Which to use? That's easy - whichever one supports your conclusion, which is the conclusion that most pleases the person funding your "research".
Unfortunately, climate and environmental "science" has been taken over by political interests. It's very difficult to find studies that aren't tainted in some way.
Hope and Change, man. Fight the military industrial complex, stick it to the man, fight for the little guy, eat the rich!
Seriously though - you cannot be surprised about this. If you are, you either:
1. Have not been paying attention, or 2. Are not intellectually honest, or 3. Both 1 and 2.
No, I'm not saying that putting an (R) after a name instead of a (D) would make it any better. I'm sure that some of these spying programs were started under President Bush Jr., or perhaps Clinton, or Bush Sr., or maybe even earlier.
You see, nearly all of the politicians these days are big government advocates, and part of big government means they want to watch you so that they can control you. It's for your own good though, see. It's to keep you safe. Or something.
I am reminded of a woman who called Mike Trivisonno's radio show on WTAM a few years back. She was an old woman from Russia, back when it was part of the USSR. She was angry, screaming at us (the American people in general), "Don't you see what you are doing? Don't you know where this will lead? I left Russia to get away from this! What are you doing?"
I can't see myself wanting to turn the lights on and off, or adjust the temperature, or start the dish washer from the other side of the earth. Also, not only will there by the tracking etc., but if i can do these things from anywhere - so can some guy with the latest zero day exploit.
I just don't see the value here and I see a lot of reasons why it is a BAD thing.
The whole flying spaghetti monster was created just to troll religious people - you know that, I know that, everyone knows that, and people who run around pretending to believe in it really are just being trolls.
If someone has a point to make, fine, but you're not going to convince the other guy by mocking them.
For those with the inclination to read it, The Universe in a Single Atom is a great book about where science and faith meet, how they can learn from each other, and how they're really not at odds. One of the more interesting books I've read in a long time.
I'm okay with any theory being in a science textbook as long as there is some kind of scientific backing.
Evolution has some scientific backing. It should be in a science textbook. It's science, after all.
If someone can find some real scientific support for creationism, that's great. You can put that into the science textbook, too.
Until then, whether you believe in creationism, intelligent design, evolution, some kind of mixture of that, or something else entirely, you have to accept that only science should be in a science textbook.
You don't have to agree with the science. It is just a way of understanding the world, after all, but a science book should have science in it, and not have non-science.
As an analogy, it probably doesn't make a lot of sense to drop the teachings of Hinduism into a new revised copy of the Koran. The Koran is an Islamic text; the Hindu teachings really don't have much of a place there. Doesn't matter which one you believe to be correct, if any. It's just information existing in its proper context.
So please, Texas education people, it doesn't matter what you believe. It's all about putting things where they belong. You can believe whatever you want, I really don't care (unless you want to kill me or something, then there's a problem), but don't put non-science into a science book. It just doesn't belong.
The images generated are definitely difficult (and painful) to try to decipher. It's all of the colors and the dots everywhere... Makes me a bit nauseous, actually.
The concept doesn't really seem to be any better than just choosing a secure password in the form of a sentence. You don't need an image for that, you just need users that can remember "1234 is the password to my luggage." instead of "1234".
100m people, but not all at the same time. Aside from the initial rush, day to day traffic would be comparatively minimal. You don't need the hardware sitting around to support 100 million people every single day. Don't be silly.
So spend the money to develop the architecture and software properly, then provision servers on an as-needed basis during the demand spikes. Servers from AWS or some other provider would provide capacity and cut back on costs.
You should check into the site on the first few days like I did. You'll see an obscene number of requests to load a single page. The system practically mounts its very own DDoS attack on itself. It's extremely amateurish. Also check out the "Success URL" from a day or two ago. Did they even test this thing before release?
We are talking about over half a billion dollars to build this damn thing, and years to do it.
And again, President Obama, a recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize (for having done nothing at all), is putting people in harms way, getting involved in someone else's business, and in general being, ah, not peaceful. At least this gives him an excuse to indulge in his assassination drone fetish.
I'm not sure how much an episode costs, but it is very expensive. People need to operate the lights, the cameras, the microphones, build and tear down sets, write and proofread the scripts, direct the thing, do the makeup and clothing, do all the post-production work, and then you have to pay the actors, and advertising for the show. On top of that, there's the standard cost of the building itself, maintenance, electricity, water, etc., etc. I'm sure I've left out a ton of stuff.
That said, when some (note: not all) actors are getting paid over a million dollars per episode, I don't feel particularly sympathetic when broadcast companies complain about falling revenues.
Speaking of workers rights... Can anyone explain to me why "Computer Professionals" are specifically exempted from overtime pay? Why is my overtime less valuable than someone else's overtime?
Let me guess: Is it because some large IT firm slipped substantial campaign contributions to the right legislative whores?
Having worked in IT for over a decade now, I can say that computers do suck. I don't know anyone with my amount of experience that isn't burned out to the point of having no soul left. Problem is, being burned out, motivation is extremely low so that makes it difficult to find something you WANT to do. Then the effort of retraining. The risk of quitting, finding a new job. So you stay in IT because, hell, at least you know what to do and it brings in a pay check.
I was one of those early supporters of the BoxeeBox. I still have one, it is functional, but there's a few annoying bugs and the flash player hasn't been updated in ages, making one of its primary function unusable. Never again will I support the Boxee brand. It's Roku for me, or something similar.
The difference: EA stands to lose income. The government doesn't - it can raise taxes at will. And, let's be honest here: It doesn't seem to matter who gets into office. The government just keeps getting more bloated and more intrusive. It doesn't have to answer to you.
It's all about who the mainstream media wants to love or hate that day. Certain groups can do no wrong, while other groups can't breathe without being called a child molesting coke snorter who hasn't paid his taxes.
Thank you for linking this NPR interview. People my age didn't grow up in the great civil rights movement and today real racism seems rather rare. To most of us, seeing Uhura on the bridge of the Enterprise in a position of authority isn't a big deal. It doesn't even register that a female, much less a dark skinned one, is sitting in that chair with a lot of responsibility. It's important to remember that the 1960s was only 50 years ago.
Or is the problem that copyright holders just don't like resale?
I don't think we need to look any further than this. Copyright holders have always hated the idea of resale of any kind; they think it loses them revenue.
Maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong, I don't have any hard data in front of me. I can say that if I buy something and it's mine, then I should be able to do whatever I please with it.
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Which to use? That's easy - whichever one supports your conclusion, which is the conclusion that most pleases the person funding your "research".
Unfortunately, climate and environmental "science" has been taken over by political interests. It's very difficult to find studies that aren't tainted in some way.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics...
Parents have a right to request alternate assignments if they are unhappy with part of the school's curriculum.
Also, please explain to me how allowing The Invisible Man to reside on a school library shelf is like taking your kid to a strip club.
What? Black slave owners? I don't believe it! Surely this is just another lie from the white devils! ...Oh, wait a minute...
Hope and Change, man. Fight the military industrial complex, stick it to the man, fight for the little guy, eat the rich!
Seriously though - you cannot be surprised about this. If you are, you either:
1. Have not been paying attention, or
2. Are not intellectually honest, or
3. Both 1 and 2.
No, I'm not saying that putting an (R) after a name instead of a (D) would make it any better. I'm sure that some of these spying programs were started under President Bush Jr., or perhaps Clinton, or Bush Sr., or maybe even earlier.
You see, nearly all of the politicians these days are big government advocates, and part of big government means they want to watch you so that they can control you. It's for your own good though, see. It's to keep you safe. Or something.
I am reminded of a woman who called Mike Trivisonno's radio show on WTAM a few years back. She was an old woman from Russia, back when it was part of the USSR. She was angry, screaming at us (the American people in general), "Don't you see what you are doing? Don't you know where this will lead? I left Russia to get away from this! What are you doing?"
You an I are very much the same, here.
I can't see myself wanting to turn the lights on and off, or adjust the temperature, or start the dish washer from the other side of the earth. Also, not only will there by the tracking etc., but if i can do these things from anywhere - so can some guy with the latest zero day exploit.
I just don't see the value here and I see a lot of reasons why it is a BAD thing.
The whole flying spaghetti monster was created just to troll religious people - you know that, I know that, everyone knows that, and people who run around pretending to believe in it really are just being trolls.
If someone has a point to make, fine, but you're not going to convince the other guy by mocking them.
For those with the inclination to read it, The Universe in a Single Atom is a great book about where science and faith meet, how they can learn from each other, and how they're really not at odds. One of the more interesting books I've read in a long time.
I'm okay with any theory being in a science textbook as long as there is some kind of scientific backing.
Evolution has some scientific backing. It should be in a science textbook. It's science, after all.
If someone can find some real scientific support for creationism, that's great. You can put that into the science textbook, too.
Until then, whether you believe in creationism, intelligent design, evolution, some kind of mixture of that, or something else entirely, you have to accept that only science should be in a science textbook.
You don't have to agree with the science. It is just a way of understanding the world, after all, but a science book should have science in it, and not have non-science.
As an analogy, it probably doesn't make a lot of sense to drop the teachings of Hinduism into a new revised copy of the Koran. The Koran is an Islamic text; the Hindu teachings really don't have much of a place there. Doesn't matter which one you believe to be correct, if any. It's just information existing in its proper context.
So please, Texas education people, it doesn't matter what you believe. It's all about putting things where they belong. You can believe whatever you want, I really don't care (unless you want to kill me or something, then there's a problem), but don't put non-science into a science book. It just doesn't belong.
I'm leaning toward being okay with this. What ever happened to standing up for principles and calling people out on their bullshit?
The images generated are definitely difficult (and painful) to try to decipher. It's all of the colors and the dots everywhere... Makes me a bit nauseous, actually.
The concept doesn't really seem to be any better than just choosing a secure password in the form of a sentence. You don't need an image for that, you just need users that can remember "1234 is the password to my luggage." instead of "1234".
Absolutely, so that I can tweet about it while I'm there and upload pictures to Facebook.
100m people, but not all at the same time. Aside from the initial rush, day to day traffic would be comparatively minimal. You don't need the hardware sitting around to support 100 million people every single day. Don't be silly.
So spend the money to develop the architecture and software properly, then provision servers on an as-needed basis during the demand spikes. Servers from AWS or some other provider would provide capacity and cut back on costs.
You should check into the site on the first few days like I did. You'll see an obscene number of requests to load a single page. The system practically mounts its very own DDoS attack on itself. It's extremely amateurish. Also check out the "Success URL" from a day or two ago. Did they even test this thing before release?
We are talking about over half a billion dollars to build this damn thing, and years to do it.
And again, President Obama, a recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize (for having done nothing at all), is putting people in harms way, getting involved in someone else's business, and in general being, ah, not peaceful. At least this gives him an excuse to indulge in his assassination drone fetish.
You mean that the brain's capabilities were put into overload, allowing it to do things it might not normally be able to do in a normal state?
Sounds to me like this could do more to further belief in the supernatural than anything else.
I'm not sure how much an episode costs, but it is very expensive. People need to operate the lights, the cameras, the microphones, build and tear down sets, write and proofread the scripts, direct the thing, do the makeup and clothing, do all the post-production work, and then you have to pay the actors, and advertising for the show. On top of that, there's the standard cost of the building itself, maintenance, electricity, water, etc., etc. I'm sure I've left out a ton of stuff.
That said, when some (note: not all) actors are getting paid over a million dollars per episode, I don't feel particularly sympathetic when broadcast companies complain about falling revenues.
Speaking of workers rights... Can anyone explain to me why "Computer Professionals" are specifically exempted from overtime pay? Why is my overtime less valuable than someone else's overtime?
Let me guess: Is it because some large IT firm slipped substantial campaign contributions to the right legislative whores?
Having worked in IT for over a decade now, I can say that computers do suck. I don't know anyone with my amount of experience that isn't burned out to the point of having no soul left. Problem is, being burned out, motivation is extremely low so that makes it difficult to find something you WANT to do. Then the effort of retraining. The risk of quitting, finding a new job. So you stay in IT because, hell, at least you know what to do and it brings in a pay check.
If anyone has a good solution please let me know.
I was one of those early supporters of the BoxeeBox. I still have one, it is functional, but there's a few annoying bugs and the flash player hasn't been updated in ages, making one of its primary function unusable. Never again will I support the Boxee brand. It's Roku for me, or something similar.
In addition, a typical pig will ejaculate 4 deciliters of semen per performance. That is certainly divine.
The massive flood of new TLDs is nothing more than a money grab. They don't add any value at all. .tv? Really? .name? It's ridiculous.
That would be correct. You can only sue the government if they allow you to do so.
Isn't that nice?
The difference: EA stands to lose income. The government doesn't - it can raise taxes at will. And, let's be honest here: It doesn't seem to matter who gets into office. The government just keeps getting more bloated and more intrusive. It doesn't have to answer to you.
It's all about who the mainstream media wants to love or hate that day. Certain groups can do no wrong, while other groups can't breathe without being called a child molesting coke snorter who hasn't paid his taxes.
Thank you for linking this NPR interview. People my age didn't grow up in the great civil rights movement and today real racism seems rather rare. To most of us, seeing Uhura on the bridge of the Enterprise in a position of authority isn't a big deal. It doesn't even register that a female, much less a dark skinned one, is sitting in that chair with a lot of responsibility. It's important to remember that the 1960s was only 50 years ago.
I don't think we need to look any further than this. Copyright holders have always hated the idea of resale of any kind; they think it loses them revenue.
Maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong, I don't have any hard data in front of me. I can say that if I buy something and it's mine, then I should be able to do whatever I please with it.