Comment Re:Hmmm... (Score 1) 138
There's also a name for the phenomenon -- a filter bubble.
This ties in to a more general phenomenon known as confirmation bias.
There's also a name for the phenomenon -- a filter bubble.
This ties in to a more general phenomenon known as confirmation bias.
I need internet for streaming media, general internet access, email, cloud storage, and gaming. Only one company allows me to do that effectively and even if I did switch to a worse service I'd lose the ability to do some of those.
Oh noes! Whatever will you do? How would you survive?
No, you don't need those things. You would like to have them. You need air to breathe, water to drink, food to eat and shelter from the elements. You apparently already have the things that you need which allows you to worry about the things that you want.
Same problem as, "What if your gun runs out of ammo?". How do gun owners mitigate that problem? They check their weapon regularly.
Except that rounds do not magically disappear from a loaded magazine when it sits for a month. It still goes bang when you need it to. Batteries self discharge and could leave you defenseless just when you are counting on it.
Cars aren't typically used in life and death situations. Guns are. Changes the game, so to speak.
Have you ever looked at the fatality statistics associated with intoxicated drivers?
More than that, you've got good quality imagery from that same camera from the launch,
Do they? I thought I read in the reddit thread that the launch video was actually from a second stage camera.
And just what is it you think the populace can do about it? They have the guns.
LEO or the populace? This is Texas, remember? Carrying a firearm is not only a right but also a requirement there.
Thanks for the tip! I might actually watch that some time. Also, let me throw this back at you.
Don't forget this title.
That is the biggest problem. Other then rewarding the people who fix the problem, we try to figure out who is to blame for every freaking thing.
"Fix the problem, not the blame."
Rising Sun (1993) - Capt. John Connor (Sean Connery)
Indeed. But there is a _standard_ solution.
Citation needed.
Heartbleed is a server exploit
Actually it can cut both ways.
I understand that it can be difficult for self employed people with highly variable incomes, but most Americans don't fall into that group and should know their yearly tax liability to within a fifty dollars or so at the beginning of the tax year.
Since the tax codes and the taxation tables aren't finalized until the end of the year I've always found it difficult to predict what my end tax liability is going to be.
But if the money is in my possession, doesn't a fair reading of the Constitution mean they have to prove it never belonged to me?
The US Government abandoned any pretext of due process many years ago with the passing of various asset_forfeiture laws. Now they pretty much seize anything that they can and require you to prove that you obtained it legally and that you used funds that were obtained legally.
Good point. But a quick sip isn't exactly something I depend on, right? That was the real point. If one source of marginally interesting information flow gets ruined, there are plenty of other things to do. My mental well-being doesn't depend on 'consumption' of what Comcast/TWC might control. Maybe I'll just take the kayak down to the river and paddle around for a bit, take the dog for a walk or take the bike out for a spin. Comcast/TWC can DIAF.
So when you go down to the local polling place, assuming that you even vote, do you just pick randomly?
Pattern recognition is an interesting way to put it.
We are predisposed to pattern recognition. Selection also likely accounts for the fortunate ones... whose patterns of recognition proved causal rather than corollary, such as this leaf cures that malady.
Don't forget a healthy sprinkling of confirmation bias on top.
Pearl Harbor Survivor is not a licence(sic) plate HOLDER.
It is a state-issued alternative license plate.
Dude, chill out. He didn't mean a physical license plate retention device, he meant a person who has been issued that license plate. Kinda like when someone holds an office, they don't literally have a bunch of office furniture in their arms.
Get hold of portable property. -- Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations"
