What surprises is me is the complete elitism of knowledge that shows its ugly head when an article like this pops up. "Oh they didn't have modern science so they must have been complete n00bs and were just drinking 'magic beer' that sometimes helped." This is completely regardless of the fact that this is already centuries after Plato and Hippocrates or any other ancient looks into philosophy and medicine.
Could it possibly be, as you and the article suggest, that they had empirical knowledge of what they were doing? God forbid if that were true!/sarcasm
And even so, if I wasn't comfortable with it, I wouldn't work there. It's not my equipment. I'm being paid for time and labor and skill. They own the equipment down to the very last bolt. If they wanted to install key-loggers and told me not to surf porn or personal email, then it's their right to do so. Period.
I think it comes down to the fact that they (pilots) don't want that level of scrutiny. Why not? Well, would you want it in your car?
Except you own the car, the pilots don't own the airplane they are flying and your car isn't carrying hundreds of passengers who are paying your employer for you to fly them to a destination. If I was a pilot I would welcome that level of scrutiny. Where am I going wrong so that I can improve my skills as a pilot.
Those two issues, in this case, aren't unnecessarily conflated. It's technology that needs to be improved and can be improved and government/corporation control not of the data (it's already in government/corporation control) but of technological updates that could save lives.
When you are at work, you have no privacy from your employer except in the bathroom.
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Yeah, I wanted to make that joke too, but I'm too fed up by the cultural elitism (and no, I'm not new to /.)
What surprises is me is the complete elitism of knowledge that shows its ugly head when an article like this pops up. "Oh they didn't have modern science so they must have been complete n00bs and were just drinking 'magic beer' that sometimes helped." This is completely regardless of the fact that this is already centuries after Plato and Hippocrates or any other ancient looks into philosophy and medicine.
Could it possibly be, as you and the article suggest, that they had empirical knowledge of what they were doing? God forbid if that were true! /sarcasm
Why not, you can already make food from people.
I'm sure they do and I'm not aware of German laws because I do not live in Germany. Also, I didn't notice the article your posting.
What you said.
And even so, if I wasn't comfortable with it, I wouldn't work there. It's not my equipment. I'm being paid for time and labor and skill. They own the equipment down to the very last bolt. If they wanted to install key-loggers and told me not to surf porn or personal email, then it's their right to do so. Period.
To apply new technology is to say that to improve the current you install newer.
But it takes smarts to do the smart thing.
That would be nice, useful, and add only minimal weight.
Bad precedents that need to be taken care of by tort reform, but I see your point. I don't like it, but it is a valid point.
If they aren't now, give them 10 more years. ;)
I think it comes down to the fact that they (pilots) don't want that level of scrutiny. Why not? Well, would you want it in your car?
Except you own the car, the pilots don't own the airplane they are flying and your car isn't carrying hundreds of passengers who are paying your employer for you to fly them to a destination. If I was a pilot I would welcome that level of scrutiny. Where am I going wrong so that I can improve my skills as a pilot.
Those two issues, in this case, aren't unnecessarily conflated. It's technology that needs to be improved and can be improved and government/corporation control not of the data (it's already in government/corporation control) but of technological updates that could save lives.
When you are at work, you have no privacy from your employer except in the bathroom.
I'm not expecting total consistency in judgments, but more then what we have.
BTW, we select our circuit court judge by election.
I don't know. Some of them sure act it sometimes.
So do the local ones around me. It'd be nice for a little more consistency.
Interesting.
true that.
I just fixed a verb tense, I didn't make the claim.
oh my.
...One of the things duct tape cannot fix.
OTOH, you can find the DSM-IV here, among other places online.
ATI lives on, just as a fully integrated part of AMD. And I think you have it backwards
Something old (Radeon), Something new (AMD)....
ATI was the oldest surviving video card brand. :(
FTFY
beat me to it.
I wish I would have saved my mod points. lol
True, true.