Poor people are only going to damage themselves or their families. A banker who does deals while high on cocaine could destroy the company, put thousands out of work and tank the economy. Who's to say this hasn't happened already? You can't drive a car when high but can make million-dollar deals. Absolutely there should be drug tests.
At the time it was authored, automatic guns which would allow one man to shoot 100 or more didn't exist. At the time the Old Testament was authored, it was mandated to stone women to death and slaughter entire tribes, but we've now decided those rules are no longer appropriate. To come full circle, a similar fundamentalist, unbending adherence to old laws (and a big dose of crazy) has ended up with today's events.
It's sad to see a tech site using language so loosely. The EM radiation came to mind first and then I thought that's silly, microwaves are tiny, how would they make robots that small? Then I remembered nanobots - they must be a thousand times smaller than microwaves, so maybe they could. However, Wikipedia says that microwaves have "wavelengths ranging from one meter to one millimeter" so they are a) much bigger than their name might imply and b) not much good as a unit of measurement.
"how will he create a single digital-services market, after the fact?"
By using examples like the one he gave: I want to buy this but because of these barriers, I can't (easily). Look at all the revenue you're losing. Join our European Digital Single Market and make more money.
I think he understands about the credit cards.
If it works well for public services (see korgitser's comment) the private sector will see the advantages and may have to join in anyway to gain government contracts. The key is to make it more attractive than the current walled gardens. If that happens, problems with copyright agreements etc will melt away.
sometimes the added genes do leak out to nearby plants -- a process called gene flow -- but there is no evidence it has caused harm
They left "yet" off the end of that and the rest of their findings. It would be fairer to say, "GM foods are safe at this time so far as we know". How about leaking out of the plant world into ours - is that possible? The idea that we should study the wider impact of unnatural DNA by letting it wander round the environment, then find out what it's up to seems reckless to me.
Not sure they've done very well on promoting the research. All I've seen in the media is Boaty McBoatface, £200 million NERC polar research vessel, doing research in the poles, taking samples, er that's it.
Obviously there will now not be any BMcB kiddies club, soft toys or cartoon science series on the TV, or much interest at all, unless it sinks.
"people vote, but ultimately their voice doesn't matter one jot, and the powers that be impose whatever the hell they want."
This is more true in situations where there's no accountability, like businesses ("We have taken your views on board"), totalitarian regimes like Egypt or internet polls.
The more subtle way is to constrain the choices available before letting the voters have their say so they're more likely to pick a suitable candidate.
In the US, the establishment decided to play safe and reboot the Bush Clinton franchise (or something like it) but this time it went wrong and independent voices were too loud to ignore. They're still on course, I expect Hillary will win but it would be fascinating to see Sanders v Trump, though even they would still be constrained by the usual forces.
As for BMcB, just for once, it would have been nice for silliness to triumph. How much would it have shaken the foundations of civilization or damaged the UK's standing in the world?
I guess it's the tendency of those in charge to want to appear to be in control of everything - part of which is being serious and keeping a straight face - lest others question their competence.
Except I do think it's the right name for the boat and while we're at it, Jeremy Clarkson should be renamed Twatty McTwatface, possibly with a bottle of fizz swung at his prow.
Cafeteriere for me and no filters, though the grounds do go in the bin.
The only reason to use one of those machines is if you have no choice, or maybe if your hands shake so much in the mornings that you can't measure out the coffee.
Oh so that's what all those people in the credits do. I suppose Executive Producers actually cook the food themselves.
The Top Gear incident was an example of the Public School Bully, another great British institution.
You're right manu0601, Boaty McBoatface is a childish name because of the repetition of Boat and the nonsense words Boaty and Boatface. It would be a silly name even for a toy boat.
It is an entirely inappropriate name for a full-sized, serious, scientific vessel and that's why the British sense of humour decided that it's the right name.
Aren't private entities more likely to keep data breaches quiet if they can, to avoid reputational damage or frightening the stockholders? They don't have to follow the same disclosure rules as the Government if personal data isn't involved and aren't necessarily subject to the same FoI laws.
A place I worked in had a faulty soap dispenser above one of the basins. The soap would just drip, drip, drip into the sink and then the cleaners would replace it with a new bottle, possibly wondering why this one was used so much more than the others. After weeks of that I took the dispenser apart and fixed it (thanks, Swiss Army Knife).
It's only in the last century that enough people have realized that the earth is neither an endless source nor a bottomless sink; it had been noticed previously on a smaller scale by many failing civilizations but they usually don't leave written records. In their own individual ways, the stupid, lazy, greedy and selfish continue to destroy the earth. All of us who regularly drive a vehicle are contributing more than our fair share of pollution (especially if you drive a VW).
During China's rapid growth over the last 30 years, little thought was given by the Government to the environmental effects of the resulting thousands of mines, power stations, factories, refineries and millions of vehicles, or if thought was given, it was seen as a necessary price. Regulations to prevent pollution may exist but the widespread and endemic corruption means that it's much easier and cheaper to pay officials to turn a blind eye than to stop polluting.
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Poor people are only going to damage themselves or their families. A banker who does deals while high on cocaine could destroy the company, put thousands out of work and tank the economy. Who's to say this hasn't happened already? You can't drive a car when high but can make million-dollar deals. Absolutely there should be drug tests.
Didn't Sony stop making laptops a couple of years ago?
It's given us curry. I like multiculturalism.
Interesting but he was one of the survivors.
"So Mr Deadman, are you happy to have died for your country and did your opinion change when you saw what your country had done with your death?"
Oh you mean he could've got an even *more* dangerous weapon? Well that's reassuring.
The dead never get to speak for themselves. Other people always talk for them.
At the time it was authored, automatic guns which would allow one man to shoot 100 or more didn't exist. At the time the Old Testament was authored, it was mandated to stone women to death and slaughter entire tribes, but we've now decided those rules are no longer appropriate. To come full circle, a similar fundamentalist, unbending adherence to old laws (and a big dose of crazy) has ended up with today's events.
Im sorry Dave, I can't do that. Unless you say please.
It's sad to see a tech site using language so loosely. The EM radiation came to mind first and then I thought that's silly, microwaves are tiny, how would they make robots that small? Then I remembered nanobots - they must be a thousand times smaller than microwaves, so maybe they could. However, Wikipedia says that microwaves have "wavelengths ranging from one meter to one millimeter" so they are a) much bigger than their name might imply and b) not much good as a unit of measurement.
Microwave ovens it is then.
"up to 260 freight trains and 65 passenger trains per day."
That's a lot of flights.
"how will he create a single digital-services market, after the fact?"
By using examples like the one he gave: I want to buy this but because of these barriers, I can't (easily). Look at all the revenue you're losing. Join our European Digital Single Market and make more money.
I think he understands about the credit cards.
If it works well for public services (see korgitser's comment) the private sector will see the advantages and may have to join in anyway to gain government contracts. The key is to make it more attractive than the current walled gardens.
If that happens, problems with copyright agreements etc will melt away.
See https://ec.europa.eu/prioritie...
No. The US murder rate is 3.8 times that of the UK but the murder rate with guns is 30 times.
This is where I get worried:
They left "yet" off the end of that and the rest of their findings. It would be fairer to say, "GM foods are safe at this time so far as we know". How about leaking out of the plant world into ours - is that possible? The idea that we should study the wider impact of unnatural DNA by letting it wander round the environment, then find out what it's up to seems reckless to me.
Not sure they've done very well on promoting the research. All I've seen in the media is Boaty McBoatface, £200 million NERC polar research vessel, doing research in the poles, taking samples, er that's it.
Obviously there will now not be any BMcB kiddies club, soft toys or cartoon science series on the TV, or much interest at all, unless it sinks.
"people vote, but ultimately their voice doesn't matter one jot, and the powers that be impose whatever the hell they want."
This is more true in situations where there's no accountability, like businesses ("We have taken your views on board"), totalitarian regimes like Egypt or internet polls.
The more subtle way is to constrain the choices available before letting the voters have their say so they're more likely to pick a suitable candidate.
In the US, the establishment decided to play safe and reboot the Bush Clinton franchise (or something like it) but this time it went wrong and independent voices were too loud to ignore. They're still on course, I expect Hillary will win but it would be fascinating to see Sanders v Trump, though even they would still be constrained by the usual forces.
As for BMcB, just for once, it would have been nice for silliness to triumph. How much would it have shaken the foundations of civilization or damaged the UK's standing in the world?
I guess it's the tendency of those in charge to want to appear to be in control of everything - part of which is being serious and keeping a straight face - lest others question their competence.
Except I do think it's the right name for the boat and while we're at it, Jeremy Clarkson should be renamed Twatty McTwatface, possibly with a bottle of fizz swung at his prow.
Cafeteriere for me and no filters, though the grounds do go in the bin.
The only reason to use one of those machines is if you have no choice, or maybe if your hands shake so much in the mornings that you can't measure out the coffee.
Oh so that's what all those people in the credits do. I suppose Executive Producers actually cook the food themselves.
The Top Gear incident was an example of the Public School Bully, another great British institution.
You're right manu0601, Boaty McBoatface is a childish name because of the repetition of Boat and the nonsense words Boaty and Boatface. It would be a silly name even for a toy boat.
It is an entirely inappropriate name for a full-sized, serious, scientific vessel and that's why the British sense of humour decided that it's the right name.
Aren't private entities more likely to keep data breaches quiet if they can, to avoid reputational damage or frightening the stockholders? They don't have to follow the same disclosure rules as the Government if personal data isn't involved and aren't necessarily subject to the same FoI laws.
You forgot, "We can get rid of the guy who goes round replacing the towels and emptying the bins".
A place I worked in had a faulty soap dispenser above one of the basins. The soap would just drip, drip, drip into the sink and then the cleaners would replace it with a new bottle, possibly wondering why this one was used so much more than the others. After weeks of that I took the dispenser apart and fixed it (thanks, Swiss Army Knife).
I first saw that story about Rajamujan and Hardy in The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers which gave me hours of numerical pleasure.
It's only in the last century that enough people have realized that the earth is neither an endless source nor a bottomless sink; it had been noticed previously on a smaller scale by many failing civilizations but they usually don't leave written records. In their own individual ways, the stupid, lazy, greedy and selfish continue to destroy the earth. All of us who regularly drive a vehicle are contributing more than our fair share of pollution (especially if you drive a VW).
During China's rapid growth over the last 30 years, little thought was given by the Government to the environmental effects of the resulting thousands of mines, power stations, factories, refineries and millions of vehicles, or if thought was given, it was seen as a necessary price. Regulations to prevent pollution may exist but the widespread and endemic corruption means that it's much easier and cheaper to pay officials to turn a blind eye than to stop polluting.
100% natural arsenic? That's a good thing so it's OK to drink, right?
Oh I do love playing hunt the command. It makes using a computer so much more exciting.