I don't think we're heading for a permanent jobless economy, just one with much bigger class separations again with an overclass that can be even more lavish with servants and luxuries.
Sure, and to troll a bit... why do you think the conservatives/Republicans are going nuts to lower spending on education, health and welfare; blasting that teachers are "under worked" and "overpaid", proposing "privatizing" of Medicare, Medicaid (which will really only help the private companies - see Medicare "Advantage"), and that Social Security is an illegal "ponzi" scheme? Keep the working-class poor, uneducated and dependent on whatever jobs and pay the upper class deems them worthy with limited possibility for advance means more money, power and control for the already rich.
Don't believe me? Research how badly the rich are doing in this economy vs. the middle class and poor. The rich are doing just fine.
Warren buffet claims that he pays less in taxes than his executive secretary does.
Close. He said he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary:
Warren Buffett, the third-richest man in the world, has criticized the US tax system for allowing him to pay a lower rate than his secretary and his cleaner.
I live in L.A, so my experience of pollution is that it's brown, not a pretty green/yellow color.
I'm not an expert and I don't know if what's seen in the video is all pollution, but different chemical and particulate pollutants inhabit (for lack of a better word) different altitudes. The brown haze you see in LA probably mostly soot from vehicles, power plants, and other things burning somewhere or other chemicals that filter the sunlight. From the page on smog:
Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley
Being in low basins surrounded by mountains, Los Angeles and the San Joaquin Valley are notorious for their smog. The millions of vehicles in these basins plus the added effects of the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles/Long Beach port complexes contribute to further air pollution....
Of course, I (and I suspect many others) only reboot if a patch/upgrade indicates that it's necessary.
Otherwise, my Linux (Desktop, MythTV) and Windows systems are on 24/7.
Perhaps Microsoft and general users think PC systems are toys not tools...
"Every single pixel of your beautiful screen is for your app," said Harris. "You're just immersed in the content."
That's probably the most stupid thing I've ever read. That guy is an idiot. Perhaps it's appropriate for a tiny, tiny (tiny) smartphone screen or watching video, but otherwise, no. For sufficiently large sizes of "screen", full-screen is unnecessary for most applications and down-right annoying for some. Full-screen browsing or Office anyone? Ya, immerse me in that content.
If magnets set on one side of the brain or the other cause us to lie or tell the truth?
Sure, but the magnetic field strength for TMS is about the same as for an MRI, held about 5 inches from the brain. Do you regularly stand 5 inches from an AM/FM broadcast antenna? There's no "maybe", these guys are crazy.
Can we feed in the transcripts from US political debates? Don't want to start a partisan argument, but I'm specifically thinking of the recent Republican debates... or anything from Sarah Palin:-)
Plagiarism is copying another work without citation and trying to pass it off as your own.
Funny story. I wrote a paper (way) back in college for a creative writing class in which I included an original poem at the beginning. The teacher wrote "Source?" next to the poem. I chided her that I don't have to cite myself in my own paper. I still don't know if I should be flattered or insulted that she didn't think it my work. (sigh)
...criminal forces, hostile forces, terrorist organizations and others could manipulate public sentiment by manufacturing bogus opinion on the Internet, damaging social stability and national security.
I wasn't aware that they got FOX News in China...:-)
The trouble is that the companies that want to maintain Cobol systems are typically CHEAP companies... insurance companies, banks, etc...
Perhaps you're confusing cheap with efficient and/or profitable. The idea of replacing things simply because they're old is often short-sighted and the saying "don't 'fix' something if it's not broken" has a certain merit. That goes for replacing people too, though obviously not all people..
For a hardware example: I have a six-year-old (at least) PC running MythTV (w/two tuners); sure it's old, and I can easily afford to upgrade it, but it works perfectly and does everything I need it to do.
Lisp's idiosyncrasies just get in the way of what you're trying to do.
Um, LISP has almost no syntax idiosyncrasies - that's the point. I did AI and automatic-programming research in LISP on a Xerox 1108 (for NASA) - I also used Prolog - while an undergrad in college in the mid 1980s *and* was the grader for the under and graduate AI courses. The language is one of the most powerful there is. The simple syntax is one of the things that help make it so and actually helps the experience LISP coder - which it sounds like you're not.
Hmm. Point taken, though I'm not sure I'd equate flying the space shuttle with surfing during a hurricane - unless, for some reason, that's his job. Simple thrill-seeking has it's place, but that doesn't mean it's a smart thing to do... Then again, it's always good to have ways to thin the herd - the Darwin Awards exist for a reason:-)
in spite of the 20-odd deaths from the storm (including one surfer)
Even without knowing any details, I speculate that the surfer actually died because he was an idiot. On a similar thread, contrary to the NY Times, I don't count the guy in NY who died from falling off a ladder while trying to put plywood over a window (hours before the storm was even near) as a death from the storm.
Try Alastair Reynolds' "Revelation Space" Trilogy - Revelation Space, Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap. I recently read The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi and have just started Infoquake (review) in the Jump 225 Trilogy by David Louis Edelman with "Multireal" and "Geosynchron" to read next. Not SciFi, but I also recommend anything by Matt Reilly - I started with "Ice Station" - or James Rollins - I started with "Subterranean".
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Ya, like "Mailflix". Okay, perhaps not, unless they're going to specialize in ... well, you figure it out. :-)
Sure, and to troll a bit... why do you think the conservatives/Republicans are going nuts to lower spending on education, health and welfare; blasting that teachers are "under worked" and "overpaid", proposing "privatizing" of Medicare, Medicaid (which will really only help the private companies - see Medicare "Advantage"), and that Social Security is an illegal "ponzi" scheme? Keep the working-class poor, uneducated and dependent on whatever jobs and pay the upper class deems them worthy with limited possibility for advance means more money, power and control for the already rich.
Don't believe me? Research how badly the rich are doing in this economy vs. the middle class and poor. The rich are doing just fine.
Close. He said he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary:
I'm not an expert and I don't know if what's seen in the video is all pollution, but different chemical and particulate pollutants inhabit (for lack of a better word) different altitudes. The brown haze you see in LA probably mostly soot from vehicles, power plants, and other things burning somewhere or other chemicals that filter the sunlight. From the page on smog:
The really disappointing thing here is there's no sub-code for the kind of turtle. Why can't people think these things through?
Probably where MS got the idea for squirting with the zune.
Of course, I (and I suspect many others) only reboot if a patch/upgrade indicates that it's necessary.
Otherwise, my Linux (Desktop, MythTV) and Windows systems are on 24/7.
Perhaps Microsoft and general users think PC systems are toys not tools...
That's probably the most stupid thing I've ever read. That guy is an idiot. Perhaps it's appropriate for a tiny, tiny (tiny) smartphone screen or watching video, but otherwise, no. For sufficiently large sizes of "screen", full-screen is unnecessary for most applications and down-right annoying for some. Full-screen browsing or Office anyone? Ya, immerse me in that content.
Sure, but the magnetic field strength for TMS is about the same as for an MRI, held about 5 inches from the brain. Do you regularly stand 5 inches from an AM/FM broadcast antenna? There's no "maybe", these guys are crazy.
Can we feed in the transcripts from US political debates? Don't want to start a partisan argument, but I'm specifically thinking of the recent Republican debates... or anything from Sarah Palin :-)
Funny story. I wrote a paper (way) back in college for a creative writing class in which I included an original poem at the beginning. The teacher wrote "Source?" next to the poem. I chided her that I don't have to cite myself in my own paper. I still don't know if I should be flattered or insulted that she didn't think it my work. (sigh)
Although, some programmers do seem to rely heavily on prayer to get things right...
...everyone has to walk single-file in and around the building...to hide their numbers.
...I'm a doctor, not a copyright lawyer.
I wasn't aware that they got FOX News in China... :-)
Perhaps you're confusing cheap with efficient and/or profitable. The idea of replacing things simply because they're old is often short-sighted and the saying "don't 'fix' something if it's not broken" has a certain merit. That goes for replacing people too, though obviously not all people..
For a hardware example: I have a six-year-old (at least) PC running MythTV (w/two tuners); sure it's old, and I can easily afford to upgrade it, but it works perfectly and does everything I need it to do.
I usually start with something like, tell someone over the phone how to tie their shoe.
Um, LISP has almost no syntax idiosyncrasies - that's the point. I did AI and automatic-programming research in LISP on a Xerox 1108 (for NASA) - I also used Prolog - while an undergrad in college in the mid 1980s *and* was the grader for the under and graduate AI courses. The language is one of the most powerful there is. The simple syntax is one of the things that help make it so and actually helps the experience LISP coder - which it sounds like you're not.
Although Sprint bought Nextel and they use(d) different technologies. From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_Nextel
I think it would be great if Sprint bought T-Mobil (though I don't think they have the cash to do so), then they'd have access GSM as well.
You might enjoy reading The Windup Girl.
Hmm. Point taken, though I'm not sure I'd equate flying the space shuttle with surfing during a hurricane - unless, for some reason, that's his job. Simple thrill-seeking has it's place, but that doesn't mean it's a smart thing to do... Then again, it's always good to have ways to thin the herd - the Darwin Awards exist for a reason :-)
Even without knowing any details, I speculate that the surfer actually died because he was an idiot. On a similar thread, contrary to the NY Times, I don't count the guy in NY who died from falling off a ladder while trying to put plywood over a window (hours before the storm was even near) as a death from the storm.
Oops. Replied to wrong post. See my reply to derGoldstein's reply.
Try Alastair Reynolds' "Revelation Space" Trilogy - Revelation Space, Redemption Ark and Absolution Gap. I recently read The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi and have just started Infoquake (review) in the Jump 225 Trilogy by David Louis Edelman with "Multireal" and "Geosynchron" to read next. Not SciFi, but I also recommend anything by Matt Reilly - I started with "Ice Station" - or James Rollins - I started with "Subterranean".
I'm sure we can deduce this, but am not sure how subtraction will help.
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