C'mon... Offtopic? This is about as on-topic as you can get!
In an article talking about image-based journalism, any discussion not including ascii-based images and how we might implement such stories on Slashdot just isn't going far enough.
Mostly the people doing this for $75 don't have to publish to the media and the journals to keep their funding coming:) Time to go home and play table tennis with my robot. . . . . . I joke. Just think about how much it costs to build a human who can do these things? It takes an expensive year or so of constant biofeedback, fueling, and training for people to accomplish these tasks, and they already have all the required actuators and sensors.
Pictures can convey some things better than text, but I think cartoon journalism would only provide superficial news and miss detailed information. Hmm, so what does that say about TV journalism? And another thought. Journalists can type, but how many of them can draw?
On the other hand, how many artists can't write, but would love to be journalists? This could open a whole new medium for journalism!
I also want my cornflakes to be blended - I don't have time to chew - then shot into my mouth.
Because obviously that's better.
Personally, the powdered stuff that settles to the bottom of the packet is my favorite part of Corn Flakes.
This may be true, but remember the density we're talking about here... you're likely going to be getting a teaspoonfull of that powder a day as your "cereal". Hardly enough food fast enough to be nourishing.
That said, the right picture *is* worth 1,000 words -- it just has to be the _right_ picture. Others are worth 3 words or less.
Don't worry... the voices weren't silenced; they just were required to switch to another communications mechanism. Grum's gone, but the people using it are still around, and sending their spam via other means. You will still get your links to HGH pills, botnet infectors and fake AV software.
You also need to have regular screenings so that you can see how it is changing people over time... and pull the plug on them sooner rather than later. I see the scenario as being more one of: contract for 1 year; screen at hiring, at start of job, after 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year. If at any point, their psych profile shifts in a statistically meaningful way, pull them off frontline work and get them doing any of the other jobs required in that department, at least until their profile stabilizes again. Give them the one session of counselling at that point, and don't on-board them at the end of the year, unless it's for something else.
Of course, someone's going to get stuck looking at this stuff if they're pulled off the job. That person should go through the same process, even if they're a salaried employee and a manager.
Well, on the "positive" side, the screener doesn't have to sit through every single video/examine every single image and website. They don't have to write a critique of each movie; they just have to see enough on their screen with enough evidence (often this doesn't even involve images) to decide whether the content is safe, moderate, or objectionable. I't still be a horrible job and should come with some counselling, beyond what he was given: an assessment at the end of his contract and one free counselling session. But even his anecdotal evidence regarding his friend in youtube "watching it all" and "losing his life for a year" is not quite right.
The article seems to be more about people not being hired on full-time after spending a year on contract and being assessed, more than it is about the lack of support. I'd assume that the session after a year concluded that he was not a suitable person to be doing this job full-time. Why this assessment wasn't done after three months is the real question that should be asked here... not hiring someone full-time off a one year trial contract shouldn't be.
Maybe colleges need to have required courses for graduating students regarding contract work and workplace environments. I can see myself falling into the same trap, but this is the sort of thing that HE could have fixed much earlier by asking his supervisor a few questions. Of course, desensitization sneaks up on you, so his supervisor has a few things to answer for too, as does the policy board.
It also gives you "defaults write" -- there's often lots you can do under the hood.
Then again, Gnome 3 gives you a lot of that too. The problem is that the customization (in both cases) often takes more work than it's worth, and there's a limited amount of expertise that knows how to do it in the first place.
eBook readers are generally lighter and easier to hold for long stretches with one hand on the corner, or propped up against something. They are generally great for reading anywhere you'd normally read a paperback book.
However, tablets are backlit. This means you can read in low light situations, and for coloured diagrams, they are significantly superior. They also have the added advantage of being an email client and a decent web browser, as well as being able to run custom reference apps (which the submitter commented on). The downside is that they're bulkier and harder to hold, and cost signficantly more.
Me, I started reading on a Palm Pilot, and after my Palm TX, ended up switching to an iPod Touch for my eBook reading -- small enough to slip into a pocket, holds tons of books, and can do other things as well. I usually read in black-on-white mode, with the white being blue-tinted and the black being black. There are lots of arguments that this is harder on your eyes, but I think most of those studies were done on printed text, not backlit text with a glossy polarized surface in front.
My best suggestion? Try a few out in store, and see which one fits your reading methods/habits/subjects the best.
Motorola HAD patents on all that stuff... 20 years ago. Patents, unlike copyright, still have somewhat sane expiry dates however. All Motorola has now is derivative patents, on the interaction of general purpose computing devices with GSM networks for the purpose of transferring data over a pooled network, or on the integration of WiFi and cellular antennas in the same device with software that can intelligently switch to the appropriate carrier.
Still stuff that Apple infringes on, but most of it wouldn't stand up in court, and the stuff that does is easily worked around by just creating a different implementation.
Apple, however, tends to patent stuff that's difficult to work around, like design patents. This could indeed be interesting.
I think it's already been pretty well discussed earlier in the thread, but extradition from the UK involves a lot of red tape and a lot of conditions as to the treatment of the prisoner.
Sweden and the US have what is essentially a "borrowing" clause that sidesteps extradition completely and lets the US temporarily take custody of Swedish prisoners with very minimal oversight.
Rhetorical question: do they have to interview murder suspects before filing charges?
You may have intended it to be rhetorical, but yes, they do.
In Sweden, the police cannot just read someone their rights and lock them up indefinitely... they can hold them for questioning, after which they are required to either release them or arrest them. Being held for questioning does not go on the record, as you could be held for questioning for any number of reasons... one of which being suspected of committing a crime.
Truly, this is an actual demonstration of "innocent until proven guilty". People suspected of murder are innocent of murder until it is proved -- and in Sweden, they are treated like innocent people until there is some proof to do elsewise.
You're wrong. Articles about the cables like this one appeared months before the women even talked to the police. The three months after was just when they started releasing the cables.
How does this refute "I find the timing of the sex charges too coincidental to pass the smell test?" He didn't piss people off by acquiring the cables; he pissed people off by releasing them to the public.
AFAIK, espionage is a "red handed" diplomatic crime. That is, you need to catch them at it on your soil, or else apply pressure through diplomatic means to have the individual moved on to your soil for trial.
Which, of course, is exactly what we're talking about here. Assange was never on US soil, so the US went with option 2 -- and has so far failed.
Present a "Convert to LaTex" button for every PDF file their search result indexes and do the same for Word docs and ODF. Instead of "view as html", use "view as LaTex" and "view as ODF".
Anybody who wants to view PDF and Word Docs natively would then have to download and open the file up in the viewer manually.
Converting PDF to LaTeX would be like convering Java bytecode to Java source... sure, it's possible, but editing it isn't going to be very pretty and the output's going to be really bloated....
Point well made - something I wish more utilities would do. I would rather have a stable and secure PDF tool than a feature rich one constantly needs updated and patched.
So use Ghostscript. Unless you're actually using the bloatware features, there's no reason to use Adobe Reader. OS X has Preview, Windows has Foxit Reader, and everyone has Ghostscript. None of them are as good at *creating* PDFs as Acrobat, but they're all better than Reader at reading them without destroying your security model and eating up resources.
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C'mon... Offtopic? This is about as on-topic as you can get!
In an article talking about image-based journalism, any discussion not including ascii-based images and how we might implement such stories on Slashdot just isn't going far enough.
Which of my identities are you suggesting should go camping?
Can the othes carry on as usual?
Really... disinformation is the name of the game. I'd rather stay where I am and let the guys following me go camping.
(of course, this could be disinformation itself....)
...-- it just has to be the _right_ picture. Others are worth 3 words or less.
I never said all pictures are worth 1,000 words each. As your post just signified, sometimes even writing fails.
Mostly the people doing this for $75 don't have to publish to the media and the journals to keep their funding coming :)
Time to go home and play table tennis with my robot.
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I joke. Just think about how much it costs to build a human who can do these things? It takes an expensive year or so of constant biofeedback, fueling, and training for people to accomplish these tasks, and they already have all the required actuators and sensors.
Pictures can convey some things better than text, but I think cartoon journalism would only provide superficial news and miss detailed information. Hmm, so what does that say about TV journalism? And another thought. Journalists can type, but how many of them can draw?
On the other hand, how many artists can't write, but would love to be journalists? This could open a whole new medium for journalism!
Next up: olafactory journalism.
I also want my cornflakes to be blended - I don't have time to chew - then shot into my mouth.
Because obviously that's better.
Personally, the powdered stuff that settles to the bottom of the packet is my favorite part of Corn Flakes.
This may be true, but remember the density we're talking about here... you're likely going to be getting a teaspoonfull of that powder a day as your "cereal". Hardly enough food fast enough to be nourishing.
That said, the right picture *is* worth 1,000 words -- it just has to be the _right_ picture. Others are worth 3 words or less.
So, why read a cartoon version when you can just watch the news? I really don't see what this is trying to accomplish that video won't.
Why read manga when you can just sit back and watch anime? I really don't see what manga us trying to accomplish that anime doesn't.
I couldn't agree more ;)
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Why don't we just replace slashdot articles with ascii art?
Of course, we'll need to modify the junk character filter for this to work....
Don't worry... the voices weren't silenced; they just were required to switch to another communications mechanism. Grum's gone, but the people using it are still around, and sending their spam via other means. You will still get your links to HGH pills, botnet infectors and fake AV software.
You also need to have regular screenings so that you can see how it is changing people over time... and pull the plug on them sooner rather than later. I see the scenario as being more one of: contract for 1 year; screen at hiring, at start of job, after 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year. If at any point, their psych profile shifts in a statistically meaningful way, pull them off frontline work and get them doing any of the other jobs required in that department, at least until their profile stabilizes again. Give them the one session of counselling at that point, and don't on-board them at the end of the year, unless it's for something else.
Of course, someone's going to get stuck looking at this stuff if they're pulled off the job. That person should go through the same process, even if they're a salaried employee and a manager.
Well, on the "positive" side, the screener doesn't have to sit through every single video/examine every single image and website. They don't have to write a critique of each movie; they just have to see enough on their screen with enough evidence (often this doesn't even involve images) to decide whether the content is safe, moderate, or objectionable. I't still be a horrible job and should come with some counselling, beyond what he was given: an assessment at the end of his contract and one free counselling session. But even his anecdotal evidence regarding his friend in youtube "watching it all" and "losing his life for a year" is not quite right.
The article seems to be more about people not being hired on full-time after spending a year on contract and being assessed, more than it is about the lack of support. I'd assume that the session after a year concluded that he was not a suitable person to be doing this job full-time. Why this assessment wasn't done after three months is the real question that should be asked here... not hiring someone full-time off a one year trial contract shouldn't be.
Maybe colleges need to have required courses for graduating students regarding contract work and workplace environments. I can see myself falling into the same trap, but this is the sort of thing that HE could have fixed much earlier by asking his supervisor a few questions. Of course, desensitization sneaks up on you, so his supervisor has a few things to answer for too, as does the policy board.
How's the battery life? It seems to me that a sidelit eInk reader would have the negatives of both e-Readers and tablets....
It also gives you "defaults write" -- there's often lots you can do under the hood.
Then again, Gnome 3 gives you a lot of that too. The problem is that the customization (in both cases) often takes more work than it's worth, and there's a limited amount of expertise that knows how to do it in the first place.
eBook readers are generally lighter and easier to hold for long stretches with one hand on the corner, or propped up against something. They are generally great for reading anywhere you'd normally read a paperback book.
However, tablets are backlit. This means you can read in low light situations, and for coloured diagrams, they are significantly superior. They also have the added advantage of being an email client and a decent web browser, as well as being able to run custom reference apps (which the submitter commented on). The downside is that they're bulkier and harder to hold, and cost signficantly more.
Me, I started reading on a Palm Pilot, and after my Palm TX, ended up switching to an iPod Touch for my eBook reading -- small enough to slip into a pocket, holds tons of books, and can do other things as well. I usually read in black-on-white mode, with the white being blue-tinted and the black being black. There are lots of arguments that this is harder on your eyes, but I think most of those studies were done on printed text, not backlit text with a glossy polarized surface in front.
My best suggestion? Try a few out in store, and see which one fits your reading methods/habits/subjects the best.
Under what kind of messed up logic must everyone's moral code be logically consistent with an arbitrarily selected book?
Finally... the thread has come full circle to talking about corporate patent abuse....
Motorola HAD patents on all that stuff... 20 years ago. Patents, unlike copyright, still have somewhat sane expiry dates however. All Motorola has now is derivative patents, on the interaction of general purpose computing devices with GSM networks for the purpose of transferring data over a pooled network, or on the integration of WiFi and cellular antennas in the same device with software that can intelligently switch to the appropriate carrier.
Still stuff that Apple infringes on, but most of it wouldn't stand up in court, and the stuff that does is easily worked around by just creating a different implementation.
Apple, however, tends to patent stuff that's difficult to work around, like design patents. This could indeed be interesting.
I think it's already been pretty well discussed earlier in the thread, but extradition from the UK involves a lot of red tape and a lot of conditions as to the treatment of the prisoner.
Sweden and the US have what is essentially a "borrowing" clause that sidesteps extradition completely and lets the US temporarily take custody of Swedish prisoners with very minimal oversight.
Rhetorical question: do they have to interview murder suspects before filing charges?
You may have intended it to be rhetorical, but yes, they do.
In Sweden, the police cannot just read someone their rights and lock them up indefinitely... they can hold them for questioning, after which they are required to either release them or arrest them. Being held for questioning does not go on the record, as you could be held for questioning for any number of reasons... one of which being suspected of committing a crime.
Truly, this is an actual demonstration of "innocent until proven guilty". People suspected of murder are innocent of murder until it is proved -- and in Sweden, they are treated like innocent people until there is some proof to do elsewise.
You're wrong. Articles about the cables like this one appeared months before the women even talked to the police. The three months after was just when they started releasing the cables.
How does this refute "I find the timing of the sex charges too coincidental to pass the smell test?"
He didn't piss people off by acquiring the cables; he pissed people off by releasing them to the public.
AFAIK, espionage is a "red handed" diplomatic crime. That is, you need to catch them at it on your soil, or else apply pressure through diplomatic means to have the individual moved on to your soil for trial.
Which, of course, is exactly what we're talking about here. Assange was never on US soil, so the US went with option 2 -- and has so far failed.
Shouldn't I be under extradition to Thailand or Saudi Arabia right now? If not, why not, and why doesn't the same reason apply to Assange?
The answer, as you know, is obvious:
The US has a bigger army and more economic clout.
The US appears to be treating him as an enemy combatant... still wouldn't be eligible as he's not US military ;)
Present a "Convert to LaTex" button for every PDF file their search result indexes and do the same for Word docs and ODF. Instead of "view as html", use "view as LaTex" and "view as ODF".
Anybody who wants to view PDF and Word Docs natively would then have to download and open the file up in the viewer manually.
Converting PDF to LaTeX would be like convering Java bytecode to Java source... sure, it's possible, but editing it isn't going to be very pretty and the output's going to be really bloated....
Exactly!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software
I mean, there's even a Wikipedia page on it. Adobe's just done an excellent marketing job, and gets their reader bundled with EVERYTHING.
Point well made - something I wish more utilities would do. I would rather have a stable and secure PDF tool than a feature rich one constantly needs updated and patched.
So use Ghostscript. Unless you're actually using the bloatware features, there's no reason to use Adobe Reader. OS X has Preview, Windows has Foxit Reader, and everyone has Ghostscript. None of them are as good at *creating* PDFs as Acrobat, but they're all better than Reader at reading them without destroying your security model and eating up resources.