They might work better if you rub your hands together, but that still doesn't mean they're a good design. Some are just far too weak, cold, want you to have your hands in a very specific place, etc.
I've been to a few places now that have airblade dryers that work pretty well though. No hand rubbing necessary.
He asked what the Christian teachings on the matter are, and I showed him.
There is no such thing as "god's work" (in my opinion, blah blah, can't be assed having this discussion again, but you should accept that some people care more about helping out everyone less fortunate, rather than helping out one or two people here and there so that they can feel nice, and get some points in with their deity of choice). The best way to fund public services and provide a basic quality of life for society is through taxes. Take more from those who have plenty, give a good basic quality of sanitation, healthcare, etc to everyone.
I'm sure they've probably thought of that, and maybe even tested it out. I think it would just make everything really annoying though. Even worse than "Hey cousing, do you want to go bowling?".
If you like that kind of stuff, try the Driver series. They were a lot more stealth based and difficult than GTA. Driver San Francisco didn't really hold my attention like the earlier games though.
Any computer from the last 10 years would run a web browser well enough. We actually pay people to get rid of our old IT equipment. You really can get an old computer if you want one. Even if you don't want one, you're bound to have a friend, or even a friend of a friend, who has a computer, and probably would be willing to help out for you signing up to Obamacare if you asked nicely.
In some countries, internet access is already a basic human right.
Efficient in terms of getting money out evenly on a mass scale. Relying on random acts of kindness to support the poor and/or unemployed is a crappy strategy. Taxes make much more sense.
How are questions a straw-man attack? Turns out that it is illegal to lie to the Police, just it is covered by more laws than "thou shalt not lie to the Police".
So it's legal for a bunch of people to tell the Police that they saw someone commit a crime? There won't be any repercussions if it's found out that it was all just a lie?
Not sure why Samzenpus assumes that you shouldn't be a witness if you saw a crime take place. The whole point of the video is not to say anything if you're a suspect in a crime. Though I guess even admitting you were at the scene of a crime will have caused people problems in the past.
That's what I was thinking. It would also require sleep, probably have an angsty/emo phase, lie, and probably even get suicidal if it is given a really mundane job and knows it is just a machine that will do that job ad-infinitum, etc.. I don't think they are intending to fully mimic human intelligence.. or at least, I hope not. Maybe they could just reset it at the end of each day, so that it doesn't realise it is doing the same job over and over each day..
Helping out the poor equally via taxes and government sanctioned aid seems to me to be a very efficient way to do things. Modern society simply wouldn't work without such things. Future society is going to depend even more on government benefits and sharing, since more and more jobs will become automated. We already have automated many shitty jobs out of existence, and we have the technology to automate a lot more of them. That's great from some points of view, and not so great from others.
Uhm.. you really think there is no robbery, rape, home intrusion, etc, in the US? I'd say the guns give the criminals the upper hand in this case. Any criminal who can afford it (or steal it) will have a gun in the US. Not all citizens will.
Here in the UK, some folks have guns, but realistically the worst you'd need to worry about in most places is knives. Which are still very effective at murder, but most people probably wouldn't throw them at least, so you have a better chance of running away.
I wouldn't say I "don't care", but it's literally impossible for them to read all IM. They'd have to rely on scanning for keywords and doing brief check-ups on whether the keywords are actually being used in a terrorist context. It's not like they're forcing unencrypted communications. If my government tried to do something like that, I'd protest. But I don't have a problem with people scanning unencrypted internet traffic any more than I have a problem with people scanning CB radio.
Well, it's not my government, so I don't think I'm part of this particular problem.
If it were my government, I'd have been out there protesting when the PATRIOT act was being mooted. I usually don't care about politics, but that was a really obvious violation of people's rights.
I don't think they should be allowed to do this surveillance at all, but at the same time, I'm not going to encrypt anything that doesn't actually need encrypted.
I'm aware of that, but generally the worst that happens if they don't like you is that they'll stop you from legally entering the US. You have to be being a douchebag on a pretty epic scale before they start being able to justify rendition.
Whatever, I could use a holiday. If chatting about buying a kitten or playing guitar hero can get me a free holiday, then by all means I will continue what I'm doing.
Yes, I could get hassled if I try to fly into America. But I already knew that before the NSA shitstorm. Everyone knows that. This new wiretapping bullshit doesn't really change anything for me. In fact, considering this was made "legal" with the PATRIOT act, it isn't even a surprise. I'm not sure why anyone is surprised. I thought the whole point in the PATRIOT act was so that the government could abuse their power needlessly.
I don't see the point in encrypting all my IM either. If the government wants to watch me joke around with my friends, let them. I encrypt passwords and banking info, but who cares about the rest?
If your friends felt they really had something they needed to tell you about in private, then they could talk to you via an encrypted connection from a Live CD, or tell you in person. For the rest, nobody cares.
I had no idea some people thought "insightful" (having uncommonly clear perception of what's going on) was the same as "inciteful" (the opposite of peaceful).
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They might work better if you rub your hands together, but that still doesn't mean they're a good design. Some are just far too weak, cold, want you to have your hands in a very specific place, etc.
I've been to a few places now that have airblade dryers that work pretty well though. No hand rubbing necessary.
It doesn't pay, but being in some prisons is better than working minimum wage, and definitely better than being homeless.
He asked what the Christian teachings on the matter are, and I showed him.
There is no such thing as "god's work" (in my opinion, blah blah, can't be assed having this discussion again, but you should accept that some people care more about helping out everyone less fortunate, rather than helping out one or two people here and there so that they can feel nice, and get some points in with their deity of choice). The best way to fund public services and provide a basic quality of life for society is through taxes. Take more from those who have plenty, give a good basic quality of sanitation, healthcare, etc to everyone.
Torture scenes are ugly, so they're rarely included in most media. Videogames too, there's killing galore, but not much torture
There's a mission in GTA V where you have to torture someone with pliers, a wrench, electrodes and waterboarding. It's not pretty.
I'm sure they've probably thought of that, and maybe even tested it out. I think it would just make everything really annoying though. Even worse than "Hey cousing, do you want to go bowling?".
If you like that kind of stuff, try the Driver series. They were a lot more stealth based and difficult than GTA. Driver San Francisco didn't really hold my attention like the earlier games though.
Not forever. You can revive him for a $5 micropayment.
Any computer from the last 10 years would run a web browser well enough. We actually pay people to get rid of our old IT equipment. You really can get an old computer if you want one. Even if you don't want one, you're bound to have a friend, or even a friend of a friend, who has a computer, and probably would be willing to help out for you signing up to Obamacare if you asked nicely.
In some countries, internet access is already a basic human right.
Efficient in terms of getting money out evenly on a mass scale. Relying on random acts of kindness to support the poor and/or unemployed is a crappy strategy. Taxes make much more sense.
How are questions a straw-man attack? Turns out that it is illegal to lie to the Police, just it is covered by more laws than "thou shalt not lie to the Police".
So it's legal for a bunch of people to tell the Police that they saw someone commit a crime? There won't be any repercussions if it's found out that it was all just a lie?
Not sure why Samzenpus assumes that you shouldn't be a witness if you saw a crime take place. The whole point of the video is not to say anything if you're a suspect in a crime. Though I guess even admitting you were at the scene of a crime will have caused people problems in the past.
That's what I was thinking. It would also require sleep, probably have an angsty/emo phase, lie, and probably even get suicidal if it is given a really mundane job and knows it is just a machine that will do that job ad-infinitum, etc.. I don't think they are intending to fully mimic human intelligence.. or at least, I hope not. Maybe they could just reset it at the end of each day, so that it doesn't realise it is doing the same job over and over each day..
I'm not a Christian (any more), but here you go.
Helping out the poor equally via taxes and government sanctioned aid seems to me to be a very efficient way to do things. Modern society simply wouldn't work without such things. Future society is going to depend even more on government benefits and sharing, since more and more jobs will become automated. We already have automated many shitty jobs out of existence, and we have the technology to automate a lot more of them. That's great from some points of view, and not so great from others.
Uhm.. you really think there is no robbery, rape, home intrusion, etc, in the US? I'd say the guns give the criminals the upper hand in this case. Any criminal who can afford it (or steal it) will have a gun in the US. Not all citizens will.
Here in the UK, some folks have guns, but realistically the worst you'd need to worry about in most places is knives. Which are still very effective at murder, but most people probably wouldn't throw them at least, so you have a better chance of running away.
I wouldn't say I "don't care", but it's literally impossible for them to read all IM. They'd have to rely on scanning for keywords and doing brief check-ups on whether the keywords are actually being used in a terrorist context. It's not like they're forcing unencrypted communications. If my government tried to do something like that, I'd protest. But I don't have a problem with people scanning unencrypted internet traffic any more than I have a problem with people scanning CB radio.
Well, it's not my government, so I don't think I'm part of this particular problem.
If it were my government, I'd have been out there protesting when the PATRIOT act was being mooted. I usually don't care about politics, but that was a really obvious violation of people's rights.
I don't think they should be allowed to do this surveillance at all, but at the same time, I'm not going to encrypt anything that doesn't actually need encrypted.
Skyrim. And France.
I'm aware of that, but generally the worst that happens if they don't like you is that they'll stop you from legally entering the US. You have to be being a douchebag on a pretty epic scale before they start being able to justify rendition.
Whatever, I could use a holiday. If chatting about buying a kitten or playing guitar hero can get me a free holiday, then by all means I will continue what I'm doing.
(in another country, no less)
You guys are unbelievably paranoid sometimes.
Yes, I could get hassled if I try to fly into America. But I already knew that before the NSA shitstorm. Everyone knows that. This new wiretapping bullshit doesn't really change anything for me. In fact, considering this was made "legal" with the PATRIOT act, it isn't even a surprise. I'm not sure why anyone is surprised. I thought the whole point in the PATRIOT act was so that the government could abuse their power needlessly.
Yeah? What exactly do I need to be kept "safe" from? Are they going to send thugs round to interrogate me for flirting on Facebook?
If the NSA want to feel like idiots, they're free to do so.
I don't live in the US either btw, and I'm happy to let you guys keep it to yourselves.
I don't see the point in encrypting all my IM either. If the government wants to watch me joke around with my friends, let them. I encrypt passwords and banking info, but who cares about the rest?
If your friends felt they really had something they needed to tell you about in private, then they could talk to you via an encrypted connection from a Live CD, or tell you in person. For the rest, nobody cares.
Or he should just put it in his sig. And not have 200 games that are essentially all the same game.
I had no idea some people thought "insightful" (having uncommonly clear perception of what's going on) was the same as "inciteful" (the opposite of peaceful).