This makes me wonder what a physician's place in the modern world is. Given a set of symptoms a layman can do an internet search and find the most common condition fitting those symptoms, and also find a list of treatments. I guess physicians are supposed to be objective, but you could get a lawyer to do that. The prescribing of drugs could be done by a pharmacist.
If all you are going to do is apply a statistical model to your patients, you should probably be replaced by a computer.
You're OK with it. I enjoyed a joke at his expense because of it, and I'm OK with that. It looks like everybody is OK.
It doesn't help. I'm not asking the guy to provide me tech support, but somebody running for president that smiles about being computer illiterate should be ridiculed at every opportunity.
Did you watch the video I linked to? McCain treats finishing at the bottom of his class and being computer illiterate like a stand-up routine.
I'm quite comfortable in my belief McCain would not be a good president. Being a POW should get you a parade, not a free pass on an election.
The Wiimote is a Bluetooth device, so why do I need this?
Why did they stick with the d-pad on the right hand unit? The only reason the wiimote has a d-pad is so you can turn the thing sideways and get an NES controller. You can't do that here.
The PC gaming scene is all about a single person gaming at the computer. The Wii gaming scene is all about groups of people playing in the living room. I'm not sure that is a gap this product can bridge.
The pictures make it look like pointing is done by reading gyroscopes and accelerometers, which will be less accurate than the wiimote sensor bar+infrared camera.
They'll need to package this with a killer app, and I don't see it.
Copying somebody else and doing a half-assed job is no way to succeed in business. You've got to copy somebody and then improve the idea to make an impact.
Get an infrared camera like the wiimote and put some straps with infrared LEDs on a player. You could use this for some real time basic motion capture. It won't be very accurate, but could be good enough to recognize a head nod/shake, a person pointing or waving and other basic actions. Now use this in WoW and suddenly your MMORPG is a lot more immersive.
I don't really see what free will has to do with religion. I know religious people who believe in free will and I know religious people who believe that everything is preordained. Ditto for non-religious people.
If we don't have free will, then what's the point? If all of our decisions are predetermined, why debate the origins? Without free will our lives are meaningless.
I take the existence of free will as an axiom, because the alternative is stupid.
The one where everybody on the Enterprise became addicted to that game that came with a headset and you controlled with your mind? Everybody became addicted to the thing and went all nutzo. Then Wil Wheaton saved the day by making out with Ashley Judd.
I would totally get this if I got to make out with a hot chick in a starfleet uniform.
Is it really fair to compare the ThinkPad with a solid state drive to the Macbook Air with the standard hard drive? The equivalent MacAir is $3000. IBM has come up with a comparable product with better port design for $200 cheaper. All the reviews I've read for the MacAir say the solid state drive is worth the price.
I normally have this complaint when people compare PC prices to Mac prices. Yes, the cheapest PC is much cheaper than the cheapest Mac. The difference is the cheapest PC is a piece of crap; the cheapest Mac is a useful machine. If you upgrade the PC to have similar specs to the cheapest Mac, the price difference is minimal.
In the past thirty minutes, the average user review score has dropped from 3.6 to 3.4.
I find it funny that some of the users submitting reviews in protest still can't find it in their hearts to give a game a 1/10. One protester gave it a 4.5/10. That says something about how people view game review scores. A 6/10 will get you fired. A 4.5/10 is an act of defiance.
The review was up as of 11am. I think it is ridiculous that a 6/10 is considered a review score so horribly low that it can get somebody fired. It seems all games are reviewed on a scale of good to excellent, and you are discouraged from saying something is just good.
Just imagine how easy this is to police. It's not like there is a vast network of computers whose primary purpose is to distribute pictures of unclothed women. Oh wait... Well, at least people will be hard pressed to find a webcam feed of a woman... Um, Why are then doing this?
At the other end of the spectrum, the PSP outsold the XBox360 and PS3. Which tells me two things:
1) The XBox360 and PS3 were brought to market too early.
2)The PSP should be given some props for being the first non-Nintendo handheld console to not be smashed into oblivion by Nintendo.
To clarify (1), I think the XBox360 and PS3 are nice pieces of hardware, but they are HD multimedia centers marketed to SDTV owners who just want to play games.
If you just look at home console sales, we see that the two leaders are both SDTV friendly, i.e. Wii and PS2. For some reason, MS and Sony decided to heavily market their next gen consoles to the HDTV community. Last time I checked, less than 15% of households had HDTV. They marketed so heavily to this group that the public perception is that buying a PS3 or XBox360 for your SDTV is like putting spinning rims your '72 Ford Pinto. You just don't do it.
On the other hand, Nintendo didn't promote HDTV at all. Instead they brought a product to market that was half the price of the competition. We can see by the numbers today that Nintendo made the better business decision.
The Viacom business model is to have a channel for each age demographic from Nick Jr. to VH1 Classic. As you age, you move out of the demographic and they reformat to appeal to the newer, dumber generation. I remember when I watched MTV and enjoyed it, now I can barely tolerate VH1.
Now I just want those MTV brats to get off my lawn.
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This makes me wonder what a physician's place in the modern world is. Given a set of symptoms a layman can do an internet search and find the most common condition fitting those symptoms, and also find a list of treatments. I guess physicians are supposed to be objective, but you could get a lawyer to do that. The prescribing of drugs could be done by a pharmacist.
If all you are going to do is apply a statistical model to your patients, you should probably be replaced by a computer.
I guess surgeons have a useful skill.
I need more caffeine.
I agree with your calculation that Earth is a planet of half-wits. (or, 0.56-wits)
Of course, your much more optimistic than whoever suggested there were 10^-5 = 0.00001 advanced civilizations.
I'm quite comfortable in my belief McCain would not be a good president. Being a POW should get you a parade, not a free pass on an election.
and just to be clear, I'm not trying to demonize McCain. I'm trying to humiliate him in a public forum.
and what cabinet position would Steve Ballmer have? Secretary of Checking the President's Email?
McCain at Google
Copying somebody else and doing a half-assed job is no way to succeed in business. You've got to copy somebody and then improve the idea to make an impact.
Get an infrared camera like the wiimote and put some straps with infrared LEDs on a player. You could use this for some real time basic motion capture. It won't be very accurate, but could be good enough to recognize a head nod/shake, a person pointing or waving and other basic actions. Now use this in WoW and suddenly your MMORPG is a lot more immersive.
IT industry shuns new graduates as "lazy."
I don't really see what free will has to do with religion. I know religious people who believe in free will and I know religious people who believe that everything is preordained. Ditto for non-religious people.
If we don't have free will, then what's the point? If all of our decisions are predetermined, why debate the origins? Without free will our lives are meaningless. I take the existence of free will as an axiom, because the alternative is stupid.
Almost anything except a Nerf gun.
The one where everybody on the Enterprise became addicted to that game that came with a headset and you controlled with your mind? Everybody became addicted to the thing and went all nutzo. Then Wil Wheaton saved the day by making out with Ashley Judd.
I would totally get this if I got to make out with a hot chick in a starfleet uniform.
is that he is unable to return the Republican Party to a time before W's presidency.
is that he is enable to return the Republican Party to a time before W's presidency.
Is it really fair to compare the ThinkPad with a solid state drive to the Macbook Air with the standard hard drive? The equivalent MacAir is $3000. IBM has come up with a comparable product with better port design for $200 cheaper. All the reviews I've read for the MacAir say the solid state drive is worth the price.
I normally have this complaint when people compare PC prices to Mac prices. Yes, the cheapest PC is much cheaper than the cheapest Mac. The difference is the cheapest PC is a piece of crap; the cheapest Mac is a useful machine. If you upgrade the PC to have similar specs to the cheapest Mac, the price difference is minimal.
Are you sure? Do we really want these people making babies?
I find it funny that some of the users submitting reviews in protest still can't find it in their hearts to give a game a 1/10. One protester gave it a 4.5/10. That says something about how people view game review scores. A 6/10 will get you fired. A 4.5/10 is an act of defiance.
But just like the common cold, if you don't have a cure for the disease, it is still a good idea to treat the symptoms.
The review was up as of 11am. I think it is ridiculous that a 6/10 is considered a review score so horribly low that it can get somebody fired. It seems all games are reviewed on a scale of good to excellent, and you are discouraged from saying something is just good.
I'm waiting until they release the model that you can hang on your wall with duct tape.
Just imagine how easy this is to police. It's not like there is a vast network of computers whose primary purpose is to distribute pictures of unclothed women. Oh wait... Well, at least people will be hard pressed to find a webcam feed of a woman... Um, Why are then doing this?
At the other end of the spectrum, the PSP outsold the XBox360 and PS3. Which tells me two things:
1) The XBox360 and PS3 were brought to market too early.
2)The PSP should be given some props for being the first non-Nintendo handheld console to not be smashed into oblivion by Nintendo.
To clarify (1), I think the XBox360 and PS3 are nice pieces of hardware, but they are HD multimedia centers marketed to SDTV owners who just want to play games.
If you just look at home console sales, we see that the two leaders are both SDTV friendly, i.e. Wii and PS2. For some reason, MS and Sony decided to heavily market their next gen consoles to the HDTV community. Last time I checked, less than 15% of households had HDTV. They marketed so heavily to this group that the public perception is that buying a PS3 or XBox360 for your SDTV is like putting spinning rims your '72 Ford Pinto. You just don't do it.
On the other hand, Nintendo didn't promote HDTV at all. Instead they brought a product to market that was half the price of the competition. We can see by the numbers today that Nintendo made the better business decision.
The Viacom business model is to have a channel for each age demographic from Nick Jr. to VH1 Classic. As you age, you move out of the demographic and they reformat to appeal to the newer, dumber generation. I remember when I watched MTV and enjoyed it, now I can barely tolerate VH1.
Now I just want those MTV brats to get off my lawn.
It is playing in Boston on Sunday at noon (ET). The title of the post is incredibly misleading.