By regulated I mean the controls need to be put on access to this information until it is "fool proof" so their is a 100% correct diagnosis rate.... would you trust a computer to give you medical advise based on decisions it makes though "software"?
Just think of the effect a bugs will have without strict supervision from a doctor to provide the second opinion.... or rather the computer provide the second opinion.
Legal liability with this type of thing is a worry - sure some people who are not "doctors" can become "experts" in a particular field but you can't allow them to dispense advice without the appropriate insurance and thought to legal issues of misdiagnosis. There is no guarantee that the "expert" will use the information for ONLY their personal use..... its a case of "quack" until proven "worthy"
Besides... there will always be other resources of the information - this is but one database, abeit one which maybe more useful... plenty others to choose from.
Doctors need to think of this as a tool and not as a threat to their job. Just because I can try to diagnose my problems online dosn't mean I don't see a doctor. I am glad when I visit the doctor and he uses the computer or medical books to check the current best treatments or for other conditions with similar symptons - this shows the doctor is not oblivious to the fact they can't know everything.
As long as the software is properly regulated, just as docotors are, then there really shouldn't be a problem. The doctors can use the software to "help" and then make the final decision on the best course of action, as the computer cannot do that.
- HeXa
Commerical developer support to the mod community
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· Score: 4, Interesting
The article is already/.ed so I need to ask.... was there any discussion about the support that devopers give to the mod community? I am not specifically talking about mapping and level designs but rather new game concepts adapted from the original.
Id Software seemed to start the mainstream trend with the Doom engine being easily adapted with the good folk that developed the right tools. Then Valve software came along and gave the fledging mod community a BIG helping hand to the point where they enter "partnerships" with the better and more popular mods (ie. CS of course). Even games like Morrowind and NWN ship with tools that say "Use Me !!!" to custom design or alter adventures. It almost seems expected of a developer to offer the extra incentive for what is probably the minority of users to keep the game "alive" until the next game by a developer is released... what with the 2-3 year development times now.
I don't care what you others think, all I know the more "Civ" goodness I can get.... THE BETTER !!!
Civilisation addicted me to the turn based "civ like" genre, something which I am thankful for... except when I missed a uni exam coz I was playing Colonization 8 hours straight and forgot the time:(
To you "people" who complain that FreeCiv is "too old" and "out of date", close you damn mouths - you don't have pay for the game and you are certainly not forced to download and play it which means you have no right to criticize the hard work of the developers. If you want to criticize, make it constructive and useful instead of the usual "negative trolling flamebait" comments.
I doubt the USA would let that happen.... probably be considered terrorism or something like that...
Didn't what is now known as the USA kick Europe out of America and Japan out of the Pacific? If they could kick the Canadians out of Canada, then they would of already:)
I am confirming that the GFOC (Great Firewall of China) do not block the Peekabooty websites..... YET Not that I really need this - I don't do anything that I need to hide from the Chinese government, Sure they block my access to Geocities and BBC but I don't see that as a bad thing. - HeXa
It also appears as if the Woomera test range is not the place to test things that fly if you want to take it home later.
Today's failure was the second project to experience recent difficulties at Woomera.
Last October, an experimental rocket crashed after its guidance fins moved during flight and sent it off course following its Woomera launch.
The rocket, the Hyshot scramjet being developed and trialled by Australian and British designers, was supposed to have gone to an altitude of 300km but only reached 61km before it crashed.
For any Chinese readers that can't view BBC web sites due to the "Grate Firewall of China", here is another source for the story.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/14/10261851 38340.html
- HeXa
That made me think.... does Bill Gates have a son yet? IF (!!!) and when he does - will that son trade illegal copies of MS software with his school yard mates:)
- HeXa
I don't particularily care HOW nice a cse looks..... unless it is functional as well then it is just pretty eye candy coating of a poor case design.
Even the Chinese PC case market with all their plastic mouldings and bulges here and there have made "kind of decent" cases that allow the mobo to swing out like the G3/G4 power macs. I have Celeron2 based minitower cased in plastic mouldings beside me that I use as a home server - upgrading or swapping hard drives is just a "push button, flip out side, fark around inside for a bit, slam side shut".
Now that is functional....
- HeXa
the F@lun G0ng might of mistaken the Soviet spacecraft for a Chinese one and taken control of it.....
seriously though - at least Russia is making use of the old ICBMs they have. As long as they remember to remove the warheads and keep the "lost" spacecraft from falling back to earth... practice makes perfect.
Who let the trolls out !!!! BLAH, BLAH !!!..... and repeat until you throw up.
This most be the most trolled post I have ever seen. I wonder if the russian want any candidates for the next probe they launch? They can test the effectiveness of trolls as air brakes and landing cushions....
oh no.... an ISP is taking action stop the illegal distribution of copyrighted material (in virtually all cases of Kazaa use). How is this a problem?
Maybe we need a poll to see how many of the whiners are using Kazaa for illegal purposes - me thinks the will be a correlation between the two.
Abuse a service and you will loose it - why is that so hard to understand ?
- HeXa
http://www.xteamlinux.com.cn/
Got a free CD with this when I bought a computer in China.... no idea if it is good or not - my Chinese reading skills are a few words higher than nothing.
- HeXa
Slashdot Mirror
By regulated I mean the controls need to be put on access to this information until it is "fool proof" so their is a 100% correct diagnosis rate.... would you trust a computer to give you medical advise based on decisions it makes though "software"?
Just think of the effect a bugs will have without strict supervision from a doctor to provide the second opinion.... or rather the computer provide the second opinion.
Legal liability with this type of thing is a worry - sure some people who are not "doctors" can become "experts" in a particular field but you can't allow them to dispense advice without the appropriate insurance and thought to legal issues of misdiagnosis. There is no guarantee that the "expert" will use the information for ONLY their personal use..... its a case of "quack" until proven "worthy"
Besides... there will always be other resources of the information - this is but one database, abeit one which maybe more useful... plenty others to choose from.
- HeXa
Doctors need to think of this as a tool and not as a threat to their job. Just because I can try to diagnose my problems online dosn't mean I don't see a doctor. I am glad when I visit the doctor and he uses the computer or medical books to check the current best treatments or for other conditions with similar symptons - this shows the doctor is not oblivious to the fact they can't know everything.
As long as the software is properly regulated, just as docotors are, then there really shouldn't be a problem. The doctors can use the software to "help" and then make the final decision on the best course of action, as the computer cannot do that.
- HeXa
The article is already /.ed so I need to ask.... was there any discussion about the support that devopers give to the mod community? I am not specifically talking about mapping and level designs but rather new game concepts adapted from the original.
Id Software seemed to start the mainstream trend with the Doom engine being easily adapted with the good folk that developed the right tools. Then Valve software came along and gave the fledging mod community a BIG helping hand to the point where they enter "partnerships" with the better and more popular mods (ie. CS of course). Even games like Morrowind and NWN ship with tools that say "Use Me !!!" to custom design or alter adventures. It almost seems expected of a developer to offer the extra incentive for what is probably the minority of users to keep the game "alive" until the next game by a developer is released... what with the 2-3 year development times now.
- HeXa
I am still waiting for that.... what with the F@lun G0ng satellite story, the Beijing Net Cafe and other "sensitive" Chinese stories.....
:)
But I guess Peekabooty will be fully functional by the time that happens so I will still be in with a fighting chance
- HeXa
I don't care what you others think, all I know the more "Civ" goodness I can get.... THE BETTER !!!
:(
Civilisation addicted me to the turn based "civ like" genre, something which I am thankful for... except when I missed a uni exam coz I was playing Colonization 8 hours straight and forgot the time
To you "people" who complain that FreeCiv is "too old" and "out of date", close you damn mouths - you don't have pay for the game and you are certainly not forced to download and play it which means you have no right to criticize the hard work of the developers. If you want to criticize, make it constructive and useful instead of the usual "negative trolling flamebait" comments.
- HeXa
I doubt the USA would let that happen.... probably be considered terrorism or something like that...
:)
Didn't what is now known as the USA kick Europe out of America and Japan out of the Pacific? If they could kick the Canadians out of Canada, then they would of already
- HeXa
You would be lucky to hit ANYTHING in the Aussie Outback..... besides maybe anthills and dry grass.
- HeXa
I am confirming that the GFOC (Great Firewall of China) do not block the Peekabooty websites..... YET
Not that I really need this - I don't do anything that I need to hide from the Chinese government, Sure they block my access to Geocities and BBC but I don't see that as a bad thing.
- HeXa
- HeXa
For any Chinese readers that can't view BBC web sites due to the "Grate Firewall of China", here is another source for the story. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/14/10261851 38340.html
- HeXa
That made me think.... does Bill Gates have a son yet? IF (!!!) and when he does - will that son trade illegal copies of MS software with his school yard mates :)
- HeXa
I don't particularily care HOW nice a cse looks..... unless it is functional as well then it is just pretty eye candy coating of a poor case design. Even the Chinese PC case market with all their plastic mouldings and bulges here and there have made "kind of decent" cases that allow the mobo to swing out like the G3/G4 power macs. I have Celeron2 based minitower cased in plastic mouldings beside me that I use as a home server - upgrading or swapping hard drives is just a "push button, flip out side, fark around inside for a bit, slam side shut". Now that is functional.... - HeXa
the F@lun G0ng might of mistaken the Soviet spacecraft for a Chinese one and taken control of it.....
seriously though - at least Russia is making use of the old ICBMs they have. As long as they remember to remove the warheads and keep the "lost" spacecraft from falling back to earth... practice makes perfect.
- HeXa
Who let the trolls out !!!! BLAH, BLAH !!! ..... and repeat until you throw up.
This most be the most trolled post I have ever seen. I wonder if the russian want any candidates for the next probe they launch? They can test the effectiveness of trolls as air brakes and landing cushions....
- HeXa
oh no.... an ISP is taking action stop the illegal distribution of copyrighted material (in virtually all cases of Kazaa use). How is this a problem? Maybe we need a poll to see how many of the whiners are using Kazaa for illegal purposes - me thinks the will be a correlation between the two. Abuse a service and you will loose it - why is that so hard to understand ? - HeXa
http://www.xteamlinux.com.cn/ Got a free CD with this when I bought a computer in China.... no idea if it is good or not - my Chinese reading skills are a few words higher than nothing. - HeXa