rauldmiller

rauldmiller

  • Commented on A nation of slaves
    I see several logical errors here. One is the assumption that the accumulation of wealth is the only way to measure goodness. This makes about as much sense as saying that the accumulation of food is the only way to...
  • Commented on Why Microsoft Word must Die
    Trying to kill it just makes it stronger, for reasons which are too complicated to describe, but which are rather similar in structure to immune system failures. On the other hand, this is becoming less and less of an issue....
  • Commented on Another deceptively simple question
    I have trouble reasoning about this question because there are so many answers. If by "book" we mean a specific form factor, then I expect books in 2033 will look much like books in 1933, except newer, and of course...
  • Commented on A deceptively simple question
    Difficult to talk about geopolitical consequences without any specific focus, timescale, nor perspective. So here's a few more mundane issues: roads, and rules of the road, will gradually change (roads become not so "entertaining"), transportation will become more like limousine/cab/bus/train,...
  • Commented on Parasites
    I'd probably go with corn as my favorite parasite for today, because it tastes rather nice (and I'll claim it's a parasite because it destroys the soil it grows in - sugar cane is harsher, of course, but personally I've...
  • Commented on Time tourism
    I'm amazed that you managed to write this without even mentioning "All You Zombies"...
  • Commented on The next moves in the Spooks v. News cold war
    Why should the USA bother to inject disinformation when they can get foreign governments to do that for them?...
  • Commented on Snowden leaks: the real take-home
    I am not certain if I have seen any signs of analysis work by the NSA which exceeds the capabilities of a pack of teenagers. Then again, that's not really their role, is it?...
  • Commented on Marking time, more thoughts
    I've some thoughts here, which may or may not be relevant. Have you noticed that people are willing to pay money to play in an MMORPG? Here, people are going out of their way to ... participate in near mindless...
  • Commented on A Bad Dream
    In my opinion... and please keep in mind that I'm one of those looney colonialists from the american states... in my opinion what you are really objecting to is a slightly different problem than what you've expressed. The real issue,...
  • Commented on Big Guns[1]
    Here's an interesting article on reducing violent crime: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline I think one of the reasons discussions of legal changes become so flammable is that there are ethical issues associated with testing the validity of a hypothesis. So it can be...
  • Commented on Big Guns[1]
    I am noticing a few other topics I consider significant, that seem to be getting neglected in this thread (not that much of anyone is reading the bottom of the comments or -- soon -- a section of the page...
  • Commented on Big Guns[1]
    @guthrie (#16) - my personal experience with injury and violence mostly has to do with motor vehicles. I've only had a gun pulled on me once, and in that case I was able to talk the criminal involved into not...
  • Commented on Big Guns[1]
    Troll alert: you're playing the game of "If you can't make me say I'm wrong I win." You've advanced an argument. Charlie has expressed skepticism and given a reason for why he's skeptical. Please go read my post again. Despite...
  • Commented on Big Guns[1]
    I really wish I could go back and clean up bad grammar in my posts. I hope people will forgive my horrible sentence structures....
  • Commented on Big Guns[1]
    I am not convinced that guns are equivalent to atomic bombs. I will agree that many countries have a form of democratic government and an unarmed populace, but I would like to see a deeper discussion of this issue than...
  • Commented on Big Guns[1]
    I believe that there are some problems with gun control. First, if you cannot trust people with guns, can you really trust them with a government? The whole principle of democracy is that your population is intelligent enough to govern...
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