Well, then, why didn't they say, "We can't do anything yet because this is nasty. We are working on a fix."
Either you're naive or clueless (I hate to be so blunt, but the answer seems obvious). Companies/Politicians/Everyone these days are worried about their image. They don't want to say they are unable to do something because they, incorrectly IMO, think inaction has fewer consequences, especially in the public's mind, than action. They would rather calmly ignore something, than admit their own deficiencies. Try getting a corporation to explain why they can't do something. Won't happen. They'll ramble on about totally irrelevant issues.
"Hey Ford, why the fuck don't we have more fuel efficient vehicles?" "Market demands, blah blah, lack of technology, blah blah, we're working on it."
It is rather sad the way they treat the consumer. Luckily the internet has revolutionized the flow of information, and that will hopefully lead towards more customer backlash against these sorts of problems in the future. The worst thing you can do right now is to inform every single consumer you can reach about Sony's actions (and misactions). Inform them about what they can do.
I believe he said he read "all of Dostoevsky, Kafka, Camus, and the short fictions and plays of Sartre" on his own, just for fun. Some people do like reading works like that 'for fun'.
Did you ever think that by reading through it, it would increase you intelligence, and ability to do it again. Learning isn't supposed to be easy, the harder the climb, the more pathways you develop, and the easier it is to do again.
Quite true, but this does not mean you have to read 'the classics'. If you're studying say philosophy, you ought to read Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Spinoza, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Russell, Wittgenstein, Kripke, etc, etc, etc (by no means complete, but a decent sampling of the history of philosophy). Now if you're in a general philosophy class, like if you're lucky enough to have access to one of these in high school, then reading the 'classics' for the sake of reading the 'classics' is complete rubbish. I think you should read the classics of philosophy, but not because they are classics. Unless reading those works has something to add to the development of the skill you're studying (critical thinking in philosophy, interpretation and language skills in literature, etc), then a basic class should not read them. I was quite blessed to have several good high school English teachers (I can't say the same for the other subjects) who realized this. Sure, we read Homer and Dante during freshman year, but we also touched on more contemporary authors. Here is a good discussion about the need for doing pure memorization and following traditional methods in mathematics, and I think a similar vein of thought runs through the humanities.
I feel the purpose of high school English classes ought not be just reading the so-called classics, especially at the expense of neglecting contemporary works. The strategy should be a weighty exposure to some basic texts then move onto other contemporary texts. This isn't at the expense of literature interpretation. If you cannot find a worthwhile contemporary book to read, don't select some sub-par book JUST to read something new. I really don't think reading John Grisham is all that beneficial, in a class-room setting. The purpose of this sort of strategy is to get the children actually interested in reading.
The constant emphasis on the classics of the past seems to create an illusion that there is very little of worth in contemporary literature/etc. This is mainly the case, or so I've noticed, in philosophy. I am a philosophy major and plenty of people ask "Where are the important modern works?" "Who is important like Kant was, today?". I can also detect a similar problem in science. By reading about famous experiments of the past and neglecting the newer experiments (and even modern trends of experimentation), the students aren't being exposed to what they need. I will end this tangent by stating that many rifts between the religious right in America and "the scientific establishment" do come direct from a deficient understanding of what science is, and I think this can be traced to problematic curriculum's in elementary, middle, and high schools.
One way I think would help in attracting young students to learning/reading on their own is by using a survey of the entire collection of relevant material (i.e. not focusing on the 'classics' while neglecting the present) and then providing some information so that the students can venture out on their own (like good bibliographies of important works and maybe a special emphasis on quality modern works, because talking about current events does peek the interests of young students).
Now of course there are some subjects where this isn't helpful in. A subject like history, where you can't really neglect the history of Rome and expect the student to have a general grasp of world history. But placing the study of history into a vacuum is harmful as well. The students need to be provided with the ability to analyze the reasons for certain historical events, like the role of WWI reparation requirements on Germany in the build-up to WWII. This is an important skill that all rational adults need to have.
Mind you, this isn't all a reply to/argument against the parent post. This just seemed like a good place to reply.
We now have proof the Flying Spaghetti Monster is assisting terrorists. I want to see supporters of this un-American religion to be exiled from America!
A collected listing from that link (If you see a band/group/artist you like, be sure to try to contact them and inform them of what is going on with THEIR music!):
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That's exactly what I've been noticing. The majority of the tasks I've completed have contained no worthwhile photos, and especially none I would want representing any business.
Besides, since when have people gotten a better understanding of the truth by excluding more ideas? If intelligent design is in fact bunk, then people will have no problems picking that out. It will rise or fall by its own merits. If no one can refute the claims they make, then it may rise, and rightfully so. But if we can genuinely refute those claims, they will have about a snowball's chance in hell of surviving the next 20 years.
Please do not insult us, really. No one wants to exclude ideas. No good is going to come from exposing high school students to a debate such as I.D./Evolution. They neither have the scientific backing nor the required knowledge to make a justify judgment. I am sick and tired of claims that we ought to be fair to our kids by teaching the controversy. If advocates of I.D. want me to take them seriously then they need to stop confronting children with this rubbish. In my quick browsing of the Institute for Creation Research's website I noticed rubbish articles like this. Darwin's Passion for Hunting and Killing, lovely. Attack the man and you discredit the theory, right? Sure it is of interest, just not from an institute that claims they are advancing scientific theories.
Gettier Problem
A subject S knows that a proposition P is true if, and only if:
1. S believes that P
2. P is true
3. S is evidentially justified in believing that P is true
Achilles and the Tortoise
In the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise, we imagine the Greek hero Achilles in a footrace with the plodding reptile. Because he is so fast a runner, Achilles graciously allows the tortoise a head start of a hundred feet. If we suppose that each racer starts running at some constant speed (one very fast and one very slow), then after some finite time, Achilles will have run a hundred feet, bringing him to the tortoise's starting point; during this time, the tortoise has "run" a (much shorter) distance, say one foot. It will then take Achilles some further period of time to run that distance, during which the tortoise will advance farther; and then another period of time to reach this third point, while the tortoise moves ahead. Thus, whenever Achilles reaches somewhere the tortoise has been, he still has farther to go. Therefore, Zeno says, swift Achilles can never overtake the tortoise. Thus, while common sense and common experience would hold that one runner can catch another, according to the above argument, he cannot; this is the paradox.
And of course figuring out identity is a fscking nightmare, damn metaphysics and damn Aristotle.
I don't have any problems with the ads in Harper's or Atlantic Monthly. Both are impressively placed and are not obstructive at all. I used to have some free subscriptions to some "men's magazines" like Maxim and such, but I don't even want the free subscriptions. Not only are the quality of articles there poor, even though one of those they always had 1 article a month that did investigative reporting into some weird story which I usually read, but the ads were simply obnoxious. I suppose that is the sort of thing that sells these days, but I don't want to promote that type of advertising any more than I have to. I get angry at myself every day when I visit ESPN.com because they have horrible flash ads. Hell, the annoying flash with sounds ads in AIM made me look for programs like DeadAIM and middleman. Once the site or magazine or whatever begins to dumbdown the ads to attract the lowest-tiers of society that just cannot hold theirselves back from clicking on the "FREE XXX" link then the site isn't for me. I hate to be an elitist, but ads ruin too much on the net. Ever since Firefox with Adblock and soon-to-be Flashblock, there's a whole new web at my fingertips (and one I like supporting).
IMO, all science degrees should include a class in Philosophy of Science. Most undergraduate students I've talked to about this idea say something along the lines of "Philosophy has nothing to do with science."
Well, not only should all science degrees require an introduction to the Philosophy of Science, but that course ought to have a solid 2-3 week overview of the different logical systems (inductive vs. deductive being at the forefront). Hell, I think all college degrees should require a basic logic course where you gain the skills to be able to understand the benefits and limitations of different sorts of reasoning systems. While one ought to come to understand the differences, that isn't always the case.
Explaining the differences between say empirical claims and deductive proofs in upper-level philosophy/political science/etc classes is a real pain. I hate to be a philosophical asshole, but I think these critical thinking skills are quite essential for a person who wants to actually use their brain the rest of their lives.
Plus Phil of Science courses can piss off all the science majors when they get around to causation and reading someone like David Hume; that is always fun.
Let's assume for a moment the judge didn't have _any_ technical knowledge.
Then I think we have a bigger problem of judges not knowing the limits of their own knowledge. The defendent's testimony can be thrown out because it is unreliable, but if the judge doesn't insist on having expert witnesses to verify what the accused did was a crime then we are all royally fucked.
What he did know was that the defendant had lied to police while making his initial statement... That is what got him convicted, not the technical aspects.
Then are are fucked if judges convict merely because someone lies.
I don't know if this is the cause, but Domainsite.com (last year) had free registrations for.info domains (as many as you wanted). And I know the ones I registered have recently expired (I wanted to switch to GoDaddy anyway).
I'm sure the RIAA would love to have the same thing for CDs.
When the RIAA begins to distribute disposable CD's, you can be sure any artist with half a brain will quickly flee from anything remotely associated with the RIAA. The reason for this is that the artist(s) would want people to listen to CD's multiple times. Hell, they want you to become so hooked to the music you will shell out money to see the artist(s) live and buy merchandise (so the artist(s) can really get paid). I may be presuming entirely too much rationality on the RIAA's part, but surely they aren't THAT dumb. I do agree that the consumer needs to be wary of what these industry interest-groups are planning, but your claim there doesn't seem to make much sense.
Stop voting for Democrats and Republicans, for starters.
This is a cute suggestion, but not very practical. I agree that both political parties are corrupt beyond repair and that democracy needs more than 2 dominant political parties, but what should we do? Vote for some candidates who have barely spent the energy formulating a coherent policy? Let's see... we have the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, the Constitution Party, plus a cadre of smaller ones. I certainly am not going to vote for third party candidates merely because they are a third party candidate. I consider myself more knowledgeable about the current state of American politics, and I am at a loss of suggestions. I would love to find a political party that actually represents my political views, rather than finding the best fit among the big two. Does anyone have any suggestions about what to do? I mean I could go into politics, but I am quite sure I am not suited for such a job.
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Either you're naive or clueless (I hate to be so blunt, but the answer seems obvious). Companies/Politicians/Everyone these days are worried about their image. They don't want to say they are unable to do something because they, incorrectly IMO, think inaction has fewer consequences, especially in the public's mind, than action. They would rather calmly ignore something, than admit their own deficiencies. Try getting a corporation to explain why they can't do something. Won't happen. They'll ramble on about totally irrelevant issues.
It is rather sad the way they treat the consumer. Luckily the internet has revolutionized the flow of information, and that will hopefully lead towards more customer backlash against these sorts of problems in the future. The worst thing you can do right now is to inform every single consumer you can reach about Sony's actions (and misactions). Inform them about what they can do.
I believe he said he read "all of Dostoevsky, Kafka, Camus, and the short fictions and plays of Sartre" on his own, just for fun. Some people do like reading works like that 'for fun'.
Quite true, but this does not mean you have to read 'the classics'. If you're studying say philosophy, you ought to read Plato, Aristotle, Epictetus, Spinoza, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Russell, Wittgenstein, Kripke, etc, etc, etc (by no means complete, but a decent sampling of the history of philosophy). Now if you're in a general philosophy class, like if you're lucky enough to have access to one of these in high school, then reading the 'classics' for the sake of reading the 'classics' is complete rubbish. I think you should read the classics of philosophy, but not because they are classics. Unless reading those works has something to add to the development of the skill you're studying (critical thinking in philosophy, interpretation and language skills in literature, etc), then a basic class should not read them. I was quite blessed to have several good high school English teachers (I can't say the same for the other subjects) who realized this. Sure, we read Homer and Dante during freshman year, but we also touched on more contemporary authors. Here is a good discussion about the need for doing pure memorization and following traditional methods in mathematics, and I think a similar vein of thought runs through the humanities.
I feel the purpose of high school English classes ought not be just reading the so-called classics, especially at the expense of neglecting contemporary works. The strategy should be a weighty exposure to some basic texts then move onto other contemporary texts. This isn't at the expense of literature interpretation. If you cannot find a worthwhile contemporary book to read, don't select some sub-par book JUST to read something new. I really don't think reading John Grisham is all that beneficial, in a class-room setting. The purpose of this sort of strategy is to get the children actually interested in reading.
The constant emphasis on the classics of the past seems to create an illusion that there is very little of worth in contemporary literature/etc. This is mainly the case, or so I've noticed, in philosophy. I am a philosophy major and plenty of people ask "Where are the important modern works?" "Who is important like Kant was, today?". I can also detect a similar problem in science. By reading about famous experiments of the past and neglecting the newer experiments (and even modern trends of experimentation), the students aren't being exposed to what they need. I will end this tangent by stating that many rifts between the religious right in America and "the scientific establishment" do come direct from a deficient understanding of what science is, and I think this can be traced to problematic curriculum's in elementary, middle, and high schools.
One way I think would help in attracting young students to learning/reading on their own is by using a survey of the entire collection of relevant material (i.e. not focusing on the 'classics' while neglecting the present) and then providing some information so that the students can venture out on their own (like good bibliographies of important works and maybe a special emphasis on quality modern works, because talking about current events does peek the interests of young students).
Now of course there are some subjects where this isn't helpful in. A subject like history, where you can't really neglect the history of Rome and expect the student to have a general grasp of world history. But placing the study of history into a vacuum is harmful as well. The students need to be provided with the ability to analyze the reasons for certain historical events, like the role of WWI reparation requirements on Germany in the build-up to WWII. This is an important skill that all rational adults need to have.
Mind you, this isn't all a reply to/argument against the parent post. This just seemed like a good place to reply.
"expert classification" (the Dewey system)
I could of sworn most larger libraries used the Library of Congress Classification system.
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=167537&cid =13973438
We now have proof the Flying Spaghetti Monster is assisting terrorists. I want to see supporters of this un-American religion to be exiled from America!
A collected listing from that link (If you see a band/group/artist you like, be sure to try to contact them and inform them of what is going on with THEIR music!):
A Static Lullaby - Faso Latido
Acceptance - Phantoms
Amerie - Touch
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Buddy Jewell - Times Like These
Celine Dion - On Ne Change Pas
Chayanne - Cautivo
Chris Botti - To Love Again
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Dion - The Essential Dion
Elkland - Golden
Emma Roberts - Unfabulous And More: Emma Roberts
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Gerry Mulligan - Jeru
Goapele - Change It All
Horace Silver - Silver's Blue
Kasabian - Kasabian
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Life of Agony - Broken Valley
My Morning Jacket - Z
Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
Neil Diamond - 12 Songs
Our Lady Peace - Healthy In Paranoid Times
Pete Seeger - The Essential Pete Seeger
Ricky Martin - Life
Sarah McLachlan - Bloom Remix Album
Shelly Fairchild - Ride
Susie Suh - Susie Suh
Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound
The Bad Plus - Suspicious Activity
The Coral - The Invisible Invasion
The Dead 60s - The Dead 60s
VA - Elizabethtown OST
Van Zant - Get Right with the Man
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That's exactly what I've been noticing. The majority of the tasks I've completed have contained no worthwhile photos, and especially none I would want representing any business.
Yes, because ending a sentence with a preposition is against a rule of grammar.
Please do not appeal to the "rules" of language elementary school teachers have been feverly trying to enforce for generations. It won't work.
I guess they didn't have closing tags for HTML back in the day either ... ;)
So ughhh...when do we get to eat the poor? It is clear they are asking for it.
A subject S knows that a proposition P is true if, and only if:
Achilles and the Tortoise In the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise, we imagine the Greek hero Achilles in a footrace with the plodding reptile. Because he is so fast a runner, Achilles graciously allows the tortoise a head start of a hundred feet. If we suppose that each racer starts running at some constant speed (one very fast and one very slow), then after some finite time, Achilles will have run a hundred feet, bringing him to the tortoise's starting point; during this time, the tortoise has "run" a (much shorter) distance, say one foot. It will then take Achilles some further period of time to run that distance, during which the tortoise will advance farther; and then another period of time to reach this third point, while the tortoise moves ahead. Thus, whenever Achilles reaches somewhere the tortoise has been, he still has farther to go. Therefore, Zeno says, swift Achilles can never overtake the tortoise. Thus, while common sense and common experience would hold that one runner can catch another, according to the above argument, he cannot; this is the paradox.
And of course figuring out identity is a fscking nightmare, damn metaphysics and damn Aristotle.
I guess he works for Microsoft.
I don't have any problems with the ads in Harper's or Atlantic Monthly. Both are impressively placed and are not obstructive at all. I used to have some free subscriptions to some "men's magazines" like Maxim and such, but I don't even want the free subscriptions. Not only are the quality of articles there poor, even though one of those they always had 1 article a month that did investigative reporting into some weird story which I usually read, but the ads were simply obnoxious. I suppose that is the sort of thing that sells these days, but I don't want to promote that type of advertising any more than I have to. I get angry at myself every day when I visit ESPN.com because they have horrible flash ads. Hell, the annoying flash with sounds ads in AIM made me look for programs like DeadAIM and middleman. Once the site or magazine or whatever begins to dumbdown the ads to attract the lowest-tiers of society that just cannot hold theirselves back from clicking on the "FREE XXX" link then the site isn't for me. I hate to be an elitist, but ads ruin too much on the net. Ever since Firefox with Adblock and soon-to-be Flashblock, there's a whole new web at my fingertips (and one I like supporting).
Explaining the differences between say empirical claims and deductive proofs in upper-level philosophy/political science/etc classes is a real pain. I hate to be a philosophical asshole, but I think these critical thinking skills are quite essential for a person who wants to actually use their brain the rest of their lives.
Plus Phil of Science courses can piss off all the science majors when they get around to causation and reading someone like David Hume; that is always fun.
Let's assume for a moment the judge didn't have _any_ technical knowledge.
... That is what got him convicted, not the technical aspects.
Then I think we have a bigger problem of judges not knowing the limits of their own knowledge. The defendent's testimony can be thrown out because it is unreliable, but if the judge doesn't insist on having expert witnesses to verify what the accused did was a crime then we are all royally fucked.
What he did know was that the defendant had lied to police while making his initial statement
Then are are fucked if judges convict merely because someone lies.
I don't know if this is the cause, but Domainsite.com (last year) had free registrations for .info domains (as many as you wanted). And I know the ones I registered have recently expired (I wanted to switch to GoDaddy anyway).
We all know the ultimate battle is Bear v. Shark, anyway (a great book regardless).
Stop voting for Democrats and Republicans, for starters.
This is a cute suggestion, but not very practical. I agree that both political parties are corrupt beyond repair and that democracy needs more than 2 dominant political parties, but what should we do? Vote for some candidates who have barely spent the energy formulating a coherent policy? Let's see... we have the Green Party, the Libertarian Party, the Constitution Party, plus a cadre of smaller ones. I certainly am not going to vote for third party candidates merely because they are a third party candidate. I consider myself more knowledgeable about the current state of American politics, and I am at a loss of suggestions. I would love to find a political party that actually represents my political views, rather than finding the best fit among the big two. Does anyone have any suggestions about what to do? I mean I could go into politics, but I am quite sure I am not suited for such a job.
I simply can't picture Jesus getting down and dirty in a back alley with Judith and Paul. Sorry.
Then that reflects poorly on your imagination. I don't intend to be mean about it, but the claim that "I can't imagine" need not reflect reality.
Gas prices are too high :(