I honestly don't know what to think of Bush after this. Is Bush getting better? I mean, sure, he is doing this for re-election purposes, but I've always evaluated on effects, not motivation.
AFAIK, stockholders don't have a say. The board of directors has votes and can implement policy, but no other stockholders get votes, or they can't bring issues to the table.
No, because a "company" doesn't make decisions. "Executives" and "boards" make decisions, and they won't get rid of themselves. They'd rather see the company go down in flames. I think we've seen that happen often enough.
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(a) MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION- Section 1114 of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3414) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(d) For purposes of this section, and sections 1115 and 1117 insofar as they relate to the operation of this section, the term `financial institution' has the same meaning as in subsections (a)(2) and (c)(1) of section 5312 of title 31, United States Code, except that...
"12 U.S.C. 3414" is the United States Code Title 12 Chapter 35 Section 3414. Chapter 35 is the Right to Financial Privacy Act. Section 3414 allows counter-terrorism authorities (and others) to request records from financial institutions with a national security letter. So Homeland Security already had these powers.
The difference is the definition of "financial institution" has been changed from bank, credit union, etc., to include
an "insured institution" per the National Housing Act (whatever that means)
a "thrift institution"
brokers
currency exchanges
insurance companies
a dealer in jewelry, precious metals, etc.
pawnbrokers
travel agencies
car and boat dealerships
casinos (obviously)
Western Union, etc.
the Post Office
anything else that would be useful for criminal or IRS investigations
These definitions for "financial institution" appear to be for investigations of money laundering, tax evasion, and Federal Deposit Insurance Act violations under the authority of the Secretary of Treasury. To get the records, the investigators have to serve a summons.
But now Homeland Security can get records from these places without a summons. They do have to certify that "such records are sought...to protect against international terrorism...provided that such an investigation of a United States person is not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by the first amendment", but that's not much consolation.
The link looks right to me. I wrote my congressman when I first heard about this thing months ago, but not only did the ungrateful bastard not write me back, it looks like he voted yea!
Punk. I'd vote him out, but I've moved and am in a new district now.
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It's axiomatic. You want to protect yourself and others, because you evolved such that you want to protect yourself and others. Or, to put it another way, you want to p.y.a.o. because "you feel like it."
Now, do you feel a need to protect the species as a whole? I'm tempted to say that I, for one, feel no such need, but it's hard to tell, since I am not actually in a position to protect or destroy all humanity. If I were in such a position, previously unrealized emotions might well up within me.
Anyway, I don't think it is heretical to say that maybe humanity does not deserve to exist. People say that all the time!
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I would expect the testing companies remove these biases as they find them. If so, I would expect womens' scores to be increasing. And they are, right?
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Your points about bias in the first and second paragraphs, I agree with. But "skill shadowing" is not bias in the test or the testing process. It's a bias in the people. If females do worse in mixed company, that's a problem for the females, because they will be in mixed company for the rest of their working lives. They may be more capable with an all-female group, but that will never happen. "If a tree falls in the forest..."
"Black" typically means American-style blacks. Although there are certainly pygmies, bushmen, etc., in America, I think that the category of "American-style black" is distinguishable from them, and form a recognizable type.
I know that blacks sure don't seem to have any trouble distinguishing between blacks and non-blacks. I wish I knew how they did that...
You couldn't segragate on race directly. You'd have to segragate on whatever gives that race an advantage or disadvantage. Pulmonary performance, for example. Then you'd have performance classes, like weight classes.
The trick would be getting a single number that accounts for most of the advantageous/disadvantageous traits -- pulmonary performance, fast-twitch muscle ratios, body fat, leverage, etc.
Actually, I'd bet every one of you have hallucinated, whether from lack of sleep or too much caffeine or over-stimulation. You've all seen things out of the corner of your eye, heard things, known someone was watching you...
Of course, I also bet that you knew it was a hallucination.
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The article wasn't about specific things you can't say. It was about how to figure out what things you can't say. Teach a man to fish...
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I had Construx! It was cool. I'd build all kinds of vehicles. Unfortunately, it's really only good for vehicles and buildings. Maybe guns.
Apple added performance improvements to the version of gcc that they ship with Darwin. I wonder how much of a difference it makes?
English is a liberal arts discipline. And his friend handed in the paper for her English course and got an 'A'.
I infer that his form is not good for academia, but is good for a general audience.
I honestly don't know what to think of Bush after this. Is Bush getting better? I mean, sure, he is doing this for re-election purposes, but I've always evaluated on effects, not motivation.
AFAIK, stockholders don't have a say. The board of directors has votes and can implement policy, but no other stockholders get votes, or they can't bring issues to the table.
I'd love to hear if I'm wrong about that, though.
No, because a "company" doesn't make decisions. "Executives" and "boards" make decisions, and they won't get rid of themselves. They'd rather see the company go down in flames. I think we've seen that happen often enough.
"12 U.S.C. 3414" is the United States Code Title 12 Chapter 35 Section 3414. Chapter 35 is the Right to Financial Privacy Act. Section 3414 allows counter-terrorism authorities (and others) to request records from financial institutions with a national security letter. So Homeland Security already had these powers.
The difference is the definition of "financial institution" has been changed from bank, credit union, etc., to include
These definitions for "financial institution" appear to be for investigations of money laundering, tax evasion, and Federal Deposit Insurance Act violations under the authority of the Secretary of Treasury. To get the records, the investigators have to serve a summons.
But now Homeland Security can get records from these places without a summons. They do have to certify that "such records are sought...to protect against international terrorism...provided that such an investigation of a United States person is not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by the first amendment", but that's not much consolation.
The link looks right to me. I wrote my congressman when I first heard about this thing months ago, but not only did the ungrateful bastard not write me back, it looks like he voted yea!
Punk. I'd vote him out, but I've moved and am in a new district now.
Look, I don't care about a nuclear-fusion-powered player. I just want sexbots!
2 mmHg is about 2-3 thousandths of an atmosphere. I think they have a while before they need to worry.
PortaPorn!
It's axiomatic. You want to protect yourself and others, because you evolved such that you want to protect yourself and others. Or, to put it another way, you want to p.y.a.o. because "you feel like it."
Now, do you feel a need to protect the species as a whole? I'm tempted to say that I, for one, feel no such need, but it's hard to tell, since I am not actually in a position to protect or destroy all humanity. If I were in such a position, previously unrealized emotions might well up within me.
Anyway, I don't think it is heretical to say that maybe humanity does not deserve to exist. People say that all the time!
I would expect the testing companies remove these biases as they find them. If so, I would expect womens' scores to be increasing. And they are, right?
Your points about bias in the first and second paragraphs, I agree with. But "skill shadowing" is not bias in the test or the testing process. It's a bias in the people. If females do worse in mixed company, that's a problem for the females, because they will be in mixed company for the rest of their working lives. They may be more capable with an all-female group, but that will never happen. "If a tree falls in the forest..."
Not true. There are biological differences in muscle types, oxygen transport, food processing, etc. See this article and others.
"Black" typically means American-style blacks. Although there are certainly pygmies, bushmen, etc., in America, I think that the category of "American-style black" is distinguishable from them, and form a recognizable type.
I know that blacks sure don't seem to have any trouble distinguishing between blacks and non-blacks. I wish I knew how they did that...
You couldn't segragate on race directly. You'd have to segragate on whatever gives that race an advantage or disadvantage. Pulmonary performance, for example. Then you'd have performance classes, like weight classes.
The trick would be getting a single number that accounts for most of the advantageous/disadvantageous traits -- pulmonary performance, fast-twitch muscle ratios, body fat, leverage, etc.
Actually, I'd bet every one of you have hallucinated, whether from lack of sleep or too much caffeine or over-stimulation. You've all seen things out of the corner of your eye, heard things, known someone was watching you...
Of course, I also bet that you knew it was a hallucination.
The article wasn't about specific things you can't say. It was about how to figure out what things you can't say. Teach a man to fish...
That plan doesn't seem to be working out.
This is a perfect example of the Anthropic Principle, or the Observation Selection Principle.
Sigh. Thumbnails are optional. You can just show the window titles in a vertical list. Watch the movie.
You must not have noticed that you can turn the thumbnails off, and just show the window titles in a vertical list.
- discovered pentaquarks,
- maybe (or maybe not) found gravitons,
- discovered a new subatomic particle with theoretically impossible properties, and
- found evidence that space-time is actually smooth.
See the latest issue of Discover .