Instant access to information won't make us smart or better decision makers. We are still subject to our emotions, and our curiosities, and our desires. Also, raw knowledge is not wisdom. I am reminded of a quote from Picasso.. "Computers are useless, they can only give you answers not questions".. So yeah if we don't correctly and deeply query our information or understand how to trust it.. the information provided will not improve our decisions.
OK I understand the part about the 50K debt.. BUT.. if you are on welfare how does the debt get paid off? Why not work for $60K or whatever it is that the H1B workers are getting paid? If you don't live extravagant, you can pay off $50K in debt on $60K in about 10 years.. so why is working for that amount bad? $60K is $40K per year more than what retail workers are getting paid. I mean, if it was up to me I think people who work the cash register at McDonald's should get paid $100K, and so do retail workers at walmart. Now that's the salary they deserve.. I mean you can't argue that a walmart worker is any less of a decent human being than a STEM graduate.. BUT.. the walmart worker is forced to work for the salary that the market demand and competition has determined the value of their work to be. Should a walmart worker resent the presence of other retail workers who are causing his wage to go down?
By the way, the average H1B at Cisco and certain other silicon valley high tech companies gets about $120K (I googled H1B salaries). The wages vary wildly according to location.
I'll sidetrack here.. Should a walmart worker resent the presence of other retail workers who are causing his wage to go down? No. Because the more workers we have the lower the costs of production are and that same walmart worker knows that their salary can go further due to the fact that there are so many other retail workers.
I didn't say products should be free. People will have to pay for the manufactured goods.
Think of it this way -- it's the same as working. Instead of you physically going to work and getting a paycheck. Your robot does it for you.
The economy functions fine with workers and companies right? Why wouldn't it function with robotic workers and companies?
People who make bad investment choices will be worse off than those who make wiser choices. Hopefully nobody will starve, because government will have enough tax revenue for a welfare scheme that provides the bare essentials.
1. People can own shares in companies that own robots. Those shares will pay dividends (or increase in value etc).
2. The government can tax the profits of the robot run factories. These profits can provide a dividend check to citizens who would hopefully invest wisely in the robot companies.
Rather than work, people's time will be spent trying to figure out which robot companies perform well. You can use a computer program to do it.. which will let you decide if you want to be a risky investor etc. If you want to design robots for extra income, you can do that too.
As a WIkipedia donor.. I support this move. I got nothing against Oracle, but why would they use a database that is not the flagship database of the company? It's bound to cost more and lack features. MariaDB is owned by a foundation with goals more in line with Wikipedia.
The government isn't allowed to take actions against people and deny them certain freedoms if they haven't been convicted of a crime. At the very least, they should be told why they are being denied the flight.
"No person shall [...] be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; [..]"
Fifth amendment:
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Basic grammar dictate that the exemption for wartime is only when you are holding someone.. and that too it means you don't have to convene a grand jury.
Actually the risk of genetic problems in offspring is the same or even less than the risk of problems if a mother is over 40.
Sarah Palin's, and Rick Santorum's, youngest kids have genetic issues because of that. So if we are going to ban incest because it creates a risk of genetic problems, we need to ban older pre-menopausal women from having sex too.
My view is that we should legalize adult consensual incest, with moderate fines for getting pregnant I suppose.
I dont understand all the hype about Watson & Crick.. Linus Pauling or Bragg were going to get there too after they recovered from their errors (they didn't have Rosalinds photos). Furthermore, we already knew about DNA, they just figured out its structure.. which is important.. well F it I am going to say it's not THAT important compared to knowing for example.. that DNA exists, that DNA is a sequences of nucleotides etc. Who actually discovered DNA? Who actually discovered that DNA contains the genetic code? Few people know. Actually I had to wikipedia it myself, cause teachers don't tell you and books don't cover it.
Yup, so retarded.. I mean any fool can be one of the top companies in terms of revenue, market capitalization, and profitability? I'm sure you could make such a company too if you wanted.
Not really. Well, what you would need to do is the following:
1. Establish a reputation in the field by publishing in existing prestigious journals. 2. Do peer reviews of existing work for prestigious journals.. if you did Step 1 well, this wouldn't be too hard 3. Get together with others who have established their reputation in Step #1 and start a journal
They aren't easy steps, but then how else would you get get good peer reviewers and establish a quality journal? If you have the support of existing experts, then you wouldnt have a problem. if you don't have their support that could point to weakness in your ability to actually have a journal of high quality.
Huh? It's very easy. If your paper is good, just submit it to a known prestigious journal.. a list would be published in mainstream journals -- and you dont really need one.. you can go by citation indexes or just *gasp* read some of the entries in existing publications and see if they are coherent. Or you can ask around by attending seminars at colleges that are reputed.
It's easy to get familiar with who the top researchers are in any field.. it really doesn't take a lot of effort. If you are in a particular field you would know, so all you have to do is find out where their publications are.. (you can find this out easily from their corporate webpage or university department links).
A large capital intensive project that yields information that cannot be patented. Why would private investors spend money on it?
The Brain map will discover information, that information cannot be suppressed or even hidden (somebody is bound to leak it for free). Therefore it makes no sense for private investors to pour money into it, since they won't be able to get a return.
On the other hand, the value to society is immense.. therefore government should do it.
The reason the iWatch will kick this things butt is because the iWatch will:
1. Have a speakerphone 2. Allow you to answer/defer/pre-ring silence calls 3. It will have a speakerphone 4. Will let you respond with canned texts using the touch UI or text back using the Voice UI, when you don't wish to answer in speakerphone mode that is. 5. Did I mention the iWatch will have a speakerphone feature? 6. It will have voice activation.
Fact is that video games have made us safer. Population has increased yet the number of psychos per 100 people has decreased. Homicide rates have decreased. The murder rate in the prohibition era (1920s) was 4 times higher than today's rate.
Windows on low end computers suck. Windows 8 would have the same market share as Windows Phone (nearly zero) if it wasn't for their Windows and MS Office monopoly. The currently available products of Microsoft I have respect for are Windows 7, Visual Studio, and MS Office. Windows 8 is horrible. Windows Phone is halfway decent. It would have been competitive in 2008.
Microsoft is going to ruin its brand even further by allowing Windows to run on crapboxes.
Country:US:Filing date:19.01.2001, Filing number:09/766035, Pub.number:20010017944, Grant number:NA
It's disgusting they have patents filed in 2001 that are still pending that means they have will have a monopoly on that particular invention until abotu 2030, due to a loophole in the patent law that states that if the patent takes longer than 2 years to grant.. the time until the actual grant date doesn't count. This allows companies to extract royalties for 30 to even 40 years, especially if they had other patents that were granted for a particular type of technology.
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Instant access to information won't make us smart or better decision makers. We are still subject to our emotions, and our curiosities, and our desires. Also, raw knowledge is not wisdom. I am reminded of a quote from Picasso .. "Computers are useless, they can only give you answers not questions" .. So yeah if we don't correctly and deeply query our information or understand how to trust it .. the information provided will not improve our decisions.
OK I understand the part about the 50K debt .. BUT .. if you are on welfare how does the debt get paid off? Why not work for $60K or whatever it is that the H1B workers are getting paid? If you don't live extravagant, you can pay off $50K in debt on $60K in about 10 years .. so why is working for that amount bad? $60K is $40K per year more than what retail workers are getting paid. I mean, if it was up to me I think people who work the cash register at McDonald's should get paid $100K, and so do retail workers at walmart. Now that's the salary they deserve .. I mean you can't argue that a walmart worker is any less of a decent human being than a STEM graduate .. BUT .. the walmart worker is forced to work for the salary that the market demand and competition has determined the value of their work to be. Should a walmart worker resent the presence of other retail workers who are causing his wage to go down?
By the way, the average H1B at Cisco and certain other silicon valley high tech companies gets about $120K (I googled H1B salaries). The wages vary wildly according to location.
I'll sidetrack here .. Should a walmart worker resent the presence of other retail workers who are causing his wage to go down? No. Because the more workers we have the lower the costs of production are and that same walmart worker knows that their salary can go further due to the fact that there are so many other retail workers.
I didn't say products should be free. People will have to pay for the manufactured goods.
Think of it this way -- it's the same as working. Instead of you physically going to work and getting a paycheck. Your robot does it for you.
The economy functions fine with workers and companies right? Why wouldn't it function with robotic workers and companies?
People who make bad investment choices will be worse off than those who make wiser choices. Hopefully nobody will starve, because government will have enough tax revenue for a welfare scheme that provides the bare essentials.
Simple. Nowhere.
1. People can own shares in companies that own robots. Those shares will pay dividends (or increase in value etc).
2. The government can tax the profits of the robot run factories. These profits can provide a dividend check to citizens who would hopefully invest wisely in the robot companies.
Rather than work, people's time will be spent trying to figure out which robot companies perform well. You can use a computer program to do it .. which will let you decide if you want to be a risky investor etc. If you want to design robots for extra income, you can do that too.
As a WIkipedia donor .. I support this move. I got nothing against Oracle, but why would they use a database that is not the flagship database of the company? It's bound to cost more and lack features. MariaDB is owned by a foundation with goals more in line with Wikipedia.
The government isn't allowed to take actions against people and deny them certain freedoms if they haven't been convicted of a crime. At the very least, they should be told why they are being denied the flight.
"No person shall [...] be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; [..]"
Fifth amendment:
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Basic grammar dictate that the exemption for wartime is only when you are holding someone .. and that too it means you don't have to convene a grand jury.
This won't work, a lot of phone users don't have a brain.
He may not be able to .. I haven't math'd it, but that score looks like veto proof territory. If the ratio holds up in the senate we may be screwed.
He might not be able to .. I haven't math'd it, but that score looks like veto proof territory. If the ratio holds up in the senate we may be screwed.
Actually the risk of genetic problems in offspring is the same or even less than the risk of problems if a mother is over 40.
Sarah Palin's, and Rick Santorum's, youngest kids have genetic issues because of that. So if we are going to ban incest because it creates a risk of genetic problems, we need to ban older pre-menopausal women from having sex too.
My view is that we should legalize adult consensual incest, with moderate fines for getting pregnant I suppose.
And what about cars in Australia that drive upside down?
WTF.
I dont understand all the hype about Watson & Crick .. Linus Pauling or Bragg were going to get there too after they recovered from their errors (they didn't have Rosalinds photos). Furthermore, we already knew about DNA, they just figured out its structure .. which is important .. well F it I am going to say it's not THAT important compared to knowing for example .. that DNA exists, that DNA is a sequences of nucleotides etc. Who actually discovered DNA? Who actually discovered that DNA contains the genetic code? Few people know. Actually I had to wikipedia it myself, cause teachers don't tell you and books don't cover it.
Yup, so retarded .. I mean any fool can be one of the top companies in terms of revenue, market capitalization, and profitability?
I'm sure you could make such a company too if you wanted.
Not really. Well, what you would need to do is the following:
1. Establish a reputation in the field by publishing in existing prestigious journals. .. if you did Step 1 well, this wouldn't be too hard
2. Do peer reviews of existing work for prestigious journals
3. Get together with others who have established their reputation in Step #1 and start a journal
They aren't easy steps, but then how else would you get get good peer reviewers and establish a quality journal? If you have the support of existing experts, then you wouldnt have a problem. if you don't have their support that could point to weakness in your ability to actually have a journal of high quality.
Huh? It's very easy. If your paper is good, just submit it to a known prestigious journal .. a list would be published in mainstream journals -- and you dont really need one .. you can go by citation indexes or just *gasp* read some of the entries in existing publications and see if they are coherent. Or you can ask around by attending seminars at colleges that are reputed.
It's easy to get familiar with who the top researchers are in any field .. it really doesn't take a lot of effort. If you are in a particular field you would know, so all you have to do is find out where their publications are .. (you can find this out easily from their corporate webpage or university department links).
A large capital intensive project that yields information that cannot be patented. Why would private investors spend money on it?
The Brain map will discover information, that information cannot be suppressed or even hidden (somebody is bound to leak it for free). Therefore it makes no sense for private investors to pour money into it, since they won't be able to get a return.
On the other hand, the value to society is immense .. therefore government should do it.
The reason the iWatch will kick this things butt is because the iWatch will:
1. Have a speakerphone
2. Allow you to answer/defer/pre-ring silence calls
3. It will have a speakerphone
4. Will let you respond with canned texts using the touch UI or text back using the Voice UI, when you don't wish to answer in speakerphone mode that is.
5. Did I mention the iWatch will have a speakerphone feature?
6. It will have voice activation.
How can an intelligence agency be so stupid?
Android has probably not outsold Apples devices, when you consider Android's non existent tablet sales and lack of laptops/desktop installations.
Well, I presented it in the form that people with low analytical motivation can absorb it. Since they vote, you have to convince them too you know.
Fact is that video games have made us safer. Population has increased yet the number of psychos per 100 people has decreased. Homicide rates have decreased. The murder rate in the prohibition era (1920s) was 4 times higher than today's rate.
USPTO is correct on this, it's like someone getting a trademark on Extra LargeT-shirt.
Windows on low end computers suck. Windows 8 would have the same market share as Windows Phone (nearly zero) if it wasn't for their Windows and MS Office monopoly. The currently available products of Microsoft I have respect for are Windows 7, Visual Studio, and MS Office. Windows 8 is horrible. Windows Phone is halfway decent. It would have been competitive in 2008.
Microsoft is going to ruin its brand even further by allowing Windows to run on crapboxes.
MagLIF is the current front runner in my book. I expect ITER to succeed as well.
Country:US:Filing date:19.01.2001, Filing number:09/766035, Pub.number:20010017944, Grant number:NA
It's disgusting they have patents filed in 2001 that are still pending that means they have will have a monopoly on that particular invention until abotu 2030, due to a loophole in the patent law that states that if the patent takes longer than 2 years to grant .. the time until the actual grant date doesn't count. This allows companies to extract royalties for 30 to even 40 years, especially if they had other patents that were granted for a particular type of technology.
The US Patent Office is to blame for this mess!!!