The problem is, the system is now optimized to narrow it down to two. Sort of like the game of Risk. You start with several players, and as soon as one of them starts to get big all the othere gang up and whittle the upstart down to size. Any time there's a third party, it only undermines one of the "two" in favor of the other. And neither of the two will allow anyone else in the debates so they can frame it like there are only two sides to each question and you never hear about the issues where they agree which is usually where the problems are.
Examples like this don't guarantee the results you suggest in practice. They presume someone has perfect knowledge of the situation, which is generally not the case. What if the person was too inebriated to recognize that the button push would save the drowning person? What if one thought the drowning person was just joking until it was too late? What if the decider arrived at a different conclusion as to the best way to save the person and spent a bunch of time looking for a life preserver while the person drowned? Intent is important here too, not just outcome. So is awareness. But the ability to assess intent and awareness in a real world scenario is rarely so cut and dried. At best the scenario is a hypothetical but one where the subtle real world characteristics of such an actual event could change the answer completely, making an answer not so easy.
I'm rather amazed that anyone is still using a desktop to do their browsing. I haven't for like, 5 years now. For any solution to work it needs either a mobile app or proxy server implementation. A browser plug-in? Welcome to 1996.
If it's not a problem, then she shouldn't mind the proposed fixes, since they should have no appreciable effect. But the fact she is making a deal of it is a sign there is something going on to be cncerned about.
Yeah, insider threat-- it's called incompetence. Things like building a reactor on a fault line, building a reactor on the Pacific rim shoreline (need the water, right? Hello Tsunami). We thought we could build a steamship that couldn't sink, too, but we were wrong. The fact there's been a significant nuclear accident every couple of decades. They're usually connected with gross incompetence of some form or other, in either the design or operation. How many Chernobyls and Fukushimas do we have to have before we prove we can make reactors work, but we can't make them safe enough to risk it?
Using off the shelf components to clone existing functionality is boring. What would be much better is to build a secure mesh network phone. Sure, it would take a bunch of them to be very useful, but you have to start somewhere. Start with local capability that would work in your college dorm or something. And make sure it's end-to-end encrypted from the start. There's something that could be world changing. Kickstart it if necessary.
Some marketing company wants access to your FB info and you give it to them? That's undoubtedly the whole point of the digitalshadow.com website, to get their database updated with what FB has. And you fell for it!
Considering the popularity of predesigned artwork, Paint By Number, Needlepoint, etc., most people need to have it all figured out for them. A vending machine with a jukebox of existing models that you can tweak a little is what most people will want. In fact it's been done before-- Mold-O-Rama came out in 1962. Was a mild success at amusement parks and other touristy places, and lasted a few decades. A 3D printer is a slight improvement, but for most people, only when they can pick the model out of a catalog, or have it 3D scan their head and make them into an action figure.
The fact is, that's unsustainable, and largely why we have a deflationary market right now. Companies that are barely growing look pretty good when inflation is at or below zero. Why do you think the stock market is doing so well in a bad economy? Because any growth is better than negative growth.
I've no doubt that sitting too much may not be healthy, but when such a study is used to justify any sort of mandatory mitigation of that in the workplace, it's junk science. Good science becomes junk science when the consequences of its conclusions are misapplied.
Next they make you stand up all day, so they can reduce the size of an employee footprint even further. It keeps office space costs down, and all the better that it can be legitimized by junk science.
One of those two apps runs only on iOS 7.0 or greater, and the other requires at least 6.0. Anyone who's had their phone for more than a year and is tight for space can't install these. I use the San Francisco specific "Parkola" app which will run on my 5.1 16GB device that is packed to the gills with essentials. At least those in the area where the tech industry is know that if you did an upgrade every time you got the offer, all you would ever be doing is upgrading.
Comcast cable for internet seems fine to me if you don't try to use their DNS servers. Once I switched the DNS, it virtually never goes down. Consequently I've never needed to deal with their support staff. COX Cable on the other hand, seems to be pretty flaky, a friend of mine who is using them for Voip is always losing his connection. I'm using Vonage over Comcast and I never have any problems.
If I stop eating meat that won't stop the California producers from exporting their product to Asia. Don't try to make me responsible for their excesses. By suggesting Californians should turn vegitarian to save water is blaming the victim, and if it has ANY effect on meat export, it will probably just increase it.
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We all know that Global Warming is a hoax and conspiracy, so this just has to be BS. No amount of evidence could ever contradict that well known fact.
The problem is, the system is now optimized to narrow it down to two. Sort of like the game of Risk. You start with several players, and as soon as one of them starts to get big all the othere gang up and whittle the upstart down to size. Any time there's a third party, it only undermines one of the "two" in favor of the other. And neither of the two will allow anyone else in the debates so they can frame it like there are only two sides to each question and you never hear about the issues where they agree which is usually where the problems are.
Not retrieving memories is what causes them to decay. Ever hear of refresh?
Examples like this don't guarantee the results you suggest in practice. They presume someone has perfect knowledge of the situation, which is generally not the case. What if the person was too inebriated to recognize that the button push would save the drowning person? What if one thought the drowning person was just joking until it was too late? What if the decider arrived at a different conclusion as to the best way to save the person and spent a bunch of time looking for a life preserver while the person drowned? Intent is important here too, not just outcome. So is awareness. But the ability to assess intent and awareness in a real world scenario is rarely so cut and dried. At best the scenario is a hypothetical but one where the subtle real world characteristics of such an actual event could change the answer completely, making an answer not so easy.
The answer would undoubtedly be to do whatever would be most likely to protect the car company from liability and/or bad PR.
I'm rather amazed that anyone is still using a desktop to do their browsing. I haven't for like, 5 years now. For any solution to work it needs either a mobile app or proxy server implementation. A browser plug-in? Welcome to 1996.
Yes, I think it's clear the next gen of CPUs really needs to have the machine language removed entirely. What a security hole!
If it's not a problem, then she shouldn't mind the proposed fixes, since they should have no appreciable effect. But the fact she is making a deal of it is a sign there is something going on to be cncerned about.
Don't forget to show her the Mona Lisa printed out on the line printer...
And probably more important, who gets to decide that, and why?
Yeah, insider threat-- it's called incompetence. Things like building a reactor on a fault line, building a reactor on the Pacific rim shoreline (need the water, right? Hello Tsunami). We thought we could build a steamship that couldn't sink, too, but we were wrong. The fact there's been a significant nuclear accident every couple of decades. They're usually connected with gross incompetence of some form or other, in either the design or operation. How many Chernobyls and Fukushimas do we have to have before we prove we can make reactors work, but we can't make them safe enough to risk it?
Using off the shelf components to clone existing functionality is boring. What would be much better is to build a secure mesh network phone. Sure, it would take a bunch of them to be very useful, but you have to start somewhere. Start with local capability that would work in your college dorm or something. And make sure it's end-to-end encrypted from the start. There's something that could be world changing. Kickstart it if necessary.
Some marketing company wants access to your FB info and you give it to them? That's undoubtedly the whole point of the digitalshadow.com website, to get their database updated with what FB has. And you fell for it!
Considering the popularity of predesigned artwork, Paint By Number, Needlepoint, etc., most people need to have it all figured out for them. A vending machine with a jukebox of existing models that you can tweak a little is what most people will want. In fact it's been done before-- Mold-O-Rama came out in 1962. Was a mild success at amusement parks and other touristy places, and lasted a few decades. A 3D printer is a slight improvement, but for most people, only when they can pick the model out of a catalog, or have it 3D scan their head and make them into an action figure.
Yes, I've been having a lot of trouble getting slashdot to load as well. Some browsers seem to be doing better than others. On an iPad.
The fact is, that's unsustainable, and largely why we have a deflationary market right now. Companies that are barely growing look pretty good when inflation is at or below zero. Why do you think the stock market is doing so well in a bad economy? Because any growth is better than negative growth.
I've no doubt that sitting too much may not be healthy, but when such a study is used to justify any sort of mandatory mitigation of that in the workplace, it's junk science. Good science becomes junk science when the consequences of its conclusions are misapplied.
Next they make you stand up all day, so they can reduce the size of an employee footprint even further. It keeps office space costs down, and all the better that it can be legitimized by junk science.
While we've proven we can engineer nuclear power plants, we've also proved we're completely incompetent at maintaining them.
Yeah, as a shotgun. You'll need that to calculate PI like a hole in the head, which you'll have if you don't save those shells for defending yourself.
One of those two apps runs only on iOS 7.0 or greater, and the other requires at least 6.0. Anyone who's had their phone for more than a year and is tight for space can't install these. I use the San Francisco specific "Parkola" app which will run on my 5.1 16GB device that is packed to the gills with essentials. At least those in the area where the tech industry is know that if you did an upgrade every time you got the offer, all you would ever be doing is upgrading.
That's pretty scathing. I'd hate to be THOSE guys...
Comcast cable for internet seems fine to me if you don't try to use their DNS servers. Once I switched the DNS, it virtually never goes down. Consequently I've never needed to deal with their support staff. COX Cable on the other hand, seems to be pretty flaky, a friend of mine who is using them for Voip is always losing his connection. I'm using Vonage over Comcast and I never have any problems.
This is not news. Anyone who uses Comcast's DNS is a moron.
If I stop eating meat that won't stop the California producers from exporting their product to Asia. Don't try to make me responsible for their excesses. By suggesting Californians should turn vegitarian to save water is blaming the victim, and if it has ANY effect on meat export, it will probably just increase it.