Disclosing all information to a competitor, adversary, or participant may not be lying. If they have a responsibility to either know or ask for the information that would have benefited them, we have a situation where arbitrage, by your definition, is either illegal or unethical. Interesting.
Why would I, a seller, have any responsibility to tell my customer of my goods being available at lower cost elsewhere, if they were? What if my terms were different than other sellers? Knowing something your customer does not, in this case, may be a limited case. Perhaps other suppliers offer less flexible return privileges, or none at all. Or no warranties. Or limited, inadequate technical support.
Asymmetry of information cannot readily be equated with dishonesty so easily. You may take the side of the party with different knowledge, and claim they 'should know' all the relevant facts, but buyers are responsible to themselves to perform due diligence. I won't take up that offer of a new Braun shaver because despite the low price I do not want a Japanese market version with a nonstandard AC Adapter. I won't buy some products direct from China based sources just to have a seller I can return it to. But I have to look at the offer and understand it. So those who buy those cute 'hoverboards' but fail to check if they were known to be fire hazards are right to be indignant, but wrong to blame the China-based seller. They ought to, by now, be aware of the dangers, and do a minimal amount of research. Or know they don't know what the hell they are doing.
Is it wrong for a seller to offer a product that's potentially dangerous? Wow. I guess the relative danger is important, but many products are plain dangerous. China Post is the shipping method of choice for dodgy manufacturers. Perhaps a government agency should regulate this? Maybe. But if they do not, then learning a little about these 'hoverboards' should lead a reasonable person to take care and exercise caution... And that is another asymmetry of information, knowing you are taking a chance, and making your seller do more.
Having subscribed since the second issue in 1993 or 1994, starting with the third issue. they finally priced me out of paper, despite design and my personal preference for the tactile experience kept me until my max price was finally exceeded.
Now I read the occasional article, but I found I wasn't that interested after all. A paywall will just make that a less frequent occurrence.
And nothing of value will be lost for me.
Of the other paywalled publications, most object to my adblocker so vehemently I avoid the 'free' stuff the would have permitted me to read. and nothing of value is lost there either.
When your apps become tabs, everything lives in the browser.
And quickly becomes a web 'app'.
And you don't even own the disk image.
You don't own any of it.
Conversion to web everything is an excellent business model for the personal computer industry. Web-based (cloud) everything lets you upgrade your PC with the trivial effort of logging on to the new one, and the old one lets the data go when it is dormant long enough or, more likely, when a new owner takes it over.
And subscriptions solve the revenue model question. MS Office 2003 is more than good enough for me, and I have licensed versions that I can still run, but eventually that fails. then I get to buy whatever version is current despite adding zero value for me, or I go Open Source. At work of course, we are on the treadmill.
That people don't know that mimeographs were originally known as 'policy machines' is further proof of the decline of Western Civilization.
That people don't know that 'Ditto' was a brand name clinches it.
That people don't know that the third ribbon position on typewriters, the one usually marked with a white dot, was the 'stencil' position, for policy stencils, is indeed sad. So also carbon paper, Paymaster check writers, Addressographs/Multigraphs (aka clever mini mimeographs), and bursters.
Exactly. Sun Tsu understood warfare long ago, and his teachings are as relevant today as they were in his lifetime. Of course, to further ensure the success of your operation when secrecy is a necessary condition, it's best to mislead all other parties, the enemy, your and their media, your domestic opposition, even possibly some of your command structure* and other units of your forces, allies, and otherwise uninvolved parties. They will be desperate for information, you should control that information whenever possible. Even if secrecy isn't mission critical.
The weapons may change, but the intentions are the same at some level. War is war.
* If your command structure requires absolute knowledge of all facets and details, they are a risk. Competent commanders will give you an objective and avoid interfering, in a perfect situation. War is, however, rarely perfect. Manage them.
But with Democrats, you get dozens of genders, attacks on police and Republicans, riots in the streets, and breathtaking swaths of corruption at the highest levels. The Republicans sort of shortcut the corruption cycle, and happily spend money on militarizing the police.
Not much difference. We could abandon the party distinction.
You know, I'm a denier of the highest order, but are you thinking icebergs or glaciers? Glaciers, above sea level, are a problem. Icebergs, largely below sea level, not so much.
Not that any previous administration packed the courts with partisans, competent or not.
You actually may not want competent partisans packed onto the courts, though it's hard to tell what's worse, partisan judges or incompetent judges. Not a big deal however, as the results are often the same. So is the fix.
- Poker is generally accepted as a game of skill. You need not have the best hand to win a pot. OTOH, Cribbage forces you to show your cards, so it's gambling (and people pay cribbage for real money). Yet Cribbage requires some skill in discarding and playing the hand. By this definition, it seems Contract Bridge would be gambling. Tell that to skilled players that know what it takes to negotiate a clever bid.
- D&D has been using 'loot boxes' forever. Admittedly, few people pay to play D&D, but some do. Yes they do. So a commercial, for sale D&D game would need to give this up? What?
- Surprisingly, did no one actually understand the terms of this game? You feel cheated because the rules leave you with the risk of getting substantially less for your money than you were hoping for? This is the complaint of ever, every game I've known of since Counter Strike. Grow a set, snowflake, and accept that these and other games are just intended to part you and your money. You didn't get value? Were you mislead somehow? Yea, I thought so...
However, if you're looking to upgrade your rent, and know that flyers are a good way to find those gems, you can mostly drive through the neighborhoods you aspire to live in and find them.
On Facebook, if the ad is not distributed to you for whatever reason, you'll never know.
And that is the difference. A better RL analogy would be to find store owners or others hosting physical bulletin boards shooing away those they deem 'undesirable', rather than letting them see ads for anything they or their posters wish not seen by the 'undesirable'.
And that's plainly illegal. So should it be on Facebook. It's obvious discrimination.
It is a best practice to spell out the meaning an acronym when first introduced in a document. I work in a complex corporate environment, and acronyms such as BCP, CEN, RFP, COP, and a host of others mean different things in different contexts. If I get new ones, like CTH, HDT, and IDN regularly, and these happen to mean different things. Stating the meaning up front, and then repeating it as the audience expands, is helpful to many who just don't get out enough.
And most of the authors are oblivious to the crossovers. I work with a lit of different teams, at different levels, and get exposed to a huge swath of the organization, with all the joyous bleed of functions and ownership that goes with that. Writing for a diverse audience is a challenge.
FWIW, that acronym is so common here I feel confident I can violate my own style rules, but someone won't readily recognize it. Darn.
The hackerspace I go to does put you through certification classes for the obviously delicate stuff (laser cutter, welders, lathe, mill, 3d printers) but you can use almost anything else, and no one seems interested in your certification status for woodworking equipment.
Of course, it's not as shiny at TechShop, and we never have enough room nor electrical service to do everything at once, but it's friendly, lots of people involved with decades of experience, and affordable - free if you've got no $, but you can contribute.
I've been to the Chandler TechShop a few times for events, it's not close enough for a membership, and it was busy, but it seemed that classes were a revenue source. Unfortunate to see it go, but our space will be looking to pick up some of their tools cheap, if the trustees liquidate.
We could have had Ted Cruz as a Republican candidate.
But that would have been disaster, for he would have played by the 'rules', and been defeated, and a Clinton presidency would be the end of our democracy.
This is all in large part the result of the unholy alliance of the Democratic Party, the major media in the US and worldwide, and the global Leftist movement. They have elected twice a man who admitted to a relationship with a junior intern that would have resulted in a high school principal being dismissed in similar circumstances. His wife served as a Cabinet officer, during which their own private foundation accepted millions of dollars in donations from foreign powers in a manner that should raise serious questions about her ability to act int eh best interests of the US. We elected a President of dubious qualifications, and then watched as he ruled by Executive Order, permitted his Attorney General and FBI Director to plainly state that a former Secretary of State violated federal record keeping law, yet refused to prosecute the prima facie case, and was heard telling then Russian President Dmitri Medvedev "After my election I have more flexibility" during a global nuclear security meeting.
And now the complaints about our current President include unsubstantiated reports that he engaged in unseemly and disturbing acts during a visit to Russia - reports discredited, and on their face not merely irrational but the work of fantasy - that he has enacted Executive Orders undoing previous administration acts, which is legal and not even unprecedented, accused of a cozy relationship with the current President of Russia, and that claimed relationship to be one detrimental to US interests, despite evidence that his predecessor had similar a relationship with the previous Russian President. Our current President's offense? Not kowtowing to the established order.
We have the President we have for two overriding reasons: First, too many Americans no linger believe either major party acts in their interest, and it should be plain to any moderately curious observers that there is ample evidence for such a belief, and second, because he pledged to do things these Americans wanted done. And he is, in fact, making marked and obvious progress in doing so.
Our current President is a breath of fresh air, BECAUSE of his uncharacteristically blunt manner, his lack of political polish, and his unwillingness to play by the established insider rules.
Of course I would not lump our President into the group of " criminals, psychopaths, and overall scum". But given the credible reports of other politicians in the US engaging in frauds and deceits to ensure the results of candidate selection, the obvious money-laundering of one party, the still unresolved matters of a former Secretary of State and the handling of emails, records, and classified information in plain violation of law, the compelling evidence of intelligence gathering by our former President of information about an opposition party's Presidential candidate during the last months of the campaign, acts which should send a chill down every American citizen's spine, the revelations of political organizations denied fair or at least equal treatment by the IRS in an manner that is difficult to explain in any other way than deliberate politically motivated interference, it should be more understandable that our nation suffers from a breakdown in the rule of law inspired, abetted, and promoted by actions from the very top of our federal government.
American citizens have spoken. A change was demanded. It was made. Our Presidential elections are designed to favor a consensus of states for indeed our nation is named the United States of America. The dichotomy between urban and rural populations emphasizes the foresight of its founders, and is in my opinion necessary, vital, crucial to our survival, for if the cities rule, our nation would disintegrate literally and figuratively.
The complaints about the qualities of Presidential candidates speaks as much to the Leftist agenda in the US as it does to the general decline in ethics, morality, and the rule of law. But I repeat myself.
In my home state, a recount was questioned because the room where the ballots were stored overnight was found to contain an ashtray and used cigarettes the next morning, despite none being there the evening before. State Police were stationed at the door from then on, but the questions began...
Trust. When that's gone, well, the system is gone.
" Earlier this year, Lockheed's ground-based ATHENA system shot down five 10.8-ft (3.3-m) wingspan Outlaw drones by focusing its 30-kW Accelerated Laser Demonstration Initiative (ALADIN) laser at their stern control surfaces until they burned off, sending them crashing into the desert floor."
Just pointing out that the summary quoted this. If you can target the engine, I'll shield it and make a point source of heat or apparent exhaust towed off the back and take my chances with your optical targeting system. I'll even build it with a pressor engine and fake exhausts painted on the nose, and all I need a a few minutes of flight time to get past you and on target. While you're celebrating another kill, I'm looking like the slow glide of death. Fist-pump all you want. I just needed another mile to get on glide path to target.
It's not that easy. But it's close. Defenders have to be better than 'close'.
True, if he can get a Certificate of Assured Water Supply (CAWS), He can use the water for a new community. If not, well, even drilling his own wells is a problem.
And energy could be solar, but that has its own environmental costs. No one wants to contemplate those.
Now I have to design my combat drones to survive loss of flight controls surfaces.
So I'll build them as flying wings with tails and tailplanes, and let the software figure out how to fly them without a tail when it's damaged/gone.
Same with either wing, or the nose cone. This is becoming a Black Knight fight. Such a nuisance. All this to get a few pounds of explosives on target. Arg!
It would be retarded, even more moronic, to vote for the same old same old. Hillary the unindicted felon, or Jeb the play toy of the Establishment, or Kucinich, the tool of whoever is holding him at the moment? Sanders, avowed socialist?
Only Crux had my attention, and the Establishment hated him even more than Trump. If you're paying attention, you know the Establishment hates only YOU more than Trump. Either because you are in the way of their total dominance, or because you are a loathsome ignorant shill, beneath contempt for your continued loyalty despite the plain evidence that you also will be destroyed. You deserve their contempt.
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Disclosing all information to a competitor, adversary, or participant may not be lying. If they have a responsibility to either know or ask for the information that would have benefited them, we have a situation where arbitrage, by your definition, is either illegal or unethical. Interesting.
Why would I, a seller, have any responsibility to tell my customer of my goods being available at lower cost elsewhere, if they were? What if my terms were different than other sellers? Knowing something your customer does not, in this case, may be a limited case. Perhaps other suppliers offer less flexible return privileges, or none at all. Or no warranties. Or limited, inadequate technical support.
Asymmetry of information cannot readily be equated with dishonesty so easily. You may take the side of the party with different knowledge, and claim they 'should know' all the relevant facts, but buyers are responsible to themselves to perform due diligence. I won't take up that offer of a new Braun shaver because despite the low price I do not want a Japanese market version with a nonstandard AC Adapter. I won't buy some products direct from China based sources just to have a seller I can return it to. But I have to look at the offer and understand it. So those who buy those cute 'hoverboards' but fail to check if they were known to be fire hazards are right to be indignant, but wrong to blame the China-based seller. They ought to, by now, be aware of the dangers, and do a minimal amount of research. Or know they don't know what the hell they are doing.
Is it wrong for a seller to offer a product that's potentially dangerous? Wow. I guess the relative danger is important, but many products are plain dangerous. China Post is the shipping method of choice for dodgy manufacturers. Perhaps a government agency should regulate this? Maybe. But if they do not, then learning a little about these 'hoverboards' should lead a reasonable person to take care and exercise caution... And that is another asymmetry of information, knowing you are taking a chance, and making your seller do more.
"assymetry of information". That's a euphemism for "lying"
No it's not. Knowing something before your customer does isn't lying. And that's just one example.
Having subscribed since the second issue in 1993 or 1994, starting with the third issue. they finally priced me out of paper, despite design and my personal preference for the tactile experience kept me until my max price was finally exceeded.
Now I read the occasional article, but I found I wasn't that interested after all. A paywall will just make that a less frequent occurrence.
And nothing of value will be lost for me.
Of the other paywalled publications, most object to my adblocker so vehemently I avoid the 'free' stuff the would have permitted me to read. and nothing of value is lost there either.
I wish them luck. They will need it.
When your apps become tabs, everything lives in the browser.
And quickly becomes a web 'app'.
And you don't even own the disk image.
You don't own any of it.
Conversion to web everything is an excellent business model for the personal computer industry. Web-based (cloud) everything lets you upgrade your PC with the trivial effort of logging on to the new one, and the old one lets the data go when it is dormant long enough or, more likely, when a new owner takes it over.
And subscriptions solve the revenue model question. MS Office 2003 is more than good enough for me, and I have licensed versions that I can still run, but eventually that fails. then I get to buy whatever version is current despite adding zero value for me, or I go Open Source. At work of course, we are on the treadmill.
That people don't know that mimeographs were originally known as 'policy machines' is further proof of the decline of Western Civilization.
That people don't know that 'Ditto' was a brand name clinches it.
That people don't know that the third ribbon position on typewriters, the one usually marked with a white dot, was the 'stencil' position, for policy stencils, is indeed sad. So also carbon paper, Paymaster check writers, Addressographs/Multigraphs (aka clever mini mimeographs), and bursters.
Exactly. Sun Tsu understood warfare long ago, and his teachings are as relevant today as they were in his lifetime. Of course, to further ensure the success of your operation when secrecy is a necessary condition, it's best to mislead all other parties, the enemy, your and their media, your domestic opposition, even possibly some of your command structure* and other units of your forces, allies, and otherwise uninvolved parties. They will be desperate for information, you should control that information whenever possible. Even if secrecy isn't mission critical.
The weapons may change, but the intentions are the same at some level. War is war.
* If your command structure requires absolute knowledge of all facets and details, they are a risk. Competent commanders will give you an objective and avoid interfering, in a perfect situation. War is, however, rarely perfect. Manage them.
But there are better fluids, and these will see use in larger, serious applications.
Then the fun begins.
Sure you do. Money always, different directions.
As if there is a difference.
But with Democrats, you get dozens of genders, attacks on police and Republicans, riots in the streets, and breathtaking swaths of corruption at the highest levels. The Republicans sort of shortcut the corruption cycle, and happily spend money on militarizing the police.
Not much difference. We could abandon the party distinction.
You know, I'm a denier of the highest order, but are you thinking icebergs or glaciers? Glaciers, above sea level, are a problem. Icebergs, largely below sea level, not so much.
Sounds a little like Holland.
Should be good for the construction industry. Who says a rising tide floats all boats?
Not that any previous administration packed the courts with partisans, competent or not.
You actually may not want competent partisans packed onto the courts, though it's hard to tell what's worse, partisan judges or incompetent judges. Not a big deal however, as the results are often the same. So is the fix.
- Poker is generally accepted as a game of skill. You need not have the best hand to win a pot. OTOH, Cribbage forces you to show your cards, so it's gambling (and people pay cribbage for real money). Yet Cribbage requires some skill in discarding and playing the hand. By this definition, it seems Contract Bridge would be gambling. Tell that to skilled players that know what it takes to negotiate a clever bid.
- D&D has been using 'loot boxes' forever. Admittedly, few people pay to play D&D, but some do. Yes they do. So a commercial, for sale D&D game would need to give this up? What?
- Surprisingly, did no one actually understand the terms of this game? You feel cheated because the rules leave you with the risk of getting substantially less for your money than you were hoping for? This is the complaint of ever, every game I've known of since Counter Strike. Grow a set, snowflake, and accept that these and other games are just intended to part you and your money. You didn't get value? Were you mislead somehow? Yea, I thought so...
Whiners.
'white male' does not exclude handicapped, nor Jew, nor Muslim. Close, though.
However, if you're looking to upgrade your rent, and know that flyers are a good way to find those gems, you can mostly drive through the neighborhoods you aspire to live in and find them.
On Facebook, if the ad is not distributed to you for whatever reason, you'll never know.
And that is the difference. A better RL analogy would be to find store owners or others hosting physical bulletin boards shooing away those they deem 'undesirable', rather than letting them see ads for anything they or their posters wish not seen by the 'undesirable'.
And that's plainly illegal. So should it be on Facebook. It's obvious discrimination.
All your moderators are died to us.
It is a best practice to spell out the meaning an acronym when first introduced in a document. I work in a complex corporate environment, and acronyms such as BCP, CEN, RFP, COP, and a host of others mean different things in different contexts. If I get new ones, like CTH, HDT, and IDN regularly, and these happen to mean different things. Stating the meaning up front, and then repeating it as the audience expands, is helpful to many who just don't get out enough.
And most of the authors are oblivious to the crossovers. I work with a lit of different teams, at different levels, and get exposed to a huge swath of the organization, with all the joyous bleed of functions and ownership that goes with that. Writing for a diverse audience is a challenge.
FWIW, that acronym is so common here I feel confident I can violate my own style rules, but someone won't readily recognize it. Darn.
The hackerspace I go to does put you through certification classes for the obviously delicate stuff (laser cutter, welders, lathe, mill, 3d printers) but you can use almost anything else, and no one seems interested in your certification status for woodworking equipment.
Of course, it's not as shiny at TechShop, and we never have enough room nor electrical service to do everything at once, but it's friendly, lots of people involved with decades of experience, and affordable - free if you've got no $, but you can contribute.
I've been to the Chandler TechShop a few times for events, it's not close enough for a membership, and it was busy, but it seemed that classes were a revenue source. Unfortunate to see it go, but our space will be looking to pick up some of their tools cheap, if the trustees liquidate.
We could have had Ted Cruz as a Republican candidate.
But that would have been disaster, for he would have played by the 'rules', and been defeated, and a Clinton presidency would be the end of our democracy.
This is all in large part the result of the unholy alliance of the Democratic Party, the major media in the US and worldwide, and the global Leftist movement. They have elected twice a man who admitted to a relationship with a junior intern that would have resulted in a high school principal being dismissed in similar circumstances. His wife served as a Cabinet officer, during which their own private foundation accepted millions of dollars in donations from foreign powers in a manner that should raise serious questions about her ability to act int eh best interests of the US. We elected a President of dubious qualifications, and then watched as he ruled by Executive Order, permitted his Attorney General and FBI Director to plainly state that a former Secretary of State violated federal record keeping law, yet refused to prosecute the prima facie case, and was heard telling then Russian President Dmitri Medvedev "After my election I have more flexibility" during a global nuclear security meeting.
And now the complaints about our current President include unsubstantiated reports that he engaged in unseemly and disturbing acts during a visit to Russia - reports discredited, and on their face not merely irrational but the work of fantasy - that he has enacted Executive Orders undoing previous administration acts, which is legal and not even unprecedented, accused of a cozy relationship with the current President of Russia, and that claimed relationship to be one detrimental to US interests, despite evidence that his predecessor had similar a relationship with the previous Russian President. Our current President's offense? Not kowtowing to the established order.
We have the President we have for two overriding reasons: First, too many Americans no linger believe either major party acts in their interest, and it should be plain to any moderately curious observers that there is ample evidence for such a belief, and second, because he pledged to do things these Americans wanted done. And he is, in fact, making marked and obvious progress in doing so.
Our current President is a breath of fresh air, BECAUSE of his uncharacteristically blunt manner, his lack of political polish, and his unwillingness to play by the established insider rules.
Of course I would not lump our President into the group of " criminals, psychopaths, and overall scum". But given the credible reports of other politicians in the US engaging in frauds and deceits to ensure the results of candidate selection, the obvious money-laundering of one party, the still unresolved matters of a former Secretary of State and the handling of emails, records, and classified information in plain violation of law, the compelling evidence of intelligence gathering by our former President of information about an opposition party's Presidential candidate during the last months of the campaign, acts which should send a chill down every American citizen's spine, the revelations of political organizations denied fair or at least equal treatment by the IRS in an manner that is difficult to explain in any other way than deliberate politically motivated interference, it should be more understandable that our nation suffers from a breakdown in the rule of law inspired, abetted, and promoted by actions from the very top of our federal government.
American citizens have spoken. A change was demanded. It was made. Our Presidential elections are designed to favor a consensus of states for indeed our nation is named the United States of America. The dichotomy between urban and rural populations emphasizes the foresight of its founders, and is in my opinion necessary, vital, crucial to our survival, for if the cities rule, our nation would disintegrate literally and figuratively.
The complaints about the qualities of Presidential candidates speaks as much to the Leftist agenda in the US as it does to the general decline in ethics, morality, and the rule of law. But I repeat myself.
And we circle back to trusting the process.
In my home state, a recount was questioned because the room where the ballots were stored overnight was found to contain an ashtray and used cigarettes the next morning, despite none being there the evening before. State Police were stationed at the door from then on, but the questions began...
Trust. When that's gone, well, the system is gone.
Because the USA, despite its flaws, is still a pretty remarkable place.
FTFS:
" Earlier this year, Lockheed's ground-based ATHENA system shot down five 10.8-ft (3.3-m) wingspan Outlaw drones by focusing its 30-kW Accelerated Laser Demonstration Initiative (ALADIN) laser at their stern control surfaces until they burned off, sending them crashing into the desert floor."
Just pointing out that the summary quoted this. If you can target the engine, I'll shield it and make a point source of heat or apparent exhaust towed off the back and take my chances with your optical targeting system. I'll even build it with a pressor engine and fake exhausts painted on the nose, and all I need a a few minutes of flight time to get past you and on target. While you're celebrating another kill, I'm looking like the slow glide of death. Fist-pump all you want. I just needed another mile to get on glide path to target.
It's not that easy. But it's close. Defenders have to be better than 'close'.
True, if he can get a Certificate of Assured Water Supply (CAWS), He can use the water for a new community. If not, well, even drilling his own wells is a problem.
And energy could be solar, but that has its own environmental costs. No one wants to contemplate those.
Um, one solution is to bait/trick them into flying directly at you... Just shoot fast.
Now I have to design my combat drones to survive loss of flight controls surfaces.
So I'll build them as flying wings with tails and tailplanes, and let the software figure out how to fly them without a tail when it's damaged/gone.
Same with either wing, or the nose cone. This is becoming a Black Knight fight. Such a nuisance. All this to get a few pounds of explosives on target. Arg!
It would be retarded, even more moronic, to vote for the same old same old. Hillary the unindicted felon, or Jeb the play toy of the Establishment, or Kucinich, the tool of whoever is holding him at the moment? Sanders, avowed socialist?
Only Crux had my attention, and the Establishment hated him even more than Trump. If you're paying attention, you know the Establishment hates only YOU more than Trump. Either because you are in the way of their total dominance, or because you are a loathsome ignorant shill, beneath contempt for your continued loyalty despite the plain evidence that you also will be destroyed. You deserve their contempt.