I doubt you have a degree in psychology. No one with any understanding of the subject would use a term like "clinically crazy". (There is not even a definition of the word "insane" in DSM-IV. It has no medical meaning.).
If you had a psychology degree you would know that anyone who is truly schizophrenic is a low functioning person. They are not able to even take care of themselves let alone file lawsuits.
He was retired to a farm, spoke very unemotionaly about some of his excutions....
That should be your first clue that these people are not really good guys, but just guys that happen to be working for us. This whole stupid spy business is glamorized but people forget that you basically need to recruit sociopaths for the murdering. You hire some people who have zero empathy and send them out to kill people.
This is not James Bond, this is simply setting psychologically damaged people on assignments of dubious moral character. Whether we need these people or not is beside the fact that they are sociopaths who don't always even have a real strong attachment to their own government/country (e.g. Robert Hansen).
A couple of quarters ago I was taking a software engineering course. Our instructor told the story of a debugging competition which used a mature piece of software that was known to be error-free for the test case. A fixed amount of bugs were then introduced into the code and the teams all had a crack at it. At least one of the teams found bugs in the code that were not the ones intentionally introduced. I'm paraphrasing here, but in other words they took a piece of software that they knew to be bug free due to its having been intensely examined by many programmers, yet another bug or two was found.
Truly error free is not a likely state for software.
I think this kid needs to growing up to do. It's funny because the older guys at the office just smile when I complain.
Possibly. But, as an "older" guy I think it's better to keep trying to improve your life rather than just let it beat you down until you accept whatever slop they want to put on your plate. I'm all for checking the ego at the door, but this time I'm with the "kid." If we didn't push for things that we wanted or felt would be better for us we might as well live in some feudal society somewhere.
And really, given the number of accidents on the highway-on-the-ground where folks only have to worry about two dimensions, I'm glad he's been a failure thus far.
On the other hand, if people had to go through as much training to get a driver's license as they do a pilot's license the roads would probably be a better place.
I was certified to fly gliders only after many hours of instruction that included emergency situations as well as learning how to give myself large safety margins. Just the thinking process of getting my pilot's license caused me to really evaluate my driving habits as well.
As long as the license to fly a Skycar didn't end up being some sort of quickie certification you might not see as many problems as you think. Most of the truly boneheaded won't make it far enough to get the license to fly. Then again, I had some great instruction from people who loved to fly and weren't just putting in their 9 to 5 time.
Probably not, since most of the flying is by computer. In fact, cockpit crews of the future will consist of only one pilot and a dog. The pilot's job is to feed the dog. The dog's job is to keep the pilot from touching anything.
Good point. What they need is a way to decompress the cabin from the cockpit. If you're really in a hijack situation just nose the plane over until you're at about 12,000' AGL, open the cabin to the outside and then start heading up again until everybody is passed out. Or release a sleeping gas into the cabin. Or get the flight attendants to served the hijackers drinks that have been spiked. Or maybe just invite the hijackers up to the cabin and give them those little fake pilots wings, which is probably all they're really after. Or....
It's a really interesting question at that. I was in a book store a while ago and asked a young clerk there where I could find books written by Plato. She looked questioningly at me and said "is that a poet or something?"
I was a little shocked by this but when I told the story to my mother, who was a teacher, she pointed out that the amount of knowledge that we have available to teach just keeps getting greater and greater and who is to say that the things we once thought of as indispensible really are?
I'd like to point out that big-government isn't the only entity aiming cameras at you. A long time ago it was established that it was perfectly legal to photograph people in public places, otherwise we'd have no photo journalism and it might be very difficult to even take vacation photos.
On the other hand, I most certainly do agree that we need to be watching government use of public surveillance very, very closely. Not that this has much to do with the current topic, really.
Though I guess it's hard to miss anyway, being 10 feet long.
Yeah, I use a stick, too.
Speaking of which, one day long ago my wife and I were laying on the floor lazily watching TV. We decided to chang the channel but neither of us had the remote in hand. Laying there on the floor with our heads propped against the couch we noticed the remote laying a few feet away. For some reason there was a yardstick lying within reach and my wife grabbed it and began using it to drag the remote towards us. When we realized just how pathetic this little tableau was we jumped up, turned off the TV and went outside.
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If you had a psychology degree you would know that anyone who is truly schizophrenic is a low functioning person. They are not able to even take care of themselves let alone file lawsuits.
...and ashamed.
That should be your first clue that these people are not really good guys, but just guys that happen to be working for us. This whole stupid spy business is glamorized but people forget that you basically need to recruit sociopaths for the murdering. You hire some people who have zero empathy and send them out to kill people.
This is not James Bond, this is simply setting psychologically damaged people on assignments of dubious moral character. Whether we need these people or not is beside the fact that they are sociopaths who don't always even have a real strong attachment to their own government/country (e.g. Robert Hansen).
Which means they'll soon be moving into the bedroom.
True, but it's not as old as the current poll for crying out loud.
You mean like having Free Speech Zones for people who oppose you politcally?
Truly error free is not a likely state for software.
Possibly. But, as an "older" guy I think it's better to keep trying to improve your life rather than just let it beat you down until you accept whatever slop they want to put on your plate. I'm all for checking the ego at the door, but this time I'm with the "kid." If we didn't push for things that we wanted or felt would be better for us we might as well live in some feudal society somewhere.
Yeah, it would be a shame to wreck an ordinary, perfectly safe situation such as a war zone with a dangerous contraption like this.
On the other hand, if people had to go through as much training to get a driver's license as they do a pilot's license the roads would probably be a better place.
I was certified to fly gliders only after many hours of instruction that included emergency situations as well as learning how to give myself large safety margins. Just the thinking process of getting my pilot's license caused me to really evaluate my driving habits as well.
As long as the license to fly a Skycar didn't end up being some sort of quickie certification you might not see as many problems as you think. Most of the truly boneheaded won't make it far enough to get the license to fly. Then again, I had some great instruction from people who loved to fly and weren't just putting in their 9 to 5 time.
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There are exceptions. I personally know someone who got admitted to a PhD. program at UCLA with a GRE Math score of 600.
Such as the original being written in either Aramaic or Greek? And the King James version being influenced by--wait for it--King James?
You might as well, since the bible is a translation of a translation of a.... Each translation will reflect the politics and norms of the times.
You left out the word "free." It strikes me as hollow to whine about a free service.
Good post, but I think the word you're looking for there is jibe. And Finnish.
Probably not, since most of the flying is by computer. In fact, cockpit crews of the future will consist of only one pilot and a dog. The pilot's job is to feed the dog. The dog's job is to keep the pilot from touching anything.
Good point. What they need is a way to decompress the cabin from the cockpit. If you're really in a hijack situation just nose the plane over until you're at about 12,000' AGL, open the cabin to the outside and then start heading up again until everybody is passed out. Or release a sleeping gas into the cabin. Or get the flight attendants to served the hijackers drinks that have been spiked. Or maybe just invite the hijackers up to the cabin and give them those little fake pilots wings, which is probably all they're really after. Or....
No. You'd have to be bats to use sonar.
It's a really interesting question at that. I was in a book store a while ago and asked a young clerk there where I could find books written by Plato. She looked questioningly at me and said "is that a poet or something?"
I was a little shocked by this but when I told the story to my mother, who was a teacher, she pointed out that the amount of knowledge that we have available to teach just keeps getting greater and greater and who is to say that the things we once thought of as indispensible really are?
On the other hand, I most certainly do agree that we need to be watching government use of public surveillance very, very closely. Not that this has much to do with the current topic, really.
You mean like with a lens cap? Hm, that oughta work.
That's probably why he was modded funny. Misogyny plays well around here.
Yeah, I use a stick, too.
Speaking of which, one day long ago my wife and I were laying on the floor lazily watching TV. We decided to chang the channel but neither of us had the remote in hand. Laying there on the floor with our heads propped against the couch we noticed the remote laying a few feet away. For some reason there was a yardstick lying within reach and my wife grabbed it and began using it to drag the remote towards us. When we realized just how pathetic this little tableau was we jumped up, turned off the TV and went outside.