I just watched the movie "The Core", and if it reflects the current state of science, it seems our understanding of what is inside the Earth is flawed on a more basic level...
No, it reflects the current state of movie making, which is pretty dire.
look at what people with too much time on hands do to this world: crime, gangs, terrorists, cults, drug users --- most of societies ills are AVOIDED by making these people have jobs so they don't have free time.
Completely unsubstantiated claim! As an example: why are there so many of those in the US, where people work crazy hours and have little time?
A handful of people that cannot feed themselves simply IS less important than keeping a whole society functional.
So a functional society for you is one where some people will have to raise their kids in poverty, hunger and violence in spite of having a full-time job? Do you realise that having a lot of poor people with no education lowers the productivity of the whole society?
Are you a sadist? You want the guy that cooks your hamburgers to suffer? Why?
What the fuck?!? Seriously, are you that stupid or just kidding us?
The gains in productivity will have to be shared by society, instead of being appropriated by a few. Which is what ended up happening with the Industrial Revolution, after all.
I can see a future where everybody will get a wage, even not doing anything. Those who want to work, will. Those who want to spend their free money setting up a business, will. Those who want to spend money on hobbies, will. Nobody needs to be deprived of food, shelter or healthcare. But people who choose to work or set up a business will have more money to spend on whatever they want.
This is not only possible, it's inevitable. The economy will require less and less people working. But if you kick more and more people out of the economy, it will just shrink and collapse.
I don't know what 3rd world shit hole you live in, but more than half of my electricity comes from wind. A significant portion of the rest comes from hydro. Coal is just a small fraction of the whole.
I would trust them do do exactly what they claim: Stop blanket collection of voice telephone conversations of US citizens
While they're at it, why not stopping the blanket collection of voice telephone conversations of NON-US CITIZENS, TOO? See, I'm one of those 96% percent of the world population who are not Americans and kind of don't like being spied on.
You mean, like in Kosovo? Wasn't the West's main excuse to steal Kosovo from Serbia that most of the population was of Albanian origin? I fail to see how the West, having set such a precedent, can justify that Crimea is such an integral part of Ukraine, when most of its inhabitants are Russian.
But this is not about justice, fairness or anything. This is just hardcore geopolitics. Done in the same childish and short-sighted way as always. Putting fanatics in power in a Russia-satellite country to piss off the Russians... when have you last heard of such a move? Let me give you a hint, it usually blows right back in your face.
Slashdot editors are tech grads, not literature or journalism grads.
That's the lamest excuse of them all. If they're not good at communication, maybe they're in the wrong job, aren't they? There's plenty of techies that can write intelligible sentences out there.
What you wrote doesn't make any sense, it's just uninformed speculation and wishful thinking. The Castro brothers are precisely the ones leading the reforms in Cuba.
As to Russia and China, I fail to see the correlation between Internet access and change of government. The Russian government is in a Medieval conservative rampage, with little opposition. And the Chinese regime enjoys widespread support among the population.
The problem comes in incentives in the form of subsidies to keep people at the WalMart level.
So, now the incentives are to blame? You are seeing it upside down. If people that will never be able to rise above Walmart level could make a living wage, those subsidies would not be needed.
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robots, seriously
I'm OK with that.
Now, what solution do you propose for the billions of people whose jobs will be replaced by machines? Not the Final Solution, I hope.
If everybody could improve their skill set, who would cook your burgers?
As usual, the best jokes write themselves.
You've been watching pretty cheap movies lately, haven't you?
Ever wondered how that speaker managed to con a bunch of supposedly savvy and high-powered executives to get the gig?
Maybe she gives head like a porn star.
I just watched the movie "The Core", and if it reflects the current state of science, it seems our understanding of what is inside the Earth is flawed on a more basic level...
No, it reflects the current state of movie making, which is pretty dire.
So a functional society for you is one where some people will have to raise their kids in poverty, hunger and violence
If that is not possible, the society will not last. The attempts to correct that drain too many resources.
Sorry, that's just fact taught by history. You really can't help everyone and if you try, your whole world will eventually crumble.
I'm waiting for your sources. Repeating some memes doesn't make them true, you know.
look at what people with too much time on hands do to this world: crime, gangs, terrorists, cults, drug users --- most of societies ills are AVOIDED by making these people have jobs so they don't have free time.
Completely unsubstantiated claim! As an example: why are there so many of those in the US, where people work crazy hours and have little time?
That's a stupid choice. Current society is the most productive every in history. And it's only getting more.
Nobody should have to work 3 jobs to make ends meet.
A handful of people that cannot feed themselves simply IS less important than keeping a whole society functional.
So a functional society for you is one where some people will have to raise their kids in poverty, hunger and violence in spite of having a full-time job? Do you realise that having a lot of poor people with no education lowers the productivity of the whole society?
Are you a sadist? You want the guy that cooks your hamburgers to suffer? Why?
What the fuck?!? Seriously, are you that stupid or just kidding us?
The gains in productivity will have to be shared by society, instead of being appropriated by a few. Which is what ended up happening with the Industrial Revolution, after all.
I can see a future where everybody will get a wage, even not doing anything. Those who want to work, will. Those who want to spend their free money setting up a business, will. Those who want to spend money on hobbies, will. Nobody needs to be deprived of food, shelter or healthcare. But people who choose to work or set up a business will have more money to spend on whatever they want.
This is not only possible, it's inevitable. The economy will require less and less people working. But if you kick more and more people out of the economy, it will just shrink and collapse.
I don't know what 3rd world shit hole you live in, but more than half of my electricity comes from wind. A significant portion of the rest comes from hydro. Coal is just a small fraction of the whole.
I would trust them do do exactly what they claim: Stop blanket collection of voice telephone conversations of US citizens
While they're at it, why not stopping the blanket collection of voice telephone conversations of NON-US CITIZENS, TOO? See, I'm one of those 96% percent of the world population who are not Americans and kind of don't like being spied on.
You mean, like in Kosovo? Wasn't the West's main excuse to steal Kosovo from Serbia that most of the population was of Albanian origin? I fail to see how the West, having set such a precedent, can justify that Crimea is such an integral part of Ukraine, when most of its inhabitants are Russian.
But this is not about justice, fairness or anything. This is just hardcore geopolitics. Done in the same childish and short-sighted way as always. Putting fanatics in power in a Russia-satellite country to piss off the Russians... when have you last heard of such a move? Let me give you a hint, it usually blows right back in your face.
Another unreadable summary. Dice, please hire editors that have a clue!
Then eat stones and avoid hurting any poor little living beings.
Don't worry, if the good people are being fired or leaving, it's just a matter of time until the whole shithouse comes crumbling down.
Of course, the psychopath who caused the problem will not be blamed he will just be promoted or transferred to another cushy job.
Start looking for another job, as soon as possible.
Slashdot editors are tech grads, not literature or journalism grads.
That's the lamest excuse of them all. If they're not good at communication, maybe they're in the wrong job, aren't they? There's plenty of techies that can write intelligible sentences out there.
What you wrote doesn't make any sense, it's just uninformed speculation and wishful thinking. The Castro brothers are precisely the ones leading the reforms in Cuba.
As to Russia and China, I fail to see the correlation between Internet access and change of government. The Russian government is in a Medieval conservative rampage, with little opposition. And the Chinese regime enjoys widespread support among the population.
I have no need to steal land or patronize sex workers, Captain Straw Man.
I don't support the embargo, but every democratic country has the option to choose who it does business with.
That doesn't give you the right to bully other countries and private companies that want to do business with Cuba.
Before the Internet, it was something else. The Cuban regime has been "on the brink of collapse" since I can remember.
It has survived the fall of the Soviet Union, why do you think it won't survive the Internet?
The problem comes in incentives in the form of subsidies to keep people at the WalMart level.
So, now the incentives are to blame? You are seeing it upside down. If people that will never be able to rise above Walmart level could make a living wage, those subsidies would not be needed.
Who in this thread used the word "blame" for the first time? A clue for you, it wasn't me...
It's not me who is saying it, compadre.
Miguel de Vasconcelos.