I've always sworn that I'd never become the old fart who's confused in the world of modern technology,...
It is neither you nor 'modern technology', it is the majority which is confused, e.g. believing to be able to 'multitask' with the help of friendly gadgetry while at the same time unable to read (and comprehend) simple texts (see post above) or to add one-digit nuimbers (as mentioned in some other post yesterday).
Some people think about whether what they buy works for them rather than a morality regarding a device with a microchip and a screen. In fact, it's not just some people, but nearly _all_ people, Slashdot company excepted....
But, quote: "Following a choice, such as buying a new car, expectations can clash with experience, as when the car does not fit its garage. In a state of dissonance, people may feel surprise, dread, guilt, anger, or embarrassment. Despite contrary evidence, people are biased to think of their choices as correct. This bias gives dissonance theory its predictive power, shedding light on otherwise puzzling irrational and destructive behavior."
You have to lower your expectations — in a world where (ordinary) people are not able to mentally calculate 6*8 (by accident I saw a TV-show giving examples), advertising is making heavy use of percentages (being sure that people do not have the faintest idea what '%' means) and 'geeks' constantly believe that empirical science can 'prove' something, how can you imagine that someone concerned about 'gadgets' will differentiate a Latin plural from a singular?
WTC 7 had massive vats of diesel fuel in it, which was ignited through damage from WTC 1 & 2. This is common knowledge.
Also, the case shows that those who specialize in controlled demolition are fraudsters, as one can accomplish a perfectly tidy collapse just with randomly burning diesel fuel.
There is absolutely no need for a chain of precisely placed demolition charges to be blown up with accurate timings.
The Freiburg Vision Test (‘FrACT’) may be a start.
Quote: "The “Freiburg Vision Test” encompasses the “Freiburg Visual Acuity & Contrast Test” (FrACT) and Vernier Test to assess acuity and other visual functions. It is a free computer program that uses psychometric methods combined with anti-aliasing and dithering to provide automated, self-paced measurement of visual acuity (Bach 1996), contrast sensitivity and vernier acuity..."
Exactly; especially when taxpayers worldwide are free to pay billions to revive banks and companies are free to take shortcuts every way they want (if things get really bad, there is always chapter 11).
... those who get the profits dont generally die...
Be more optimistic about that — a good heuristic for more optimism is to consider this phase of the evolutionary process, mankind being the ultimate high end, a(n epic) failure (hints to that may be seen in the overall ecological and economical situation).
So there might be a good chance that evolution may recover from an earlier rerun point, without those (bastards) who have been responsible.
Slashdot Mirror
TFS: "Google is thinking about moving tabs from the top of the browser top the left side"
Reveals that:
Google employs some people that think (ahead?)
Common people are stuck with the overcome (top the left side ???)
Alas.
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all normal humans
So I have to infer that you already have an objective, testable definition of "normality" that can be used to 'prove' that a human is 'normal'?
That aside, how does the ever increasing need for so called 'objective definitions' interfere with the ability to instantiate 'sentience'?
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.. he is probably right. I never heard of the thing before now (though I probably would not have been interested).
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I've always sworn that I'd never become the old fart who's confused in the world of modern technology, ...
It is neither you nor 'modern technology', it is the majority which is confused, e.g. believing to be able to 'multitask' with the help of friendly gadgetry while at the same time unable to read (and comprehend) simple texts (see post above) or to add one-digit nuimbers (as mentioned in some other post yesterday).
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oh wait, I have my iPad and iPhone.
Hmm, chances are you don't have the solution.
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It's not a TFT display. It's IPS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFT_LCD
Types:
Twisted nematic (TN)
In-plane switching (IPS)
Advanced fringe field switching (AFFS)
Multi-domain vertical alignment (MVA)
Patterned vertical alignment (PVA)
Advanced super view (ASV)
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that presented names of stimuli
So the breakthrough here is that names instead of the stimuli themselves were presented?
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Some people think about whether what they buy works for them rather than a morality regarding a device with a microchip and a screen. In fact, it's not just some people, but nearly _all_ people, Slashdot company excepted. ...
But, quote: "Following a choice, such as buying a new car, expectations can clash with experience, as when the car does not fit its garage. In a state of dissonance, people may feel surprise, dread, guilt, anger, or embarrassment. Despite contrary evidence, people are biased to think of their choices as correct. This bias gives dissonance theory its predictive power, shedding light on otherwise puzzling irrational and destructive behavior."
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You have to lower your expectations — in a world where (ordinary) people are not able to mentally calculate 6*8 (by accident I saw a TV-show giving examples), advertising is making heavy use of percentages (being sure that people do not have the faintest idea what '%' means) and 'geeks' constantly believe that empirical science can 'prove' something, how can you imagine that someone concerned about 'gadgets' will differentiate a Latin plural from a singular?
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WTC 7 had massive vats of diesel fuel in it, which was ignited through damage from WTC 1 & 2. This is common knowledge.
Also, the case shows that those who specialize in controlled demolition are fraudsters, as one can accomplish a perfectly tidy collapse just with randomly burning diesel fuel.
There is absolutely no need for a chain of precisely placed demolition charges to be blown up with accurate timings.
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The Proud Robot: The Complete Galloway Gallegher stories
by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore
You might like these stories, If you do not already know them
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Any?
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YMMV
Besides; I usually do not care much about what marketing droids think they need to communicate.
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... No actually it's short for "IBM PC" or "IBM PC compatible clone".
Apple PC ???
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The Freiburg Vision Test (‘FrACT’) may be a start.
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Quote: "The “Freiburg Vision Test” encompasses the “Freiburg Visual Acuity & Contrast Test” (FrACT) and Vernier Test to assess acuity and other visual functions. It is a free computer program that uses psychometric methods combined with anti-aliasing and dithering to provide automated, self-paced measurement of visual acuity (Bach 1996), contrast sensitivity and vernier acuity
http://www.michaelbach.de/fract/index.html
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I have a harder time focusing than some older folk, but I can deal with a thousand times more information at a fraction of the time.
Would be interesting to see how the relation changes when it comes to knowledge instead of information.
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Most people have never been, are not and will never be deep thinkers able to contemplate beyond the moment,
I have staff to do that for me!
Brilliant.
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What about oil based materials?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0564476/
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/d/gerry-davis/mutant-59.htm
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The free market is better than anything else ...
Exactly; especially when taxpayers worldwide are free to pay billions to revive banks and companies are free to take shortcuts every way they want (if things get really bad, there is always chapter 11).
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US Army - "We Tolerate The Cultivation Of Opium Poppies"
Yes, what a coincidence.
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mice with normal adenosine function experienced a two-thirds drop in paw pain
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I wonder what that BP manager was thinking.
Beyond Petroleum, of course of $$$.
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The bit that I loved the most was: ...
You will love it even more when you read about suicides and deadly accidents of people who were willing to testify.
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... those who get the profits dont generally die ...
Be more optimistic about that — a good heuristic for more optimism is to consider this phase of the evolutionary process, mankind being the ultimate high end, a(n epic) failure (hints to that may be seen in the overall ecological and economical situation).
So there might be a good chance that evolution may recover from an earlier rerun point, without those (bastards) who have been responsible.
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Reading is fundamental....
Indeed so.
TFS, last sentence:"Another impact structure in Siberia was created by an asteroid 100 km in size."
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