Still loved the episode where he and Carter were trapped on earth with the second gate, and she made a MacGyver reference. It was actually in the outtakes but funny none-the-less.
I can see this benefiting the animals directly by extending the contact and interaction between themselves and others of the species they do not interact with normally. This could lead to a better quality of life for the animals.
any extra insight into ape behavior. We already know that apes/chimps learn to use tools from other apes/chimps, this would merely be an extension of that. I seriously doubt they would do much more with the device than click the icon they were taught shows them other apes or gets them to their favorite game.
Some of this is down to the current generation of new recruits having been raised on shooter titles from both the Call of Duty and Battlefield series. This means they've gotten used to high-quality first-person shooter games. Taking a step down in graphics and immersion is hardly a way to train a soldier how to react in certain situations."
You are saying it's a step down, yet there is a huge disparity between playing a shooter with a keyboard and mouse, or a controller vs holding a weighted weapon replica, and using physical movements in the environment.
So you agree it's pointless then. If a regular user is trained to hit "YES" it doesn't matter what is executing, but a trained user will know if it should be happening or not. So then why have it, is it just a piece of tape marking off the edge of a roof, as in the minimum they should do to make them not liable.
Please this is/. can we focus on the nerdy stuff. If you would like to discuss politics here then please substitute names for parties. R could be Microsoft and D can be Apple or vice versa. I leave the choice to you. At least this way when I read a comment it will read more like a typical/. rant. Thank you.
Actually you misunderstand what a DNR is. I carry one, I'm 39 have done so for about 5 years now. If I'm out having dinner and have a heart attack and need CPR medical personnel will do nothing for me. If I suddenly stop breathing but am conscious and able to reason medical personnel can not intubate me. It is basically saying if my body needs something other than itself to keep me alive or to revive me they are to do nothing for me.
Once in effect a DNR can only be rescinded by the patient of someone acting as executor in the event the patient can not act on their own. By ignoring the order you could have sued.
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Imagine how bad overpopulation would be if we all lived to be 150.
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I'm sorry for your loss, and I can sympathize. It sounds like you knew exactly what she needed when she needed it advanced directive or not. I think you did the right thing, painful though it may have been.
This is the exact reason I carry a DDNR and a Med Alert style bracelet stating that.
If I'm to that point, most likely I'd do little more than put my family through hell during rehabilitation, both emotionally and financially for a possible good outcome.
My wife has a friend whose husband was injured in an accident prior to Thanksgiving, he is still in the hospital and is still in CCU, with little to changes for the better. A DDNR would have saved his wife the roller coaster of the dr's saying he is improving only to have him lapse into a worse state. Had he carried a DDNR she would be mourning his passing, but would also have the peace of mind of knowing the final outcome instead of 3 months of hell only to find he won't make it.
Customers can and will be grumpy, but as having been a complaining customer for things in the past both grumpy and otherwise I have found that when complaining you get much further being polite about it. After all the person on the other end of the phone is the one who has to put up with me, it's not their fault I'm calling yet they will get the brunt. I try to keep this in mind and cut them some slack.
@Soluzar, you are correct they are both in the wrong.
If you read the emails then you should realize this wasn't a witch hunt and if it were, there was actually a witch to hunt.
Had the emails he sent to Dave been kept to the subject at hand IE when the orders will ship, why it's taking so long and the like, he'd still have his career bad day or not. No matter how bad your day is, you can not afford to piss off one customer by treating people like this. No matter if it was done to whom it was, or if it were some random 12 year old.
A professional doesn't conduct business in that manner. With that said, yes this guys career should be finished he is exposed for what he is. The sad thing is that this will probably further his career more than him doing PR alone would do.
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Still loved the episode where he and Carter were trapped on earth with the second gate, and she made a MacGyver reference. It was actually in the outtakes but funny none-the-less.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRkexJ-MBCQ
That's a load of crap, did you not see that Senator watching porn on his laptop during a Senate meeting?
I can see this benefiting the animals directly by extending the contact and interaction between themselves and others of the species they do not interact with normally. This could lead to a better quality of life for the animals.
any extra insight into ape behavior. We already know that apes/chimps learn to use tools from other apes/chimps, this would merely be an extension of that. I seriously doubt they would do much more with the device than click the icon they were taught shows them other apes or gets them to their favorite game.
I do, but I'm never gonna give it up.
That's very true, which in this case is most likely why the DNR was ignored without the DR and family present.
Wouldn't that make it 3M?
You are saying it's a step down, yet there is a huge disparity between playing a shooter with a keyboard and mouse, or a controller vs holding a weighted weapon replica, and using physical movements in the environment.
So you agree it's pointless then. If a regular user is trained to hit "YES" it doesn't matter what is executing, but a trained user will know if it should be happening or not. So then why have it, is it just a piece of tape marking off the edge of a roof, as in the minimum they should do to make them not liable.
This is why my router is an older computer with two nics using IPTABLES.
I have no WPS.
Am I the only one that thinks this is shiny?
Please this is /. can we focus on the nerdy stuff. If you would like to discuss politics here then please substitute names for parties. R could be Microsoft and D can be Apple or vice versa. I leave the choice to you. At least this way when I read a comment it will read more like a typical /. rant. Thank you.
Actually you misunderstand what a DNR is. I carry one, I'm 39 have done so for about 5 years now. If I'm out having dinner and have a heart attack and need CPR medical personnel will do nothing for me. If I suddenly stop breathing but am conscious and able to reason medical personnel can not intubate me. It is basically saying if my body needs something other than itself to keep me alive or to revive me they are to do nothing for me.
If a machine is what's keeping you alive the decision was already made for you.
A couple of decades? My father went through heart surgery, the cost was astronomical, the outcome, it gave him 6 extra years.
The unless you're wrong argument works both ways though.
Once in effect a DNR can only be rescinded by the patient of someone acting as executor in the event the patient can not act on their own. By ignoring the order you could have sued.
Imagine how bad overpopulation would be if we all lived to be 150.
I'm sorry for your loss, and I can sympathize. It sounds like you knew exactly what she needed when she needed it advanced directive or not. I think you did the right thing, painful though it may have been.
This is the exact reason I carry a DDNR and a Med Alert style bracelet stating that.
If I'm to that point, most likely I'd do little more than put my family through hell during rehabilitation, both emotionally and financially for a possible good outcome.
My wife has a friend whose husband was injured in an accident prior to Thanksgiving, he is still in the hospital and is still in CCU, with little to changes for the better. A DDNR would have saved his wife the roller coaster of the dr's saying he is improving only to have him lapse into a worse state. Had he carried a DDNR she would be mourning his passing, but would also have the peace of mind of knowing the final outcome instead of 3 months of hell only to find he won't make it.
Customers can and will be grumpy, but as having been a complaining customer for things in the past both grumpy and otherwise I have found that when complaining you get much further being polite about it. After all the person on the other end of the phone is the one who has to put up with me, it's not their fault I'm calling yet they will get the brunt. I try to keep this in mind and cut them some slack.
@Soluzar, you are correct they are both in the wrong.
I agree with sociopath, psychopath is totally over the top for this guy.
I believe the term for that guy you are looking for is sociopath.
If you read the emails then you should realize this wasn't a witch hunt and if it were, there was actually a witch to hunt.
Had the emails he sent to Dave been kept to the subject at hand IE when the orders will ship, why it's taking so long and the like, he'd still have his career bad day or not. No matter how bad your day is, you can not afford to piss off one customer by treating people like this. No matter if it was done to whom it was, or if it were some random 12 year old.
A professional doesn't conduct business in that manner. With that said, yes this guys career should be finished he is exposed for what he is. The sad thing is that this will probably further his career more than him doing PR alone would do.