So true. There was even a problem with it in Britain : because so many people there take prozac , and it ends up in the urine , and isn't filtered out , thus resulting in people getting prozac in their drinking water.
Oh. And I may have misunderstood you. But I'm still right. Sorry to break it for you...
While i am against IP in most cases , that doesn't mean IP doesn't exists. It's a reality , whether we like it or not. So , no , you a not right. But you have some interesting points.
Anyway, usually when google pulls something like this i look at the date. But it's not April 1st yet, so it must be true.
However, i am skeptic about these predictions.Problem is that flu mutates , and this can also have an influence on how an outbreak will happen. But if it takes data from the previous years into account , it will probably remain fairly accurate.
Anyway , i have a better way of preventing the flu: just get a flu shot every year.
And then how do you solve this problem , with your direct democracy :
There is an airport , and people living there. The planes have to lauch over a specific part of town. The people off that part don't like it , so they vote to get it flown over a different area. So then those people complain and vote for another area. Everyone wants to get it over a different place, and everyone wants to keep the airport.
In a technocracy , this is solved easily : a model is defined to determine wich approach generates the least noise , and is best for the planes.
I have no misconceptions : It is easy to convince people that don't care about politics , by controlling the media. I don't need to read a book for that , i know out of experience.
But i will take a look at it , as it does interest me.
In Technocracy , there's no ruling elite , only ruling models, with the most viable being used.
Sure, it could be a problem, as how do you determine wich is good ? That would be the job of the people , who will verify the models , run them themselves to see if there is no fraud , etc. A bit like peer review in open source.
You have a point that it takes away power from the people who no nothing about technology. But we are evolving in a more and more technological society, so that problem will dissappear over time.
You could say that it takes power away from the media , and gives it to the more technologically involved.
You underestimate how easy people can be influenced by the media.
This direct democracy would only work if everyone was very politically involved , which is just not the case.
Also , pure direct democracy , if everyone would really from their own opninion , would slow everything done , because there is always someone who disagrees with it , resulting in endless discussions and debates , and no real solutions.
As a goverment type , i think a good idea to try might be technocracy : decisions are made according to what the best solution the problem is , based on scientifical approach and simulation models , that can veryfied by everyone.
Sure , this isn't completely flawless either , i'm sure , but it may solve some of todays problems ( for instance , by solving the problem of global warming rather than endlessly debating it )
Well, it's not really dificult , if you include the human factor : a MITM attack will ensure that the site (fake or not ) , can only be visited by accepting the fake certificate.
So while it may not work with everyone , people who really want to see the site they think is safe , will accept it anyway. And i wouldn't underestimate the size of that user group.
Progressive : believes that something is new , and therefor better
Conservative : believes that something is old , therfore has proven itself , and must be good.
In a sense , both progressive and conservative people are needed to run a country .
Too much progressiveness leads to many mistakes that have to be fixed,wich costs a lot of money, and a problem with people who can't follow progress that fast ( the older generation)
To much conservatism leads to stagnation , which also costs money in the long run , and to a problem with people who like to progress sooner ( the younger generation).
So you need both , to create a good balance of things.
Offcourse , this is in the normal sense of the word. Not what political powers make of it.
GP's point was that the US is a HUGE importer of Chinese consumer goods, and that if the US economy went under, the Chinese economy would take a massive hit, too. Of course this is arguable, I don't have numbers on exports & imports from china, but I suspect the US isn't quite as important as many would like to believe. Still, there's no point trying to get the US economy to tank when there's profit to be had from it.
True , the US is only a part of it , but if the American economy suffers , there's no doubt the European market will suffer to .
So China wouldn't just lose sales from the US : there would be a global depression. And that will definitely hurt China too.
Perhaps it is a piece of research that will not result in a product that somebody can sell at a huge profit, but will only increase our understanding of the world a little. Or is that too silly to consider?
Garbage isn't the problem.. the problem is that we have millions of copies of the same data. Think of the 50gb of video games you may have installed.. 10 million people have the same games as you. Music? Unless you performed it yourself or it's sub-underground, chances are millions of people each have multiple copies of it. The anime you've torrented has 10,000 downloads.
As for images on the internet.. well, every repost is a repost repost.
That not a problem , that's called redundancy. If everyone has a copy , and you lose yours , you can get it back easily this way.
It's one of the things that make the internet the powerfull force it is today : it's nearly impossible to completely destroy data.
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Some of you guys probably might have already tasted recycled water... Britain, Belgium, Singapore, Los Angeles and Orange County in California.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24591040-7583,00.html
So true.
There was even a problem with it in Britain : because so many people there take prozac , and it ends up in the urine , and isn't filtered out , thus resulting in people getting prozac in their drinking water.
Oh. And I may have misunderstood you. But I'm still right. Sorry to break it for you...
While i am against IP in most cases , that doesn't mean IP doesn't exists. It's a reality , whether we like it or not. So , no , you a not right. But you have some interesting points.
The results wouldn't be entirely correct , as there would suddenly be a massive outbreak near my ISP's headquarters , but nowhere else.
I prefer pudding without raisins.
Anyway, usually when google pulls something like this i look at the date. But it's not April 1st yet, so it must be true.
However, i am skeptic about these predictions.Problem is that flu mutates , and this can also have an influence on how an outbreak will happen. But if it takes data from the previous years into account , it will probably remain fairly accurate.
Anyway , i have a better way of preventing the flu: just get a flu shot every year.
Because Microsoft's applications do something that most of the alternatives don't - integrate with each other.
And , more precisely , only integrate with each other :-)
And then how do you solve this problem , with your direct democracy :
There is an airport , and people living there. The planes have to lauch over a specific part of town. The people off that part don't like it , so they vote to get it flown over a different area. So then those people complain and vote for another area. Everyone wants to get it over a different place, and everyone wants to keep the airport.
In a technocracy , this is solved easily : a model is defined to determine wich approach generates the least noise , and is best for the planes.
We do, offcourse
I have no misconceptions : It is easy to convince people that don't care about politics , by controlling the media. I don't need to read a book for that , i know out of experience.
But i will take a look at it , as it does interest me.
In Technocracy , there's no ruling elite , only ruling models, with the most viable being used.
Sure, it could be a problem, as how do you determine wich is good ? That would be the job of the people , who will verify the models , run them themselves to see if there is no fraud , etc. A bit like peer review in open source.
You have a point that it takes away power from the people who no nothing about technology. But we are evolving in a more and more technological society, so that problem will dissappear over time.
You could say that it takes power away from the media , and gives it to the more technologically involved.
You underestimate how easy people can be influenced by the media.
This direct democracy would only work if everyone was very politically involved , which is just not the case.
Also , pure direct democracy , if everyone would really from their own opninion , would slow everything done , because there is always someone who disagrees with it , resulting in endless discussions and debates , and no real solutions.
As a goverment type , i think a good idea to try might be technocracy : decisions are made according to what the best solution the problem is , based on scientifical approach and simulation models , that can veryfied by everyone.
Sure , this isn't completely flawless either , i'm sure , but it may solve some of todays problems ( for instance , by solving the problem of global warming rather than endlessly debating it )
Well, it's not really dificult , if you include the human factor : a MITM attack will ensure that the site (fake or not ) , can only be visited by accepting the fake certificate.
So while it may not work with everyone , people who really want to see the site they think is safe , will accept it anyway. And i wouldn't underestimate the size of that user group.
Well , in the US maybe . Not everywhere.
Progressive : believes that something is new , and therefor better
Conservative : believes that something is old , therfore has proven itself , and must be good.
In a sense , both progressive and conservative people are needed to run a country .
Too much progressiveness leads to many mistakes that have to be fixed ,wich costs a lot of money, and a problem with people who can't follow progress that fast ( the older generation)
To much conservatism leads to stagnation , which also costs money in the long run , and to a problem with people who like to progress sooner ( the younger generation).
So you need both , to create a good balance of things.
Offcourse , this is in the normal sense of the word. Not what political powers make of it.
you racist bastard :-)
Well , itself off course. Everyone knows that. ,do the native Americans have voting rights ?
Wait
GP's point was that the US is a HUGE importer of Chinese consumer goods, and that if the US economy went under, the Chinese economy would take a massive hit, too. Of course this is arguable, I don't have numbers on exports & imports from china, but I suspect the US isn't quite as important as many would like to believe. Still, there's no point trying to get the US economy to tank when there's profit to be had from it.
True , the US is only a part of it , but if the American economy suffers , there's no doubt the European market will suffer to .
So China wouldn't just lose sales from the US : there would be a global depression. And that will definitely hurt China too.
- politicians
- who actually want what's best for the country
Well, it would make a good example for explaining a mutex locks
Well , i'm not an American , for one.
But i find that in most matters regarding slashdot , nationality is irrelevant.
Anyway , i don't know much about Obama , except that the press here (in Belgium ) likes him , so that means there must be something wrong with him.
Also, the media here hates Mccain , so he can't be all bad.
Perhaps it is a piece of research that will not result in a product that somebody can sell at a huge profit, but will only increase our understanding of the world a little.
Or is that too silly to consider?
(making a copy so it's harder to take down )
Well , I haven't played the other ones so i can't really say.
But i like Fallout 3 so far : lots of choices , good graphics , etc.
I don't know about the reputation . Doesn't seem to have more blood than other games , but it is more realistic , though.
Anyway , if you are a sensitive person , don't buy violent games. I don't see why they should disallow it for everyone though .
- Sleep/Hibernation should work
- Wireless will work if you use ndiswrapper
- Not sure about softkeys. Don't need them.
What makes you think it can't ?
We are talking about Ubuntu.
No need for command line , scripts or anything else.
Just install , and if you need something , click on add/remove programs.
It's easier than Windows , where you have to look on different websites to get what you need.
In fact that is the accomplishment , that a very user friendly , though somewhat bulky distro like Ubuntu is outperforming Vista.
Garbage isn't the problem.. the problem is that we have millions of copies of the same data. Think of the 50gb of video games you may have installed.. 10 million people have the same games as you. Music? Unless you performed it yourself or it's sub-underground, chances are millions of people each have multiple copies of it. The anime you've torrented has 10,000 downloads.
As for images on the internet.. well, every repost is a repost repost.
That not a problem , that's called redundancy. If everyone has a copy , and you lose yours , you can get it back easily this way.
It's one of the things that make the internet the powerfull force it is today : it's nearly impossible to completely destroy data.
And trust me , that's a good thing.
No /. elitist would munge their grammar in such a fashion
Don't profess to know the mind of an Elitist Slashdot Grammar Nazi until you can write correctly.
It seems correct to me , but it might be a trap.
Well offcourse , but then again , that's not really suprising.
It's common knowlegde that the brain works better when you train it.
Food also has influence on the brain. If you eat a lot of fish instead of meat , your brain will also work better.
Well , you did say social sites