You have it backwards. Asimov wrote the "I, Robot" stories in the 1940's and 50's, well before there was any US Robotics modem-making company around. The modem-makers took their name directly from the fictional company created by Asimov.
People learn as much from mistakes as they do from success, maybe even more. I am sure many who have read the responses in this thread have learned a bit (!) about cable, dsl and T1 bandwidth rates, even if the parent message was wrong.
If systems administrators can't keep it running then the needs of the "line-of-business" types aren't being met. NOtes has a very high overhead in administration and support resources. Sure, in theory there are all these ways to do almost anything (at least according to Notes people) and for years I heard "Sure, no problem its really easy to do in Notes.", but it seldom was.
It seems to me that the proof is in the pudding - Notes has virtually disappeared from Corporate America. IMHO for good reason.
You are assuming that the terrorists are dumb. They have a dirty bomb. They want to kill as many people as possible and contaminate as much area in Manhattan as possible. Do they set it off on a street where the studies show it the particles won't disperse well? No, they set it off on top of a tall building to maximize disperal. Or they put it in another airliner and let the smoke from the resulting fire (not to mention the mechanical dispersion) spread the particles over an even wider area. And of course don't forget the contaminated fire-fighting water running down the streets. Or they set it off in a major transporation hub, paralyzing regional transport and causing massive economic stress.
I think 'far, far greater' applies.
You haven't thought this one out very well, have you? Living in New York, I'm very happy that people who have considered the possibilities are in charge of threat detection rather than you.
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JUST?! They can JUST kill thousands and contaminate Manhattan for 10,000 years with plutonium? I think a little inconvenience for a few people is not a big price to pay to prevent that. It seems to me that the use of radiation detectors in mass transit stations is no different than the use of metal detectors in airports, and not too many think of them as roadblocks to normal living. In fact they probably think of them more as roadblocks to premature dying.
I was very pleased to hear about the radiation detection points at bridges and subway stations being sensitive enough to tag the people undergoing radiation therapy. I think it unlikely that terrorists working with nuclear materials will have access to high level containment areas, glove boxes and robotic manipulators, so I for one want everyone who sets off radiation detectors to be stopped until the reason for the alarm is determined.
I really wish that your reading something made it so, but what _I_ have read is that there is a lot of highly radioactive material, and possibly even some nuclear weapons missing from the former Soviet states. It seems sensible to assume that terrorists have, or can get, access to those materials and/or devices. And if three or four patients undergoing a specific medical treatment get questioned monthly in the subway because we have assumed wrong then so be it.
Your normal living has been interrupted? No shit! But what kind of weird logic causes you to blame your inconvenience on the people trying to prevent mass murder rather than the mass murderers themselves?
And while I'm at it, I find your use of quotes offensive. By placing the term "evil terrorists" inside quotes you are saying that these are _not_ evil terrorists. The same goes for your comment about those "protecting" us. Well, they ARE protecting us, and there ARE evil terrorists. Did you somehow miss 9/11?
TIVO simply takes keywords out of the titles you give a thumbs up to and finds shows with other similar keywords. Because titles are not indexes of the shows, there are mistakes. When I first got my Tivo I watched some science show with "baby" in the title and Tivo thought I wanted more shows on pregnancy and child rearing. BUT, and it is a big "but", as you give more thumbs up and thumbs down the list gets refined so it doesn't happen any more. Also, you can just give the shows it recommends a thumbs down and the problem goes away immediately. THis is not some conspiracy folks! It is just a dumb word matching algorithm, not some artificial intelligence program that is giving you psychoanalysis!
So true. Some poor guy will say "OK, I'll take it out ina minute." and it takes a while to realize he is talking to someone over his shoulder bugging him about the trash. Not irritating - funny.
I was one of the last beta testers (who only got to test for a few weeks), and I was pleasantly surprised by the friendliness and high level of communication during the games. There were still some trash-talkers and those jerks who would crash you just so you couldn't win if you were passing them, but for the most part there were good players who would let you play. I suspect this is because MS's beta-tester selection criteria was weighted in favor of more mature applicants.
Unfortunately bad behavior and obscene language has increased significantly since the service came online for real. Fuck this, fuck that, you fucker, fuck this fucking bike, gets old fast. Unfortunately I think it will just get worse.
Probably the future of xbox live for me is setting up groups of friends to play with at prearranged times rather than jumping into random games with just anybody.
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Here is an interesting short article, with drawing, in a community newspaper about a planned tidal generating system in NYC. Prototype has evidently been funded. One secret to successful tidal power projects is evidently finding just the right place.
http://www.nyc10044.com/wire/2223/rivrpowr.html
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You have it backwards. Asimov wrote the "I, Robot" stories in the 1940's and 50's, well before there was any US Robotics modem-making company around. The modem-makers took their name directly from the fictional company created by Asimov.
People learn as much from mistakes as they do from success, maybe even more. I am sure many who have read the responses in this thread have learned a bit (!) about cable, dsl and T1 bandwidth rates, even if the parent message was wrong.
I hope you're not trying to sell anything, because "old people" have all the money.
If systems administrators can't keep it running then the needs of the "line-of-business" types aren't being met. NOtes has a very high overhead in administration and support resources. Sure, in theory there are all these ways to do almost anything (at least according to Notes people) and for years I heard "Sure, no problem its really easy to do in Notes.", but it seldom was.
It seems to me that the proof is in the pudding - Notes has virtually disappeared from Corporate America. IMHO for good reason.
You are assuming that the terrorists are dumb. They have a dirty bomb. They want to kill as many people as possible and contaminate as much area in Manhattan as possible. Do they set it off on a street where the studies show it the particles won't disperse well? No, they set it off on top of a tall building to maximize disperal. Or they put it in another airliner and let the smoke from the resulting fire (not to mention the mechanical dispersion) spread the particles over an even wider area. And of course don't forget the contaminated fire-fighting water running down the streets. Or they set it off in a major transporation hub, paralyzing regional transport and causing massive economic stress. I think 'far, far greater' applies.
You haven't thought this one out very well, have you? Living in New York, I'm very happy that people who have considered the possibilities are in charge of threat detection rather than you.
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"The best I've read they can do is just make a dirty bomb...that merely spreads radioactive material..."
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JUST?! They can JUST kill thousands and contaminate Manhattan for 10,000 years with plutonium? I think a little inconvenience for a few people is not a big price to pay to prevent that. It seems to me that the use of radiation detectors in mass transit stations is no different than the use of metal detectors in airports, and not too many think of them as roadblocks to normal living. In fact they probably think of them more as roadblocks to premature dying.
I was very pleased to hear about the radiation detection points at bridges and subway stations being sensitive enough to tag the people undergoing radiation therapy. I think it unlikely that terrorists working with nuclear materials will have access to high level containment areas, glove boxes and robotic manipulators, so I for one want everyone who sets off radiation detectors to be stopped until the reason for the alarm is determined.
I really wish that your reading something made it so, but what _I_ have read is that there is a lot of highly radioactive material, and possibly even some nuclear weapons missing from the former Soviet states. It seems sensible to assume that terrorists have, or can get, access to those materials and/or devices. And if three or four patients undergoing a specific medical treatment get questioned monthly in the subway because we have assumed wrong then so be it.
Your normal living has been interrupted? No shit! But what kind of weird logic causes you to blame your inconvenience on the people trying to prevent mass murder rather than the mass murderers themselves?
And while I'm at it, I find your use of quotes offensive. By placing the term "evil terrorists" inside quotes you are saying that these are _not_ evil terrorists. The same goes for your comment about those "protecting" us. Well, they ARE protecting us, and there ARE evil terrorists. Did you somehow miss 9/11?
TIVO simply takes keywords out of the titles you give a thumbs up to and finds shows with other similar keywords. Because titles are not indexes of the shows, there are mistakes. When I first got my Tivo I watched some science show with "baby" in the title and Tivo thought I wanted more shows on pregnancy and child rearing. BUT, and it is a big "but", as you give more thumbs up and thumbs down the list gets refined so it doesn't happen any more. Also, you can just give the shows it recommends a thumbs down and the problem goes away immediately. THis is not some conspiracy folks! It is just a dumb word matching algorithm, not some artificial intelligence program that is giving you psychoanalysis!
So true. Some poor guy will say "OK, I'll take it out ina minute." and it takes a while to realize he is talking to someone over his shoulder bugging him about the trash. Not irritating - funny.
I was one of the last beta testers (who only got to test for a few weeks), and I was pleasantly surprised by the friendliness and high level of communication during the games. There were still some trash-talkers and those jerks who would crash you just so you couldn't win if you were passing them, but for the most part there were good players who would let you play. I suspect this is because MS's beta-tester selection criteria was weighted in favor of more mature applicants.
Unfortunately bad behavior and obscene language has increased significantly since the service came online for real. Fuck this, fuck that, you fucker, fuck this fucking bike, gets old fast. Unfortunately I think it will just get worse.
Probably the future of xbox live for me is setting up groups of friends to play with at prearranged times rather than jumping into random games with just anybody.
Here is an interesting short article, with drawing, in a community newspaper about a planned tidal generating system in NYC. Prototype has evidently been funded. One secret to successful tidal power projects is evidently finding just the right place. http://www.nyc10044.com/wire/2223/rivrpowr.html