Another side of the story is that the faulty engineer with _hurt_ people, whereas the faulty surgeon with fail to heal. That is not an insignificant difference.
In any case, engineers have had automated tools to help prevent the fuckups that lead to catastrophe for years. Nice to see the surgeons getting some backup as well.
In other words, they are too incompetent to verify that the motherboard is bad unless you go out and purchase $200 worth of software (Windows) and format a drive partition to install it?
It might even be argued that an interface that is too focused on beginners will tend to keep them beginners rather than rewarding increased learning. Exactly my argument against the automatic transmission.
...said the person who must have never had surgery;) Nothing major, thank God, just a broken thumb, a broken jaw, and a broken nose. Nothing life threatening.
I don't think you can dismiss surgery as somehow being of lesser impact than major engineering feats, simply for the fact that surgery happens a lot more frequently than building a bridge. I'm saying that one fuckup in surgery is less dangerous than one fuckup in engineering. Hell, one hundrend fuckups is less dangerous. But don't get me wrong, I respect and even admire surgeons. I don't underestimate their work at all.
We all make mistakes, but surgeons today should have enough skill to ensure that objects are not left in the body in the first place. What is your profession, that you have zaro bugs in? Name one profession that doesn't have it's fuckups.
That said, surgery is in my opinion a minor event. If a surgeon fucks up, somebody dies. Big deal, and there will be some medical explanation to get the offending surgeon off the hook anyway. If an engineer fucks up, two hundred people die. And there will be millions of dollars worth of inquiries to find and hang that same engineer.
It's not as bad as say, HIM, but I won't be listening to them again. I actually thought is was alright until I discovered that he's saying "kiss my eyes" and not "kiss my ass".
/.ers really need to work on their moderation skills. How on earth did my post get modded +2 Interesting?!? It was a stupid joke about Texas, a place I'd never even been to! I'd request that someone give it a -1 Overrated, but we all know what happens to "please mod me down" posts in these parts.
I assume you're trying to make a joke about Texas but failing miserably. Failing, maybe, but not miserably. Not coincidentally, it was in fact a Texan that was known by the phase "miserable failure".
Sage is an browser-based open-source tool developed at the University of Washington that the school says more than a hundred mathematicians from around helped build. Around what? Just around?
That is a matter of opinion, even if I do happen to share your opinion. The fact remains that there is a time period between the first [ bullet || rpg || grenade || mortar ] and the second. The opportunity to acquire a replacement vest often often does not fall within that time period, be it seconds or hours or even weeks.
I know of Enron, and SCO, because of the events and reputation attached to them. I know of CompUSA without any stigmas or prejudices. You do make a point that is valid to other known US entities, however.
We don't have CompUSA in Israel, either, but the name is as familiar to me as McDonalds or Coca Cola (both of which we do have). That may be because I spend just a bit too much time online...
I'm also surprised to see that they have but 100 branches. The fact that I am familiar with them shows how influential they are. I suppose though, that influential != [ big || successful ].
It may have been coincidental, but a day after the Holzschlag-Gates exchange, Hachamovitch disclosed on the team's blog that the next version would be called IE8.
What an original name! What a surprise! Who would have guessed that after IE4 came IE5, which was replaced by IE6, and then IE7 (which followed IE6) would be replaced with IE8?!??!!
I vote that all MS products move to a numerical numbering scheme, a-la Fedora and Suse. Why don't we call the next version of Windows "7"!
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Ever rebuilt a smallblock? There's always some bolt or nut or something left over. Why should surgery be any different?
Another side of the story is that the faulty engineer with _hurt_ people, whereas the faulty surgeon with fail to heal. That is not an insignificant difference.
In any case, engineers have had automated tools to help prevent the fuckups that lead to catastrophe for years. Nice to see the surgeons getting some backup as well.
Because Windows is what they know. I'll bash a shop for forcing Windows on people, but not for using it themselves.
So, they gave you your /. username at age 4 then?
The missus watch The Holy Grail with us last month (and enjoyed it). If that's not proof, I don't know what is.
In other words, they are too incompetent to verify that the motherboard is bad unless you go out and purchase $200 worth of software (Windows) and format a drive partition to install it?
That's obviously a typo. It should read "open sores".
That's the place with their currency denominated in pi, no?
...said the person who must have never had surgeryThat said, surgery is in my opinion a minor event. If a surgeon fucks up, somebody dies. Big deal, and there will be some medical explanation to get the offending surgeon off the hook anyway. If an engineer fucks up, two hundred people die. And there will be millions of dollars worth of inquiries to find and hang that same engineer.
I should have gone to med school.
It's not as bad as say, HIM, but I won't be listening to them again. I actually thought is was alright until I discovered that he's saying "kiss my eyes" and not "kiss my ass".
New Wave Power is gonna fucking kick ass. Why hasn't anyone thought of this sooner?
/.ers really need to work on their moderation skills. How on earth did my post get modded +2 Interesting?!? It was a stupid joke about Texas, a place I'd never even been to! I'd request that someone give it a -1 Overrated, but we all know what happens to "please mod me down" posts in these parts.
The McDonald Observatory is in Texas. TFA said "TMT will be the first ground-based astronomy telescope...". Emphasis mine.
You've obviously never eaten corn. Everything that eats corn has corn in it's poop.
That is a matter of opinion, even if I do happen to share your opinion. The fact remains that there is a time period between the first [ bullet || rpg || grenade || mortar ] and the second. The opportunity to acquire a replacement vest often often does not fall within that time period, be it seconds or hours or even weeks.
I know of Enron, and SCO, because of the events and reputation attached to them. I know of CompUSA without any stigmas or prejudices. You do make a point that is valid to other known US entities, however.
We don't have CompUSA in Israel, either, but the name is as familiar to me as McDonalds or Coca Cola (both of which we do have). That may be because I spend just a bit too much time online...
I'm also surprised to see that they have but 100 branches. The fact that I am familiar with them shows how influential they are. I suppose though, that influential != [ big || successful ].
Thanks. Details, details.
I wonder if IE8 is the replacement or the successor to the current crappile.
What an original name! What a surprise! Who would have guessed that after IE4 came IE5, which was replaced by IE6, and then IE7 (which followed IE6) would be replaced with IE8?!??!!
I vote that all MS products move to a numerical numbering scheme, a-la Fedora and Suse. Why don't we call the next version of Windows "7"!
What are you gonna do, bleed on me?