Bullshit. They will get built, and they will work properly. You do things differently when your ass on the line.
The US no longer has manned spacecraft, etc. because of the Challenger disaster. How many billions was lost? How much confidence was lost? All because they went ahead with the launch to save time and money against the warnings from the engineer who said it would fail. And Boisjoley was blacklisted and destroyed for it. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02...
Let people run things without accountability and cut corners for profit and you will always end up with a Citicorp, Fukushima, Gulf Spill, Challenger, etc. And in the long term, we will be worse off. Especially with nuclear disasters that will ruin large areas for generations to come.
To the person that moderated my post offtopic, RTFA and make the connection.
To save time and money, management made a disastrous decision. But in the case of the current article, it was narrowly avoided. The title is misleading. It wasn't a design flaw from the architect, but a stupid decision to save money on the implementation. (Which also is the reason why the Gulf spill happened.)
"But welded joints, which are labor-intensive and therefore expensive, can be needlessly strong; in most cases, bolted joints are more practical and equally safe. That was the position taken at the May meeting by a man from U.S. Steel, a potential bidder on the contract to erect the Pittsburgh towers. If welded joints were a condition, the project might be too expensive and his firm might not want to take it on"
LeMessurier put in a call to his office in New York. "I spoke to Stanley Goldstein and said, 'Tell me about your success with those welded joints in Citicorp.' And Stanley said, 'Oh, didn't you know? They were changed-- they were never welded at all, because Bethlehem Steel came to us and said they didn't think we needed to do it.'
“How the hell can you ignore this?” - Robert Boisjoly, Thiokol booster rocket engineer for the Challenger http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02...
“They completely ignored me in order to save Tepco money,” - Kunihiko Shimazaki, a retired professor of seismology at the University of Tokyo http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03...\
For things that are too big to fail and would cause major disaster, the corporate shield must be removed and executive management must be held directly responsible. Financially and criminally.
"That threat began to feel genuine in January this year when the G.Hash mining group from China grew to control 41 percent of the network’s power, before backing off in the face of outcry. Nonetheless, the dominance of a handful of large mining operations suggests a 51 percent attack remains possible, whether from one growing or two colluding. G.Hash now controls 29 percent of the network’s power, with the next three largest controlling a further 42 percent between them."
What's to stop a government from forcing the top few groups to do a 51% attack under duress? (Via an all out secret or public war on bitcoin.)
Some scenarios: G. Hash group is forced to collude with the Chinese government and their own secret offline cloud of servers to do a 51% attack. US could force Amazon Cloud, MS Cloud, NSA servers, etc. to all run the mining software and do 51% attack with the sole intention of destabilizing and ruining Bitcoin. And US, Russia, China could all work together and force collusion on the top groups in their countries with threat of jail or execution.
The same argument could be made for any currency. US dollar, Bitcoin or otherwise. All tender is based on faith much like religion. But it doesn't make it a Ponzi scheme.
I just recently looked into solar energy, and you don't get as much power as you would need to constantly maintain flight. But a solar powered quadcopter connected to a balloon wouldn't need as much energy. The quadcopter would only kick in to maintain position every once in awhile.
"They are based on older versions of Microsoft technologies, and your MCITP certification will decline in value as companies move to newer versions of our products. Take advantage of special upgrades to earn a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) certification, and protect your investment in certifications.
Most MCITP certifications will be retired by July 31, 2014. Please check the retired certifications and retired exams pages for specific retirement dates. Your retired certification will remain on your transcript."
Allow the software "engineers" and corporate managers that are responsible for deploying these systems to suffer real damages criminal/civil penalties that are responsible for these bugs. If people die due to bug-ridden and faulty software, those responsible should be help accountable. They do the same for real engineers.
Motivate people properly, and you will see a difference.
A couple of friends and I keep playing solo Wingman amongst ourselves because it lacks an appropriate deathmatch setting. Slow paced, somewhat strategic and at times really suspenseful gameplay. Quite different from the run around and drop dead CoD style play (which is what ruined Judgement.) We'll buy an xBone when the new Gears comes out. Only wish we could create our own maps or at least if they could release some new ones...
This is just like the orbs that mapped out the alien space ship in the the movie Prometheus. Just attach one of those suckers on some drones and go looking for some Sasquatch and stuff! Can't wait for the higher resolution versions that can spit out data in realtime.
"At a ratio of 4.5 horsepower per pound, the new engine even has a better power-to-weight ratio than the new turbocharged 1.6-liter V-6 engines to be used in Formula One this season."
Yes. Many in the US and other 1st world countries are aware that most of the world lives in poverty. Hundreds of millions are lacking adequate food, water, shelter, medical care, etc. We have the resources and technology to help everyone, but collectively we don't really care enough to. Many just tune it out and are more interested what the latest celebrities are up to (Kim Kardashian, etc).
We are all psychopaths to some level. Except maybe Mother Theresa?
Like I commented before, Warren Buffett says the way to solve these things is a 100% short term capital gains tax. (We can start with securities held for under a year or any transactions by investment firms, hedge funds, wall street, etc.)
Discourages gambling/market manipulation/bubbles and encourages real growth and investment. So simple it's genius. This is what the Occupy Wall Street people should focus on.
Slashdot Mirror
Computer Science: An Overview by Brookshear. See the forest for the trees.
http://www.amazon.com/Computer...
Mythical Man Month by Brooks. Don't get lost in the woods.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Myth...
And find a favorite programmer and follow their writings\blogs\tweets. eg: Carmack, Linus, etc.
Don't forget snacks, water, and diapers.
Bullshit. They will get built, and they will work properly. You do things differently when your ass on the line.
The US no longer has manned spacecraft, etc. because of the Challenger disaster. How many billions was lost? How much confidence was lost? All because they went ahead with the launch to save time and money against the warnings from the engineer who said it would fail. And Boisjoley was blacklisted and destroyed for it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02...
Let people run things without accountability and cut corners for profit and you will always end up with a Citicorp, Fukushima, Gulf Spill, Challenger, etc. And in the long term, we will be worse off. Especially with nuclear disasters that will ruin large areas for generations to come.
To the person that moderated my post offtopic, RTFA and make the connection.
To save time and money, management made a disastrous decision. But in the case of the current article, it was narrowly avoided. The title is misleading. It wasn't a design flaw from the architect, but a stupid decision to save money on the implementation. (Which also is the reason why the Gulf spill happened.)
http://www.science.smith.edu/~...
"But welded joints, which are
labor-intensive and therefore expensive, can be needlessly
strong; in most cases, bolted joints are more practical and
equally safe. That was the position taken at the May meeting
by a man from U.S. Steel, a potential bidder on the contract
to erect the Pittsburgh towers. If welded joints were a
condition, the project might be too expensive and his firm
might not want to take it on"
LeMessurier put in a call to his office in New York. "I spoke to Stanley Goldstein and said, 'Tell me
about your success with those welded joints in Citicorp.' And Stanley said, 'Oh, didn't you know? They were changed--
they were never welded at all, because Bethlehem Steel came to us and said they didn't think we needed to do it.'
“How the hell can you ignore this?” - Robert Boisjoly, Thiokol booster rocket engineer for the Challenger
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02...
“They completely ignored me in order to save Tepco money,” - Kunihiko Shimazaki, a retired professor of seismology at the University of Tokyo
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03...\
For things that are too big to fail and would cause major disaster, the corporate shield must be removed and executive management must be held directly responsible. Financially and criminally.
Yes.
Cargo Cults.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
https://answers.yahoo.com/ques...
And for fun, The Gods Must be Crazy. :)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...
From the article:
"That threat began to feel genuine in January this year when the G.Hash mining group from China grew to control 41 percent of the network’s power, before backing off in the face of outcry. Nonetheless, the dominance of a handful of large mining operations suggests a 51 percent attack remains possible, whether from one growing or two colluding. G.Hash now controls 29 percent of the network’s power, with the next three largest controlling a further 42 percent between them."
What's to stop a government from forcing the top few groups to do a 51% attack under duress? (Via an all out secret or public war on bitcoin.)
Some scenarios: G. Hash group is forced to collude with the Chinese government and their own secret offline cloud of servers to do a 51% attack. US could force Amazon Cloud, MS Cloud, NSA servers, etc. to all run the mining software and do 51% attack with the sole intention of destabilizing and ruining Bitcoin. And US, Russia, China could all work together and force collusion on the top groups in their countries with threat of jail or execution.
The same argument could be made for any currency. US dollar, Bitcoin or otherwise. All tender is based on faith much like religion. But it doesn't make it a Ponzi scheme.
...as far as we know.
I just recently looked into solar energy, and you don't get as much power as you would need to constantly maintain flight. But a solar powered quadcopter connected to a balloon wouldn't need as much energy. The quadcopter would only kick in to maintain position every once in awhile.
I'm still waiting for someone to invent a magic bag of holding!
Money controlling governments can be used to control money controlling people.
It sounds that way because it is. Haha...
"They are based on older versions of Microsoft technologies, and your MCITP certification will decline in value as companies move to newer versions of our products. Take advantage of special upgrades to earn a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) certification, and protect your investment in certifications.
Most MCITP certifications will be retired by July 31, 2014. Please check the retired certifications and retired exams pages for specific retirement dates. Your retired certification will remain on your transcript."
http://www.microsoft.com/learn...
Allow the software "engineers" and corporate managers that are responsible for deploying these systems to suffer real damages criminal/civil penalties that are responsible for these bugs. If people die due to bug-ridden and faulty software, those responsible should be help accountable. They do the same for real engineers.
Motivate people properly, and you will see a difference.
The automotive industry will pay in the end. Look at the damaged reputation, recall and legal costs. Might as well do it right in the beginning.
A couple of friends and I keep playing solo Wingman amongst ourselves because it lacks an appropriate deathmatch setting. Slow paced, somewhat strategic and at times really suspenseful gameplay. Quite different from the run around and drop dead CoD style play (which is what ruined Judgement.) We'll buy an xBone when the new Gears comes out. Only wish we could create our own maps or at least if they could release some new ones...
Saw this on Suze Orman.
$1 billion in gift cards go unredeemed
http://www.marketwatch.com/sto...
I wonder how much Microsoft makes this way with their Xbox live points.
This is just like the orbs that mapped out the alien space ship in the the movie Prometheus. Just attach one of those suckers on some drones and go looking for some Sasquatch and stuff! Can't wait for the higher resolution versions that can spit out data in realtime.
Ahem. From the article.
"At a ratio of 4.5 horsepower per pound, the new engine even has a better power-to-weight ratio than the new turbocharged 1.6-liter V-6 engines to be used in Formula One this season."
Here you go!
http://fr.playgeonaute.com/video-360-692-geonaute-360-don-t-miss-any-action
It's pretty neat!
Yes. Many in the US and other 1st world countries are aware that most of the world lives in poverty. Hundreds of millions are lacking adequate food, water, shelter, medical care, etc. We have the resources and technology to help everyone, but collectively we don't really care enough to. Many just tune it out and are more interested what the latest celebrities are up to (Kim Kardashian, etc).
We are all psychopaths to some level. Except maybe Mother Theresa?
But will they attract more insects at night?
John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack 26 Sep
Hardware does get faster more rapidly than software gets slower -- I'm finding Eclipse perfectly usable on modern hardware.
Like I commented before, Warren Buffett says the way to solve these things is a 100% short term capital gains tax. (We can start with securities held for under a year or any transactions by investment firms, hedge funds, wall street, etc.)
Discourages gambling/market manipulation/bubbles and encourages real growth and investment. So simple it's genius. This is what the Occupy Wall Street people should focus on.