So you take a picture of a building on a street corner... how does the engine decide whether you're searching for: 1) your location 2) the history of the building 3) dog related info since there is a dog taking a leak over by the building 4) p0rn because of the good looking lady looking out her window wondering why you're taking a picture of her 5) violent crime since her over protective husband saw you and is wondering why you're taking pics of his wife
Most pictures could easily have lots of extra clutter in them which would confuse the search engine...
9 out of 10 isn't reliable enough... hell, when you select a gun for defense most people still go with revolvers (or a pump if we're talking shotguns) over automatics even though the failure rates of either are relatively low if the gun is kept in good working order. They choose the simpler mechanis because they want something that they know is going to work... every time!
Adding this kind of complexity is just asking for trouble.
I realize this is trying to capture the spirit of the bike from the movie and all... but this thing just looks cheesy! Big red plastic globes on the wheels, ultra super-duper shiny red gloss paint... it looks like a big-wheel on steroids!
I'll just take a regular old boring Honda CBR954RR or Yamaha R1, save some money, and not get laughed at while riding...
In a few years we will all be taping our shirts to answer our phones
I can see it now:
Bob the IT Guy: *Gives female coworkers breast a good squeeze* Female Coworker: *Gives Bob the most savage beating of his life* Bob the IT Guy (barely conscious): "I was just trying to answer your phone for you, I swear!"
This technology is evil... it's just going to get geeks hurt!
Now, I think differently. Now, I think Macs threaten the livelihood of IT staffs. If you recommend purchasing a computer that requires only half the support of the machine it is replacing, aren't you putting your job in danger? Exactly.
Normally I agree with Cringely but this time I'm just going to have to call B.S.
I'm a sysadmin for a small bank (about 175 workstations spread out of 17 rural locations) and the reason our IT Staff here doesn't look at MAC (or linux for that matter) is that virtually none of the necessary banking software is put out for mac (or linux). And it's not like we're running some obscure banking core software... we're an ITI/Unisys mainframe shop.
Furthermore, no other sysadmin that I've ever talked to has had the attitude of "lets choose something that's difficult to use for job security"... that's just crap. Most of the IT shops I know are, if anything, understaffed and have plenty of job security because of it. We're not about to go looking for more work for ourselves... if anything it's just the opposite.
I use what the industry allows me to use, not what makes my job more secure...
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There are numerous applications in the mapping industry for this technology. In order to do create topographical maps and orthophotos (arial photos that have been corrected for the roll of the underlying terain so that you can accurately mesure on them) you have to be able to see the area in 3D (technically, you can do it with side-by-side 2D images but corralation is a pain that way and doing it in 3D is much faster, anyone who tells you otherwise doesn't know what they're doing). Any time you see a highway construction project there have almost always been orthophotos of the area produced before construction started... also many landfills and surface mines use them to track growth.
Currently, you have to use either a monitor overlay system combined with a pair of polarized glasses (one eye sees the overlay image, the other sees the monitor image) or a rapid image switching software system used with a pair of shutter glasses to get the 3D effect necessary to make the terain maps... after 8 hours a clunky pair of shutter glasses get really annoying!
1) Makes a perfect girlfriend repellent 2) Eliminates that pesky urge to shower 3) Acts as a cosmic magnet for Trekkies 4) Absorbs excess light to help maintain that lovely shade of "pasty white" you've worked so hard to obtain
The sad part is, ten years ago I would have killed for one:) Now my wife won't let me...:P
Exactly! I used to work for a photogrammetery outfit doing orthophotos... I can tell you for sure that the most accurate "local" solution doesn't mean shit if your ground control points (the known world coords that you use to tie your local solution to the real world coords) aren't accurate. If your local solution is accurate to +/-.1' but your control points (usually based off of surveyed points, and the damn surveyors seem to be drunk about half the time if they're measurements are any indication) are off by 5 tens, or the surveyor can't write down the coords correctly off the GPS unit... then your overall solution accuracy is off... basically it's a case of "the chain is only as strong as the weakest link".
Until the USGS and crew get a better system that leaves less room for human error I'd meet the tax assessor that wants to change your property line at the gate and tell him to take a hike.
Otherwise, you'd be paying-per-channel of cable TV...
Obviously it would depend on price per channel, but I know that I have always wished I could select my channels a la carte... I only watch about 5 channels but to get them all I have to pay for 30 or so. If I could just have Discovery without having to pay for "Faith and Vision", or whatever that f'd up channel with all the evangelists is, I'd be a much happier person... although sometimes those evangalist types are good for a laugh.
Couldn't agree more... used to work for a company creating Digital Orthophotos for a living. Only problem is doing that requires excellent stereo vision. Throw in a spontaneous retinal detachment and things get ugly really fast. 14 months, 6 surgeries (2 reattachement, one silicon oil removal, 2 lens implants (poor prescription the first time), and one Yagg laser), and a new job later I have a crappy 20/50 vision level in my right eye (crappy 20/30 with reading glasses). At this point it would be tempting to trade in for a shiny new model. Even if they never could reproduce 20/20 vision I would almost settle for replacement with a computer readout (man am I a geek). Why not, my left eye is doing all the work now, the only thing I get from my right eye that's useful is the vision one the far right side where my left eye can't cover. Do I think I'll see this kind of advancement in general use before I'm 60... probably not, but here's hoping.
Limbaugh said the county has a compelling interest in protecting the physical and emotional health of its children and assisting parents as guardians of their children's well-being.
If the county has the time and manpower to help parents "protect the physical and emotional health" of their children by worrying about what video games they play then the county needs to have it's budget cut. Most counties can't keep the potholes in their streets filled or balance their budgets and yet these guys want to help folks raise their kids... nope, sorry guys, I don't think so!
Actually, I'd say it's more like robbing a fake store with a real gun (fake victim, real threat). Your example (real victim, fake threat) implies a real victim (the store)... here there is no real victim but there is definetely a real threat ie. the sicko looking at this stuff. It's a subtle difference I know, but it's an important one.
The RIAA doesn't want to give you a legal online downloading option... if they do then they can't charge you $15-$20 for the CD that costs them $0.000000001(I don't know the actual number but you get the idea) to produce. Right now we pay more for a CD than a tape even though, as I understand it, CDs are cheaper to produce than tapes... and yet somehow they cost the consumer more? WTF?!
If they offered an online option then they'd have to eliminate the media from the price or admit that they've been shafting us on the price of CDs. Not likely!
I just want a device that hooks to my phone that allows me to administer a shock to the person on the other end of the line.
"So lets get this straight... you opened an attachment on an email from someone you don't know and then ignored the virus scanner notice that it was infected and opened it anyway... hold please." *ZZAAAAAAAAPPPPPP!!*
I think they'd sell like crazy, I can imagine the advertisements already...
"Train users in HALF the time... also works on Telemarketers!"
I worked for a university Computer Science dept. and got a real kick out of watching the system staff go into mental meltdown when they noticed an irc server running on a profs machine. When they called the prof and asked what he thought he was doing his reply was "what's irc?". Come to find out, his former student employee was a dedicated warez courier for one of the major warez groups and he certainly didn't want to run a private irc server on the computer in his dorm room:)
Seems lame until you consider that if they didn't break stuff first then all kinds of geeks would be dumpster diving and when some jackass broke his neck climbing out of a dumpster they'd get sued... and knowing how things are today, they'd end up paying out serious $$$$... easier to break stuff and remove the temptation.
I used to work for a University electronics shop and we would often have to destroy equipment for two reasons:
1) The university didn't want people dumpster diving
2) Any equipment that was donated to the university from companies like Fluke had to be destroyed prior to disposal because the agreement with Fluke stated that you weren't allowed to make a profit from donated equipment... so, no salvage (because the U still makes a profit from salvage auctions) which is how most U items go out. Also, I think to adhere to the strict letter of the agreement they didn't want that equipment getting out into peoples hands via point 1)
Not sure what the exact agreement was with the makers of the CueCat but I imagine it may well boil down to "if we don't profit from 'em, nobody should! damnit!"
Now wait a minute! Both books are excellent if you take them for what they were intended to be... Starship Troopers was more social commentary then anything else (and a good one too) while armor was strictly a sci/fi action novel. It's not exactly and apples to apples comparison you're making. I, for one, liked Armor damnit!
As mentioned before the number of pulls has to be considered.
"At my office we ran 4-Cat5 ports to ever cubicle"
That's great... but what happens when you need 10+ ports and your contractor decides that instead of using 3" conduit for the drop he's going to use 2" Flex (with multiple 90 degree bends)! This happened to me in a new branch office and by the time I got there to run my pulls it was way to late to change. This solution allows you to pulls fewer wires and maintain better aesthetics. WAIT! Before you flame me for giving a crap about aesthetics you should know that I don't! But when the powers that be say they want clean solutions thats what you give them.... unless it's in your computer room and then who cares because it's probably under a pile of Dew cans anyway.
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So you take a picture of a building on a street corner... how does the engine decide whether you're searching for:
1) your location
2) the history of the building
3) dog related info since there is a dog taking a leak over by the building
4) p0rn because of the good looking lady looking out her window wondering why you're taking a picture of her
5) violent crime since her over protective husband saw you and is wondering why you're taking pics of his wife
Most pictures could easily have lots of extra clutter in them which would confuse the search engine...
9 out of 10 isn't reliable enough... hell, when you select a gun for defense most people still go with revolvers (or a pump if we're talking shotguns) over automatics even though the failure rates of either are relatively low if the gun is kept in good working order. They choose the simpler mechanis because they want something that they know is going to work... every time!
Adding this kind of complexity is just asking for trouble.
I realize this is trying to capture the spirit of the bike from the movie and all... but this thing just looks cheesy! Big red plastic globes on the wheels, ultra super-duper shiny red gloss paint... it looks like a big-wheel on steroids!
I'll just take a regular old boring Honda CBR954RR or Yamaha R1, save some money, and not get laughed at while riding...
You may flame when ready Gridley...
In a few years we will all be taping our shirts to answer our phones
I can see it now:
Bob the IT Guy: *Gives female coworkers breast a good squeeze*
Female Coworker: *Gives Bob the most savage beating of his life*
Bob the IT Guy (barely conscious): "I was just trying to answer your phone for you, I swear!"
This technology is evil... it's just going to get geeks hurt!
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Now, I think differently. Now, I think Macs threaten the livelihood of IT staffs. If you recommend purchasing a computer that requires only half the support of the machine it is replacing, aren't you putting your job in danger? Exactly.
Normally I agree with Cringely but this time I'm just going to have to call B.S.
I'm a sysadmin for a small bank (about 175 workstations spread out of 17 rural locations) and the reason our IT Staff here doesn't look at MAC (or linux for that matter) is that virtually none of the necessary banking software is put out for mac (or linux). And it's not like we're running some obscure banking core software... we're an ITI/Unisys mainframe shop.
Furthermore, no other sysadmin that I've ever talked to has had the attitude of "lets choose something that's difficult to use for job security"... that's just crap. Most of the IT shops I know are, if anything, understaffed and have plenty of job security because of it. We're not about to go looking for more work for ourselves... if anything it's just the opposite.
I use what the industry allows me to use, not what makes my job more secure...
There are numerous applications in the mapping industry for this technology. In order to do create topographical maps and orthophotos (arial photos that have been corrected for the roll of the underlying terain so that you can accurately mesure on them) you have to be able to see the area in 3D (technically, you can do it with side-by-side 2D images but corralation is a pain that way and doing it in 3D is much faster, anyone who tells you otherwise doesn't know what they're doing). Any time you see a highway construction project there have almost always been orthophotos of the area produced before construction started... also many landfills and surface mines use them to track growth.
Currently, you have to use either a monitor overlay system combined with a pair of polarized glasses (one eye sees the overlay image, the other sees the monitor image) or a rapid image switching software system used with a pair of shutter glasses to get the 3D effect necessary to make the terain maps... after 8 hours a clunky pair of shutter glasses get really annoying!
Features not yet mentioned:
:) Now my wife won't let me... :P
1) Makes a perfect girlfriend repellent
2) Eliminates that pesky urge to shower
3) Acts as a cosmic magnet for Trekkies
4) Absorbs excess light to help maintain that lovely shade of "pasty white" you've worked so hard to obtain
The sad part is, ten years ago I would have killed for one
Exactly! I used to work for a photogrammetery outfit doing orthophotos... I can tell you for sure that the most accurate "local" solution doesn't mean shit if your ground control points (the known world coords that you use to tie your local solution to the real world coords) aren't accurate. If your local solution is accurate to +/- .1' but your control points (usually based off of surveyed points, and the damn surveyors seem to be drunk about half the time if they're measurements are any indication) are off by 5 tens, or the surveyor can't write down the coords correctly off the GPS unit... then your overall solution accuracy is off... basically it's a case of "the chain is only as strong as the weakest link".
Until the USGS and crew get a better system that leaves less room for human error I'd meet the tax assessor that wants to change your property line at the gate and tell him to take a hike.
Just remember folks, sometimes intentionally leaking misinformation can be even more useful than just staying quiet.
But then again, no government would knowingly participate in a campaign of misinformation... right?
Otherwise, you'd be paying-per-channel of cable TV...
Obviously it would depend on price per channel, but I know that I have always wished I could select my channels a la carte... I only watch about 5 channels but to get them all I have to pay for 30 or so. If I could just have Discovery without having to pay for "Faith and Vision", or whatever that f'd up channel with all the evangelists is, I'd be a much happier person... although sometimes those evangalist types are good for a laugh.
Couldn't agree more... used to work for a company creating Digital Orthophotos for a living. Only problem is doing that requires excellent stereo vision. Throw in a spontaneous retinal detachment and things get ugly really fast. 14 months, 6 surgeries (2 reattachement, one silicon oil removal, 2 lens implants (poor prescription the first time), and one Yagg laser), and a new job later I have a crappy 20/50 vision level in my right eye (crappy 20/30 with reading glasses). At this point it would be tempting to trade in for a shiny new model. Even if they never could reproduce 20/20 vision I would almost settle for replacement with a computer readout (man am I a geek). Why not, my left eye is doing all the work now, the only thing I get from my right eye that's useful is the vision one the far right side where my left eye can't cover. Do I think I'll see this kind of advancement in general use before I'm 60... probably not, but here's hoping.
Limbaugh said the county has a compelling interest in protecting the physical and emotional health of its children and assisting parents as guardians of their children's well-being.
If the county has the time and manpower to help parents "protect the physical and emotional health" of their children by worrying about what video games they play then the county needs to have it's budget cut. Most counties can't keep the potholes in their streets filled or balance their budgets and yet these guys want to help folks raise their kids... nope, sorry guys, I don't think so!
"...start targeting the most naive and vulnerable demographic there is.."
Those marketing bastards should realy leave those poor AOL users alone! Geez!
Somewhat like robbing a store with a fake gun.
Actually, I'd say it's more like robbing a fake store with a real gun (fake victim, real threat). Your example (real victim, fake threat) implies a real victim (the store)... here there is no real victim but there is definetely a real threat ie. the sicko looking at this stuff. It's a subtle difference I know, but it's an important one.
The RIAA doesn't want to give you a legal online downloading option... if they do then they can't charge you $15-$20 for the CD that costs them $0.000000001(I don't know the actual number but you get the idea) to produce. Right now we pay more for a CD than a tape even though, as I understand it, CDs are cheaper to produce than tapes... and yet somehow they cost the consumer more? WTF?!
If they offered an online option then they'd have to eliminate the media from the price or admit that they've been shafting us on the price of CDs. Not likely!
I just want a device that hooks to my phone that allows me to administer a shock to the person on the other end of the line.
"So lets get this straight... you opened an attachment on an email from someone you don't know and then ignored the virus scanner notice that it was infected and opened it anyway... hold please." *ZZAAAAAAAAPPPPPP!!*
I think they'd sell like crazy, I can imagine the advertisements already...
"Train users in HALF the time... also works on Telemarketers!"
I promise I wouldn't abuse it... too much!
"our arrogant and elitist tech industries"
Those of us in tech aren't arrogant and elitist... you're just jealous of my 1337 5ki11z... luser!
And I thought it was bad when the water pump died on my car!
I worked for a university Computer Science dept. and got a real kick out of watching the system staff go into mental meltdown when they noticed an irc server running on a profs machine. When they called the prof and asked what he thought he was doing his reply was "what's irc?". Come to find out, his former student employee was a dedicated warez courier for one of the major warez groups and he certainly didn't want to run a private irc server on the computer in his dorm room :)
It's their lame policy.
Seems lame until you consider that if they didn't break stuff first then all kinds of geeks would be dumpster diving and when some jackass broke his neck climbing out of a dumpster they'd get sued... and knowing how things are today, they'd end up paying out serious $$$$... easier to break stuff and remove the temptation.
I used to work for a University electronics shop and we would often have to destroy equipment for two reasons:
1) The university didn't want people dumpster diving
2) Any equipment that was donated to the university from companies like Fluke had to be destroyed prior to disposal because the agreement with Fluke stated that you weren't allowed to make a profit from donated equipment... so, no salvage (because the U still makes a profit from salvage auctions) which is how most U items go out. Also, I think to adhere to the strict letter of the agreement they didn't want that equipment getting out into peoples hands via point 1)
Not sure what the exact agreement was with the makers of the CueCat but I imagine it may well boil down to "if we don't profit from 'em, nobody should! damnit!"
Now wait a minute! Both books are excellent if you take them for what they were intended to be... Starship Troopers was more social commentary then anything else (and a good one too) while armor was strictly a sci/fi action novel. It's not exactly and apples to apples comparison you're making. I, for one, liked Armor damnit!
"...warmed themselves hands and stomachs to it..."
:(
I used to do this with the coffee pot where I work... but the eventually the stares of my coworkers gave me a complex and I had to stop.
As mentioned before the number of pulls has to be considered.
"At my office we ran 4-Cat5 ports to ever cubicle"
That's great... but what happens when you need 10+ ports and your contractor decides that instead of using 3" conduit for the drop he's going to use 2" Flex (with multiple 90 degree bends)! This happened to me in a new branch office and by the time I got there to run my pulls it was way to late to change. This solution allows you to pulls fewer wires and maintain better aesthetics. WAIT! Before you flame me for giving a crap about aesthetics you should know that I don't! But when the powers that be say they want clean solutions thats what you give them.... unless it's in your computer room and then who cares because it's probably under a pile of Dew cans anyway.
Shhhhhh! given microsofts history involving floating-point processors, if we all just keep quiet then maybe we can all get rich!