I find it annoying when my browser renders a page one way, and then, just as I click on something, it re-renders, the links change, and I'm looking at goatse. Somebody should look very carefully at his kidney problem, but not me.
When I was a kid, the rule was don't go through a door or climb into a car. It's a good rule. One of my most formative experiences occurred when I was about four. I was living in a beach side motel in south California. I suspect that my father was doing something at the Skunkworks. Anyway the rule there was that at the west end the elevator was off limits alone, because it led directly to the beach, and at the east end the limit was the swimming pool. One day I was confronted by a man with a handtruck loaded with boxes, and he asked me to hold open a door just southeast of the line, but safely away from the pool, which was the danger. I did it and I am not ashamed.
This is a fourteen inch shot across the bow taking out the bowsprit or the radar. It is fast. It falls in the category of strategic surprise. I suspect that all our operating systems belong to google.
'Personally, I read that as a warning, not a suggestion, but it's what he feels the law allows for. I'm slowly being persuaded by Moore's Law that perhaps a Constitutional Amendment clarifying the right to privacy (which many of us feels already exists in the 4th amendment) would be an OK thing. Now, to get Congress to pass that (ha!).'
* Ninth Amendment - Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
We've already tried this, sadly it didn't work. I have owned two copies of the Constitution written for Congress, several inches thick, from the past, quoting court decisions. Both old enough that they didn't make the last move. AFAIK no right has ever been found in the ninth amendment.
As a mechanic I approve of catalytic converters. They weigh 2 to 5 pounds. The anciliary
electronics and sensors weigh 10 to 15 pounds.
The tailpipe is less needed if the cat works, if it doesnt , CO. anyway less than 20 pounds
Air bags and electronics weigh less than 10 pounds, and save lives.
D: Troll
Side safety beams. Compare and contrast old American coupe and new toyota doors. Maybe 10 pounds.
Total, for a big car maybe 60 pounds.
Responding to the followup
The insurance companies like good bumpers.
What, you dont like parking brakes, do you think that they are new.
I love the model M because it has a curved chassis. The keycaps are all removable and can be put in Dvorak fashion. I have some Northgates but the chassis is not curved, the keycaps, are and relocating then creates a monster that only an orthodontist would love. Also the cord is unbelievably cool.
There are three new books in this series, written by his son Brian and some other guy. They make a nice read for those who have read the rest. I liked tham anyhow.
I was stationed in Germany with Pershing 2 missiles. For those of you who don't know thers were Intermediate range, two stage, solid fueled, semitrailer launched missiles with WMD warheads. I remember when one burned in Heilbron killing people. We didn't think that it was very well tested or perfect.
Does anyone here remember the Lucas three position headlight switch?
Off, Dim, and Flicker.
Fahrfurgnugen=electrical nightmare
Cabriolet=Leaks in the rain.
Three words: Four cylinder Toyota,
you won't regret it.
IIRC Peru cited two other reasons for specifying open source software besides money. There is a real fear that closed file formats might prevent recovery of information. There is also the possibility of back doors. If there are any it is far more likely that the US has access to them than the Peruvian government. Don't get me wrong, money is a real issue but common defense is the first order of the state. Machiavelli was right.
Suppose that most computers are insecure. The (MS)OS gives up the HD to anyone who asks,users won't apply patches, the admin is an idiot, whatever.
The Feds are already wherever they want to be and I think that they would rather be the only ones there. I still want to keep out the rest of the world and the Feds want to help. How could this be any worse than what we have.
The really paranoid (or sensible) people will use strong encryption which is more to the point.
I am a good diagnostic mechanic (automobiles, unfortunately) and I think that there is a big future in this kind of thing. Consider the four following situations.
"Bar." Your car is here for scheduled maintenance. Example: Oil change.
"Bar, on the face of it." While inspecting your car, I found the following condition. Example: bad brake light bulb.
"Bar, that's going to get worse." Example: That squealing means you need to have the front rotors turned and new front brake pads replaced before they start grinding.
"Bar, I've seen that a hundred times."
This will fix a particular problem. Example: That grinding noise means you need to have the front rotors and pads replaced right now.
In the first example above a good AI remembers that exactly x quarts of oil are needed so the mechanic can do it as quickly as possible and the bill reflects it seamlessly. Doctors already do their accounting by computer. Results already come back from the lab with the data checked against norms and anomalies highlighted.
In the second example, we start looking for things. The better the checklist the better the inspection. A good AI list includes checking all the usual things, checking all the known odd things about that particular car, and leaving out items known not to be an issue. Example: Car model A is subject to a fuel pump recall. The first time the car comes in the item is on the list, check fuel pump. If it is old we change it, if it is new we note it, and in either case, it will not be an item again. No mechanic can remember all this.
The third example is the hardest one. This is where the human judgement factor is strongest, selling brakes preventively and talking about driving habits. There is room for AI in situations like this, but not as much. This is the customer service stuff mentioned in the third paragraph above. It isn't easy being a mechanic either.
In the fourth situation, the diagnostic part of the AI is exercised. Maybe the problem isn't the most common one. Example: The car has a bad ball joint which causes it to pull to the right when the brakes are applied and a bad brake caliper which causes it to pull to the left. Net pull is zero. If it isn't caught, an inadequate repair will be made. A good mechanic will find it most of the time. A good AI will help almost every mechanic find it almost every time. It passes on knowledge to the young and reminds the old. What I wouldn't give for a decent program like this. I think that it would reduce errors of cognition. "It looked like bar to me, boss." Who among us has always looked for and found the colons among the semicolons?
FWIW, When you take your car to the shop, make sure you describe the symptoms you are concerned about more than your theory or preferred solution. Leave a note on the passenger seat with the same information and a five dollar tip for the mechanic and you will get better service. Trust me on this.
In conclusion, a good AI assistant is useful at every step and most of the kinds of things one can do are already being done. It will make a doctor faster, more accurate and richer. From a patient's perspective the most important thing is a timely correct treatment. I don't see how this can hurt the process. What seems to be wanted is better AI and I have no doubt that writing the good stuff will require brilliant doctors. It will make me feel safer. Patience.
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That is all, this isn't funny.
I find it annoying when my browser renders a page one way, and then, just as I click on something, it re-renders, the links change, and I'm looking at goatse. Somebody should look very carefully at his kidney problem, but not me.
When I was a kid, the rule was don't go through a door or climb into a car. It's a good rule. One of my most formative experiences occurred when I was about four. I was living in a beach side motel in south California. I suspect that my father was doing something at the Skunkworks. Anyway the rule there was that at the west end the elevator was off limits alone, because it led directly to the beach, and at the east end the limit was the swimming pool. One day I was confronted by a man with a handtruck loaded with boxes, and he asked me to hold open a door just southeast of the line, but safely away from the pool, which was the danger. I did it and I am not ashamed.
This is a fourteen inch shot across the bow taking out the bowsprit or the radar. It is fast. It falls in the category of strategic surprise.
I suspect that all our operating systems belong to google.
'Personally, I read that as a warning, not a suggestion, but it's what he feels the law allows for. I'm slowly being persuaded by Moore's Law that perhaps a Constitutional Amendment clarifying the right to privacy (which many of us feels already exists in the 4th amendment) would be an OK thing. Now, to get Congress to pass that (ha!).'
IANAL and don't want to be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights
* Ninth Amendment - Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
We've already tried this, sadly it didn't work. I have owned two copies of the Constitution written for Congress, several inches thick, from the past, quoting court decisions. Both old enough that they didn't make the last move. AFAIK no right has ever been found in the ninth amendment.
Again, sadly, but hopefully.
I think that the problem here, is how bad.
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some of your database are belong to slashdot
citation needed
Have you seen any pictures of the capitol?
Congress treats itself like royalty.
Members Only.
I use yahoo and windows. And yes I expect them to keep MY mail.
MY MAIL.
Of course I think my mail should be private.
Sadly,
on, possibly slashdotted
Yes, every revolution.
That's the definition,
the government lost.
In a civil war the government is winning or has won.
How did this get modded funny?
Oh! Wait. The architect, Gates Windows PROFIT!!!
Huh!
How about the CD?
And blu-ray.
As a mechanic I approve of catalytic converters. They weigh 2 to 5 pounds. The anciliary electronics and sensors weigh 10 to 15 pounds. The tailpipe is less needed if the cat works, if it doesnt , CO. anyway less than 20 pounds Air bags and electronics weigh less than 10 pounds, and save lives. D: Troll Side safety beams. Compare and contrast old American coupe and new toyota doors. Maybe 10 pounds. Total, for a big car maybe 60 pounds. Responding to the followup The insurance companies like good bumpers. What, you dont like parking brakes, do you think that they are new.
I love the model M because it has a curved chassis. The keycaps are all removable and can be put in Dvorak fashion. I have some Northgates but the chassis is not curved, the keycaps, are and relocating then creates a monster that only an orthodontist would love. Also the cord is unbelievably cool.
There are three new books in this series, written by his son Brian and some other guy. They make a nice read for those who have read the rest. I liked tham anyhow.
Who is to say that these things wouldn't have been found anyway.
I was stationed in Germany with Pershing 2 missiles. For those of you who don't know thers were Intermediate range, two stage, solid fueled, semitrailer launched missiles with WMD warheads. I remember when one burned in Heilbron killing people. We didn't think that it was very well tested or perfect.
All your database are belong to U.S.
Does anyone here remember the Lucas three position headlight switch? Off, Dim, and Flicker. Fahrfurgnugen=electrical nightmare Cabriolet=Leaks in the rain. Three words: Four cylinder Toyota, you won't regret it.
IIRC Peru cited two other reasons for specifying open source software besides money. There is a real fear that closed file formats might prevent recovery of information. There is also the possibility of back doors. If there are any it is far more likely that the US has access to them than the Peruvian government. Don't get me wrong, money is a real issue but common defense is the first order of the state. Machiavelli was right.
All your base stations are belong to us.
Suppose that most computers are insecure. The (MS)OS gives up the HD to anyone who asks,users won't apply patches, the admin is an idiot, whatever.
The Feds are already wherever they want to be and I think that they would rather be the only ones there. I still want to keep out the rest of the world and the Feds want to help. How could this be any worse than what we have.
The really paranoid (or sensible) people will use strong encryption which is more to the point.
All your database are belong to U.S.
"Bar." Your car is here for scheduled maintenance. Example: Oil change.
"Bar, on the face of it." While inspecting your car, I found the following condition. Example: bad brake light bulb.
"Bar, that's going to get worse." Example: That squealing means you need to have the front rotors turned and new front brake pads replaced before they start grinding.
"Bar, I've seen that a hundred times." This will fix a particular problem. Example: That grinding noise means you need to have the front rotors and pads replaced right now.
In the first example above a good AI remembers that exactly x quarts of oil are needed so the mechanic can do it as quickly as possible and the bill reflects it seamlessly. Doctors already do their accounting by computer. Results already come back from the lab with the data checked against norms and anomalies highlighted.
In the second example, we start looking for things. The better the checklist the better the inspection. A good AI list includes checking all the usual things, checking all the known odd things about that particular car, and leaving out items known not to be an issue. Example: Car model A is subject to a fuel pump recall. The first time the car comes in the item is on the list, check fuel pump. If it is old we change it, if it is new we note it, and in either case, it will not be an item again. No mechanic can remember all this.
The third example is the hardest one. This is where the human judgement factor is strongest, selling brakes preventively and talking about driving habits. There is room for AI in situations like this, but not as much. This is the customer service stuff mentioned in the third paragraph above. It isn't easy being a mechanic either.
In the fourth situation, the diagnostic part of the AI is exercised. Maybe the problem isn't the most common one. Example: The car has a bad ball joint which causes it to pull to the right when the brakes are applied and a bad brake caliper which causes it to pull to the left. Net pull is zero. If it isn't caught, an inadequate repair will be made. A good mechanic will find it most of the time. A good AI will help almost every mechanic find it almost every time. It passes on knowledge to the young and reminds the old. What I wouldn't give for a decent program like this. I think that it would reduce errors of cognition. "It looked like bar to me, boss." Who among us has always looked for and found the colons among the semicolons?
FWIW, When you take your car to the shop, make sure you describe the symptoms you are concerned about more than your theory or preferred solution. Leave a note on the passenger seat with the same information and a five dollar tip for the mechanic and you will get better service. Trust me on this.
In conclusion, a good AI assistant is useful at every step and most of the kinds of things one can do are already being done. It will make a doctor faster, more accurate and richer. From a patient's perspective the most important thing is a timely correct treatment. I don't see how this can hurt the process. What seems to be wanted is better AI and I have no doubt that writing the good stuff will require brilliant doctors. It will make me feel safer. Patience.
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