That phony word is so irritating. And while we're at it, a pox on the house of people who insist on trying to make a word out of an acronym. It's a GUI not a gooey.
The only reason this is on Slashdot is that he once had an impact on the world of technology. At least he made a real contribution once instead of being one of many members of a committee that approved funding for ARPANet.
Pfft... What's going to happen is that these chatbots are going to mine the internet, Amazon, and Facebook for my surfing habits and start a conversation that initially sounds relevant but then quickly turns to a sales pitch to have my ducts cleaned. As a matter of interest for a software engineer, I make around a dollar a minute. Every minute I waste talking to some machine and then trying to get back to work is will add up pretty quickly.
I would say that these cameras do far less to prevent a crime before it occurs than they do to catch and convict the perp after the damage is done assuming that the video footage is clear enough that a jury of 12 morons can make it out. It's the same with far too many laws and illustrates the problem with politicians trying to do anything about crime. All they care about is being able to say that they did something as opposed to nothing therefore they should be reelected. There are already plenty of simple methods that would work and they usually involve increased police patrols.
I believe this. Women are catty. How many times have you heard women complement another woman on her new pixie haircut? All the time. How many times have you heard men do the same thing? Rarely. Women are really competitive against one another. I have personally witnessed a female manager bust on (and eventually fire) a far-more-talented female subordinate for no other reason than they were a threat.
That's fine as long as the teachers have a wealth of experience in their subjects in the real world before they start teaching. Teachers who teach the textbook aren't teaching. Teachers who cannot go beyond the theoretical to practical applications of what they are teaching aren't preparing the students to go into practical applications. Lastly, teachers who are uninspiring aren't very good at their jobs.
Military computers are usually severely restricted on what they can do while connected to the internet if they are allowed to connect at all. Try having a Skype conference call with even a civilian contractor. "They don't let us do that," is the usual response.
This isn't going to happen anytime soon because of the energy requirements. It's not like cellphones, tablets, and laptops that can be made more efficient with better chips and even profiling the energy requirements of the software. Moving mass around has long-known energy requirements and today's batteries simply can't deliver that kind of power.
Totally missing the big picture. The mere threat of a lawsuit requires that you have rather expensive liability insurance and a legal team on retainer. Big bucks. In addition, the standard practice is to settle out of court without any proof of guilt to make it go away because of the specter of bad publicity. All of that costs a lot of money and has to be built into the cost of doing business.
How about something that smacks drivers in the head when they pull a FULL car length PAST the stop line before even thinking about stopping knowing full well that if approaching cars are just barely far enough away they'd blow right through the stop sign? News flash, people, you're not that important and neither is whatever you're racing to.
I'm predicting that somebody will complain that using seawater is going to change the "natural" temperature of said seawater and will therefore affect the flora and fauna in the water and therefore humans are evil usurpers of the planet.
Most people of average height and/or weight can't or don't see it. Tall people are assumed to be natural leaders despite obvious incompetence. Same with thin people. Ageism in tech does have some basis in that younger people tend to embrace newer tech and tend not to have a that's-the-way-we've-always-done-it attitude. Being short and/or overweight doesn't affect one's ability to create, invent, and innovate.
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That phony word is so irritating. And while we're at it, a pox on the house of people who insist on trying to make a word out of an acronym. It's a GUI not a gooey.
Surely, a man as smart as Hawking knows this.
The only reason this is on Slashdot is that he once had an impact on the world of technology. At least he made a real contribution once instead of being one of many members of a committee that approved funding for ARPANet.
Pfft... What's going to happen is that these chatbots are going to mine the internet, Amazon, and Facebook for my surfing habits and start a conversation that initially sounds relevant but then quickly turns to a sales pitch to have my ducts cleaned. As a matter of interest for a software engineer, I make around a dollar a minute. Every minute I waste talking to some machine and then trying to get back to work is will add up pretty quickly.
This is going to wind up calling me on the telephone incessantly. These damn things are already annoying despite failing the Turing test.
I would say that these cameras do far less to prevent a crime before it occurs than they do to catch and convict the perp after the damage is done assuming that the video footage is clear enough that a jury of 12 morons can make it out.
It's the same with far too many laws and illustrates the problem with politicians trying to do anything about crime. All they care about is being able to say that they did something as opposed to nothing therefore they should be reelected. There are already plenty of simple methods that would work and they usually involve increased police patrols.
Oh the irony of all the "millennials are stupid" comments combined with their penchant for voting for Bernie Sanders.
I believe this. Women are catty. How many times have you heard women complement another woman on her new pixie haircut? All the time. How many times have you heard men do the same thing? Rarely. Women are really competitive against one another. I have personally witnessed a female manager bust on (and eventually fire) a far-more-talented female subordinate for no other reason than they were a threat.
That's fine as long as the teachers have a wealth of experience in their subjects in the real world before they start teaching. Teachers who teach the textbook aren't teaching. Teachers who cannot go beyond the theoretical to practical applications of what they are teaching aren't preparing the students to go into practical applications. Lastly, teachers who are uninspiring aren't very good at their jobs.
Right...because brown is the new every-other-color. What size Mao suit would you like?
Is it still too expensive to make an OLED screen that big?
Busted. So busted.
People break serious 4x4's on that road.
Military computers are usually severely restricted on what they can do while connected to the internet if they are allowed to connect at all. Try having a Skype conference call with even a civilian contractor. "They don't let us do that," is the usual response.
Okay, so it was Quake but still retro cool.
For those of you who are familiar with the area, what happens if you try to take it up the 711 road from Lake Pleasant to Crown King?
Yeah, me too. How did the location get reported? Did they use some sort of cellular modem?
Theranos needs to start over by hiring these students.
This isn't going to happen anytime soon because of the energy requirements. It's not like cellphones, tablets, and laptops that can be made more efficient with better chips and even profiling the energy requirements of the software. Moving mass around has long-known energy requirements and today's batteries simply can't deliver that kind of power.
Totally missing the big picture. The mere threat of a lawsuit requires that you have rather expensive liability insurance and a legal team on retainer. Big bucks. In addition, the standard practice is to settle out of court without any proof of guilt to make it go away because of the specter of bad publicity. All of that costs a lot of money and has to be built into the cost of doing business.
Tort Reform. Why is it that none of the presidential candidates are talking about this and neither is the media?
How about something that smacks drivers in the head when they pull a FULL car length PAST the stop line before even thinking about stopping knowing full well that if approaching cars are just barely far enough away they'd blow right through the stop sign? News flash, people, you're not that important and neither is whatever you're racing to.
I'm predicting that somebody will complain that using seawater is going to change the "natural" temperature of said seawater and will therefore affect the flora and fauna in the water and therefore humans are evil usurpers of the planet.
Most people of average height and/or weight can't or don't see it. Tall people are assumed to be natural leaders despite obvious incompetence. Same with thin people. Ageism in tech does have some basis in that younger people tend to embrace newer tech and tend not to have a that's-the-way-we've-always-done-it attitude. Being short and/or overweight doesn't affect one's ability to create, invent, and innovate.
He's just a guy with a degree in B.S. FTFY.