Be lucky if you get food. More seriously, I suspect that in a time not too distant you will have to have a card (security, terrorism, ease of processing, yadda...) for each and every transaction you make. A little further on, this will be an implanted device, still later, it will be wired (interfaced) to your neural system.
But if you punish enough criminals, you DO change and impact the culture.
Well worth figuring out the impact, given the following.
Quote: "As reported in the May/June issue of Correctional News, the United States leads the world in the number of inmates per capita, with 750 inmates per 100,000 residents, according to the Pew report. During 2007, the U.S. prison population increased by more than 25,000 inmates to almost 1.6 million inmates, and local jails throughout the United States held 723,131 inmates at the end of 2007."
Apparently nobody here has gone through the trouble of attempting to unsubscribe from tens or hundreds of spam emails a day to see how successful it is.
I tried it and my spam problem actually got worse. (emphasis mine)
This is why once upon a time there was a rule that one should never react to 'spam'.
I wonder how many of my tax dollars are being used by their government to subjugate their people?
I have heard that the "Near East" is used as a test bed for a variety of contraptions. Thus, be sure that you will have the pleasure to experience all the benefits of each dollar spent.
but it certainly improves the ability of someone to understand concepts
*suspecting that you rather give a counterexample*;-)
It might be a good idea to augment 'concepts'; abstract, technical, scientific perhaps? Definitely n_o_t concepts which are based on perception to a high degree and can only be learnt via experience (by experiencing); martial arts come to mind.
Since we're on the subject of being honest, I wonder what would happen if, with the wave of a magic wand, all developing countries would be uplifted to the level of, say, China or India? How quickly would the planet be depleted of resources and ruined by pollution?
Just fix your time base to the age of the universe and you all too soon realize that these things happen instantaneously .
They managed to sell something (absurd, imho) that people buy...
Hmm, I up to now thought that was the core idea, the more absurd, the more capitalistic (and, of course, the more creative). Old wine in new wine-skins:-(
This is not the point. IMHO, it is about establishing an infrastructure to be prepared for a situation when resources are scarce.
If the masses are short on energy and especially water, total surveillance and absolute power of the 'government' come in handy for those who think they have to loose something.
the argument of speculation just doesn't hold water
Aha.
Quote: "A panel of experts told a Senate committee on Capitol Hill Tuesday that rising oil prices have a direct connection to manipulation of U.S. energy futures markets, and federal regulators failed in their responsibility to protect consumers.
Among the experts who testified were Michael Greenberger, JD, professor at the School of Law and a former director at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Greenberger argued that basic market fundamentals are only a piece of what explains the current cost of crude oil.
"I think the price is completely unmoored from supply-demand," said Greenberger."
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I don't have a customer card? Do I get neither?
...) for each and every transaction you make. A little further on, this will be an implanted device, still later, it will be wired (interfaced) to your neural system.
Be lucky if you get food. More seriously, I suspect that in a time not too distant you will have to have a card (security, terrorism, ease of processing, yadda
Not a new idea, though.
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Thank you for replying. Actually, I was trying to make a pun (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEEK_and_POKE), but failed epically ;)
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But if you punish enough criminals, you DO change and impact the culture.
Well worth figuring out the impact, given the following.
Quote: "As reported in the May/June issue of Correctional News, the United States leads the world in the number of inmates per capita, with 750 inmates per 100,000 residents, according to the Pew report. During 2007, the U.S. prison population increased by more than 25,000 inmates to almost 1.6 million inmates, and local jails throughout the United States held 723,131 inmates at the end of 2007."
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Apparently nobody here has gone through the trouble of attempting to unsubscribe from tens or hundreds of spam emails a day to see how successful it is. I tried it and my spam problem actually got worse. (emphasis mine)
This is why once upon a time there was a rule that one should never react to 'spam'.
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an example of how IT doesn't take human nature into account when setting up systems
The phenomenon is presumably not limited to the realm of IT (or simply: stupidity rules).
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A friend of mine has dual citizenship in the US and Israel.
How comes it that your handle is "peektwice" ??
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I wonder how many of my tax dollars are being used by their government to subjugate their people?
I have heard that the "Near East" is used as a test bed for a variety of contraptions. Thus, be sure that you will have the pleasure to experience all the benefits of each dollar spent.
CC.
but it certainly improves the ability of someone to understand concepts
;-)
*suspecting that you rather give a counterexample*
It might be a good idea to augment 'concepts'; abstract, technical, scientific perhaps? Definitely n_o_t concepts which are based on perception to a high degree and can only be learnt via experience (by experiencing); martial arts come to mind.
CC.
Since we're on the subject of being honest, I wonder what would happen if, with the wave of a magic wand, all developing countries would be uplifted to the level of, say, China or India? How quickly would the planet be depleted of resources and ruined by pollution?
Just fix your time base to the age of the universe and you all too soon realize that these things happen instantaneously .
CC.
They managed to sell something (absurd, imho) that people buy ...
:-(
Hmm, I up to now thought that was the core idea, the more absurd, the more capitalistic (and, of course, the more creative). Old wine in new wine-skins
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Because they would start thinking instead of working for Gates and his friends? Yeah, creative capitalism at its best. Or the beginning of Idiocracy?
Though there does not seem to be much evidence (left) that literacy triggers thinking, I go for the option 'idiocracy'.
Besides, it seems to be evidence of sorts that no one else realized your point.
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The so called "fruedian slip" is more like the "storage" slip, ...
;-)
Probably too early for you to comment (either time- or knowledgebase-wise) ??
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P.S.: frueh (German) = early
"People want to avoid time sinks."
/..
Quote from
Well done.
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"I'm sitting on a house" usually means that the speaker is literally on the roof of a house, ..."
Tex Avery had a nice interpretation regarding the terms "house", "on" and "roof", incorporating "drinks" as well (@3:30+).
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And then the device gets stolen or breaks ...
More likely, it will be taken by your DHS to fight 'global terrorism'.
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Better look for ARINC, with, quote "Up to 100,000 mating and un-mating cycles".
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... who would have thought?
e like everywhere
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I believe that pretty much every manufacturer does this.
Indeed?!
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the journalist is reporting Rupert Murdoch as "angry", which is closely synonymous with "mad."
...
Some tongue other than English being my native language, I am always thankful for hints to improve on my skills. Though
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Think of all the parts of your brain that handle ...
The body handles quite a bit without much help from the brain (which is even an obstacle at times) too (which is mostly forgotten).
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focus to stretch beyond one thing
Focal point to magically become a set.
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You get someone with a heavy german (sic) accent who will tell you you are either in or you are out.
It seems I miss the joke (I am German).
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Sooner or later the US will wake the fuck up.
This is not the point. IMHO, it is about establishing an infrastructure to be prepared for a situation when resources are scarce.
If the masses are short on energy and especially water, total surveillance and absolute power of the 'government' come in handy for those who think they have to loose something.
CC.
Most of us cannot see more than about 1 million colors, I believe.
It seems that the "experts" also do believe rather than know. Numbers differ from 100,000 to 10Mio here .
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the argument of speculation just doesn't hold water
Aha.
Quote: "A panel of experts told a Senate committee on Capitol Hill Tuesday that rising oil prices have a direct connection to manipulation of U.S. energy futures markets, and federal regulators failed in their responsibility to protect consumers.
Among the experts who testified were Michael Greenberger, JD, professor at the School of Law and a former director at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Greenberger argued that basic market fundamentals are only a piece of what explains the current cost of crude oil.
"I think the price is completely unmoored from supply-demand," said Greenberger."
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