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50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

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Re: 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

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Post by rayiner »

rome wrote: post #73
freehunter wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about: "I don't see any similarity between the two. Gays were trying to obtain equal rights. The right to be a black man and vote is one that no one has, not just black people." Straight people have the right to marry. Gay people don't. Same exact issue. If you're not gay, you by default don't need the right to marry same-sex, just like if you're not black, you don't need the right to be black and vote.

Actually everyone except blacks could vote. Contrary to popular belief, gay people can marry, just not same sex. This isn't a statement against same sex marriage, I'm just making a subtle distinction. Gay people have never experienced the maltreatment that blacks have in this country.

Black people had the right to marry someone of their own race.

Re: 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

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Post by moldbug »

georgieporgie wrote: post #130
moldbug wrote: post #129

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The worst of everything tends to get my attention - doesn't it get yours? There are three kinds of blacks in America today - feral, traditional, assimilated. Traditional black people are the nicest people in the world and have the coolest churches. Unfortunately they're all over 50 and have high blood pressure. Assimilated black people are just like white people except for the little box they check when they want to…

The worst of everything tends to get my attention - doesn't it get yours? No, because I'm not a bigot. I'm absolutely stunned that your horrific rant hasn't been downvoted into oblivion.

Dr. Johnson defines bigot as:

... a man devoted unreafonably to a certain party; prejudiced in favour of certain opinions; a blind zealot. It is ufed often with to before the object of zeal; as, a bigot to the Cartefian tenets...

I'm pretty sure you're not a bigot to the Cartesian tenets. You do strike me as pretty zealous, though - n'est ce pas?

I am actually quite okay with bigots and bigotry. We can't all embrace change. We don't all have to. One thing is certain, though - if it's not surprising, it's not change. Welcome to the 21st century!

Re: 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

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Post by georgieporgie »

moldbug wrote: post #132
georgieporgie wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The worst of everything tends to get my attention - doesn't it get yours? No, because I'm not a bigot. I'm absolutely stunned that your horrific rant hasn't been downvoted into oblivion.

Dr. Johnson defines bigot as: ... a man devoted unreafonably to a certain party; prejudiced in favour of certain opinions; a blind zealot. It is ufed often with to before the object of zeal; as, a bigot to the Cartefian tenets... I'm pretty sure you're not a bigot to the Cartesian tenets. You do strike me as pretty zealous, though - n'est ce pas? I am actually quite okay with bigots and bigotry. We can't all embrace…

I'm pretty sure you're not a bigot to the Cartesian tenets. You do strike me as pretty zealous, though - n'est ce pas?

I've read some of your comments. You repeatedly misinterpret what people say and throw out presumptuous personal attacks.

Re: 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

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Post by unlogic »

DanBC wrote: post #77
kens wrote: post #24

The briefcase-sized computer with dials that Mauchly is carrying around is interesting. It's an analog computer for solving scheduling and flow problems, i.e. finding the critical path. The arrows show dependencies, and you turn a knob to set how long a task takes. The computer computes the critical path and the float (slack) time. It's implemented as a corresponding network of voltages sources and diodes, where the…

Now that we have powerful electronics simulation I'd be interested to see the results of genetic algorithms designing various analogue computers.

You can search for automatically created analog curcuits here: http://www.genetic-programming.com/humancompetitive.html

There are also examples and explanations in John Koza's "Genetic Programming" series of books.

Re: 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

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Post by moldbug »

georgieporgie wrote: post #133
moldbug wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dr. Johnson defines bigot as: ... a man devoted unreafonably to a certain party; prejudiced in favour of certain opinions; a blind zealot. It is ufed often with to before the object of zeal; as, a bigot to the Cartefian tenets... I'm pretty sure you're not a bigot to the Cartesian tenets. You do strike me as pretty zealous, though - n'est ce pas? I am actually quite okay with bigots and bigotry. We can't all embrace…

I'm pretty sure you're not a bigot to the Cartesian tenets. You do strike me as pretty zealous, though - n'est ce pas? I've read some of your comments. You repeatedly misinterpret what people say and throw out presumptuous personal attacks.

You should go through the whole history and downvote, if you've got the time - it will reduce my overall karma.

Re: 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

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Post by [deleted] »

georgieporgie wrote: post #133
moldbug wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dr. Johnson defines bigot as: ... a man devoted unreafonably to a certain party; prejudiced in favour of certain opinions; a blind zealot. It is ufed often with to before the object of zeal; as, a bigot to the Cartefian tenets... I'm pretty sure you're not a bigot to the Cartesian tenets. You do strike me as pretty zealous, though - n'est ce pas? I am actually quite okay with bigots and bigotry. We can't all embrace…

I'm pretty sure you're not a bigot to the Cartesian tenets. You do strike me as pretty zealous, though - n'est ce pas? I've read some of your comments. You repeatedly misinterpret what people say and throw out presumptuous personal attacks.

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Re: 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

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Post by Jach »

moldbug wrote: post #102
rmc wrote: post #99

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So, basically, the only no-go areas in 60s USA (for african-americas) were in the middle of nowhere where hardly anyone wanted to go, but now-a-days, the people can't go into half of a large, populous city? I think you might have a rosy eyed view of the past… You know crime in the USA has actually fallen a lot recently?

Trust me, I'm oddly familiar with the country this used to be. Go back and read some primary sources - there are a lot here: http://unz.org/ Crime statistics in the USA have actually fallen a lot recently. What's your explanation of this? You didn't by any chance watch The Wire ? You don't by any chance read the New York Times ? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/nyregion/no-room-for-disse... The former captains spoke…

> The former captains spoke of an unrelenting, often unethical pressure to manipulate crime statistics. In addition, the professors studied police and health data and found weird divergences. City hospital data shows a 90 percent increase in emergency room visits for assaults from 1999 to 2006. But police data for the same period records a nearly 50 percent decrease in assaults.

A friend offered this: "Clearly the hospitals are just padding their books so it looks like they'll need more funding."

Re: 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

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Post by krallja »

DanBC wrote: post #23
DanBC wrote: post #17

Picture 47 - I thought it odd that no-one removed the sprue tags on the lettering. Also, how deep is that TV? Picture 44 - Anyone able to locate this on Google Maps? I can see a sign for "Viginia Stree", but I'm having toruble finding the place.

Picture 38 - Here's the street in 1978 ( http://berlin-wall.org/popup/mur1.html ) Here's the same street, but I need to work harder for a better location. ( http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Sebastian+Strasse+berlin&#38... ) Lol Google, your urls.

Google will generate a short URL for you on demand: http://g.co/maps/tdr8j

Click the chain 'link' icon, then check "Short URL"

Re: 50 Years Ago: The World in 1962

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Post by foldingstock »

freehunter wrote: post #58
foldingstock wrote: post #41

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We'll be thinking how cool it would be to see pictures from the year 2000 if only they weren't locked away by DRM formats that are now unreadable in the year 2050. ;)

Not that I'm arguing against your point, but you've made me curious. Is there actual DRM on photos? I know videos, music, games, books... but I haven't heard of a DRM'd picture before. Any insight? Personally, I would predict incompatible formats with no decryption program available. Will Photoshop and .psd still be around in 50 years?

Aside from a few odd cases like AutoCAD and Photoshop, I don't think most pictures are encumbered by DRM as of right now. I'm sure there are several companies that would love to change that, however. My comment was mostly a joke, but I could see a world in the not-so-distant-future where it wouldn't be very funny.
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