Newspapers dying is not the same thing as professional news media dying. Not all internet journalism must be blogging. Not all internet journalism need be ad-supported. There are many flaws with your response.
The newspapers are traditionally the ones that drove reporting and investigation. It's not that easy to throw away such a centuries-old industry and replace it with some sort of new-fangled business model - certainly cable television isn't the example to follow, nor are radio or many of the online-only publications.
How many HR reps would toss out an applicant because they have an arrest record on the internet, but no record of that arrest being tossed out by a judge later?
Well, clearly those HR reps are doing a piss-poor job and ought to be fired - throwing away potentially the most skilled candidates because of a crappy method isn't a strategy that works in the end.
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I find that statement hilarious because New Hampshire has no personal income tax - and yet their roads are kept in far better condition and their snow removal is far superior to Massachusetts. Why do you need high taxes for that, again?
Clearly you don't own property in New Hampshire, otherwise you'd realize where those tax dollars came from.;)
The power rests in the ability of the individual to rectify this. He can stop using the corporation's services, remove personal information, etc.. You have no such ability in regards to the government.
Indeed you do, in western-style democracies.
It annoys me how trolls complain about the unresponsiveness of gov't. and all that, when they really have no concept of what a poor one is like. Try living under a strong man or a communist system and then complain about the inefficiencies of western governments in responding to the will of their people.
Cumulative averages are pretty straightforward, so clearly I'm missing something here:
Readings are Not Averaged Correctly: When the software takes a series of readings, it first averages the first two readings. Then, it averages the third reading with the average just computed. Then the fourth reading is averaged with the new average, and so on. There is no comment or note detailing a reason for this calculation, which would cause the first reading to have more weight than successive readings.
They're a bit ambiguous as to how it's "averaged incorrectly" - I'd imagine it was one of these two ways First, the stupid way:
avg = (avg(x[1]...x[n-1])+x[n])/2 - more weight put to the most recent values, not the first value.
Now, the correct way:
avg = (avg(x[1]...x[n-1])*(n-1)+x[n])/n - all values are weighted identically and gives the correct average
True. Except when that option can get you in more serious trouble than a copyright suit, e.g. losing your job.
I fail to see how getting busted on copyright infringement will somehow cause you to lose your job - it's not a felony, so as I understand it, it'd have no bearing with your employer.
That's not really an answer - the amendment has been interpreted through the years as from what the initial intent was, not whatever one could imagine from the wording itself.
Certainly Madison when he penned them didn't intend that a private citizen raise several dozen regiments of canon and horse, men-of-war and do with them what he saw fit and damn everyone else.
When the 'assault weapons ban' was in effect that was most certainly an infringement. Hell, the machine gun ban is most certainly an infringement for the purposes of "..shall not be infringed." since at the time the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms included every weapon the military bore into war. Private militia companies even owned cannon.
The natural extension of which is that everyone should be able to buy their own tanks/howitzers/cruise missiles.
I sure as hell don't want to have to worry about some corporation or NGO pointing such things at me because they label me a 'nuisance', so where do you draw the line?
To boil it down to race is to oversimplify; it's a cultural/socioeconomic issue, as present not only in poor African-American communities, but also communities of poor caucasians and others.
Replace 'African-American' with 'poor' and you've a much clearer metric.
Which is questionable how true that is to begin with, if you actually look at the Amazon reviews:
Many incidents Bamford writes about are, by definition, controversial and there are other seemingly well-researched accounts that provide different perspectives than found in this book. I recommend you consult those other sources as well if you wish to get a more complete picture of specific incidents
And dozens of other reviews mentioning similar things.
The decision to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 provoked dire warnings from a handful of dissenters that the deregulation of Wall Street would someday wreak havoc on the nation's financial system.
Yep and no one forsaw this financial crisis, indeed.
That still doesn't justify portraying it in a tasteless matter; it's easy to shrug it off as 'natural selection' until it's someone you know. Way to go, empathy.
Interesting analogy; I'm actually a little surprised that this is the only situation where this has come up for google. I'm especially wary of the power google has here - for example, being able to increase the priority of a news resource over another in their display list.
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The newspapers are traditionally the ones that drove reporting and investigation. It's not that easy to throw away such a centuries-old industry and replace it with some sort of new-fangled business model - certainly cable television isn't the example to follow, nor are radio or many of the online-only publications.
Psh, forget Steven Chu - they should get Will Wright running this thing!
A well thought-out and informative counter-response to a brash generalization? You know you're on slashdot, right?
Well, clearly those HR reps are doing a piss-poor job and ought to be fired - throwing away potentially the most skilled candidates because of a crappy method isn't a strategy that works in the end.
Clearly you don't own property in New Hampshire, otherwise you'd realize where those tax dollars came from. ;)
Yeah! If I just want meaningless sex all day with a dumb bimbo, it's my damn right as an American to do so.
The power rests in the ability of the individual to rectify this. He can stop using the corporation's services, remove personal information, etc.. You have no such ability in regards to the government.
Indeed you do, in western-style democracies.
It annoys me how trolls complain about the unresponsiveness of gov't. and all that, when they really have no concept of what a poor one is like. Try living under a strong man or a communist system and then complain about the inefficiencies of western governments in responding to the will of their people.
Readings are Not Averaged Correctly: When the software takes a series of readings, it first averages the first two readings. Then, it averages the third reading with the average just computed. Then the fourth reading is averaged with the new average, and so on. There is no comment or note detailing a reason for this calculation, which would cause the first reading to have more weight than successive readings.
They're a bit ambiguous as to how it's "averaged incorrectly" - I'd imagine it was one of these two ways
First, the stupid way:
avg = (avg(x[1]...x[n-1])+x[n])/2 - more weight put to the most recent values, not the first value.
Now, the correct way:
avg = (avg(x[1]...x[n-1])*(n-1)+x[n])/n - all values are weighted identically and gives the correct average
...maybe it's just "lawyer math"
Somehow I wouldn't be surprised... Amazon would certainly have some backpedaling to do then.
As much as I'd feel bad for all my friends with Kindles, I probably would chuckle quietly to myself as well.
True. Except when that option can get you in more serious trouble than a copyright suit, e.g. losing your job.
I fail to see how getting busted on copyright infringement will somehow cause you to lose your job - it's not a felony, so as I understand it, it'd have no bearing with your employer.
It's a pity that google considers it so - I come across a query every few days that fits along these lines.
I suppose I really just ought to use another search engine for these; cuil, for one gives different results for Error #2005 and Error 2005
I haven't used it myself as there's no Debian package for it and I'm not compiling it from source. Sorry.
Not compiling from source!?
Hand in your nerd badge, please.
That's not really an answer - the amendment has been interpreted through the years as from what the initial intent was, not whatever one could imagine from the wording itself.
Certainly Madison when he penned them didn't intend that a private citizen raise several dozen regiments of canon and horse, men-of-war and do with them what he saw fit and damn everyone else.
When the 'assault weapons ban' was in effect that was most certainly an infringement. Hell, the machine gun ban is most certainly an infringement for the purposes of "..shall not be infringed." since at the time the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms included every weapon the military bore into war. Private militia companies even owned cannon.
The natural extension of which is that everyone should be able to buy their own tanks/howitzers/cruise missiles.
I sure as hell don't want to have to worry about some corporation or NGO pointing such things at me because they label me a 'nuisance', so where do you draw the line?
To boil it down to race is to oversimplify; it's a cultural/socioeconomic issue, as present not only in poor African-American communities, but also communities of poor caucasians and others.
Replace 'African-American' with 'poor' and you've a much clearer metric.
Many incidents Bamford writes about are, by definition, controversial and there are other seemingly well-researched accounts that provide different perspectives than found in this book. I recommend you consult those other sources as well if you wish to get a more complete picture of specific incidents
And dozens of other reviews mentioning similar things.
The decision to repeal the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 provoked dire warnings from a handful of dissenters that the deregulation of Wall Street would someday wreak havoc on the nation's financial system.
Yep and no one forsaw this financial crisis, indeed.
Woah, woah, woah. Slow down there, killer lest you want to be sued into oblivion - I already patented that.
Instead, a bunch of jealous mofos who can't afford one modded you up.
Hardly.
More likely it's people like me who simply don't care much for whatever happens to be the FOTM, instead only making purchases intelligently
That still doesn't justify portraying it in a tasteless matter; it's easy to shrug it off as 'natural selection' until it's someone you know. Way to go, empathy.
Interesting, for certain - and raises some good points for discussion in the how the system is implemented.
But it's anecdotal evidence, as much as it may affect the author, doesn't necessarily prove the point.
Don't lose your head over the situation.
I've got karma to burn so fuck it - that's way over the line and you should be ashamed.
You're a tool for making a joke like that at someone's grievous loss, and looks like some mods are even more assholes for promoting this as 'Funny'
What the fuck has happened to this place?
Or start using OpenVMS for all important stuff. That OS is nice:)
Great idea! Cheap hardware, too - just go to your local junkyard and grab a VAX sold 10 years ago for scrap :P
Psh, that assumes you give a crap about the company you work for ;)
Interesting analogy; I'm actually a little surprised that this is the only situation where this has come up for google. I'm especially wary of the power google has here - for example, being able to increase the priority of a news resource over another in their display list.