And where do you think the candidates go to make speeches today? The major cities.
Primarily, the major cities in swing states. I live in a deep red state, so Presidential candidates almost never visit... they never hear from us, they don't understand our concerns and all we see about them is from TV. That would have to change with moving to the popular vote.
By your argument, anybody not voting for the winner is "effectively silenced." Not only those who voted against, but those who didn't vote. That doesn't change no matter how the President is chosen.
Election systems that allow you to choose more than one candidate would ensure that the majority, and often the vast majority, of people are represented to some degree.
You and everybody else thinking the President is supposed to represent you has missed the point entirely.
The point is, the President is not supposed to echo the opinion of the majority, he is supposed to make the best decisions.
Decisions which... represent... the will of the people.
Every state (except Maine and Nebraska) wants to give the majority of its population the largest voice possible. That's great. This is why the plurality popular vote in a state gets all the electoral college votes.
But wait... what about the voice of the people who are not part of each state's plurality? They are effectively silenced. No good. And these silenced votes represent different proportions in different states; they range from low in deep-red/deep-blue states to high (perhaps even a majority) in swing states.
Another problem with the EC is that swing states effectively decide each election. The candidates don't visit the vast majority of the states because they have practically guaranteed outcomes. The candidates don't get the opportunity to listen to those citizens. Promises are made to the citizens of swing states, but rarely in deep red/blue states.
I understand your disgust, but keep in mind that an intelligent person who leaves is contributing as much to the demise of Slashdot as each troll who is added. Either way, the number of good voices compared to the trolls decreases by one.
I hope you reconsider, because this is one of the more interesting articles I've read here in a long time. I just wish I was at a level where I could really grasp its meaning. (As it stands, my depth of physics stops somewhere in the area of general relativity; quantum physics is a bit confusing while string theory is like speaking a different language.)
Many felt that Obama would help mend racial division across the country. Important questions include: - Are we less racially divided than we were in 2009? - Despite that answer, have the actions by Obama helped the cause, hurt it, or shown indifference?
I'm half with you. I like where they are going with Windows 10's UI (I don't care that it still feels half baked) but want to have the final say on things like updates.
I don't even care if disabling updates takes a bit of hackery... regedit, powershell, cmd.exe, etc. Preventing botnets by raising the bar is a good thing. But if I take deliberate steps to switch it from its default state of being a home PC OS to a professional configuration that I fully control, I shouldn't have my efforts reverted by the OS.
it seems they have no serious interest with creating or updating decent pro hardware
It's because the "pro" they are targeting is not who we think when we hear that word. Apple caters its professional products to entertainment and arts professionals, and its consumer products to folks who like to be entertained.
No wonder the iPad "Pro" is just an iPad with a larger display and a stylus. Apple cares little for industry professionals who don't produce the kind of content that flows back into the Apple ecosystem.
This API never needed to provide battery level as a double value. An enumeration such as { Full | Sufficient | Low | Critical } would have solved the privacy issue while providing useful information.
Nope, the problem is that substandard U-Verse data is literally the only offering by anyone. I live too far from the node for better speed, and Charter only offers service to the other part of my neighborhood.
The word "sovereignty" is like "freedom". People throw around those words as if they can do anything they want. Reality says you still have to work with your peers, it's just up to you to judge the best way to do it (and to accept the consequences when things start to suck).
Let's also not forget the in-between possibility of sending robots to Mars and humans to Phobos, where they could control the robots in almost real time.
Choice is an interesting thing. We like to think that our choices are free because we control them, but important decisions such as career goals aren't really about all the possibilities. They typically boil down to risk/reward.
It is based on what we see as "risk". I fooled around with computers for years before college, and I excelled in math and science. There was low risk in going into CS, and high reward given its demand. But someone without those childhood experiences might have considered the risk too high. Their chosen path may have less reward but much less risk.
Exposure undeniably makes a impact on how we view our choices. When someone's exposure only includes fields with low reward, we can't expect them to deny the risk associated with career goals that are unfamiliar.
3. what if any qualifications does a banking institution have that define it as a cogent source for software? Apple has been developing quality hardware and software for a generation now.
Banks have been developing banking software for a long time. Apple has not. That's not to say their software development skills couldn't be transferred successfully, but for the moment I'd place higher trust in banks who understand quite well what the financial implications of poor security are.
FWIW I think a handful of systems is better than 4000, and is also better than 1 or 2. I like for instance that the US has a few credit card processors; enough to gain the benefits of competition but not so many that it is impossible to support the vast majority of users.
And you are better off for it. Sure I'd love to slash the military budget to 1/10th its current size and bring all our armed forces home for pure defense purposes, but Europe has done a piss poor job of showing that it is willing to fund the military presence needed to ensure stability. So we do that. You're welcome, and STFU.
Ecosystem doesn't really seem to be that big of a deal anymore. With a few exceptions (admittedly some of them are deal-breakers), you can find the same apps on Android and iOS and you can do the same kind of stuff on both platforms.
I prefer Android so I can tweak it just right, but ease of sharing photos with my family (who all use iOS) is enough of a boon for me to use iPhone. If I switch I'll probably encourage everyone to use a cross-platform photo sharing service, but you know how that goes... I'll be on the hook for fixing everything then.
This is also evolution. But instead of using trial-and-error starting with a few chemicals which happened to be at the right place at the right time, it is intelligence-driven evolution starting with the knowledge gained through all that original evolution.
And the gazelle never drove a car. Driving is only a few generations old. That comparison is a huge stretch.
Even if they are proven..... really shitty behavior, some of it even criminal, was exposed that we as voters certainly have a right to know about. How dare they expose deep-rooted corruption!
But how do you even know that supposedly-criminal behavior actually happened?
Oh, maybe because our government is launching a cyber war against Russia. This action is pretty much admitting all of it is true.
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A global setting could also help mom/dad keep kids from going over the data cap.
And where do you think the candidates go to make speeches today? The major cities.
Primarily, the major cities in swing states. I live in a deep red state, so Presidential candidates almost never visit... they never hear from us, they don't understand our concerns and all we see about them is from TV. That would have to change with moving to the popular vote.
By your argument, anybody not voting for the winner is "effectively silenced." Not only those who voted against, but those who didn't vote. That doesn't change no matter how the President is chosen.
Election systems that allow you to choose more than one candidate would ensure that the majority, and often the vast majority, of people are represented to some degree.
You and everybody else thinking the President is supposed to represent you has missed the point entirely.
The point is, the President is not supposed to echo the opinion of the majority, he is supposed to make the best decisions.
Decisions which... represent... the will of the people.
Otherwise, what's the point of elections?
Every state (except Maine and Nebraska) wants to give the majority of its population the largest voice possible. That's great. This is why the plurality popular vote in a state gets all the electoral college votes.
But wait... what about the voice of the people who are not part of each state's plurality? They are effectively silenced. No good. And these silenced votes represent different proportions in different states; they range from low in deep-red/deep-blue states to high (perhaps even a majority) in swing states.
Another problem with the EC is that swing states effectively decide each election. The candidates don't visit the vast majority of the states because they have practically guaranteed outcomes. The candidates don't get the opportunity to listen to those citizens. Promises are made to the citizens of swing states, but rarely in deep red/blue states.
I understand your disgust, but keep in mind that an intelligent person who leaves is contributing as much to the demise of Slashdot as each troll who is added. Either way, the number of good voices compared to the trolls decreases by one.
I hope you reconsider, because this is one of the more interesting articles I've read here in a long time. I just wish I was at a level where I could really grasp its meaning. (As it stands, my depth of physics stops somewhere in the area of general relativity; quantum physics is a bit confusing while string theory is like speaking a different language.)
Many felt that Obama would help mend racial division across the country. Important questions include:
- Are we less racially divided than we were in 2009?
- Despite that answer, have the actions by Obama helped the cause, hurt it, or shown indifference?
There could be ways to mitigate that, such as allowing a supermajority vote or an executive order to override the 72-hour waiting period.
Western governments are over-stepping bounds, but I'm fairly certain you weren't shot for typing your response. Nor will you be prosecuted.
The government prosecuting speech of an individual is precisely the point of this whole post.
I'm half with you. I like where they are going with Windows 10's UI (I don't care that it still feels half baked) but want to have the final say on things like updates.
I don't even care if disabling updates takes a bit of hackery... regedit, powershell, cmd.exe, etc. Preventing botnets by raising the bar is a good thing. But if I take deliberate steps to switch it from its default state of being a home PC OS to a professional configuration that I fully control, I shouldn't have my efforts reverted by the OS.
it seems they have no serious interest with creating or updating decent pro hardware
It's because the "pro" they are targeting is not who we think when we hear that word. Apple caters its professional products to entertainment and arts professionals, and its consumer products to folks who like to be entertained.
No wonder the iPad "Pro" is just an iPad with a larger display and a stylus. Apple cares little for industry professionals who don't produce the kind of content that flows back into the Apple ecosystem.
Then Android sure as hell can't claim to have the highest marketshare in the industry. It wouldn't even compete with Windows.
Which is it?
This API never needed to provide battery level as a double value. An enumeration such as { Full | Sufficient | Low | Critical } would have solved the privacy issue while providing useful information.
Nope, the problem is that substandard U-Verse data is literally the only offering by anyone. I live too far from the node for better speed, and Charter only offers service to the other part of my neighborhood.
Hell, what about the cap on my U-Verse data service? It's the only hard line available, in city limits, yet it's too slow to even support U-Verse TV.
You sound exactly like the guys who said nobody would buy a phone that had a software keyboard.
Don't worry, I'll get off your lawn.
Remove a horse's brain, and neither the brain nor the rest of the horse will win many races.
The word "sovereignty" is like "freedom". People throw around those words as if they can do anything they want. Reality says you still have to work with your peers, it's just up to you to judge the best way to do it (and to accept the consequences when things start to suck).
Let's also not forget the in-between possibility of sending robots to Mars and humans to Phobos, where they could control the robots in almost real time.
Choice is an interesting thing. We like to think that our choices are free because we control them, but important decisions such as career goals aren't really about all the possibilities. They typically boil down to risk/reward.
It is based on what we see as "risk". I fooled around with computers for years before college, and I excelled in math and science. There was low risk in going into CS, and high reward given its demand. But someone without those childhood experiences might have considered the risk too high. Their chosen path may have less reward but much less risk.
Exposure undeniably makes a impact on how we view our choices. When someone's exposure only includes fields with low reward, we can't expect them to deny the risk associated with career goals that are unfamiliar.
I can't answer the first two, but
3. what if any qualifications does a banking institution have that define it as a cogent source for software? Apple has been developing quality hardware and software for a generation now.
Banks have been developing banking software for a long time. Apple has not. That's not to say their software development skills couldn't be transferred successfully, but for the moment I'd place higher trust in banks who understand quite well what the financial implications of poor security are.
FWIW I think a handful of systems is better than 4000, and is also better than 1 or 2. I like for instance that the US has a few credit card processors; enough to gain the benefits of competition but not so many that it is impossible to support the vast majority of users.
Competition is good. But the competing products and services aren't always good.
And you are better off for it. Sure I'd love to slash the military budget to 1/10th its current size and bring all our armed forces home for pure defense purposes, but Europe has done a piss poor job of showing that it is willing to fund the military presence needed to ensure stability. So we do that. You're welcome, and STFU.
Ecosystem doesn't really seem to be that big of a deal anymore. With a few exceptions (admittedly some of them are deal-breakers), you can find the same apps on Android and iOS and you can do the same kind of stuff on both platforms.
I prefer Android so I can tweak it just right, but ease of sharing photos with my family (who all use iOS) is enough of a boon for me to use iPhone. If I switch I'll probably encourage everyone to use a cross-platform photo sharing service, but you know how that goes... I'll be on the hook for fixing everything then.
This is also evolution. But instead of using trial-and-error starting with a few chemicals which happened to be at the right place at the right time, it is intelligence-driven evolution starting with the knowledge gained through all that original evolution.
And the gazelle never drove a car. Driving is only a few generations old. That comparison is a huge stretch.
Even if they are proven..... really shitty behavior, some of it even criminal, was exposed that we as voters certainly have a right to know about. How dare they expose deep-rooted corruption!
But how do you even know that supposedly-criminal behavior actually happened?
Oh, maybe because our government is launching a cyber war against Russia. This action is pretty much admitting all of it is true.