> Consider in the 1800s it wasn't uncommon for a publisher to be paid for a product & make it seem like they were simply endorsing something they truly liked. Since you work in advertising, you should know that that…
Focusing on societal efficiency at the expense of other things seems like a good short-term solution, but a lousy long-term one.
Sorry, I was just talking about Stratfor. > Of course it was also revealed that The Interview was a propaganda product aimed at destabilizing North Korea (in anticipation of the upcoming planned unification). I missed…
> A pretty nasty no-win situation. It's a pretty easy win-win situation–offer both, inform users appropriately. And then provide a third set: a list of the sanitized files not present in the virus-free dump. I think a…
Your syllogism aside, not all cultural satire is racist, even when people want it to be.
So, just how specific does cultural satire have to get before you won't declare it racism? I ask, because "Chinese" includes about 56 recognized ethnic groups in mainland China. I don't think we can say whether this…
> I don't know, but it's a fascinating experiment, anyone who is not paying for it should be in favor of this experiment -- unless you just hate poor people. What a bizarre statement. It's really easy to read that as…
> If this wasn't exaggeration, we should study the fortunate circumstances by which this calamity has been avoided for 17 years. Leaving aside the truth of their claims at the time–because it's irrelevant–your comment…
As an aside, it's been my experience that titles are often written not by the person who wrote the article, but by someone who is tasked with writing titles that are intended to attract attention, and not necessarily…
I agree with you that they're a private company so they can do what they want with their business–I actually think private entities don't have enough rights on that front in many regards–but that doesn't mean that it…
Please ask him more here, so we can all benefit from the discussion.
Guessing you're talking about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Formula_One_espionage_con...
I think that's one valid way of looking at it, and many technically-inclined people would be inclined to agree, I'd imagine. But another way of looking at it, and one I suspect most non-technical people would, is that…
Which is only as secure as the door frame it goes into, which usually means: pretty insecure. Still, I agree with the premise that it's about assumptions, and if people can be made to realize that their garage door…
It's being talked about like this is a new finding, but it's been discussed on various fora for the better part of a decade. For example: http://forums.radioreference.com/547816-post2559.html The author's quip (while…
It's way more complicated than that: http://flighttraining.aopa.org/magazine/1998/November/199811...
That's actually not entirely true, unfortunately. Ask me how I know.
I once had a friend show up to help me start a car that wasn't starting–we thought it was the battery but it turned out to eventually be a flaky ignition switch. It took us a good 20-30 cranks to eventually narrow it…
> We still don't culturally embrace alcohol as a good thing. You don't see the states advertising vodka like they advertise the lottery. I'm having a hard time with this. Something doesn't have to be endorsed by the…
Commercial-grade technology has about 3m accuracy, but different methods can yield down to 10cm accuracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Prec... And then there's a whole segment of survey-grade…
Are those environmental stats per capita or area? I ask only because it's by far the largest state in the CONUS, which makes me wonder if that doesn't play a contributing role.
I'm sure you didn't mean to, but that comment comes across as an easy stereotype that sees city-dwellers as respecters of nature and rural people as killers. The other thing is, my own anecdotal experience contrasts…
That'd be funny if it wasn't such an infuriating brand of stupidity on their part. With only one or two exceptions where I like to keep print copies around for reference (or for travel use where I want something…
> Consider in the 1800s it wasn't uncommon for a publisher to be paid for a product & make it seem like they were simply endorsing something they truly liked. Since you work in advertising, you should know that that…
Focusing on societal efficiency at the expense of other things seems like a good short-term solution, but a lousy long-term one.
Sorry, I was just talking about Stratfor. > Of course it was also revealed that The Interview was a propaganda product aimed at destabilizing North Korea (in anticipation of the upcoming planned unification). I missed…
> A pretty nasty no-win situation. It's a pretty easy win-win situation–offer both, inform users appropriately. And then provide a third set: a list of the sanitized files not present in the virus-free dump. I think a…
Your syllogism aside, not all cultural satire is racist, even when people want it to be.
So, just how specific does cultural satire have to get before you won't declare it racism? I ask, because "Chinese" includes about 56 recognized ethnic groups in mainland China. I don't think we can say whether this…
> I don't know, but it's a fascinating experiment, anyone who is not paying for it should be in favor of this experiment -- unless you just hate poor people. What a bizarre statement. It's really easy to read that as…
> If this wasn't exaggeration, we should study the fortunate circumstances by which this calamity has been avoided for 17 years. Leaving aside the truth of their claims at the time–because it's irrelevant–your comment…
As an aside, it's been my experience that titles are often written not by the person who wrote the article, but by someone who is tasked with writing titles that are intended to attract attention, and not necessarily…
I agree with you that they're a private company so they can do what they want with their business–I actually think private entities don't have enough rights on that front in many regards–but that doesn't mean that it…
Please ask him more here, so we can all benefit from the discussion.
Guessing you're talking about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Formula_One_espionage_con...
I think that's one valid way of looking at it, and many technically-inclined people would be inclined to agree, I'd imagine. But another way of looking at it, and one I suspect most non-technical people would, is that…
Which is only as secure as the door frame it goes into, which usually means: pretty insecure. Still, I agree with the premise that it's about assumptions, and if people can be made to realize that their garage door…
It's being talked about like this is a new finding, but it's been discussed on various fora for the better part of a decade. For example: http://forums.radioreference.com/547816-post2559.html The author's quip (while…
It's way more complicated than that: http://flighttraining.aopa.org/magazine/1998/November/199811...
That's actually not entirely true, unfortunately. Ask me how I know.
I once had a friend show up to help me start a car that wasn't starting–we thought it was the battery but it turned out to eventually be a flaky ignition switch. It took us a good 20-30 cranks to eventually narrow it…
> We still don't culturally embrace alcohol as a good thing. You don't see the states advertising vodka like they advertise the lottery. I'm having a hard time with this. Something doesn't have to be endorsed by the…
Commercial-grade technology has about 3m accuracy, but different methods can yield down to 10cm accuracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Prec... And then there's a whole segment of survey-grade…
Are those environmental stats per capita or area? I ask only because it's by far the largest state in the CONUS, which makes me wonder if that doesn't play a contributing role.
I'm sure you didn't mean to, but that comment comes across as an easy stereotype that sees city-dwellers as respecters of nature and rural people as killers. The other thing is, my own anecdotal experience contrasts…
That'd be funny if it wasn't such an infuriating brand of stupidity on their part. With only one or two exceptions where I like to keep print copies around for reference (or for travel use where I want something…