If it really were that simple they'd have done it decades ago. McD's is one of those places that buys those 'consistency' machines wherever it can. There is a huge difference between a tech-demo and a reliable machine that won't make their customers walk away.
Something tells me that the only reason this conversation has gone on this deep is because we all watch too much TV.
Um, no, 'properly' means both proper temperature AND well presented. Don't forget that these guys buying these robots want their sales to go UP not stagnate because a robot doesn't care that the bun is sliding off the meat before it gets wrapped or that it merrily sent off a sammich a roach had crawled onto.
Just for fun I have a hypothetical question for you: Where do your configure your desktop to say "don't use Linux at any step..."? Networking control panel maybe? Or would it be a browser configuration?
Now if you want a hamburger, you don't want the bun heated with microwaves, so an infrared heater might be better. Then you've got to invent a way to properly combine the bun, the meat patty, and the lettuce, etc. It doesn't need to be anything general purpose.
It also needs to be replenished with ingredients, waste from this ingredients shipped away, to be sanitized regularly since it's serving food that could go off and kill people, have a backup so a failure mode doesn't bring the store to a halt, and it needs to be smart enough to know when it hasn't properly prepared the food so it can handle customer complaints.
Oh, the store still needs to be cleaned, restocked, lightbulbs changed, cigarette butts picked up in the parking lot, etc. Otherwise you haven't removed enough humans from the roster to make it worthwhile.
The robot also doesn't steal the inventory, spend time babbling to friends, check facebook, twitter, etc, doesn't want a raise in pay when the company is experiencing bad times, doesn't start reproducing with other higher/lower ranking employees, will not steal data, can't be bribed, etc, beg the supervisor for a promotion, etc.
A robot requires at least one expensive backup, you're not bringing in any joe schmoe off the streets to fill in when it's down. A robot requires increasing maintenance as it ages, even moreso when the manufacturer reveals the flashy upgrade. A robot does not increase in value, it only decreases over time. A robot only does what its design permits it to do, and even then it performs its duties extremely literally. A robot will need to be replaced with a different machine when the task changes. A robot, if told to, will sabotage a company. A robot will not suggest an idea that will make or save a company millions.
Robots handle supply, not growth. You need to understand that before you bitch about people wanting raises.
Everybody's worried about fast food places being replaced with customer-facing machines that technology still hasn't caught up with when we're really only now talking about robots in a warehouse moving boxes around.
Obesity kills far more humans than "rifles" ever will, and yet you see no artists blocking food emojis...
By that logic the only thing we should protest is heat death of the universe.
Oh, and on a note that seems related but really isn't since noone here is claiming the emoji will incite violence: You're not ever going to go to the wrong part of town and be forced to eat junk food until you die of obesity. Understand that point before you run around criticizing other people's logic.
In simpler terms: Apple saved us a bunch of bullshit like a student being expelled over a rifle emoji.
Here's a fun fact about emoji: Emoji are artistically re-rendered usually per the brand of the device, resulting in different interpretations of how they're used vs. how they're intended. This has already landed people in hot water. There's an emoji of a someone laughing so hard they're in tears. There are quite a few people out there that see it as someone hysterically crying. On their device it may actually appear that way because of how the artist designed it. Imagine that little misinterpretation happening during a comment made about the recent shooting in Orlando!
Oracle, Palm, Gnome, Pebble, etc are all trademarked. Google alone owns quite a few. Activate, Android, Blink, Blogger, Chrome, Closure, Field Trip, Hangouts, Jump, Nest, Nexus, etc.
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If it really were that simple they'd have done it decades ago. McD's is one of those places that buys those 'consistency' machines wherever it can. There is a huge difference between a tech-demo and a reliable machine that won't make their customers walk away.
Something tells me that the only reason this conversation has gone on this deep is because we all watch too much TV.
Um, no, 'properly' means both proper temperature AND well presented. Don't forget that these guys buying these robots want their sales to go UP not stagnate because a robot doesn't care that the bun is sliding off the meat before it gets wrapped or that it merrily sent off a sammich a roach had crawled onto.
Just for fun I have a hypothetical question for you: Where do your configure your desktop to say "don't use Linux at any step..."? Networking control panel maybe? Or would it be a browser configuration?
The OP did not say Linux does not 'power the web'.
I didn't say otherwise.
Still zero.
Zero.
You expect a robot with no sense of smell, visual appeal, or taste to flawlessly outclass any human being? Heh.
I don't know if Citi's service operates outside of the US.
I thanked them for what they did right, and didn't when they did not.
Why would I thank Apple when Microsoft did what I was asking?
Now if you want a hamburger, you don't want the bun heated with microwaves, so an infrared heater might be better. Then you've got to invent a way to properly combine the bun, the meat patty, and the lettuce, etc. It doesn't need to be anything general purpose.
It also needs to be replenished with ingredients, waste from this ingredients shipped away, to be sanitized regularly since it's serving food that could go off and kill people, have a backup so a failure mode doesn't bring the store to a halt, and it needs to be smart enough to know when it hasn't properly prepared the food so it can handle customer complaints.
Oh, the store still needs to be cleaned, restocked, lightbulbs changed, cigarette butts picked up in the parking lot, etc. Otherwise you haven't removed enough humans from the roster to make it worthwhile.
The robot also doesn't steal the inventory, spend time babbling to friends, check facebook, twitter, etc, doesn't want a raise in pay when the company is experiencing bad times, doesn't start reproducing with other higher/lower ranking employees, will not steal data, can't be bribed, etc, beg the supervisor for a promotion, etc.
A robot requires at least one expensive backup, you're not bringing in any joe schmoe off the streets to fill in when it's down. A robot requires increasing maintenance as it ages, even moreso when the manufacturer reveals the flashy upgrade. A robot does not increase in value, it only decreases over time. A robot only does what its design permits it to do, and even then it performs its duties extremely literally. A robot will need to be replaced with a different machine when the task changes. A robot, if told to, will sabotage a company. A robot will not suggest an idea that will make or save a company millions.
Robots handle supply, not growth. You need to understand that before you bitch about people wanting raises.
Everybody's worried about fast food places being replaced with customer-facing machines that technology still hasn't caught up with when we're really only now talking about robots in a warehouse moving boxes around.
Discuss.
Okay! You're an asshole.
Pardon?
Obesity kills far more humans than "rifles" ever will, and yet you see no artists blocking food emojis...
By that logic the only thing we should protest is heat death of the universe.
Oh, and on a note that seems related but really isn't since noone here is claiming the emoji will incite violence: You're not ever going to go to the wrong part of town and be forced to eat junk food until you die of obesity. Understand that point before you run around criticizing other people's logic.
In simpler terms: Apple saved us a bunch of bullshit like a student being expelled over a rifle emoji.
Here's a fun fact about emoji: Emoji are artistically re-rendered usually per the brand of the device, resulting in different interpretations of how they're used vs. how they're intended. This has already landed people in hot water. There's an emoji of a someone laughing so hard they're in tears. There are quite a few people out there that see it as someone hysterically crying. On their device it may actually appear that way because of how the artist designed it. Imagine that little misinterpretation happening during a comment made about the recent shooting in Orlando!
All I'm going to say is: Thank you, Apple.
Should a Google be able to provide a service for Nexus called AppleCare?
Not quite as far as Samsung.
Hurry! Go tell AT&T's lawyers! I bet they don't even know that Citi owns thankyou.com!
They trademarked a loyalty rewards program. Pay attention.
I'd like to thank you and the dummy with the mod-point for proving my point.
Oracle, Palm, Gnome, Pebble, etc are all trademarked. Google alone owns quite a few. Activate, Android, Blink, Blogger, Chrome, Closure, Field Trip, Hangouts, Jump, Nest, Nexus, etc.
You're absolutely right. Apple should totally be able to call their next phone "Android".