I have emphasized the importance of removing distractions that cause balking from cattle handling facilities.
How has technology been employed to automatically detect and either alert or mitigate potential distraction situations? For example, using sensors to alert when external sound and motion levels become an issue or when livestock shows above normal signs of stress. Another example might be the tailored use of CAD to design facilities that take into account "other common distractions [such as] reflections on shining metal or wet floors. In indoor facilities, a ceiling light to eliminate a reflection will improve animal movement."
Or, perhaps that Slashdot is a good source for legal advice?
Slashdot might be an entertaining source for dealing with the likely "local cable company... run by a bunch of half-wits". In either case I'd document in detail my initial efforts with them to correct things.Then next step would be to contact the local franchise authority (with your notes and still documenting what you do). Last, or if things go downhill really fast, you get legal advice.
It falls under the category of planetarium software. The WWT user guide has more information. This kind of software is often used when you're curious to find out what's overhead on a given evening. These programs take the place of finder charts if you need to manually point the telescope. If it supports telescope connections (which WWT does) you can use it to point, click and point your telescope (some programs such as TheSky even have an option for satellite tracking). You typically can define field of views for your imaging cameras (e.g. to make sure there's a decent guide star). These programs come in useful for old school photometry when you're looking for a suitable comparison and check star. And there's the giant pictures, tours and classroom stuff as well.
no business being flown by any US government authority
Technically it's been flown by states (and possibly other more local forms of government) which points to the concept of state vs.US gov't rights. Unfortunately the concept of associating the Confederate flag with the assertion of state's rights has been poisoned, melded, or used as a fig leaf to justify (un)popular southern attitudes towards slavery and then civil rights. That S.C.couldn't be bothered to lower the Confederate flag to half mast after the tragic shooting should have put to rest any arguments justifying it for non-racist reasons (not that yet another reason was really needed).
a manager's work is: *manage* his or her resources the most efficient way
I see the manager's role as assigning a task/deadline and (in most cases) allowing the employee to find the most efficient way to get it done. Are you asserting the manager needs to micromanage the employee's time as well to assure efficiency?
there's also a strong incentive for the (clever) employees to not make efficient use of their time either.
TFS states: "When everything over 40 hours is free to the employer, the temptation to demand more is almost irresistible." What is the incentive for the employee to work overtime (over 40 hours) for free?
So you'd expect an employee who refuses to go to all meetings because they aren't productive would get the "employee of the month" award?
That's a straw man. If the "employee of the month" skipped a meeting then a competent manager would either know the employee was being more productive or realize his meeting wasn't.
their managers have little incentive to look for ways to use their time more efficiently
If I parsed the sentence correctly then it should be up to the employee to look for ways to manage his or her time more efficiently. If you have to rely on your manager then you're in wrong job.
If you're programming float then what's wrong w/the IEEE standard (assuming it's supported in your implementation)? From Wikipedia
The IEEE floating-point standard, supported by almost all modern floating-point units, specifies that every floating point arithmetic operation, including division by zero, has a well-defined result.
Defining it to zero only makes sense where zero is also an error in the numerator, and/or zero is not a valid result in your problem domain.
learned how to navigate it fast enough...tell the frontline guy/gal all the things I did try
This works for me. In general you work with the front line and they'll work with you. Sometimes you've got to be a little extra patient and sometimes you get lucky with someone who knows their stuff. When you tell them what you tried they just have to know enough to put you to the next level. Sometimes you say thank you and then call back hoping to get someone else. It's the same when dealing w/any large organization when you want something.
really special people are usually no where near as special and indispensable as they think they are
You've got to think a one off job that's best covered by email is a position ripe for elimination. On the other hand, even if a person was better than sliced bread he's still dispensable in that in most cases a company will find a way to muddle along without him.
using your own programming language makes it far more difficult to recruit
That's somewhat the point. I'd guess that these companies are swamped with more job applications per opening than they'd like. This way, as suggested above, they cull the fanboi wheat from the chaff. Can't blame the companies giving preference to someone willing to learn their in-house language on their own.
American Pharoah had a difficult trip in the Derby and still pulled it out. He won handily at the Preakness in the mud and still looked like he had something left. Top jockey and trainer. This was the clearly the best horse who'd won both races since the last triple-crown winner. Don't know if he ran against a relatively weak field (didn't check the times). There's also the odd chance he was given a pass to boost the industry. Hollywood Park was demolished recently and the publicity surrounding a triple-crown winner can't hurt. Still an impressive performance.
I like Yahoo Groups because it provides a functional interface w/reasonable features to several niche hardware/software vendors/authors and interest areas - all w/a single login and all available in the same browser window. What's annoying is that many vendor Groups are moving to their own little custom forums w/unique interfaces and more bells and whistles than is necessary. Add multiple passwords/windows and it's typically more hassle than it's worth for casual access to see what's going on in the user community. I don't know if Yahoo could have done more to keep these groups from moving or they moved because they saw some shiny forum software glittering w/a lot of features and figured why not.
I'd think they'd prefer notoriety under an alias, e.g. "The drinkypoo Bandit" rather than a real name unless they could obtain attribution knowing there wasn't enough evidence to convict.
I think they also use equations to calculate motion. Especially when you're talking about objects where the number of elements (e.g. hair) and other issues make motion capture difficult. And they're good at it. I recall several years ago an old DOS game (probably the last one I played) where the motion rendering was so impressive I felt like I was actually in the floating boat.
Scientific analysis was used to investigate the deflation. Statistical analysis was used to investigate the probability of this being a random occurrence. An unusual application of both and there's the political aspect of "fans... attacking the science".
When an officer of the law gives you a lawful order, you must comply
That's a good point. However, I think there's the potential of a Hawthorne effect. The police may order you to desist taking a video arguing an unarmed suspect is more likely to resist arrest knowing that video is being taken.
It's somewhat impressive how a young woman was able to successfully fabricate/orchestrate this kind of business empire w/o first dropping out of some ivy league school. Her mea culpa sounds like a contrived effort at exculpation, i.e. a planned follow up since she knew she'd eventually get discovered. Did she have help?
You'd be better of with Chaucer. He's surprisingly not too hard to parse with a little effort, mostly with spelling and some with vocabulary. You'd think the efficiencies derived from proper spelling would make the case for proper English.
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I think the issue is that comments can be filled up w/anecdotes that, if anything, are more appropriate for a poll.
How has technology been employed to automatically detect and either alert or mitigate potential distraction situations? For example, using sensors to alert when external sound and motion levels become an issue or when livestock shows above normal signs of stress. Another example might be the tailored use of CAD to design facilities that take into account "other common distractions [such as] reflections on shining metal or wet floors. In indoor facilities, a ceiling light to eliminate a reflection will improve animal movement."
Slashdot might be an entertaining source for dealing with the likely "local cable company ... run by a bunch of half-wits". In either case I'd document in detail my initial efforts with them to correct things.Then next step would be to contact the local franchise authority (with your notes and still documenting what you do). Last, or if things go downhill really fast, you get legal advice.
There used to be a Google Earth Satellite Add-On provided by AGI that I used several years ago. Can't find it any more.
Not all ads are equal. TFS has the trojan targeting banner ads which "many web surfers regard ... as highly annoying" and are commonly blocked by popular browser add-ons.
It falls under the category of planetarium software. The WWT user guide has more information. This kind of software is often used when you're curious to find out what's overhead on a given evening. These programs take the place of finder charts if you need to manually point the telescope. If it supports telescope connections (which WWT does) you can use it to point, click and point your telescope (some programs such as TheSky even have an option for satellite tracking). You typically can define field of views for your imaging cameras (e.g. to make sure there's a decent guide star). These programs come in useful for old school photometry when you're looking for a suitable comparison and check star. And there's the giant pictures, tours and classroom stuff as well.
Technically it's been flown by states (and possibly other more local forms of government) which points to the concept of state vs.US gov't rights. Unfortunately the concept of associating the Confederate flag with the assertion of state's rights has been poisoned, melded, or used as a fig leaf to justify (un)popular southern attitudes towards slavery and then civil rights. That S.C.couldn't be bothered to lower the Confederate flag to half mast after the tragic shooting should have put to rest any arguments justifying it for non-racist reasons (not that yet another reason was really needed).
I see the manager's role as assigning a task/deadline and (in most cases) allowing the employee to find the most efficient way to get it done. Are you asserting the manager needs to micromanage the employee's time as well to assure efficiency?
TFS states: "When everything over 40 hours is free to the employer, the temptation to demand more is almost irresistible." What is the incentive for the employee to work overtime (over 40 hours) for free?
That's a straw man. If the "employee of the month" skipped a meeting then a competent manager would either know the employee was being more productive or realize his meeting wasn't.
If I parsed the sentence correctly then it should be up to the employee to look for ways to manage his or her time more efficiently. If you have to rely on your manager then you're in wrong job.
Defining it to zero only makes sense where zero is also an error in the numerator, and/or zero is not a valid result in your problem domain.
This works for me. In general you work with the front line and they'll work with you. Sometimes you've got to be a little extra patient and sometimes you get lucky with someone who knows their stuff. When you tell them what you tried they just have to know enough to put you to the next level. Sometimes you say thank you and then call back hoping to get someone else. It's the same when dealing w/any large organization when you want something.
Pot holes are a lot less dynamic (at least where I come from) and, as noted already, shouldn't require an auto sensor to reasonably measure.
You've got to think a one off job that's best covered by email is a position ripe for elimination. On the other hand, even if a person was better than sliced bread he's still dispensable in that in most cases a company will find a way to muddle along without him.
I'd have thought the answer was because people didn't select an asset tracking application that was compatible with accounting needs.
That's somewhat the point. I'd guess that these companies are swamped with more job applications per opening than they'd like. This way, as suggested above, they cull the fanboi wheat from the chaff. Can't blame the companies giving preference to someone willing to learn their in-house language on their own.
American Pharoah had a difficult trip in the Derby and still pulled it out. He won handily at the Preakness in the mud and still looked like he had something left. Top jockey and trainer. This was the clearly the best horse who'd won both races since the last triple-crown winner. Don't know if he ran against a relatively weak field (didn't check the times). There's also the odd chance he was given a pass to boost the industry. Hollywood Park was demolished recently and the publicity surrounding a triple-crown winner can't hurt. Still an impressive performance.
I like Yahoo Groups because it provides a functional interface w/reasonable features to several niche hardware/software vendors/authors and interest areas - all w/a single login and all available in the same browser window. What's annoying is that many vendor Groups are moving to their own little custom forums w/unique interfaces and more bells and whistles than is necessary. Add multiple passwords/windows and it's typically more hassle than it's worth for casual access to see what's going on in the user community. I don't know if Yahoo could have done more to keep these groups from moving or they moved because they saw some shiny forum software glittering w/a lot of features and figured why not.
I'd think they'd prefer notoriety under an alias, e.g. "The drinkypoo Bandit" rather than a real name unless they could obtain attribution knowing there wasn't enough evidence to convict.
I think they also use equations to calculate motion. Especially when you're talking about objects where the number of elements (e.g. hair) and other issues make motion capture difficult. And they're good at it. I recall several years ago an old DOS game (probably the last one I played) where the motion rendering was so impressive I felt like I was actually in the floating boat.
Scientific analysis was used to investigate the deflation. Statistical analysis was used to investigate the probability of this being a random occurrence. An unusual application of both and there's the political aspect of "fans ... attacking the science".
That's a good point. However, I think there's the potential of a Hawthorne effect. The police may order you to desist taking a video arguing an unarmed suspect is more likely to resist arrest knowing that video is being taken.
I suppose (from TFS)
had something to do with. I think there are very few companies, including profitable ones like Microsoft, that have that luxury.
It's somewhat impressive how a young woman was able to successfully fabricate/orchestrate this kind of business empire w/o first dropping out of some ivy league school. Her mea culpa sounds like a contrived effort at exculpation, i.e. a planned follow up since she knew she'd eventually get discovered. Did she have help?
You'd be better of with Chaucer. He's surprisingly not too hard to parse with a little effort, mostly with spelling and some with vocabulary. You'd think the efficiencies derived from proper spelling would make the case for proper English.