Go back and look at the causes of that oil spill and why it was unable to be plugged quickly. It was easily preventable, and Shell should be making doubly sure that all of their safety devices work.
If Shell has a spill in the Arctic on the scale of BP's spill in the Gulf then NOBODY will be allowed to drill in the arctic for probably another decade. The environmental groups will go absolutely nuts.
If Shell does not have a spill in the next decade it will be a lot easier for them to convince the environmental groups that they will drill responsibly in ANWR.
My argument for nuclear weapons being more ethical than an AK-47 hinged on the fact that any idiot can pick up an AK-47 and use it, while on the other hand you need lots of knowledge and a lot of support personal to use a nuclear weapon.
So your bomb that can kill the world idea doesn't fit since as you said a single insane person could use it.
this is a people problem. a scalability one. do our governments 'work' for us anymore? in the modern times, with mass communication now possible, are any of our systems really working? it does not seem so!
Has it ever worked for us?
Do we just notice it more now since we find about these things before they happen?
Although there a few points in your rant I would like to make comments about, I'm going to limit myself to this one.
Julius Caesar never held up cryptograms to invade Gaul, although I'm sure there's some fool UI designer working on it now for.mil.
Julius Caeser may not have used them, but yes they have been used by the military for many years. Surprised wiki doesn't have a history portion for this entry.
False front or not, there should be an explanation and just because someone can lie when they write the explanation that does not mean that all the explanations are going to be lies.
Given enough time and exposure the people giving the false front will be found out.
In practice weapons that can be used by the individual are worse than weapons that requires thousands of people to use.
So yes, a bomb that can blow up an entire city and makes the city radioactive sounds really bad, luckily so bad they don't get used outside of two early proof of concept bombs. If it wasn't for the threat of nuclear warfare I have no doubts that the US and USSR would have at some point engaged in direct full fledged warfare. None of that silly cold war stuff.
The AK-47 is responsible for more deaths by far than nuclear weapons. And land mines kill and maim thousands of people a year, mainly non-combatants.
So what exactly are the long-term ethical considerations one should have regarding a weapon that is too terrible for it to ever be used on a large scale? It's the small scale, easy to use weapons such as the AK-47 and land mines that are the least ethical.
The Manhattan Project invented the Best Boogeyman EVER!!
Already happens. In some call centers you have to put your bathroom requests into the call center management applications and then the app lets you know when you can get up and go to the bathroom.
Even executives are employees, but yes this is only for when you are at work. Once you are off the clock, turn off the program and you are no longer tracked.
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You make no sense, can you please pull your head out of your ass explain that random collection of characters you typed?
Go back and look at the causes of that oil spill and why it was unable to be plugged quickly. It was easily preventable, and Shell should be making doubly sure that all of their safety devices work.
If Shell has a spill in the Arctic on the scale of BP's spill in the Gulf then NOBODY will be allowed to drill in the arctic for probably another decade. The environmental groups will go absolutely nuts.
If Shell does not have a spill in the next decade it will be a lot easier for them to convince the environmental groups that they will drill responsibly in ANWR.
I would hate to go fishing with you, if we didn't catch the absolute biggest fish in the lake you would apparently call it a failure.
Police like fisherman pull in those who take the bait.
To be "stealthy" in space you need to be the same temperature as what is behind you, and that varies with where you are in your orbit.
It is rather hard to hide in space, you grab someones satellite and they will know who did it.
If it is to be done, it would only be done during war otherwise it would start one.
https://www.torproject.org/
Just because a nut job "can't kill all of us" doesn't mean I won't seek shelter when he opens fire.
My argument for nuclear weapons being more ethical than an AK-47 hinged on the fact that any idiot can pick up an AK-47 and use it, while on the other hand you need lots of knowledge and a lot of support personal to use a nuclear weapon.
So your bomb that can kill the world idea doesn't fit since as you said a single insane person could use it.
If you are looking for a goal for humanity lets start off with something simple like safe drinking water for all.
It might cost more than the six billion they project would be needed to go to Mars, but it will have more of an impact on peoples lives.
this is a people problem. a scalability one. do our governments 'work' for us anymore? in the modern times, with mass communication now possible, are any of our systems really working? it does not seem so!
Has it ever worked for us?
Do we just notice it more now since we find about these things before they happen?
Easier to buy a judge than an entire branch of government.
Although there a few points in your rant I would like to make comments about, I'm going to limit myself to this one.
Julius Caesar never held up cryptograms to invade Gaul, although I'm sure there's some fool UI designer working on it now for .mil.
Julius Caeser may not have used them, but yes they have been used by the military for many years. Surprised wiki doesn't have a history portion for this entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_semaphore
This is a bit closer to the cryptogram comment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags
And this is just for fun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_Flag_Signaling_System
I would have to say that the majority of computer users use a CLI on a regular basis, whether it be a video game or a chat program.
The question isn't if they can adjust to a CLI, it is knowing the commands that is the hard part.
False front or not, there should be an explanation and just because someone can lie when they write the explanation that does not mean that all the explanations are going to be lies.
Given enough time and exposure the people giving the false front will be found out.
Are these free apps or paid for apps that you are complaining about?
Got examples?
I do agree though that the "why" should be fully explained, it tells you what permissions it needs, but it does not tell you why they are needed.
Who said anything about personal information?
I was aiming for plausible but ridiculous. I guess I should have tried to be more ridiculous.
In practice weapons that can be used by the individual are worse than weapons that requires thousands of people to use.
So yes, a bomb that can blow up an entire city and makes the city radioactive sounds really bad, luckily so bad they don't get used outside of two early proof of concept bombs. If it wasn't for the threat of nuclear warfare I have no doubts that the US and USSR would have at some point engaged in direct full fledged warfare. None of that silly cold war stuff.
The AK-47 is responsible for more deaths by far than nuclear weapons. And land mines kill and maim thousands of people a year, mainly non-combatants.
So what exactly are the long-term ethical considerations one should have regarding a weapon that is too terrible for it to ever be used on a large scale? It's the small scale, easy to use weapons such as the AK-47 and land mines that are the least ethical.
The Manhattan Project invented the Best Boogeyman EVER!!
Already happens. In some call centers you have to put your bathroom requests into the call center management applications and then the app lets you know when you can get up and go to the bathroom.
I think phones would have better ways of telling if it is forwarding phone calls or not.
Unless you are thinking of the taping two phones together idea, but you would still have to hit the answer button for that to work.
Google's unofficial motto.
Information wants to be collated and sold!
Even executives are employees, but yes this is only for when you are at work. Once you are off the clock, turn off the program and you are no longer tracked.
Today they're tracking us during office hours, tomorrow they're tracking us after-hours. What's next?
Hmm, perhaps
Mandatory yearly physicals that only the company gets to see the results of.
Pre-employment genetic testing.
Employment termination due to not living in an approved community.
Background checks of all family, friends, and neighbors.
www.drafthouse.com
No babies allowed, except on baby nights.
Also you can order a pitcher of beer and a pizza from your seat.
And their no talking psa's are awesome and enforced.
http://collider.com/michael-madsen-alamo-drafthouse-psa/165640/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Itchy_%26_Scratchy_cartoons#To_Kill_a_Talking_Bird