There is a lot of bias in the mainstream media. Whether it's this way or that way depends on which reader is asked, but the reporter himself almost always feels they are not biased. They probably mean it too, since everyone sees themselves as a centrist.
On blogs, where a more personal touch is expected and delivered, bias it outright. There the opposite happens. The readers (with the same bias as the blogger) see the entries as centrist. The writer states the bias at the outset, and then is free to be biased.
Bias has pros and cons. Pros include that it provides the invisible thread that ties everything together, and gives (supposed) background for the facts. Cons include that it can skip important facts, or cloud the readers judgement before the facts are clearly given.
No bias also has pros and cons. Pros include "just the facts", and the lack of need to read someone with a competing bias just to get the real story. Cons include the bias of the reporter which is not stated (because the attempt at being non-biased failed), and the desire to find opposing views, no matter how (in)significant or evidence just to sound unbiased.
My question is then, where does 'Citizen Journalism' fall into bias? Is there bias? Whose then? The reporters? The payers? The non-paying contributors? Or is there no bias? In which case, what safeguards are there from faling into the normal trap of stating and believing in no bias, even though there clearly is one?
Sneakers, while a good movie, was ridiculous when it came to decryption. Besides the ludicrous speed of the device, the way it decrypted on the screen is non-sensical. But, that's was just eye-candy in an otherwise good movie.
This is about people who said they cheated. There are four groups of people.
Cheated/Admitted Cheated/Denied Didn't Cheat/ Said they did Didn't Cheat/ Said they didn't
If we could compare real stats to these, that would be interesting. But i don;t think this is indicative of the real world. Just what people are willing to tolerate.
Meanwhile, he had mastered bridge -- yes, the card game -- competed in tournaments all over and ran the school club, which doubled in size.
What he did:
He was helped by the fact that U-Va., as a public school, costs a lot less than most private colleges. And that the university accepted many of his Advanced Placement credits from high school; many of the most selective private schools wouldn't. As it was, he doubled up on course credits and took more physics over the summer to finish his second major.
Where he going:
He expects to finish his master's degree this academic year
What he wants to do:
Where he wants to He wants to be a patent attorney.
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Counterpoint:
Many professors would like students to explore and experiment in college rather than cram in as much as possible at top speed.
How he did it:
His college education, almost entirely covered by a patchwork of scholarships, cost him about $200. And he sold back textbooks for more than that. Now he's starting graduate study at U-Va. with a research grant.
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Basically, it's a neat feat that took years to prepare for, like going through a process to be "pre-qualified", but he isn't quite Doogie.
The worst about all this is, that it has never actually been shown that CP is bad. Or at least, that it is any worse than the adult version.
The main issues stated are:
1) It hurts children to make it. 2) It causes people to want the real thing.
The first is obviously not what they are after, since:
1a) They go after the consumer with full force, when this helps little. (It only helps the content creator only if he sells it.)
1b) They go after voyeuristic photos and "model" shoots. The amount of actual CP where the child is hurt has never been shown to be significant.
The second reason, has never been proven either:
2a) The is an equal and opposite force that people would release tension through this, instead of going after the "real" thing.
2b) Pedophilia is defined as a mental disorder, so "normal" viewers will shouldn't be affected by it anyway. Only someone who already wants it, and doesn't know it, would be affected. This is most likely not a significant amount of people.
As such, i believe the real reason is not any of those given above. But until it is delineated, and the laws address it by protected people from harm (that is, make sure there is an actual (potential) victim as opposed to regulating behavior) there should be no barring of CP different from the Adult version. And, as for invading privacy, that's is going to take a lot more doing than this vagueness.
Zero-Day Slashdot Posted by Chacham on 10:45 PM -- Monday September 18 2006 from the zero-day-is-overused dept. [ Slashdot ] [ Teenagers ] [ Slow News Day ] Chacham writes to tell us that an old zero-day Slashdot exploit has been found again and again and again. It looks to be a bug in all browsers. This comment notes, "The bug is in the Submit Story link, which is apparently easy available in the side bar."
No patch has been released. Story posters are standing by.
Computer runs hot. User air consitioning to cool it down. Chips melt if not being cooled. User water to cool them down. MB uses lasers to transfer information. Turn off lights to not intefere.
So, cold, dark, and wet. All we need is a snake to eat the mouse and we'll have the maternal archetype.
But in the US our freedom of the press is supposed to be unlimited. Which is why the state needs secrets... because anyone who finds them out can often publish them with impunity.
Not really. Freedom of the press is more about opinions than information.
Can the press print copywrited material? Can the press print libel? Can the press advertise cigarettes? Can the press print a detailed how to make highly explosive material?
The freedom is for political expression, where the "expression" does not contain information that is protected or damaging. Of course "damaging" can be construed in different ways, and we certainly have lawsuits on the matter. And that is a "Good Thing"(tm).
Slashdot Mirror
Heh. And i'll bet that's coming up soon enough.
"We were secure, until google indexed our site."
There is a lot of bias in the mainstream media. Whether it's this way or that way depends on which reader is asked, but the reporter himself almost always feels they are not biased. They probably mean it too, since everyone sees themselves as a centrist.
On blogs, where a more personal touch is expected and delivered, bias it outright. There the opposite happens. The readers (with the same bias as the blogger) see the entries as centrist. The writer states the bias at the outset, and then is free to be biased.
Bias has pros and cons. Pros include that it provides the invisible thread that ties everything together, and gives (supposed) background for the facts. Cons include that it can skip important facts, or cloud the readers judgement before the facts are clearly given.
No bias also has pros and cons. Pros include "just the facts", and the lack of need to read someone with a competing bias just to get the real story. Cons include the bias of the reporter which is not stated (because the attempt at being non-biased failed), and the desire to find opposing views, no matter how (in)significant or evidence just to sound unbiased.
My question is then, where does 'Citizen Journalism' fall into bias? Is there bias? Whose then? The reporters? The payers? The non-paying contributors? Or is there no bias? In which case, what safeguards are there from faling into the normal trap of stating and believing in no bias, even though there clearly is one?
Sneakers, while a good movie, was ridiculous when it came to decryption. Besides the ludicrous speed of the device, the way it decrypted on the screen is non-sensical. But, that's was just eye-candy in an otherwise good movie.
What comptuers are very good at, though,
.... is spell-checking.....
....something, apparently, the editors are not good at....
This is about people who said they cheated. There are four groups of people.
Cheated/Admitted
Cheated/Denied
Didn't Cheat/ Said they did
Didn't Cheat/ Said they didn't
If we could compare real stats to these, that would be interesting. But i don;t think this is indicative of the real world. Just what people are willing to tolerate.
Had he been fifty, it would be just as neat.
Just take any extra water from the global ice melt and put it somewhere else - like low laying areas of the earth.
If we do it before it melts, we may be able to get funding from Mr. Brewster.
Nobody that I know who is serious about their field sells back their textbooks. Especially not in physics.
What about economics?
What he did:
Where he going:
What he wants to do:
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Counterpoint:
How he did it:
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Basically, it's a neat feat that took years to prepare for, like going through a process to be "pre-qualified", but he isn't quite Doogie.
It's certainly interesting that so many people post very revealing stuff about themselves on these sites
Like the same information they'd tell you if you just asked them?
Picture this, soon their balooning costs will skyrocket to reach even greater heights.
Wow, thanx. :)
I think you restated it better than i originally stated it.
Yep.
FTA: "The work taken in carrying out this process is quite disturbing.
And perhaps that is the real issue.
The worst about all this is, that it has never actually been shown that CP is bad. Or at least, that it is any worse than the adult version.
The main issues stated are:
1) It hurts children to make it.
2) It causes people to want the real thing.
The first is obviously not what they are after, since:
1a) They go after the consumer with full force, when this helps little. (It only helps the content creator only if he sells it.)
1b) They go after voyeuristic photos and "model" shoots. The amount of actual CP where the child is hurt has never been shown to be significant.
The second reason, has never been proven either:
2a) The is an equal and opposite force that people would release tension through this, instead of going after the "real" thing.
2b) Pedophilia is defined as a mental disorder, so "normal" viewers will shouldn't be affected by it anyway. Only someone who already wants it, and doesn't know it, would be affected. This is most likely not a significant amount of people.
As such, i believe the real reason is not any of those given above. But until it is delineated, and the laws address it by protected people from harm (that is, make sure there is an actual (potential) victim as opposed to regulating behavior) there should be no barring of CP different from the Adult version. And, as for invading privacy, that's is going to take a lot more doing than this vagueness.
We respect civil liberties but we have to harmonize this so we can get more information
IOW, they respect civil liberties until it affects them too.
...and then getting out of the neutral zone as fast as possible.
Well, i guess Pirate Day is all talk and no vote. Arrrrrrrrr.....
Anybody who has used Linux or any other OS would be aware of the very powerful and feature rich text editor Vi.
Much like seeing Windows helps you appreciate Linux, seeing Vi helps you appreciate Emacs.
Zero-Day Slashdot
Posted by Chacham on 10:45 PM -- Monday September 18 2006
from the zero-day-is-overused dept.
[ Slashdot ] [ Teenagers ] [ Slow News Day ]
Chacham writes to tell us that an old zero-day Slashdot exploit has been found again and again and again. It looks to be a bug in all browsers. This comment notes, "The bug is in the Submit Story link, which is apparently easy available in the side bar."
No patch has been released. Story posters are standing by.
Is the web frontier the new wild west?
First come people searching for gold, then the cities, the the army sends specials crews, then finally a regular police force.
We have the website searching for gold. We have the beginning of cities, and the marshals come rarely.
Hmm...
Computer runs hot. User air consitioning to cool it down.
Chips melt if not being cooled. User water to cool them down.
MB uses lasers to transfer information. Turn off lights to not intefere.
So, cold, dark, and wet. All we need is a snake to eat the mouse and we'll have the maternal archetype.
the key in question is a utilitarian type
That's the problem right there. You should never religion and state, it always makes one cross.
Better yet, let everyone have a say.
Let's make DNS a wiki!
But in the US our freedom of the press is supposed to be unlimited. Which is why the state needs secrets... because anyone who finds them out can often publish them with impunity.
Not really. Freedom of the press is more about opinions than information.
Can the press print copywrited material? Can the press print libel? Can the press advertise cigarettes? Can the press print a detailed how to make highly explosive material?
The freedom is for political expression, where the "expression" does not contain information that is protected or damaging. Of course "damaging" can be construed in different ways, and we certainly have lawsuits on the matter. And that is a "Good Thing"(tm).
Is this really a good thing?
Let me guess, this guy believes there should be no such thing as state secrets. The government should be open!
<insert patron deity here> help us all!