"If we did give away any important information as a result of this launch, it's that our president is capable of making rationale decisions every once in a while. It's entirely possible that countries such as China and India were not aware of that."
I don't see how this is different to any other decision he's made, ie his favourite strategy seems to be go in with all guns blazing..?
Well, considering I've only been driving for a 'few years' and the accidents I had were within 6 months of my test:P Not exactly boasting, just saying that I don't consider my driving pre that course to have been reckless, especially compared to the average driver. The difference now is that I *know* that I'm a lot better than the average driver, and have been told so by someone that's been a police driving instructor for about 30 years. A lot of the things we were taught were things that I've been doing naturally (possibly partially because I was first taught to drive by my dad, who used to be in the police himself before becoming a coder), and I've unlearned some bad habits that I picked up over the years. I'm also obeying speed limits more now (not the ones on country roads, but in built up areas I am), but I don't going slower to be the primary reason for improved safety (or, rather, reduction of elements that could present a danger, since 'safety' can only really be seen in retrospect through a lack of accidents really), I see more my going slower as a result of firstly having more respect for the law through having been driving with a police officer and hearing that they understand that speed is not a primary factor in defining how safe a driver you are, and two it is a side effect of paying more attention - when I first was trying to take in everything like road signs that I'd never seen before, I automatically was driving at about 20mph just trying to get used to looking at them again, as well as reading them out. Now I can do my sign observations at any speeds, but since I got used to travelling at 30 without being too bored, I've been able to keep my speed down, and long may it continue (just because I feel guilty breaking the speed limits even when I know it's "safe" to do so!)
That's part of it, but not all of it. Knowing how to use your cruise control doesn't have that much to do with safe driving (and is also pretty rare here in the UK - I did specify it as an option on my car, but I've only used it a coupla times in the year that I've had it), and I guess people in a city may not have much reason to ever use full beam so that's not so hard to believe either. But it is definitely true that it is more than just a lack of attention - it's knowing where to focus the attention as you say. Even if you are concentrating on your driving and observation though, the effect of not actually expecting something to be there can still stop you from 'seeing' (taking in) certain things. I hardly ever noticed road signs any more before going on my advanced driving course, just because I know this city well and never have to check for directions for example.. but by doing that I was missing out on a wealth of information which is actually pretty useful even in and around my own city, and definitely would be handy to notice when I'm out on a road trip.
That's more about optical illusions and imagination - the summary talks about thinking you saw a ball when in fact there was none, which is a bit different. IMO it helps to explain why people's memories can be modified so easily by suggestion, and as I said above, why so many people don't actually see motorcyclists coming as they check a junction before they move onto a new road. This is more about situations where you're not actually questioning what you see, because you're not really expecting any funny business, so you can easily be misled, especially in situations where there is a lot going on around you, so your brain filters out certain information because it is limiting its scope to what it has been trained to consider the 'important' information.
Indeed. I took an Advanced Drivers training course from a police officer about a month ago, it really 'opened my eyes' so to speak. I'd been pretty appalled at my driving before, I didn't see any reason to keep to speed limits, but once you start trying to take in all the information you can from roadsigns and such, and you go on a skid course that demonstrates the braking distance difference between 20 and 30mph, you start to see the justification in having 20 limits outside schools and stuff like that. Save driving isn't about driving slowly of course - you can be perfectly safe at 110 (our instructor demonstrated this on a long straight, was funny to be doing that kind of speed legally:D ), but as you say training is very useful to get your brain noticing the right kind of things and not just going along on autopilot. After a while your driving will of course automatically incorporate the things that you have trained yourself to look out for, but it's still best to keep an active interest in what's happening all around your vehicle. I feel a bit of a hypocrite talking about road safety after the reputation I got for speeding around all the time, but hey I've not got any points on my license and I've not had an accident for a few years, because I was still sticking within what I considered to be my personal safety limits..
When you're out driving, you have to be more aware of the possible dangers that you will be facing, like cyclists and motorcyclists. A lot of people don't see them coming at junctions because they're just looking out for cars on the road..
I propose that it is our scientific duty to get them naked and carefully examine every inch of them to make sure that they are in fact "not identical after all".
Unfortunately it conflicts with sustainability if everyone is playing WoW. There won't be no more babies!
Disclaimer: I have a fairly addictive personality, so I've not tried WoW as I'd get addicted. I've seen my friend play it and it looks pretty dull as games go anyway - I'll stick to my MUDding thanks. Oh and I also have friends IRL which sometimes stops me playing computer games at all these days:)
I'm guessing you'd have to download the code and check it before you can know if it's actually safe.. depending on your definition of 'safe' of course.
I'd forgotten about that hamster dance. It's a good tune. You want to be playing the 'crazy frog' remix of that F1 driving "if you laugh at this, it proves you're insane" thing.
Isn't the AGP miniport driver more of a motherboard chipset driver than a processor driver? I was surprised that processors would even have 'drivers' exactly..
I was referring to the comment that I was replying to. I have removed the first sentence for you:
The voice in your head that you identify as yourself? When that "thinks" in words, your voicebox moves. It's just speech with the volume turned down as far as possible, and it's possible to detect it (though a bit harder than more obvious signals).
Sometimes, you can make your own humour - no need to just refer to other people's. Maybe he was referring to XKCD, maybe he actually thought up the joke by himself. Even if he was referring to XKCD, it doesn't mean that's automatically the end of the thread and that nobody else is allowed to joke.. *shrug*
From that Wikipedia article:
David Hanson, a roboticist who developed a realistic robotic copy of his girlfriend's head You've got to laugh:D I can pretty much only think of one use for such a creation! Well, maybe 2.
have you ever struggled against a disconcertingly powerful optical drive servo trying to pull a disk tray open? Uh.. not really.. have you ever tried lifting weights?;)
My favourite moment with an eye toy was at a friend's house, when I jumped and the back of all my fingers scraped the lovely razor sharp swirly plaster patterns in the ceiling. Stupid fireworks.
You don't want to be fusing her with too much smart rubber, or she'll start noticing how you guys never seem to go out anymore, and how she never gets to go on top.
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"If we did give away any important information as a result of this launch, it's that our president is capable of making rationale decisions every once in a while. It's entirely possible that countries such as China and India were not aware of that."
I don't see how this is different to any other decision he's made, ie his favourite strategy seems to be go in with all guns blazing..?
Well, considering I've only been driving for a 'few years' and the accidents I had were within 6 months of my test :P Not exactly boasting, just saying that I don't consider my driving pre that course to have been reckless, especially compared to the average driver. The difference now is that I *know* that I'm a lot better than the average driver, and have been told so by someone that's been a police driving instructor for about 30 years. A lot of the things we were taught were things that I've been doing naturally (possibly partially because I was first taught to drive by my dad, who used to be in the police himself before becoming a coder), and I've unlearned some bad habits that I picked up over the years. I'm also obeying speed limits more now (not the ones on country roads, but in built up areas I am), but I don't going slower to be the primary reason for improved safety (or, rather, reduction of elements that could present a danger, since 'safety' can only really be seen in retrospect through a lack of accidents really), I see more my going slower as a result of firstly having more respect for the law through having been driving with a police officer and hearing that they understand that speed is not a primary factor in defining how safe a driver you are, and two it is a side effect of paying more attention - when I first was trying to take in everything like road signs that I'd never seen before, I automatically was driving at about 20mph just trying to get used to looking at them again, as well as reading them out. Now I can do my sign observations at any speeds, but since I got used to travelling at 30 without being too bored, I've been able to keep my speed down, and long may it continue (just because I feel guilty breaking the speed limits even when I know it's "safe" to do so!)
That's why I said 'general maths' and not just Maths. I don't think that they do much long division or integration in philosophy classes for example.
That's part of it, but not all of it. Knowing how to use your cruise control doesn't have that much to do with safe driving (and is also pretty rare here in the UK - I did specify it as an option on my car, but I've only used it a coupla times in the year that I've had it), and I guess people in a city may not have much reason to ever use full beam so that's not so hard to believe either. But it is definitely true that it is more than just a lack of attention - it's knowing where to focus the attention as you say. Even if you are concentrating on your driving and observation though, the effect of not actually expecting something to be there can still stop you from 'seeing' (taking in) certain things. I hardly ever noticed road signs any more before going on my advanced driving course, just because I know this city well and never have to check for directions for example.. but by doing that I was missing out on a wealth of information which is actually pretty useful even in and around my own city, and definitely would be handy to notice when I'm out on a road trip.
That's more about optical illusions and imagination - the summary talks about thinking you saw a ball when in fact there was none, which is a bit different. IMO it helps to explain why people's memories can be modified so easily by suggestion, and as I said above, why so many people don't actually see motorcyclists coming as they check a junction before they move onto a new road. This is more about situations where you're not actually questioning what you see, because you're not really expecting any funny business, so you can easily be misled, especially in situations where there is a lot going on around you, so your brain filters out certain information because it is limiting its scope to what it has been trained to consider the 'important' information.
Indeed. I took an Advanced Drivers training course from a police officer about a month ago, it really 'opened my eyes' so to speak. I'd been pretty appalled at my driving before, I didn't see any reason to keep to speed limits, but once you start trying to take in all the information you can from roadsigns and such, and you go on a skid course that demonstrates the braking distance difference between 20 and 30mph, you start to see the justification in having 20 limits outside schools and stuff like that. Save driving isn't about driving slowly of course - you can be perfectly safe at 110 (our instructor demonstrated this on a long straight, was funny to be doing that kind of speed legally :D ), but as you say training is very useful to get your brain noticing the right kind of things and not just going along on autopilot. After a while your driving will of course automatically incorporate the things that you have trained yourself to look out for, but it's still best to keep an active interest in what's happening all around your vehicle. I feel a bit of a hypocrite talking about road safety after the reputation I got for speeding around all the time, but hey I've not got any points on my license and I've not had an accident for a few years, because I was still sticking within what I considered to be my personal safety limits..
When you're out driving, you have to be more aware of the possible dangers that you will be facing, like cyclists and motorcyclists. A lot of people don't see them coming at junctions because they're just looking out for cars on the road..
Fair point, duly noted. All these geeks must have come from somewhere though..!
I propose that it is our scientific duty to get them naked and carefully examine every inch of them to make sure that they are in fact "not identical after all".
Unfortunately the sex addicts have a bit of a head-start when it comes to natural selection, addictive personalities ain't going nowhere*.
Yes that's the second time I used a double negative in the same thread.
Logic is, not sure about general maths.
You think they are exactly the same, but they are always slyly different.
Unfortunately it conflicts with sustainability if everyone is playing WoW. There won't be no more babies!
:)
Disclaimer: I have a fairly addictive personality, so I've not tried WoW as I'd get addicted. I've seen my friend play it and it looks pretty dull as games go anyway - I'll stick to my MUDding thanks. Oh and I also have friends IRL which sometimes stops me playing computer games at all these days
I'm guessing you'd have to download the code and check it before you can know if it's actually safe.. depending on your definition of 'safe' of course.
I'd forgotten about that hamster dance. It's a good tune. You want to be playing the 'crazy frog' remix of that F1 driving "if you laugh at this, it proves you're insane" thing.
Isn't the AGP miniport driver more of a motherboard chipset driver than a processor driver? I was surprised that processors would even have 'drivers' exactly..
Have you seen her in her spandex outfit?
Sometimes, you can make your own humour - no need to just refer to other people's. Maybe he was referring to XKCD, maybe he actually thought up the joke by himself. Even if he was referring to XKCD, it doesn't mean that's automatically the end of the thread and that nobody else is allowed to joke.. *shrug*
It's called... a joke?
My favourite moment with an eye toy was at a friend's house, when I jumped and the back of all my fingers scraped the lovely razor sharp swirly plaster patterns in the ceiling. Stupid fireworks.
You don't want to be fusing her with too much smart rubber, or she'll start noticing how you guys never seem to go out anymore, and how she never gets to go on top.