So, what ARE the differences that might prevent someone in the USA from doing what the grandparent does so easily? Are there any difficulties buying an unlocked phone, popping in my sim card, and placing calls? Does T-Mobile even need to know? If there are no differences, then why does the US market work differently?
You've read about it here first. With my copyright (refer to bottom of the page). Someday, you will all want an inductive girdle implanted around your waist paired with an inductive gadget belt where you can hang all your electronic doodads. They can stay charged all day long while you gab continuously or listen to music on your choclear implants, while chatting with your electroni molars. That mental picture I've just drawn? We will call it prior art, and now I'll just sit back and wait for the money.
I can't think of a better use for my excess calories. The fatter I am, the more personal devices I can power. If that's not enough, I can drink more beer. Isn't science wonderful
Most unemployed people are not the "Hard Core Unemployed" you describe. Most unemployed people are unemployed for less than ayear, but that is enough to be very disruptive to lives, including health. Besides, underemployed people also have a heathcare problem in that employers are not required to insure workers, and that is a logical place to cut costs, especially if the employer doesn't want to take health into consideration when hiring.
A: The multiple projector thing is neat, but... display quality of the average white wall.
Someone who can afford the projectors can afford a screen.
B: Mid-air mice have been around... nobody wants to hold their mouse up in the air for any length of time. It's just not comfortable.
That's why you'll buy one you can use while your arm hangs naturally. Where is it written that any valid design must require you to hold a mouse up in the air?
C: Quantum computing... When Bell Labs says things are 20 years out, you know it's not going to be ready for a long, long time.
That's a popular way to say it won't be the current generation that invents it.
D: Router P2P is neat, but could it be described as revolutionary?
Haven't hams been doing this for decades?
man made brain? That's a revolutionary idea!
As though the one your Mom made you isn't good enough. Next thing you know, men will want to give birth.
Reminds me of the popularity of fax machines in China during the years prior to and immediately following Tiananmen Square (1989). The genie is out of the bottle, I do hope the authorities don't try to stuff it back in like they tried back then.
from someone who was in Hong Kong:
And once again we choose not to focus too much on certain reports. China is in the midst of a historic buildup of its military. China is cracking down on unofficial news sources and asking citizens to report any unauthorized news postings on the Web./quote)
They'd have to get red photo filters, but only for the set, unless they want to explain to us why the actors are dressed in red and have reddish tinges to their faces.
The solution isn't to ban cell phones + driving, but to get a little more harsh about BAD driving.
I certanly agree with you there. I also wish drivers licensing had more to do with your skills and less with your age. But, laws need to be simple without any more discretion (which leads to selective enforcement) than absolutely necessary. It's easier to document that someone was using a phone than weaving all over the road.
Besides, what's the differnce between talking to a passenger while driving a stick-shift and talking on a cell phone?
Big difference. Manual driving forces you to pay attention to the car and your driving, cell phones are a distraction. I've driven a stick all my life, so I don't really think about the mechanics of shifting, but I do listen to the car, watch my guages, etc.
Driving is so boring anyway, I must do whatever I can to complicate the task without introducing distractions. Complicating the driving task works better at keeping me focused on driving than doing some of the other stuff people do in the car. I also make a point of watching the drivers and not just the cars. If you see someone with 90% of their attention somewhere other than the road, you can deal with them better. It's amazing how making eye contact with idiots sometimes causes them to straighten up. I still drink coffee, talk on the phone (brief info calls only), mash radio buttons too much, etc. But, when I was young and stupid, I even read the newspaper while communting with my stick shift. The only thing that really enables me to not be bored while driving is audio books, they keep my mind engaged, but if I must shift all of my attention to the road and I miss something, I can rewind. I also like to read the stickers on the backs of cars, if you can't see the driver, they can provided invaluable information on how intelligent they are.
It's even worse when the branch of government with the power and the duty to enforce the laws willfully chooses to violate those laws. So, now we have the legislature trying to pass redundant laws hoping to get enough attention that maybe this time, the enforcers will be shamed into following the laws. There is a problem with checks and balances when the only tool the public has is the ballot box every four years and the only tool the legislative branch has is impeachment. Impeachment depends on shame, and we all know that men without shame aren't affected by impeachment. We do have a Judicial branch - so I suppose it's up to somebody to sue the Executive. But, who will enforce the judgement? Either it will be ignored or a fall guy will be found.
A lot of the weightings would be personal, my favorite rating services would get higher ratings from me. My weighting may not even affect anyone else, or there might be a system where all who use a particular service have their scores aggregated somehow. Seems a lot like social networking to me, friends and friends of friends, netflix friends, myspace friends, etc.
A good reputation system also needs to be resilient against people maliciously/frivolously attaching bad marks to other people's reputation, for example: claiming person X is a spammer, who never actually spammed. I.E. it needs a method of verifying or authenticating any credentials and negatives/qualifiers on those credentials, that get recorded and presented. One possibility is to require corroboration, and to quickly expire negative reports that are not confirmed by a sufficiently trustworthy source.
However, the conspiracy theorists on the site are extremely fanatic about their theory (as opposed to a more moderate site that tries to investigate properly.) As a result, you receive a large quantity of negative feedback that attaches itself to your online reputation.
The data point isn't simply that i have excellent karma, it is that I have excellent karma on/. which itself has a reputation that is a factor in calculating my reputation. You can take this out another level and rate the reputation calculation service. Consumers Union would rate higher than , for example, Equifax. This can go on until the last factor which of course, is my personal weightings. I think most services would weight the fanatic site less than the more moderate site. Then there's the Bush factor, certainly a killer for any reputations.
Or you can simply multiply all the reputations of everyone/thing that is willing to vouch for you.
Oh, the correlation exists, it just doesn't prove any relationship between the various organs that come to mind. Of course, if the familiar shoe size gauge is used, everyone would want to sleep with Bozo the Clown.
No, I'm simply pointing out that we have two completely different network models to study, the publicly owned roads which I connect up with with a driveway that I maintian myself, and telco, cable, gas, etc where the connection to my house is owned and maintained by a private entity which is operating under a monopoly. As such, it has the priviliges of a state owned institution without the accountability of either a politically controlled "business" or a private business which must compete for customers. I'm not saying that roads are excellent, the response to road complaints varies with the political season, but monopolies granted to private business ain't it either, since they are accountable to nobody but a PSC composed of people from the regulated industry, and don't even have competitive pressure to encourage them to excell.
I also realize that you and I aren't really talking about the same thing. Please forgive me if I replied to your post when I should have posted my remarks elsewhere.
Yes, I know what you are talking about. Here's what I'm talking about. Think of roads vs other utilities
My utilities are connected to private rightaways. If I want to complain, I have the Public Service Commission composed of people from the related industries. But, for some reason, the roads are different. They are owned by various local governments. I own and maintain my driveway, but someone else owns he road I live on. It was built by a developer who passed the cost on to whoever bought my house from him and then given to the community as represented by a local government. If it has a pothole or a problem with speeders, I have politicians to deal with who send out a pothole fixit truck or a police cruiser depending on the problem. Why is public ownership better for roads, but utilities granted to a monopoly? the political districts are much smaller than the regions of monopoly, which might have something to do with the responsiveness.
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....an infinite number of nerds......keyboards... you'd have..............Slashdot
So, what ARE the differences that might prevent someone in the USA from doing what the grandparent does so easily? Are there any difficulties buying an unlocked phone, popping in my sim card, and placing calls? Does T-Mobile even need to know? If there are no differences, then why does the US market work differently?
You've read about it here first. With my copyright (refer to bottom of the page). Someday, you will all want an inductive girdle implanted around your waist paired with an inductive gadget belt where you can hang all your electronic doodads. They can stay charged all day long while you gab continuously or listen to music on your choclear implants, while chatting with your electroni molars. That mental picture I've just drawn? We will call it prior art, and now I'll just sit back and wait for the money.
I can't think of a better use for my excess calories. The fatter I am, the more personal devices I can power. If that's not enough, I can drink more beer. Isn't science wonderful
Hey, I can do calculations in my head and count out change, which doens't recall calculating at all if you know how. I guess I'm an old fogey.
This has nothing to do with you. It's about dominate males and women.
Most unemployed people are not the "Hard Core Unemployed" you describe. Most unemployed people are unemployed for less than ayear, but that is enough to be very disruptive to lives, including health. Besides, underemployed people also have a heathcare problem in that employers are not required to insure workers, and that is a logical place to cut costs, especially if the employer doesn't want to take health into consideration when hiring.
A: The multiple projector thing is neat, but ... display quality of the average white wall.
... nobody wants to hold their mouse up in the air for any length of time. It's just not comfortable.
... When Bell Labs says things are 20 years out, you know it's not going to be ready for a long, long time.
Someone who can afford the projectors can afford a screen.
B: Mid-air mice have been around
That's why you'll buy one you can use while your arm hangs naturally. Where is it written that any valid design must require you to hold a mouse up in the air?
C: Quantum computing
That's a popular way to say it won't be the current generation that invents it.
D: Router P2P is neat, but could it be described as revolutionary?
Haven't hams been doing this for decades?
man made brain? That's a revolutionary idea!
As though the one your Mom made you isn't good enough. Next thing you know, men will want to give birth.
aarghh!! forgot the link
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from someone who was in Hong Kong: And once again we choose not to focus too much on certain reports. China is in the midst of a historic buildup of its military. China is cracking down on unofficial news sources and asking citizens to report any unauthorized news postings on the Web./quote)
They'd have to get red photo filters, but only for the set, unless they want to explain to us why the actors are dressed in red and have reddish tinges to their faces.
The solution isn't to ban cell phones + driving, but to get a little more harsh about BAD driving.
I certanly agree with you there. I also wish drivers licensing had more to do with your skills and less with your age. But, laws need to be simple without any more discretion (which leads to selective enforcement) than absolutely necessary. It's easier to document that someone was using a phone than weaving all over the road.
Besides, what's the differnce between talking to a passenger while driving a stick-shift and talking on a cell phone?
Big difference. Manual driving forces you to pay attention to the car and your driving, cell phones are a distraction. I've driven a stick all my life, so I don't really think about the mechanics of shifting, but I do listen to the car, watch my guages, etc.
Driving is so boring anyway, I must do whatever I can to complicate the task without introducing distractions. Complicating the driving task works better at keeping me focused on driving than doing some of the other stuff people do in the car. I also make a point of watching the drivers and not just the cars. If you see someone with 90% of their attention somewhere other than the road, you can deal with them better. It's amazing how making eye contact with idiots sometimes causes them to straighten up. I still drink coffee, talk on the phone (brief info calls only), mash radio buttons too much, etc. But, when I was young and stupid, I even read the newspaper while communting with my stick shift. The only thing that really enables me to not be bored while driving is audio books, they keep my mind engaged, but if I must shift all of my attention to the road and I miss something, I can rewind. I also like to read the stickers on the backs of cars, if you can't see the driver, they can provided invaluable information on how intelligent they are.
3) They do know who I am -- I'm the one the got the message.
How do they know that? You could just as easily be the one who sent the message.
Cheese has no purpose other than to be eaten.
I only scanned TFA cause I was trying to get first on topic post. I came within a minute of having first post. I shoulda just posted something stupid.
and what about all those crystal radio kits that get that power from the RF signal? don't tell me the boy scouts have been scamming kids.
How does this differ from induction?
It's even worse when the branch of government with the power and the duty to enforce the laws willfully chooses to violate those laws. So, now we have the legislature trying to pass redundant laws hoping to get enough attention that maybe this time, the enforcers will be shamed into following the laws. There is a problem with checks and balances when the only tool the public has is the ballot box every four years and the only tool the legislative branch has is impeachment. Impeachment depends on shame, and we all know that men without shame aren't affected by impeachment. We do have a Judicial branch - so I suppose it's up to somebody to sue the Executive. But, who will enforce the judgement? Either it will be ignored or a fall guy will be found.
A lot of the weightings would be personal, my favorite rating services would get higher ratings from me. My weighting may not even affect anyone else, or there might be a system where all who use a particular service have their scores aggregated somehow. Seems a lot like social networking to me, friends and friends of friends, netflix friends, myspace friends, etc.
A good reputation system also needs to be resilient against people maliciously/frivolously attaching bad marks to other people's reputation, for example: claiming person X is a spammer, who never actually spammed. I.E. it needs a method of verifying or authenticating any credentials and negatives/qualifiers on those credentials, that get recorded and presented. One possibility is to require corroboration, and to quickly expire negative reports that are not confirmed by a sufficiently trustworthy source.
That's why we have metamoderation....
However, the conspiracy theorists on the site are extremely fanatic about their theory (as opposed to a more moderate site that tries to investigate properly.) As a result, you receive a large quantity of negative feedback that attaches itself to your online reputation.
/. which itself has a reputation that is a factor in calculating my reputation. You can take this out another level and rate the reputation calculation service. Consumers Union would rate higher than , for example, Equifax. This can go on until the last factor which of course, is my personal weightings. I think most services would weight the fanatic site less than the more moderate site. Then there's the Bush factor, certainly a killer for any reputations.
The data point isn't simply that i have excellent karma, it is that I have excellent karma on
Or you can simply multiply all the reputations of everyone/thing that is willing to vouch for you.
Oh, the correlation exists, it just doesn't prove any relationship between the various organs that come to mind. Of course, if the familiar shoe size gauge is used, everyone would want to sleep with Bozo the Clown.
Not everybody starts counting with the number zero
No, I'm simply pointing out that we have two completely different network models to study, the publicly owned roads which I connect up with with a driveway that I maintian myself, and telco, cable, gas, etc where the connection to my house is owned and maintained by a private entity which is operating under a monopoly. As such, it has the priviliges of a state owned institution without the accountability of either a politically controlled "business" or a private business which must compete for customers. I'm not saying that roads are excellent, the response to road complaints varies with the political season, but monopolies granted to private business ain't it either, since they are accountable to nobody but a PSC composed of people from the regulated industry, and don't even have competitive pressure to encourage them to excell.
I also realize that you and I aren't really talking about the same thing. Please forgive me if I replied to your post when I should have posted my remarks elsewhere.
Yes, I know what you are talking about. Here's what I'm talking about. Think of roads vs other utilities
My utilities are connected to private rightaways. If I want to complain, I have the Public Service Commission composed of people from the related industries. But, for some reason, the roads are different. They are owned by various local governments. I own and maintain my driveway, but someone else owns he road I live on. It was built by a developer who passed the cost on to whoever bought my house from him and then given to the community as represented by a local government. If it has a pothole or a problem with speeders, I have politicians to deal with who send out a pothole fixit truck or a police cruiser depending on the problem. Why is public ownership better for roads, but utilities granted to a monopoly? the political districts are much smaller than the regions of monopoly, which might have something to do with the responsiveness.