I wonder what the criteria is for winning? Do you have to be able to move something physical? Move a mouse or press a button? According to this wiki article, they've already had some success with the non-humans.
I'm intrigued by the NTY article's reporting of the trend towards free online books. It sounds great to me - the only drawback I could see is that I really like my textbooks from college. I still have bookcases of them even after...er...well a number of years in the workforce. I would be worried about the sustainability of the online versions. Plus, it's pretty hard to use a highlighter on them. I tried it, and my monitor hasn't worked the same since.
Very interesting! I remember a few releases ago, they used to try to replace "usability" with "suabiilty". As a usability engineer I found this rather ironic.
I was wondering how long it was going to be before someone gigged me on that:^) Actually, I think this is a good example supporting this argument. I actually saw the red lines while I was typing, and just naturally assumed that the spell checker didn't know the meaning of "checking".
I actually secretly embedded that on purpose to find out if anyone was paying attention...not.
I think there's good and bad. I agree with you that it's pointed out some of my bad habits. But I think my spelling has actually gotten worse in a lot of ways just due to automation laziness. After all, "automation complacency" has been a well understood effect in the aviation world for some time. But I still don't know if it's the fact that it's gotten worse or that the spell checker is just pointing out the awful truth. I do know that I'm always a lot more paranoid on my spelling when spell checking is absent.
It would get edited out of the published version, of course,
But I think the GP was trying to say that it *wouldn't* get edited out. That is, that a ":^)" would be just as acceptable English as ".". I think your hesitancy at keeping the emoticon in the final publication means that you implicitly agree with me?
Not only that, but students learning to rely on this technology will have a pretty serious handicap if they are ever in a situation where one is not available. Some teachers have forces students to hand write essays for this reason (the same goes for calculators).
I see your point, but think about what you're saying. So it would be OK for a submission to the Harvard Medical Journal to write "Our studies indicate that the treatment for this particular disease was successful:^)"
"But "spelling is getting better because of Spellcheck," says Margaret Proctor, University of Toronto writing support co-ordinator.
. I'd like to see some hard evidence before I agree with this statement. In my experience, people tend to make spelling errors and go with the spell chedking results without actually investigating the error.
Oh snap! I didn't think of that. A quick Google search didn't reveal any with the alleged 3 lasers. Was there a difference between the two in the amount of lasers???
Just a minor point - the Death Star had more than three lasers. I think it was more like 12 or so. Just didn't want you to provoke the dark side of the force by underestimating the power of the 'Star.
It's interesting - according to the Wiki article cited in the main article, the aircraft will have an "artificial intellect". I wonder if it studies Marxism.
So, just to put it in perspective, the average winter is between -112 to -130 F. The coldest naturally occurring temperature on the face of the earth was recorded there, which was actually colder than dry ice.
I'm well aware of that, as can be seen from the link I included with the original post. I was merely illustrating a point with a couple of examples. I've done a little work with DARPA too, my friend.
I was starting to write a clever riposte to this,but I think you have a really good point. Why not spend the money on building up the public schools and teachers. That being said, there is still a need to at least stay on top of the flood of new technology. Not only to keep the kids competitive, but to actually find new ways to make use of the technology we have to make the learning process more efficient.
Sorry, the title of this article is pretty misleading. DARPAis working on missile defense and high energy laser technology. The current lofty plans for this group? Three video games.
I laud this effort. It's something we desperately need to do to stay competitive. But there's no need to oversensationalize.
I agree - especially when you have to assume that it's basically on a self-contained one-way mission. The odds of us being able to perform repairs or rescues are non-existent for now. I think they did a great job of making it as self sufficient as possible.
Unfortunately, they are on the opposite sides of the planet. I was thinking the same thing - maybe one could assist the other. But considering it takes about a year to go 3 miles, it doesn't seem very practical. There is a serious race against time, as the martian winter is soon approaching, which NASA feels will certainly end the life of Spirit.
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I wonder what the criteria is for winning? Do you have to be able to move something physical? Move a mouse or press a button? According to this wiki article, they've already had some success with the non-humans.
I'm intrigued by the NTY article's reporting of the trend towards free online books. It sounds great to me - the only drawback I could see is that I really like my textbooks from college. I still have bookcases of them even after...er...well a number of years in the workforce. I would be worried about the sustainability of the online versions. Plus, it's pretty hard to use a highlighter on them. I tried it, and my monitor hasn't worked the same since.
Very interesting! I remember a few releases ago, they used to try to replace "usability" with "suabiilty". As a usability engineer I found this rather ironic.
I was wondering how long it was going to be before someone gigged me on that :^) Actually, I think this is a good example supporting this argument. I actually saw the red lines while I was typing, and just naturally assumed that the spell checker didn't know the meaning of "checking".
I actually secretly embedded that on purpose to find out if anyone was paying attention...not.
I think there's good and bad. I agree with you that it's pointed out some of my bad habits. But I think my spelling has actually gotten worse in a lot of ways just due to automation laziness. After all, "automation complacency" has been a well understood effect in the aviation world for some time. But I still don't know if it's the fact that it's gotten worse or that the spell checker is just pointing out the awful truth. I do know that I'm always a lot more paranoid on my spelling when spell checking is absent.
It would get edited out of the published version, of course,
But I think the GP was trying to say that it *wouldn't* get edited out. That is, that a ":^)" would be just as acceptable English as ".". I think your hesitancy at keeping the emoticon in the final publication means that you implicitly agree with me?
Yeah, I caught that too. Talk about irony - that was probably a spell checker that caused that.
Not only that, but students learning to rely on this technology will have a pretty serious handicap if they are ever in a situation where one is not available. Some teachers have forces students to hand write essays for this reason (the same goes for calculators).
I see your point, but think about what you're saying. So it would be OK for a submission to the Harvard Medical Journal to write "Our studies indicate that the treatment for this particular disease was successful :^)"
OMG ROFL111!!!!eleven
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"But "spelling is getting better because of Spellcheck," says Margaret Proctor, University of Toronto writing support co-ordinator.
. I'd like to see some hard evidence before I agree with this statement. In my experience, people tend to make spelling errors and go with the spell chedking results without actually investigating the error.
Yeah,but does he have a robot band????
Oh snap! I didn't think of that. A quick Google search didn't reveal any with the alleged 3 lasers. Was there a difference between the two in the amount of lasers???
Check out his cool drumset.
Just a minor point - the Death Star had more than three lasers. I think it was more like 12 or so. Just didn't want you to provoke the dark side of the force by underestimating the power of the 'Star.
It's interesting - according to the Wiki article cited in the main article, the aircraft will have an "artificial intellect". I wonder if it studies Marxism.
I believe the term you are looking for is "sunk cost".
Did you really have to post that link so close to lunchtime, Shakrai? Now I'll never be able to get back to work.
So, just to put it in perspective, the average winter is between -112 to -130 F. The coldest naturally occurring temperature on the face of the earth was recorded there, which was actually colder than dry ice.
I'm well aware of that, as can be seen from the link I included with the original post. I was merely illustrating a point with a couple of examples. I've done a little work with DARPA too, my friend.
I was starting to write a clever riposte to this,but I think you have a really good point. Why not spend the money on building up the public schools and teachers. That being said, there is still a need to at least stay on top of the flood of new technology. Not only to keep the kids competitive, but to actually find new ways to make use of the technology we have to make the learning process more efficient.
Sorry, the title of this article is pretty misleading. DARPAis working on missile defense and high energy laser technology. The current lofty plans for this group? Three video games.
I laud this effort. It's something we desperately need to do to stay competitive. But there's no need to oversensationalize.
Vorstein? Slice of life?
If you liked that one, make sure to check out these: the postcard, Eagle Crater, Fram Crater, some cool valley, and Erebus Rim.
I agree - especially when you have to assume that it's basically on a self-contained one-way mission. The odds of us being able to perform repairs or rescues are non-existent for now. I think they did a great job of making it as self sufficient as possible.
Unfortunately, they are on the opposite sides of the planet. I was thinking the same thing - maybe one could assist the other. But considering it takes about a year to go 3 miles, it doesn't seem very practical. There is a serious race against time, as the martian winter is soon approaching, which NASA feels will certainly end the life of Spirit.