You can get a group of people to agree about what a robot soldier SHOULD do, and program that in. Then, yes, the robot soldiers would do the "right" things.
The point of the article is that ordinary human soldiers do things other than the "right" things either due to their own beliefs and opinions, or in the heat of battle.
The idea is that by setting things in motion beforehand, you eliminate potentially both of those issues.
The idea that the robot programming and orders could be changed behind battle lines by bribes or other means is pointless. The same could be said now regarding ICBM's, UAV's and the various GPS style coordinates put in to the smart bombs, etc.
The real story, IMO, here is what this tech looks like and how it works and what it can do.
It's obvious why they are offering / integrating an AV product.
But it's been how many years now that they've really had the reputation for... requiring an antivirus? since windows 3.1? Windows 95?
Why are they doing this now? Did they just now get the guts to roll out an AV since the whole integrated IE issue? What was the trigger point, really? How long have they been working on it? Are they giving up on the likes of AVG, Avast, Norton and McAfee? (I know I gave up on the latter 2 back in 2000, 2001, personally)
Is it because they think they can do it better? Are they realizing that Norton and McAfee are CRIPPLING their operating system, giving them an even worse reputation?
I guess it ISN'T so obvious why.
Like many slashdotters, I'm "The Guy" people come to and ask questions like "Which Antivirus should I use? Why is my cupholder broken? Can you help me dust off my 386 and put it on the interwebs? Why is XP slow when I have 64 megs of ram on my celeron 233?" I need to know why MS is doing this and if it is any good.
worst part of a book is the ability to lose my place. With physical books, this happened to me a -lot-. With ebooks, it does happen once in a while, but not nearly as often. Compare once a week to once a year.
Yep. One of those ads where the HR droid responsible for filling that cog takes some buzzwords and puts checkboxes beside the buzzwords. Then they wonder why they can't fill the cog.
First in, First out. If 2 cars arrive at the same time, the person "on the right" goes first. If all 4 arrive at the same time? On the odd chance that it happens, the person with the largest gun, tallest 4x4 or shiniest belt buckle goes first. (just kidding, a little brit humor for you)
To be honest, I don't know, and I don't think I've ever experienced it. I've been at 4 way stops with cars in all directions, but there was always a clear order of who went next, it's basically clockwise or in order of arrival.
The solution for the story submitter is simple, then.
Run an analysis on the performance hit, document it, make a report and give the report to the persons who want the analysis done, and also the persons who pay the bills. (They might be different people).
The report has a summary that says: I must install this software to comply with policy. I will then be accomplishing my work at only X% of the speed I was before. If that is not ok, then I will need to spend $Y to upgrade the equipment in order to maintain the previous rate of work. End of story. If they deny the upgrades then... that's their decision. If they approve the upgrades - hey, new equipment!
The only potential problem I see is this: If the submitter has his own budget, IE he pays the bills, yet still must both maintain rate AND comply with the encryption policies... Hmmmm, well, not so easy. Then there needs to be a report that says his lab won't ever see patient data, with proof. Assuming the budget isn't there.
Media creation is basically THE giant black hole of computer technology. That is, no matter how fast the CPU, how large the HD, or how fast any one particular part is, content creation such as video editing will always be able to use something faster or bigger. Perhaps some day when I can render an entire 1 hour video file in a second, I'll be happy.
I think it's great and all, that they can help the guy. But doesn't this seem a bit.... Low Tech? Sure, it's brain surgery, and it takes "mad skillz" to do that properly, but think about it.
If I may be so bold as to make a car analogy -
It's like the mechanic taking the hood off the car, strapping himself to the engine, telling you to drive down the road, and banging on the engine in different spots and having you yell when the funny noise stops.
I sincerely hope that some day we truly understand the brain more than just Zap-it-until-it-acts-right. Seriously.
My father-in-law had electroshock therapy years ago to treat depression. He wrote a note to himself so that when he woke up he would know his name, where he was, and why he was there. Come on, man, that ain't right.
I just went to Japan and back (flying in and out of Detroit), coming back on Sept 5th. So it's a pretty recent trip
I had a video camera, a still camera, and my laptop. I also took about (no joke) 1100 pictures.
Aside from all the normal security rigmarole, no-one ever looked at my laptop or cameras. I also did not see anyone else get any special attention paid to their laptops.
With going overseas, the only thing I saw as being important is that your passport is legit (and always out) and you aren't on any lists, and you go in the right line.
And don't bring back anything "funny". The people at customs and international security (generally) do not like funny from what I saw...
I did burn a DVD of the pics while there, and had most on a memory stick, as a backup. If you have internet you could do an online file storage service.
I bought a bottle of water at the gate in Tokyo/Narita. I flew from Tokyo/Narita to Detroit, with the water. I got off the plane, got my bags, went through customs, then BACK through security. At security, they "freaked out" about my water bottle, which was not empty.
Where do they think I got this from? The security area was only for international travelers who JUST got off a flight, came from customs, to enter back to the terminals.
What's the big deal? Is it because I could have gotten my bomb making fluids out of my checked bag?
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A huge black hole,
... in the world.
for MONEY.
Not trolling, just watching. Wow. I've said it before, I'll say it again. They have the best grant writers
You can get a group of people to agree about what a robot soldier SHOULD do, and program that in. Then, yes, the robot soldiers would do the "right" things.
The point of the article is that ordinary human soldiers do things other than the "right" things either due to their own beliefs and opinions, or in the heat of battle.
The idea is that by setting things in motion beforehand, you eliminate potentially both of those issues.
The idea that the robot programming and orders could be changed behind battle lines by bribes or other means is pointless. The same could be said now regarding ICBM's, UAV's and the various GPS style coordinates put in to the smart bombs, etc.
The real story, IMO, here is what this tech looks like and how it works and what it can do.
dry clean?
Don't give them any ideas.
It's obvious why they are offering / integrating an AV product.
... requiring an antivirus? since windows 3.1? Windows 95?
But it's been how many years now that they've really had the reputation for
Why are they doing this now? Did they just now get the guts to roll out an AV since the whole integrated IE issue? What was the trigger point, really? How long have they been working on it? Are they giving up on the likes of AVG, Avast, Norton and McAfee? (I know I gave up on the latter 2 back in 2000, 2001, personally)
Is it because they think they can do it better? Are they realizing that Norton and McAfee are CRIPPLING their operating system, giving them an even worse reputation?
I guess it ISN'T so obvious why.
Like many slashdotters, I'm "The Guy" people come to and ask questions like "Which Antivirus should I use? Why is my cupholder broken? Can you help me dust off my 386 and put it on the interwebs? Why is XP slow when I have 64 megs of ram on my celeron 233?" I need to know why MS is doing this and if it is any good.
I think the post office has beat you to it, man.
Read your post again, and instead of EMAIL, think A LETTER IN AN ENVELOPE.
Or, were you actually being so awesomely sarcastic that I've missed it as well?
worst part of a book is the ability to lose my place. With physical books, this happened to me a -lot-. With ebooks, it does happen once in a while, but not nearly as often. Compare once a week to once a year.
Bookmarks?
I think I played a computer game like this years ago.
I think it was called Master of Orion.
Yep. One of those ads where the HR droid responsible for filling that cog takes some buzzwords and puts checkboxes beside the buzzwords. Then they wonder why they can't fill the cog.
First in, First out. If 2 cars arrive at the same time, the person "on the right" goes first. If all 4 arrive at the same time? On the odd chance that it happens, the person with the largest gun, tallest 4x4 or shiniest belt buckle goes first. (just kidding, a little brit humor for you)
To be honest, I don't know, and I don't think I've ever experienced it. I've been at 4 way stops with cars in all directions, but there was always a clear order of who went next, it's basically clockwise or in order of arrival.
I watch Top Gear. Isn't that enough?
The solution for the story submitter is simple, then.
Run an analysis on the performance hit, document it, make a report and give the report to the persons who want the analysis done, and also the persons who pay the bills. (They might be different people).
The report has a summary that says: I must install this software to comply with policy. I will then be accomplishing my work at only X% of the speed I was before. If that is not ok, then I will need to spend $Y to upgrade the equipment in order to maintain the previous rate of work. End of story. If they deny the upgrades then... that's their decision. If they approve the upgrades - hey, new equipment!
The only potential problem I see is this: If the submitter has his own budget, IE he pays the bills, yet still must both maintain rate AND comply with the encryption policies... Hmmmm, well, not so easy. Then there needs to be a report that says his lab won't ever see patient data, with proof. Assuming the budget isn't there.
No, but they do have Holden.
That's a better reply than what I was thinking:
What kind of linux advocacy is it in 2008 where the answer to the problem is Writing a Script?
No. Not gonna happen. No-one in the windows world writes a script to search for a file, it shouldn't require that in linux either.
Video editing. It's all about video.
Media creation is basically THE giant black hole of computer technology. That is, no matter how fast the CPU, how large the HD, or how fast any one particular part is, content creation such as video editing will always be able to use something faster or bigger. Perhaps some day when I can render an entire 1 hour video file in a second, I'll be happy.
I think it's great and all, that they can help the guy. But doesn't this seem a bit.... Low Tech? Sure, it's brain surgery, and it takes "mad skillz" to do that properly, but think about it.
If I may be so bold as to make a car analogy -
It's like the mechanic taking the hood off the car, strapping himself to the engine, telling you to drive down the road, and banging on the engine in different spots and having you yell when the funny noise stops.
I sincerely hope that some day we truly understand the brain more than just Zap-it-until-it-acts-right. Seriously.
My father-in-law had electroshock therapy years ago to treat depression. He wrote a note to himself so that when he woke up he would know his name, where he was, and why he was there. Come on, man, that ain't right.
I just went to Japan and back (flying in and out of Detroit), coming back on Sept 5th. So it's a pretty recent trip
I had a video camera, a still camera, and my laptop. I also took about (no joke) 1100 pictures.
Aside from all the normal security rigmarole, no-one ever looked at my laptop or cameras. I also did not see anyone else get any special attention paid to their laptops.
With going overseas, the only thing I saw as being important is that your passport is legit (and always out) and you aren't on any lists, and you go in the right line.
And don't bring back anything "funny". The people at customs and international security (generally) do not like funny from what I saw...
I did burn a DVD of the pics while there, and had most on a memory stick, as a backup. If you have internet you could do an online file storage service.
Ummmm, yes, Miss Flight Attendant? I need some of your complimentary rubber gloves and safety glasses, and possibly a smock. MmmmKay? Thaaaanks!
Oh, also, can you tell the nice pilot man to keep the plane steady for a few moments, I need to titrate...
I bought a bottle of water at the gate in Tokyo/Narita. I flew from Tokyo/Narita to Detroit, with the water. I got off the plane, got my bags, went through customs, then BACK through security. At security, they "freaked out" about my water bottle, which was not empty.
Where do they think I got this from? The security area was only for international travelers who JUST got off a flight, came from customs, to enter back to the terminals.
What's the big deal? Is it because I could have gotten my bomb making fluids out of my checked bag?
Bloom County was genius but rooted in the time, sort of a commentary like Doonsbury, but whimsical.
Calvin and Hobbes is genius as well, but timeless.
Too many Google phone articles. At first I thought a small Android phone was on a collision course with Earth...
What are they DOING?
The Internet is a series of Tubes, you see...
The on-coming car was not shooting at him.
Sweet Sweet Stylish and Trendy Death, how soft is your grip..... [sigh]
Who are you, Don Johnson? Is your Testerossa also parked out front? (That's basically the look you described)