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Here's one problem (among others) I have with using intent in a definition (such as "classification" or "types"). We have program A and program B. A is built by Bob and B is built by Marry. A and B ended up being identical, perhaps accidentally. However, Bob and Marry's intent were very different. They just coincidently made A and B the same. An intent-based definition may say that A has "types" but that B does not because Marry did not intend there to be types when she made B. I find this silly and potentially very confusing. --top
First, everyone programs with some notion of "types", or at least I've never met anyone who has not. Even in a language where every value is a string, people will have "types" of strings in their minds (e.g. strings representing integers vs. strings representing names). It's just that unityped languages are less expressive because cannot express this notion or take advantage of it. Even Mary will be programming with types, but she might have different informal 'type' distinctions in mind than Bob and end up producing the same program because she has different 'intents' for what the strings represent. Second, if program A and B are identical, then whatever
notion of types they possess
also be identical (unless they're writing the same code but using two different programming languages, which is rather unlikely). There is such a thing as codified semantics and 'intent'.
Anyhow, you can't know the 'intent' of
except by also knowing its context. For sub-program elements, this is easy: the context is the programming language plus the surrounding program elements. For whole programs, this is more difficult because the intent of the program depends on how you're planning to use it, which needn't be codified in the program... though it is usually fairly obvious (at the macro-level, programs are usually quite specialized in what they
be used for). Bob and Mary could be using their programs for two different things. Bob could be using the program for "classification" while Mary is using it for "transform". The difference is in the intent, which becomes obvious in the greater context of the where the inputs received are coming from and how the output of the program is used. Given an idea of from where the inputs is coming and to where the outputs are going, you can probably make a 95% or better guess as to what Bob's and Mary's respective 'intents' are.
" is about 95% accurate, but that didn't seem good enough to you.
is about 5% accurate, which doesn't seem good enough for me.
Untrue. Roughly 95% of production code uses languages that use side-flags to track types.
Irrelevant. That's like saying T
ypesAreBits because 100% of production code using languages involving types at some point uses bits to track types.
But the reverse is not the case with bits, but is generally the case with side flags. A "type-free" variable has no side-flags, at least not any "types" outside of the observer's mind. (Of course your definition may differ, but that's a different issue than your bit analogy.) --top
Certainly the reverse IS the case with bits. An implementation of a "type-free" language won't ever have any 'bits' dedicated to tracking types. How do you justify claiming otherwise?
We don't have to use bits to construct a flag. A machine with mechanical flags can be built. True, we are talking about frequency. I'll see if I can reformulate my statement to make it less "leaky".
It won't help. Bits is just one example. If you can't get past thinking the representation of a type is the same as a type, your statement won't become any better no matter how you 'reformulate' it.
But we can only use objective analysis on representations. That is all that will ever exist in the physical world. Your mental world is not objective by definition. By the way, values are not necessarily "types", but are still usually represented by bits. Thus, the bit statement is falsified by at least one common example.
It seems you're assuming that 'side flags' are somehow better, that those simplistic meta-data annotations aren't ever used for anything but 'types'. You'd be wrong. Side flags are as bad as 'bits' in this regard. If you'd like examples, check out Youtube or the 'Keywords' section on an HTML page or a whitepaper. Or check out any modern IDE/syntax highlighter/debugger. Types might be represented by side-flags, but (just as not all bits represent types) not all such 'side-flag' annotations represent types. As far as "we can only use objective analysis on representations", that's simply untrue - we can, for example, certainly use objective analysis over formal semantics of representation.
How is "keywords" a "side flag" anymore than the other HTML attributes? I used "side" to mean more or less hidden or "out of the way" from the more visible values. But a "keyword" attribute is no more "out of the way" than any other attribute. And it could be argued that keywords are a form of "types" anyhow.
Huh? I did not claim or imply that keywords are somehow
on the "side", just that they are on the side and that they are annotations (meta-data). As far as your "it could be argued" comment: just because something can be argued doesn't mean said argument will be sound or cogent.
Let's hope you remember your own lectures. Note that there are often multiple paths of reason, depending on how one defines or classifies things. I don't automatically assume there is only one path to the "truth".
True, there are multiple paths of correct reasoning. And while not all of them will lead to 'truth' (due to
), none of them will lead you to conclusions contradicting the truth. Your problem is that YOU don't even bother staying on the many proven (aka 'logical') paths of reasoning. You use circular logic, jumping to unsubstantiated conclusions then shifting the burden of proof ("I can't support it but you can't argue the opposite, neener neener"), and
equivocation, just to name a few. These are fallacies because they have proven time and time again to lead people to conclusions inconsistent with or unsupported by future and past observations. There is more than one path to the "truth" but there are also even more paths to "nonsense" and it seems you favor the latter.
If you have a clean logic path, it is lost in your meandering diatribes and volumous insults. I'd suggest presenting it in a cleaner format, kind of like a geometry proof: Here's the givens, here's the symbols and descriptions of them, and here's the math based on givens and symbols presented above.
I've offered clean logic as to the source of your fallacy, but it is consistently lost on your ignorance, your lack of education, your arrogance, and your further sophistry (you use more fallacy to defend you earlier fallacies). This is what prompts the insults and diatribes. For example, it is NOT a 'given' that representation and that which is represented are the same thing (indeed, the opposite seems to be true). Because of this, your claim that '
are 95% accurate' on the basis that 'Roughly 95% of production code uses languages that use side-flags to track types' is
fallacious and illogical nonsense
. It simply doesn't follow: types being represented by side-flags does not make types the same as side-flags because there is no 'given' to allow that logical leap. When I point this out to you, you become pissy, and start
waving your hands and making stuff up
to defend your earlier fallacy, such as your claim "but the reverse is not the case with bits". You deserve diatribes and insults. Actually, you deserve a
for your disrespect and intellectual dishonesty, but I can't do the
If you document your claim logic path properly and clearly, then it will stand on its own regardless of any alleged personal faults of mine. If I have a problem with a given or what-not, there is a clear place reference it. Scattered verbal notiony reasoning doesn't serve that well. Maybe you've worked with people who can decipher your chickenshit scribbling and they spoiled you. I'm not one of them. --top
I should NOT need to list 'givens' that anybody with a proper education to join a conversation on this forum already knows and knows the reasons for. I should NOT need to basically reiterate the whole of 'logic'. You thumb your nose at education and logic, and that makes you an irrational and unreasonable person who can't understand reason and logic when it slaps you in the face. That is YOUR problem. Not mine. When you start assuming 'givens' that have been disproven and explained in even elementary logic courses (such as your neglecting the distinction between representation and what is represented) that is YOUR fallacy, and merely pointing it out SHOULD be enough, and you SHOULDN'T have even made the mistake in the first place - that you did is a problem on YOUR end. Pointing out your assumption certainly is enough for anyone who is better than an anti-intellectual like yourself. That you
me to accommodate your particular lack of education is arrogant and disrespectful. You've been too busy thumbing your nose at academia to learn how to profitably think.
As far as a representations versus "being", that assumes a
outside of the model. Inside a model one can call something a "type" and that is a "truth" within that model. If you want to show that it conflicts with a universal definition of "type" or "classification", be my guest. So far you've only entangled with the gray-art psychology of "intent". --top
Incorrect on two counts. (1) Representation versus "being" is also about truth
models and languages - such as the distinction between syntax and semantics, or between implementation and content.
Semantics are in the head of the observer. We can only test, measure, and compare implementations. In the observer's case, the "implementation" may be neurons (which we have very limited analytical access to). --top
Semantics are also in the formal definition of the language and in the language's description of a model. And you are making bad assumptions to defend your other bad assumptions, again, thus proving your tendency to use more fallacy to defend your fallacy.
Semantics is about meaning, and meaning is in the head. Computers just follow orders blindly, they don't care about "meaning". (Although "meaning" is probably as fuzzily defined as "intent".) Stop waving your hands and start moving your fingers to type up a real proof.
CPUs and service programs do care about "meaning" by giving "meaning" to and following the "meaning" of the orders they are issued. Semantics (as the word is used in computer science) is a highly formalized comprehension of "meaning". That it happens to be "in the head" or some other program does not make semantics of a statement relative or subjective.
(2) Representation versus "being" of things outside of an applied model doesn't assume "a"
, but only that there "is a" 'universe' and some sort of association between inputs to the model and the universe such that the outputs of the model will also be associated with the universe. Actually verifying the model is what
is all about. You're the one waving your hands and making bad assumptions here.
You are waving your hands trying to avoid a clear definition of "intent" by claiming that I am ignorant of your "proof". You have no real proof or definition, just hand wavy excuses to avoid stating it. Either you are not capable of or are too lazy to formalize your claims. --top
If you don't wish to be a hypocrite, I suggest you avoid calling others 'lazy' until you are enthusiastic to make the occasional
or take a brush-up logic course for no other purpose than to refresh your comprehension of a subject or learn something new... because it takes a supremely lazy,
unprofessional slob
to not maintain his skills. Programmers are expected to know logic.
The problem is
, not me. You are just too lazy to present logic in a clean format already described, or are afraid of scrutiny by doing so. Almost everbody on the web calls the other person dumb when they have no real argument or get themselves into a bind. It's a worn-out excuse. --top
Oh? The problem is
? Then I look forward to you presenting your future and past arguments and claims in this 'clean' format you describe, such that I'd have a consistent model of how you expect arguments from others..
It will depend on the definition of words, and we will not agree on them and run into endless
fractal trails.
and I'm just the messenger. It's my head model against your head model.
Back to waving your hands and making up fallacious excuses for your hypocrisy and sophistry, I see. Well, I should have expected it.
It's not "waving my hands". You ask why I don't use the formal proof format suggested. The reason is clear: I don't claim there is any formal proof that backs my position and only my position because the definitions and concepts involved are subjective or relative. Why is that "hand waving"? Stop trying to turn this back on me: you claim universal truth, you show universal truth via clean logic outlines. If you can't do it, I shall consider you an empty blowhard. --top
Claiming that you don't need proof of your conclusion because you assume everything involved is subjective or relative is a perfect example of "hand waving". Indeed, it is circular logic combined with playing
, fallacy of equivocation, and
. As far as "universal truth" I have claimed only that "intent" is just as objective as "baseball" and "chair" and "rocket" and "distance" and "time" and "velocity". Like these other things, it is detected inductively and probabilistically but is not defined as a probabilistic entity or pattern.
Shifting from what? What is the default?
The default is to say "maybe", not to assume "X is subjective". There's a huge difference. If you aren't willing to prove your claims, you might as well be waving your hands and screaming, "The end of days is coming! The great spaghetti monster will kill you all with golden hammers! If you don't believe me, then it is your job to prove me wrong!". It's just religious bullshit. And. you. do. it. all. the. fucking. time.
You are the claimer, not me. I made no objective claims and therefore have no obligation to prove diddly squat. (I can offer evidence that
, but not objective proof.)
, then so must be my claims and therefore by your logic I have no more obligation than do you. But
is a stupid self-contradictory lie that is just one part of your religious bullshit. As far as your "I made no objective claims" objective claim, it's a lie.
From a practical standpoint, you've still not shown a reliable way to define types and classification. If we have to play Sherlock Holmes against the brains of language designers, then we have an ugly situation. It's as useful as replacing snow with shaved ice so that we can claim "there is no snow here". --top
From a practical standpoint, you've been waving your arms and spouting nonsense like '
' and claiming that distances, measurements, time, snow, baseballs, etc. are all 'subjective' just so you can say the same of intent, never mind your contradiction of the typical usage of English. From a practical standpoint, your complaints have long been sunk. From a practical standpoint, 'intent' and 'classification' and 'types' are all sufficiently well defined for real use in real conversations, models, and mathematics. From a practical standpoint,
is a raving lunatic.
Bull! From a practical standpoint you've made no semi-consensus way to determine what is NOT a classification. Everything in a language or app can easily be viewed as a classification by your "standards" (cough). You haven't even offered enough rigor to nail Jello to a cloud using melting gummy-nails.
And you are back to your fallacy, implying without proof that "viewed as a" is the same as "is a". What I've offered is rigorous if you don't assume illogical things. You assume illogical things.
You haven't shown is-a, was-a, shitta, fuzzy-waza-beara, etc. If you have real logic, the put it in the form described. Let me restate that for the accusationally narrow: The range of valid interpretations of the given definitions rule out very little.
None of my assertions require or assume that 'can be viewed as a' be 'is a', so I have no need to assert or defend it. Indeed, I'd attack the notion in general:
. But that very assumption is the one nail upon which all your accusations and arguments have been hanging. And now you're back to making another claim ("The range of valid interpretations of the given definitions rule out very little") the argument for which relies, once again, on this same bad assumption. Your complaints about 'definitions', and your accusations that my claims are 'subjective' based on irrelevant word games, you're playing word games, is just so much smoke, hot air, circular logic, and sophistry.
And so far definitions of "intent" are either so broad that everything is intent or too fuzzy.
No more fuzzy than "baseball" and "chair" and "rocket" and "distance" and "time" and "velocity" and other things that the word
was coined to refer to.
You just claim the reader is poorly educated if they don't buy your fuzz.
If you provided legitimate arguments and counterpoints I'd consider you well educated even if you didn't buy what I was saying. Instead, you wave your hands, make up indefensible shit, claim that you don't even need to defend it, attempt to use the shit you made up to defend the shit you made up, and attempt
word games to excuse your sophistry.
Does determining a baseball require your PhD?
No. And neither does determining intent.
You still have not produced a usable definition of "classification", and tying it to "intent" has only made it worse.
You still have not produced a sound or cogent argument to support either of those accusations. Your wild gesticulation and rampant fallacy does not qualify. I have every reason to believe the definition of "classification" I provided is usable, and that tying it to intent does not harm it. I have, after all, been able to use them both.
And are indulging in fallacy. Again. Among other things, definitions don't need to be "proven", and I've already given
an equation
(no less) on how to detect and verify intent as it is defined that applies regardless of how 'formal' or 'clear' the definition happens to be; this was done below. Further, you are now attempting to distract from the subject at hand... this discussion started with your spurious injection about
, and has not been about "intent" since that point. If you must diverge, you should at least be able to stay on-topic within your divergence.
I didn't say that definitions need to be "proved" there. You are insulting the hell out of me for something I didn't even say. This is strong evidence you are so biased against me that you read what you want to read in order to see me in a sinister light.
You've wandered into that "sinister light" on your own steam; it isn't as though you've been pre-judged to be there. If you think every grievance I have against you is one big misunderstanding from seeing you in a 'sinister light', you're delusional. And if "avoid a clear definition of 'intent' by claiming ignorance of 'proof'" isn't intended to imply that the subject of the "proof" is a "definition" or that one can somehow replace the other, then you seriously need to brush up on your English.
If it was unclear to you, then simply ask for clarification. That's the civalized way to handle it.
If it were unclear, I'd have asked for clarification. Instead, what you said was
What specifically did I say that is "clearly wrong"?
"avoid a clear definition of "intent" by claiming that I am ignorant of your "proof"", is one example. "
" is about 95% accurate" is another. Nothing following the latter statement is even about definitions of 'intent'; it's about representation vs. semantics. Of course,
of what you say is clearly wrong, such as "
The issue was "Among other things, definitions don't need to be 'proven'". When caught rand-handed you changed the subject. Typical of charlatans.
Whatever. You can't see that the 'subject' was referenced in the first line. Typical of the blind.
I don't see how you can find this confusing. The meaning of any value/string/BLOB depends on how it is used, and the intent of creating and communicating any value/string/BLOB depends on how one expects it to be used. It is pretty obvious to me. But I've studied language, logic, and math all my life... I can't say how it confuses people who thumb their nose at education.
Lets make the example a little more extreme just to make sure we are not introducing unintended side-issues into this. Suppose program B is produced by a
monkey on a type-writer
that accidentally creates a program identical to Bob's. (Imagine Bob's program is a one-liner Perl script, just to make the scenario sound more likely :-) --top
What does the monkey plan to use the program for? :-)
More seriously, what the monkey created was line-noise that just happens to qualify as a Perl program (or even a TECO program). The program has no meaning because it has no context, no destination or purpose or
. Trying to find meaning in it is a little like the Bible Code or the Barnum effect. If you look hard enough, you could probably interpret those little puffy things on your ceiling as a useful program in some invented language or another.
So program B (monkey version) has no "classification" but program A does, despite the fact that they are binary
? Simply because the authors were thinking something different while creating it? You seem to be on a mission to make quantum physics seem non-weird by comparison.
Program B may not be a "classifier" where as program A might be despite the fact that they are identical. But not 'simply' because the authors were thinking something different while creating it. There is nothing simple about the context being different.
Think about it this way: it would be trivial for me to create a program that can accept any BLOB and treat it as a program. That will guarantee that any program you write, be it an SQL query or javascript CRUD screen, will be a program in this language. Now, given this fact, what properties can you say are true of that BLOB that looks vaguely like an SQL statement? Are you saying you cannot take advantage of the fact that you know where it is going? How can you write SQL in the first place if you don't know what properties you're aiming for?
We can potentially define SQL-ness by how many SQL keywords and SQL-fitting syntax elements it has. This is independent of the creator's mindset. It would be nearly useless to call something "SQL" just because something is trying to put it into the "SQL slot", such as copying "asdfkl;aksd asdf;asd &^%$# fasdfl%k" to file "my_query.sql" (although it would probably pass a Perl test ;-).
You would tend to vet 'SQL' down to strings that are within the official language definition (i.e. that can be parsed and have semantic meaning in the language). In a sense, that's where typing comes in. Only certain things can go into an "SQL slot" and actually mean something in communication. But remember: for every string that 'looks like' valid SQL, it also happens to be a TECO program and a BLOB program in the language mentioned above. The semantics would be entirely different. I.e. it is impossible for you to say what a piece of code means without knowing its context.
You make it sound singular and absolute. I'd lean toward, "knowing that it can be used in context X" rather than "Is *for* context X". We don't need to assume a singular absolute, otherwise we are assuming info we cannot back. We had this conversation before somewhere with regard to "is-a" adder versus "can-serve-as" an adder. We seem to be going in circles.
Those views aren't incompatible; one may classify objects in terms of "is a thing that can be used for X". It is defining 'classification' itself that requires use of 'intent'. Words describing different sorts of computations (including 'classification') generally follow this pattern of being defined in terms of their use
the definition itself is aimed to avoid implying or requiring a certain implementation. It may be that 'classification' and 'addition' overlap for some implementation or particular instance, but are still distinct in the English language due to their different purpose, evolution, history, origin, future, etc. English has many words like this, especially for man-made things (e.g. 'traffic light', 'weapon'), and so if you have any desire to continue speaking English, you'll be forced to set what you "favor" aside in order to accommodate the language. Words that naturally describe a pattern in terms of its usage inherently have 'intent' as a component, and neither you nor I can do anything about it... except get over it. Perhaps, when you build your own language and get other people to speak it, you can fix what you perceive to be language flaws; until then, your arguments, your assertions, your ideals that this
be the case is just noise and hot air.
As far as your regular complaints about how 'practical' the "is *for* X" is for technical definitions, I don't believe you. Given perfect information, as in a math problem or model, use of 'intent' is similarly perfect. And given imperfect information, as humans are always limited in the real world, then 'intent' is not any worse off than other technical definitions.
You can make very good reasonable
abductive and heuristic
guesses as to the nature of a piece of code using such things as SQL keywords and SQL-fitting syntax elements. Fundamentally, such an algorithm takes advantage of the fact that
we don't have many languages that have a high probability of looking like SQL but possess highly divergent semantics. E.g. the probability of a TECO program looking like an SQL program is 100% for a program of zero characters, but reduces exponentially for each character thereafter.
Anyhow, I feel some need to point out that defining SQL-ness in terms of this 'guessing algorithm' is neither technically nor philosophically any better than calling it 'SQL-intent-ness' and using the exact same guessing algorithm. You're simply looking for evidence of what code is meant to be. Arguments made from that basis might take you in an interesting circle, but a circle it will be.
It removes having to Sherlock the author. The definition is tied to the object and only the object, not the creator AND the object which is what intent-based definitions do.
You're only fooling yourself, there. Thing is, I can casually invent a language that looks exactly like SQL but has very divergent semantics. It breaks your solution.
"double_noun": All things being equal, the fewer nouns or participants that the definition has to involve, the better. Determining if X can serve as an adder (or SQL) is a smaller job than determining if its intended to be an adder (or SQL). It usually simplifies life to not have to ascertain features about the author (at least as far as automation).
I don't believe this "double_noun" principle of yours is valid. It doesn't follow from any logical principles of which I'm aware. Your conclusion about what constitutes a "smaller job" doesn't follow my experience. Greater specializaton often offers more specific search criterion and reduces error rates and search-space, which make the job smaller. It's a bit like running a string match: the more characters you have to match, the easier the task of rejecting a page as matching becomes.
Using intent to classify it would be a very very last resort. In real life sometimes we can use intent as a lazy shortcut, but its usually not good enough for automated processes that lack fuzzy thinking, social cue recognition, and intuition.
I feel you are once again
that intent is somehow 'smellier than' the options you've been presenting. I still reject that as a premise. I also don't believe recognizing intent requires social cue recognition or intuition. Inductively inferring intent does require fuzzy thinking, but so does every other option - including the ones you've been presenting (e.g. the whole idea of 'SQL-ness' is fuzzy).
We can write an algorithm that measures sql-ness far easier than we can write one that determines intent of the author. True, the criteria for sql-ness may be subject to dispute, especially for a "half-broken" query. But its better to have somewhat arbitrary criteria for just the SQL than have it for BOTH the SQL and the author (see "double_noun" problem above).
We can trivially use an algorithm that measures sql-ness and use it to determine whether the author likely intended to write SQL. How is doing that far more difficult? Or any more subject to dispute?
That is using something to estimate intent, not the other way around.
And that's a valid complaint because you
using something to estimate sql-ness?
If automation-related, I would rather face the problem of estimating sql-ness than the author's intent for reasons already stated recently. I'd usually rather be faced with the task of parsing an ASCII file than doing OCR on handwriting from scratch.
The OCR vs. ASCII is simply a
. Better is
"I'd rather be faced with the task of translating lines visible upon paper into ASCII than translating characters drawn upon a paper into ASCII"
. After all, the difference between 'lines' and 'characters' is one of assumed intent. I'll note three critical things: (a) the algorithm will be the same, (b) but the latter problem captures intent and context, and (c) in order to verify the correctness of the algorithm, you must know its intent and purpose (e.g. the reasoning behind the translation). One could justify
translation of lines to characters for the first version of the problem.
Where's a practical example of a computerizable algorithm verifying intent?
You verify intent the same way you scientifically verify any other claim: you make a prediction based on the assumption of intent, then you verify that prediction. To be good, of course, it requires that you don't predict anything you already used to infer the statement (the claim of intent) in the first place, but this can be done by splitting your knowledge into two sets: one set to detect intent, another set to verify it. As with verification of anything else, verification of intent usually happens only AFTER detection of intent. Detecting intent, also, is done the same way you go about detecting anything else in this world: probabilistic inference. P(Intent|Event) = P(Intent and Event)/P(Event with or without intent). We use the same mechanisms to detect baseballs and SQL-ness.
There is nothing special about algorithms that detect or verify intent.
As far as practical examples of verifying intent (as opposed to merely detecting it) go, you'll find them all over the place if you look into communications hardware, signature security, typechecking, etc. If you accept interactive verifiers then confirmation dialogs, tab-completions, and various expert systems would also qualify. If your actual question was about practical examples of computerizable algorithms that
intent, then OCR, gesture recognizers, focus heuristics, speech recognition, and various expert systems can all provide fine examples.
Tab-completions? They are
prediction engines
, not intent engines. At least, one does not have to assume intent to make an algorithm. Same with OCR: essentially predictors. We can predict rain and planet movements also, but there's no intent involved (unless you are Pat Robertson) even though they use (or can use) similar techniques.
It seems you are assuming that "prediction engines" and "intent verifiers" are mutually exclusive. They are not. Indeed, I'd say the opposite is clearly true: there is a great deal of overlap. All verifiers based on the
rely on prediction, including verifiers of intent. And what is it you believe tab-completion is aimed to predict, if not the command you wish to execute or search you intend to perform? As far as your "OCR: essentially predictors", that is similar: OCR is 'predicting the intended character', and OCR software is written with the assumption that the lines on the paper are intended to represent characters from a limited set.
Without a consensus way to test "intent", this is essentially meaningless. You are trying to anthropomorphize machines for no clear purpose. You can declare that a prediction engine is also an "intent detection" engine out of an invented equivalency, but it
won't get us anywhere that viewing it as a prediction engine can't.
What is wrong with the scientific way I provided earlier to test "intent"? And where did I "invent equivalency"? I do see where I said that verifiers of intent rely on prediction, but I don't see where I said that all things that make predictions are verifiers of intent.
While "one does not have to assume intent to make an algorithm", the probability of writing an algorithm in a given language without intent (i.e. by accident) has at its upper bound the probability of parsing a random character strings. For many languages, that probability is infinitesimal. Further, to verify an algorithm (e.g. OCR against actual handwriting) does require that one assume intent.
Please clarify. This did not make sense to me. It's not our process's concern whether intent was involved. Machines have no emotional attachment to GIGO either way.
How does: "you cannot call randomly arranged commands worse than your algorithm unless you know purpose" work for you? And intent has nothing to do with emotional attachment... or free will, for that matter.
[I think you may be confusing "intent", which is a simple notion, with "conscious intention."]
No, the definition is not a consensus. While its true we may call something "intent" for communication purposes, it's often just the human habit of anthropomorphizing everything. But its also a technique that risks problems when precision in definitions is required. "The prompt wants a password" may make it easier for us as humans to relate to, but from a scientific standpoint, we cannot measure "wants" without an
arbitrary model
of what "wants" is.
Please clarify: "if program A and B are identical, then whatever
notion of types they possess
also be identical". How do you arrive at this? By "formalized", do you mean built-in to the language?
If the language has a type-system, with such things as
struct { int, int, float }
, then these must also be identical if the programs are identical. Yes, in essence "formalized" means "built-in to the language".
For the moment, let's focus on classification instead of "types" so that we don't get caught up in language design. Suppose the program classifies stuff, like maybe a parser for a simplified little language.
That's fine. But notice that you just gave me a context. It's important to realize how fundamental that is to communication... even communication of programs.
Yeah, and it is relative. So "classification" is relative? Good.
It seems you assume that 'context-sensitive' and 'relative' are interchangeable notions. If you cannot defend this assumption, then no, your claim is
"Good." or even reasonable.
But context is "in the mind" in this case. We are back to analyzing the observer, not the target thing of issue.
Communications context is as formal and objective as the language provides. Do you believe that
is 'relative' merely because it is "in the mind"?
Math *is* relative. However, this property may or may not be related to it being "in the mind". I'm not prepared to answer that right now. To be Clintonian, it may depend on what "is" is.
Ah. And 'true = false' is relative, too. And 'P = NP' is relative. You assert math is relative with enough confidence to mark it bold. I think we can end this conversation now if "math *is* relative" in your faith and religion. It isn't as though we can ever come to agreement based on
rational thought
if you happen to believe that logic (which is a math) is relative.
Logic *is* relative. It's only in the mind. The real world appears to be probabilistic, not Boolean. But we usually agree to use it as a
for testing statements. As long as both parties agree on a given
, it's "reality" is a non-issue between them. If you can present your arguments in formal logic (English-itized please), that would be great. But most likely the disagreements will be in translating the real world into givens, not the actual formal logic computations.
"It's in the mind", whether it is 'only' in the mind or not, does not (by itself) make 'it' subjective or relative. The truth of 'P=NP', for example, DOES NOT DEPEND on who is observing it, his point of view, thoughts, feelings, or interpretations. It only depends on the language and context - what 'P' and 'NP' and '=' happen to represent. Truly relative statements are relative even if both parties get the language right. Truly subjective statements are subjective even if both parties get the language right. 'P=NP' is not subjective or relative. Logic is not subjective or relative.
Math is not subjective or relative.
It's only "truth" as far as one accepts all the premises. Whether those premises are tied to the "real world" if often the key issue.
The issue of premises being tied to the real world is NOT one of 'relative' or 'subjective' principles, and is thus NOT a "key issue" in your little argument. Indeed, it still seems irrelevant. Even if a logic leads you to untruths, the logic itself isn't necessarily subjective nor relative; it's simply fallacious.
As far as models of the real world go, I don't see how they are particularly relevant to this discussion. If you're assuming that whether the physical world is or is not 'probabilistic' (maybe based on some sort of quantum structure) has some bearing on issues of communications context or whatnot, I'll need you to explain this connection to me.
The "context" you talk about makes some assumptions. These assumptions not necessarily universal truth. We may agree with assumptions for the purpose of mutual communication as a practical convenience.
I still see no connection; you keep waving your hands and shouting 'universal truth', but you did not answer the question of
how this is relevant
. As far as I can tell, (a) communications context is not about universal truth, and (b) even if it were about universal truth, ripping on its faults is still a completely non-sequitur and fallacious approach to arguing that math and logic or other things that are "only in the mind" are somehow 'relative'.
Let me try to restate this: The number of internally valid models is probably infinite. However, the number of all possible models that
fit the real world
is very limited. For example, we can create a model of a universe strikingly similar to ours in which an always-existing intelligent deity created everything. It's an "internally valid" model, and it tends to match what we see in the real world. (Think of an Enterprise Pro++ edition of The Sims.) However, it could still be a flat wrong model. -t
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Maxwell Henry Norman Walker AM (born 12 September 1948) is a former Australian cricketer and Australian rules football player. Formerly an architect, he currently works as a media commentator and motivational speaker and has diverse business interests.
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As a student he worked at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) as a maintenance man and scoreboard operator and spent winter playing football and summer cricket. Eventually Walker's summer pursuits won out and he made his Test debut in 1972, shortly after giving up his football career. Melbourne retained him on their senior list in 1973 but couldn't entice him back to play.
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Walker played 70 first-class games for Victoria and 38 Tests for Australia, taking 138 wickets as a medium-fast bowler. He played in 29 ODI's between 1974 and 1981, including matches during World Series Cricket from 1977 to 1979. His strange bowling action, particularly the way he moved his feet, earned Walker the nickname of "Tangles" or "Tanglefoot".
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Max Walker is also the author of 14 books with his sales exceeding one million copies. This includes seven number-one best sellers. His first book, Tangles (written with Neil Phillipson), was published in 1976 while his 14th book Caps, Hats and Helmets came out in 2006.
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Once he retired from cricket, Walker became a celebrity on television and radio. He first appeared on radio, calling cricket for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) with Drew Morphett and Alan McGilvray. He was also part of the commercial radio cricket coverage run by 2UE and 3AK with his colleagues from Channel Nine and included Dennis Cometti and Ray Jordon. His first television appearances date back to 1982, where he was the cricket expert on Channel 7's World Of Sport. After moving to channel 9, he was also part of National Nine News Melbourne with Brian Naylor, reading sports reports on the nightly news. He also hosted the Nine Network's The Sunday Footy Show from 1993-1998 and Nine's Wide World of Sports program until it was cancelled in 1999. He was also a commentator for Channel Nine's cricket matches between 1986 and 1991.
Walker is also a writer and has written light hearted books including The Wit of Walker, How to Kiss a Crocodile and How to Puzzle a Python. At present he is prominent on the public speaking circuit and in 2005 made a rare TV appearance on the Nine Network's sports show Any Given Sunday, hosted by James Brayshaw, as well as ABC2's sports program Late Night Legends featuring highlights of the 1974/75 Ashes series in which Walker had a prominent role.
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He is a supporter of the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the Melbourne Storm in the National Rugby League (NRL).
He also appears on one of the Australian Pensioners Insurance Agency's advertisements.
On 13 June 2011, Walker was named a Member of the Order of Australia for service to cricket at a national and international level as a player and commentator, and to the community through a range of youth and social welfare organisations.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Married to Kerry Walker, he has five children (three of them from a first marriage).
Walker is an avid collector of stoats and in fact uses one when writing the manuscripts for his books.
See also[edit]
- ^ "Max Walker | Australian Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo". cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
- ^ "Max Walker AM". Australian Honours Database. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
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- Max Walker's statistics from AFL Tables
- Brydon Coverdale, "Australia's Winter Allrounders: XI Test Cricketers who played Australian Rules football at the highest level", Cricinfo, 28 May 2007
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I got one of my weekly pregnancy emails in my Inbox on Wednesday. They're there each week when I wake up and it's nice to have the reminder of what week I'm on now, since I keep forgetting. (I prefer the Pregnant Chicken emails above all others.) So this week it said, "Week 28. Woohoo! Third trimester, baby!"
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For Muslim Minorities, it is Possible to Endorse Political Liberalism, but This is not Enough
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This article discusses the inclusion of Muslim citizens under the Rawlsian conception of liberal citizenship. We show that Muslim and liberal conceptions make similar demands on the relationship between normative principles and the empirical context. We also explain how Muslim and liberal views can be made compatible. However, some challenges remain: all Muslims could endorse liberal citizenship, but some Muslims should not endorse it, given the norms of revision of their Muslim doctrine. For political liberalism, this raises a moral problem.
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Per the 3q results of 2012, 9 month loss is .49, as for the recent ms article on the downgrade, analysts are looking for a yr loss of .49 per share, hmmmmmm can it get any easier to beat.
we know that they got a 50M milestone payment from lilly
sales will be small increase to no change sooo 45M
and for good measure I will give them a 10M royality from NVS on sales that r taking place alreay, in places like Asia, uk, Canada.......
so I am looking at 105m in booked revenue
now the last 3 Q's the burn rate has been 80m ...since management wants to double staff
I will increase it to 87m for the q
18 m income for the q and divided by 128m shares is .14 for the q and (-.35) for the year
with no additional write offs by management
but will be enough to end the bear raid in the stock is the question of the day
just thought for the pumpers i would post the following, as i previously STATED the estimates should not be hard to beat.......the mean is for a -(02) the high, even higher than my .14 is .18 and the low is -.25, so based on these estimates i would say that very few analysts are paying any attention to what is going on with incyte, hence most days low volume and dripping lower............again i will state it, is it enough the bear raid in the stock??????
I will readdress my slip in my estimates, that being the 10m royalty payment, so to clear things up just so slightly 3m plus from NVS on the royalty and a miscellaneous 7 m in other payments.....still do not believe that jakafi is above 45m for the q
Well, since we're getting info that Novartis sold about 23M, then INCY will get maybe 3M of royalty. Which means 98M in revenue based on your revised numbers. So that means a beat by 3M...which I'm not sure if it would mean a huge upside.
Going much higher today....does someone know something??
Since no one else has replied and I did not want your best post ever to go unanswered... I posted my thoughts about a month ago... Revenue $115 million.... $50 Lilly, $15 royalty, $50 Jakafi... This is a very optimistic view. Realistic view $110 million..... $50 Lilly, $15 royalty, $45 Jakafi.
I would like to know the thoughts of others... like Pharma and Jacosa..
thanks in advance
I agree, we should easily beat the low expectations for this quarter. I wouldn't be surprised to see 50 million of sales this Q, but I do wear rose colored glasses from time to time.
The past couple weeks have been exactly what we've needed- buying time before knocking peoples sox off on the 14th. Hang in there folks. Good things to come
I think I answered before. I don't do quarter-by quarter so much, but I'm closer to tj on expected numbers. Daily dynamics favor the bears, but one day light shines on the 'dark pipeline' and as long as it isn't a total bust the bears are gonna take a memorable hit. (If the exposure consists of sale of a candidate for cash, that could go from memorable to historic, but putting a hurt on shorts isn't management's primary goal) Meanwhile, INCY is probably in a range from $16.50-$21.50 or thereabouts. And even if the dark pipeline is a bust, '050 is a damn near guarantee of a future catalyst.
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web browsing. using a combination of 4g, battery life, and screen clarity to create a fluid web experience.
121. BadAssAbe (Posts: 456; Member since: 22 Apr 2011)
The screen is the most important, but 2nd best would to be how many video formats it can play
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local SIM card slot for non-US use
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Battery life for me!
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Multitasking ability!
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147. armenh (Posts: 14; Member since: 03 May 2011)
fast processor, good screen, OS
148. armoleo (Posts: 12; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
Memory size, processor, screen, google apps
149. arbitrage8877 (Posts: 7; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
screen size, processor power, browsing
150. EclipseGSX (Posts: 1717; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Must have a large screen!
151. R3define (Posts: 5; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
The screen in general. Your looking at it all day. Has to have a beautiful screen.
152. Ark-Quest (Posts: 1; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
Physical Qwerty in order to save some space of the screen swallowed by virtual keyboard.
153. JewBakaUCFG (Posts: 173; Member since: 25 Sep 2012)
Quad core on the Optimus G. Gotta have the ability to run as many apps and such as possible. Multitasking is a must.
154. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Good multi task
155. alexts (Posts: 8; Member since: 26 Nov 2012)
Having an S3 I definitely value my camera now.
156. kicksetc (Posts: 9; Member since: 06 Dec 2012)
For me the most valuable feature in a smartphone is the keyboard. It helps me texting and browsing the web.
157. brokenchains (Posts: 17; Member since: 28 Nov 2012)
Reliability is my most important feature. I appreciate a giant, HD screen but it really comes down to the question "Will this phone be operational, intuitive, and fast enough to potentially save... the world?" Or just my life or my car or something.
I hit a deer two days ago and my current Incredible 2 was very laggy in getting to the phone call - not sure why, but it made me think more about what that device is actually for.
158. tuki0t6 (Posts: 3; Member since: 02 Dec 2012)
The most valuable feature is battery time. If the phone is dead none of the other features matter anyways!
159. Don_Quixote (Posts: 14; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
Screen quality
160. arbitrage2004 (Posts: 12; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
Google apps + Android OS!
161. jamrockjones (Posts: 345; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Screen size and resolution.
162. belovedson (Posts: 988; Member since: 30 Nov 2010)
Battery life
163. rafaelian2004 (Posts: 11; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
Battery life, screen size, OS
164. Twisted247 (Posts: 282; Member since: 12 Oct 2012)
Internet, and the connectivity that comes with it!
165. steelthomas (Posts: 1; Member since: 10 Dec 2012)
processing power is the most important thing to me in a phone, far and away.
166. ripp747 (Posts: 20; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Screen size
167. johnnybe (Posts: 23; Member since: 27 Apr 2011)
Screen size- the bigger the better!!
168. jrsharp70 (Posts: 3; Member since: 30 Nov 2012)
Screen has to be nice to read on.
169. xy.george (Posts: 8; Member since: 28 Nov 2012)
service and connectivity is really important
170. Sakmann67 (Posts: 29; Member since: 22 May 2010)
Screen size and processing speed and Battery Life!
171. blowfish (Posts: 11; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
The size of the phone
172. qubit (Posts: 1; Member since: 10 Dec 2012)
At this stage of owning a cell phone in my life, the most important feature spartphone feature to me is the processor/speed of the phone. My life is hectic and fast and rignt now the phone I have drags bigtime. It takes about 5 to 8 seconds to bring up emails, social networking icons, and text messages. Even after resetting the phone and getting a 16gb memory card to expand the memory, the phone is still painfully slow.
Being able to communicate quickly, not flash is what matters most to me and I think a dual processing phone/4g lte phone with speed is most important to me now.
173. ajc76 (Posts: 6; Member since: 10 Dec 2012)
Screen size and battery life...!!!
174. BSTManCMc (Posts: 16; Member since: 28 Jul 2012)
For me it is all about Androids OS, otherwise I like a nice bright screen, at least 4.3" with a nice battery life.
175. scorpeyun (Posts: 26; Member since: 18 May 2012)
Screen size and multitasking ablilities!
177. phreak9003 (Posts: 2; Member since: 26 Nov 2012)
Big screen, great support, battery life, and overall reliability.
178. najariner (Posts: 24; Member since: 31 Oct 2012)
the s4 processor for lagless android
179. Johnnyboy0204 (Posts: 1; Member since: 10 Dec 2012)
Key feature for me is multitasking. The ability to seamlessly switch from one app to the other. Followed by battery life.
180. justinbog10 (Posts: 4; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
The operating system because that is what controls the rest of the phone.


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* ExecutiveMeddling: 40% of Rhianna Pratchett's script was cut from the finished product, mostly in-level dialogue from Faith herself, which was considered too big of a distraction from the gameplay. Given the atmosphere of the game, it's unclear if it was a bad idea or actually improved the game. A vestige of the cut in-level dialogue can be heard in the final level, [[spoiler:the Shard, in the air ducts where "Where is November???" is scrawled on the wall, after picking up the last runner bag in the game]].
--> '''Faith:''' [[spoiler:I was too young to remember exactly how it started. The authorities said the changes were for the greater good... but good isn't the same as right.]]
* FandomLifeCycle: The ''Mirror's Edge'' fandom is quite firmly in the Stage 2 (CultClassic), as all players who still care about the game love it to bits but are comparatively few in number.
* NamesTheSame: "Still Alive" is also the name of the theme song of ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', another short, experimental game.
* LifeImitatesArt: There is an actual [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shard skyscraper named "The Shard"]] in real life London now. It entered construction half a year after the game's release and was finished in 2012.
* RetroactiveRecognition: Rhianna Pratchett has been getting more recognition for being the lead writer of the 2013 ''[[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Tomb Raider]]'' reboot.


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hello, I'm doing wireing in my client's office, space is less that 30 meters
I decided to make network cables myself so I purchased roll of network
cable, network connectors and a device to make actual ends for the network
My problem is that is IF the length of the wire is more than 10 meters, most
of the computers do not see the router or hub.
I double check every pin on both ends of the wires (I tried with 5 wires at
least) all the pins are connected ok, and where no shortage beetwean any
pins - so everything is the way it should be, but for some reason cable is
not working.
(actually one network card can see the connection, i believe it's 3COM
card - but connection is very unstable)
(I have 8 computers and hub, router and switch - so i have plenty of pieces
to test my cables)
I have removed wire from the roof, thinking maybe where is some source of
noise - but it does not changed anything
I also cut connectors and redone everythig again - no luck
but any cable (that I made) less than 5 meters works ok.
Also I purchased 30 meters belkin pre-made network cable - and i cheked
resistance between the pins on belkin cable and on mine - on mine it's even
less. Pre-made cable working fine with any computer and any hub/router
so this is not related to noise/router/network card.
what am I doing wrong?
the network cable roll itself (unfortunatelly I don't have it's ID) seems
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is where different type of cables ? shoud I purcase different "model" of
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maybe i'm doing connectors wrongly ( pressing too hard on that device..)
honesty , I'm so upset with myself and this cable, i don't know what to do,
and i don't know what the heck am I'm doing wrong...
according to the salesman who sold me cable roll, connectors and this
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any advice are very very welcome..


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The ol' "got your nose" trick has been around for as long as dads – and by extension, dad jokes – have existed in the world. Some kids aren't fooled by it, and some, well, some are Jesse Fulcher's son.
Fulcher was playing with his son one night when he decided to "get" his son's ear. The little guy did not take it well, bursting into tears until Dad offered to replace it.
The younger Fulcher isn't alone, though: Last month, a video of a girl begging her father for her nose back went viral. Dads: Let your kids keep their extremities.


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It's easy for both sides to distort or spin what the other side is doing. How about this time we have the actual source tell us in simple way what he is proposing? Here is Paul Ryan. If you care about the fiscal future of our country, you need to watch this. It's less than five minutes. Well worth your time.
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The economic recovery has been sluggish for U.S. workers, but that is not the case for corporate profits. The result is a gap in income inequality that has not been seen in America since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Is this due to a failure on the part of the government to promote fairness, or is capitalism and government hopelessly broken?
On Friday, the latest jobs report showed that job creation is not keeping up with demand. Part of the reason may be because businesses have no reason to hire workers, since this would cut into their staggering post-recovery profit margins.
Time said, "According to a study by researchers at Northeastern University, during the first nine months of the recovery, pretax corporate profits rose by $388 billion while total wages and salaries rose by only $68 billion. Of the total, therefore, corporate profits received 85%." The study adds, "By contrast, in four previous recoveries since 1980, the share going to corporate profits averaged just 19%. As a result, corporate profits are now at their highest level since World War II."
What has changed since the 1980's is multi-faceted, but the overall pattern remains focused on the attitude of the government to allow deregulated capitalism to rule economic policy.
Under the Bush Administration, banking and Wall Street investment regulations were all but eliminated. That led to the collapse of the financial markets in 2008. Without a U.S. taxpayer bailout, world markets would have fallen into depression. In it's wake, America still faces a foreclosure crisis and one of the worst housing markets in its history. Furthermore, after sparking the worst recession in nearly a century, unemployment rates since the mortgage securities fraud debacle nearly four years ago, have still not fully recovered.
The U.S. government has failed to correct the bad economic policies of the 1980s, allowing business to continue to ship jobs overseas, where workers are paid less. While no one in Washington has called for economic protectionism along the lines of Japan's strict rules, the need for some increased regulation on the corporate world has been fought off by an increasingly conservative, pro-big business Congress.
"On top of joblessness is the stagnation in earnings. During the month of April, average hourly pre-tax wages for non-supervisory workers rose by only a penny, to $23.38. Average weekly wages have risen by 2.1 percent over the past year, while prices have risen more than 3 percent: in effect, the entire working class is taking a pay cut, while corporate profits reach new records," according to wsws.org.
Adding to the job growth issues are tax policies that favor the rich. As Congress continues to refuse to raise revenue on the highest income earners, the deficit grows worse. This is fueling continuing cut backs on the state and local level, which also creates pockets of higher than average unemployment rates.
The federal deficit is a numbers game that is progressively being exacerbated by a mood of deregulation and trickle-down economic tax policy. With the government being starved of enough revenue to function at standard levels, the victims of corporate favoritism and tax loopholes are more than just the poor. Such policy is unsustainable because America cannot survive without a middle class.
Looked at strictly by the numbers, trickle-down economic policy has proven to be the primary cause of lower wages, fewer jobs, and the degradation of upward mobility for the next generation of American families. In essence, continually lowering taxes on the rich has been the worst economic policy in U.S. history for everyone but the top 1%, who reap its rewards.
Starving the federal government of revenue has also led to shifting the burden of expenses onto states, so on some level, the debt on a federal level appears lower. The same is true for governors who proudly declare that they have solved their budget woes, when all they have really done is pass along their expenses to county, city and town governments. For the most part, budget remedies have come in the form of higher local taxes, and government worker layoffs, further aggravating the disintegration of America's essential middle class.
Conservatives claim that evening out the playing field between workers and business is Socialism and should be avoided at all costs. But the policies they promote on behalf of big business is an even greater form of Socialism. Conservative policy calls entitlement programs for the poor, middle class, and elderly, unwarranted government handouts that should be defunded. Yet those same politicians endorse tax rebates and discounts for millionaires.
America cannot function as a two-class society. And if some elements of economic socialism is good for millionaires, then it is also good for everyone else.
No form of government is pure in its ideology, with each taking bits from the best from each system. Elements of Socialism already exist in the US, through Social Security Medicare, education grants, and other programs which have proven to be efficient and beneficial to US society as a whole.
The double standard of the conservative movement is misleading the public into thinking that helping the rich is good, and helping anyone else is Socialism. In truth, the role of government is to take care of all of its people, not just a selected few.
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With less three weeks until Selection Sunday, Sporting News will take a near-daily look at the teams whose NCAA Tournament credentials have yet to be solidified. (Note: RPI numbers below are as of Friday morning.)
Resume builders
Marquette 75, Georgetown 73. In what was a showdown of two teams squarely on the bubble, the Golden Eagles (17-11, No. 73) got a victory they certainly needed to stay in the chase. They have three games left, starting Saturday at Villanova. Then come bubble opponents Providence and St. John's.
The Hoyas (16-12, No. 65) have a difficult closing stretch that looms either as an extraordinary opportunity or the sequence that will finish them; they get a few days to rest and then face Creighton at home Monday — the Jays will be coming off a Saturday game against Xavier — and then a road trip to Villanova to end the regular season.
Oregon 87, UCLA 83 (2 OTs). How would this game have gone for the Ducks (19-8, No. 32) if Bruins coach Steve Alford hadn't been compelled to suspend his two top scorers, Kyle Anderson and Jordan Adams? It's impossible to know, but it turned out to be quite a gift for Oregon, which will finish with what should be a comfortable trip to USC on the weekend and then a closing visit from Arizona and Arizona State.
Arkansas 71, Kentucky 67 (OT). The Razorbacks (19-9, No. 59 RPI) earned their fourth top-50 victory by rallying in the final minute to tie UK and force overtime, where they controlled the action and eventually earned their third road victory of the season. Adding this to a neutral-court victory over Minnesota puts the Hogs in fair shape for a bid, particularly if they close with victories over Georgia and Ole Miss at home and Alabama on the road.
Taking care of business
Southern Mississippi 78, FIU 66. Games such as this won't do much for the Golden Eagles (24-5, No. 35)—except in the sense that it moved them back into a tie for first-place in the Conference USA regular-season standings. USM is finished with the other league heavyweights and will close with road games against Florida Atlantic and Tulane. The latter could be tricky with the Green Wave sitting at 16-13 overall, 8-6 in conference, but USM beat them by 31 in the previous meeting.
Wisconsin-Green Bay 71, Oakland 63. It remains unlikely there could be an at-large NCAA Tournament bid coming out of the Horizon League, but the Phoenix (23-5, No. 53) still have that early season win over Virginia and a conference regular-season title on their resume. It does seem a better bet to get the automatic bid.
Bubble on tap
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Providence (18-10, No. 60) at Seton Hall, 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network
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UMass at Dayton (19-9, No. 56), 11 a.m., ESPNU
Vanderbilt at Tennessee (17-11, No. 52), 12 p.m., ESPN2
Texas Tech at Baylor (18-10, No. 45), 1:30 p.m., ESPN3
Mississippi State at Missouri (19-9, No. 48), 1:30 p.m., ESPN3
Saint Joseph's (20-7, No. 33) at St. Bonaventure, 3 p.m., NBC Sports Network
LSU (17-10, No. 68) at Florida, 4 p.m., CBS
Georgia at Arkansas (19-9, No. 59), 4 p.m., ESPN3
BYU (20-10, No. 34) at San Diego, 4 p.m.
Oregon (19-8, No. 32) at Southern California, 4 p.m., Pac-12 Network
Northwestern at Nebraska (16-11, No. 51), 5 p.m., ESPNU
Creighton at Xavier (19-9, No. 41), 5 p.m., Fox Sports 1
Minnesota (18-11, No. 44) at Michigan, 6 p.m., BTN
California (18-10, No. 47) at Arizona State, 6 p.m., Pac-12 Network
Kansas at Oklahoma State (18-10, No. 49), 9 p.m., ESPN


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Sorry if this is a topic that has been talked about before, but in a brief search nothing came up that got into what im talking about.
So I have been wondering for some time now about some of the details regarding wing flex. Why did older aircraft not really experience this where as most newer large aircraft have in some cases extreme flexing of the wings? For example I do not recall seeing aircraft such as the DC-10, L1011, 707, A300, even the classic 747s with very large wings had minimal movement of the wings. Sure they bounce up and down in turbulence, but im more so talking about heavy takeoffs where you see those wings flexing and doing so much work lifting all that weight. It seems that the first large aircraft that had wings that really flexed was the 767. Nowadays aircraft like the 744/748, 787, A330 etc etc have wings that move significantly depending on the phase of flight and weight etc etc.
So with all that said what has changed in the materials and design of wings over the years that causes such significant movement of the wings and larger aircraft starting with the 767? I'm just taking a guess here, but were older aircraft over engineered or something along those lines? How can an airplane such as a DC-10 or a 747-100 with such large wings have such minimal flex even on max weight takeoffs?
Thanks for any information regarding this subject.


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