If you stop using a cell phone after years of use, you won't feel physically and mentally ill. Not the same as smoking.
Quote: "A new Australian study finds the average Australian spends one hour on his or her mobile phone every day with one in five obsessed with their cell and potentially addicted to the device."
Just the first thing I found. Fits my bias though.
TFS: For 45 years or so, people have been claiming computers are going to save vast amounts of money
Reminds my of ancient times (yes, about 45 years ago) when my father was sitting over nicely striped printouts (blue and white) at home in the (late) evenings, swearing about the introduction of (then) a mainframe for bookkeeping. He was not convinced that the thing would save either work nor money and never changed his opinion.
... but reconfiguring the body from bones up (to compensate for aquired deficits regarding posture, e.g. by continued abuse while sitting in front of a screen) takes much longer. At least, this is my experience.
TFA: "Gould says it's pretty clear ants don't have maps in their heads and don't recognize markers along the route."
Quote: "Celestial cues, such as the sun or patterns of polarized sky light, appear to have no detectable effect in the precise homing orientation of foragers of Paltothyreus tarsatus. Field and laboratory experiments reveal that canopy patterns are a major influence in the home range orientation of this ponerine ant, a common species in African forests. Canopy orientation appears to be well suited to the restrictive lighting conditions of tropical forests."
c.f. Canopy Orientation: A New Kind of Orientation in Ants; BERT HÖLLDOBLER, 1980
Quote: "Cataglyphis bicolor, an ant widely distributed in North Africa and the Near East, orient to the sun as well as to visual patterns of the environment. These two mechanisms can be separated. Foraging ants (hunters) orient to terrestrial cues as long as possible, and only after these have become ineffective do they switch over to the menotactical sun orientation. In the digging individuals, however, the visual knowledge of locality is significantly inferior to that of the hunters. Diggers vary considerably in size, but hunters belong to the largest size group. In addition, the largest and smallest individuals orient differently toward black and white areas and stripe patterns."
c.f. Homing in the Ant Cataglyphis bicolor;
Rudiger Wehner and Randolf Menzel, 1969
Quote:"PhotoelasticTouch is a tabletop system designed to facilitate touch-based interaction with real objects made from transparent elastic material. The elastic material provides a realistic haptic interface, which when combined with the visual content displayed on the LCD tabletop, enables a coupling of the physical world and digital content. The system utilizes the photoelastic properties of transparent rubber to detect when a user pushes, pulls, or pinches the object, while the LCD provides appropriate visual feedback in accordance with the stress applied to the rubber."
Indeed — thanks for sharing. Seems to be about as far as one can go tomorrow.
11-button mouse
Interesting — at the time I use a 4-button trackball (good for moving from screen to screen) + a 7-button mouse (good for 'local' operation) and I contemplate a Wacom or/and a 3DConnexion device (having discarded chordic input).
Quote: "Some listeners heard only a portion of the broadcast, and in the atmosphere of tension and anxiety leading to World War II, took it to be a news broadcast. Newspapers reported that panic ensued, people fleeing the area, others thinking they could smell poison gas or could see flashes of lightning in the distance."
Back in the days (appr. the seventies) we (the students) thought that it would be about time to abolish lectures, given that there were other means to get aquainted with the material (then mainly books). But today?
Would be interesting to see if similar effects could be observed regards acupuncture which is rated to be in the realm of placebo by 'old school' medicine.
While I know that this sort of research is ultimately aimed at improving human life,..
Like in "The Pentagon (whoever, YMMV) sponsored a research program to evaluate the use of artificially improved mammals in the fight against terrorism"?
The real key to successfully land the lander is to understand that you need to apply enough thrust to slow your descent without actually reversing the velocity of the craft.
Yes, well known since the days of the HP 65("the first programmable handheld calculator in outer space") Lunar Lander.
Which indicates that either the domain is rather small or the semantics of 'expert' has changed dramatically.
With regard to "all kinds of artists" (which probably should read 'various kinds of musicians' — but probably it takes longer to become an 'expert' writer) I suspect the former, the latter otherwise.
Finally, there is no discernable rise in sea level in any major Australian port
e.g.... "Observations of sea level at Port Arthur, Tasmania, southeastern Australia, based on a two-year record made in 1841–1842, a three-year record made in 1999–2002, and intermediate observations made in 1875–1905, 1888 and 1972, indicate an average rate of sea level rise, relative to the land, of 0.8 ± 0.2 mm/year over the period 1841 to 2002. When combined with estimates of land uplift, this yields an estimate of average sea level rise due to an increase in the volume of the oceans of 1.0 ± 0.3 mm/year, over the same period. These results are at the lower end of the recent estimate by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of global average rise for the 20th century. They provide an important contribution to our knowledge of past sea level rise in a region (the Southern Hemisphere) where there is a dearth of other such data." ( http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2003/2002GL016813.shtml ) Discernable? YMMV.
I always thought that water always sought its own level, so tidal effects aside, if the sea is rising in the Maldives it should be rising everywhere.
I thought so as well, but — apparently not.
From Wikipedia: "Future sea level rise, like the recent rise, is not expected to be globally uniform (details below). Some regions show a sea-level rise substantially more than the global average (in many cases of more than twice the average), and others a sea level fall.[29] However, models disagree as to the likely pattern of sea level change." (There are other sources as well).
IMHO, there obviously are processes that lead to climate change, sea level rise etc.. — but humanity cannot do much about it, as the system is already on its way and time lags involved as well as (missing) ability to issue control prevent process termination.
Quote:"One of the reasons people have difficulty in dealing with complex systems is that the linear causal chain way of thinking - A causes B causes C causes D... etc - breaks down in the presence of feedback and multiple interactions between causal and influence pathways. One could say that complex systems are characterised by networked rather than linear causal relationships."
Keeping that in mind, I tend to be of the opinion that the best guess regarding an isolated cause is '42'.
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If you stop using a cell phone after years of use, you won't feel physically and mentally ill. Not the same as smoking.
Quote: "A new Australian study finds the average Australian spends one hour on his or her mobile phone every day with one in five obsessed with their cell and potentially addicted to the device."
Just the first thing I found. Fits my bias though.
CC.
TFS: For 45 years or so, people have been claiming computers are going to save vast amounts of money
Reminds my of ancient times (yes, about 45 years ago) when my father was sitting over nicely striped printouts (blue and white) at home in the (late) evenings, swearing about the introduction of (then) a mainframe for bookkeeping. He was not convinced that the thing would save either work nor money and never changed his opinion.
CC.
... but reconfiguring the body from bones up (to compensate for aquired deficits regarding posture, e.g. by continued abuse while sitting in front of a screen) takes much longer. At least, this is my experience.
CC.
TFA: "Gould says it's pretty clear ants don't have maps in their heads and don't recognize markers along the route."
Quote: "Celestial cues, such as the sun or patterns of polarized sky light, appear to have no detectable effect in the precise homing orientation of foragers of Paltothyreus tarsatus. Field and laboratory experiments reveal that canopy patterns are a major influence in the home range orientation of this ponerine ant, a common species in African forests. Canopy orientation appears to be well suited to the restrictive lighting conditions of tropical forests."
c.f. Canopy Orientation: A New Kind of Orientation in Ants; BERT HÖLLDOBLER, 1980
Quote: "Cataglyphis bicolor, an ant widely distributed in North Africa and the Near East, orient to the sun as well as to visual patterns of the environment. These two mechanisms can be separated. Foraging ants (hunters) orient to terrestrial cues as long as possible, and only after these have become ineffective do they switch over to the menotactical sun orientation. In the digging individuals, however, the visual knowledge of locality is significantly inferior to that of the hunters. Diggers vary considerably in size, but hunters belong to the largest size group. In addition, the largest and smallest individuals orient differently toward black and white areas and stripe patterns."
c.f. Homing in the Ant Cataglyphis bicolor; Rudiger Wehner and Randolf Menzel, 1969
How to become an expert 'in ants' these days?
CC.
"Nipples"
Quote:"PhotoelasticTouch is a tabletop system designed to facilitate touch-based interaction with real objects made from transparent elastic material. The elastic material provides a realistic haptic interface, which when combined with the visual content displayed on the LCD tabletop, enables a coupling of the physical world and digital content. The system utilizes the photoelastic properties of transparent rubber to detect when a user pushes, pulls, or pinches the object, while the LCD provides appropriate visual feedback in accordance with the stress applied to the rubber."
Well.
CC.
decent point
Indeed — thanks for sharing. Seems to be about as far as one can go tomorrow.
11-button mouse
Interesting — at the time I use a 4-button trackball (good for moving from screen to screen) + a 7-button mouse (good for 'local' operation) and I contemplate a Wacom or/and a 3DConnexion device (having discarded chordic input).
CC.
... having a patent on forced advertising.
Myself, I would not want such crap.
CC.
Apart from probably gaming, I have difficulties to get a grasp of the advantages of the concept, especially if compared to a multi-touch tablet.
CC.
I don't think Chrubuntu would be a very catch name
Goobuntu? Probably not, but is much easier to pronounce.
CC.
... is to be the outcome.
Shades a new light on the idiom mischief is brewing.
CC.
The War of the Worlds (radio)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio)
Quote: "Some listeners heard only a portion of the broadcast, and in the atmosphere of tension and anxiety leading to World War II, took it to be a news broadcast. Newspapers reported that panic ensued, people fleeing the area, others thinking they could smell poison gas or could see flashes of lightning in the distance."
CC.
Back in the days (appr. the seventies) we (the students) thought that it would be about time to abolish lectures, given that there were other means to get aquainted with the material (then mainly books). But today?
CC.
The entirety of the USA has swine flu!
Well, after all, quote:
"Swine Flu Should More Accurately Be Called North American Flu".
CC.
Would be interesting to see if similar effects could be observed regards acupuncture which is rated to be in the realm of placebo by 'old school' medicine.
CC.
... a combination of this with transmission of sensory input from the pet and of course a shot to enhance gene-expression (e.g. for better control).
Now this will be progress.
CC.
... this for sure will broaden the semantics of hack attack.
CC.
While I know that this sort of research is ultimately aimed at improving human life, ..
Like in "The Pentagon (whoever, YMMV) sponsored a research program to evaluate the use of artificially improved mammals in the fight against terrorism"?
CC.
The real key to successfully land the lander is to understand that you need to apply enough thrust to slow your descent without actually reversing the velocity of the craft.
Yes, well known since the days of the HP 65("the first programmable handheld calculator in outer space") Lunar Lander.
CC.
Which indicates that either the domain is rather small or the semantics of 'expert' has changed dramatically.
With regard to "all kinds of artists" (which probably should read 'various kinds of musicians' — but probably it takes longer to become an 'expert' writer) I suspect the former, the latter otherwise.
CC.
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.27-rc2-git1.log
CC.
http://www.hss.caltech.edu/~camerer/Ec101/JudgementUncertainty.pdf
Tversky, A. & Kahneman, D. (1974). Judgment under uncertainty: Heuristics and biases. Science, 185, 1124-1130
CC.
Maybe profits on vaccines aren't really there?
At least, 'investors' think so, resulting in rising stock prices.
CC.
the chinese are raising their children to have no criticla thinking skills, to be blind cottonheaded nationalistic robots
The 'West' are raising their children to have no critical thinking skills, to be blind, cotton-headed corporate robots.
I fail to see a significant difference, perhaps there is a bigger 'error/failure' rate in either camp.
CC.
Finally, there is no discernable rise in sea level in any major Australian port
... "Observations of sea level at Port Arthur, Tasmania, southeastern Australia, based on a two-year record made in 1841–1842, a three-year record made in 1999–2002, and intermediate observations made in 1875–1905, 1888 and 1972, indicate an average rate of sea level rise, relative to the land, of 0.8 ± 0.2 mm/year over the period 1841 to 2002. When combined with estimates of land uplift, this yields an estimate of average sea level rise due to an increase in the volume of the oceans of 1.0 ± 0.3 mm/year, over the same period. These results are at the lower end of the recent estimate by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of global average rise for the 20th century. They provide an important contribution to our knowledge of past sea level rise in a region (the Southern Hemisphere) where there is a dearth of other such data." ( http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2003/2002GL016813.shtml ) Discernable? YMMV.
e.g.
I always thought that water always sought its own level, so tidal effects aside, if the sea is rising in the Maldives it should be rising everywhere.
I thought so as well, but — apparently not.
From Wikipedia: "Future sea level rise, like the recent rise, is not expected to be globally uniform (details below). Some regions show a sea-level rise substantially more than the global average (in many cases of more than twice the average), and others a sea level fall.[29] However, models disagree as to the likely pattern of sea level change." (There are other sources as well).
IMHO, there obviously are processes that lead to climate change, sea level rise etc.. — but humanity cannot do much about it, as the system is already on its way and time lags involved as well as (missing) ability to issue control prevent process termination.
Besides, I am to old to get involved.
CC.
Quote:"One of the reasons people have difficulty in dealing with complex systems is that the linear causal chain way of thinking - A causes B causes C causes D ... etc - breaks down in the presence of feedback and multiple interactions between causal and influence pathways. One could say that complex systems are characterised by networked rather than linear causal relationships."
Keeping that in mind, I tend to be of the opinion that the best guess regarding an isolated cause is '42'.
CC.