But causation does imply corrrelation. Anyhow - don't dismiss this work because of the design. It provides a clue to something that might have great bearing on a rather nasty condition. With this epidemiological data in hand, scientists can now look at devising better designed more expensive research that will determine the relationship, if any, such as the one you propose.
NASA bore the initial development costs that would have been prohibitive for a commercial organisation setting out to put people in space. That work is done, and now commercial entities should rightly take the lead. I would guess that with the right conditions we can potentially go further, faster now than NASA ever could. Sure, the shuttles were important, but they were outdated the day of their first launch. It is time to move on.
I would imagine most 13 year olds are more up to speed with the dangers of malware, etc., than most people over 40. As for other risks - certainly predators might be drawn to such places, but I would imagine that most 13 year olds would give these relatively ancient guys serious abuse - it's the 13 year old depressive loners who are looking for attention who are most vulnerable and those vulnerabilities will be rooted in their life away from Facebook, not due to Facebook. Moreover, abusers are almost always known to kids, a family member, etc.. What would be nice, however, is if Facebook did a little more for kids who are looking for help. There are unique opportunities for kids to find help when they might never have bothered.
While I am all in favour of a decent bit of brain research, I'm kind of left wodering what the use of this work is. It niether seems to offer any great theoretical insight and nor does it seem to have practical application. Unless we are about to start shaving off a bit of gray matter from those who... oh look at that over...
But are more and more monitors the likely path gaming will follow? I just think a decent projector and screen might offer a more emersive experience. Particularly with prices and the size of projectors falling.
I received an email yesterday evening from Sony (presumably) to say that all the info I had given them might have been accessed. Funny thing is, although I have a PS3 I've never signed up to PSN, and would certainly not have provided the email address that I received the email on. I have, however, given sony my details when registering Sony products, warranties and so on. So I'm thinking that either that email from Sony was a scam, but there was no real scam element to it, or there is something a lot more serious going on. Maybe I'm paranoid.
Our money-obsessed, money-worshiping society is sick.
Just wondering - what do you think would make a good alternative? That next time I want to fill up my car with gas that I take a sheep into the station? The people who create goods should expect to feed their families, this isn't the result of a "money-obsessed, money-worshiping society". Many many people improve our lives by donating their time for free, for sure. But at the end of the day, everyone needs to eat and if people see others enjoying their hard work and at the same time are unable to sustain themselves then we'll start to see those who have dedicated their lives to something become disenfranchised and move on. Then we all lose.
A book publisher recently discovered that piracy sells books! It takes a few weeks for a newly published book to hit the internet, so he commissioned a study to find out how much the piracy was hurting sales. He was amazed when the results came back -- rather than the expected drop in sales, there was a sales spike.
Reference? Anyhow, the danger is that "free" is becoming normalised to such an extent that a lot of people expect that all future books, films, music, etc., will also be freely available. And that is unsustainable. I respect your view, but I cannot agree with it.
This might be interpreted as a serious attempt to undermine New Zealand's democratic processes by a foreign power. While I think people should be expected to pay for what they use, my feelings are that it is a broken business model that encourages most people to download and that this incessant criminisation of mostly young internet users can only lead to alienation and profound long-term problems. The creative minds that produce the output should be perhaps given more room to develop novel ways to distribute output rather than leaving everything to a bunch of accountants and lawyers who are just nasty.
Isn't this the same as asking whether short scruffy videos on You Tube are going to usurp Blockbuster films? I think the only threat would be if smart phone games could be developed so that the game arena was the real world and the phone was some mission interface. That would be neat - best it isn't a FPS though...
Living round the corner from Sarah Jane's house it feels like we've lost a mildly eccentric neighbour - there's always a buzz when they film here, particularly so for the local children. I feel Elisabeth Sladen created an engaging character that went beyond the Dr Who franchise - that dotty sixty something year old women had a lot of fun and life in them, unusual for what is still a very male dominated genre.
That was a very nice demonstration and well done to Zdenek Kalal. That said, there's a bunch of trackers out there and what I find is that none of them do well in a noisey environment where there's a bunch of similar items. Security cameras have to work in the rain, snow, fog, low light conditions. So Zdenek, if you are listening, how real-word can you go with this?
Their parents' generation is addicted to their cars, while their grandparents' generation is addicted to their newspapers.
Not really. Certainly there is some reward from reading a paper, driving a car, and so on. And (many) thoeries of addiction see immediate rewards as key to addiction. Where they differ is in frequency. Receiving a text message from a friend is mostly a positive experience - that little ping indicates someone somewhere thinks you are relevant. That is very slightly rewarding, just like cars and newspapers. However, the issue with sms is that it can be a very high frequency activity. Small, regular high frequency rewards are some of the ways to nurture addiction. A bit like slot machines, those that are most effective appear to be those that give a little prize often. So what we end up with, with sms, is clusters of people supporting each others addiction. My prediction is that buffering messages and delivering them in one go might reduce frequency and therefore reduce addiction.
Actually, I'm confused... The algorithm is to predict costly hospitalisations? Surely there are some diseases where hospitalisation is the best way of reducing premature death (heart bypass?) In this case, would the algorithm be expected to leave these guys alone as they are more likely to suffer death than hospitalisation? And... surely the BEST way of improving health (if this is what they are really interested in) is to get people when they are young and steering them away from unhealthy lifestyles (alcohol, tobacco, drugs, etc.)? Furthermore, surely age is the biggest predictor of hospitalisation, not neccessarily because they are more likely to contract disease but because they are more vulnerable. Would the model be expected to discount age? There sure seems to be a striking lack of clarity here, that or I should read TFA...
So there I was, walking down the street minding my own business... when a van screeches to halt in front of me. Five (5!) scantily clad nurses throw me to the ground and give me the kiss of life. Who knew I was about to be run over?
Results across five consecutive days demonstrate that a neural interface system based on an intracortical microelectrode array can provide repeatable, accurate point-and-click control of a computer interface to an individual with tetraplegia 1000 days after implantation of this sensor.
This seems pretty impressive, but what the article does not seem to cover is quality of life issues such devises might impact on. I would imagine the improvement in quality of life to someone with tetraplegia could be huge.
I like to fiddle with computers as much as anyone else, but oddly enjoy having an iPhone that just does and is locked down. So perhaps the way forward is to ship products that are, by default, locked up tighter than an iPhone but with the option to incrementally relax restrictions. This way the average user who couldn't care less about what is going on under the hood and is susceptible to drive-by attacks is fairly safe. But then those who would like to fiddle and are probably a lot more security conscious have the freedom they need. I also think that continual updates don't help much. The average user does just want a machine that they can use to browse the internet, type the odd letter, and so on. Continually pushing new versions of this and that gets them into the habit of updating and installing stuff they don't understand. It might be better to encourage these people to take their machine in for a regular service to someone who knows what they are doing, same as a car.
I wonder how far this will go - would it stop Facebook from having some sort of User License Agreement whereby users can only get on Facebook if they allow all their info to be sold on?
As a species we are always pushing boundaries and technology is a manifestation of that urge. Certainly it means humdrum occupations requiring some skill and education become less relevant. But to suggest tech replaces people is fallacious. It is merely a platform upon which we can develop further.
I just bought a new 42" flat screen -- from LG. Shame, I liked the Sony. Although the LG does say it can play divx from a usb memory stick, which is neat...
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I would say defining FTP is just being polite - anyone can come here and browse, some might even want to stay a little while. What's the problem?
But causation does imply corrrelation. Anyhow - don't dismiss this work because of the design. It provides a clue to something that might have great bearing on a rather nasty condition. With this epidemiological data in hand, scientists can now look at devising better designed more expensive research that will determine the relationship, if any, such as the one you propose.
NASA bore the initial development costs that would have been prohibitive for a commercial organisation setting out to put people in space. That work is done, and now commercial entities should rightly take the lead. I would guess that with the right conditions we can potentially go further, faster now than NASA ever could. Sure, the shuttles were important, but they were outdated the day of their first launch. It is time to move on.
Same problem here - but FF3.6 and Win7
I would imagine most 13 year olds are more up to speed with the dangers of malware, etc., than most people over 40. As for other risks - certainly predators might be drawn to such places, but I would imagine that most 13 year olds would give these relatively ancient guys serious abuse - it's the 13 year old depressive loners who are looking for attention who are most vulnerable and those vulnerabilities will be rooted in their life away from Facebook, not due to Facebook. Moreover, abusers are almost always known to kids, a family member, etc.. What would be nice, however, is if Facebook did a little more for kids who are looking for help. There are unique opportunities for kids to find help when they might never have bothered.
While I am all in favour of a decent bit of brain research, I'm kind of left wodering what the use of this work is. It niether seems to offer any great theoretical insight and nor does it seem to have practical application. Unless we are about to start shaving off a bit of gray matter from those who... oh look at that over...
How about a big projector with a Kinect-like UI?
But are more and more monitors the likely path gaming will follow? I just think a decent projector and screen might offer a more emersive experience. Particularly with prices and the size of projectors falling.
My favourite was the commented posted (I think first on Reddit, but then circulated on Twitter) "At least they let him see the Royal Wedding".
I received an email yesterday evening from Sony (presumably) to say that all the info I had given them might have been accessed. Funny thing is, although I have a PS3 I've never signed up to PSN, and would certainly not have provided the email address that I received the email on. I have, however, given sony my details when registering Sony products, warranties and so on. So I'm thinking that either that email from Sony was a scam, but there was no real scam element to it, or there is something a lot more serious going on. Maybe I'm paranoid.
Our money-obsessed, money-worshiping society is sick.
Just wondering - what do you think would make a good alternative? That next time I want to fill up my car with gas that I take a sheep into the station? The people who create goods should expect to feed their families, this isn't the result of a "money-obsessed, money-worshiping society". Many many people improve our lives by donating their time for free, for sure. But at the end of the day, everyone needs to eat and if people see others enjoying their hard work and at the same time are unable to sustain themselves then we'll start to see those who have dedicated their lives to something become disenfranchised and move on. Then we all lose.
A book publisher recently discovered that piracy sells books! It takes a few weeks for a newly published book to hit the internet, so he commissioned a study to find out how much the piracy was hurting sales. He was amazed when the results came back -- rather than the expected drop in sales, there was a sales spike.
Reference? Anyhow, the danger is that "free" is becoming normalised to such an extent that a lot of people expect that all future books, films, music, etc., will also be freely available. And that is unsustainable. I respect your view, but I cannot agree with it.
This might be interpreted as a serious attempt to undermine New Zealand's democratic processes by a foreign power. While I think people should be expected to pay for what they use, my feelings are that it is a broken business model that encourages most people to download and that this incessant criminisation of mostly young internet users can only lead to alienation and profound long-term problems. The creative minds that produce the output should be perhaps given more room to develop novel ways to distribute output rather than leaving everything to a bunch of accountants and lawyers who are just nasty.
Isn't this the same as asking whether short scruffy videos on You Tube are going to usurp Blockbuster films? I think the only threat would be if smart phone games could be developed so that the game arena was the real world and the phone was some mission interface. That would be neat - best it isn't a FPS though...
Living round the corner from Sarah Jane's house it feels like we've lost a mildly eccentric neighbour - there's always a buzz when they film here, particularly so for the local children. I feel Elisabeth Sladen created an engaging character that went beyond the Dr Who franchise - that dotty sixty something year old women had a lot of fun and life in them, unusual for what is still a very male dominated genre.
That was a very nice demonstration and well done to Zdenek Kalal. That said, there's a bunch of trackers out there and what I find is that none of them do well in a noisey environment where there's a bunch of similar items. Security cameras have to work in the rain, snow, fog, low light conditions. So Zdenek, if you are listening, how real-word can you go with this?
Their parents' generation is addicted to their cars, while their grandparents' generation is addicted to their newspapers.
Not really. Certainly there is some reward from reading a paper, driving a car, and so on. And (many) thoeries of addiction see immediate rewards as key to addiction. Where they differ is in frequency. Receiving a text message from a friend is mostly a positive experience - that little ping indicates someone somewhere thinks you are relevant. That is very slightly rewarding, just like cars and newspapers. However, the issue with sms is that it can be a very high frequency activity. Small, regular high frequency rewards are some of the ways to nurture addiction. A bit like slot machines, those that are most effective appear to be those that give a little prize often. So what we end up with, with sms, is clusters of people supporting each others addiction. My prediction is that buffering messages and delivering them in one go might reduce frequency and therefore reduce addiction.
Actually, I'm confused... The algorithm is to predict costly hospitalisations? Surely there are some diseases where hospitalisation is the best way of reducing premature death (heart bypass?) In this case, would the algorithm be expected to leave these guys alone as they are more likely to suffer death than hospitalisation? And... surely the BEST way of improving health (if this is what they are really interested in) is to get people when they are young and steering them away from unhealthy lifestyles (alcohol, tobacco, drugs, etc.)? Furthermore, surely age is the biggest predictor of hospitalisation, not neccessarily because they are more likely to contract disease but because they are more vulnerable. Would the model be expected to discount age? There sure seems to be a striking lack of clarity here, that or I should read TFA...
So there I was, walking down the street minding my own business... when a van screeches to halt in front of me. Five (5!) scantily clad nurses throw me to the ground and give me the kiss of life. Who knew I was about to be run over?
smoking is being phased out... it's a dying habit
I don't think so this time. This is a reasonably well written formal paper sent for peer review. It is also quite nice to see this published openly.
From the article:
Results across five consecutive days demonstrate that a neural interface system based on an intracortical microelectrode array can provide repeatable, accurate point-and-click control of a computer interface to an individual with tetraplegia 1000 days after implantation of this sensor.
This seems pretty impressive, but what the article does not seem to cover is quality of life issues such devises might impact on. I would imagine the improvement in quality of life to someone with tetraplegia could be huge.
I like to fiddle with computers as much as anyone else, but oddly enjoy having an iPhone that just does and is locked down. So perhaps the way forward is to ship products that are, by default, locked up tighter than an iPhone but with the option to incrementally relax restrictions. This way the average user who couldn't care less about what is going on under the hood and is susceptible to drive-by attacks is fairly safe. But then those who would like to fiddle and are probably a lot more security conscious have the freedom they need. I also think that continual updates don't help much. The average user does just want a machine that they can use to browse the internet, type the odd letter, and so on. Continually pushing new versions of this and that gets them into the habit of updating and installing stuff they don't understand. It might be better to encourage these people to take their machine in for a regular service to someone who knows what they are doing, same as a car.
I wonder how far this will go - would it stop Facebook from having some sort of User License Agreement whereby users can only get on Facebook if they allow all their info to be sold on?
As a species we are always pushing boundaries and technology is a manifestation of that urge. Certainly it means humdrum occupations requiring some skill and education become less relevant. But to suggest tech replaces people is fallacious. It is merely a platform upon which we can develop further.
I just bought a new 42" flat screen -- from LG. Shame, I liked the Sony. Although the LG does say it can play divx from a usb memory stick, which is neat...