But if you keep them anonymous, how can the local News show their pictures every night?
The American way (i.e the right way) to do this, would be continuing coverage, so the people stay informed-envolved-in touch:
"Still no decision as the trial against Jose Bandito [ugly picture], nicknamed the spam king, goes into its third week, costing the taxpayer almost 10000$ a day."
Open your wifi a couple days before you go on vacation and set squid to redirect all the "bad" sites to some scary warning page you made up. Then immediately disconnect.
The warning page will show your neighbour's lan address, but your public IP and your street address, together with some severe warnings.
Two days later, have some friends drag you out of the house into a dark car. For effect they can also carry out an old computer monitor. When you return two weeks later, look angrily at your neighbor.
Good list of fears. But that means, it is largely a communication / PR problem particular to the US.
Several notes, with me agreeing that energy shouldn't be needlessly wasted.
1. Most people don't want to spend money on any energy they don't need. Companies lose profits, people lose their hard earned paychecks. It is in everyones best interest to use energy wisely.
Except, that some companies will benefit from a changing economy, some large more "traditional" companies will not. Unlike European countries, the US traditionally had a large domestic market. If you can control that market and keep it from changing, you can stay in business. Short term it might be cheaper to lobby and spread FUD. If they succeed, in the long run the US economy will go the way of the US car companies
2. Future tech being more efficient does not mean we are being intentionally wasteful now.
We as consumers might not be, but manufacturers might. If it just increases costs to add another 2 inch of styrofoam to a fridge, without giving you a market advantage, you just leave it off.
3. The real issue here is people having to pay extra for sped up tech research on technologies that may or may not be ready yet (or the infrastructure is not there yet, see what happened to T Boone Pickuns), paying extra for carbon credits which are just profit centers for a few smaller companies (and the consumer ends up paying for), etc.
Yes. Throwing money into something that might or might not work is an issue. But if going green would mean that you fund research that actually increases US energy independence, any Republican, patriot, whatever, could be behind it. The US is one of the few countries with multiple climate zones, yet China is investing in post-oil renewables, the US isn't. Heck, build a large solar trough power plant in New Mexico/ Arizona and call it the "George Washington/ Ronald Reagan we are so proud national plant".
4. Seeing as the world is out of control with debt now, people using their pickups for 2 years to save up for a new car is far better than everyone going into debt on buying new cars. That is good fiscal responsibility.
Right, I am not throwing out my old fridge or car. And even if energy prices doubled, it wouldn't be economical for me to do so (no matter what they tell you). But once I have to replace it, I would like to be able to shop for something that is more efficient than 10 years ago.
5. The climate change issue puts everyone in panic mode, so more money is wasted on rushed ideas and research, with no proper testing and oversight. That's fiscal waste, and possibly bad for the environment as well. Stepping back to re-assess is a good thing.
Stepping back? where is the US of the 40s or 50s that tried to develop technology, before others did?
I agree, enough with that sequestering - pork barrel - nonsense. But there are technologies, that do work, that are underfunded, and where the US would be able to play the advantage of a large domestic market to establish a future post-oil economy.
You're too generous. I once tried to use Blender. After a few days of banging my head against the computer I decided that eating glass shards would be a better use of my time--and would be almost as productive.
I don't think it's your Linux comments. Since everyone knows that Linux is superior to whaterver else, why would one heretical comment start a war against you? Aren't linux-lovers the most gentle and forgiving people on earth?
What I think it is? your nick: Loving a commodore 64 puts you in the same age group as Bill Gates, too old to post on/.
- Oh and worrying about the National debt: that means you don't live in your mom's basement anymore. Definitely not someone one would like to have on/.
Quick question? Are you actually ignorant enough to think that scientific questions are decided by consensus instead of the facts?
Science isn't. But politics is.
And most people understandably have problems matching their own experience with scientific data:
Anecdotal evidence is not statistics, "future development" doesn't mean the same as "this winter", and "global warming" means average global temperature, not "warmer everywhere, all the time". Europe could actually cool down, and parts of Canada might get a much nicer climate ( the wheat belt is moving north).
That's why some scientists now call it "climate change" rather than "global warming"
Ignoring is easier than understanding. And fighting science is easier than accepting the fact that things might be changing. To some degree, I can even understand the anti-global-warming crowd. But what is almost criminal are corporations that fuel them with their FUD ("CO2 -we call it life"), to procrastinate the necessary market adaptations, while they are buying into green technology. Maybe one should communicate to these companies, that decades from now, when some cities in the Southwest will collapse because of water shortage, we might look back and determine which companies an be held accountable.
That's not too far off from reality. There is mine clearing equipment that rolls over a field and just hits the ground in front of it with heavy chains.
I don't like hosting stuff in the Cloud. When it's too hot in the summer the data just evaporates.
.. yes, but as soon as it cools down, your 1s and 0s will crystallize again, forming new data for someone else to enjoy.
Or as one of these greek guys once said: Panta rei.- You can't log into the same sever twice.
And it's not as as if it is truly lost, it just gets arranged differently.
Who knows- that part on the server that hosted the only copy of your thesis might now host someone else's lol-cat collection.
That's if it ends well. But clever cheaters know how to get stuff from others and pass it as their own. Since they have no tech skills, they learn to focus on social skills. Before you know it, your fake code-monkey is promoted to management.
Well, since it's supposed to be with real actors and "darker", JarJar will not only come back, but we will also be introduced to Aunt Jemima Binks, who make 'em dambest pancakes in the whole 'hood. - Happy African American history month everyone.
The logic of a true MS follower
-or of someone who had been held captive in a Redmond basement for years,
forced to watch MS propaganda while evil Steve tormented him with a chair.
I can't remember the last time I heard a Windows user defend his OS' faults and claim they're actually beneficial. Quite the opposite: usually they're bitching about something that the %@*#*$! computer did wrong. Mac and Linux users, however, will both defend their choice to the end, regardless of actual facts. That's why they're part of a hivemind: they aren't honest with themselves.
Right, windows isn't a cult. But that's not a contradiction. Cult is elitist, you have to be in the minority and defend your beliefs against a huge number of ignorant non-believers. You can't do that if everyone is on your side to begin with. You don't walk around and tell people that it actually is ok to be heterosexual.
That doesn't mean that you aren't still controlled by public opinion or the "hive mind". Microsoft has negative and positive stereotypes associated with it:
Macs are ok. But you can do all the normal stuff on a Windows PC just as well. -Which is true to some degree, except if you ignore the benefits of a Mac, this turns into the "laptop under 1000$" Windows commercial. Basically saying: If you are a creative coffee-shop artist and want to spend the extra money for a fashion statement, do it, get a Mac. But us "normal" blue-collar people who have to be smart about things, wouldn't waste our hard earned money on it.
Linux of course would be cheaper, so the argument goes the other way: you get what you paid for. Nothing. Linux is for people who want to play with computers instead of using them. Kind of engine rebuilding instead of driving your car. But us "normal" blue-collar people who have to get real work done, need something that "just works" (again Windows commercial).
This leads to the positive stereotype for Windows: It is the best choice for normal no-nonsense people who need a normal no-nonsense computer to do normal things in a normal way. Stick shift might be cooler, but automatic is just more comfortable. And if you have to commute every day (like normal people), you don't have the time for the extra cool nonsense. Windows commercial, normal person: "Windows 7 was my idea"
The stereotypes were common among Windows users even before the commercials. MS is just milking it. It is not an elitist cult, like the Mac-fanboys and Windows users aren't proud of their deep OS knowledge like the followers of Linus (praised be His name) are - but it still is a believe system.
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Maybe with some spiffy ads:
"Hi my name is Bobby Jo, and Oohbantu 10.4 waz mine idea."
So, not a dead spot, but maybe a pressure switch: If you floor the gas pedal with a force that exceeds 100N (20lb), the moron detector kicks in.
The American way (i.e the right way) to do this, would be continuing coverage, so the people stay informed-envolved-in touch: "Still no decision as the trial against Jose Bandito [ugly picture], nicknamed the spam king, goes into its third week, costing the taxpayer almost 10000$ a day."
Open your wifi a couple days before you go on vacation and set squid to redirect all the "bad" sites to some scary warning page you made up. Then immediately disconnect.
The warning page will show your neighbour's lan address, but your public IP and your street address, together with some severe warnings.
Two days later, have some friends drag you out of the house into a dark car. For effect they can also carry out an old computer monitor. When you return two weeks later, look angrily at your neighbor.
Right! The name of the country is Merika.
.. but then again, placebos have become more powerful more powerful and are catching up with non homeopathic drugs as well.
Good list of fears. But that means, it is largely a communication / PR problem particular to the US.
Several notes, with me agreeing that energy shouldn't be needlessly wasted.
1. Most people don't want to spend money on any energy they don't need. Companies lose profits, people lose their hard earned paychecks. It is in everyones best interest to use energy wisely.
Except, that some companies will benefit from a changing economy, some large more "traditional" companies will not. Unlike European countries, the US traditionally had a large domestic market. If you can control that market and keep it from changing, you can stay in business. Short term it might be cheaper to lobby and spread FUD. If they succeed, in the long run the US economy will go the way of the US car companies
2. Future tech being more efficient does not mean we are being intentionally wasteful now.
We as consumers might not be, but manufacturers might. If it just increases costs to add another 2 inch of styrofoam to a fridge, without giving you a market advantage, you just leave it off.
3. The real issue here is people having to pay extra for sped up tech research on technologies that may or may not be ready yet (or the infrastructure is not there yet, see what happened to T Boone Pickuns), paying extra for carbon credits which are just profit centers for a few smaller companies (and the consumer ends up paying for), etc.
Yes. Throwing money into something that might or might not work is an issue. But if going green would mean that you fund research that actually increases US energy independence, any Republican, patriot, whatever, could be behind it. The US is one of the few countries with multiple climate zones, yet China is investing in post-oil renewables, the US isn't. Heck, build a large solar trough power plant in New Mexico/ Arizona and call it the "George Washington/ Ronald Reagan we are so proud national plant".
4. Seeing as the world is out of control with debt now, people using their pickups for 2 years to save up for a new car is far better than everyone going into debt on buying new cars. That is good fiscal responsibility.
Right, I am not throwing out my old fridge or car. And even if energy prices doubled, it wouldn't be economical for me to do so (no matter what they tell you). But once I have to replace it, I would like to be able to shop for something that is more efficient than 10 years ago.
5. The climate change issue puts everyone in panic mode, so more money is wasted on rushed ideas and research, with no proper testing and oversight. That's fiscal waste, and possibly bad for the environment as well. Stepping back to re-assess is a good thing.
Stepping back? where is the US of the 40s or 50s that tried to develop technology, before others did?
I agree, enough with that sequestering - pork barrel - nonsense. But there are technologies, that do work, that are underfunded, and where the US would be able to play the advantage of a large domestic market to establish a future post-oil economy.
It is an international space station, duh. Therefor, no tilting or sliding windows. But good hinged windows, that open to the inside.
You're too generous. I once tried to use Blender. After a few days of banging my head against the computer I decided that eating glass shards would be a better use of my time--and would be almost as productive.
Not as productive, but more fun.
Since everyone knows that Linux is superior to whaterver else, why would one heretical comment start a war against you? Aren't linux-lovers the most gentle and forgiving people on earth?
What I think it is? your nick: Loving a commodore 64 puts you in the same age group as Bill Gates, too old to post on /.
- Oh and worrying about the National debt: that means you don't live in your mom's basement anymore. Definitely not someone one would like to have on /.
Quick question? Are you actually ignorant enough to think that scientific questions are decided by consensus instead of the facts?
Science isn't. But politics is.
And most people understandably have problems matching their own experience with scientific data: Anecdotal evidence is not statistics, "future development" doesn't mean the same as "this winter", and "global warming" means average global temperature, not "warmer everywhere, all the time". Europe could actually cool down, and parts of Canada might get a much nicer climate ( the wheat belt is moving north).
That's why some scientists now call it "climate change" rather than "global warming"
Ignoring is easier than understanding. And fighting science is easier than accepting the fact that things might be changing. To some degree, I can even understand the anti-global-warming crowd.
But what is almost criminal are corporations that fuel them with their FUD ("CO2 -we call it life"), to procrastinate the necessary market adaptations, while they are buying into green technology.
Maybe one should communicate to these companies, that decades from now, when some cities in the Southwest will collapse because of water shortage, we might look back and determine which companies an be held accountable.
That's not too far off from reality. There is mine clearing equipment that rolls over a field and just hits the ground in front of it with heavy chains.
That would be called Burning Man.
And it's not as as if it is truly lost, it just gets arranged differently. Who knows- that part on the server that hosted the only copy of your thesis might now host someone else's lol-cat collection.
New rule: "If your butt doesn't fit in this box, you will have to go first class or buy two tickets."
That's if it ends well. But clever cheaters know how to get stuff from others and pass it as their own. Since they have no tech skills, they learn to focus on social skills. Before you know it, your fake code-monkey is promoted to management.
Well, since it's supposed to be with real actors and "darker", JarJar will not only come back, but we will also be introduced to Aunt Jemima Binks, who make 'em dambest pancakes in the whole 'hood. - Happy African American history month everyone.
Or just switch to km/h, and woosh, all cars are 1.6 times slower. (Which will also make the island seem bigger.)
.. for girl germs! /.
Otherwise, I don't know, why it would be posted on
The logic of a true MS follower
-or of someone who had been held captive in a Redmond basement for years,
forced to watch MS propaganda while evil Steve tormented him with a chair.
Still don't know why they are little - or men
I guess they had people hanging from the ceiling like bats instead.
But after you spent months mastering a difficult game,
you can proudly emerge from your basement,
knowing that you accomplished something in life.
Unfortunately, the wise elders died but Ogh survived and became our common ancestor.
Right, windows isn't a cult. But that's not a contradiction. Cult is elitist, you have to be in the minority and defend your beliefs against a huge number of ignorant non-believers. You can't do that if everyone is on your side to begin with. You don't walk around and tell people that it actually is ok to be heterosexual.
That doesn't mean that you aren't still controlled by public opinion or the "hive mind". Microsoft has negative and positive stereotypes associated with it:
The stereotypes were common among Windows users even before the commercials. MS is just milking it. It is not an elitist cult, like the Mac-fanboys and Windows users aren't proud of their deep OS knowledge like the followers of Linus (praised be His name) are - but it still is a believe system.