When you can keep a 1 billion population suitably in check without a totalitarian regime, then you can start complaining. Sure, I don't really agree with the Chinese government's methods either, but they are the ones that happen to be in charge, and google is doing more good by complying than they would be if they just didn't bother.
From observing that even those in our own 'modern' culture tend to consider any UFO of alien origin. Unless this was a very special rational and scientific tribe, I'd bet a large amount of money that they consider it magical/godly rather than man made. It may not be a correct assumption, but I think it's quite a sensible and highly likely one. If people didn't make assumptions then we wouldn't be able to even speculate on stuff like this, I think it's interesting to ponder it even before we know the facts.
I just always think of a couple of songs when I hear that name, one by Adam Sandler (Red Sweater), and that other knick-knack paddywack ramalamadingdong whatever song >.> I'm sorry if my extra-prosaic wretchings have offended you. Okay so I'm not sorry. Oh, my name's not Jesus btw.
Hence the six and half-a-dozen remark (hint: half a dozen is six). I just said it wasn't directly from the mind - ie via electrodes in the mind - but it was ultimately mind-controlled, just as it would be even if it were being moved by his feet or voice commands:) Sticking the interface in the muscles that used to be used for the arms is really the best thing to do though, it's the most natural and almost most direct method, but with the benefit of not having to have invasive brain surgery.
Hard-Fi already has a song called Stars of CCTV, and I saw a video from another band that used CCTV cameras inside a store.. which I actually don't think was the hard-fi song. Anyway, kudos to these guys, the video looks pretty cool:)
And every move that I make Gets recorded to tape So somebody up there Can keep me safe
We're the stars of CCTV Making movies out on the street Flashing blue lights, camera, action Watching my life, main attraction We're the stars of CCTV Can't you see the camera loves me?
By mind control yes, but not directly from the mind - it sounded like they said from electrodes in the muscles. Six and half a dozen really, and I'd rather have electrodes in my muscle-stubs than brain surgery anyday!
Okay, that was just a lie. I'm not that bothered tbh, I have the ability to laugh at myself. I consider missing tags worse than my finger happening to not press a key hard enough cuz I was in a hurry anyway (though of course I occasionally miss tags in my own auto-generated code). Obviously nobody got that it was just a joke rather than a troll *shrug*
I have tried it before, and you're safe. Unlike one of my ex-coworkers who tried looking up greased nipples (there's lots of great things that engineers use, nuts, flanges, pumps..). He didn't get fired for it of course, he just happened to leave a few months ago;)
I started using facebook this year, and even with ad-block installed, there have been one or two ads right in the center of list of your friends' updates on my facebook home page..
I tell you, there were a LOT of these "people" you speak of that were in it for the cash, and had absolutely no skills Kinda like those people who didn't know how to close their HTML tas properly, eh?;)
Personally I can't believe that google got to where it is by being all sweetness and light. Why not? Good search, unobtrusive and relevant advertising... my dad told me about them around 96 or 97 before they even had ads (I think) and I've used them ever since then. They have a great company ethos about them and don't seem to have 'sold out' exactly (maybe in some political situations) even though they still make lots by advertising. If they wanted to do evil then they could do a whole lot, but so far they still seem to be doing quite well? When they start not caring about their users will be when they have turned evil - it will also be when they start losing a lot of money.. MS are hopefully learning this with Vista:P
Lack of advertising. Intense Greed. Two separate things. Lots of advertising plus greed can work, but the greed will also push more savvy customers away. Thankfully for busineses, a lot of customers aren't very savvy.
The thing is that a lot of our technology requires power, so they're either going to have to get a set of solar cells (and how can they afford that?), fuel burning generators of some kind which would end up with deforestation for fuel or just the roads to transport fuel to them.. or just move to an area that has elecricity.. their lack of money is a definite barrier to that though (though maybe they could sell the land that they currently occupy to the foresters?):/ What is government welfare like in Peru/Brazil?
What benefits would they honestly be able to reap without any money? What good is our knowledge to them if they are going to continue their current way of life?
But, live with tribal peoples for a while, and you realize that short of modern medicine and food surpluses, not only is it not so bad, it has distinct advantages as a lifestyle, and is not so different from our own. I have to agree there. I used to wonder if I'd be better just going and working on a farm or something rather than in an office (even though I've only worked in one for less than a decade). We're a bit too detached from the realities of life in todays world. That's good in some ways as it allows us to spend more time on developing new tech, but it can also lead to too much time to worry about stupid little things that wouldn't actually bother you if you spent time working crops or hunting. I think the sense of community alone could be worth living in those kinds of conditions. I'm not sure I'd want to do that for the rest of my life though, but what do I know without giving it a go first?:P
Heh. Just as the ending of the 6th sense seemed obvious from the first couple of scenes (after hearing the much publicised "I see dead people" thing for years at least), I doubt that could have been much of a shock either. At least Unbreakable was quite interesting.. I guess it had a bit of a 'twist' too, but again it wasn't very much of a shock.. does that M Night Shyamalamadingdong guy only do stories with fairly obvious twists?:p
Well, for the older generation, they have no chance of integrating into normal society, and for their kids, they are just going to end up like any other kids.. well apart from the fact that their parents may end up messed up on drugs and alcohol (as seems to happen to people like in inuit tribes up in the north of Canada etc). Life before technology wasn't necessarily dull. It could be quite brutal yes, but at least they probably have strong family units and a good sense of belonging in their tribe. In today's modern world, we all live in tightly packed areas, but hardly know anyone around us. It can end up being a very lonely existence. (yeah, boohoo for me eh:p ).
If these people got to experience our own culture and then were given a choice, I'm sure at least some of them - especially the older generation - would prefer to go back to the way things were.
If these guys are really 'uncontacted' and living in mud huts, then they probably have noooo clue what science is. They wouldn't see it as man made because they have no idea that man can make such things! Anything that is regarded as true magic even to our society would be seen to be caused by some deity-like power or demonic force. It's just that for the last few hundred years we've regarded everything as explainable by investigation via scientific methods. Even if societies with as advanced tech as the ancient egyptians, who had some pretty clever tech and maths/building skills, saw a helicopter fly overhead, they would be in awe. They're not going to say "Oh that must be those crazy Israelites again - always building large chunks of metal that can float in the sky!"
Actually, that's probably how it would work for people you do know too, if they didn't already live in a post industrial era. Even now if somoene with Star-Trek levels of tech came to earth, some people could mistake them for gods (beaming themselves down to the planet, using the technology to magically make food appear with replicators, etc.. kind of like Jesus did now that I come to think of it!). "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
You can just increase the font size then, or set the resolution lower - it's definitely better to have too high a resolution than too small! And if this thing is going to be used with Windows, 800 is much better for being able to get to the buttons at the bottom of large dialogs and such.
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When you can keep a 1 billion population suitably in check without a totalitarian regime, then you can start complaining. Sure, I don't really agree with the Chinese government's methods either, but they are the ones that happen to be in charge, and google is doing more good by complying than they would be if they just didn't bother.
When you say 'we', I assume you mean "some of us", because a lot of earthling's stories don't involve science :P
Yep, they must have had a helluva lot of drugs and hookers ;)
From observing that even those in our own 'modern' culture tend to consider any UFO of alien origin. Unless this was a very special rational and scientific tribe, I'd bet a large amount of money that they consider it magical/godly rather than man made. It may not be a correct assumption, but I think it's quite a sensible and highly likely one. If people didn't make assumptions then we wouldn't be able to even speculate on stuff like this, I think it's interesting to ponder it even before we know the facts.
I just always think of a couple of songs when I hear that name, one by Adam Sandler (Red Sweater), and that other knick-knack paddywack ramalamadingdong whatever song >.> I'm sorry if my extra-prosaic wretchings have offended you. Okay so I'm not sorry. Oh, my name's not Jesus btw.
Hence the six and half-a-dozen remark (hint: half a dozen is six). I just said it wasn't directly from the mind - ie via electrodes in the mind - but it was ultimately mind-controlled, just as it would be even if it were being moved by his feet or voice commands :) Sticking the interface in the muscles that used to be used for the arms is really the best thing to do though, it's the most natural and almost most direct method, but with the benefit of not having to have invasive brain surgery.
Hard-Fi already has a song called Stars of CCTV, and I saw a video from another band that used CCTV cameras inside a store.. which I actually don't think was the hard-fi song. Anyway, kudos to these guys, the video looks pretty cool :)
And every move that I make
Gets recorded to tape
So somebody up there
Can keep me safe
We're the stars of CCTV
Making movies out on the street
Flashing blue lights, camera, action
Watching my life, main attraction
We're the stars of CCTV
Can't you see the camera loves me?
By mind control yes, but not directly from the mind - it sounded like they said from electrodes in the muscles. Six and half a dozen really, and I'd rather have electrodes in my muscle-stubs than brain surgery anyday!
maintenance costs, and problems with magnets/security scanners probably!
In my country, tags are called tas.
Okay, that was just a lie. I'm not that bothered tbh, I have the ability to laugh at myself. I consider missing tags worse than my finger happening to not press a key hard enough cuz I was in a hurry anyway (though of course I occasionally miss tags in my own auto-generated code). Obviously nobody got that it was just a joke rather than a troll *shrug*
I have tried it before, and you're safe. Unlike one of my ex-coworkers who tried looking up greased nipples (there's lots of great things that engineers use, nuts, flanges, pumps..). He didn't get fired for it of course, he just happened to leave a few months ago ;)
Mr Creosote: No.
Maitre D: Oh sir! It's only a tiny little thin one.
Mr Creosote: No. Fuck off - my wallet's full... [jingles]
Maitre D: Oh sir... it's only wafer thin.
Mr Creosote: Look - I couldn't fit in another thing. It's absolutely stuffed. Bugger off.
Maitre D: Oh sir, just... just one...
Mr Creosote: Oh all right. Just one.
Maitre D: Just the one, sir... voila... bon jour...
I started using facebook this year, and even with ad-block installed, there have been one or two ads right in the center of list of your friends' updates on my facebook home page..
Lack of advertising. Intense Greed. Two separate things. Lots of advertising plus greed can work, but the greed will also push more savvy customers away. Thankfully for busineses, a lot of customers aren't very savvy.
The thing is that a lot of our technology requires power, so they're either going to have to get a set of solar cells (and how can they afford that?), fuel burning generators of some kind which would end up with deforestation for fuel or just the roads to transport fuel to them.. or just move to an area that has elecricity.. their lack of money is a definite barrier to that though (though maybe they could sell the land that they currently occupy to the foresters?) :/ What is government welfare like in Peru/Brazil?
What benefits would they honestly be able to reap without any money? What good is our knowledge to them if they are going to continue their current way of life?
Heh. Just as the ending of the 6th sense seemed obvious from the first couple of scenes (after hearing the much publicised "I see dead people" thing for years at least), I doubt that could have been much of a shock either. At least Unbreakable was quite interesting.. I guess it had a bit of a 'twist' too, but again it wasn't very much of a shock.. does that M Night Shyamalamadingdong guy only do stories with fairly obvious twists? :p
Well, for the older generation, they have no chance of integrating into normal society, and for their kids, they are just going to end up like any other kids.. well apart from the fact that their parents may end up messed up on drugs and alcohol (as seems to happen to people like in inuit tribes up in the north of Canada etc). Life before technology wasn't necessarily dull. It could be quite brutal yes, but at least they probably have strong family units and a good sense of belonging in their tribe. In today's modern world, we all live in tightly packed areas, but hardly know anyone around us. It can end up being a very lonely existence. (yeah, boohoo for me eh :p ).
If these people got to experience our own culture and then were given a choice, I'm sure at least some of them - especially the older generation - would prefer to go back to the way things were.
If these guys are really 'uncontacted' and living in mud huts, then they probably have noooo clue what science is. They wouldn't see it as man made because they have no idea that man can make such things! Anything that is regarded as true magic even to our society would be seen to be caused by some deity-like power or demonic force. It's just that for the last few hundred years we've regarded everything as explainable by investigation via scientific methods. Even if societies with as advanced tech as the ancient egyptians, who had some pretty clever tech and maths/building skills, saw a helicopter fly overhead, they would be in awe. They're not going to say "Oh that must be those crazy Israelites again - always building large chunks of metal that can float in the sky!"
Actually, that's probably how it would work for people you do know too, if they didn't already live in a post industrial era. Even now if somoene with Star-Trek levels of tech came to earth, some people could mistake them for gods (beaming themselves down to the planet, using the technology to magically make food appear with replicators, etc.. kind of like Jesus did now that I come to think of it!). "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
You can just increase the font size then, or set the resolution lower - it's definitely better to have too high a resolution than too small! And if this thing is going to be used with Windows, 800 is much better for being able to get to the buttons at the bottom of large dialogs and such.