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What's even more telling is the second wager in 1996 where Simon publicly offered a wager to "any prominent doomsayer... that by any material measure, living standards would only improve."
No one would take his bet.
It just seems odd that after Ehrlich's predictions have repeatedly failed to materialize over the past three decades that people still cling to them.
As for the detractors of the original post, it seems like they didn't even read the article to which he or she linked, because it wasn't about the "...mostly placid and content, high-living, energy-consuming, SUV driving populace of the western democracies" and how just because they're fine the rest of the world must be too. In fact it alluded to one of the primary reasons people in less fortunate areas of the world are unable to utilize the resources that have been expanded by innovation, namely a lack of free enterprise in those areas.
As far as "...a westerner probably [having] the environmental impact of 5 or more third world citizens." I have to say I have my doubts. My understanding from geography and economics classes is that underdeveloped countrys actually have a greater negative environmental impact than western societys because they don't have the resources to avoid things like burning inefficient fuels and dumping wastes into the water and the ground. One economics instructor explained it as environmentalism being a luxury of first world countries, which makes sense to me. I could be wrong though.
I didn't spell check this.
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Ants are pretty good (kind of acidic). Hard to fill up on though. Grub worms are a lot bigger, but they taste like dirt (really). I'm not sure what grub worms are the larvae for though so maybe they don't count as bugs. I can't think of any other bug type things I'd care to eat, but I can't think of what this has to do with the topic either. I guess I'm just in mind wandering mood.
"...it really worries me that you refer to the Weekly World News as the paper."
-Charlie, from So I Married an Axe Murderer
Or something like that. I've only seen that movie approximately 17 times and it's been awhile. Time to rent it again.
On another related note, I think I remember hearing that the WWN is the 7th most circulated publication in the world. That is a pretty far reaching joke. That figure might have been for the Sun though, but I don't think so.
Yeah Marty was cool, especially with that orange vest and all. Not to mention the guitar bit at the dance near the end. Did Chuck Barry really have a cousin named Marvin? I was just wondering that the other day. Oh yeah, and he drove a Delorian.
And when was the last time you heard of a student massacre in Canada?
When was the last time you heard of a student massacre in Israel? They're virtually non-existent there. Probably because every teacher carries a machine gun to class with him or her and is trained to use it. That simply makes the opportunity cost too high for your would be shooter. What's more, violent crime (aside from politically based incidents) is relatively low there. Perhaps that's because every capable, responsible adult in the country owns an assault weapon and knows how to use it. Again, the opportunity cost is too high. No I don't have statistics to back this up, my opinion is based on my observations during a week spent in israel (associating with native born israelis) some years ago. It was pretty cool seeing students on a school field trip at Massada being watched over by their teacher toting a sub machine gun.
If we really want to see an end to things like school shootings we're going to have to use some logic, have a little sack, and adopt a new strategy modeled after ones that have been historically proven to work. Of course that would mean laying to rest the false notion that a well armed citizenry makes us less safe instead of more so.
Another example we could do well to emulate is Switzerland. They also have a very low violent crime rate. What other trend to they manifest? Every adult is a member of their military reserve and takes his or her assault weapon home in between training exercises. Again I apologize for not having statistics, but I observed this while associating with Swiss natives when visiting there.
Ok, enough off topic ranting. I just can't resist gun control bait.
I can't disagree with the sentiment that the direction schools are heading is appalling, but I don't believe the issue is...
Let's think of all the rights kids *Do Not* have in school which adults in this country take for granted.
I'm not even close to being a student of the law, but it's my understanding that as minors you *aren't* actually entitled to the same rights as adults (anyone with a legal background please jump in here). I don't know how far that extends but there are some obvious examples that I don't think reasonable people would argue with. For example minors do not have the right to drink, drive before a certain age, or vote. On the other hand you don't pay taxes, probably don't pay your own rent or mortgage, and aren't legally responsible for a lot of your actions. You shouldn't be surprised to find some restrictions put on your freedom. Put another way, the freedoms of adulthood come with a price. We all had to go through our 18 years to get there and it may not seem fair right now but you will get there too.
Ok sorry about the rant. Like I said, I agree that what we see in our schools today is sad. I was lucky to be home schooled and while it's not for everyone I would recommend it for anyone willing to try.
Back on topic, what I really meant to write was that I think the kid in the article shows a lot of moxy in identifying a legitimately disturbing issue and taking it on. I think it's also good to read about a kid using his intelligence to rise above the ignorance induced on kids by public schools. I think we can safely assume he's not spending six hours a day watching TV.
The Y2K glitch could prevent some computers from distinguishing 2000 from 1900 because of an old shortcut that recorded the year with two digits only. Unless fixed, this could wreak havoc on everything from air travel to health care to automatic teller machines.
IMO, that kind of statement is irresponsible journalism and and basically sensationalism (suprise). The statement implies that the unrediness described is the current state of all computerized institutions and that nothing has been done about it.
Like the first poster said, the biggest threat of Y2K is the potential for panic by the paranoid. I guess media statements like that are a big part of the problem.
On a final note, the obviously flawed book The Millenium Bug predicted the financial meltdown of Japan in April 1999 because that is when they close their fiscal year. I don't even recall Japan being a blip on the news in April. Add it the pile along with 9/9/99 and the other April prediction, I guess.
This is an excellent piece because it transends political affiliations with either the left or the right. The author can be commended for that. I agree with the point he alluded to that a big part of the problem is the majority who say they don't care about government access to their private issues because "they have nothing to hide". I really worry about people like that, and about a society made up of people like that who can't see where that kind of attitude leads.
Are there other concerns besides just police access to the keys for encrypted data? Wasn't there a slashdot post a few weeks ago about a governmental proposal to set up a network to monitor all electronic communication accross the board just to watch for suspicious activity? I know unencrypted data really comes with no garantee of privicy once it's turned loose on the net, but I think that's different than a deliberate plan to monitor everything just on the possibility that it might reveal illegal activity. Anyway, I think it's all part of the same issue of how much leeway we allow the government to have with it's involvement in our personal lives. And, I'm starting to rant...
Also, kudos to Dave for including the example of the persecution of smokers in this piece. I'm a non-smoker, but that whole thing has gotten ridiculous.
So while evolution and natural selection still can be taught, the door is open for any teaching of them to be challenged by opponents of evolution. Well said. That's what I took this news to mean so I don't see what all the freaking out is about. Also, I recently heard in a social science class, at DeVry in Phoenix, an instructor state that much of the scientific community has begun to believe that there were no transitional species between primates and homosapiens indicating one evolved from the other. He said that the skeletal remains that had previously caused scientists to believe this have since been identified as homosapien skeletons with ostiopathic disorders. He wasn't saying this to discredit evolution as a scientific principal, and he wasn't advocating creationism. I think he was just illustrating the changing nature of scientifically held principles. I'm not stating an opinion either, just throwing this out as food for thought. Not that it will matter with this being comment #1500 or whatever because I'm sure no one will ever see it, let alone reply to it. That's what I get for not checking slashdot all day. Anyway, I digress.
I guess the 250+ posts on this subject prove one thing: Time's selection of the anything of anytime is about as important as this week's Billboard top 10.
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Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah!!!!!!
About as excited as one gets for a root canal.
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What's even more telling is the second wager in 1996 where Simon publicly offered a wager to "any prominent doomsayer... that by any material measure, living standards would only improve."
No one would take his bet.
It just seems odd that after Ehrlich's predictions have repeatedly failed to materialize over the past three decades that people still cling to them.
As for the detractors of the original post, it seems like they didn't even read the article to which he or she linked, because it wasn't about the "...mostly placid and content, high-living, energy-consuming, SUV driving populace of the western democracies" and how just because they're fine the rest of the world must be too. In fact it alluded to one of the primary reasons people in less fortunate areas of the world are unable to utilize the resources that have been expanded by innovation, namely a lack of free enterprise in those areas.
As far as "...a westerner probably [having] the environmental impact of 5 or more third world citizens." I have to say I have my doubts. My understanding from geography and economics classes is that underdeveloped countrys actually have a greater negative environmental impact than western societys because they don't have the resources to avoid things like burning inefficient fuels and dumping wastes into the water and the ground. One economics instructor explained it as environmentalism being a luxury of first world countries, which makes sense to me. I could be wrong though.
I didn't spell check this.
Ants are pretty good (kind of acidic). Hard to fill up on though. Grub worms are a lot bigger, but they taste like dirt (really). I'm not sure what grub worms are the larvae for though so maybe they don't count as bugs. I can't think of any other bug type things I'd care to eat, but I can't think of what this has to do with the topic either. I guess I'm just in mind wandering mood.
"...it really worries me that you refer to the Weekly World News as the paper."
-Charlie, from So I Married an Axe Murderer
Or something like that. I've only seen that movie approximately 17 times and it's been awhile. Time to rent it again.
On another related note, I think I remember hearing that the WWN is the 7th most circulated publication in the world. That is a pretty far reaching joke. That figure might have been for the Sun though, but I don't think so.
Yeah Marty was cool, especially with that orange vest and all. Not to mention the guitar bit at the dance near the end. Did Chuck Barry really have a cousin named Marvin? I was just wondering that the other day. Oh yeah, and he drove a Delorian.
IANAL, but aside from voting, NONE of the other things you mentioned are RIGHTS in North America.
Good point, I guess I wasn't thinking of rights in the stricter sense. Forgive my ignorance, but what is IANAL?
And when was the last time you heard of a student massacre in Canada?
When was the last time you heard of a student massacre in Israel? They're virtually non-existent there. Probably because every teacher carries a machine gun to class with him or her and is trained to use it. That simply makes the opportunity cost too high for your would be shooter. What's more, violent crime (aside from politically based incidents) is relatively low there. Perhaps that's because every capable, responsible adult in the country owns an assault weapon and knows how to use it. Again, the opportunity cost is too high. No I don't have statistics to back this up, my opinion is based on my observations during a week spent in israel (associating with native born israelis) some years ago. It was pretty cool seeing students on a school field trip at Massada being watched over by their teacher toting a sub machine gun.
If we really want to see an end to things like school shootings we're going to have to use some logic, have a little sack, and adopt a new strategy modeled after ones that have been historically proven to work. Of course that would mean laying to rest the false notion that a well armed citizenry makes us less safe instead of more so.
Another example we could do well to emulate is Switzerland. They also have a very low violent crime rate. What other trend to they manifest? Every adult is a member of their military reserve and takes his or her assault weapon home in between training exercises. Again I apologize for not having statistics, but I observed this while associating with Swiss natives when visiting there.
Ok, enough off topic ranting. I just can't resist gun control bait.
I can't disagree with the sentiment that the direction schools are heading is appalling, but I don't believe the issue is...
Let's think of all the rights kids *Do Not* have in school which adults in this country take for granted.
I'm not even close to being a student of the law, but it's my understanding that as minors you *aren't* actually entitled to the same rights as adults (anyone with a legal background please jump in here). I don't know how far that extends but there are some obvious examples that I don't think reasonable people would argue with. For example minors do not have the right to drink, drive before a certain age, or vote. On the other hand you don't pay taxes, probably don't pay your own rent or mortgage, and aren't legally responsible for a lot of your actions. You shouldn't be surprised to find some restrictions put on your freedom. Put another way, the freedoms of adulthood come with a price. We all had to go through our 18 years to get there and it may not seem fair right now but you will get there too.
Ok sorry about the rant. Like I said, I agree that what we see in our schools today is sad. I was lucky to be home schooled and while it's not for everyone I would recommend it for anyone willing to try.
Back on topic, what I really meant to write was that I think the kid in the article shows a lot of moxy in identifying a legitimately disturbing issue and taking it on. I think it's also good to read about a kid using his intelligence to rise above the ignorance induced on kids by public schools. I think we can safely assume he's not spending six hours a day watching TV.
Go kid go!
The Y2K glitch could prevent some computers from distinguishing 2000 from 1900 because of an old shortcut that recorded the year with two digits only. Unless fixed, this could wreak havoc on everything from air travel to health care to automatic teller machines.
IMO, that kind of statement is irresponsible journalism and and basically sensationalism (suprise). The statement implies that the unrediness described is the current state of all computerized institutions and that nothing has been done about it.
Like the first poster said, the biggest threat of Y2K is the potential for panic by the paranoid. I guess media statements like that are a big part of the problem.
On a final note, the obviously flawed book The Millenium Bug predicted the financial meltdown of Japan in April 1999 because that is when they close their fiscal year. I don't even recall Japan being a blip on the news in April. Add it the pile along with 9/9/99 and the other April prediction, I guess.
That's my $0.02, probably redundant by now.
I've known 14 year-old female hackers
Hope you didn't know 'em in the biblical sense. Heh heh heh. Sorry, I know that was dumb but I couldn't resist.
Gun dealers will sell to anyone and their brother - including recent escapees - and deserve investigation.
Have you ever bought/tried buying a gun from a dealer?
This is an excellent piece because it transends political affiliations with either the left or the right. The author can be commended for that. I agree with the point he alluded to that a big part of the problem is the majority who say they don't care about government access to their private issues because "they have nothing to hide". I really worry about people like that, and about a society made up of people like that who can't see where that kind of attitude leads.
Are there other concerns besides just police access to the keys for encrypted data? Wasn't there a slashdot post a few weeks ago about a governmental proposal to set up a network to monitor all electronic communication accross the board just to watch for suspicious activity? I know unencrypted data really comes with no garantee of privicy once it's turned loose on the net, but I think that's different than a deliberate plan to monitor everything just on the possibility that it might reveal illegal activity. Anyway, I think it's all part of the same issue of how much leeway we allow the government to have with it's involvement in our personal lives. And, I'm starting to rant...
Also, kudos to Dave for including the example of the persecution of smokers in this piece. I'm a non-smoker, but that whole thing has gotten ridiculous.
Ok, I'll shut up now...
So while evolution and natural selection still can be taught, the door is open for any teaching of them to be challenged by opponents of evolution.
Well said. That's what I took this news to mean so I don't see what all the freaking out is about.
Also, I recently heard in a social science class, at DeVry in Phoenix, an instructor state that much of the scientific community has begun to believe that there were no transitional species between primates and homosapiens indicating one evolved from the other. He said that the skeletal remains that had previously caused scientists to believe this have since been identified as homosapien skeletons with ostiopathic disorders. He wasn't saying this to discredit evolution as a scientific principal, and he wasn't advocating creationism. I think he was just illustrating the changing nature of scientifically held principles. I'm not stating an opinion either, just throwing this out as food for thought. Not that it will matter with this being comment #1500 or whatever because I'm sure no one will ever see it, let alone reply to it. That's what I get for not checking slashdot all day. Anyway, I digress.
Of course, I still think Pepsi could be sued for violating some sort of truth in advertising law. But that is not the point.
Maybe that is his point and he's claiming he believed the ad for emphasis.
I guess the 250+ posts on this subject prove one thing: Time's selection of the anything of anytime is about as important as this week's Billboard top 10.
BTW, see the first "Mao!!!" response. Amen.
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