"The ONLY time an experimental treatment is valid WITHOUT CONSENT is when it's a life-or-death situation."
Uh, life or death situations are the only time that PolyHeme is being used without direct consent. Considering that trauma patients have as little as an 80% chance of survival, I can't think of a situation that is more life or death!
From TFA: "There will be a reward for the two people who write the most test cases.
They will each receive a $25 gift certificate to the mozilla store.
I like the idea of having the users contribute like this. Something that I really like about Mozilla is the fact that its users are given a big voice. Not all OSS asks for so much input from non-coding users. I always look forward to new releases, too, as the organization seems to wait to release instead of rushing crap.
Fiber to the home may sound like a wonderful thing, and I must confess that I used to think that way. I had that sentiment until I practically found myself in a Douglas Adam's book arguing with Verizon contractors who were intent on trenching my property for fiber optic lines. They were offering this wonderful new service to our neighborhood. I actually sat in front of my house to make sure that they did not dig up any more than the 10 feet from the street that they are allowed by city code. They then offered me a pittence of a discount to adopt the new technology without even bothering to patch the holes in my lawn. After writing a (mostly friendly) letter to corporate HQ, Verizon finally seeded part of the damaged area. Never will I use the their FTTH Internet connection. Don't so sure that Fiber is the solution.
If Sprint WiMax can save another city the troubles that faced my city, I am in favor of it. I would also like to have full coverage no matter where I go within my area.
"It has a better shelf life, that's all, something completely irrelevant to the patient in a western urban environment where real blood is readilly available."
I hate to tell you, but "real blood," as you call it, it not available in ambulances regardless of where you are. You need to compare it to sterile saline instead.
At the temperatures at which robots function, anything reconstituted using water would vaporize and create unbearable pressure and would probably destroy the robot.
What's that? What do you mean "he was trying to be funny?" This is/. he ought to be modded down for that! Oh wait...
As much as you complain about the bugs in Windows, it is extremely hard to create an operating system. Just think about all of the work that has been expended in getting Linux to the point where it is now. The fact is that out of 1000 computers running Windows XP without any other programs running, the majority would not crash for months of continuous operation. That may sound easy, but it still requires talent. I understand that they have a ways to go (damn driver errors!) but at least give credit where credit is due.
Terrorists need to start carrying brightly colored guns around. Everyone would think they were toys! If your predictions are correct, the police might end up winning this game.
When it comes to accessibility, I get the feeling that most Flash developers do not implement the features that they should. Then again, that is the case with html as well. Are there automatic testing tools (akin to Bobby) for Flash?
Without a doubt that have the skill. Regardless of what you think about the company, they have talented programmers. What they are lacking is the will. They do not think it is worth rewriting the entire program for this purpose.
You are looking at it from the wrong perspective. The reviews should be based largely on other games that have been reviewed. A game that has never been reviewed by a given publication will not have a score attached to it (obviously) and thus cannot be compared to those that have been reviewed. You are asserting that the point of comparison should exist outside of lab evaluation. Games should be compared to those that have been reviewed with a much smaller bias toward a top score.
it just became easier than ever for HR departments around the world to sift through that stack of resumes.
Agreed. Just look at this cover my HR department got the other day! (Hey, they're using it for movies, and I think that most of its individual users are dumb enough to do this.)
drear employr,
if u want 2 see my resume', chec out my MySpace. ignore the pix of me (hehe, i was so drunk) and the awesome muzic (i wuz 9 when Maroon 5 relesed that song) and clic on the "CLICK ME" link.
I have always thought that this system works pretty well for things with almost full information. The stock market, on the other hand, is a cruel mistress and does not accurately predict the future.
Applying this system to business (especially pharmaceuticals) is a horrible idea. Oscars are selected in part by popularity. Of course the most popular movies will have the most votes. Predicting if Levoxyl can outsell Synthroid in the Pacific Northwest in Q1 2007 is another proposition entirely. I remember that the DoD tried something like this with terrorism but cancelled it because of public outrage.
I hate to get into a flame war, but Java stands on its own as a great programming language. My point is, however, that Java coders will feel much more comfortable using Google's software than the competition.
I am a twenty year old console gamer. I actually prefer having a physical medium on which the game code resides. I have had too many problems with hard drive failures, damaged systems, etc. to trust the system to hold all of my games. And what if I like to share? I do not want to have to lug my PS4 to my friend's house and hook it up just because my copy of Tony Hawk: Ripping it up in the Nursing Home is bound to my system's serial number. I smell DRM in this, and I do not like it.
Especially considering the T-shirt was invented during World War II.
I agree with GP. If something is a real risk to computer security, it is generally hacked within the first six months of popularity. I think that the mention of GDS in the writeup was a needless shot.
That would have saved so much confusion. I have read that Java is so named because it was originally designed to operate vending machines. I wonder how Javascript became confounded into the mix.
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Actually people are permitted to opt out of the treatment using wrist bands, thus defeating this objection of yours.
Uh, life or death situations are the only time that PolyHeme is being used without direct consent. Considering that trauma patients have as little as an 80% chance of survival, I can't think of a situation that is more life or death!
I like the idea of having the users contribute like this. Something that I really like about Mozilla is the fact that its users are given a big voice. Not all OSS asks for so much input from non-coding users. I always look forward to new releases, too, as the organization seems to wait to release instead of rushing crap.
If Sprint WiMax can save another city the troubles that faced my city, I am in favor of it. I would also like to have full coverage no matter where I go within my area.
I hate to tell you, but "real blood," as you call it, it not available in ambulances regardless of where you are. You need to compare it to sterile saline instead.
What's that? What do you mean "he was trying to be funny?" This is
I think they developed this technology trying to find a link between computer scientist and girls. Sadly they were not successful.
As much as you complain about the bugs in Windows, it is extremely hard to create an operating system. Just think about all of the work that has been expended in getting Linux to the point where it is now. The fact is that out of 1000 computers running Windows XP without any other programs running, the majority would not crash for months of continuous operation. That may sound easy, but it still requires talent. I understand that they have a ways to go (damn driver errors!) but at least give credit where credit is due.
I wonder how long until cars start making more demands! (Check the sig.)
Terrorists need to start carrying brightly colored guns around. Everyone would think they were toys! If your predictions are correct, the police might end up winning this game.
When it comes to accessibility, I get the feeling that most Flash developers do not implement the features that they should. Then again, that is the case with html as well. Are there automatic testing tools (akin to Bobby) for Flash?
Without a doubt that have the skill. Regardless of what you think about the company, they have talented programmers. What they are lacking is the will. They do not think it is worth rewriting the entire program for this purpose.
no dont!!! eye dohn't want my 500 MySpace buddies 2c that such a compny 4 luzors wuz checing out my MySpace!
rua luzor lolz?
(Mods: read this in context!)
You are looking at it from the wrong perspective. The reviews should be based largely on other games that have been reviewed. A game that has never been reviewed by a given publication will not have a score attached to it (obviously) and thus cannot be compared to those that have been reviewed. You are asserting that the point of comparison should exist outside of lab evaluation. Games should be compared to those that have been reviewed with a much smaller bias toward a top score.
Regardless, I did not anticipate that the move to Intel would actually cause less compatibility in some ways.
Agreed. Just look at this cover my HR department got the other day! (Hey, they're using it for movies, and I think that most of its individual users are dumb enough to do this.)
drear employr,
if u want 2 see my resume', chec out my MySpace. ignore the pix of me (hehe, i was so drunk) and the awesome muzic (i wuz 9 when Maroon 5 relesed that song) and clic on the "CLICK ME" link.
I have always thought that this system works pretty well for things with almost full information. The stock market, on the other hand, is a cruel mistress and does not accurately predict the future.
Applying this system to business (especially pharmaceuticals) is a horrible idea. Oscars are selected in part by popularity. Of course the most popular movies will have the most votes. Predicting if Levoxyl can outsell Synthroid in the Pacific Northwest in Q1 2007 is another proposition entirely. I remember that the DoD tried something like this with terrorism but cancelled it because of public outrage.
Come on, at the low low rate of just $1 per month, Duck Hunt would have only cost you $150 by now! How can you afford to pass that up?
I hate to get into a flame war, but Java stands on its own as a great programming language. My point is, however, that Java coders will feel much more comfortable using Google's software than the competition.
I am a twenty year old console gamer. I actually prefer having a physical medium on which the game code resides. I have had too many problems with hard drive failures, damaged systems, etc. to trust the system to hold all of my games. And what if I like to share? I do not want to have to lug my PS4 to my friend's house and hook it up just because my copy of Tony Hawk: Ripping it up in the Nursing Home is bound to my system's serial number. I smell DRM in this, and I do not like it.
I agree with GP. If something is a real risk to computer security, it is generally hacked within the first six months of popularity. I think that the mention of GDS in the writeup was a needless shot.
That would have saved so much confusion. I have read that Java is so named because it was originally designed to operate vending machines. I wonder how Javascript became confounded into the mix.
Exactly. And they require that people have security clearences to process that data, thus the prevelence of low level clearences.