It's still not completely clear to me that the rational course of action in that case is to "suspend judgement" rather than choosing to believe in the non-existence.
The cases are not the same in practice, since the dogs do not offer eternal salvation or somesuch, nor do they provide one with a sense of "greater good". Therefore, there's no incentive in believing in the dogs. Looking at the issues themselves it seems clear to me that believing in nonexistence is the rational course of action. But as a practical matter for us human brains, it might be beneficial to suspend judgement instead.
You're right, I went ahead and RTFA and as you indicate, it's the publicists' problem, not the photographers'. If photographers want to be fairly compensated for some particular contract, then they charge the apppropriate amount. Conversely, if a publicist like the ones the article talks about wants better pics in Wikipedia, then they need to put up the cash, because Wikipedia won't.
Not to mention that the photographers do maintain their copyright. Only a permissive license to use the image is required, and then only for the image uploaded to Wikipedia, not the original work.
The world is filled with control freaks, it seems.
Really? As I remember, a 19" standard CRT monitor could handle only up to 1600x1200, if it was a good one. Anything more than that usually resulted in lost or diminished pixels, because there's a limit to the number of phosphor sites and holes in the mask.
That depends on how long people would hold out. What would be the reason for conflict? How many would side with the military? Talking about people vs. military and claiming you can beat "them" is naive at best.
You seem to naively imply that pilots are always more reliable than computers. You also seem to overestimate human ingenuity, and underestimate the high rate of pure pilot errors.
No, no no. Google does one thing, search for stuff on the net. TPB does two things, search an archive of torrent metadata files (not unlike Google), but also provides a tracker that torrent clients connect to. The tracker does not assist in finding torrents, it is the backbone of using torrent swarms. (except for trackerless swarms, but never mind those).
I don't think there would be any problem if TPB only was a search engine, but it isn't.
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Not exactly, although those are in use too. Didn't know exactly which system it was based on though, all I knew about it was... MUMPS.
What is in general use here now is Uranus, Miranda, and a few other related apps/backends. Back in the days developed by Medici-Data which got bought up by Logica. AFAIK it's not used anywhere else in the world, especially since Logica only seems to have info on the Finnish site about those systems.
C) None of the systems are compatible with each other. For these savings to be realized, Every doctor and point of medical care would require the same software and access.
Compatibility is not dependent on using the same software, only the same communication standards, which already exist and are in use.
At the university hospital where I work, things work exactly as you describe. Billing is one system, data for insurance companies another. General EMR handling and input, laboratory system, cancer treatment, radiology... numerous systems that do different things, but interoperate.
I cannot even begin to fathom the monster system that could encompass all of it in one go.
Those points about EMRs look to me like a stagnated market, rather than inherent difficulty. In particular point 4, isn't HL7 precisely what solves that?
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I have faith that IBM will keep me safe until 11:59 AM July 2, 2010.
It's still not completely clear to me that the rational course of action in that case is to "suspend judgement" rather than choosing to believe in the non-existence.
The cases are not the same in practice, since the dogs do not offer eternal salvation or somesuch, nor do they provide one with a sense of "greater good". Therefore, there's no incentive in believing in the dogs. Looking at the issues themselves it seems clear to me that believing in nonexistence is the rational course of action. But as a practical matter for us human brains, it might be beneficial to suspend judgement instead.
AFAIK a human being is usually a 'she', like ships.
You're right, I went ahead and RTFA and as you indicate, it's the publicists' problem, not the photographers'. If photographers want to be fairly compensated for some particular contract, then they charge the apppropriate amount. Conversely, if a publicist like the ones the article talks about wants better pics in Wikipedia, then they need to put up the cash, because Wikipedia won't.
The world is filled with control freaks, it seems.
..Unless you take into account the ship's wheel, an invention going back to around 1700, 170 years before the typewriter.
Might be because the code (like a lot of code) is braindead in other, unimaginable ways?
Perhaps pets tend to live indoors more.
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This word is the most descriptive I've seen this year. It applies to so much "outrage" strewn across message boards, not just on Slashdot...
Really? As I remember, a 19" standard CRT monitor could handle only up to 1600x1200, if it was a good one. Anything more than that usually resulted in lost or diminished pixels, because there's a limit to the number of phosphor sites and holes in the mask.
a road system explicitly designed for 4-wheeled motor vehicles.
There's your problem. If you're going to complain, do it right.
Why don't they just use TETRA? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_Trunked_Radio
..which VIRVE is based on, a nationwide network that all Finnish security and rescue services use.
NIH, maybe?
That depends on how long people would hold out. What would be the reason for conflict? How many would side with the military? Talking about people vs. military and claiming you can beat "them" is naive at best.
You seem to naively imply that pilots are always more reliable than computers. You also seem to overestimate human ingenuity, and underestimate the high rate of pure pilot errors.
They would get them if they asked for them, which is usually how they get them.
Can somebody please explain to me what the problem is with uniquely identifying each member of a society, what abuse becomes realistically possible?
I don't think there would be any problem if TPB only was a search engine, but it isn't.
TBP is a torrent tracker. Different thing.
What is in general use here now is Uranus, Miranda, and a few other related apps/backends. Back in the days developed by Medici-Data which got bought up by Logica. AFAIK it's not used anywhere else in the world, especially since Logica only seems to have info on the Finnish site about those systems.
C) None of the systems are compatible with each other. For these savings to be realized, Every doctor and point of medical care would require the same software and access.
Compatibility is not dependent on using the same software, only the same communication standards, which already exist and are in use.
I cannot even begin to fathom the monster system that could encompass all of it in one go.
Damn, I completely forgot about that, and I play the violin...
There's nothing wrong with redundancy, unless it's redundancy of the wrong kind.
Those points about EMRs look to me like a stagnated market, rather than inherent difficulty. In particular point 4, isn't HL7 precisely what solves that?