Yeah, but lawyers and plaintiffs don't suffer any serious consequences from their actions.
Probably not, how many crimes carry the death penalty in various states but are still being committed on pretty much a daily basis?
Lawyers and large corporations are typically quite rational and capable of calculating threats to their own self interest, unlike many morons on the street.
English has evolved and degenerated so much that in fact there are now at least two english languages: American english and British english, with different spelling and grammar rules.
Yeah, and I live in the Philippines, which seems to have its own dialect of English. They tend to treat mass nouns as count nouns, for example. They "take some medicines" or have "a bowl of fruits."
But there's a simple solution to all of this. Microsoft. Yes, Microsoft.
Most users of MS Word install the program with default US English, so they get corrected when using British English. A fair number don't know what's going on, and just think "Oh, so I was spelling it wrong all these years." Combine that with American movies and foreign call centers which service mostly Americans and standardize to American English, typically, and you'll see that this fragmentation problem is in the proces of reversing itself.
I've never been a fan of cultural hegemony, especially with folks as nice and friendly as the Brits, but I have to admit, it feels good.
Anyways, languages are natural. They're supposed to evolve and adapt. Degeneration is far too perjorative a word for the situation. It implies a lack of moral fiber which is simply irrelevant. Say what you will about the 'degeneration' of the English language, but I can understand Brits just fine. The problem that you present is a straw man with no real consequences.
... to have cyber sex. Hey baby, howabout you get a few of your friends and we go make ourselves a beowulf cluster in my room.
Better get some viagra. It looks like your network is down.
I'm hot swappable!
I can see the transcript from divorce court now;
According to your server logs, at 1:15-1:48 AM you were connected and then not connected and then connected and then not connected and then connected and then not connected and then connected and then not connected and then connected and then not connected and then connected and then not connected and then connected... 245 times... Playing patty cake, were we?
Well, if you ask the people that left their country you're going to get a biased opinion. It's like asking a Linux user what they think of Windows.
China is currently exploiting their poor so they can build up heavy industry. "When sheep eat people" is the term they use, refering to England's rise as an industrial power, and the exploitation of England's agrarian people it required.
The same thing happened in America, with slaver and exploitation of the southern American states. It's a large part of what caused the Civil war, though Douglases and Lincoln's moral justification that it was 'to free the slaves' is often used.
Most Chinese people are not formally educated. Uneducated labor is only going to be worth so much... as support staff for those with better educations and such. Populations stopped being considered supplies to be captured during war around WWII. Now it's the natural resources and goods that matter, and to hell with the people. If that tells you anything about the value of a dense population to a nation. It might be better to say that America has more natural resources that can be put towards building it's economy rather than supporting an overgrown population.
While this will probably happen (why does China do the periodic self destruction thing?), the Chinese will seriously have built up their heavy industry by the time it does.
Of course, I think my spatial ability is garbage. But maybe I play chess by rote and that's different than natural ability. When driving, I tend to rember sequences. So if I need to get from A to C and I know how to get from A to B and B to C I'll usually just connect the routes, unless it takes me a long ways out of my way. I tend to be good at remembering long sequences of things and bad at remembering pictures in detail.
So that's how I play Chess. Memorize a sequence of openings. Go from small recognized pattern to small recognized pattern and respond accordingly. Cut the board up into pieces. I don't nessicarily need to see the big picture.
I was able to go undefeated in regional competition, but I got cocky and got crushed at state.
Let me know how your research goes, could you? My e-mail is wiserd911 at yahoo.com
Did you even see Rainman before modding this post? It was about an autistic guy... one of the things he says about 8 or 9 times (as a total non sequiter) is "I'm a very good driver."
I wonder what would happen if they could make a pill that eliminated boredom? What effect would that have on someone's mental processes?
What if you could remove that particular ward against obsessive compulsive behavior without destroying someone's mind?
There's an important difference between being very bored by a subject and being physically unable to do it.
People learn better if they find certain things interesting. And there's been precious little research done on why we find certain things interesting.
I'm going to get modded flamebait for this, but there was an interview on NPR about a woman who tried to get a chemical sex change to become a man (her plumbing didn't change.) She mentions how she wasn't interested in science before they pumped her full of testosterone. Not sure if there's anything to that, but it seems reasonable that a lot of what we're mentally rewarded for doing has a neurological basis.
That'd be very interesting and useful. A list of what games equate to what job skills. Especially since many are non-verbal standardized tests.... So what are people who are good at chess good at?
Slashdot Mirror
... because I'm missing somthing... why would having more memory not be helpful?
Yeah, but lawyers and plaintiffs don't suffer any serious consequences from their actions.
Probably not, how many crimes carry the death penalty in various states but are still being committed on pretty much a daily basis?
Lawyers and large corporations are typically quite rational and capable of calculating threats to their own self interest, unlike many morons on the street.
English has evolved and degenerated so much that in fact there are now at least two english languages: American english and British english, with different spelling and grammar rules.
Yeah, and I live in the Philippines, which seems to have its own dialect of English. They tend to treat mass nouns as count nouns, for example. They "take some medicines" or have "a bowl of fruits."
But there's a simple solution to all of this. Microsoft. Yes, Microsoft.
Most users of MS Word install the program with default US English, so they get corrected when using British English. A fair number don't know what's going on, and just think "Oh, so I was spelling it wrong all these years." Combine that with American movies and foreign call centers which service mostly Americans and standardize to American English, typically, and you'll see that this fragmentation problem is in the proces of reversing itself.
I've never been a fan of cultural hegemony, especially with folks as nice and friendly as the Brits, but I have to admit, it feels good.
Anyways, languages are natural. They're supposed to evolve and adapt. Degeneration is far too perjorative a word for the situation. It implies a lack of moral fiber which is simply irrelevant. Say what you will about the 'degeneration' of the English language, but I can understand Brits just fine. The problem that you present is a straw man with no real consequences.
it wouldn't surprise me if he ended up committing suicide.
Or murder.
Heck, if you've gotta go, take someone with you.
At least that would make people (and lawyers) think twice before seeking the maximum penalty and destroying someone's life.
Who would take a job site seriously with a name like "Monster?"
... to have cyber sex.
Hey baby, howabout you get a few of your friends and we go make ourselves a beowulf cluster in my room.
Better get some viagra. It looks like your network is down.
I'm hot swappable!
I can see the transcript from divorce court now;
According to your server logs, at 1:15-1:48 AM you were connected and then not connected and then connected and then not connected and then connected and then not connected and then connected and then not connected and then connected and then not connected and then connected and then not connected and then connected... 245 times... Playing patty cake, were we?
Yeah, imagine; broadband using REAL BROADS!
to start using pencils.
I don't miss them at all.
*tips hat*
Yeah, that's it.
This dates back to 'The Wizard of Oz' when Dorothy and Toto were accelerated over the rainbow by a large storm.
Hmm... Mesons, Bosons... I'm missing Totons and Dorons...
but without having to build a massive building and dealing with constructions costs, red tape, and NIMBY issues.
I don't want these gamma ray flashes in my backyard.
Well, if you ask the people that left their country you're going to get a biased opinion. It's like asking a Linux user what they think of Windows.
China is currently exploiting their poor so they can build up heavy industry. "When sheep eat people" is the term they use, refering to England's rise as an industrial power, and the exploitation of England's agrarian people it required.
The same thing happened in America, with slaver and exploitation of the southern American states. It's a large part of what caused the Civil war, though Douglases and Lincoln's moral justification that it was 'to free the slaves' is often used.
Most Chinese people are not formally educated. Uneducated labor is only going to be worth so much... as support staff for those with better educations and such. Populations stopped being considered supplies to be captured during war around WWII. Now it's the natural resources and goods that matter, and to hell with the people. If that tells you anything about the value of a dense population to a nation. It might be better to say that America has more natural resources that can be put towards building it's economy rather than supporting an overgrown population.
While this will probably happen (why does China do the periodic self destruction thing?), the Chinese will seriously have built up their heavy industry by the time it does.
Quite fascinating.
Of course, I think my spatial ability is garbage. But maybe I play chess by rote and that's different than natural ability. When driving, I tend to rember sequences. So if I need to get from A to C and I know how to get from A to B and B to C I'll usually just connect the routes, unless it takes me a long ways out of my way. I tend to be good at remembering long sequences of things and bad at remembering pictures in detail.
So that's how I play Chess. Memorize a sequence of openings. Go from small recognized pattern to small recognized pattern and respond accordingly. Cut the board up into pieces. I don't nessicarily need to see the big picture.
I was able to go undefeated in regional competition, but I got cocky and got crushed at state.
Let me know how your research goes, could you?
My e-mail is wiserd911 at yahoo.com
Did you even see Rainman before modding this post?
It was about an autistic guy... one of the things he says about 8 or 9 times (as a total non sequiter) is "I'm a very good driver."
F&%$#king moderators on crack.
Well, every American gas station is equiped with both options for gas and... umm.... uh... window washers?
I wonder what would happen if they could make a pill that eliminated boredom? What effect would that have on someone's mental processes?
What if you could remove that particular ward against obsessive compulsive behavior without destroying someone's mind?
There's an important difference between being very bored by a subject and being physically unable to do it.
People learn better if they find certain things interesting. And there's been precious little research done on why we find certain things interesting.
I'm going to get modded flamebait for this, but there was an interview on NPR about a woman who tried to get a chemical sex change to become a man (her plumbing didn't change.) She mentions how she wasn't interested in science before they pumped her full of testosterone. Not sure if there's anything to that, but it seems reasonable that a lot of what we're mentally rewarded for doing has a neurological basis.
i.e. I like math\sex\science\art, etc.
Would mathematical people be good at leading other matematical people?
They need to have a placement agency targeted towards the unique needs (and disabilities) of Savants.
I'm sure it'd be welcome to many.
How do other savants get along with one another?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these guys.
I'm a very good porn star.
That'd be very interesting and useful. A list of what games equate to what job skills. Especially since many are non-verbal standardized tests. ... So what are people who are good at chess good at?
... well, duh. That's what apocalyses do, silly.