I don't think the goal here is to hold 'honest' elections. The goal here is to keep the disenfranchised, uh, disenfranchised!
I don't think either party cares too terribly much if the other candidate or their cousin slip in a few extra votes in precinct 'x'. Those are known players and that's the way the game goes.
But with electronic systems we introduce the possibility that a player unknown to either side can influence the outcome not through a hundred nepotistic henchmen, but by simply sitting at their keyboard in China or, god forbid, Cincinatti! That is what gives them nightmares.
In the old days, AT&T (and, I suspect, other utility companies) had a separate credit class code they used for local bigwigs and politicians.
That code was used to keep those people from getting the "Pay up or we'll cut off your service" calls... no matter whether they paid their bills or not. I seriously doubt any of that was reported to any credit service either, so there isn't going to be any impact to their credit rating.
Others have already pointed out the implications of the delay. So it's not 'telepresence'. In fact, I would suggest that the monkey received no feedback other than seeing a video of the robot.
Sounds more like a replication application where one worker assembles parts at one workstation and 500 robots wired to the worker assemble identical items at their identically furnished stations... a different kind of application.
Yes, you have to be worried about losing your documents.... However, if someone provides you with excellent up time and reliability, why can't you trust them?
Because it's a central point of failure for theft. Successful SAAS would be a very tempting target. Successful SAAS would also, no doubt, lead to more wonderful stories involving interns and station wagons full of plain text tapes.
Maybe what we really want is unsuccessful SAAS? Bingo! Profit!
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Correction. Are you sure you didn't mean "when on OR OFF duty."?
To some people being a cop means never getting another traffic ticket - ever. (Of course, to *some* people being a cop means having better underworld connections than the general public.)
... and that goes for their little dogs too! Cops can get 'Mom of cop' badges, 'Wife of cop' badges, 'Brother of cop' badges. All kinds of things to extend courtesies and privileges to the rest of their family too.
Some might say this kind of thing is a natural consequence of how we pay and value folks who do that kind of work. Perhaps the equivalent of taking pens and paperclips home from the office. A perk. Or perhaps a consequence of the kinds of people this kind of job attracts.
It's just not all that surprising.
Sorry. My Bad. I got homework problem #3 wrong... storing it in the the bacteria caused it to mutate and grow to giant proportions. Then it ate France!
I disagree. I have seen Kurt Godel's work paraphrased as 'there are statements in math that we cannot prove or disprove'. That would appear to be a 3rd, indeterminate, case.
Lizards and "regenerating" reptiles generally don't generate scar tissue. Instead, in response to an injury their body slowly regrows the damaged part.
Just chiming in as a former zoo docent to note (1) that skin injuries (burns and cuts) to lizards and snakes *can* often leave scars, and (2) that the regrown reptile part, (generally a lizard tail), does not usually regen as an exact duplicate of the original.
It's actually pretty easy to spot a lizard with a regrown tail. The texture, color, and size are generally different from the original.
Any word from TFA on whether the amazing mice had similar issues?
"She offered her honor, he honored her offer and all night long it was honor and offer."
More efficient monkeys!
I took the grandkids to the zoo recently and the dang monkeys were only operating at 68% effectiveness. Stupid zoo. A little money spent on ex717 and those monkeys could easily have been an extra 15-20% more effective!
Hmmmm, I imagine they'll need a bigger dose for the hippo though.
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I don't think the goal here is to hold 'honest' elections. The goal here is to keep the disenfranchised, uh, disenfranchised!
I don't think either party cares too terribly much if the other candidate or their cousin slip in a few extra votes in precinct 'x'. Those are known players and that's the way the game goes.
But with electronic systems we introduce the possibility that a player unknown to either side can influence the outcome not through a hundred nepotistic henchmen, but by simply sitting at their keyboard in China or, god forbid, Cincinatti! That is what gives them nightmares.
Not really.
... no matter whether they paid their bills or not. I seriously doubt any of that was reported to any credit service either, so there isn't going to be any impact to their credit rating.
In the old days, AT&T (and, I suspect, other utility companies) had a separate credit class code they used for local bigwigs and politicians.
That code was used to keep those people from getting the "Pay up or we'll cut off your service" calls
Others have already pointed out the implications of the delay. So it's not 'telepresence'. In fact, I would suggest that the monkey received no feedback other than seeing a video of the robot.
... a different kind of application.
Sounds more like a replication application where one worker assembles parts at one workstation and 500 robots wired to the worker assemble identical items at their identically furnished stations
A 'marching army of monkeys' application!
A truly awesome application!
I especially like the option where, if the forensic folks play the block backwards, it chants "Paul is dead"!
Because it's a central point of failure for theft. Successful SAAS would be a very tempting target. Successful SAAS would also, no doubt, lead to more wonderful stories involving interns and station wagons full of plain text tapes.
Maybe what we really want is unsuccessful SAAS? Bingo! Profit!
sig withheld on advice from counsel and melody from Cowsills
Hell, just merging in the phone books for major metropolitan areas ... Nope. Can't think of anything like that ever happening.
Awesome, dawg!
Heck, just tieing their shoes together would have been great.
But to sneak up and tie their briefs together?
Whoa! You Rock!
Correction. Are you sure you didn't mean "when on OR OFF duty."?
... and that goes for their little dogs too! Cops can get 'Mom of cop' badges, 'Wife of cop' badges, 'Brother of cop' badges. All kinds of things to extend courtesies and privileges to the rest of their family too.
To some people being a cop means never getting another traffic ticket - ever. (Of course, to *some* people being a cop means having better underworld connections than the general public.)
Some might say this kind of thing is a natural consequence of how we pay and value folks who do that kind of work. Perhaps the equivalent of taking pens and paperclips home from the office. A perk. Or perhaps a consequence of the kinds of people this kind of job attracts. It's just not all that surprising.
Sorry. My Bad. I got homework problem #3 wrong ... storing it in the the bacteria caused it to mutate and grow to giant proportions. Then it ate France!
Maybe I can do some extra credit work?
I disagree. I have seen Kurt Godel's work paraphrased as 'there are statements in math that we cannot prove or disprove'. That would appear to be a 3rd, indeterminate, case.
you'd have to figure out how to attatch electrodes behind the lobes of someone's ears at range -- and i challenge anyone to figure out how to do THAT
;-P
Too easy dude!
Attach them to the ear pieces on a special edition "Neener-neener" iPod. The enemy will pay *you* to control them!
Or better yet, pay me, after all - it was my idea.
Just chiming in as a former zoo docent to note (1) that skin injuries (burns and cuts) to lizards and snakes *can* often leave scars, and (2) that the regrown reptile part, (generally a lizard tail), does not usually regen as an exact duplicate of the original.
It's actually pretty easy to spot a lizard with a regrown tail. The texture, color, and size are generally different from the original.
Any word from TFA on whether the amazing mice had similar issues?
"She offered her honor, he honored her offer and all night long it was honor and offer."
More efficient monkeys! I took the grandkids to the zoo recently and the dang monkeys were only operating at 68% effectiveness. Stupid zoo. A little money spent on ex717 and those monkeys could easily have been an extra 15-20% more effective! Hmmmm, I imagine they'll need a bigger dose for the hippo though.
Sorry man, couldn't do my homework ... f-ing dog ate my joystick!