I love what I study. And I study very specific things(B Prosthetics/Orthotics, and got 2 years to go to get my B Electronic Eng/M Biomedical Eng).
But I also believe it takes more than specific knowledge to make it. I want to go into management. Engineering is a step towards that. Being able to talk to doctors, surgeons, and engineers in their own language is something that can help me towards that. If there is anyone qualified to advise or direct on engineering matters, it should be people with engineering(or related fields) experience. And it seems to be rarer, and rarer finding people who can balance the two.
Problem is, if people haven't put in as much work understanding that, then for the most part they simply can't comprehend what it means, and fall by the wayside. Knowledge and skills, are tools to achieve your goal.
I'm sorry, but what is a natural density for humans?
Given our brains occur naturally, and hence thought has arisen naturally, and our ability to modify our environment has naturally given us an advantage, how is our population densities un-natural?
All this "humans are bad" talk gives me the shits. If hippies think humans are bad, then they should euthanise themselves and quit annoying the rest of us.
Plenty of rants to go, but I'm not going to use them all up at once.....
How do you put things together without constraints?
This is similar to the idea of joints. they have varying degrees of mobility and stability. The more mobile, the less stable, and vice versa.
Lego has constraints, but also allows flexibility through varying parts, and multiple pieces. Though not as flexible in some ways as meccano or kinexx, they are more flexible in others.
Creativity I would presume comes from what you can create with the resources you have at your disposal. What stops someone from blending multiple parts together, or chopping or moulding new parts. My guess would be creativity.
I grew up kinda poor, and my first introduction to modular tessalated building was my parents giving me clothes pegs. I was able to build lots of stuff, out of just cheap plastic pegs.
This was before I even heard of lego. I know from then on, I cherished every lego, meccano, capsula, fischer tecnik I could get my hands on, because each has its own constraints, and each chhallenges creativity in a different way.
I guess what I am saying is, that creativity is not in the tools/toys you are using, but in how you apply yourself to thinking/creating with those tools.
Nowadays, I know how to put people together again, along with computers and electronics(see my profile). Sure I get frustrated with the limited tech at our disposal, but it only pushes me to go further with what there is. In other words, getting creative...
6 very large, very well backed AMERICAN companies, are going to take an AUSTRALIAN government backed RESEARCH ORGANISATION in an IP battle.
Right after the free trade agreement was struck, that is meant to bring our IP laws into line with the US?
I hope CSIRO doesn't back down. Stick it to the companies. The same companies that would use those laws to screw anyone else, who infringes on their IP.
If they can produce one of these things, and exhibit that they aren't all talk, then it would be interesting to see if they can continue to contribute open hardware DESIGNS.
TO try and fabricate these devices, seems like a waste of money, when you could just licence the designs, and let individual hardware companies produce them.
OR they could concentrate on producing hardware that can be updated through software, and let coders concentrate on producing better code for the hardware. Like Open cores.
The four are so that you can accurately determine its position in in 3 dimensions. You could track time with one sensor. Ie it should be:
number of sensors = dimensions to test in + 1
Try putting down just 2 points on a plane. You will see that there is 2 points that look the same to the sensor. This is much the same as iff you hear a noise directly in front or behind. If you are blindfolded, then it is very difficult to tell where it was.
Good to see a voice of reason, that isn't wearing a tinfoil hat. Too often we hear on slashdot: "Allow us our technology, if you ban us from free knowledge you are hinderring our life!" and then in the next article "Ban this technology, if you don't ban it it will destroy our rights!"
So much emotion, fear and ignorance from a crwod that preaches that they are smarter and more capable than the rest of the population.
Instead of fighting the possible abuses of the technology, we are instead stuck with the bleating of how things should be banned.
I truly do wonder about people who refuse to see the hipocracy right under their noses.
One of the best ways is to get a pizza box enclosure. This allows you to protect the notebook as closely as possible, but also allows you to place the pizzabox bag into a proper back pack.
This means that the bag you use won't be as easily recognisable as a laptop backpack(ie anything that says targus), and it allows you to use a bag that is both properly ergonomic for travel. If you want to use it later on as just a normal backpack then just remove the pizza box enclosure.
This is what i do with my 12 inch ibook. I use a STM bag. I bought it from here at www.streetwise.com.au. Then I can shift it into my backpack for riding, or a travel pack for when i travel around the country, or even throw it into a carry pack when just walking to work.
And if I was ever to get a proper laptop bag then i will buy the next size up, so that it can carry the pizza box enclosure. Gotta protect those assets.....
Oh no, the US is becoming like the rest of the world. They start catching up, and the change frightens them. If only they caught up faster, then maybe we wouldn't have to put up with all the friggin idiotic posts about the world coming to an end.
Interesting that a common occurence in people who grow up walkin on sand have there entire foot flatten out. Thats fine when you walk on sand all the time, ie a beach in the pacific islands, but when it comes time to walk on hard surfaces, thats where you get some real problems occuring.
Lets also take into account that there are also other medical conditions that are becoming more prevalent that actually require a lot more attention given to protecting the foot. An example of this is diabetes. When the microangiopathy begins to occur and the perrson loses sensation to due to breakdown of the nerves, they can't feel their feet, and the reduced blood flow can't repair small damage like it used to, then real problems start to occur, like amputation.
I've worked with patients that come from rural areas and they refuse to wear shoes, and while they can accept the progressive amputation, I feel somewhat regret at their ignorance for not wearing shoes when told to...
But if you think thats me just trying to sell stuff, then I can accept that. I know that I will accept the medical evidence that shows that wearing shoes is beneficial, and others can do or believe what they want.
When will so many of these poor slobs learn that how you dress is the social engineering part of the business.
Funny, a lot of these guys can understand the finer points of ee, compsci, physics, etc, but they don't understand the psychology of appearance.
Oh well, it just lets the more adept at social engineering move to the top of the pile and wrangle the nerds;)
My attitude may be harsh, but there is too much resentment from the other nerds who don't know how to play the game. If only we could all just get along...
I am a prosthetist/orthotist. (I'm now studying EE to get my Masters in Biomed, but thats beside the point)
When I am looking for a good shoe there a few things to test.
I look for a reasonable sized toe box. This is the part where your toes are and is the front part of the shoe. This gives my toes plenty of space and does not constrict or deform the toes.
I also then check that the upper actually grips on to my foot when done up. A lot of problems can actually occur because this is not done up correctly and the foot slips forward to allow the toes to slam into the end of the shoe.
I then make sure that there is reasonable heel control in the heel cup. This will help the shoe grip around you foot and assist with stability.
And probably the other main checkpoint is that the toe break is in the right spot. This can be hard to pick if you don't have any training, but some sales assistant may be able to help you if they have been trained. Lucky I know how after spending time at uni:)
There are a few other things to look for when buying shoes, but these are the main ones that I tell patients.
Personally I also check the sole, and the heel composition to make sure that they will blend into my personal biomechanical requirements, but this is another thing that is hard to explain in a few short lines of text.
I also like to wear insoles that are adapted to my feet and help smooth out the foot/shoe interface. Though there is nothing wrong with my feet, a good insole is very very comfortable.
And to help you get the right assistance, see a prosthetist/orthotist for further information.
(There, I supplied a plug for my colleagues, yay!)
Everyone here seems to be talking about the able bodied sports.
I am involved with prosthetics and orthotics, and technology plays a huge part in the paralympics.
Look at carbon fibre legs. The fastest paralympian is Marlon Shirley who can do the 100m in 11.09 seconds.
But this tech is also used in able bodied athletes. Take for example that carbon fibre plates are used inside runners shoes to act as energy storage devices and allow the runner to be more efficient than his body would be without the shoes.
There are a number of manufacturers that sell stick on caps for the keys. This allows people to convert an ordinary keyboard into a braille keyboard.
see here:
http://www.speedskin.com/html/home.asp
Pretty damn useful. As for screenreaders, JAWS is alright, though all screenreaders are painful to use...
I am currently working on a database of accessibility technology for those with print disabilities etc, so if you would like more info or you have info to share please email me
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.zilog.com/products/family.asp?fam=226
The acclaim is a nice little chip. Maybe it would suit your purposes?
I love what I study. And I study very specific things(B Prosthetics/Orthotics, and got 2 years to go to get my B Electronic Eng/M Biomedical Eng).
But I also believe it takes more than specific knowledge to make it. I want to go into management. Engineering is a step towards that. Being able to talk to doctors, surgeons, and engineers in their own language is something that can help me towards that. If there is anyone qualified to advise or direct on engineering matters, it should be people with engineering(or related fields) experience. And it seems to be rarer, and rarer finding people who can balance the two.
Problem is, if people haven't put in as much work understanding that, then for the most part they simply can't comprehend what it means, and fall by the wayside. Knowledge and skills, are tools to achieve your goal.
hopefully this will be the las zonk story i ever have to look at.
i wonder if they take much notice of the preferences stats, cause i just unticked the zonk box.
I'm sorry, but what is a natural density for humans?
Given our brains occur naturally, and hence thought has arisen naturally, and our ability to modify our environment has naturally given us an advantage, how is our population densities un-natural?
All this "humans are bad" talk gives me the shits. If hippies think humans are bad, then they should euthanise themselves and quit annoying the rest of us.
Plenty of rants to go, but I'm not going to use them all up at once.....
Interesting ideas about creativity.
How do you put things together without constraints?
This is similar to the idea of joints. they have varying degrees of mobility and stability. The more mobile, the less stable, and vice versa.
Lego has constraints, but also allows flexibility through varying parts, and multiple pieces. Though not as flexible in some ways as meccano or kinexx, they are more flexible in others.
Creativity I would presume comes from what you can create with the resources you have at your disposal. What stops someone from blending multiple parts together, or chopping or moulding new parts. My guess would be creativity.
I grew up kinda poor, and my first introduction to modular tessalated building was my parents giving me clothes pegs. I was able to build lots of stuff, out of just cheap plastic pegs.
This was before I even heard of lego. I know from then on, I cherished every lego, meccano, capsula, fischer tecnik I could get my hands on, because each has its own constraints, and each chhallenges creativity in a different way.
I guess what I am saying is, that creativity is not in the tools/toys you are using, but in how you apply yourself to thinking/creating with those tools.
Nowadays, I know how to put people together again, along with computers and electronics(see my profile). Sure I get frustrated with the limited tech at our disposal, but it only pushes me to go further with what there is. In other words, getting creative...
I read this and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
6 very large, very well backed AMERICAN companies, are going to take an AUSTRALIAN government backed RESEARCH ORGANISATION in an IP battle.
Right after the free trade agreement was struck, that is meant to bring our IP laws into line with the US?
I hope CSIRO doesn't back down. Stick it to the companies. The same companies that would use those laws to screw anyone else, who infringes on their IP.
C'mon AUSSIE C'mon!
If they can produce one of these things, and exhibit that they aren't all talk, then it would be interesting to see if they can continue to contribute open hardware DESIGNS.
TO try and fabricate these devices, seems like a waste of money, when you could just licence the designs, and let individual hardware companies produce them.
OR they could concentrate on producing hardware that can be updated through software, and let coders concentrate on producing better code for the hardware. Like Open cores.
But this is just me thinking out loud....
amen
:)
i swear the advances in prosthetics are evolutionary, and far from revolutionary these days.
i guess the comparison would be moving from the body powered egg-beater to an electric egg beater. same thing but with a motor.
Wrong
The four are so that you can accurately determine its position in in 3 dimensions. You could track time with one sensor. Ie it should be:
number of sensors = dimensions to test in + 1
Try putting down just 2 points on a plane. You will see that there is 2 points that look the same to the sensor. This is much the same as iff you hear a noise directly in front or behind. If you are blindfolded, then it is very difficult to tell where it was.
Where were the freakin laser beams?
Where were the robots living on the reservation eating tyres like licorice?
Where was even a large metallic being screaming "Danger Danger Will Robinson" when trying to protect Will from a pederast doctor.
Robots these days, I don't know...
Hear Hear!
Good to see a voice of reason, that isn't wearing a tinfoil hat.
Too often we hear on slashdot: "Allow us our technology, if you ban us from free knowledge you are hinderring our life!" and then in the next article "Ban this technology, if you don't ban it it will destroy our rights!"
So much emotion, fear and ignorance from a crwod that preaches that they are smarter and more capable than the rest of the population.
Instead of fighting the possible abuses of the technology, we are instead stuck with the bleating of how things should be banned.
I truly do wonder about people who refuse to see the hipocracy right under their noses.
And btw MOD PARENT UP
One of the best ways is to get a pizza box enclosure. This allows you to protect the notebook as closely as possible, but also allows you to place the pizzabox bag into a proper back pack.
This means that the bag you use won't be as easily recognisable as a laptop backpack(ie anything that says targus), and it allows you to use a bag that is both properly ergonomic for travel. If you want to use it later on as just a normal backpack then just remove the pizza box enclosure.
This is what i do with my 12 inch ibook. I use a STM bag. I bought it from here at www.streetwise.com.au. Then I can shift it into my backpack for riding, or a travel pack for when i travel around the country, or even throw it into a carry pack when just walking to work.
And if I was ever to get a proper laptop bag then i will buy the next size up, so that it can carry the pizza box enclosure. Gotta protect those assets.....
Not to be an arse, but why is this modded so high?
Such an emotional attachment to words. Shouldn't you just lay off the attachment, and look at what is meant by the words?
Unless you also rely upon the emotional attachment of "Open Source" as well?
Just use the tools, stop crying, and play the game properly
(and here i go down to bad karma world)
Flamebait? WTF?
Sure its ok for american posts to pay out on other countries judicial system, but as soon as someone from another country says something about it....
Ah fuck it.
Why do i even bother....
Oh no, the US is becoming like the rest of the world. They start catching up, and the change frightens them. If only they caught up faster, then maybe we wouldn't have to put up with all the friggin idiotic posts about the world coming to an end.
I need a nap...
Interesting that a common occurence in people who grow up walkin on sand have there entire foot flatten out. Thats fine when you walk on sand all the time, ie a beach in the pacific islands, but when it comes time to walk on hard surfaces, thats where you get some real problems occuring.
Lets also take into account that there are also other medical conditions that are becoming more prevalent that actually require a lot more attention given to protecting the foot. An example of this is diabetes. When the microangiopathy begins to occur and the perrson loses sensation to due to breakdown of the nerves, they can't feel their feet, and the reduced blood flow can't repair small damage like it used to, then real problems start to occur, like amputation.
I've worked with patients that come from rural areas and they refuse to wear shoes, and while they can accept the progressive amputation, I feel somewhat regret at their ignorance for not wearing shoes when told to...
But if you think thats me just trying to sell stuff, then I can accept that. I know that I will accept the medical evidence that shows that wearing shoes is beneficial, and others can do or believe what they want.
Amen brother.
;)
When will so many of these poor slobs learn that how you dress is the social engineering part of the business.
Funny, a lot of these guys can understand the finer points of ee, compsci, physics, etc, but they don't understand the psychology of appearance.
Oh well, it just lets the more adept at social engineering move to the top of the pile and wrangle the nerds
My attitude may be harsh, but there is too much resentment from the other nerds who don't know how to play the game. If only we could all just get along...
I am a prosthetist/orthotist. (I'm now studying EE to get my Masters in Biomed, but thats beside the point)
:)
When I am looking for a good shoe there a few things to test.
I look for a reasonable sized toe box. This is the part where your toes are and is the front part of the shoe. This gives my toes plenty of space and does not constrict or deform the toes.
I also then check that the upper actually grips on to my foot when done up. A lot of problems can actually occur because this is not done up correctly and the foot slips forward to allow the toes to slam into the end of the shoe.
I then make sure that there is reasonable heel control in the heel cup. This will help the shoe grip around you foot and assist with stability.
And probably the other main checkpoint is that the toe break is in the right spot. This can be hard to pick if you don't have any training, but some sales assistant may be able to help you if they have been trained. Lucky I know how after spending time at uni
There are a few other things to look for when buying shoes, but these are the main ones that I tell patients.
Personally I also check the sole, and the heel composition to make sure that they will blend into my personal biomechanical requirements, but this is another thing that is hard to explain in a few short lines of text.
I also like to wear insoles that are adapted to my feet and help smooth out the foot/shoe interface. Though there is nothing wrong with my feet, a good insole is very very comfortable.
And to help you get the right assistance, see a prosthetist/orthotist for further information.
(There, I supplied a plug for my colleagues, yay!)
Off topic?
damn.
some moderators have no sense of humour...
alas
Now all my pr0n can be
asciipr0n!!!!
Now excuse me, I'm off to do some *ahem* research...
Everyone here seems to be talking about the able bodied sports.
I am involved with prosthetics and orthotics, and technology plays a huge part in the paralympics.
Look at carbon fibre legs. The fastest paralympian is Marlon Shirley who can do the 100m in 11.09 seconds.
But this tech is also used in able bodied athletes. Take for example that carbon fibre plates are used inside runners shoes to act as energy storage devices and allow the runner to be more efficient than his body would be without the shoes.
I personally would like to know when i will next get sex.
I was hoping to use to statistics coupled with the data gleaned from slashdot....
oh.
silly me
There are a number of manufacturers that sell stick on caps for the keys. This allows people to convert an ordinary keyboard into a braille keyboard.
see here:
http://www.speedskin.com/html/home.asp
Pretty damn useful. As for screenreaders, JAWS is alright, though all screenreaders are painful to use...
I am currently working on a database of accessibility technology for those with print disabilities etc, so if you would like more info or you have info to share please email me
luvgnu 'at' hotmail.com
Good luck now!
How about "Computer Janitor"
D o-Other-Stuff-Besides-Computers)
And it works for specialisation as well.
See : "Network Janitor", "Software Janitor",
Etc
(Well it beats Nerdy-Smelly-Guy-Who-Acts-Superior-To-People-Who-
Don't forget most sysadmins are just support crew...
HAHA
Deep ones generating electricity?
Who modded this off-topic?
Someone should read their Lovecraft.