That's because you work on things that are more conceptual. As a programmer, your profession rewards critical thinking, not memorization. However, there are professions that require a great deal of memorization (physicians, pharmacists, etc.). People in these professions could benefit greatly (perhaps some already have), from this information.
What is revealed is that the point of licensing in this case is to prevent people from competing with those who have been duly selected by the state.
No, that's not what the PE is intended for. I'm an EIT, and anyone can perform engineering work in the U.S. However, not everyone can call themselves a "professional engineer". As a matter of fact, most engineering work performed in the U.S. is not performed by a PE. There simply needs to be proof of non-negligence to protect from lawsuits, etc. This can be in the form of scientific data, or review by a PE. Since the DOT does mostly one-of-a-kind work, there is very little scientific data to justify their designs. Therefore they depend heavily on PEs to check designs.
There would only be an issue if the DOT used the design from the untrained person without review by a PE. IMHO The DOT is completely wrong in this case.
He says the current state of rocketry is at a local maximum, it's not going to get appreciably better
He's also assuming other fields don't develop new technologies that will benefit rocketry.
For example, microprocessors have become smaller and more efficient. Did the space industry pay for 100% of this improvement? No, but it did benefit from it.
Golesworthy believes that projects such as this demonstrate that the interface between engineers and the rest of the world isn't functioning in the way it should.
On the contrary, I feel that the interface between doctors and the rest of the world isn't functioning in the way it should. Much of engineering is focused on customer needs, where as doctor's tend to have an attitude of superiority that breaks down communication. The field of biomedical engineering aims to fix that.
This technology is nothing new. The EPA demonstrated several "Hydraulic Hybrid" delivery vehicles a few years ago. Wikipedia used to have a nice table comparing energy storage technologies (I can't find it anymore) and compressed air was one of the best IIRC.
I remember being able to add a class schedule to my profile, and then being able to look up other people in my class on Facebook. It seems this feature is now gone, or perhaps it's just unavailable to me since I'm no longer enrolled in school.
Actually, it sounds like a form of quality circle. Presumably, every piece of code interacts with at least one other piece of code. Each programmer is responsible for checking that the code he/she interfaces with behaves as expected. The same thing happens on assembly lines. If a component arrives and it doesn't look as expected, the assembler is expected to flag that component for review.
It also sounds like all changes are controlled by comparing them against some sort of metric when distributed to the sample audience. This is a classic continuous improvement method. If the new system does not outperform the old one, it doesn't get implemented.
I'm also willing to bet that the best and the brightest at the tank manufacturing facility left shortly after they heard the shuttle program was canceled.
Basically what you feed is what you get in weight gain...
You raise a good point on feed. Cattle are currently fed Corn for a variety of reasons. However, this is not a cow's natural source of food, and it makes them produce more methane than they would naturally.
What would happen if the bug farmer's changed the bug's diet to something more economical? Would their methane production change?
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BIOS does actually very little these days.
Then why does it take so frigging long to load?
That's because you work on things that are more conceptual. As a programmer, your profession rewards critical thinking, not memorization. However, there are professions that require a great deal of memorization (physicians, pharmacists, etc.). People in these professions could benefit greatly (perhaps some already have), from this information.
I'm thinking that we're at the edge of something monumental.
It reminds me of Project Mayhem.
There were also many times Watson knew the answer but the humans buzzed in quicker.
Everything works on paper!
only way to beat the system, is to be able to have zero cost for the electricity you spend, and then join it with mega server farms.
Or take everyone else off of the network.
What is revealed is that the point of licensing in this case is to prevent people from competing with those who have been duly selected by the state.
No, that's not what the PE is intended for. I'm an EIT, and anyone can perform engineering work in the U.S. However, not everyone can call themselves a "professional engineer". As a matter of fact, most engineering work performed in the U.S. is not performed by a PE. There simply needs to be proof of non-negligence to protect from lawsuits, etc. This can be in the form of scientific data, or review by a PE. Since the DOT does mostly one-of-a-kind work, there is very little scientific data to justify their designs. Therefore they depend heavily on PEs to check designs.
There would only be an issue if the DOT used the design from the untrained person without review by a PE. IMHO The DOT is completely wrong in this case.
He says the current state of rocketry is at a local maximum, it's not going to get appreciably better
He's also assuming other fields don't develop new technologies that will benefit rocketry.
For example, microprocessors have become smaller and more efficient. Did the space industry pay for 100% of this improvement? No, but it did benefit from it.
The fact that it's a dupe is actually mentioned right in the summary...
I think it was added after the original story, because I don't remember it being there a few minutes ago.
At least the standards aren't determined by Microsoft.
Golesworthy believes that projects such as this demonstrate that the interface between engineers and the rest of the world isn't functioning in the way it should.
On the contrary, I feel that the interface between doctors and the rest of the world isn't functioning in the way it should. Much of engineering is focused on customer needs, where as doctor's tend to have an attitude of superiority that breaks down communication. The field of biomedical engineering aims to fix that.
I received a similar message for Facebook further down the page. I have never, ever logged into Facebook on this machine.
This technology is nothing new. The EPA demonstrated several "Hydraulic Hybrid" delivery vehicles a few years ago. Wikipedia used to have a nice table comparing energy storage technologies (I can't find it anymore) and compressed air was one of the best IIRC.
I remember being able to add a class schedule to my profile, and then being able to look up other people in my class on Facebook. It seems this feature is now gone, or perhaps it's just unavailable to me since I'm no longer enrolled in school.
Actually, it sounds like a form of quality circle. Presumably, every piece of code interacts with at least one other piece of code. Each programmer is responsible for checking that the code he/she interfaces with behaves as expected. The same thing happens on assembly lines. If a component arrives and it doesn't look as expected, the assembler is expected to flag that component for review.
It also sounds like all changes are controlled by comparing them against some sort of metric when distributed to the sample audience. This is a classic continuous improvement method. If the new system does not outperform the old one, it doesn't get implemented.
Sincerely,
The Devil's Advocate
Here's a helpful diagram
everyone that ever touched the material...
...no longer works there.
fixed it for ya!
I'm also willing to bet that the best and the brightest at the tank manufacturing facility left shortly after they heard the shuttle program was canceled.
Basically what you feed is what you get in weight gain...
You raise a good point on feed. Cattle are currently fed Corn for a variety of reasons. However, this is not a cow's natural source of food, and it makes them produce more methane than they would naturally.
What would happen if the bug farmer's changed the bug's diet to something more economical? Would their methane production change?
...insurance industry collapses. Anarchy reigns...
That's a pretty big jump right there. The government will never let the insurance industry collapse.
The most exclusive motorcycle on the planet...
Unless they broke the agreement to limit the top speed, the Hayabusa is still the most exclusive bike around.
I find flying objects, unidentified or otherwise highly interesting and think that attempting to identify them is interesting and worthwhile.
Here's a handy chart to help you on your quest.
As in, high risk of genetically modified bacteria escaping the lab and turning every carbohydrate it finds into fuel oil?
That's why there's Doc Scrubber.
C&D as soon as the Sony lawyers find out it exists.
Activision-Blizzard owns the rights to the Bond games though.