So, I could see access to networked information in Africa potentially informing the people of where food and work is available more efficiently than the present systems in a similar manner.
Agreed. Butt that isn't what this show is about. All they're giving people are the terminals.
I'd like to know how reasonable that scenario is. This whole thing centers on having Internet access. A sat link in the middle of nowhere is fine, but whose paying for it? I am willing to bet that it will be the connect costs, rather than PC costs that are going to be the limiting factor.
Unless somebody else is scrounging up old networking gear and helping poor Africans pay for an ISP to link to the backbone, all they can do is play games and type of resumes. In parts of Africa, the cell phone network is going up before anything else - I suppose that one could use that system as an ISP, but you still have to answer the question of who pays for it.
Maybe true (some docs are independent contractors). But in any sort of hospital, anything computer related, has to go through IT. I can't imagine them letting anyone have a friggin server with an outside connection. Especially a system as large as this.
The only way I can put this together is that Columbia is so large that they've lost control of their network to the point where any half bright person could just set up a server. I'm pretty sure that if the doc had said "I need a personal server to go through the firewall" (and whatever else they have) he would have been laughed out the room.
Of course, TFA has no detailed information on what exactly happened so we are just guessing.
Not to worry, then. You did not follow the specific processes in the patent. If you used a 50 mm lens, you're off the hook. If you didn't elevate the lights, likewise. The one thing going for this patent in terms of the ludicrousness of patenting a background in any way, shape or form, is that it is highly specific to their setup.
Exactly this. You can, however, achieve exactly the same effect by dozens of minor variations on the theme. 72 mm lens, slower iso (really, 320, WTF?), differing positioning of lights, etc.
While it hardly seems novel or non obvious, it's also so narrow as to be essentially useless.
Color me confused. Or maybe it's just a black and white issue.
I swear, Slashdot editors are worse than the patent office; they don't do even he smallest amount of verification before rubber stamping what is presented to them and pushing it out.
While there is a grain of truth to that, don't over do it. Yes, you have to get used to a gun culture, but it's remarkably low key. It's just 'normal'. Most hunters (certainly not all) understand that some people don't like to see bloody real things or talk about them. Most rural folks are rather polite and even fairly tolerant.
It might do you some good to be around a culture that just uses guns as tools. Yes, there is a smattering of scary militia types, but you find them pretty much everywhere except downtown NYC. Even with those clowns, if you don't bother them (well advised), they won't bother you.
Here in Alaska, it's not unusual to see someone hitching down the road with a hunting rifle. And getting picked up. Humans can get used to most anything.
He's lying folks. Really, his salary is $500K / yr, he lives in a 4000 sq foot mansion that he paid $100,000 for and he gets all the bison he can eat. He's just not very social and doesn't want neighbors.
Missoula (the U of M town) is sort of like a pre Starbucks Austin. Fairly liberal, small but vibrant community. Lots of problems, but nothing unusual in that. Great hiking, camping, skiing.
Blood can't be stored for prolonged periods of time. Don't offhand recall the time span, but it's weeks or months rather than years or decades.
What might be the answer is long term storage of blood stem cells, like so called 'cord blood' repositories. Here parents send off a small sample of the newborn's child blood from the umbilical cord and deep freeze it. The original idea was that if the child developed leukemia, you could use the cord blood to restart the bone marrow after you killed all the cancerous cells.
As manipulative technology improves, it could possibly be used to make in vitro samples of your own blood many years later. Of course, that's going to be expensive. Success not guaranteed. Not covered by Obama Care (or any other insurance). YMMV.
Nothing is permanent. They earth's climate has 'changed' drastically over several billion years.
And disruption really is more accurate. The data really does support that anthropogenic inputs have altered the natural climate flows (along with meteors, volcanoes and perhaps some other things, but this time it's all about us). And this will disrupt many human activities (I suppose it will also change them).
Still and all it's semantics and unlikely to make a dent in the noise surrounding the topic.
You do realize that being an AC and as such, the most prolific, mentally maladjusted and developmentally compromised persona on the largest un-social network on the web gets you tracked by every governmental organization on all seven continents.
I think you're right an all, but I can't get over just how bad these guys are at things. Buy a car, hundreds of ads about buying a car (hint, I already bought one, you see). Have a friend that's pregnant? Get hundreds of ads about 'your pregnancy'. Sorry guys, if you haven't figured out I'm a middle aged male, you're in more trouble than you realize.
It has to work at some level, else they wouldn't do it. But for fun, on a slow week, hit up Amazon for anything transgendered or gay. Better yet, use the login on the guy at work that you don't like much.
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They contain capacitors that will hold a deadly charge for a very long time after you unplug them.
You should be fine. Your various aluminum foil bits will protect you handily.
So, I could see access to networked information in Africa potentially informing the people of where food and work is available more efficiently than the present systems in a similar manner.
Agreed. Butt that isn't what this show is about. All they're giving people are the terminals.
I'd like to know how reasonable that scenario is. This whole thing centers on having Internet access. A sat link in the middle of nowhere is fine, but whose paying for it? I am willing to bet that it will be the connect costs, rather than PC costs that are going to be the limiting factor.
Unless somebody else is scrounging up old networking gear and helping poor Africans pay for an ISP to link to the backbone, all they can do is play games and type of resumes. In parts of Africa, the cell phone network is going up before anything else - I suppose that one could use that system as an ISP, but you still have to answer the question of who pays for it.
Maybe true (some docs are independent contractors). But in any sort of hospital, anything computer related, has to go through IT. I can't imagine them letting anyone have a friggin server with an outside connection. Especially a system as large as this.
The only way I can put this together is that Columbia is so large that they've lost control of their network to the point where any half bright person could just set up a server. I'm pretty sure that if the doc had said "I need a personal server to go through the firewall" (and whatever else they have) he would have been laughed out the room.
Of course, TFA has no detailed information on what exactly happened so we are just guessing.
Not to worry, then. You did not follow the specific processes in the patent. If you used a 50 mm lens, you're off the hook. If you didn't elevate the lights, likewise. The one thing going for this patent in terms of the ludicrousness of patenting a background in any way, shape or form, is that it is highly specific to their setup.
If you win, it always works. Problem is, you don't always win.
Exactly this. You can, however, achieve exactly the same effect by dozens of minor variations on the theme. 72 mm lens, slower iso (really, 320, WTF?), differing positioning of lights, etc.
While it hardly seems novel or non obvious, it's also so narrow as to be essentially useless.
Color me confused. Or maybe it's just a black and white issue.
Randall, it's OK to log in.
Dandy Drone
I swear, Slashdot editors are worse than the patent office; they don't do even he smallest amount of verification before rubber stamping what is presented to them and pushing it out.
You must be new here.
Hah! I see your mythical techno salvation and raise you one Mr. Fusion.
While there is a grain of truth to that, don't over do it. Yes, you have to get used to a gun culture, but it's remarkably low key. It's just 'normal'. Most hunters (certainly not all) understand that some people don't like to see bloody real things or talk about them. Most rural folks are rather polite and even fairly tolerant.
It might do you some good to be around a culture that just uses guns as tools. Yes, there is a smattering of scary militia types, but you find them pretty much everywhere except downtown NYC. Even with those clowns, if you don't bother them (well advised), they won't bother you.
Here in Alaska, it's not unusual to see someone hitching down the road with a hunting rifle. And getting picked up. Humans can get used to most anything.
He's lying folks. Really, his salary is $500K / yr, he lives in a 4000 sq foot mansion that he paid $100,000 for and he gets all the bison he can eat. He's just not very social and doesn't want neighbors.
Just like the rest of us.
So, lets all move to Montana and say 'howdy'!
Lest anyone be concerned, the last time I was in Montana, I saw plenty of paragraphs and capital letters.
Missoula (the U of M town) is sort of like a pre Starbucks Austin. Fairly liberal, small but vibrant community. Lots of problems, but nothing unusual in that. Great hiking, camping, skiing.
There are worse places to live, by far.
Montana is where dental floss comes from.
Blood can't be stored for prolonged periods of time. Don't offhand recall the time span, but it's weeks or months rather than years or decades.
What might be the answer is long term storage of blood stem cells, like so called 'cord blood' repositories. Here parents send off a small sample of the newborn's child blood from the umbilical cord and deep freeze it. The original idea was that if the child developed leukemia, you could use the cord blood to restart the bone marrow after you killed all the cancerous cells.
As manipulative technology improves, it could possibly be used to make in vitro samples of your own blood many years later. Of course, that's going to be expensive. Success not guaranteed. Not covered by Obama Care (or any other insurance). YMMV.
If you read the summary you'd see they need young mouse blood not people blood.
Giving a new twist to the age old question "are you a man or a mouse"?
Nothing is permanent. They earth's climate has 'changed' drastically over several billion years.
And disruption really is more accurate. The data really does support that anthropogenic inputs have altered the natural climate flows (along with meteors, volcanoes and perhaps some other things, but this time it's all about us). And this will disrupt many human activities (I suppose it will also change them).
Still and all it's semantics and unlikely to make a dent in the noise surrounding the topic.
You do realize that being an AC and as such, the most prolific, mentally maladjusted and developmentally compromised persona on the largest un-social network on the web gets you tracked by every governmental organization on all seven continents.
They're watching you.
I think you're right an all, but I can't get over just how bad these guys are at things. Buy a car, hundreds of ads about buying a car (hint, I already bought one, you see). Have a friend that's pregnant? Get hundreds of ads about 'your pregnancy'. Sorry guys, if you haven't figured out I'm a middle aged male, you're in more trouble than you realize.
It has to work at some level, else they wouldn't do it. But for fun, on a slow week, hit up Amazon for anything transgendered or gay. Better yet, use the login on the guy at work that you don't like much.
Nah, spelling errors would get him a +3 max.
Grammar error - take it down a notch more.
This is a tough crowd.
LDRS craft, by definition, are the responsibility of the FAA - they fly into controlled airspace. This thing did not.
Put the drone in front of an runway - FAA has jurisdiction.'
Put the drone in front of a balcony - not so much.
Unless this is an end run to see just exactly what they can get away with.
You like writing documentation?
Can we clone you?
Fine and dandy. The problem is that legislatures (in this example, New Jersey) immediately picks up on this and requires the technology in every gun.
That's the problem, not the tech itself.