we should have a council of experts, each elected by the members of his respective field
So, how do you decide which "fields" are deserving of representation? Are discrete academic subjects the only appropriate modes of social representation? There are deeper things going on in society than you realize, which is why you need a system of general representation, to take into account all values and preferences of all citizens. Democracy doesn't assume that everyone is of equal knowledge of ability, just that decisions made by concensus, in the long run, are better than decisions made by a group of experts.
I thought the whole point of Wikipedia was that the "affiliations and credentials" of contributors should not be relevant to what information is accepted. Shouldn't reform be directed towards improving the process, rather than setting up yet another expert committee? Other people have mentioned using mod points, like Slashdot. Perhaps there are other ways of improving the process while retaining its organic nature.
According to BlogShares, the number of blogs has grown from 1 million to 2.3 million over the past 6 months. It seems like information overload. It also seems like the number of blogs isn't really relevant - most of the attention ends up being focused on a very few blogs run by people already in the media (like Instapundit).
You don't count the cost of training the clone to behave like the original. That would run you up well over $50,000. Besides, once you've developed a CGI library of animals, the marginal cost of making an additional CGI "clone" is very low. You say "You'd still need an animal to base movements on" - well, same thing with a clone. You base the CGI animal on the original. Also, CGI technology is getting cheaper and better all the time. It's hard to imagine training costs for clones undergoing the same depreciation.
How do you know what most terrorist attacks will look like in the future? That was part of the problem that led up to 9/11 - lack of imagination. The policy discussed here is one of many, designed to deal with a threat that uses our GPS system against us. Not all future attacks have to be like the ones on 9/11.
It's the old story: college campuses are becoming more and more connected. Students are getting more "internet-savvy" as they do everything online. There seems to be an overemphasis on the "connectedness" of colleges - this doesn't necessarily translate into a good educational environment. Take a look at the America's top connected universities and compare to the best universities. Two different lists.
NASA has since stated that there is no evidence of life on the above mentioned meteor:
NASA said that after two years of study "a number of lines of evidence have gone away".
Several different chemicals and molecular structures were exciting because they looked similar to byproducts of life on Earth. However, these chemicals and structures can also be created without life. Some are even present in deep space on comets, and scientists do not think that they came from Martian life anymore.
In the article, Myles Allen says "we cannot say which of the heatwaves were man-made and which were natural, but we can apportion blame for the change in risk."
A more appropriate headline would be "Humans Likely Responsible for Increased Heatwave Risk". But no, we have to be sensationalist and scare people by blaming the "hot weather" on SUVs.
... that is testing out the stability of the BitTorrent network. Perhaps one which has something to gain by disrupting internet traffic in general, and BitTorrent seems to make up about a third of it by recent estimates.
The government rejected a national filtering system and is instead providing "education". Have they considered requiring filters in schools, public libraries, and government offices (as is being considered in the US)? This kind of system would not have the same drawbacks as a national filter.
We already have decent, solid
legislation, but the law-breakers keep, well... breaking the law. The solution is not passing new laws, but figuring out how best to beat the spammers.
I agree that it's not in general a good idea for private entities to carry out vigilante justice, but it should also be legitimate to engage in self-defense. As long as there is adequate recourse in case a legit website is mistakenly targeted, the Lycos project sounds promising.
Six of them were asked to shoot a toy gun and then lie and say they didn't do it. Three others who watched told the truth about what happened.
This experiment isn't symmetric - the conditions for each group are entirely different. A proper experiment would consist of:
1. a group who committed the act and lies
2. a group who committed the act and tells the truth
3. a group who witnesses and lies
4. a group who witnesses and tells the truth
Also, they should probably have a control group of people who didn't witness anything.
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we should have a council of experts, each elected by the members of his respective field
So, how do you decide which "fields" are deserving of representation? Are discrete academic subjects the only appropriate modes of social representation? There are deeper things going on in society than you realize, which is why you need a system of general representation, to take into account all values and preferences of all citizens. Democracy doesn't assume that everyone is of equal knowledge of ability, just that decisions made by concensus, in the long run, are better than decisions made by a group of experts.
I thought the whole point of Wikipedia was that the "affiliations and credentials" of contributors should not be relevant to what information is accepted. Shouldn't reform be directed towards improving the process, rather than setting up yet another expert committee? Other people have mentioned using mod points, like Slashdot. Perhaps there are other ways of improving the process while retaining its organic nature.
According to BlogShares, the number of blogs has grown from 1 million to 2.3 million over the past 6 months. It seems like information overload. It also seems like the number of blogs isn't really relevant - most of the attention ends up being focused on a very few blogs run by people already in the media (like Instapundit).
In other news, Infinium Labs' stock tumbled 11% today.
You don't count the cost of training the clone to behave like the original. That would run you up well over $50,000. Besides, once you've developed a CGI library of animals, the marginal cost of making an additional CGI "clone" is very low. You say "You'd still need an animal to base movements on" - well, same thing with a clone. You base the CGI animal on the original. Also, CGI technology is getting cheaper and better all the time. It's hard to imagine training costs for clones undergoing the same depreciation.
By the time this cloning technology gets off the ground, it will be easier/cheaper to replicate the animal with CGI.
to send out their email, so gmail can't just block an IP address. Apparently, 70% of spam is generated by botnets.
How do you know what most terrorist attacks will look like in the future? That was part of the problem that led up to 9/11 - lack of imagination. The policy discussed here is one of many, designed to deal with a threat that uses our GPS system against us. Not all future attacks have to be like the ones on 9/11.
It's the old story: college campuses are becoming more and more connected. Students are getting more "internet-savvy" as they do everything online. There seems to be an overemphasis on the "connectedness" of colleges - this doesn't necessarily translate into a good educational environment. Take a look at the America's top connected universities and compare to the best universities. Two different lists.
NASA has since stated that there is no evidence of life on the above mentioned meteor:
NASA said that after two years of study "a number of lines of evidence have gone away". Several different chemicals and molecular structures were exciting because they looked similar to byproducts of life on Earth. However, these chemicals and structures can also be created without life. Some are even present in deep space on comets, and scientists do not think that they came from Martian life anymore.
In the article, Myles Allen says "we cannot say which of the heatwaves were man-made and which were natural, but we can apportion blame for the change in risk."
A more appropriate headline would be "Humans Likely Responsible for Increased Heatwave Risk". But no, we have to be sensationalist and scare people by blaming the "hot weather" on SUVs.
... that is testing out the stability of the BitTorrent network. Perhaps one which has something to gain by disrupting internet traffic in general, and BitTorrent seems to make up about a third of it by recent estimates.
A good Stepford wife would help anybody avoid senility.
The government rejected a national filtering system and is instead providing "education". Have they considered requiring filters in schools, public libraries, and government offices (as is being considered in the US)? This kind of system would not have the same drawbacks as a national filter.
We already have decent, solid legislation, but the law-breakers keep, well... breaking the law. The solution is not passing new laws, but figuring out how best to beat the spammers.
I agree that it's not in general a good idea for private entities to carry out vigilante justice, but it should also be legitimate to engage in self-defense. As long as there is adequate recourse in case a legit website is mistakenly targeted, the Lycos project sounds promising.
Six of them were asked to shoot a toy gun and then lie and say they didn't do it. Three others who watched told the truth about what happened.
This experiment isn't symmetric - the conditions for each group are entirely different. A proper experiment would consist of:
1. a group who committed the act and lies
2. a group who committed the act and tells the truth
3. a group who witnesses and lies
4. a group who witnesses and tells the truth
Also, they should probably have a control group of people who didn't witness anything.