Has he taken a double blind test? Even if he doesn't want the million dollars, a few minutes of suffering from him could bring relief to the millions of sufferers around the world by forcing science to take him seriously. Surely he'd want that.
I suggest you get in touch with him and explain the situation. Report back here with his reply, we'll be waiting.
The JREF expanded the scope of its challenge over the last few years. They now include things like telling the difference between Monster speaker cables and cheapo lamp wire.
Have they found an 'electrosensitive' who's prepared to go double-blind on which of a selection of ten telephones/routers is actually switched on yet?
A certain Mr Randi has a million dollars waiting for the first person to do it. Maybe he should apply for that so he can buy a new house in the woods (or even buy the neighbors house and make them go someplace else). Problem solved.
So you expect a human being to sit by while 200 people are killed on the other side of a door. Are we going to start hiring sociopaths to be airline pilots?
Options:
a) Let the terrorist kill everybody on board (unlikely, even with an assault rifle)
b) Open the door, let the terrorist crash the plane somewhere. Everybody dies including the pilot and the people on the ground.
You don't need to be sociopathic to choose option a.
He didn't say his 5 year old couldn't read. He said his currently-5-years-old child learned to type before he learned to read, ie. He could have been pounding keyboards when he was 2 (I don't think 'typing' was really what was going on).
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There is one guy in Sweden.
One guy in Sweden who ... what?
Has he taken a double blind test? Even if he doesn't want the million dollars, a few minutes of suffering from him could bring relief to the millions of sufferers around the world by forcing science to take him seriously. Surely he'd want that.
I suggest you get in touch with him and explain the situation. Report back here with his reply, we'll be waiting.
Diamond swords would be a lot cheaper than lawyers in the long term.
The JREF expanded the scope of its challenge over the last few years. They now include things like telling the difference between Monster speaker cables and cheapo lamp wire.
Have they found an 'electrosensitive' who's prepared to go double-blind on which of a selection of ten telephones/routers is actually switched on yet?
A certain Mr Randi has a million dollars waiting for the first person to do it. Maybe he should apply for that so he can buy a new house in the woods (or even buy the neighbors house and make them go someplace else). Problem solved.
Any chance of a promotion to track down the parents of kids who've died in the third world due to the heavy, illegal promition of powdered milk there?
If Nestle didn't do it, somebody else would.
At least Nestle doesn't use lead in their products.
Maybe you could read the article: The bit about "when the winner pulls the tab" is quite informative.
Dumb, indeed.
Just before this complete trainwreck of fail goes any further:
The article says "when the winner pulls the tab".
ie. you pull a bit of plastic out of the battery contacts.
I know a guy who works at Nestle and he told me this is just the government trying out their new tracking devices.
I have been reporting that problem for a while, but they just assume that I am an idiot who just doesn't know how to use a computer.
Aren't they XKCD/806 compliant?
Actually, this is what people should be doing: responding to obvious cries for help before the perp manages to shoot up a theater full of people.
Yep. Putting him in a holding cell with a bunch of guys named "bubba" is definitely going to help him with his rage issues.
Not.
"Prior experience"?
Last time I checked the TSA were putting adverts on pizza boxes.
Yeah. But, hey! I mean naked
Hard to go wrong there.
Ummm...C4 will fit up people's asses. Even if we go totally naked the terrorists can still win.
Has anybody stopped to ask why terrorists need to get past the TSA?
They can just as easily blow up the queue for the scanner. It would probably do just as much damage in real terms.
Re: "Open the doors or we start killing people."
Even more people die if they open it.
So you expect a human being to sit by while 200 people are killed on the other side of a door. Are we going to start hiring sociopaths to be airline pilots?
Options:
a) Let the terrorist kill everybody on board (unlikely, even with an assault rifle)
b) Open the door, let the terrorist crash the plane somewhere. Everybody dies including the pilot and the people on the ground.
You don't need to be sociopathic to choose option a.
Snap a CD in half, then try and explain why .... snip
It's not supposed to make sense or stand up under logical scrutiny, it's theater.
(And mostly of the "farce" variety...)
Haters gonna hate.
He didn't say his 5 year old couldn't read. He said his currently-5-years-old child learned to type before he learned to read, ie. He could have been pounding keyboards when he was 2 (I don't think 'typing' was really what was going on).
For myself living in the USA I am able to source LCD monitors with DVI connectors for $15 and less.
The Pi also has a TV output. It was included precisely for situations like this where old TVs are a lot more common than DVI connectors.
The cheapest thing I know to "connect a keyboard to a display" is a Raspberry Pi.
(It also happens to be aimed at educating children. I don't know if that's relevant to the OP or not....)
Because of this from the OP:
I realize that to teach typing, I do not need a computer. I could achieve the same using a keyboard connected to a display.
Point is: He's already thought of using typewriters and discarded the idea for whatever reason.
That was my first thought too.
Even though the summary says " I considered using typewriters but they are in limited supply on the market."?
What about an old fashioned typewriter?
The summary says: " I considered using typewriters but they are in limited supply on the market."
So...exactly how did that get modded 'insightful'?
Did you look at the pretty picture in the article?
Maybe it meant that in the 1950s...
I think MrSeb is showing his age as well as his location.
I think it's a UK thing ... but from the 1950s.