Tuesday, 05 December 2023

System

A system is a set of interacting or interdependent component parts forming a complex/intricate whole. Every system is delineated by its spatial and temporal boundaries, surrounded and influenced by its environment, described by its structure and purpose and expressed in its functioning.

The term system may also refer to a set of rules that governs structure and/or behavior. Alternatively, and usually in the context of complex social systems, the term is used to describe the set of rules that govern structure and/or behavior.

Etymology

The term "system" comes from the Latin word systēma, in turn from Greek σύστημα systēma: "whole compounded of several parts or members, system", literary "composition".

History

According to Marshall McLuhan,

"System" means "something to look at". You must have a very high visual gradient to have systematization. In philosophy, before Descartes, there was no "system". Plato had no "system". Aristotle had no "system".

In the 19th century the French physicist Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, who studied thermodynamics, pioneered the development of the concept of a "system" in the natural sciences. In 1824 he studied the system which he called the working substance (typically a body of water vapor) in steam engines, in regards to the system's ability to do work when heat is applied to it. The working substance could be put in contact with either a boiler, a cold reservoir (a stream of cold water), or a piston (to which the working body could do work by pushing on it). In 1850, the German physicist Rudolf Clausius generalized this picture to include the concept of the surroundings and began to use the term "working body" when referring to the system.

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Planet tipping points pose 'unprecedented' threat to humanity: report

Manila Bulletin 06 Dec 2023

Tim Lenton, an Earth system scientist at the University of Exeter and lead author of the report, told ... "If that goes, suddenly there will be a global food security crisis and comparable water crisis as major monsoon systems in the tropics basically fail in India and West Africa.

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The Marshall News Messenger 06 Dec 2023

Since then, the foster care system has been found in contempt twice before for failing to fix deficiencies noted by the court ... Since 2019, the state foster care system has been twice found in contempt for failing to follow her her orders to fix deficiencies.

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JABULANI SIKHAKHANE: With crime worsening, the state needs to professionalise police service

Business Day 06 Dec 2023

“Failures of leadership, an absence of policy direction, widespread political patronage at all levels and outright corruption and criminality have hollowed out the criminal justice system,” the centre said.  ... But none of all this will work if the government fails to address the working environment.

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What Color Wires Go On A Nest Thermostat?

Citizenside 06 Dec 2023

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They’ve disagreed on gun bills. Together they want to tighten background checks.

Longview News-Journal 06 Dec 2023

Typically on opposite sides of gun bills, Rep ... But there’s a loophole in New Hampshire because it is among about a dozen states that do not require that those mental health records be submitted to the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System for gun purchases. Similar legislation that would have closed that gap failed several years ago.

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Biden promised to reform Title IX. Students are tired of waiting

Usatoday 06 Dec 2023

Title IX. College athletics leader Chris Plonsky strives for equity. University of Texas athletics executive Chris Plonsky takes pride in her school's Title IX approach and emphasizes its importance on college campuses. Sara Diggins, USA TODAY ... Those rules haven’t been finalized ... She believes the system is failing her ... “Let me be perfectly clear.

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Army veteran files lawsuit alleging VA computer system delayed cancer diagnosis

Stars and Stripes 05 Dec 2023

Bourg, a vocal critic of the system who went to the U.S ... government of negligence and failing “to exercise reasonable care” in the implementation of the new system. They allege that the companies that developed the system failed to design and manufacture a “reasonably safe” product, and failed to adequately train users how to safely use it.

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Judge considers holding state in contempt a third time over foster care conditions

Cleburne Times-Review 05 Dec 2023

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Undisclosed document could reveal pressure on Fujitsu expert witness in Post Office prosecution

Computer Weekly 05 Dec 2023

In the early days of Horizon, which was rolled out to branches in 2000, the Post Office failed in a legal battle with a subpostmaster when an expert’s witness statement undermined the Post Office’s case that the computer system was robust.

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Democrats push forward with Ukraine, Israel aid amid border funding dispute

Sandhills Express 05 Dec 2023

The vote is expected to fail, absent a last-minute deal on border funding that has so far eluded lawmakers. “Sometimes a failed cloture vote is just a failed cloture vote, and tomorrow we are going to fail to pass it,” Sen ... “If funding for Ukraine fails, it will not be a bipartisan failure,” Schumer said.

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Cyclone ‘Michaung’ shatters Chennai! Unlike Mumbai, why did this coastal city’s infrastructure fail?

Financial Express 05 Dec 2023

Even though the cyclone has now reached Andhra Pradesh, it is a repetitive question regarding the infrastructure of Chennai, the fifth largest city in India and the home to 6.7 million people, failing to be prepared for floods and water-logging. Climate ... DMRC ... Failed Drainage system ... But this population has hampered the drainage system of the city ... .

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The SNP can’t explain away Scotland’s schools catastrophe

New Statesman 05 Dec 2023

However, the problems with and criticisms of Scotland’s schools system are long established ... It has failed to confront the flaws in the curriculum, to give greater autonomy to headteachers, and to challenge the trade unions that stubbornly block innovation and diversity across the system.

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China Evergrande Group hearing postponed further

China Daily 05 Dec 2023

Under the judicial system in Hong Kong, after creditors fail to demand repayment from a company, they can file a winding up petition at the court to force the company to ...

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Shetland gas plant shut down over steam release

BBC News 05 Dec 2023

A heating system failed, closing the plant which takes in gas from the fields west of Shetland . .

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Complaint seeks to halt signature gathering by group aiming to repeal Alaska’s ranked voting system

The Associated Press 05 Dec 2023

A new complaint alleges that supporters of an effort to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting system have failed to properly report their activities, ...