Usually they come from wishful thinkers or politicians.
But these are those who run the world, the first in corporations with the belief that two digit growth rates are sustainable, the latter functioning as suckpuppets laying out 'enabling' structures. Both appreciate 'science' to be in the realm of religions (which always come in handy if the goal is to keep the masses stupid enough to accept bad deals).
You beat me to it. Considering the solutions 'they' come up with (filling holes with sawmill and shredded newspapers, wrapping the crippled plants into a canvas cover...) this only seems to be the logical next step. Wouldn't that give everybody a proper share of the lustrous future to come?
"The time frame in question when dealing with radioactive waste ranges from 10,000 to 1,000,000 years, according to studies based on the effect of estimated radiation doses." [Wikipedia]
Not costly indeed if the time frame you can envision is shorter than the lifespan of an average human.
In fact maybe we should just put these on all cars in the country.
Don't worry, this will sooner or later happen (not only in the US). The reason will probably be some security shit, one of the consequences will be a 'road usage tax'.
Now, come on, with all your US three letter acronyms (not to speak of those longer ones that especially the army comes up with) a little more creativity would be appropriate. How about ASS, which also would perfectly translate into Armed Security Squad and thus be quite close to the original 'Waffen-SS(tm)'?
The first one was the control group, which sat in front of blank computer screens for three minutes. Three minutes — of emptiness.
The second group of individuals had mirrors propped up against their computer monitors and spent their three minutes looking at their own reflections. Three minutes — of a reflection of emptiness.
The third group was allowed to surf their own Facebook profiles and its associated tabs for the allotted time. Three minutes — of an inverted reflection of emptiness.
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Which is basically what is culminating in the sentence from TFA: "Facebook can show a positive version of ourselves".
Until now I thought that it is the customers/consumers that pay for the company's services/goods/products. Shareholders may earn less, but they pay nothing.
I suspect it's the end result of pressure to get more bang for their bucks in a tight economy, but that's pure speculation. It really could be a trend of the times.
The only way this will be gotten around is to have anon news sources which vet any information they get, either by corroborating it with other stories, or by other means, then signing that the information is actually real.
Here, in Germany, they have already foreseen this dangerous development and are having a test run on obfuscating reality in a way that makes it hard to realize real reality. In case you did not care, I am referring to the Guttenberg copy&paste case.
IT employers want candidates to know everything under the sun, and to have known those skills at least since they were created.
Not only IT employers; it is interesting though if you have a look at the products created by all these geniuses or if you are unlucky enough to have to communicate with one.
What?!? No. We're all groups of ones. Individuals are the only group I care about.
As much as I value your point of view and also, as I believe, care more about individuals, I build my reality in a different (!) way, knowing that I can not escape the influence of peers (though I can withstand peer-group pressure). Also, I am well aware of the scene when Zappa says 'Don't kid yourselves, everybody in this room is wearing a uniform'. BTW, your new.sig is not contradicting and resembles much of what I try to achieve practicing TaiChi.
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It's actually good for the soul to be different, or distinct, in any way you can...
I bet it is more like 'it is good (for the soul) to be embedded in a group that feels different...'.
Problems probably arise when there is the need to transgress group borders (e.g. switching from a job within academia to market research, as I did (long ago, but, IMHO, the point is still valid)).
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I thought along these lines: "phase out: To bring or come to an end, one stage at a time." (TheFreeDictionary ).
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Usually they come from wishful thinkers or politicians.
But these are those who run the world, the first in corporations with the belief that two digit growth rates are sustainable, the latter functioning as suckpuppets laying out 'enabling' structures. Both appreciate 'science' to be in the realm of religions (which always come in handy if the goal is to keep the masses stupid enough to accept bad deals).
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Yes, after 30 years, they are still going to be called Firefox and using the same numbering scheme.
"As of March 2011, the latest stable release of GNU Emacs is version 23.3." (Wikipedia)
Possible, at least.
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Faith is expected without justification and is expected to endure regardless of what facts may come to challenge it.
Like the faith that science will deliver a cure to every problem encountered?
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Nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.
You beat me to it. Considering the solutions 'they' come up with (filling holes with sawmill and shredded newspapers, wrapping the crippled plants into a canvas cover ...) this only seems to be the logical next step. Wouldn't that give everybody a proper share of the lustrous future to come?
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You have to count from zero.
Well, ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_programming_languages_(array)
This subthread also somehow reminds me of the troubles to hit the right column when correcting punch cards back in the days.
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-by-one_error
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Most studies clearly indicate as much as 20% of American's power demands could be reduced by such moves. ...
Not knowing whether the figure is right and on a side note: that would be the share of 'nuclear power' in the US.
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A method to leave people speechless.
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"The time frame in question when dealing with radioactive waste ranges from 10,000 to 1,000,000 years, according to studies based on the effect of estimated radiation doses." [Wikipedia]
Not costly indeed if the time frame you can envision is shorter than the lifespan of an average human.
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But then you have to physically move the CD from some place to your place, which requires a distribution network and takes time.
You also probably have to move it from your old place to your new place, which, especially if you move often, is not exactly effortless.
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dislike of Tom's hardware ... dating back over a decade (I can't even remember why anymore)
Probably because there were roumors that they developed a payed bias syndrome.
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iOS has outsold Android
Indeed?
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When you build something you get to choose who you sell it to, and the conditions and purposes it is to be used for.
[citation needed]
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Not uncommon practice, at least.
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In fact maybe we should just put these on all cars in the country.
Don't worry, this will sooner or later happen (not only in the US). The reason will probably be some security shit, one of the consequences will be a 'road usage tax'.
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So the new acronym for FBI is SSS?
Now, come on, with all your US three letter acronyms (not to speak of those longer ones that especially the army comes up with) a little more creativity would be appropriate. How about ASS, which also would perfectly translate into Armed Security Squad and thus be quite close to the original 'Waffen-SS(tm)'?
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The first one was the control group, which sat in front of blank computer screens for three minutes.
Three minutes — of emptiness.
The second group of individuals had mirrors propped up against their computer monitors and spent their three minutes looking at their own reflections.
Three minutes — of a reflection of emptiness.
The third group was allowed to surf their own Facebook profiles and its associated tabs for the allotted time.
Three minutes — of an inverted reflection of emptiness.
</sarcasm>
Which is basically what is culminating in the sentence from TFA: "Facebook can show a positive version of ourselves".
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When a company is fined, who pays the price?
Until now I thought that it is the customers/consumers that pay for the company's services/goods/products. Shareholders may earn less, but they pay nothing.
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I suspect it's the end result of pressure to get more bang for their bucks in a tight economy, but that's pure speculation. It really could be a trend of the times.
Both? Maybe interaction?
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The only way this will be gotten around is to have anon news sources which vet any information they get, either by corroborating it with other stories, or by other means, then signing that the information is actually real.
Here, in Germany, they have already foreseen this dangerous development and are having a test run on obfuscating reality in a way that makes it hard to realize real reality. In case you did not care, I am referring to the Guttenberg copy&paste case.
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IT employers want candidates to know everything under the sun, and to have known those skills at least since they were created.
Not only IT employers; it is interesting though if you have a look at the products created by all these geniuses or if you are unlucky enough to have to communicate with one.
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in their own free time
With an emphasis on free, with the assumption that your workforce will be weaker if you split attention between jobs.
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I have a twenty-year old VAX 4200 minicomputer running OpenBSD as my home firewall ... what is the energy consumption?
Just curious
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What?!? No. We're all groups of ones. Individuals are the only group I care about. .sig is not contradicting and resembles much of what I try to achieve practicing TaiChi.
As much as I value your point of view and also, as I believe, care more about individuals, I build my reality in a different (!) way, knowing that I can not escape the influence of peers (though I can withstand peer-group pressure). Also, I am well aware of the scene when Zappa says 'Don't kid yourselves, everybody in this room is wearing a uniform'.
BTW, your new
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It's actually good for the soul to be different, or distinct, in any way you can ...
...'.
I bet it is more like 'it is good (for the soul) to be embedded in a group that feels different
Problems probably arise when there is the need to transgress group borders (e.g. switching from a job within academia to market research, as I did (long ago, but, IMHO, the point is still valid)).
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