and irresponsible, have little or no remorse, have poor control over their behavior, and do not take responsibility for their own behavior. The violent offenders often take that a step or two further by adding in some additional criminal behaviors, and are "thrill-seeking." When compared to a more general cross-section of prisoners, (thieves, drug dealers, insurance fraud), the sex offenders certainly show an elevation in psychopathic traits.
There are a couple points to remember here, the first being the fact that pedophilia is an unrelated disorder, so the number of people who are both pedo and psycho is small. The cross section between those two disorders may be almost unnoticable.
Again, I think Hare was right about 20% of these guys being psychopathic - when talking to pedophiles and cybersex offenders (like what Representative Foley has been accused of doing, or traders of child porn, etc.) they will minimize and attempt to justify their behavior . "I didn't force anyone" (but still hurt/manipulated their victims) and "I just downloaded pictures" (which perpetuates part of the market for more child pornography to be created), and descriptions of how unfairly they are/were/will be treated strongly pulls toward those aforementioned psychopathic traits - superficial charm, manipulative, lack of remorse, lack of responsibility. (On a side note, "I was drunk" or "I was a closeted gay man" or "I was abused as a child" do not excuse Rep. Foley's behavior.)
Sex-offenders, whether violent or non-violent, seem about as likely to be psychopathic, and both of those groups are more likely to be psychopathic than other groups of prisoners.
According to Dr. Hare about 20% of the prison population meets his definition of psychopathic. Further down the page, it says that 1% of the general population is psychopathic.
that isn't to say there aren't violent psychopathic criminals. Most serial killers, and violent sex offenders who target adult women, would qualify.
So are you saying violent sex offenders who target children aren't psychopaths? What about psychopathic people who target men? (sorry to nitpick, but as someone who works in that field, some comments like that catch my attention)
In fact, I'm not even convinced they represent a signifigant fraction of violent criminals - the numbers I've seen vary wildly, which suggest to me that nobody knows how many of them exist with any certainty.
That's because it takes time to measure, and gather evidence. This isn't easy to do without the money/staff/training/desire of state and federal prison systems, and even that is only identifying psychopaths who have been caught for whatever they have done. And psychopaths don't make it any easier to identify themselves by doing what they do well - lying.
I guess I should have added a disclaimer about being in the mental health field myself. (Perhaps it would have helped with the "overrated" mod.) ;)
Akira Haraguchi [...] a psychiatric counselor
So I guess being able to recite pi to the 100,000 digit is just further evidence that he's crazy.
I've wondered if maybe some Linux User's Group wanted to do this as a fund-raiser: do a bulk-purchase of some Linux-compatible peripheral (say a WL card or TV tuner) in OEM packaging, and then wrap it up with the appropriate drivers and sell it over the web at a 50-60% markup.
:-)
In case you haven't heard, there is a HDTV tuner card made specifically for linux, to receive Over-The-Air hdtv broadcasts, and analogue cable channels. I believe that as of kernel 2.6.12, driver modules are included with the kernel. Find or start your own LUG, and there you go.
if gay marriage was legalized how could you not then legalize 2 sisters getting married.
For the same reason you wouldn't have a brother and sister having sex and getting married - that is called incest. Incest is always wrong.
Although, siblings living together (in an non-incestuous manner) should be afforded the same rights and privileges as married couples and homosexual couples.
I think you're trolling, but I'll bite. There are other, easier guides to follow for the installation of MythTV. The Wiki on MythTV is helpful, and so are the numerous forums for each distribution of linux. (At least, the ones where I've searched have been helpful).
I don't see how you can predict the death of OSS based on the documentation. The documentation for other OSS projects is just as convoluted (see MySQL or Apache's HTTP server) and they're not going away anytime soon.
MythTV is available on FreeBSD, as others have pointed out. http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/FreeBSD
From the article:
Horton, 30, of Dorchester, didn't get the job after her credit report showed $18,000 in deferred student loans. "My credit wasn't perfect, but I never thought my student loans would go against me," said Horton. "The company said I could reapply once I had two years of excellent credit, but there is no way I am going to be able to pay off those loans that quickly."
As someone with massive student loan debt (easily into the 6-digit range), I think the key word there in her case is deferred student loans. I've had some pretty stringent background checks for working in secured areas where there is concern about employees being compromised ("sex, drugs, and serious debt" being easy ways to get compromised), and my debt hasn't been an issue (neither has my sex or drugs). The reasons for deferment of her loans seems like why she is having problems getting employment, and since we don't know about her reasons, why is everyone jumping to some ridiculous conclusions?
hmmm... I wonder if there is a connection between that link and only 40 posts over the last hour. ;)
We do know that many violent sex fiends started with looking at violent pornography. We also know that millions of people the world over, have enjoyed viewing it and did not go on to be a pervert.
Oh, what a day to be packing, else I would come up with a researcher and a reference or two to support your comment (sorry, I'm not untaping my boxes for you). I'm going to do my best to recall some of the research, and I hope I don't mangle the results too badly from memory. In a nutshell, there was a study on the effect of pornography on college-aged men. Some viewed porn for a few hours, and others viewed a different kind of movie for a similar amount of time. (If I remember right, the pornography involved a man and a woman, and would fall between somewhere closer to "Cinemax" than "Anal All-stars" on an improvised "hardcore" scale). These two groups were compared, before viewing, and after viewing. The group that watched porn indicated that they were more accepting of some "rape myths" (ie, "'No' doesn't always mean 'no'"). So porn did have an effect.
Before you turn on the flamethrowers, this study does have some methodological flaws. First, the college-student population is not representative of everyone who watches porn, men in general, or violent sex offenders. Although no one knows for 100% certain, it seems like none of the participants actually sexually assaulted anyone after viewing the porn. So you could conclude that porn doesn't cause you to do anything you don't want to do.
I'm sure there are other flaws in the study that I'm not recalling right now, but I think that we should all keep in mind that viewing pornography is not a benign act with no reprocussions on our thoughts and what we're willing to accept in life.
I have seen two implimentations of "ala-carte" programming in both cases less than 1/3rd of the channels included in the standard" digital tier ended up costing quite a bit more than just taking them all and not watching the channels you dont like.
I'd rather pay more for things that I want and enjoy than continue to support mediocrity. Hell, that might be the only way to get rid of Fox News.
I'd also like for the cable channels to see what would happen to their demographics if they moved to a more free-market system. Would they improve their programming to appeal to a broader audience? Or would they go pandering ("Hey everybody! More T&A on CNN!")?
My only source of television content is download from an FTP server.
:)
I wonder how many people thought: "IP/login/password?"
Of course, you're overlooking an obvious IT worker beverage bait:
Homer: "I'm feelin' low, Apu. You got any of that beer that has candy floating in it, you know, Skittlebrau?"
Apu: "Such a product does not exist, sir! You must have dreamed it."
Homer: "Oh. Well then just gimme a six-pack and a couple of bags of Skittles."
See also the slashdot story here.
One of my jobs as a grad student involved working at a sleep research lab at Stanford University, and I get questions from a lot of people about insomnia (it's part of my job). I usually point them to this page of Dr. William Dement who wrote a number of books on sleep (go do your own Amazon.com research ;) ). The page lists about 10 other things you can do to help with your sleep. Give that a try for two weeks, get into that pattern, and your sleep should improve.
It looks like it couldn't stop the slashdot buzzsaw - it cut straight through their server.
Just make the whole uniform out of kevlar coated with this stuff. Might not need that many layers before your regular uniform is bullet resistant...
First, wouldn't there is a weight issue to creating a uniform out of kevlar and this stuff? Second, did you see the part in the summary where it says the liquid stiffens quickly when hit by an object? Wouldn't running, jumping, moving your arms rapidly, etc., cause the armor to be stiff, and slow soldier's movements?
people would be driving hybrid cars. People would be investing in alternative energy. People would be investing a lot differently
People want to do those things, and some people are currently doing those things. It starts with an individual decision, and that hopefully leads to many more individuals to decide to do the right thing as well. It is that simple. But if one person doesn't start, you're absolutely right, it is a never ending cycle.
That's what I was looking for. Now to investigate what they mean by "screened for social and environmental criteria" really means...
;)
too bad there isn't a knob or a sliding scale, to turn up or down the "ethical practices" of your investment portfolio.
Until we actually value ethics in economic ways, ethics have no value to society,
That's the whole point of investing in ethical organizations. So in order to make the change into ethics having economic value, that "we" might as well start with "I".
You won't lose your money if you invest in oil companies. You won't lose your money if you invest in tabacco companies. You wont lose your money if you invest in alcohol companies. You wont lose your money if you invest in surveillance companies.
;) ).
What about the opposite? Surely there are some companies that are good investments AND don't leave you with a guilty conscience from sponsoring people that are profitting on the misery of others. (Or am I living in la-la-land again?