So, to date, they have 322 suspects out of 22 million scans...that's a hit rate of.00146 percent. That's a lot of people who had their personal data plowed through for a nearly zero yield.
All too often cynical ranting is used as a substitute for knowledge or experience. Nice to see someone with an actual background speak up. It has also not escaped my attention that the biggest whiner on this thread has not responded to your post.
You said what I had neither the background or experience to say with any authority...well done.
Of course crap like that is bad for you. Anyone who doesn't think so should watch "SuperSize Me". I'm talking about whole apples vs. apple juice or apple sauce...not vs., McHotApplePie(TM). I'm talking about raw sugar vs. white sugar...whole wheat bread vs. white bread....that kind of thing. Even things like raw vegetables vs. cooked vegetables (besides that, I think raw vegatables taste better anyway).
I know this has been said before so, perhaps it is redundant. However, if "patent" is the current rule, then it becomes necessary to use it defensively. I.E. if the university does not patent it, then someone else might. What is needed is a GPL for medicine.
Also, similar stuff about moderate amounts of Beer protecting against colon cancer, which I suspect could be related as well. I have a very non-scientific and "gut" feeling that, one day, we are going to discover that a diet based upon whole, un-processed foods is probably the healthiest of all.
If enough people with sufficient tools and expertise agree to totally bork these machines on election day so bad that, when the votes are tallied, it's painfully obvious that they have been tampered with (say, negative votes, or clearly far more total votes than the total population), you'll have a genuine catastrophe on your hands.
Although a few machines might get damaged by your approach, the police or even national guard will see to it that the majority of machines are not damaged. However, if the tampering is not evident until it's time to count the votes, the effect would be staggering and probably garner world attention.
"One of the main findings was that rather than weighing a choice between the pleasure of making a purchase and the delayed gratification of using the dough for something else, the brain is actually weighing between the pleasure of buying and the pain of forking over the cash."
So, in short, they are considering if the item is worth the asking price? That actually sounds a lot like a rational thought process to me.
I know I'm coming in late but I just found your observation. I've recently taken a position with a company that has just that kind of culture and have been making myself nuts trying to find out how to get things done. This observation of your is a darned good fit to what I've been observing. Additionally, they don't seem interested in training anyone - for anything. So, it would seem that, by extension, the managers are also not trained on how to manage. Therefore, they are basically in the same boat as I am.
Next place I go will put an emphasis on training, and not just silly little flash animated tutorials either.
"Iverson said Shriber was concerned about his grades because he eventually wanted to study for a master's degree"
Schools are not obligated to deny entrance to the Master's program based upon grades. If he was truly driven, but simply made some youthful mistakes, he could have gone the route of life experience + post-bachalaureate classes (with excellent grades of course) + strong showing on the GRE.
A tough road to be sure, but legal, and possible.....it worked for me.
I'd like to see the results sorted by gender including menstrual phase for males. I mean, based upon your post, it seems like it might just be a survival instinct for the males to find chocolate for their menstrating wives...
It's painful enough watching your typical high school student working the cashier at MacDonalds make change as it is (especially if there's no auto-change dispenser).
Tweaking the value of the currency would probably cause one or two of them to have an anurism on the spot.
While it might be fun to watch...there has to be a better way.
For winning this weeks "Low Hanging Fruit" award...given to those with a keen ability to spot the obvious joke without resorting to any of the following:
what if all of these drones are robotic and networked together? A common, collective AI drives the entire "swarm" as if they were a single unit. A few get shot down, no big deal, the remaining "network" of drones simply adapts and keeps fighting.
In other words, a single adaptive AI controlling multiple networked drones. That would be a difficult force to stop.
Pity they don't still have BattleBots...I'd love to see someone try that.
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So, to date, they have 322 suspects out of 22 million scans...that's a hit rate of .00146 percent. That's a lot of people who had their personal data plowed through for a nearly zero yield.
All too often cynical ranting is used as a substitute for knowledge or experience. Nice to see someone with an actual background speak up. It has also not escaped my attention that the biggest whiner on this thread has not responded to your post.
You said what I had neither the background or experience to say with any authority...well done.
Of course crap like that is bad for you. Anyone who doesn't think so should watch "SuperSize Me". I'm talking about whole apples vs. apple juice or apple sauce...not vs., McHotApplePie(TM). I'm talking about raw sugar vs. white sugar...whole wheat bread vs. white bread....that kind of thing. Even things like raw vegetables vs. cooked vegetables (besides that, I think raw vegatables taste better anyway).
Perhaps I wasn't clear...
I know this has been said before so, perhaps it is redundant. However, if "patent" is the current rule, then it becomes necessary to use it defensively. I.E. if the university does not patent it, then someone else might. What is needed is a GPL for medicine.
Also, similar stuff about moderate amounts of Beer protecting against colon cancer, which I suspect could be related as well. I have a very non-scientific and "gut" feeling that, one day, we are going to discover that a diet based upon whole, un-processed foods is probably the healthiest of all.
I mean, seems like he's always an option....
Hack them
If enough people with sufficient tools and expertise agree to totally bork these machines on election day so bad that, when the votes are tallied, it's painfully obvious that they have been tampered with (say, negative votes, or clearly far more total votes than the total population), you'll have a genuine catastrophe on your hands.
Although a few machines might get damaged by your approach, the police or even national guard will see to it that the majority of machines are not damaged. However, if the tampering is not evident until it's time to count the votes, the effect would be staggering and probably garner world attention.
but I'm daydreaming...
From the Article:
"One of the main findings was that rather than weighing a choice between the pleasure of making a purchase and the delayed gratification of using the dough for something else, the brain is actually weighing between the pleasure of buying and the pain of forking over the cash."
So, in short, they are considering if the item is worth the asking price? That actually sounds a lot like a rational thought process to me.
Just trying to see if I can make this thread even more obscure... :)
I know I'm coming in late but I just found your observation. I've recently taken a position with a company that has just that kind of culture and have been making myself nuts trying to find out how to get things done. This observation of your is a darned good fit to what I've been observing. Additionally, they don't seem interested in training anyone - for anything. So, it would seem that, by extension, the managers are also not trained on how to manage. Therefore, they are basically in the same boat as I am.
Next place I go will put an emphasis on training, and not just silly little flash animated tutorials either.
Sorry....low hanging fruit
Well, life experience + 2 semesters of graduate level mathematics with an "A" grade + top 4% on the GRE's.
Not the easiest way to do it, but it can be done.
From the previous post:
"Iverson said Shriber was concerned about his grades because he eventually wanted to study for a master's degree"
Schools are not obligated to deny entrance to the Master's program based upon grades. If he was truly driven, but simply made some youthful mistakes, he could have gone the route of life experience + post-bachalaureate classes (with excellent grades of course) + strong showing on the GRE.
A tough road to be sure, but legal, and possible.....it worked for me.
I'd like to see the results sorted by gender including menstrual phase for males. I mean, based upon your post, it seems like it might just be a survival instinct for the males to find chocolate for their menstrating wives...
Hypnotoad was viewed by someone wearing a brain slug?
Would it make a difference if the brain slug was also looking at hypnotoad?
Well...clearly I need a life.....
It's painful enough watching your typical high school student working the cashier at MacDonalds make change as it is (especially if there's no auto-change dispenser).
Tweaking the value of the currency would probably cause one or two of them to have an anurism on the spot.
While it might be fun to watch...there has to be a better way.
Copper Penny: $0.01
Copper Washer: $0.10
Making a copper washer by poking a hole in a copper penny: $10,000.00 fine
That about it?
Once you got that thing going it would be hell to stop it again.
I was going to suggest that we simply move Titan closer to the sun...you know...with a rocket or something
I first read that as "Microsoft and Novell PATENT customer support.
although I probably shouldn't say that out loud (or type that in print...or whatever)
For winning this weeks "Low Hanging Fruit" award...given to those with a keen ability to spot the obvious joke without resorting to any of the following:
"In Soviet Russia..."
".....PROFIT!"
"I for one, welcome our new...."
"Imagine a Beowulf cluster...."
{...any Microsoft reference }
{...any SCO reference.....}
...thanks...I'm going to need to stop and buy more beer on the way home tonight to wash that visual out of my head.
when the money stops flowing...those "friends" go away.
check out this site...
http://www.origamiboulder.com/
As the saying goes, "there's a sucker born every minute"...and the web gives you access to just about all of them at once.
what if all of these drones are robotic and networked together? A common, collective AI drives the entire "swarm" as if they were a single unit. A few get shot down, no big deal, the remaining "network" of drones simply adapts and keeps fighting.
In other words, a single adaptive AI controlling multiple networked drones. That would be a difficult force to stop.
Pity they don't still have BattleBots...I'd love to see someone try that.