Yeah. If Hamas wants to get clobbered (for world sympathy) they would be better off trying to bring in a ship load of clothing and baby formula. Israel will blow the crap out of the ship, but no bystanders in Gaza will become collateral damage,
Not if they are outside Israel. And if its done by the local police, it will get no more emphasis than any other hacker takedown. So the locals don't come across looking like puppets of the Mossad.
How, exactly, do you "force" someone to accept something socially?
You take a page from the social conservatives' playbook and make it the responsibility of the government to arbitrate morality. Public pressure denouncing the unwanted ideology is the first step to establishing government policy. Once we establish a 'moral majority' that believes this behavior must be dealt with, we are on our way to achieving this goal.
How do you force people to think in a particular manner,
You don't, directly. But if you proscribe the unsuitable behavior, people will eventually fall into line. Or they'll out themselves as being social misfits who can then be dealt with.
Of course, I'm playing devil's advocate here. Swallowing one's own medicine sure is a bitch, isn't it?
.. for making comments concerning assassination. And that's going to get HelloThereRacists in trouble? Maybe, if they just post on line for the world to see. But if they forward it to LE authorities, I don't think the underage defense is going to be effective. Kids go nuts with shotguns on occasion.
If its a matter of public disclosure, they can always place the identity information on a web page protected with a password for use by law enforcement. Make the password 'password' and we'll call it good.
Sounds like a multiplayer version of this. Cooperate and receive a payoff, don't and you all lose.
One problem is: he current models don't make useful predictions and so the contribution necessary to avert future 'disaster' or how that contribution is to be spent isn't certain. Or even if the results of that spending might make things worse rather than better.
The other problem: The outcome is in the future and is uncertain. Prisoner's dilemma only really works if the game is trusted. That is; if it is known what the outcomes will be for any given combination of moves. The climate models don't predict this well enough to make reasonable decisions.
Oh there's a feral rabid monkey on the loose downtown should we stop it?
We're not sure. We heard a monkey call, but we haven't seen anything yet. It could be rabid, or perhaps tame. Or in could be Al Gore making monkey noises, trying to sell his monkey repellent spray. (The same stuff I use to keep elephants out of my living room. Just one application and look; no elephants!)
We have to be careful about how we handle the science surrounding global warming. Since we can't conduct standard experiments (where's the control planet for the 'do nothing' case), the developed theories must rely more heavily about their ability to make useful predictions on small and medium cases. And we're still a long way away from that. Model makers are still running around, tweaking their parameters to account for observations after the fact. And some of those models are being pushed to the breaking point by the (political) necessity to maintain an ever-warming planet for the long term while explaining current measurements. Much like the geocentric astronomical model got pretty bizarre trying to explain observations once the telescope was invented.
The one in charge of weights and measures. In Washington State, its a division of the Department of Agriculture. They have the authority to inspect and certify any device used for measurements involving commercial transactions. Find out if they have inspected and certified the equipment used by AT&T for billing. In Washington, there should be a little state inspection sticker on it.
Its interesting to note that the crash that seems to have spured Congress into action was Colgan Air 3407. It appears that both pilot and co-pilot had experience far over the newly mandated limits, ruling the 250 hour requirement out as a reason. There are some questions about crew competence. So its more than a matter of sheer hours of flight time. It also requires training and pilot scheduling. Both of these will cost the carrier money. I can imagine the special interest wrangling that went on behind the scenes as this legislation was being crafted. It doesn't surprise me that the end result skirts around all the issues in which various parties have vested interests.
Two to six millennia ago. That puts the downturn right around the time organized religion got its start*. That makes sense. "The Book" has all the answers. No need to think.
*Writing, actually. Give the high priests a written authority for their nonsense and they are relieved of having to explain themselves like tribal elders before them did.
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Yeah. If Hamas wants to get clobbered (for world sympathy) they would be better off trying to bring in a ship load of clothing and baby formula. Israel will blow the crap out of the ship, but no bystanders in Gaza will become collateral damage,
Well then, I suggest we take this up with Anonymous' executive committee on foreign relations.
Not if they are outside Israel. And if its done by the local police, it will get no more emphasis than any other hacker takedown. So the locals don't come across looking like puppets of the Mossad.
Call the help desk.
You Hollywood folks backed the wrong guy. So now we're going to pull the rug out from under you.
How, exactly, do you "force" someone to accept something socially?
You take a page from the social conservatives' playbook and make it the responsibility of the government to arbitrate morality. Public pressure denouncing the unwanted ideology is the first step to establishing government policy. Once we establish a 'moral majority' that believes this behavior must be dealt with, we are on our way to achieving this goal.
How do you force people to think in a particular manner,
You don't, directly. But if you proscribe the unsuitable behavior, people will eventually fall into line. Or they'll out themselves as being social misfits who can then be dealt with.
Of course, I'm playing devil's advocate here. Swallowing one's own medicine sure is a bitch, isn't it?
If its a matter of public disclosure, they can always place the identity information on a web page protected with a password for use by law enforcement. Make the password 'password' and we'll call it good.
Its the result of a pissing match over a USPS worker's strike.
Two reasons:
1) Studio heads who hear 'Linux' and think free ... hacker ... piracy.
2) The possible purchase of Netflix by Microsoft.
Could be interesting. But what's the energy conversion efficiency like?
They're still working on the "guard in the tower with the scoped .30-06" problem.
There are no growth opportunities left (look up MSFT), so the rat next to you starts to look mighty tasty.
No. In fact even attempting to imagine such a thing is prohibited.
The thought police will be around to deal with you shortly.
My kingdom for a mod point.
Sounds like a multiplayer version of this. Cooperate and receive a payoff, don't and you all lose.
One problem is: he current models don't make useful predictions and so the contribution necessary to avert future 'disaster' or how that contribution is to be spent isn't certain. Or even if the results of that spending might make things worse rather than better.
The other problem: The outcome is in the future and is uncertain. Prisoner's dilemma only really works if the game is trusted. That is; if it is known what the outcomes will be for any given combination of moves. The climate models don't predict this well enough to make reasonable decisions.
High pricing will act as deterrent to abuse the technology for things such as clone armies
Right. because we all know how budget conscious the pentagon is. This is exactly the first place I'd expect to see widespread use of this technology.
Oh there's a feral rabid monkey on the loose downtown should we stop it?
We're not sure. We heard a monkey call, but we haven't seen anything yet. It could be rabid, or perhaps tame. Or in could be Al Gore making monkey noises, trying to sell his monkey repellent spray. (The same stuff I use to keep elephants out of my living room. Just one application and look; no elephants!)
We have to be careful about how we handle the science surrounding global warming. Since we can't conduct standard experiments (where's the control planet for the 'do nothing' case), the developed theories must rely more heavily about their ability to make useful predictions on small and medium cases. And we're still a long way away from that. Model makers are still running around, tweaking their parameters to account for observations after the fact. And some of those models are being pushed to the breaking point by the (political) necessity to maintain an ever-warming planet for the long term while explaining current measurements. Much like the geocentric astronomical model got pretty bizarre trying to explain observations once the telescope was invented.
The one in charge of weights and measures. In Washington State, its a division of the Department of Agriculture. They have the authority to inspect and certify any device used for measurements involving commercial transactions. Find out if they have inspected and certified the equipment used by AT&T for billing. In Washington, there should be a little state inspection sticker on it.
Its interesting to note that the crash that seems to have spured Congress into action was Colgan Air 3407. It appears that both pilot and co-pilot had experience far over the newly mandated limits, ruling the 250 hour requirement out as a reason. There are some questions about crew competence. So its more than a matter of sheer hours of flight time. It also requires training and pilot scheduling. Both of these will cost the carrier money. I can imagine the special interest wrangling that went on behind the scenes as this legislation was being crafted. It doesn't surprise me that the end result skirts around all the issues in which various parties have vested interests.
Air travel prices go up, demand goes down until they match. The riff-raff will have to travel Greyhound.
As long as they are taking down the likes of Petraeus and now maybe General Allen, I'm fine with it.
Not that I'm being judgmental about a bit of hanky-panky. But them that lives by the sword, dies by the sword.
Two to six millennia ago. That puts the downturn right around the time organized religion got its start*. That makes sense. "The Book" has all the answers. No need to think.
*Writing, actually. Give the high priests a written authority for their nonsense and they are relieved of having to explain themselves like tribal elders before them did.