I'd say shenanigans by the police. Most likely this is what happened:
The White House got the email. Secret Service calls the police near the kid and ask them to check if he's harmless, trying to impress Jodie Foster, whatever. The cops show up, ask a couple of questions. They decide to yank his chain, making it sound more serious than it is. The coup de gras is telling him he's banned from the US.
Here in the midwest, I have a choice of 5 mbit DSL (a few miles closer to town is 10mbit), 8 mbit from one cable company, 20 mbit from the other, or 30mbit fios. none over $40/mo.
Don't blame the midwest for a slow national average speed.
Just a random thought, but smartphones could be the first place we see memristor memory. ~1 GHz switching speeds, high bit density (current prototypes are 100 Gbit/cm2), and power proportional to read/writes instead of quantity. And a customer base willing to pay a premium. I'm hard pressed to think of another larger volume use with as good a fit.
Ebola-Reston is unique another way: airborne transmission. No humans have died so far, but we can't yet rule out a.1% or 1% mortality rate (over 80% chance a 1% mortality rate is undetected). Heck, with 20 exposed people surviving, there's potentially a 1/3 chance of a 5% mortality going undetected.
Airborne and with the potential for killing millions, yeah, might as well stockpile a little bit in the Philippines just in case.
Invent something that is idiot proof and someone will just invent a better idiot. I say this partly in jest since most people really are trying to do the right thing. As your anecdote shows though, it's tough to engineer in safety against people actively trying to screw things up (even if they think they are "fixing" it). But I've had to try.
I used to work for a large company designing medical products. We would bring in the top surgeons to test our products, validating their safety. My complaint was we needed to find the worst doctors and have them try it. But I could never figure out how to diplomatically recruit from the bottom 5%. So I was stuck testing with non-idiots.
On some prototype electric car several decades ago, the engineers came up with a fantastic idea: selectable engine noise. Just a big speaker system under the hood. One of the choices was a 12 cyl Ferrari. The guy writing about it (in popular mechanics or something) said it was all too easy to forget the noise was fake, which made driving a faux-Ferrari pretty fun.
I'm sure 20+ years later we could put 500 car sounds and tie it intimately with car speed and RPM. Sounds like a fun optional feature, even if it is a bit silly.
Because the Earth is curved, the actual geophysical location is going to be many kilometers underground. So technically, they are all fighting over who is closest to Hell. No, not that Hell (Norway), the Hell
Not quite what you describe, but the old Mini was a pretty good example of ultra-minimalist car. Check out the picture where it is cut open http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini. That's right, most of the car is a single thickness of sheet metal.
Forget the 13" screen. Late at night we borrowed a new fangled digital projector and put a 10' image on a screen, then put a chair 6 or 8 feet from it. Cranked the sound to almost max. You couldn't help but physically dodge fireballs. A full volume roar would grab hold of those primate instincts making you want to crap and run.
It was almost as fun watching people play, dodging and yelling, as it was to play, trying not to dodge and yell.
Too bad people didn't get your joke. They've probably never heard of Swiss mercenaries.
The Swiss figured out something centuries ago that the US has only followed for the last 150 years: fight on someone else's land. You guys went one step farther and figured out how to get paid to kill by staying neutral.
Actually, I think it should be introduced in science class precisely because it isn't science. Creationists want the debate to be taught, well by golly, lets teach the debate. Creationism and intelligent design end up being perfect examples of non-science.
Done in a neutral way, the effect on Creationism/intelligent design is devastating.
Step 1) Make sure students are clear on what constitutes science - i.e. testability, definition of theory, improvement to theory, etc. Step 2) Start by introducing basic evolution as described by Darwin. Show the holes and how they were filled (Darwin knew nothing of DNA, now we do). Show how evolution aligns with DNA, geology, fossil records, taxonomy, astronomy, computer science, mathematics, and so on. Compare theory of evolution to definition of science, theory, etc. Show some of the predictive successes. Step 3) Introduce Creationism / intelligent design. Show the holes and how they were filled (usually with a "nevermind"). Show how it is contradicted by DNA, geology, fossil records, taxonomy, astronomy, and so on. Show how it doesn't fit under the definition of science, theory, etc. Show the predictive failures (irreducible complexity, etc).
Step 4) Summarize by making it clear why Evolution Theory is science, Creationism / Intelligent Design is not. Address remaining criticisms for Evolution.
Congratulations, you've just taught Creationism and the controversy as ordered. Just not the way they had hoped.
Don't forget that those inspectors carry badges and handcuffs. A lot of people don't realize that every time you sign a DHF (Design History File) or DMR (Design Master Record) file, it's like signing a federal affidavit. Sign something untrue, and you risk jail time.
One thing tends to make sure people take the reviews very seriously: handcuffs. The FDA is not just a regulatory agency, it is a police agency. Auditors carry a badge and handcuffs.
Every time you sign your name to a document, you risk going to jail if you screw around an sign something that isn't true. That's far different than Slashdot.
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Dude, I've got an unset broken arm (surgery scheduled) and barely able to type. With the pain killers, I'm lucky you understood me at all.
I'd say shenanigans by the police. Most likely this is what happened:
The White House got the email. Secret Service calls the police near the kid and ask them to check if he's harmless, trying to impress Jodie Foster, whatever. The cops show up, ask a couple of questions. They decide to yank his chain, making it sound more serious than it is. The coup de gras is telling him he's banned from the US.
Ha ha, good one. That'll teach him.
Here in the midwest, I have a choice of 5 mbit DSL (a few miles closer to town is 10mbit), 8 mbit from one cable company, 20 mbit from the other, or 30mbit fios. none over $40/mo.
Don't blame the midwest for a slow national average speed.
Just a random thought, but smartphones could be the first place we see memristor memory. ~1 GHz switching speeds, high bit density (current prototypes are 100 Gbit/cm2), and power proportional to read/writes instead of quantity. And a customer base willing to pay a premium. I'm hard pressed to think of another larger volume use with as good a fit.
Sure, not a problem.
Procedure for altering the past
Step 0: RTFA
Step 1: invent time machine
Step 2: use time machine
Step 3: prevent problem
Ebola-Reston is unique another way: airborne transmission. No humans have died so far, but we can't yet rule out a .1% or 1% mortality rate (over 80% chance a 1% mortality rate is undetected). Heck, with 20 exposed people surviving, there's potentially a 1/3 chance of a 5% mortality going undetected.
Airborne and with the potential for killing millions, yeah, might as well stockpile a little bit in the Philippines just in case.
Invent something that is idiot proof and someone will just invent a better idiot. I say this partly in jest since most people really are trying to do the right thing. As your anecdote shows though, it's tough to engineer in safety against people actively trying to screw things up (even if they think they are "fixing" it). But I've had to try.
I used to work for a large company designing medical products. We would bring in the top surgeons to test our products, validating their safety. My complaint was we needed to find the worst doctors and have them try it. But I could never figure out how to diplomatically recruit from the bottom 5%. So I was stuck testing with non-idiots.
On some prototype electric car several decades ago, the engineers came up with a fantastic idea: selectable engine noise. Just a big speaker system under the hood. One of the choices was a 12 cyl Ferrari. The guy writing about it (in popular mechanics or something) said it was all too easy to forget the noise was fake, which made driving a faux-Ferrari pretty fun.
I'm sure 20+ years later we could put 500 car sounds and tie it intimately with car speed and RPM. Sounds like a fun optional feature, even if it is a bit silly.
Don't be redundant.
I bow to my comic better. Well played. Well played.
Best Buy should have bought the extended warranty on their lawyer.
"Get out of that cave! Are you polishing your Lightsaber again? You know she's your sister, right?"
Because the Earth is curved, the actual geophysical location is going to be many kilometers underground. So technically, they are all fighting over who is closest to Hell. No, not that Hell (Norway), the Hell
Not quite what you describe, but the old Mini was a pretty good example of ultra-minimalist car. Check out the picture where it is cut open http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini. That's right, most of the car is a single thickness of sheet metal.
Forget the 13" screen. Late at night we borrowed a new fangled digital projector and put a 10' image on a screen, then put a chair 6 or 8 feet from it. Cranked the sound to almost max. You couldn't help but physically dodge fireballs. A full volume roar would grab hold of those primate instincts making you want to crap and run.
It was almost as fun watching people play, dodging and yelling, as it was to play, trying not to dodge and yell.
Wait, you mean real reality, or the dream reality we all live in? Or did I wake up already?
Too bad people didn't get your joke. They've probably never heard of Swiss mercenaries.
The Swiss figured out something centuries ago that the US has only followed for the last 150 years: fight on someone else's land. You guys went one step farther and figured out how to get paid to kill by staying neutral.
Actually, I think it should be introduced in science class precisely because it isn't science. Creationists want the debate to be taught, well by golly, lets teach the debate. Creationism and intelligent design end up being perfect examples of non-science.
Done in a neutral way, the effect on Creationism/intelligent design is devastating.
Step 1) Make sure students are clear on what constitutes science - i.e. testability, definition of theory, improvement to theory, etc.
Step 2) Start by introducing basic evolution as described by Darwin. Show the holes and how they were filled (Darwin knew nothing of DNA, now we do). Show how evolution aligns with DNA, geology, fossil records, taxonomy, astronomy, computer science, mathematics, and so on. Compare theory of evolution to definition of science, theory, etc. Show some of the predictive successes.
Step 3) Introduce Creationism / intelligent design. Show the holes and how they were filled (usually with a "nevermind"). Show how it is contradicted by DNA, geology, fossil records, taxonomy, astronomy, and so on. Show how it doesn't fit under the definition of science, theory, etc. Show the predictive failures (irreducible complexity, etc).
Step 4) Summarize by making it clear why Evolution Theory is science, Creationism / Intelligent Design is not. Address remaining criticisms for Evolution.
Congratulations, you've just taught Creationism and the controversy as ordered. Just not the way they had hoped.
Don't forget that those inspectors carry badges and handcuffs. A lot of people don't realize that every time you sign a DHF (Design History File) or DMR (Design Master Record) file, it's like signing a federal affidavit. Sign something untrue, and you risk jail time.
One thing tends to make sure people take the reviews very seriously: handcuffs. The FDA is not just a regulatory agency, it is a police agency. Auditors carry a badge and handcuffs.
Every time you sign your name to a document, you risk going to jail if you screw around an sign something that isn't true. That's far different than Slashdot.
They should just combine the pigeon and the roboroach. http://www.wireheading.com/roboroach/index.html
she breaks the Eddington limit! (sorry, couldn't help myself)
Maybe it's 8.9 square feet (nearly 9 square feet), about 1 square meter (rounding up, and not overly concerned with accuracy)
Well, the Taliban has told the monkeys they will each receive a department of MS code monkeys. That's about 72, right?
It's a bad thing when worlds collide!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPG3YMcSvzo
Hopefully this is the right clip (work pc / no audio)