"I've got to say this [atariage.com] shit is impressive."
You got that right!
I would not call that example "hoarding", because it is extremely organized and accessible. I visualize hoarding as "keeping stuff with little chance of finding it again when you need it". Also not having much of a chance of needing it.
In that example, I could easily imagine the guy (I assume it's a guy, because it's got "guy" written all over it) coming home and gaming on anything he chooses. He's certainly be able to find and run whatever he owns.
Strangely, I don't imagine any chicks hanging around.
I've definitely got some stuff gathering dust in places in my house. The thing is, every damn time I dump or recycle an item, it turns out I need it shortly thereafter. It's never the stuff that I'm keeping. Only the stuff that I get rid of. Grrr.
What I need is a real-life OS X trash can or the Windows Recycle Bin, so I can recover things right after I trash them.
...to see the software and user interface that NASA uses to plan the orbits? I wonder how much of it is automated and how much is interactive. We could envision a totally automated system in which they input a desired list of waypoints, some of which might have required time-windows, and the software cranks out the flight plan.
...but can a hailstorm wreck the collector? What about a tornado or a major wind storm? Will the user end up with a big hole in the roof, and a nice reflective tunnel, down which the rain can cascade into the living room?
Regardingg your question about involvement of insurance for all treatment: The insurance company has negotiated a lower rate with the hospital. If you go in as a private individual without your insurance, the hospital is going to quote you a higher rate for everything. Thus, the insurance company ends up being involved in all transactions with the hospital, regardless of severity.
As wiredlogic said in another post: "Hospitals are able to milk patients with inflated fees for basic items."
Especially when lower fees have not been negotiated in advance.
"They hire engineers that visually design their systems on crappy applications that are sadly used by the whole industry."
In general, I am also suspicious of "visual programming" tools. The user almost-always has to finish the job with a detailed understanding of the deployment, in terms of source code, or low-level drivers, etc.
However, the use of high-level abstraction to design at the system-level, and then the use of "system-in-the-loop" techniques to drill down to actual implementation, is a very valuable methodology. You can take a huge system spec, implement components from the top down, and successively replace each component with increasingly-specific implementations. In the end, you can have prototype hardware in the mix.
This technique is rather expensive, and I have no idea if Toyota uses it or not. But it works, when done right. Like I said, though, the user has to have a pretty good idea of the final implementation of each system and component. If he/she just glosses over the final details, then he/she will end up with surprises.
Interestingly, the heat death of the universe provides an alternative solution to the Toyota braking problem: It will probably stop the cars. (I say "probably" because I don't have time to do a formal verification.)
What? You advocate that the public should continue to be injured in and by Toyotas, because GM was a train-wreck? Freaking absurd!
Nobody talked about GM? Ha, what a bunch of B.S.! U.S. politicians and the public beat the SNOT out of the issue, trying to decide whether or not to bail out GM, and what conditions to impose. The US government gave money to banks faster and easier than they gave it to the auto companies. You've got selective-memory now.
Toyota deserves the same scrutiny of any other company whose products endanger the public. When Firestone tires were failing on Fords, both companies were taken to task for it, big time.
Various Toyotas are now having acceleration and/or braking problems. So, no, it is not worth a minute of silence for GM.
"...while we pass legislation to make manufacturing even more difficult in America..."
It does not MATTER how difficult (or not) manufacturing is in America. Managers of public companies are trying to "maximize shareholder value" and also pad their own salaries and bonuses as much as possible. Therefore, they export as many jobs as possible from the U.S. to China to hire the cheapest possible workers. Environmental regs or not, that's their strategy, and it' short-term thinking. Gradually, the manufacturing skill and knowledge moves from the U.S. to China. Less gradually, U.S. workers are out of jobs and can't afford the goods anymore. It's a race to the bottom in order to maximize profit in the near-term.
Now go ahead, and fuckin' mod this as flamebait. Whatever.
All that methane was locked-up in the ice long ago. In those times, humans had much less of an impact on the environment, so the methane probably came from natural sources. Therefore, it is not from "our ancestors crimes".
The fact that it is being released NOW, however, is due to current effects, which may indeed be anthropogenic in origin. i.e. We're screwing ourselves now.
Yes, I think their market would speak loudly, as you describe.
It boggles my mind that they would want such a liability in their products. It would seem not to carry the usual Apple high-end image. Maybe the key concept is that they are considering lower-end web enabled products.
Since my prior post got modded as "flaimbait", I guess that no one here wants to consider the broader customer implications for single-threaded versus multi-threaded devices. I re-assert that the market for portable computers (including high-end cell phone/PDAs) seems to be trending toward multi-threaded functionality. The functionality in the Apple patent would seem to present a contrary scenario.
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...you shall be retired.
LOL. I stand humbly corrected! Thanks for sharing the background info.
"I've got to say this [atariage.com] shit is impressive."
You got that right!
I would not call that example "hoarding", because it is extremely organized and accessible. I visualize hoarding as "keeping stuff with little chance of finding it again when you need it". Also not having much of a chance of needing it.
In that example, I could easily imagine the guy (I assume it's a guy, because it's got "guy" written all over it) coming home and gaming on anything he chooses. He's certainly be able to find and run whatever he owns.
Strangely, I don't imagine any chicks hanging around.
I've definitely got some stuff gathering dust in places in my house. The thing is, every damn time I dump or recycle an item, it turns out I need it shortly thereafter. It's never the stuff that I'm keeping. Only the stuff that I get rid of. Grrr.
What I need is a real-life OS X trash can or the Windows Recycle Bin, so I can recover things right after I trash them.
...to see the software and user interface that NASA uses to plan the orbits? I wonder how much of it is automated and how much is interactive. We could envision a totally automated system in which they input a desired list of waypoints, some of which might have required time-windows, and the software cranks out the flight plan.
Does anybody here have experience with this?
...but can a hailstorm wreck the collector? What about a tornado or a major wind storm? Will the user end up with a big hole in the roof, and a nice reflective tunnel, down which the rain can cascade into the living room?
"But it is unfortunate that here in India patriotism is judged on your emotional show case than how sincere you are towards country's growth."
Actually, we've got that problem in the States, too. At least for the politicians.
Yo Steve! Wanna split this six pack and watch the game on BANG BANG BANG
That's a good analogy.
Regardingg your question about involvement of insurance for all treatment: The insurance company has negotiated a lower rate with the hospital. If you go in as a private individual without your insurance, the hospital is going to quote you a higher rate for everything. Thus, the insurance company ends up being involved in all transactions with the hospital, regardless of severity.
As wiredlogic said in another post: "Hospitals are able to milk patients with inflated fees for basic items."
Especially when lower fees have not been negotiated in advance.
...probably eats paste.
Sarah Palin will not reach for Bill Clinton's bar.
...and it's being used essentially to re-create the Pet Rock?
Simplicity itself. Just use Borg nanoprobes havested from Seven of Nine.
My gosh, you are right! They are both led by chairmen! It was obvious all along!
...of a really disgusting version of haggis.
Yes. MORE disgusting haggis!
"They hire engineers that visually design their systems on crappy applications that are sadly used by the whole industry."
In general, I am also suspicious of "visual programming" tools. The user almost-always has to finish the job with a detailed understanding of the deployment, in terms of source code, or low-level drivers, etc.
However, the use of high-level abstraction to design at the system-level, and then the use of "system-in-the-loop" techniques to drill down to actual implementation, is a very valuable methodology. You can take a huge system spec, implement components from the top down, and successively replace each component with increasingly-specific implementations. In the end, you can have prototype hardware in the mix.
This technique is rather expensive, and I have no idea if Toyota uses it or not. But it works, when done right. Like I said, though, the user has to have a pretty good idea of the final implementation of each system and component. If he/she just glosses over the final details, then he/she will end up with surprises.
Interestingly, the heat death of the universe provides an alternative solution to the Toyota braking problem: It will probably stop the cars. (I say "probably" because I don't have time to do a formal verification.)
What? You advocate that the public should continue to be injured in and by Toyotas, because GM was a train-wreck? Freaking absurd!
Nobody talked about GM? Ha, what a bunch of B.S.! U.S. politicians and the public beat the SNOT out of the issue, trying to decide whether or not to bail out GM, and what conditions to impose. The US government gave money to banks faster and easier than they gave it to the auto companies. You've got selective-memory now.
Toyota deserves the same scrutiny of any other company whose products endanger the public. When Firestone tires were failing on Fords, both companies were taken to task for it, big time.
Various Toyotas are now having acceleration and/or braking problems. So, no, it is not worth a minute of silence for GM.
"...while we pass legislation to make manufacturing even more difficult in America..."
It does not MATTER how difficult (or not) manufacturing is in America. Managers of public companies are trying to "maximize shareholder value" and also pad their own salaries and bonuses as much as possible. Therefore, they export as many jobs as possible from the U.S. to China to hire the cheapest possible workers. Environmental regs or not, that's their strategy, and it' short-term thinking. Gradually, the manufacturing skill and knowledge moves from the U.S. to China. Less gradually, U.S. workers are out of jobs and can't afford the goods anymore. It's a race to the bottom in order to maximize profit in the near-term.
Now go ahead, and fuckin' mod this as flamebait. Whatever.
Yah, gods forbid we would discuss something on /.
All that methane was locked-up in the ice long ago. In those times, humans had much less of an impact on the environment, so the methane probably came from natural sources. Therefore, it is not from "our ancestors crimes".
The fact that it is being released NOW, however, is due to current effects, which may indeed be anthropogenic in origin. i.e. We're screwing ourselves now.
"Hey Elsie, pull my hoof. Moo."
...unless they also manage to watch for people that are furtively scratching their crotches. Only a crotch-bomber would ever do such a thing.
They might get a few false positives from baseball players, though. Crotch-bombers and baseball players.
And maybe guys. Crotch-bombers and baseball players and guys. Then they're all set.
Question: In the U.S., isn't the Executive Branch the only branch of government that is currently involved in the ACTA negotiations?
That would mean that U.S. citizens can't even write to their (our) representatives about it.
Yes, I think their market would speak loudly, as you describe.
It boggles my mind that they would want such a liability in their products. It would seem not to carry the usual Apple high-end image. Maybe the key concept is that they are considering lower-end web enabled products.
Since my prior post got modded as "flaimbait", I guess that no one here wants to consider the broader customer implications for single-threaded versus multi-threaded devices. I re-assert that the market for portable computers (including high-end cell phone/PDAs) seems to be trending toward multi-threaded functionality. The functionality in the Apple patent would seem to present a contrary scenario.