It still has the "My Computer" and "Internet Explorer" icons on it... Stripped down, my ass. It's as full of stuff as any other default windows installation.
Sanitizers already exist.. as alcohol wipes. When I became a Certified Nurse Assistant, we were taught that before you use your stethescope, to wipe the ear pieces and the bell with an alcohol wipe. This doesn't damage the plastic parts and kills any bacteria that may exist on it and prevent you from transporting it to another patient.
I think using an alcohol wipe on a cell phone would be just effective and prevent the nosocomial infections they are worried about.
Nurses, Aides and doctors aren't stupid. They know quite a lot about bacterial contamination and how to prevent it. I assume this study was meant for the hospital staff information only, not the general public to gawk at.
I've often thought about how well these simulators work. My guess is not as well as they should. I'm thinking of a video I've seen where a Boeing Jet was involved in a large scale crash test in the desert.
The documentary that I've seen says that the plane was supposed to land correctly (without landing gear) and simulate a crashlanding without landing gear. At the last moment before landing, the plane makes a large move sideways and the pilot attempts to correct it and the plane ends up skidding down the runway sideways, completely changing the results of their crash test.
The pilot was in a replica of the cockpit many miles away, flying the plane by way of a simulator.
My question has always been.. How could the pilot have screwed that up? Landing is something they know how to do. I doubt this pilot was a rookie. It was the simulator that was different. It wasn't the real plane, so it behaved differently.
I wouldn't want to train a surgeon using one of these devices. I'd rather the surgeon learn of real cadavers like all other doctors. A simulator is not going to produce the accurate feel needed to learn the motions.
Any corporation who funds an entire new school, or part of a public school is not a good idea. I would say it is ok to have a company DONATE money or resources to a public entity, but not to let them have any influence on the desicions that are made at the institution.
Microsoft has a record of using 'donations' and grants to its complete benefit, not the benefit of the people they are donating to. Microsoft is different than other companies in that it does it so blatently.
I think the reason why some things never materialize and why some catastrophes never happen is because we can somewhat predict that they will.
I will take the point of cataclysmic events happening to the earth at the fault of humans. That one will obviously not happen. If we know it's going to happen, we're not going to let it get to the point of catastrophe. If it gets to that point, then we're certainly going to try to fix it.
Things can happen unexpectedly, and those are the ones that do the most damage. If we know that the earth is warming because of something were doing, were going to do something about it. Asteroids and plague are the two most likely to harm us.
With anything, if you expect the worst, then the worst is least likely to happen. Especially if you can prepare for it, or know you are causing it happen and can therefore stop doing it.
As for videophones, moving sidewalks, etc... I dont think anyone has a need for those things. They've been invented, and tested, and they work just fine. But no one wants them so bad as to create a market for them.
I must say, the card was not designed to be a reference for expert C++ programmers. It was written as an aide for someone learning C++. College students, and programmers who are learning C++ for the first time are the people who will get the most use out of this card.
My guess is that if someone can identify that an example is less than optimal, than they dont need this card.
I've managed to cram a lot of information onto this card, more than is taught in some college programming courses. If I were to add more information, the card might become... two sheets. Which would defeat the purpose of a single sheet reference card.
Also, I do welcome any input about the card and any way that I can improve it. Thank you for your comments, they will be helpful in improving the card.
It bothers me that it has come to point where people can't accept getting old, that they have to change that.
It started with eyeglasses; people who couldn't see wore glasses. Then it was medicine; drugs that can cure diseases and prevent infection. Then it was implants, pacemakers, replacement joints; so people could walk again. None of these things changed the physical appearance of a person.
This device is noticeable, its visible, it's a replacement for a very large part of someone's body. It's not a small thing, like a hearing aid, it replaces the full functionality of a person's legs.
My original point about thinking it's a bad idea is because of one saying: You can't be truly happy unless you are happy with yourself. I think thats very true with this device, if someone feels they need this device to help them walk up and down stairs, then they wont be happy after they got it. If they weren't happy in their original state, they wont be happy in their new one. In my opinion, this device propagates the inability of people to accept who they are. And that is why I think this is a bad idea.
Am I the only one who thinks this is a bad idea? There comes a point when you can augment the human body so much. Especially when you augment it to the point of replacing it entirely. For people who actually have a sense of self worth, I for one, would be devestated to see that someone wanted to replace my body with a machine.
When I become old and frail, I hope I can live with the dignity that all people should have at some point in their lives. Especially when they are getting old.
I think it would suck to live for 300 years. The way my brain works, I get bored by reading Slashdot for more than 30 minutes. Imagine trying to pay attention for a few hundred years!
Also, I think people would tend to get depressed and more psychotic as they got older and older. Nothing would be familiar to them, and if their brain was wired in such a way that change was a negative thing, they certainly wouldn't do well with 300 years of change.
Interesting use of the word vaccine. It seems that it actually helps stop the development of aquired immunodeficiency syndrome, but AIDS is not a virus.
HIV is the virus, but the 'vaccine' does not prevent HIV infection, it helps stop the effects of the HIV. I think they mean it's a vaccine in the sense that it can prevent AIDS.
An HIV infected person will still have HIV and can still transmit it to other people, even if they have had this vaccine.
This reminds me of the glamorous lifestyle that so many people 'enjoyed' in the late 1990s. It sounds as though he is simply piecing together most of his life in a way that respresents success. I wouldn't see it that way. It seems he knows how to talk to people, not engineer things. The way this person writes tells me that he doesn't know much more about computers than his 'clients'. He is simply a person who enjoys talking with people, and is relatively intelligent so he can learn the things his clients dont bother to read about.
I dont think this person describes most of the people who regularly read slashdot, the scientists, engineers and people who like to solve problems and learn technical things. He is more describing the ideal world than something that can actually be attained. And, this is something that very few people can actually do to make a living.
Mirror their site? Absolutely not. If they can't keep their own webserver running, I dont think anyone should help them get their message out. After all, their message is to not share information
The number of support and service jobs related to the robots will dwindle as the need for certain jobs changes too fast for people too adapt. People will not be able to adapt to the changes quickly enough for the holes to be filled up.
Unemployment will be a big problem. But the employment is based on one thing: Consumption.
The economy must change to support the consumption. If the rate of consumption drops, the economy stops. No jobs, no consumption, no economy. How long can the consumption continue before the worker can no longer keep up? I do not know, but I do not think the current economy can continue with the ridiculous rate of consumption keeping it alive at all.
It's like an addiction. The more consumption, the more growth in the economy, and it continues. However, if you pull the plug, or even slow it down, the whole thing collapses. With nothing to fall back on.
Using or allowing to happen? I'm sure the reason that the FBI (or whoever) did nothing to stop the 9/11 incident was because it was considered useful to furthering exactly the sorts of laws which are now being introduced.
Thats exactly right. I'd hate to say it, and it is extremely conspiracy theorist. But something hasn't smelled right in the last two years with the actions taken by the US government. If we were trying to protect ourselves, I dont think the path we've been taking would be the best path to do that. I'm not saying anything in particular, but something doesn't seem right.
How would you not tie it to 9/11? When you want total control, you will do anything to achieve it. Even using a tragic event as a means to what you want.
We have one of those Tektronix Phaser 860's in our office. While it is quick and has been going for over a year without any major problems, I still liked the HP color laserjet that we had at my last job.
It does take the ink sticks, but you can't turn off the printer, or else the ink dries and you loose a whole bunch of ink. The thing i dont like about it is that you must turn up the print resolution each time you want to print a photograph, and the print quality for photos is not that good.
This is most likely a new world order. although I wouldn't call it a 'new world order', it certainly will change things. Here's why:
Programming is a skill used by people to generate applications/programs that companies use, and that companies sell. It costs money to employ someone as a programmer to produce these programs. Up until this point, it did not make economic sense to hire people in places other than where you were selling the product. Usually because there were not enough skilled people available outside of the US and europe who could program.
Now there are many other places where people exist who know how to program and who will do it for less than people here in the US. The fact that the programmer is not geographically close to the company does not matter anymore with the advent of the internet. I think this trend will continue because it is so similar to how other industries were lost in the US.
The only two reasons a company in the US will hire someone in the US a) the company cannot get the product cheaper with an employee working in another country b) there are no workers with the necessary skills outside the US
Textiles, auto manufacturing, and steel mills were successful in the US until it became cheap enough to ship the products from another country to the US. This became reality when US companies could find cheaper labor overseas. The worker and the company no longer needed to be near each other, because the link between them (shipping, communication) was cheaper than hiring someone locally.
This same thing is happening with software. It is now affordable to hire someone who doesn't live near the company. And there is an abundant supply of skilled workers who will work for less than americans.
This scenario is not much different than what happened with US manufacturing jobs starting in the 1980s. I predict the IT world will have a similar outcome.
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Chimps are genetically similar to humans indeed... Thankfuly chimpanzees do not drive. Otherwise they'd have no idea how to get where they were going, would not stop for directions, and would be weaving all over the road with their left blinker on.
Slashdot Mirror
AN IDIOT. He is. and now there is undisputed proof. He doesn't even know there is ice in Canada.
It still has the "My Computer" and "Internet Explorer" icons on it... Stripped down, my ass. It's as full of stuff as any other default windows installation.
Why does an ATM need a web browser?
Sanitizers already exist.. as alcohol wipes. When I became a Certified Nurse Assistant, we were taught that before you use your stethescope, to wipe the ear pieces and the bell with an alcohol wipe. This doesn't damage the plastic parts and kills any bacteria that may exist on it and prevent you from transporting it to another patient.
I think using an alcohol wipe on a cell phone would be just effective and prevent the nosocomial infections they are worried about.
Nurses, Aides and doctors aren't stupid. They know quite a lot about bacterial contamination and how to prevent it. I assume this study was meant for the hospital staff information only, not the general public to gawk at.
I've often thought about how well these simulators work. My guess is not as well as they should. I'm thinking of a video I've seen where a Boeing Jet was involved in a large scale crash test in the desert.
The documentary that I've seen says that the plane was supposed to land correctly (without landing gear) and simulate a crashlanding without landing gear. At the last moment before landing, the plane makes a large move sideways and the pilot attempts to correct it and the plane ends up skidding down the runway sideways, completely changing the results of their crash test.
The pilot was in a replica of the cockpit many miles away, flying the plane by way of a simulator.
My question has always been.. How could the pilot have screwed that up? Landing is something they know how to do. I doubt this pilot was a rookie. It was the simulator that was different. It wasn't the real plane, so it behaved differently.
I wouldn't want to train a surgeon using one of these devices. I'd rather the surgeon learn of real cadavers like all other doctors. A simulator is not going to produce the accurate feel needed to learn the motions.
A black hole has the sound of something sucking...
Any corporation who funds an entire new school, or part of a public school is not a good idea. I would say it is ok to have a company DONATE money or resources to a public entity, but not to let them have any influence on the desicions that are made at the institution.
Microsoft has a record of using 'donations' and grants to its complete benefit, not the benefit of the people they are donating to. Microsoft is different than other companies in that it does it so blatently.
I think the reason why some things never materialize and why some catastrophes never happen is because we can somewhat predict that they will.
I will take the point of cataclysmic events happening to the earth at the fault of humans. That one will obviously not happen. If we know it's going to happen, we're not going to let it get to the point of catastrophe. If it gets to that point, then we're certainly going to try to fix it.
Things can happen unexpectedly, and those are the ones that do the most damage. If we know that the earth is warming because of something were doing, were going to do something about it. Asteroids and plague are the two most likely to harm us.
With anything, if you expect the worst, then the worst is least likely to happen. Especially if you can prepare for it, or know you are causing it happen and can therefore stop doing it.
As for videophones, moving sidewalks, etc... I dont think anyone has a need for those things. They've been invented, and tested, and they work just fine. But no one wants them so bad as to create a market for them.
I must say, the card was not designed to be a reference for expert C++ programmers. It was written as an aide for someone learning C++. College students, and programmers who are learning C++ for the first time are the people who will get the most use out of this card.
My guess is that if someone can identify that an example is less than optimal, than they dont need this card.
I've managed to cram a lot of information onto this card, more than is taught in some college programming courses. If I were to add more information, the card might become... two sheets. Which would defeat the purpose of a single sheet reference card.
Also, I do welcome any input about the card and any way that I can improve it. Thank you for your comments, they will be helpful in improving the card.
I also recommend a reference card to help people learn C++. When programming in a new language, it is helpful to be able to look up syntax quickly.
This is a plug for the card, but you can download a PDF of the card for free.
It bothers me that it has come to point where people can't accept getting old, that they have to change that.
It started with eyeglasses; people who couldn't see wore glasses. Then it was medicine; drugs that can cure diseases and prevent infection. Then it was implants, pacemakers, replacement joints; so people could walk again. None of these things changed the physical appearance of a person.
This device is noticeable, its visible, it's a replacement for a very large part of someone's body. It's not a small thing, like a hearing aid, it replaces the full functionality of a person's legs.
My original point about thinking it's a bad idea is because of one saying: You can't be truly happy unless you are happy with yourself. I think thats very true with this device, if someone feels they need this device to help them walk up and down stairs, then they wont be happy after they got it. If they weren't happy in their original state, they wont be happy in their new one. In my opinion, this device propagates the inability of people to accept who they are. And that is why I think this is a bad idea.
Am I the only one who thinks this is a bad idea? There comes a point when you can augment the human body so much. Especially when you augment it to the point of replacing it entirely. For people who actually have a sense of self worth, I for one, would be devestated to see that someone wanted to replace my body with a machine.
When I become old and frail, I hope I can live with the dignity that all people should have at some point in their lives. Especially when they are getting old.
I think it would suck to live for 300 years. The way my brain works, I get bored by reading Slashdot for more than 30 minutes. Imagine trying to pay attention for a few hundred years!
Also, I think people would tend to get depressed and more psychotic as they got older and older. Nothing would be familiar to them, and if their brain was wired in such a way that change was a negative thing, they certainly wouldn't do well with 300 years of change.
Interesting use of the word vaccine. It seems that it actually helps stop the development of aquired immunodeficiency syndrome, but AIDS is not a virus.
HIV is the virus, but the 'vaccine' does not prevent HIV infection, it helps stop the effects of the HIV. I think they mean it's a vaccine in the sense that it can prevent AIDS.
An HIV infected person will still have HIV and can still transmit it to other people, even if they have had this vaccine.
This reminds me of the glamorous lifestyle that so many people 'enjoyed' in the late 1990s. It sounds as though he is simply piecing together most of his life in a way that respresents success. I wouldn't see it that way. It seems he knows how to talk to people, not engineer things. The way this person writes tells me that he doesn't know much more about computers than his 'clients'. He is simply a person who enjoys talking with people, and is relatively intelligent so he can learn the things his clients dont bother to read about.
I dont think this person describes most of the people who regularly read slashdot, the scientists, engineers and people who like to solve problems and learn technical things. He is more describing the ideal world than something that can actually be attained. And, this is something that very few people can actually do to make a living.
Woooooooooo! they've been slashdotted..
;)
Anybody mirror the site yet?
Mirror their site? Absolutely not. If they can't keep their own webserver running, I dont think anyone should help them get their message out. After all, their message is to not share information
...it also has a string type ( GString, ) which handles a lot of the string issues...
G-String?? Could they have come up with a different name for that type of string? Issues like butt-flossing and the like..
The number of support and service jobs related to the robots will dwindle as the need for certain jobs changes too fast for people too adapt. People will not be able to adapt to the changes quickly enough for the holes to be filled up.
Unemployment will be a big problem. But the employment is based on one thing: Consumption.
The economy must change to support the consumption. If the rate of consumption drops, the economy stops. No jobs, no consumption, no economy. How long can the consumption continue before the worker can no longer keep up? I do not know, but I do not think the current economy can continue with the ridiculous rate of consumption keeping it alive at all.
It's like an addiction. The more consumption, the more growth in the economy, and it continues. However, if you pull the plug, or even slow it down, the whole thing collapses. With nothing to fall back on.
What kind of office do you work in where you drink beer all day? How about... you put down the beer, and continue to exercise?
Using or allowing to happen? I'm sure the reason that the FBI (or whoever) did nothing to stop the 9/11 incident was because it was considered useful to furthering exactly the sorts of laws which are now being introduced.
Thats exactly right. I'd hate to say it, and it is extremely conspiracy theorist. But something hasn't smelled right in the last two years with the actions taken by the US government. If we were trying to protect ourselves, I dont think the path we've been taking would be the best path to do that. I'm not saying anything in particular, but something doesn't seem right.
How would you not tie it to 9/11? When you want total control, you will do anything to achieve it. Even using a tragic event as a means to what you want.
We have one of those Tektronix Phaser 860's in our office. While it is quick and has been going for over a year without any major problems, I still liked the HP color laserjet that we had at my last job.
It does take the ink sticks, but you can't turn off the printer, or else the ink dries and you loose a whole bunch of ink. The thing i dont like about it is that you must turn up the print resolution each time you want to print a photograph, and the print quality for photos is not that good.
me too, but I haven't gotten the check yet...
This is most likely a new world order. although I wouldn't call it a 'new world order', it certainly will change things. Here's why:
Programming is a skill used by people to generate applications/programs that companies use, and that companies sell. It costs money to employ someone as a programmer to produce these programs. Up until this point, it did not make economic sense to hire people in places other than where you were selling the product. Usually because there were not enough skilled people available outside of the US and europe who could program.
Now there are many other places where people exist who know how to program and who will do it for less than people here in the US. The fact that the programmer is not geographically close to the company does not matter anymore with the advent of the internet. I think this trend will continue because it is so similar to how other industries were lost in the US.
The only two reasons a company in the US will hire someone in the US a) the company cannot get the product cheaper with an employee working in another country b) there are no workers with the necessary skills outside the US
Textiles, auto manufacturing, and steel mills were successful in the US until it became cheap enough to ship the products from another country to the US. This became reality when US companies could find cheaper labor overseas. The worker and the company no longer needed to be near each other, because the link between them (shipping, communication) was cheaper than hiring someone locally.
This same thing is happening with software. It is now affordable to hire someone who doesn't live near the company. And there is an abundant supply of skilled workers who will work for less than americans.
This scenario is not much different than what happened with US manufacturing jobs starting in the 1980s. I predict the IT world will have a similar outcome.
Captor: "We have vays of dealing vit you... If you will not tell us the password to your system, vee will find vays of making you laugh... Ha Ha Ha!"
Captee: "Uh Oh... I jush had a toof filled, I can't laff."
Captor: "Bring in the Tickle Bear!"
Chimps are genetically similar to humans indeed... Thankfuly chimpanzees do not drive. Otherwise they'd have no idea how to get where they were going, would not stop for directions, and would be weaving all over the road with their left blinker on.