Described by fellow Bush aide Lee Atwater as having "two speeds--attack and destroy," Ailes once jocularly told a Time reporter (8/22/88): "The only question is whether we depict Willie Horton with a knife in his hand or without it." Later, as a producer for Rush Limbaugh's short-lived TV show, he was fond of calling Bill Clinton the "hippie president" and lashing out at "liberal bigots" (Washington Times, 5/11/93). It is these two sensibilities above all--right-wing talk radio and below-the-belt political campaigning--that Ailes brought with him to Fox, and his stamp is evident in all aspects of the network's programming.
I'd rather your corp have a locked-down corporate environment in which data security is respected and my credit card and other personal information (including purchase history) is safe. Or, as a vendor/partner, the confidential information I had shared with you.
I'll take the risk that some hipster isn't going to come up with an earth-shattering revelation about which color of gradient fill should be used on the company website because he was shackled to his desk instead of breathing free as a bird sprawled out on the office roof with his iPad.
Some sociologists are claiming that Obama go elected on the basis of crowd think and internet mob-ism. (This is not scientific, but I've asked lots of people over the years why they voted for Obama, and NOT ONE of them could tell me anything about his voting record in Illinois or Washington.)
I suspect that after eight years of Bush II, Americans would have voted for Satan over the Republicans.
What about people who value what they consider to be integrity over accuracy, such as those who consider maintaining their beliefs to be more important those beliefs actually being correct?
I think our current chaotic information pool will improve in quality as honest brokers of info bundling and verification services emerge and thus develop a reputation.
Developing such a reputation only matters if people want accurate information.
People who say "the data is" are treating "data" as a synonym for "information". They are usually referring to more than one piece of information, so "datum" would not be correct.
OK, but if the only way to get Americans to turn against the TSA is to use such locutions as "security theater", then should we refrain from using them?
From 1995 to 2003, 26.7% annual gowth (take the eighth root of (93/14) and then subtract 1). From 2003 to 2008, 26.4%. From 2008 to 2010, 53.0%. Last year's growth was 37.5%. All percentages rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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No, but it is evidence of shoddiness.
As for conspiracy
From http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067
I won't deny the accuracy of Snopes, but has that accuracy improved its "ratings"?
The purpose of news and literature is in many cases entertainment
Whose purpose of news is entertainment?
How can they receive the email if you have suspended email services?
Dark Ages? I want to see HIPAA get medieval on your buttocks (to steal a phrase from the Gump Fiction skit).
I'd rather your corp have a locked-down corporate environment in which data security is respected and my credit card and other personal information (including purchase history) is safe. Or, as a vendor/partner, the confidential information I had shared with you.
I'll take the risk that some hipster isn't going to come up with an earth-shattering revelation about which color of gradient fill should be used on the company website because he was shackled to his desk instead of breathing free as a bird sprawled out on the office roof with his iPad.
Classic. Thank you.
to fight back in the war not against personal freedom but against data integrity.
You oppose data integrity?
Some sociologists are claiming that Obama go elected on the basis of crowd think and internet mob-ism. (This is not scientific, but I've asked lots of people over the years why they voted for Obama, and NOT ONE of them could tell me anything about his voting record in Illinois or Washington.)
I suspect that after eight years of Bush II, Americans would have voted for Satan over the Republicans.
Critical thinking is the most important thing school can teach a person.
But to what extent can one teach critical thinking? Is critical thinking a skill? Or is it a habit of mind that must be cultivated?
What about people who value what they consider to be integrity over accuracy, such as those who consider maintaining their beliefs to be more important those beliefs actually being correct?
Is it regulated by law to check its use of apostrophes? I would guess not, as the (US) Constitution does the same thing. And what law is this?
Our desire for accuracy was never in doubt; no one likes to be wrong.
And what percentage of Americans reject evolution?
I think our current chaotic information pool will improve in quality as honest brokers of info bundling and verification services emerge and thus develop a reputation.
Developing such a reputation only matters if people want accurate information.
Nurturing accuracy will require a cultural change, from our schools up.
which don't even always follow normal English phonetic conventions
Wait, English has normal phonetic conventions?
People who say "the data is" are treating "data" as a synonym for "information". They are usually referring to more than one piece of information, so "datum" would not be correct.
Mine didn't.
what could I do to be assured of having a body cavity search?
Say that she is polygamous instead of polyglot?
OK, but if the only way to get Americans to turn against the TSA is to use such locutions as "security theater", then should we refrain from using them?
Perhaps the GP meant that it was a bogeymen to the conservatives, not a bogeyman that was conservative? Or is that how you took it?
Yeah, because the people who passed the PATRIOT Act weren't appealing to our emotions!
From 1995 to 2003, 26.7% annual gowth (take the eighth root of (93/14) and then subtract 1). From 2003 to 2008, 26.4%. From 2008 to 2010, 53.0%. Last year's growth was 37.5%. All percentages rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Did you disable call waiting? I was interrupted during a session by an incoming call (1984).
Is it where companies hoard patents on irrelevant things and use them to sue the pants off competitors?
Let them wear skirts!
As a math teacher, I can assure you that my students find mathematical knowledge to be a scare resource. :-)