I've been making gestures MS products for years. Call it feedback. Hell, I feel like making a gesture right now. The big change? Now we can be ignored 4 ways (keyboard, mouse, sound, gesture).
You further proved the opposite of what you claim. Apple is asking you to assign rights to them. The right to publish. That gives them control over copyrighted material. Not complete control. Not complete rights. But it grants them contractual rights under copyright law.
That was sort of my solution to the torture debate. Think you absolutely need information from a suspect to save lives? Ok, do it. You'll be prosecuted. But you'll save lives.
Better yet, make the supervisor culpable, not the actual people doing the torture. Cut out any "But I was ordered" nonsense.
Should cut down on torture. Just a bit. Found a nuke? Yippie! See you in jail, hero.
Please use different examples. These two don't entirely support your statement.
Kaczynski : didn't get on planes (was anti-technology), attacked individuals. McVeigh : drove a truck, attacked a building.
Motive, method, and opportunity differ significantly from plane hijacking / bombing.
Unfortunately violence is not uniform in type or degree across all demographics. 18-35 year old male from Waziristan is more likely to cause trouble on a plane than 70 year old nun. Conversely, nun is more likely to use ruler on 5th grader who didn't do homework than most people. Both might be termed violent, and both should get basic screening. But the probability of additional checks should be based on the activity and any known risk factors.
i.e. Bitter old nuns should be checked for rulers before asking them to babysit.
It's called software validation and it's a pain in the ass. It's such a pain for medical devices that everyone avoids it unless absolutely needed. Which is why medicine is 10 years behind when it comes to electronics.
In a weird twist, I'm working for a company in China as an engineer. They couldn't find the talent there. Chinese engineers are missing a critical talent: the ability to fail.
It works like this: in China, you are taught there is a correct answer for each problem. If A then B. If C then D. If E then F. Always deterministic. You never fail because there is always a tried and true path.
Works great for copying, but not in improving or creating products. That takes going down unexplored paths. And failing. And recovering. And failing. And recovering.
When starting a new project with my team, I was asked "What is the method for creating a new product?" They fully expected me to give them a recipe. Something deterministic.
I'm underwhelmed by their engineering skills too. They jump on the first method/equation/model they find and refuse to budge even when I present them with physical evidence that their model is flat out wrong.
Sorry for venting. I shouldn't complain. I'm getting very well paid to do something an entire department of 50 other engineers can't do: go out on a limb.
You must be in the eastern part. I've live in 5 counties, all of them had mesas, mountains, forests, and badlands of one sort or another. Multiple mountain ranges: Gila, Black, Organ, Manzano, Sandia, Sangre di Cristo, Flores, Mt. Taylor, etc. The only thing close to that picture west of the Pecos is between Las Cruces and Deming (but that area doesn't even have the weeds).
There's a reason so many Sci Fi movies are shot in NM these days: Most of the state looks unusual. It's funny watching Breaking Bad carefully frame shots to avoid showing mountains and mesas.
Agreed. It's going to be pretty tough to avoid some sort of artifact near the probe. But it sounds like they are doing a visual inspection with the robot, using the MRI for motion and navigation.
Overall, a pretty clever idea. Future versions are bound to be even better.
Having had to design surgical instruments to operate in in MRI imaging field (not just the magnetic field, but in the patient during a scan), I can answer this.
The warning on the machine is overly cautious. Almost any material can be put in in MRI, but should be tested. 99% would probably fail (and 99% of those can be predicted to fail). And who wants to test every friggin' thing someone wants to bring into an MRI room. Best just to say "NONE!"
But for stuff designed for the MRI, it's a different story.
There are 2 levels of compatibility: MRI safe and MRI compatible.
MRI safe means it won't hurt anyone. Don't use large pieces of ferro or paramagnetic materials, or the magnet will apply significant force. In other words, just don't use steel (plus a few other exotic alloys). And don't use long, thing wires, or you can create some induction heating from the radio waves (the R stands for resonance... radio frequency resonance).
MRI compatible means that the material won't disrupt the imaging field. Either by warping the magnetic field, messing with the radio waves, or creating discontinuities (the FFT algorithms create artifacts from abrupt hydrogen density changes. Air/interface is enough sometimes).
Turns out polymers are ideal, followed by ceramics. But a small group of diamagnetic metals work pretty well too (but still have dimension and geometry constraints). Gold, silver, lead, and copper work great. BeCu alloys can be used and replace steel.
A small item (20 mm x 5 mm dia) made of copper should be MRI safe. MRI compatible is something that has to be tested, but copper/polymer objects might not screw with the image too badly if designed well. And it makes great sense to tap the radio field for a little bit of power.
Both integrated VCR's and DVD's have been tried, with limited success. Oh, they sell. And I predict that smart TV's will go the same direction: a few integrated, most as separate boxes.
I was wondering if anyone would catch that. Yup, that's pretty much what I meant.
When people criticize the US for not giving heathcare to the poor, it's misdirected criticism. It's the folks between rich and poor (and between young and old) that are left out. Different problem. Can't very well fix things if we focus on the wrong things.
In the US, being poor and/or elderly makes it easier to get health care. Medicare/Medicaid covers a lot.
If Hawkings decided to take a job tomorrow in the US at some university, group health care would likely provide similar care to what he has now. Even before the recent laws, group health for large organizations paid for preexisting conditions.
It's folks that aren't poor but don't get benefits from other sources that are left out in the US. The poor and the elderly already have socialize medicine.
Probably in this case too. "torts committed by persons" So people could sue the government if a TSA agent knowingly injures them. A lawsuit over the scanners would have to prove that a person knew installing scanners would hurt the public more than not installing them, but made the decision to have them installed.
In the end, the asshats will point to some sort of congressional authorization and invoke sovereign immunity.
My original point was that the government has better weapons than denial. Plain ol' "F%$# You!" is their favorite.
What the newspapers* found is a bit more complicated than what you say. And amusing too.
If the recount that Gore had asked for, using his methodology, had gone forward, Bush would have extended his lead. So if SCOTUS had ruled the other way, Bush would have become president.
But, hold onto your hat, if the recount had gone forward, using Bush's methodology, Gore would have won by 3 votes.
And just to add to the confusion, if the recount had included discarded ballots from 2 counties, Gore would have won. The effect of ballots thrown out in other counties is unknown.
The net result? Who knows.
In 1960, under even more suspicious vote counting in Illinois, Nixon didn't demand the recount that historians say would have given him the White House. Shit happens. Some people are better at moving on.
One key difference between Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan (and to an extent, Somalia) is that we engaged in nation building. That requires an occupation, which isn't always seen as welcome. We invaded and occupied Iraq and Afghanistan in a matter of days without much trouble. Because that's the easy part.
When it comes to just blowing crap up, it's a lot easier. If we engage Iran, it won't be nation building (I hope not).
Never had much trouble with things being stolen. Only lost a couple items. But have found creative ways to destroy stuff. Swimsuits with pockets are inviting disaster.
It's not a common thing, but often enough to learn to factor attrition into buying decisions.
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I've been making gestures MS products for years. Call it feedback. Hell, I feel like making a gesture right now. The big change? Now we can be ignored 4 ways (keyboard, mouse, sound, gesture).
Sounds like your press wasn't doing a very good job.
You further proved the opposite of what you claim. Apple is asking you to assign rights to them. The right to publish. That gives them control over copyrighted material. Not complete control. Not complete rights. But it grants them contractual rights under copyright law.
Assembly?
That was sort of my solution to the torture debate. Think you absolutely need information from a suspect to save lives? Ok, do it. You'll be prosecuted. But you'll save lives.
Better yet, make the supervisor culpable, not the actual people doing the torture. Cut out any "But I was ordered" nonsense.
Should cut down on torture. Just a bit. Found a nuke? Yippie! See you in jail, hero.
Please use different examples. These two don't entirely support your statement.
Kaczynski : didn't get on planes (was anti-technology), attacked individuals.
McVeigh : drove a truck, attacked a building.
Motive, method, and opportunity differ significantly from plane hijacking / bombing.
Unfortunately violence is not uniform in type or degree across all demographics.
18-35 year old male from Waziristan is more likely to cause trouble on a plane than 70 year old nun. Conversely, nun is more likely to use ruler on 5th grader who didn't do homework than most people. Both might be termed violent, and both should get basic screening. But the probability of additional checks should be based on the activity and any known risk factors.
i.e. Bitter old nuns should be checked for rulers before asking them to babysit.
It was already hard enough to own a Canadian. And now escaped ones are now hard to tell apart from Americans.
There go my dreams of owning a maple syrup plantation.
It's called software validation and it's a pain in the ass. It's such a pain for medical devices that everyone avoids it unless absolutely needed. Which is why medicine is 10 years behind when it comes to electronics.
For a "quick" overview, here's a start: http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/Guidances/ucm126954.htm
With a little retraining, here's your pitch man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4o-TeMHys0
Nope. The men and women I work with are actual engineers.
In a weird twist, I'm working for a company in China as an engineer. They couldn't find the talent there. Chinese engineers are missing a critical talent: the ability to fail.
It works like this: in China, you are taught there is a correct answer for each problem. If A then B. If C then D. If E then F. Always deterministic. You never fail because there is always a tried and true path.
Works great for copying, but not in improving or creating products. That takes going down unexplored paths. And failing. And recovering. And failing. And recovering.
When starting a new project with my team, I was asked "What is the method for creating a new product?" They fully expected me to give them a recipe. Something deterministic.
I'm underwhelmed by their engineering skills too. They jump on the first method/equation/model they find and refuse to budge even when I present them with physical evidence that their model is flat out wrong.
Sorry for venting. I shouldn't complain. I'm getting very well paid to do something an entire department of 50 other engineers can't do: go out on a limb.
Could you please post the text to MLK's "I have a dream" speech? Others might have their own requests.
We might as well take full advantage of your sig.
You must be in the eastern part. I've live in 5 counties, all of them had mesas, mountains, forests, and badlands of one sort or another. Multiple mountain ranges: Gila, Black, Organ, Manzano, Sandia, Sangre di Cristo, Flores, Mt. Taylor, etc. The only thing close to that picture west of the Pecos is between Las Cruces and Deming (but that area doesn't even have the weeds).
There's a reason so many Sci Fi movies are shot in NM these days: Most of the state looks unusual. It's funny watching Breaking Bad carefully frame shots to avoid showing mountains and mesas.
Agreed. It's going to be pretty tough to avoid some sort of artifact near the probe. But it sounds like they are doing a visual inspection with the robot, using the MRI for motion and navigation.
Overall, a pretty clever idea. Future versions are bound to be even better.
And to further put it in context, CT scans are discouraged for children. The risk of cancer is something like 1 in 500 per scan.
Having had to design surgical instruments to operate in in MRI imaging field (not just the magnetic field, but in the patient during a scan), I can answer this.
The warning on the machine is overly cautious. Almost any material can be put in in MRI, but should be tested. 99% would probably fail (and 99% of those can be predicted to fail). And who wants to test every friggin' thing someone wants to bring into an MRI room. Best just to say "NONE!"
But for stuff designed for the MRI, it's a different story.
There are 2 levels of compatibility: MRI safe and MRI compatible.
MRI safe means it won't hurt anyone. Don't use large pieces of ferro or paramagnetic materials, or the magnet will apply significant force. In other words, just don't use steel (plus a few other exotic alloys). And don't use long, thing wires, or you can create some induction heating from the radio waves (the R stands for resonance ... radio frequency resonance).
MRI compatible means that the material won't disrupt the imaging field. Either by warping the magnetic field, messing with the radio waves, or creating discontinuities (the FFT algorithms create artifacts from abrupt hydrogen density changes. Air/interface is enough sometimes).
Turns out polymers are ideal, followed by ceramics. But a small group of diamagnetic metals work pretty well too (but still have dimension and geometry constraints). Gold, silver, lead, and copper work great. BeCu alloys can be used and replace steel.
A small item (20 mm x 5 mm dia) made of copper should be MRI safe. MRI compatible is something that has to be tested, but copper/polymer objects might not screw with the image too badly if designed well. And it makes great sense to tap the radio field for a little bit of power.
Both integrated VCR's and DVD's have been tried, with limited success. Oh, they sell. And I predict that smart TV's will go the same direction: a few integrated, most as separate boxes.
I was wondering if anyone would catch that. Yup, that's pretty much what I meant.
When people criticize the US for not giving heathcare to the poor, it's misdirected criticism. It's the folks between rich and poor (and between young and old) that are left out. Different problem. Can't very well fix things if we focus on the wrong things.
In the US, being poor and/or elderly makes it easier to get health care. Medicare/Medicaid covers a lot.
If Hawkings decided to take a job tomorrow in the US at some university, group health care would likely provide similar care to what he has now. Even before the recent laws, group health for large organizations paid for preexisting conditions.
It's folks that aren't poor but don't get benefits from other sources that are left out in the US. The poor and the elderly already have socialize medicine.
Probably in this case too. "torts committed by persons" So people could sue the government if a TSA agent knowingly injures them. A lawsuit over the scanners would have to prove that a person knew installing scanners would hurt the public more than not installing them, but made the decision to have them installed.
In the end, the asshats will point to some sort of congressional authorization and invoke sovereign immunity.
My original point was that the government has better weapons than denial. Plain ol' "F%$# You!" is their favorite.
Don't forget subway trains. One train dropped on the white house or pentagon would be pretty devastating. Especially one from Boston.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity#United_States
A bit more powerful than denial.
What the newspapers* found is a bit more complicated than what you say. And amusing too.
If the recount that Gore had asked for, using his methodology, had gone forward, Bush would have extended his lead. So if SCOTUS had ruled the other way, Bush would have become president.
But, hold onto your hat, if the recount had gone forward, using Bush's methodology, Gore would have won by 3 votes.
And just to add to the confusion, if the recount had included discarded ballots from 2 counties, Gore would have won. The effect of ballots thrown out in other counties is unknown.
The net result? Who knows.
In 1960, under even more suspicious vote counting in Illinois, Nixon didn't demand the recount that historians say would have given him the White House. Shit happens. Some people are better at moving on.
* http://articles.cnn.com/2001-04-04/politics/florida.recount.01_1_ballots-without-presidential-votes-undercounted-ballots-miami-herald-and-usa?_s=PM:ALLPOLITICS
One key difference between Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan (and to an extent, Somalia) is that we engaged in nation building. That requires an occupation, which isn't always seen as welcome. We invaded and occupied Iraq and Afghanistan in a matter of days without much trouble. Because that's the easy part.
When it comes to just blowing crap up, it's a lot easier. If we engage Iran, it won't be nation building (I hope not).
Never had much trouble with things being stolen. Only lost a couple items. But have found creative ways to destroy stuff. Swimsuits with pockets are inviting disaster.
It's not a common thing, but often enough to learn to factor attrition into buying decisions.