Imagine getting highly relevant messages, without even pressing a button, simply because you are in the vicinity and your preferences match the content of the post."
You mean "Imagine getting highly relevant advertisements..."
"It probably won't work," he said......"But even if it doesn't work, we should be able to learn something new about quantum mechanics by trying it," he said.
Those are not words of a crackpot. Wild and novel ideas for experiments aren't what make people crackpots.
Somebody ought to be sued SHITLESS, from the EMT and hospital up to those sanctioning the testing.
Why? What's the worst that could happen? They die. Oh well, they were going to die anyways. They live? Great. They wake up with AIDS? They run the same risk by receiving transfused blood. I don't see anything ethically wrong with this. If you think this is the first time things like this have been tested, then I have a bridge to sell you. How do you think we have all the techniques we have now? You think they all had consent forms or familial consent? Sorry, can't try to save your life right now, you didn't sign the papers!
We have currently have two of these at my medical school. I'm a first year medical student (started in August), so my exposure is limited, but I've already had one "human patient simulator" encounter. Although it was fascinating froma technological standpoint, the usefulness seems to be pretty limited. My school is working hard to implement it into the curriculum, but it's not as practical as they seem.
The first issue that arises is that you only have first and second year students on campus (usually). Many third year students spend most of their time in the hospital, and fourth year students often do "away" rotations at hospitals they are interested in doing their residency yet. Unfortunately, first year students don't know enough to gain any real practice from the simulator. We don't know any pathophysiology or pharmacology, so when it comes time to start managing the patient we're useless. And case managment is what simulators are best for. For the first years, my school seems primarily focused on teaching students what kind of reasoning and thoughts need to be running through our head. The simulator was not used to give us any sort of medical experience. Although we had free reign on the patient, we had no idea where to even begin. And even if we did, we don't know any pharmacology. So pretty much our experience was sitting in the room and listening to the resident advise us on how to develop our thought process. That could be done without a half a million dollar patient simulator. Although the second years would certainly be in a better position to gain something valuable from the HPS, they still don't have the aquired knowledge base to get any real practice in. As I've already mentioned, 3rd and 4th year students are usually too busy to come back on campus and mess with a simulator. They're getting better experience watching real physicians treat real patients.
The second issue with the simulator is how limited it is. Although it is very technologically advanced, it is primarily useful for simulating emergency medical situations. Sure, you can check his pupils, or take his blood pressure, or hook up EKG leads. All the physical signs are there. You can give him medication (by scanning the barcode before you inject) and he will respond. Again, great for emergency medical situations, but not so hot for trauma and medical management. It's one thing to manage someone's diabetic coma, it's another game completely as an internest dealing with someone's changing medical needs over the course of a week while they're in the hospital.
In summary: they're a nice technological toy, but they are quite difficult to integrate them meaningfully into a medical curriculum.
No need to get your panties in a wad, they're not "being silly".
No one is saying that the author intentionally characterized Gollum with a certain disorder in mind. It was an excercise in psychiatry. If a human presented with these signs, this is how they would approach it.
Model rocketry had such a huge influence on me and my ambitions as a child. I remember being fascinated when my first estes rocket took flight and came down safely under a small parachute. To me, it was like my own personal NASA. I remember all the things I learned about the physics of gravity, drag, and newton's laws (however simplistic). Even recently I returned to the hobby armed with years of experience and tried my hand at video rocketry (http://www.blike.com/dmrocket/). I was still dumbfounded with fascination.
It breaks my heart to think that kids might not be able to experience the joy and wonder that rocketry brought me.
The beauty of string passwords is that I can recall and input it within 3 seconds. It would become quite a hassle to take the time to go through a series of images everytime I wanted to sign into an account.
Still, it's an interesting concept, though I can't forsee it ever becoming applicable to personal computing.
Finding evidence of a long-standing liquid body of water is the primary concern in this situation. Carbonates and hydrated materials form under these conditions.
Spare me please.
You all are the biggest bunch of need-something-to-whine-about babies I have seen in a good long time. So what if something was double posted? It takes half a second to scan the headline and realize that its a repeat. You take more time crawling all over each other to be the first to whine/complain/joke about the repeated story. For God sakes, ignore the post if your time is so precious!
"HELLO? What is the problem? I doubt I'll donate to Slashdot again!"
That is the saddest sentence I have ever had the misfortune of reading. Slashdot pours all kinds of blessings upon us geeks daily and you refuse to contribute BECAUSE A STORY WAS REPEATED? GOD FORBID! Burn them at the stake! They have wasted your precious half of a second!
Seriously folks, cry me a river.
What has 9/11 to do with this? Could this virus have prevented the attack? Or any biological/chemical weapon for that matter?
9/11 has been used as an excuse for too long now to have any real meaning.
Seriously, I don't understand how you could have possibly thought that he meant this research could have prevented 9-11.
I think the intended point was that there are people who are willing to use any means possible to criple us. Research into things like this will help us be better prepared if it is ever used against us.
"It is not genius where reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation." -Napoleon Bonaparte
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You must be a real hit at parties.
Those are not words of a crackpot. Wild and novel ideas for experiments aren't what make people crackpots.
Seriously, unwad your panties.
We have currently have two of these at my medical school. I'm a first year medical student (started in August), so my exposure is limited, but I've already had one "human patient simulator" encounter. Although it was fascinating froma technological standpoint, the usefulness seems to be pretty limited. My school is working hard to implement it into the curriculum, but it's not as practical as they seem.
The first issue that arises is that you only have first and second year students on campus (usually). Many third year students spend most of their time in the hospital, and fourth year students often do "away" rotations at hospitals they are interested in doing their residency yet. Unfortunately, first year students don't know enough to gain any real practice from the simulator. We don't know any pathophysiology or pharmacology, so when it comes time to start managing the patient we're useless. And case managment is what simulators are best for. For the first years, my school seems primarily focused on teaching students what kind of reasoning and thoughts need to be running through our head. The simulator was not used to give us any sort of medical experience. Although we had free reign on the patient, we had no idea where to even begin. And even if we did, we don't know any pharmacology. So pretty much our experience was sitting in the room and listening to the resident advise us on how to develop our thought process. That could be done without a half a million dollar patient simulator. Although the second years would certainly be in a better position to gain something valuable from the HPS, they still don't have the aquired knowledge base to get any real practice in. As I've already mentioned, 3rd and 4th year students are usually too busy to come back on campus and mess with a simulator. They're getting better experience watching real physicians treat real patients.
The second issue with the simulator is how limited it is. Although it is very technologically advanced, it is primarily useful for simulating emergency medical situations. Sure, you can check his pupils, or take his blood pressure, or hook up EKG leads. All the physical signs are there. You can give him medication (by scanning the barcode before you inject) and he will respond. Again, great for emergency medical situations, but not so hot for trauma and medical management. It's one thing to manage someone's diabetic coma, it's another game completely as an internest dealing with someone's changing medical needs over the course of a week while they're in the hospital.
In summary: they're a nice technological toy, but they are quite difficult to integrate them meaningfully into a medical curriculum.
Quell surprise.
No need to get your panties in a wad, they're not "being silly".
No one is saying that the author intentionally characterized Gollum with a certain disorder in mind. It was an excercise in psychiatry. If a human presented with these signs, this is how they would approach it.
Parachute failed to deploy, and the thing smashed into the ground.
Any plane that has to use a parachute is going to smash into the ground anyways. At least there is hope with a parachute.
Model rocketry had such a huge influence on me and my ambitions as a child. I remember being fascinated when my first estes rocket took flight and came down safely under a small parachute. To me, it was like my own personal NASA. I remember all the things I learned about the physics of gravity, drag, and newton's laws (however simplistic). Even recently I returned to the hobby armed with years of experience and tried my hand at video rocketry (http://www.blike.com/dmrocket/). I was still dumbfounded with fascination.
It breaks my heart to think that kids might not be able to experience the joy and wonder that rocketry brought me.
The beauty of string passwords is that I can recall and input it within 3 seconds. It would become quite a hassle to take the time to go through a series of images everytime I wanted to sign into an account.
Still, it's an interesting concept, though I can't forsee it ever becoming applicable to personal computing.
Finding evidence of a long-standing liquid body of water is the primary concern in this situation. Carbonates and hydrated materials form under these conditions.
You must be lost. Fark is three doors down, on the right.
Spare me please. You all are the biggest bunch of need-something-to-whine-about babies I have seen in a good long time. So what if something was double posted? It takes half a second to scan the headline and realize that its a repeat. You take more time crawling all over each other to be the first to whine/complain/joke about the repeated story. For God sakes, ignore the post if your time is so precious! "HELLO? What is the problem? I doubt I'll donate to Slashdot again!" That is the saddest sentence I have ever had the misfortune of reading. Slashdot pours all kinds of blessings upon us geeks daily and you refuse to contribute BECAUSE A STORY WAS REPEATED? GOD FORBID! Burn them at the stake! They have wasted your precious half of a second! Seriously folks, cry me a river.
What has 9/11 to do with this? Could this virus have prevented the attack? Or any biological/chemical weapon for that matter?
9/11 has been used as an excuse for too long now to have any real meaning.
Seriously, I don't understand how you could have possibly thought that he meant this research could have prevented 9-11.
I think the intended point was that there are people who are willing to use any means possible to criple us. Research into things like this will help us be better prepared if it is ever used against us.
"It is not genius where reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation." -Napoleon Bonaparte