It seems this suggestion was rejected on the basis that it is technically difficult.
I think one of the real reasons for it being rejected was the loss of competitive advantage it would cause to some companies who are storing certain data that some other companies haven't thought of storing.
Also, its possible that data is being stored in various ways/stats, for example I may have come up with a single number to represent a user's political preferences (left, right and such) by consolidation of many other 'simple' stats. Disclosing this opens my 'better' algorithm to the rest of the industry.
Secondly, if I show this single number to the users, it would be very hard for me to explain it to them as to what it means.
In a way I may also be disclosing my database schema to the world.
the parents and those around her who claim to see changes or improvements in her ability to communicate are projecting their wishes,
How are you in a better position to comment on that than the people around her? And what do the people who are saying her brain has hardly changed know? They diagnosed her with brain tumor and a few days later she was declared tumor-free? How much do we know about the brain to comment?
I would rather accept what her family and friends are saying based on direct observation rather than statements based on half-knowledge made by ignorant doctors.
a few things.
- What school are you planning to do your Masters from - Is it a place where you will have a chance to learn something you don't already know
- What job opportunities do you have available - Is it at a place like Google? Then take the job
- How good do you think you already are in Computer Science (or how much do you think you have learned in your Undergrad)
- Do you want to concentrate on something special like linguistics or NLP? Then a Masters in a school good in these disciplines may make sense (if you do a Masters Thesis, even better)
Hope this helps.
I don't understand. If only thought is required then why is a screen even needed. Why can't one think of a letter without seeing it on a kbd/screen?
What am I missing?
and the wireless as well as everything else works perfectly. I tried to do a dual boot to install XP and failed. The reason I was trying to install XP was that I wanted to use the Verizon Adapter for wireless via my cell as I didn't want to pay T-Mobile at a starbucks for wireless.
The drivers/software to use a Verizon cellphone for Internet access via your computer is only available for Windows (and Macs too I suppose) but not for Linux.
But as far as regular wireless/oofice and such go, Ubuntu works just fine for me out of the box.
A few cases of something not working are not a basis to say that it doesn't work altogether. How many and what sort of tests were done?
Why do so many people still go for it if it doesn't work? Or are you saying all these people are idiots and the author is the only smart guy?
Taking 3-4 examples and drawing a conclusion from them is not science nor is it a proof that something works or doesn't work. Go and interview the people who have had positive results from it.
I agree that Medical Science is very speculative in nature and doctors rely largely on guesswork and understand very little of how the body works and almost nothing of how things other than the body work but it seems to me that the author is working with a premise in mind and is seeing only what he wants to see.
Sorry, saw this late. My point is that I don't think the author can possibly have the knowledge to claim that Homeopathy (or other things) are worthless. It is said about Homeopathy that it works on a subtle level (kinda like the stairway lyrics if you need a close-but-not-perfect parallel).
I doubt the author is an expert in subtle, subliminal or realms other than just the sense to claim that homeopathy or other such things are worthless.
I don't claim to know very much about things that can't be seen. But I know that the world is more than what meets the eye, I know there are consciousnesses different than ours and I know that there are worlds other than ours. This I know for a fact (and I know that many others know this too by first hand experience).
It is said that homeopathy operates on a subtle level, subtler than the solid matter, in a body that some call a 'subtle body', maybe on the level of consciousness.
I don't know how homeopathy works, but I admit this possibility. I have no basis to discount it and all that I have known so far tells me that there are things that I didn't believe in, that I came to know to be true, and that the most basic of the questions science can't explain yet.
I think a lot of people do understand that we are in crisis mode right now and that things need to be repaired. Expectations are high from Obama to fix things but I don't think anyone realistically expects him to change the world.
I think the smooth and exceptionally well-strategized execution of his campaign is one point in favor of believing that he will do a good job.
I agree. A name like that gives the association with "Blowing up". Thats not what you want from a browser or any software. If every things get competitive, I can see competitors using that association to affect people's minds and form an association of Minefield with "crashing".
Although most of the bright, non-nonsense people won't fall for that sort of ads, unfortunately the masses will.
FireFox, Explorer, Navigator are all good associations for browsers.
Yeah, isn't it strange? Whats so hard to understand about the concept of "It is what it is" and in truth things will only become better when faced in their reality and changed.
Oh well, off to my second life;)
It depends, if you believe that a person is more than just memory cells, that is there are other unknown layers of the being, sub-conscient, super-conscient or any other form of consciousness, or what some people call a soul. If you believe that then the memory erasure by no means erases a person. On the other hand, if you think a person is just matter, then that might work.
Call it nature, call it whatever, but there exists already a mechanism that erases memories selectively, or moves them to the sub-conscience. Many times, things that we've seemingly forgotten resurface after many years. Painful as well as happy memories diminish over time.
Isn't this a mechanism that is in place already?
Who is to say that the individual can select better what he/she needs to remember or needs to forget? Most people would screw themselves up if given such a power. We don't understand the mind, psyche enough, leave alone sub-conscience and such.
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Are you an American Idol judge?
Maybe someone has already posted it but I couldn't find it, after Googling here's what I found: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/5817515/Teenager-causes-City-sensation-with-research-on-media-report-in-full.html
I think you got it all wrong. Your solution works for those that are looking for a real solution while the proposed is one coming from the IAB!
It seems this suggestion was rejected on the basis that it is technically difficult. I think one of the real reasons for it being rejected was the loss of competitive advantage it would cause to some companies who are storing certain data that some other companies haven't thought of storing.
Also, its possible that data is being stored in various ways/stats, for example I may have come up with a single number to represent a user's political preferences (left, right and such) by consolidation of many other 'simple' stats. Disclosing this opens my 'better' algorithm to the rest of the industry.
Secondly, if I show this single number to the users, it would be very hard for me to explain it to them as to what it means.
In a way I may also be disclosing my database schema to the world.
the parents and those around her who claim to see changes or improvements in her ability to communicate are projecting their wishes,
How are you in a better position to comment on that than the people around her? And what do the people who are saying her brain has hardly changed know? They diagnosed her with brain tumor and a few days later she was declared tumor-free? How much do we know about the brain to comment? I would rather accept what her family and friends are saying based on direct observation rather than statements based on half-knowledge made by ignorant doctors.
I knew this would happen from the start of this Personal Gnome Thing.
a few things. - What school are you planning to do your Masters from - Is it a place where you will have a chance to learn something you don't already know - What job opportunities do you have available - Is it at a place like Google? Then take the job - How good do you think you already are in Computer Science (or how much do you think you have learned in your Undergrad) - Do you want to concentrate on something special like linguistics or NLP? Then a Masters in a school good in these disciplines may make sense (if you do a Masters Thesis, even better) Hope this helps.
I am okay with banning hotmail.
I don't understand. If only thought is required then why is a screen even needed. Why can't one think of a letter without seeing it on a kbd/screen? What am I missing?
I would say being poked is of negative value. It irritates me.
You can use a school email address (like nyu.edu) if you have one. That works.
and the wireless as well as everything else works perfectly. I tried to do a dual boot to install XP and failed. The reason I was trying to install XP was that I wanted to use the Verizon Adapter for wireless via my cell as I didn't want to pay T-Mobile at a starbucks for wireless. The drivers/software to use a Verizon cellphone for Internet access via your computer is only available for Windows (and Macs too I suppose) but not for Linux. But as far as regular wireless/oofice and such go, Ubuntu works just fine for me out of the box.
I think this may be self-correcting. The best distros will take off and receive more widespread adoption than the not so great ones.
A few cases of something not working are not a basis to say that it doesn't work altogether. How many and what sort of tests were done? Why do so many people still go for it if it doesn't work? Or are you saying all these people are idiots and the author is the only smart guy? Taking 3-4 examples and drawing a conclusion from them is not science nor is it a proof that something works or doesn't work. Go and interview the people who have had positive results from it. I agree that Medical Science is very speculative in nature and doctors rely largely on guesswork and understand very little of how the body works and almost nothing of how things other than the body work but it seems to me that the author is working with a premise in mind and is seeing only what he wants to see.
Sorry, saw this late. My point is that I don't think the author can possibly have the knowledge to claim that Homeopathy (or other things) are worthless. It is said about Homeopathy that it works on a subtle level (kinda like the stairway lyrics if you need a close-but-not-perfect parallel). I doubt the author is an expert in subtle, subliminal or realms other than just the sense to claim that homeopathy or other such things are worthless.
I don't claim to know very much about things that can't be seen. But I know that the world is more than what meets the eye, I know there are consciousnesses different than ours and I know that there are worlds other than ours. This I know for a fact (and I know that many others know this too by first hand experience). It is said that homeopathy operates on a subtle level, subtler than the solid matter, in a body that some call a 'subtle body', maybe on the level of consciousness. I don't know how homeopathy works, but I admit this possibility. I have no basis to discount it and all that I have known so far tells me that there are things that I didn't believe in, that I came to know to be true, and that the most basic of the questions science can't explain yet.
Its art and can be interpreted in many ways. For example mine is "Network error, connection timed out" ! How exquisite !
whats your phone number? ;)
I think a lot of people do understand that we are in crisis mode right now and that things need to be repaired. Expectations are high from Obama to fix things but I don't think anyone realistically expects him to change the world. I think the smooth and exceptionally well-strategized execution of his campaign is one point in favor of believing that he will do a good job.
I agree. A name like that gives the association with "Blowing up". Thats not what you want from a browser or any software. If every things get competitive, I can see competitors using that association to affect people's minds and form an association of Minefield with "crashing". Although most of the bright, non-nonsense people won't fall for that sort of ads, unfortunately the masses will. FireFox, Explorer, Navigator are all good associations for browsers.
Yeah, isn't it strange? Whats so hard to understand about the concept of "It is what it is" and in truth things will only become better when faced in their reality and changed. Oh well, off to my second life ;)
I guess he hasn't heard of video-conferencing...why would you need an Avtar when you can see the person's face?!?
It depends, if you believe that a person is more than just memory cells, that is there are other unknown layers of the being, sub-conscient, super-conscient or any other form of consciousness, or what some people call a soul. If you believe that then the memory erasure by no means erases a person. On the other hand, if you think a person is just matter, then that might work.
All good points. I think it comes down to how less we understand about thoughts, memories etc.
Call it nature, call it whatever, but there exists already a mechanism that erases memories selectively, or moves them to the sub-conscience. Many times, things that we've seemingly forgotten resurface after many years. Painful as well as happy memories diminish over time. Isn't this a mechanism that is in place already? Who is to say that the individual can select better what he/she needs to remember or needs to forget? Most people would screw themselves up if given such a power. We don't understand the mind, psyche enough, leave alone sub-conscience and such.