1) This pre-supposes a reasonable part of the population being reasonably enlightened, and educated
2) This pre-supposes a reasonable part of the population being reasonable interested in the political processes through which they govern themselves
3) This pre-supposes a reasonable part of the population being, in principle, reasonably willed to accept and even defend compromise on important issues
4) This pre-supposes a multi-party, well-oiled democracy, in which partisan fights are background issues
All of which are factors for such an initiative being chanceless in the USA.
I do agree with Eric S. "Balkanizing" is a well-chosen expression. The internet as it is has enough self-organization to not be in need of such pseudo-solutions as the proposed UN treaty seems to suggest.
Last night I had an incident with the critical infrastructure of my home perimeter's secure kitchen, involving powder ( white ). As outside the sleet fell on and on, it evolved into a body-liquid shootout between me and my partner. We had lots of fun.
There is a major flaw in the thought framework underlying the entire initiative - which is, BTW, excellent and a nice illustration of the principle "if you can't beat 'em, embrace 'em" - IMHO: the idea is totally US-centric, In the minds of the initiators, law-making = US law.making = US Congress. As a European I vehemently protest. So would most Asians, who form by far the most numerous subset of internet users.
as an "active videogame". There is such a thing as an "active game". Most sports, for example, are; too bad you have to go out and move your *ss in order to get some benefit out of them. Same is true for chess: instead of dull and stultifying video games, teach your kids chess. It will give their brains a workout.
I have a hard time believing that there actually are parents, whether European or US or wherever, who need to be *told* such basic things. Sheesh.
( and I do ! ), this is simply below all levels of verifiability. "Is being accused of...", "...denies....", "...according to...( behind paywall ).... ". And then the same Sunday Times article suddenly becomes a "report". C'mon. Show us facts, bare, hard, naked facts. Not allegations. Slow news day, Slashdot ?
...at the low amount of comments on this paper. I read it over the weekend, and it offers some insights into network theory as applied "to the everyday world" that engineers have to deal with, that are not all trivial or unimportant. Is it because the article has a "pure" mathematics approach, in spite of using a model of the US power grid for illustration purposes ?
One day Oracle shall beg Google to be granted the right to pay. On that day, the world shall come crashing down in shards of bytecode, and all the Java geeks shall be confounded.
I still like to imagine that no sensible European employer would force me to do so. If it happened, I would quit. Immediately. For fear of being associated with the ridiculous, the mundane and the modern FB-proletariat.
Do we actually need all those agriculture products?
Yes, we sure as hell do. We are TOTALLY dependent upon agriculture for our survival - at least in civilization as we know it.
Isn't there a different way to use water for the same purpose with possibly higher efficiency?
There is. Eat less meat. It takes tremendous amounts of water to produce the corn and, to a lesser extent, the wheat that we feed to become pork and cow meat.
That is poorly formulated. "Transmissions" would make one think of the intentional dispatching of information. Which this microwave surely does not represent, I presume ? Aliens and SETI: Not yet ?
If it is, INDEED, a university that acquires the satellite for a relatively low price - then well, yes, heck, you will have done something to me that a Slashdot commenter will not have done very often: to make me change my mind on the basis of rational arguments. For which you merit my respect and acknowledgments. QFD.
As stated above in "Lose lose", I fail to see how this benefits anyone. NASA ( or ESA, for that matter ) is payed only a fraction, if anything at all, for old equipment. Moreover: is this is so "common sense", why do the USA need a law to implement it ??
It's a lose lose situation:
1) Scientists worldwide become dependent upon private initiatives; we have seen with European universities having to collect so-called 3rd-party funding what that does to research levels
2) In the long run, it causes NASA to lose ( even more ) competence; competence and know-how loss at NASA is already going on at a dishearteningly rate
In an ideal world - yes, justice would be in the "eye of the wronged". In this world, however, justice is in the eye of the victors, or of the strongest.
Slashdot Mirror
1) This pre-supposes a reasonable part of the population being reasonably enlightened, and educated
2) This pre-supposes a reasonable part of the population being reasonable interested in the political processes through which they govern themselves
3) This pre-supposes a reasonable part of the population being, in principle, reasonably willed to accept and even defend compromise on important issues
4) This pre-supposes a multi-party, well-oiled democracy, in which partisan fights are background issues
All of which are factors for such an initiative being chanceless in the USA.
QFD
The real drawback is that it only takes $250,000 to pay 50,000 citizens $50 each to vote on crazy stuff to put before parliament...
It takes $ 2,500,000 to pay 50,000 citizens 50 each FTFY
Gas prices are already approaching € 2 / liter in Western Europe. What are you guys complaining about ? Get a life !
I do agree with Eric S. "Balkanizing" is a well-chosen expression. The internet as it is has enough self-organization to not be in need of such pseudo-solutions as the proposed UN treaty seems to suggest.
Last night I had an incident with the critical infrastructure of my home perimeter's secure kitchen, involving powder ( white ). As outside the sleet fell on and on, it evolved into a body-liquid shootout between me and my partner. We had lots of fun.
There is a major flaw in the thought framework underlying the entire initiative - which is, BTW, excellent and a nice illustration of the principle "if you can't beat 'em, embrace 'em" - IMHO: the idea is totally US-centric, In the minds of the initiators, law-making = US law.making = US Congress. As a European I vehemently protest. So would most Asians, who form by far the most numerous subset of internet users.
QFD.
Reminds me of the t-shirt a colleague of mine wears. "Wanted - Schrödinger's cat. Dead and alive".
as an "active videogame". There is such a thing as an "active game". Most sports, for example, are; too bad you have to go out and move your *ss in order to get some benefit out of them. Same is true for chess: instead of dull and stultifying video games, teach your kids chess. It will give their brains a workout.
I have a hard time believing that there actually are parents, whether European or US or wherever, who need to be *told* such basic things. Sheesh.
( and I do ! ), this is simply below all levels of verifiability. "Is being accused of...", "...denies....", "...according to...( behind paywall ).... ". And then the same Sunday Times article suddenly becomes a "report". C'mon. Show us facts, bare, hard, naked facts. Not allegations. Slow news day, Slashdot ?
"Beer brewing a source of innovation. Send me on a training, ASAP plz".
...at the low amount of comments on this paper. I read it over the weekend, and it offers some insights into network theory as applied "to the everyday world" that engineers have to deal with, that are not all trivial or unimportant. Is it because the article has a "pure" mathematics approach, in spite of using a model of the US power grid for illustration purposes ?
I read your blog "The Problem with Motion". Your problem is that there is no problem. And that, yes sir, you are a fruitcake and a crackpot.
One day Oracle shall beg Google to be granted the right to pay. On that day, the world shall come crashing down in shards of bytecode, and all the Java geeks shall be confounded.
Slashdot addiction.
Rick Santorum is president of a country criss-crossed by trucks hauling nukes, day and night. Oh thou emblems of uselessness.
I still like to imagine that no sensible European employer would force me to do so. If it happened, I would quit. Immediately. For fear of being associated with the ridiculous, the mundane and the modern FB-proletariat.
South Africa may sooner or later glide off into a civil war.
Do we actually need all those agriculture products?
Yes, we sure as hell do. We are TOTALLY dependent upon agriculture for our survival - at least in civilization as we know it.
Isn't there a different way to use water for the same purpose with possibly higher efficiency?
There is. Eat less meat. It takes tremendous amounts of water to produce the corn and, to a lesser extent, the wheat that we feed to become pork and cow meat.
That is poorly formulated. "Transmissions" would make one think of the intentional dispatching of information. Which this microwave surely does not represent, I presume ? Aliens and SETI: Not yet ?
If it is, INDEED, a university that acquires the satellite for a relatively low price - then well, yes, heck, you will have done something to me that a Slashdot commenter will not have done very often: to make me change my mind on the basis of rational arguments. For which you merit my respect and acknowledgments. QFD.
As stated above in "Lose lose", I fail to see how this benefits anyone. NASA ( or ESA, for that matter ) is payed only a fraction, if anything at all, for old equipment. Moreover: is this is so "common sense", why do the USA need a law to implement it ??
It's a lose lose situation: 1) Scientists worldwide become dependent upon private initiatives; we have seen with European universities having to collect so-called 3rd-party funding what that does to research levels 2) In the long run, it causes NASA to lose ( even more ) competence; competence and know-how loss at NASA is already going on at a dishearteningly rate
"The gifts that serve Western insitutions so well"
Nonsense.
"The gifts that serve US institutions so well". FTFY.
One more typical example of a Slashdot poster / submitter / "author" assuming that US="The western world".
Still, it seems reasonable for the government to acknowledge the law was unreasonable, and that it was their mistake, not his.
Which is exactly what this statement does. What more do you want ? A law ? For a single person ? De minimis non curat lex
In an ideal world - yes, justice would be in the "eye of the wronged". In this world, however, justice is in the eye of the victors, or of the strongest.