Many will undoubtedly argue that "you need to be in great physical shape to be a formula 1 driver" or the "formula 1 drivers are athletes", and that may be true, but in the end, formula 1 is a competition of technology, not human capability.
Funny, the first thing that came to mind from your list wasn't Formula 1, but Jazz Dance. Competitive dance looks like it requires gymnastics-lite as the cost of entry before you can even begin evaluating on skill and form.
Maybe they didn't use it, but they refused comment when confronted:
In fact, after a more thorough review, the only incorrect information published by Trevor Eckhart was information he published about Verizon Wireless. A spokesperson from Verizon clarified that the privacy policy information they published on their website was not in any way related to CarrierIQ. In fact, Verizon claims to not have any dealings at all with CarrierIQ on any of their handsets. Of course, the Verizon spokesperson failed to comment when Mr. Eckhart responded by pointing out that his research discovered three IP addresses in the CarrierIQ network that were pointed to by domains like vzw-collector.demo.carrieriq.com and hupload-vzw99.carrieriq.com.
I think all drivers should be required to paint their bumpers yellow until they have driven for at least a full year without a ticket or accident. Also yellow bumpers should be a regular punishment for bad drivers (DUI; life, Street racing; life, Speeding less then 15 over; 1 year, more then 15; 3 years, etc).
Good idea, but unless it was a Google car, the car isn't what deserves the ugly paint job.
p.s. if you recognize above as Scribe mark-up, good for you! Do you really think Microsoft Word is an improvement over Scribe?
I think some mothballed neurons started smoldering when I saw that markup. What scares me even more is that I can't find references to Scribe on Google.
I see a cultural pattern where people are taught (likely in an indirect way, or due to some sort of caste system) to not show (or perhaps even not feel) empathy for others. A good example of this is the horrible story of Yue Yue, a 2 year old Chinese girl that was recently run over by two vehicles and literally stepped over and around by over a dozen people for several minutes before someone helped.
Peter Watts did an engaging job of describing how alien an alien can be in his books, notably Blindsight and The Island. Most of his books are available for free online from that page.
Oh, and BTW, you guys need to unionize (I'm out of the fight, I retire in 2 years). And a thought just occurred to me -- if I were required to work overtime at my normal rate, I'd just refuse to work overtime. Fuck 'em.
Then why couldn't you do the groundwork or actually start the union? Seems you could put effort into building a framework that others could plug into and improve, without incurring much personal risk, and it would probably give you a decent amount of clout. Even the threat might give you enough lobbying muscle to make representatives treat you seriously.
Yeah! Point this argument out to those stifflers and they'll have to start showing you some respect. Protip: flirting with their mothers in a way that shows off your sophistication and culture should get their attention.
Marshall Brain's Manna describes two possible social results of automation. Not a long read, and a good starting point for considering the effects of total automation.
If you've never driven down the California coast, try to do it. Photos and video can't reproduce it accurately -- you have to experience it to understand. I only saw it for the first time a few years ago, and the stick figure's expression at the beginning perfectly captures what I imagine the emotion of someone who used to live near the west coast, has been living in New York for a few years, has difficulty sharing the experience with the people around him/her who have never been there -- and is homesick.
Is it clearly understood how much tech adults can take? It seems to me that the unstated assumption is that adults have a well-tuned self-regulation mechanism for their intake, but is that borne out by the evidence?
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Many will undoubtedly argue that "you need to be in great physical shape to be a formula 1 driver" or the "formula 1 drivers are athletes", and that may be true, but in the end, formula 1 is a competition of technology, not human capability.
Funny, the first thing that came to mind from your list wasn't Formula 1, but Jazz Dance. Competitive dance looks like it requires gymnastics-lite as the cost of entry before you can even begin evaluating on skill and form.
Simple -- Zuckerberg just has to correspondingly change his identity.
I'm pretty sure it was shouting, "Hot hot hot hot!"
Shortly after which it reported, 'I got a little cooked but I'm ok'.
I'm not following. Can you use a car analogy?
In fact, after a more thorough review, the only incorrect information published by Trevor Eckhart was information he published about Verizon Wireless. A spokesperson from Verizon clarified that the privacy policy information they published on their website was not in any way related to CarrierIQ. In fact, Verizon claims to not have any dealings at all with CarrierIQ on any of their handsets. Of course, the Verizon spokesperson failed to comment when Mr. Eckhart responded by pointing out that his research discovered three IP addresses in the CarrierIQ network that were pointed to by domains like vzw-collector.demo.carrieriq.com and hupload-vzw99.carrieriq.com.
http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/carrieriq-plot-thickens-20111123/
I think all drivers should be required to paint their bumpers yellow until they have driven for at least a full year without a ticket or accident. Also yellow bumpers should be a regular punishment for bad drivers (DUI; life, Street racing; life, Speeding less then 15 over; 1 year, more then 15; 3 years, etc).
Good idea, but unless it was a Google car, the car isn't what deserves the ugly paint job.
As depicted quite evocatively in this King of the Hill episode.
p.s. if you recognize above as Scribe mark-up, good for you! Do you really think Microsoft Word is an improvement over Scribe?
I think some mothballed neurons started smoldering when I saw that markup. What scares me even more is that I can't find references to Scribe on Google.
We flock to watch Snookie, but refuse to take the time to teach our kids how to spell.
Like we really need that. C is for Snookie, that's good enough for me.
I see a cultural pattern where people are taught (likely in an indirect way, or due to some sort of caste system) to not show (or perhaps even not feel) empathy for others. A good example of this is the horrible story of Yue Yue, a 2 year old Chinese girl that was recently run over by two vehicles and literally stepped over and around by over a dozen people for several minutes before someone helped.
Or, if you like, something closer to home.
> cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS \n \l
> sudo aptitude search kubuntu-desktop
i kubuntu-desktop - Kubuntu Plasma Desktop system
KDE has had a kiosk mode for quite a while, leading me to believe it's quite mature by now. It even has a GUI setup tool.
"and before he can do anything you kick the living daylight out of him without a warning. "
way to total miss the point and bastardize Bruce Lee's philosophy.
You're a dick.
And it didn't even work! Bet he didn't see that one coming.
They would be divided [...] and insisting that first contact is a sign of the end of days and the aliens are devils in disguise.
Or not even disguised, in some cases.
Along those lines, you don't even need to go offworld or into science fiction to find cultures who have significantly different perspectives on religion and experience of language than we do.
Peter Watts did an engaging job of describing how alien an alien can be in his books, notably Blindsight and The Island. Most of his books are available for free online from that page.
You misspelled it -- it's i-Rack. The similarities are unnerving, though.
Oh, and BTW, you guys need to unionize (I'm out of the fight, I retire in 2 years). And a thought just occurred to me -- if I were required to work overtime at my normal rate, I'd just refuse to work overtime. Fuck 'em.
Then why couldn't you do the groundwork or actually start the union? Seems you could put effort into building a framework that others could plug into and improve, without incurring much personal risk, and it would probably give you a decent amount of clout. Even the threat might give you enough lobbying muscle to make representatives treat you seriously.
And the must-not-miss: Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter
As such, I would not be surprised if many politicians have scripts for cholesterol, hypertension, and liver disorders.
I think Nixon's head put it best when he described the standard for politician's bodies.
Yeah! Point this argument out to those stifflers and they'll have to start showing you some respect. Protip: flirting with their mothers in a way that shows off your sophistication and culture should get their attention.
Marshall Brain's Manna describes two possible social results of automation. Not a long read, and a good starting point for considering the effects of total automation.
If you've never driven down the California coast, try to do it. Photos and video can't reproduce it accurately -- you have to experience it to understand. I only saw it for the first time a few years ago, and the stick figure's expression at the beginning perfectly captures what I imagine the emotion of someone who used to live near the west coast, has been living in New York for a few years, has difficulty sharing the experience with the people around him/her who have never been there -- and is homesick.
If the amounts go up a lot - to Bill Gates $1m would be essentially meaningless.
In fact, the figure is $1000 for it to be a literal waste of his time. It used to be $20, I think.
Is it clearly understood how much tech adults can take? It seems to me that the unstated assumption is that adults have a well-tuned self-regulation mechanism for their intake, but is that borne out by the evidence?