Which words, pictures, animations, gestures or mimics can be used is determined by the context. That's why you cannot and should not try to fix impolite or otherwise rude behavior with technology. However, you should try to behave (depending on the context). And you should do so even if someone else in the same communication context does not.
For example: - A(very agitated) calls B a liar (however B is not) - B could either say something like: "fuck you"
or "this is rubbish and you know it"
The example might not be the best, but I guess you get the point. It would be preferable if people could use the second option more often.
Exactly my thoughts. When people do not behave online, than this is due to bad education. Their parents and others who educate them have failed to make clear that it is not ok to call someone bad names. This is not an acceptable behavior in private contexts and it is not ok in public contexts.
As the Internet comprises public, commercial, leisure and private contexts, the common increase in egotistic, selfish and rude commentary can also be found on the net. So when "Sugarmountain" wants more polite people, he should start to promote social behavior and more cooperation for example real social networking.
Who the hack told you that China is a communist country? A communist country is a country with an communistic economy which is a planned economy and not a market economy (at least by today's standard). As China has a market economy it cannot be a communistic country. It is however, a dictatorship with a ruling party calling themselves communists.
News for you. The US is not the most important market anymore and it definitely will not be in future. In addition all the components from your iPhones, Androids, netbooks etc come already from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan or China. So it make more sense to assemble the stuff there.
If you US citizens are sane then you have to raise taxes for the rich. You should look at the EU. We can provide health care for everyone hat half the cost of the US on a per person basis. Have a look at the OECD report on that subject when you don't trust me. While in Europe the game is "We do not leave anybody behind" the US model is "If everybody cares for himself, then it is cared for everybody". I personally find the first option better.
The US needs to set its priorities right. Which means you have to invest in people and not in Wall Street. And may be you should tear down Fox News and start a democracy with more than two big parties. Maybe it is time for you to look over that Atlantic Oceans and look how Europeans do. There is a lot to learn.
Because the US is not a save place and the US is still more expensive. All parts which are needed for the production are already produced in China so the assembly can take place in China too. And they are selling these devices to all people on the world and the US is just one small country with a money problem. The future markets are in Asia and BTW even Europe is performing better and has a smaller deficit then the US.
That would be great. Call them Belgian Fries. At least that would be the historical correct name.;-) But I guess Obama has other things to do than to "invade" French Guiana. He has to prepare for bankruptcy. As the political class of the US tries to win this years "Most egotistic politician award". While French and German conservatives have shown great achievements in that area (e.g. selling weapons to Qaddafi and now bombing him. Or the great "our nuclear plants are save" talk which switched over night to "our nuclear plants are dangerous"). But it looks like the US parties are planning to top it.
As a government when I have to decide to provide health care to everyone or fly to the moon. I would decide for the health care plan. But the space program is not that expensive, that its cancellation can contribute much to social benefits. If the US want to save money they have to cut back their military budget. For a good figure on how big the budget should be in comparison to the GDP have a look at France, UK or Germany.
Indeed. However, we could transform the Trans-Siberia-Express route into a high speed train route. Ok we would still need twice the time to get to China. The transatlantic travel will fall back to 1940/1950 speed. But we will have Internet and so communication will be as fast as ever;-)
We could always use hydrogen to fuel planes. The question is: Is it wise to use planes for short distance travel when we could use more energy efficient personal transportation devices? The electricity has to come from somewhere and we have to go a long distance to rebuild our energy system with renewable energy. Well maybe in the US where we have not a large high speed train net, planes are the only fast mass transportation facility, but in Europe we definitely could use trains as a replacement.
These findings are not new. The real point here is: When 10% of the population believe in your idea than the further distribution and adoption of the idea will go more or less automatically. However, it is hard to gain these 10%. Everyone who tried to do some grassroots work, politics or advertisement knows that already.
In software development things become more and more planned and predicted and tested over the last decades. Something which was more or less an art is becoming a set of established techniques. So software development becomes more and more and engineering task. On the other hand. Software developers and designers are always trying to use new stuff because the problems of today cannot be solved with the technology from 10 years ago.
I was on an software engineering workshop on modeling and domain specific languages. After my presentation I said that I think we are not engineers. As of the above situation. However, we use engineering methods/techniques to handle complexity and to get the information we need to model, write and deploy software.
Most scientists (e.g. physicists, chemists, mathematicians, geo-*) solve their problems with formulas. Then they code these formulas in a coding language which is most likely C, Fortran, Algol68 (not really) or Mathlab. While programmers often also only code, software engineers try to design software and have to incorporate different aspects. This is even true when writing software for the sciences. However, the same apply to all the other fields we write software for.
Beside the fact that people who break into systems are crackers and not hackers, this military jargon sucks. Today everything is filled with this vocabulary. War on terror. War on drugs. A worm is not a gun or a bomb it is more a digital lock pick. As the Internet is a (meta)medium it allows all scams and tricks which could be done only locally in the past. now they can be done around the globe.
We should learn that Information is not always true. Not only from governments, but also inside organizations. We should act accordingly. Meaning: Don't trust information which makes no sense. And when someone is standing in front of you and he or she claims something. Just don't dismiss him or her just on the basis, because the computer said so. Ok this is the old "Think before act" rule, but it seams necessary.
Why can anyone be charged for installing 3 meter high structures on a playground. Safety at a playground works normally as follows: a) One parent or another person in charge observes what the "own" child does. Is it doing unsafe stuff (for its age) then that person in charge has to act. b) If the kid is old enough to go to the playground by itself than it has to handle its own safety. Kids are capable of doing so. Parents who deny that, end up with children which cannot handle responsibilities.
What me personal concerns is the fact that the same illness is coming to Germany as well. The world gets redesigned to be save for the stupid and lazy. Instead of insisting on "think before act". Think of it in the US people got money for being too stupid to handle their coffee. Also I heard that they got money for putting a cat in an microwave. In a country not designed for the stupid, any judge would rule in both cases against the idiot.
And ah don't get me wrong this is not an US bashing statement. Even though in Germany spilling coffee is your problem, the design for the stupid principal also applies here.
Niko is a activist for the laicism movement in Austria. While Austria is mainly dominated by the Catholic church and there is a lot of hidden interaction between church and politics, Niko wants a laicistic Austria were there are no extras for any believe or at least the same extras for all.
There are many different kinds of birds. While dodos were extremely stupid, crows are even using tools to solve problems. So to what bird did they compare that lizard? A chicken, an eagle, a duck or an ostrich. We will never know.
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Which words, pictures, animations, gestures or mimics can be used is determined by the context. That's why you cannot and should not try to fix impolite or otherwise rude behavior with technology. However, you should try to behave (depending on the context). And you should do so even if someone else in the same communication context does not.
For example:
- A(very agitated) calls B a liar (however B is not)
- B could either say something like: "fuck you"
or "this is rubbish and you know it"
The example might not be the best, but I guess you get the point. It would be preferable if people could use the second option more often.
Exactly my thoughts. When people do not behave online, than this is due to bad education. Their parents and others who educate them have failed to make clear that it is not ok to call someone bad names. This is not an acceptable behavior in private contexts and it is not ok in public contexts.
As the Internet comprises public, commercial, leisure and private contexts, the common increase in egotistic, selfish and rude commentary can also be found on the net. So when "Sugarmountain" wants more polite people, he should start to promote social behavior and more cooperation for example real social networking.
Who the hack told you that China is a communist country? A communist country is a country with an communistic economy which is a planned economy and not a market economy (at least by today's standard). As China has a market economy it cannot be a communistic country. It is however, a dictatorship with a ruling party calling themselves communists.
News for you. The US is not the most important market anymore and it definitely will not be in future. In addition all the components from your iPhones, Androids, netbooks etc come already from South Korea, Japan, Taiwan or China. So it make more sense to assemble the stuff there.
I guess he is already working there ;-). That's what you get when you use prototypes in production environments.
If you US citizens are sane then you have to raise taxes for the rich. You should look at the EU. We can provide health care for everyone hat half the cost of the US on a per person basis. Have a look at the OECD report on that subject when you don't trust me. While in Europe the game is "We do not leave anybody behind" the US model is "If everybody cares for himself, then it is cared for everybody". I personally find the first option better.
The US needs to set its priorities right. Which means you have to invest in people and not in Wall Street. And may be you should tear down Fox News and start a democracy with more than two big parties. Maybe it is time for you to look over that Atlantic Oceans and look how Europeans do. There is a lot to learn.
Because the US is not a save place and the US is still more expensive. All parts which are needed for the production are already produced in China so the assembly can take place in China too. And they are selling these devices to all people on the world and the US is just one small country with a money problem. The future markets are in Asia and BTW even Europe is performing better and has a smaller deficit then the US.
To elude that evil detector of gender, we need a tool which obfuscates male or female posts in a way that it looks like the opposite sex. ha-ha :)
That would be great. Call them Belgian Fries. At least that would be the historical correct name. ;-) But I guess Obama has other things to do than to "invade" French Guiana. He has to prepare for bankruptcy. As the political class of the US tries to win this years "Most egotistic politician award". While French and German conservatives have shown great achievements in that area (e.g. selling weapons to Qaddafi and now bombing him. Or the great "our nuclear plants are save" talk which switched over night to "our nuclear plants are dangerous"). But it looks like the US parties are planning to top it.
As a government when I have to decide to provide health care to everyone or fly to the moon. I would decide for the health care plan. But the space program is not that expensive, that its cancellation can contribute much to social benefits. If the US want to save money they have to cut back their military budget. For a good figure on how big the budget should be in comparison to the GDP have a look at France, UK or Germany.
The US works hard on its next economic collapse. Maybe they are just preparing for a greater disaster. ;-)
Indeed. However, we could transform the Trans-Siberia-Express route into a high speed train route. Ok we would still need twice the time to get to China. The transatlantic travel will fall back to 1940/1950 speed. But we will have Internet and so communication will be as fast as ever ;-)
We could always use hydrogen to fuel planes. The question is: Is it wise to use planes for short distance travel when we could use more energy efficient personal transportation devices? The electricity has to come from somewhere and we have to go a long distance to rebuild our energy system with renewable energy. Well maybe in the US where we have not a large high speed train net, planes are the only fast mass transportation facility, but in Europe we definitely could use trains as a replacement.
These findings are not new. The real point here is: When 10% of the population believe in your idea than the further distribution and adoption of the idea will go more or less automatically. However, it is hard to gain these 10%. Everyone who tried to do some grassroots work, politics or advertisement knows that already.
In software development things become more and more planned and predicted and tested over the last decades. Something which was more or less an art is becoming a set of established techniques. So software development becomes more and more and engineering task. On the other hand. Software developers and designers are always trying to use new stuff because the problems of today cannot be solved with the technology from 10 years ago.
I was on an software engineering workshop on modeling and domain specific languages. After my presentation I said that I think we are not engineers. As of the above situation. However, we use engineering methods/techniques to handle complexity and to get the information we need to model, write and deploy software.
With scientists they do not mean engineers. They mean only mathematics, physics and its derivatives.
Most scientists (e.g. physicists, chemists, mathematicians, geo-*) solve their problems with formulas. Then they code these formulas in a coding language which is most likely C, Fortran, Algol68 (not really) or Mathlab. While programmers often also only code, software engineers try to design software and have to incorporate different aspects. This is even true when writing software for the sciences. However, the same apply to all the other fields we write software for.
Beside the fact that people who break into systems are crackers and not hackers, this military jargon sucks. Today everything is filled with this vocabulary. War on terror. War on drugs. A worm is not a gun or a bomb it is more a digital lock pick. As the Internet is a (meta)medium it allows all scams and tricks which could be done only locally in the past. now they can be done around the globe.
We should learn that Information is not always true. Not only from governments, but also inside organizations. We should act accordingly. Meaning: Don't trust information which makes no sense. And when someone is standing in front of you and he or she claims something. Just don't dismiss him or her just on the basis, because the computer said so. Ok this is the old "Think before act" rule, but it seams necessary.
Really is it that expensive? Never paid anything for that. But, I live in Europe.
You are so right.
Why can anyone be charged for installing 3 meter high structures on a playground. Safety at a playground works normally as follows:
a) One parent or another person in charge observes what the "own" child does. Is it doing unsafe stuff (for its age) then that person in charge has to act.
b) If the kid is old enough to go to the playground by itself than it has to handle its own safety. Kids are capable of doing so. Parents who deny that, end up with children which cannot handle responsibilities.
What me personal concerns is the fact that the same illness is coming to Germany as well. The world gets redesigned to be save for the stupid and lazy. Instead of insisting on "think before act". Think of it in the US people got money for being too stupid to handle their coffee. Also I heard that they got money for putting a cat in an microwave. In a country not designed for the stupid, any judge would rule in both cases against the idiot.
And ah don't get me wrong this is not an US bashing statement. Even though in Germany spilling coffee is your problem, the design for the stupid principal also applies here.
Niko is a activist for the laicism movement in Austria. While Austria is mainly dominated by the Catholic church and there is a lot of hidden interaction between church and politics, Niko wants a laicistic Austria were there are no extras for any believe or at least the same extras for all.
It does not correlate at all. The important factor is surface size. Meaning many ripples == brilliant, no ripples = dumb.
There are many different kinds of birds. While dodos were extremely stupid, crows are even using tools to solve problems. So to what bird did they compare that lizard? A chicken, an eagle, a duck or an ostrich. We will never know.
After 5 years they will rename it: Windows Poo. ;-)