One of the staples of culture as we define it is musical achievement. It has been demonstrated that certain animals can "play" the piano with more complexity than simply banging their beaks/paws on the keys. That is, they can both recognize musical tunes and harmony and demonstrate the capacity to mimic the sounds.
Now considered separately, meither of the abilities to mimic nor to differentiate between pleasant and unplesant sounds is truly "cultural", or more cultural than instinctive. However, this is where we certainly run into a question of the definition of culture -and what exactly makes us as humans gifted with it and not any other animal.
I distinctively remember hearing on a radio talk show (Coast to Coast, late night) that there has been research and soft "evidence" that dolphins form very complex societies, and that they even understand and practice self-sacrifice for the benefit of the population.
But whether or not we as humans regard such a practice as "cultural" or "savage" is another issue altogether.
Do you think it is fair for so many of you to be paid upwards of 22 times the average GDP in India, while so many more of your fellow citizens live in poverty and endure much lower standards of living than you?
Would you agree that should your government tax your very high income at a very high rate (say even 50%) in order to improve the living conditions of the Indian population as a whole, that they are doing the right thing for your people?
You mean they didn't bother to document anything?? Doesn't this mean that NASA's progress has not only stagnized since the end of the Cold War but may have been pushed back a step or two?
Yes, I suppose back then that the political pressure to win the space race must have sped things up. But even today, with better technology, more efficient fuel sources, it's a shame to see that co-operation cannot get us further faster than competition.
1. Demands more than you can give, but less than you'd like to give. Challenging but rewarding and offers at least a decent sense of accomplishment.
2. Pays well. Doesn't have to be fantastic, but well enough that you can afford at least half the things you wanted when you were little - and anything was possible.
3. Outstanding environment. Whether it be for the geeks who would rather have the 10 state of the art Linux machines, or an office located in the Bahamas overlooking the Caribean ocean, or simply the opportunity to work with intelligent, similarly minded, ambitious while laid back people,the work environment is key.
For me, this job is to be a writer of the Simpsons. A "dream" job to the very core definition.
I read these figures about $150 000 (US I'm assuming) for community college, and that's nuts. My family isn't rich, we didn't have savings, and I didn't have a scholarship, but through co-op I can easily support not only my own education but also all the basic costs of living.
And that's not to say a Waterloo degree in Engineering or CS isn't worth anything either - as most of the rest of the world already knows.
You put Linux on their machines and they'll come complaining to you about an OS that's not user friendly enough and how they need a new one.
All you really have to say is:
1) Get Adaware
2) Get Antivirus software
The first one is downloadable and the second usually comes standard these days. You complain about having to fix the same things twice, perhaps you should learn to teach a person properly instead of running what you know as fast as you can over their heads because you never wanted to help them in the first place.
Your thought process may make sense but it's your attitude that needs some serious work. Not that you're alone in that respect.
It's different because not everyone needs legal advice, and not everyone is sick all the time. But most everyone is stupid, so they need to have someone plug in their ethernet cable for them.
Just Google it.
There is nothing that cannot be googled. Back when I knew little about computers I googled my computer out of the woods from several viruses. If you look hard enough you can always find people asking your questions.
As for the plain dumbasses, just tell them there's nothing wrong with their computer. They'll believe it because an expert said so.
Geez buddy, take it easy, he was only joking around. I know a lot of geeks who "decided to do something else" out of fear of being labelled and sure enough, they turned out to be a bunch of pathetic, fearful nobodies. However on the other end of the spectrum are the geeks who make fun of themselves, who are definitely the most "cool" people that fit this stereotype.
How often have you ever looked at your phone and said,
"I wish you had more bullshit technogizmo garbage!"
I can see why you could use an address book and MAYBE even a couple of games to kill time when you want to. Video display, voice recognition, fucking cameras....NOBODY NEEDS THAT SHIT.
80% would be one hell of an ideal if we're going to send up bots up there that are built half ass, and with the mentality that "oh well, another one will probably work".
Similar to how a third computer is not as useful as a second, the marginal gains provided by a third rover on the same trip would not outweigh the costs. Two pretty much ensures that some data would be collected, giving more information to work with for the next voyage up there.
Sorry for not realizing the massive benefits that potential Linux using Iraqis would have out of this war! All that resistance in Iraq - those must all be Windows users!
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One of the staples of culture as we define it is musical achievement. It has been demonstrated that certain animals can "play" the piano with more complexity than simply banging their beaks/paws on the keys. That is, they can both recognize musical tunes and harmony and demonstrate the capacity to mimic the sounds.
Now considered separately, meither of the abilities to mimic nor to differentiate between pleasant and unplesant sounds is truly "cultural", or more cultural than instinctive. However, this is where we certainly run into a question of the definition of culture -and what exactly makes us as humans gifted with it and not any other animal.
I distinctively remember hearing on a radio talk show (Coast to Coast, late night) that there has been research and soft "evidence" that dolphins form very complex societies, and that they even understand and practice self-sacrifice for the benefit of the population.
But whether or not we as humans regard such a practice as "cultural" or "savage" is another issue altogether.
My head hurts now.
Thanks, you've answered my original question.
Although, I suspect you are either the odd nice guy manager type or just recently promoted so the arrogance hasn't settled in yet.
Do you think it is fair for so many of you to be paid upwards of 22 times the average GDP in India, while so many more of your fellow citizens live in poverty and endure much lower standards of living than you?
Would you agree that should your government tax your very high income at a very high rate (say even 50%) in order to improve the living conditions of the Indian population as a whole, that they are doing the right thing for your people?
You mean they didn't bother to document anything?? Doesn't this mean that NASA's progress has not only stagnized since the end of the Cold War but may have been pushed back a step or two?
Yes, I suppose back then that the political pressure to win the space race must have sped things up. But even today, with better technology, more efficient fuel sources, it's a shame to see that co-operation cannot get us further faster than competition.
As a non US citizen, I'm quite confused as to NASA can't get to the moon in less than 15 years when we've already gotten there 35 years ago.
If someone would briefly explain why, it would be appreciated.
Yes, but "hip" and "cool" are words "real people" use and "real people" don't think IEEE is "hip" or "cool".
1. Demands more than you can give, but less than you'd like to give. Challenging but rewarding and offers at least a decent sense of accomplishment.
2. Pays well. Doesn't have to be fantastic, but well enough that you can afford at least half the things you wanted when you were little - and anything was possible.
3. Outstanding environment. Whether it be for the geeks who would rather have the 10 state of the art Linux machines, or an office located in the Bahamas overlooking the Caribean ocean, or simply the opportunity to work with intelligent, similarly minded, ambitious while laid back people,the work environment is key.
For me, this job is to be a writer of the Simpsons. A "dream" job to the very core definition.
I read these figures about $150 000 (US I'm assuming) for community college, and that's nuts. My family isn't rich, we didn't have savings, and I didn't have a scholarship, but through co-op I can easily support not only my own education but also all the basic costs of living. And that's not to say a Waterloo degree in Engineering or CS isn't worth anything either - as most of the rest of the world already knows.
You put Linux on their machines and they'll come complaining to you about an OS that's not user friendly enough and how they need a new one.
All you really have to say is:
1) Get Adaware 2) Get Antivirus software The first one is downloadable and the second usually comes standard these days. You complain about having to fix the same things twice, perhaps you should learn to teach a person properly instead of running what you know as fast as you can over their heads because you never wanted to help them in the first place.
Your thought process may make sense but it's your attitude that needs some serious work. Not that you're alone in that respect.
Is it any wonder why non-geeks only contact geeks for help and nothing else? Because so many of them are assholes like you.
Some people even get genuinely offended by their computers because they unprovokingly personified these entities of plastic, metal and wiring.
It's different because not everyone needs legal advice, and not everyone is sick all the time. But most everyone is stupid, so they need to have someone plug in their ethernet cable for them.
Just Google it. There is nothing that cannot be googled. Back when I knew little about computers I googled my computer out of the woods from several viruses. If you look hard enough you can always find people asking your questions. As for the plain dumbasses, just tell them there's nothing wrong with their computer. They'll believe it because an expert said so.
Censoring swearing, conseoring non-art (like bad poetry)?
against the ongoing trend of developing closed minds by restricting public knowledge, limiting freedom, you know - all that good stuff.
Geez buddy, take it easy, he was only joking around. I know a lot of geeks who "decided to do something else" out of fear of being labelled and sure enough, they turned out to be a bunch of pathetic, fearful nobodies. However on the other end of the spectrum are the geeks who make fun of themselves, who are definitely the most "cool" people that fit this stereotype.
How often have you ever looked at your phone and said, "I wish you had more bullshit technogizmo garbage!" I can see why you could use an address book and MAYBE even a couple of games to kill time when you want to. Video display, voice recognition, fucking cameras....NOBODY NEEDS THAT SHIT.
80% would be one hell of an ideal if we're going to send up bots up there that are built half ass, and with the mentality that "oh well, another one will probably work".
Similar to how a third computer is not as useful as a second, the marginal gains provided by a third rover on the same trip would not outweigh the costs. Two pretty much ensures that some data would be collected, giving more information to work with for the next voyage up there.
Sorry for not realizing the massive benefits that potential Linux using Iraqis would have out of this war! All that resistance in Iraq - those must all be Windows users!
I don't own a cell phone. People tell me it's because I don't have any friends. Oh well.