No, but you would base your decision on whether someone had the same ideology as you, and the likelihood of said person actually getting elected (or if they are the only decent option, you wouldn't even care about the likelihood).
Being a famous chess player gives him a chance. And if enough people agree with him - he could win... in a democratic state.. to bad for him, he is running in Russia.
I would also like to point out that the human brain is no match for a modern computer in terms of data retention. GPS is by far a better method (as long as the drivers are trained to use it properly). A GPS system can store information for every restaurant, deli, hotel, etc. and update daily, without the driver having to do any extra work.
Sure, it increases the driver's dependence on the technology, but why is that such a bad thing? The less time he has to devote to memorizing things, the more he can devote to something else (learning English?).
or what if it really is "infinite", but instead of one big bang, there is a constant bang. If we are moving away from the big bang's origin at the speed of light, we would never know if another happened. Maybe new matter is constantly made at the center of the universe, but never destroyed.
Or it could be really late and i'm starting to talk nonsense.
It sounds to me like your standards for "advanced operating system" are too high, or otherwise your definition is completely different from the average person's. Can you name any other commercially available OS more advanced?
Just because it isn't pioneering some new way of doing things doesn't mean it isn't advanced.
Yes, but saying these are the same implies that seeing a naked lady causes direct physical damage to the child (in the way smoking cigarettes does). This is just not the case.
I don't see how facial recognition systems can ever be "near flawless". Most systems I know of use neural networks to match patterns. Neural networks model the brain, and even humans can't always tell apart two people if you only have a picture of their face. Humans use a lot more than a face to determine who a person is.
It doesn't really matter how fast internet connections are. They will never scale as fast as the storage medium, because without a storage medium large/fast enough the fast internet connection is useless. Physical movement of a physical storage medium will be faster and cheaper than transfer over the internet (assuming decently large quantities) for many many many years.
I would also be willing to bet that optical (or in the future, holographic) will be used for movies/etc for many many years, because they are cheap and have a high capacity. If you think we will not need more capacity, you need to review some computer history. There will always be a need for more and more capacity.
I believe the reason is that the retailers would kill them. Retail stores dont make money off of system sales, them make money off of accessories and games. The system brings the customers to the store.
I've been using 2.0 for ages now. I didn't even realize it was beta 3 (I had completely forgotten until just now).
Given, certain things like files transfer dont really work, but I use email for that. Gaim works great for AIM because I dont have to worry about AIM virii, and I like the tabs and plugins (logging plugins - shows me what the last convo was when i open a IM box).
I guess for people who really need things like audio chat and vidio chat, and want to use it for other protocols, it may not be great - but for me it serves the purpose excellently.
Actually, I believe the proponnents of this bill are "offline" casinos and horse racing tracks. I seriously doubt the true supporters of this bill support it for moral reasons. It is most definately a financial reason.
If it was for moral reasons, why would they target online gambling as apposed to - say - all gambling? (It could be a secondary goal I suppose, but still unlikely IMHO).
All he did was take cheap, sarcastic shots at the person above him, and called him a kid based on his name!
Sure he cited a few articles, but even those are either from biased sources, or dont back up his assumption of greatness!
Example from the gamespy article:
Although I spent less than 10 minutes playing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, I can already tell that my love for the series is in relatively safe hands on the Wii. It does take a little bit of time to adjust to the controls -- and now after an afternoon of Wii'ing my arms ache
Maybe you should READ the article before you cite it!
The problem is, things will never be taken "too far".
Things will slowly get worse and worse, but no one will know the difference, because when they grew up, things where only slightly better (or where they worse? I mean, sure we had more freedom, but we didn't have all these great gadgets).
The point is, you can't just sit back and say, "That is horrible! If they try one more thing, then I'm going to take action!" over and over and over and over again. You have to act!
Now I'm going to go back to reading slashdot and and playing video games.
"The study"? OK, there are three things really stupid about that. First, you don't really give anybody enough information to find the study you're referring to. Not even the title. Makes me wonder if you could find "the study" yourself if you had to.
That took me a total of 1 minute to find. Top 3 results on google for ["alcoholic anonymous" success rate].
Second, I doubt if there's only one study on the effectiveness of 12-step programs. Given the size of the rehab industry, there must be thousands.
You are absolutely right. And all of the legitimate ones support the conclusion that AA does not work.
Third (and this is the bigee): it's stupid and dangerous to make health care or mental health decisions on the basic of ONE STUDY.
And its even more stupid and dangerous to make health care or mental health decisions on the basis of no studies whatsoever (which is exactly what is done everyday with AA).
It's bad enough when people cite research results out of context in order to justify their personal prejudices. But justifying your prejudices on the basis of a study you can't even cite is the purest degree of assholedness.
If you are going to bash someone for not citing research, then bash yourself. At least the previous poster did research before posting (whether he cited it or not).
All three pages have extremely convincing evidence that AA does not work.
Western nations need to remember that free expression does not cause harm.
That isn't really true. Haven't you ever heard the typical example of someone screaming "FIRE" in the middle of a crowded room, thereby starting a stampede which ends up maiming several people?
Some free speech should be and is limited. However, when in doubt, it should always be allowed, because the results are better than those of the other option.
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thats the Imperial-Metric square mile. Oft' confused with the strict Imperial square mile.
It was invented solely for the purposes of this article, and has yet to reach widespread use.
No, but you would base your decision on whether someone had the same ideology as you, and the likelihood of said person actually getting elected (or if they are the only decent option, you wouldn't even care about the likelihood). Being a famous chess player gives him a chance. And if enough people agree with him - he could win... in a democratic state.. to bad for him, he is running in Russia.
Excellent point.
I would also like to point out that the human brain is no match for a modern computer in terms of data retention. GPS is by far a better method (as long as the drivers are trained to use it properly). A GPS system can store information for every restaurant, deli, hotel, etc. and update daily, without the driver having to do any extra work.
Sure, it increases the driver's dependence on the technology, but why is that such a bad thing? The less time he has to devote to memorizing things, the more he can devote to something else (learning English?).
or what if it really is "infinite", but instead of one big bang, there is a constant bang. If we are moving away from the big bang's origin at the speed of light, we would never know if another happened. Maybe new matter is constantly made at the center of the universe, but never destroyed.
Or it could be really late and i'm starting to talk nonsense.
i have a box without any OS on it. when i want to run a program on it, i pop in a cd titled Ubuntu Live, and boot it up.
Seems to work fine to me. Maybe HP just didn't know about that though. Thats ok. Now they can change, and everyone can be happy.
It sounds to me like your standards for "advanced operating system" are too high, or otherwise your definition is completely different from the average person's. Can you name any other commercially available OS more advanced?
Just because it isn't pioneering some new way of doing things doesn't mean it isn't advanced.
For the same reason that they hate the government. Because it is imperfect, and no one wants to accept that.
Yes, but saying these are the same implies that seeing a naked lady causes direct physical damage to the child (in the way smoking cigarettes does). This is just not the case.
Where do you think that $300+ billion goes? Making bullets?
I don't see how facial recognition systems can ever be "near flawless". Most systems I know of use neural networks to match patterns. Neural networks model the brain, and even humans can't always tell apart two people if you only have a picture of their face. Humans use a lot more than a face to determine who a person is.
It doesn't really matter how fast internet connections are. They will never scale as fast as the storage medium, because without a storage medium large/fast enough the fast internet connection is useless. Physical movement of a physical storage medium will be faster and cheaper than transfer over the internet (assuming decently large quantities) for many many many years.
I would also be willing to bet that optical (or in the future, holographic) will be used for movies/etc for many many years, because they are cheap and have a high capacity. If you think we will not need more capacity, you need to review some computer history. There will always be a need for more and more capacity.
I believe the reason is that the retailers would kill them. Retail stores dont make money off of system sales, them make money off of accessories and games. The system brings the customers to the store.
lol, the funny thing is i didn't even get this joke until i said it outloud myself.
Yeah, only a geek would think that being best at something is more important than being popular =P
I've been using 2.0 for ages now. I didn't even realize it was beta 3 (I had completely forgotten until just now).
Given, certain things like files transfer dont really work, but I use email for that. Gaim works great for AIM because I dont have to worry about AIM virii, and I like the tabs and plugins (logging plugins - shows me what the last convo was when i open a IM box).
I guess for people who really need things like audio chat and vidio chat, and want to use it for other protocols, it may not be great - but for me it serves the purpose excellently.
I sidestep that issue by doing both at the same time =P
I am pretty sure child molesting is not a civil offence... i.e. you will go to jail for it - not be sued for it.
Actually, I believe the proponnents of this bill are "offline" casinos and horse racing tracks. I seriously doubt the true supporters of this bill support it for moral reasons. It is most definately a financial reason.
If it was for moral reasons, why would they target online gambling as apposed to - say - all gambling? (It could be a secondary goal I suppose, but still unlikely IMHO).
All he did was take cheap, sarcastic shots at the person above him, and called him a kid based on his name!
Sure he cited a few articles, but even those are either from biased sources, or dont back up his assumption of greatness!
Example from the gamespy article:
Maybe you should READ the article before you cite it!
Wait.. are you suggesting programming in IPv6?
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GENIUS!
The problem is, things will never be taken "too far".
Things will slowly get worse and worse, but no one will know the difference, because when they grew up, things where only slightly better (or where they worse? I mean, sure we had more freedom, but we didn't have all these great gadgets).
The point is, you can't just sit back and say, "That is horrible! If they try one more thing, then I'm going to take action!" over and over and over and over again. You have to act!
Now I'm going to go back to reading slashdot and and playing video games.
Dont you mean less lag in the past?
Or even more important:
How are we going to balance 3 cars on a quarter?
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-effectiveness
http://www.baldwinresearch.com/alcoholism.cfm
That took me a total of 1 minute to find. Top 3 results on google for ["alcoholic anonymous" success rate]. You are absolutely right. And all of the legitimate ones support the conclusion that AA does not work. And its even more stupid and dangerous to make health care or mental health decisions on the basis of no studies whatsoever (which is exactly what is done everyday with AA). If you are going to bash someone for not citing research, then bash yourself. At least the previous poster did research before posting (whether he cited it or not). All three pages have extremely convincing evidence that AA does not work.
Western nations need to remember that free expression does not cause harm.
That isn't really true. Haven't you ever heard the typical example of someone screaming "FIRE" in the middle of a crowded room, thereby starting a stampede which ends up maiming several people?
Some free speech should be and is limited. However, when in doubt, it should always be allowed, because the results are better than those of the other option.