What specifically would you do different if you were O?
For one, I would not have pushed such a thing so hard through so much opposition just to get my name on something that would become historic.
Oh, you didn't realize that was what Obama was doing? I am not convinced that he cares much about healthcare at all. He wanted the name Obama to be remembered forever.
And--let's be clear on something--the President's job is not to create legislation. So he was clearly acting outside of his role.
Nevertheless, Obama could have reached out to the Republican side first as well as state and local governments, in order to 1) build relationships across the aisle and 2) to build grassroots support. Maybe during all of that, he would have seen some of the problems with his proposal (which there are still many) and could have fixed those before it became an ordeal.
Another thing, Apple Pay provides a different card number to merchants than your regular card. That way if something looks fishy, you can disable that card number on Apple Pay and re-enroll with a new number, rather than having to deal with canceling your main card.
That said, I wish they took it one step further and provided a one-time-use CC number for every transaction. This way anyone who manages to steal that information would not be able to use it again.
In the states, we current use magnetic stripe for physical transactions. The "security" offered is in signature. I hate it, it's dumb, it's getting fixed supposedly, but it is what it is for now.
For us, Apple Pay means not having to extract a card, and with Touch ID it offers a somewhat real level of physical security as well.
Fine, they all generate revenue AND they are a means of punishment.
Perhaps the ideal, then, is to keep the punishment and change how revenue generation works.
Some law enforcement agencies do not see a dime of that money directly, but it gets pooled at the state level into general funding (along with tax revenue). Law enforcement, along with all other government activities, is then funded from that general fund. This indirect funding reduces the correlation of enforcement zones (aka speed traps) to revenue.
Another possibility is to have that money go into a designated account for traffic education programs.
Let's also not forget, good competition is a good thing. That's true even if part of that competition is a company you dislike, because it forces innovation and cost reduction across the market.
Yep. Polarizing party politics causes large numbers of citizens to align with parties even when it means shedding their own morals and desires.
Just to keep this in perspective, this is largely how the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (Nazi party) gained power. Of course, that's not to say it has anything to do with what was done with that power. But that's the beauty of power... all it takes is allowing a true lunatic to gain that power and we might be in for another world war.
Or, it's to show exactly what happened, when and where, so that the appropriate response can be provided instead of searching hundreds of thousands of square miles that may or may not be anywhere close to where the plane actually crashed.
You are forgetting one detail, that people really do think the way "Archangel Michael" originally pointed out. And some like yourself love to defend against that insinuation, probably because you actually believe what he wrote.
Actually, I'm trolling. I don't think it's racist at all. People need to realize that not everything a person does related to another person is racist just because they are different races.
BTW... trying to win an argument using "moron" and "idiot" and other ad hominem attacks just shows how smart you really are.
So it's not racist to build a study with blatant selection bias into it, in order to provide a sense of evidence that white people have character flaw?
If this study were instead done on black people (or any other minority race) and white VR victims, with these results, wouldn't everyone be calling the study racist?
Shhh! People in these parts still think that devices can't have a CPU if they don't also have a PS/2 keyboard and mouse, a 17" CRT display, and a power brick the size of a 1611 King James Version.
Well, everyone ought to know by now that that argument isn't going to fly if you put a copy of The Avengers on your personal home page. It's not obvious why that defense should work any better if you've violated someone's copyright by using their characters without permission, instead of just copying their movie.
It should be obvious that there is a difference. Putting The Avengers on your site for people to freely download is the same as distributing copies of a work without permission, which can result in a significant loss of income to the copyright holder. Copying the names of characters and their spirit (well, here even that is a bit of a stretch) does not result in loss of potential income. If damages are considered, the latter can be shown to have significantly less, or no, actual damages.
No, they are not. As someone who likes the flat, Metro design, many of these icons look different from anything else in the system and seem very out of place.
This advice is probably good, assuming folks aren't stupid.
Please people... this doesn't mean finding someone that has the measles, flu, pneumonia, Ebola, polio, whatever, and getting that person to cough on your kids or swap saliva or blood or anything liquid that comes from that person. That is very dangerous and can cause serious health consequences.
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What specifically would you do different if you were O?
For one, I would not have pushed such a thing so hard through so much opposition just to get my name on something that would become historic.
Oh, you didn't realize that was what Obama was doing? I am not convinced that he cares much about healthcare at all. He wanted the name Obama to be remembered forever.
And--let's be clear on something--the President's job is not to create legislation. So he was clearly acting outside of his role.
Nevertheless, Obama could have reached out to the Republican side first as well as state and local governments, in order to 1) build relationships across the aisle and 2) to build grassroots support. Maybe during all of that, he would have seen some of the problems with his proposal (which there are still many) and could have fixed those before it became an ordeal.
Another thing, Apple Pay provides a different card number to merchants than your regular card. That way if something looks fishy, you can disable that card number on Apple Pay and re-enroll with a new number, rather than having to deal with canceling your main card.
That said, I wish they took it one step further and provided a one-time-use CC number for every transaction. This way anyone who manages to steal that information would not be able to use it again.
In the states, we current use magnetic stripe for physical transactions. The "security" offered is in signature. I hate it, it's dumb, it's getting fixed supposedly, but it is what it is for now.
For us, Apple Pay means not having to extract a card, and with Touch ID it offers a somewhat real level of physical security as well.
Bullshit. All fines generate revenue
Fine, they all generate revenue AND they are a means of punishment.
Perhaps the ideal, then, is to keep the punishment and change how revenue generation works.
Some law enforcement agencies do not see a dime of that money directly, but it gets pooled at the state level into general funding (along with tax revenue). Law enforcement, along with all other government activities, is then funded from that general fund. This indirect funding reduces the correlation of enforcement zones (aka speed traps) to revenue.
Another possibility is to have that money go into a designated account for traffic education programs.
Let's also not forget, good competition is a good thing. That's true even if part of that competition is a company you dislike, because it forces innovation and cost reduction across the market.
Yep. Polarizing party politics causes large numbers of citizens to align with parties even when it means shedding their own morals and desires.
Just to keep this in perspective, this is largely how the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (Nazi party) gained power. Of course, that's not to say it has anything to do with what was done with that power. But that's the beauty of power... all it takes is allowing a true lunatic to gain that power and we might be in for another world war.
Justice? Even if his claim is legit, his involvement has been nonexistent and he has done nothing to build the company.
It's quite difficult to describe as "just" anything resulting in a person gaining billions of dollars for such a small effort.
I believe I speak for all of Slashdot ...
Or not.
Glad you figured that out.
Windows are a horrible magnet because they're glass.
FTFY
Or, it's to show exactly what happened, when and where, so that the appropriate response can be provided instead of searching hundreds of thousands of square miles that may or may not be anywhere close to where the plane actually crashed.
You are forgetting one detail, that people really do think the way "Archangel Michael" originally pointed out. And some like yourself love to defend against that insinuation, probably because you actually believe what he wrote.
Actually, I'm trolling. I don't think it's racist at all. People need to realize that not everything a person does related to another person is racist just because they are different races.
BTW... trying to win an argument using "moron" and "idiot" and other ad hominem attacks just shows how smart you really are.
So it's not racist to build a study with blatant selection bias into it, in order to provide a sense of evidence that white people have character flaw?
If this study were instead done on black people (or any other minority race) and white VR victims, with these results, wouldn't everyone be calling the study racist?
Shhh! People in these parts still think that devices can't have a CPU if they don't also have a PS/2 keyboard and mouse, a 17" CRT display, and a power brick the size of a 1611 King James Version.
FTFAbstract:
While experiencing the emergency, white participants (N = 96) receive a request for help from a black or white virtual human.
The study was, itself, racist. It only studied white participants.
Well, everyone ought to know by now that that argument isn't going to fly if you put a copy of The Avengers on your personal home page. It's not obvious why that defense should work any better if you've violated someone's copyright by using their characters without permission, instead of just copying their movie.
It should be obvious that there is a difference. Putting The Avengers on your site for people to freely download is the same as distributing copies of a work without permission, which can result in a significant loss of income to the copyright holder. Copying the names of characters and their spirit (well, here even that is a bit of a stretch) does not result in loss of potential income. If damages are considered, the latter can be shown to have significantly less, or no, actual damages.
Great response. I never thought of it that way, but it makes much more sense the way you put it.
Light is simply different.
My wrong what?
No, you're wrong.
You mean like Internet Explorer used to be?
They're more in line with current gui design.
No, they are not. As someone who likes the flat, Metro design, many of these icons look different from anything else in the system and seem very out of place.
This advice is probably good, assuming folks aren't stupid.
Please people... this doesn't mean finding someone that has the measles, flu, pneumonia, Ebola, polio, whatever, and getting that person to cough on your kids or swap saliva or blood or anything liquid that comes from that person. That is very dangerous and can cause serious health consequences.
No duh, right? If only...
Good point. Perhaps it was the porn industry that wanted Google to do this.
Not profit = Raising your property price above its worth
Here you go.