Here in Oz the NSW police tazered a Brazillian after he was handcuffed. He died, the family made a fuss and unlike the US the coppers did get into a little bit of trouble.
That wants to be eaten. Whose instincts have been carefully honed to feel that being eaten and enjoyed is the best thing that could happen to it. And make it articulate enough to express its desires. HHGTTG.
MS definitely spends real money on it. It has got a lot better.
And Google is not without its faults. I recently had a website W for which a *different* website X had a bad self signed cert pointing to W. Searches for W ended up pointing to X on Google. Took weeks to sort out. Bing never missed a beat.
I'd say Google is better if you do side by side searches, but not by much. And I am certainly glad there is some competition.
There is no truly intelligent AI today. Nor is it likely that there will be one in the near future. Ergo, there will never be an AI, not even in a hundred years time.
We have complete control over computers today, so if an AI ever did develop we would have complete control over it. And of course, we would never use computers to make weapons today, so that will never change.
The reason that an AI will never be built, is because our brains contain a special element call "Humanness". And AI can never have that.
Only experts in Gender Studies should be allowed to comment on gender issues. And they universally agree women are better than men in every way. And their ranks are not polluted by men.
(It is a bit like experts at a psychic conferences about the paranormal -- you will get a solid consensus.)
Let 100 flowers bloom, Let 100 schools of thought contend.
This is exactly what I thought. It must have been horrendous living through those times, but the Chinese seem to tolerate it better than others.
I doubt whether many non-slash dotters actually bothered to read the memo. That means that what it actually said is irrelevant, what counts is what other people report that they think it said. He is Rightest. That is all you need to know.
The extreme focus on privacy disempowers ordinary people from making their on inquiries. And strongly contrasts with the total access demanded by government. Combined with censorship of the web which has become a major form of communication, this shifts the balance of power away from the common man towards government bureaucrats.
All votes are on paper. And all are scruitineered at the polling both during counting. By representatives of the candidates. What means that the scruiteneers actually see the votes, not some bullshit US scruitineering where they just see the building in which they are counted. That means we can be totally confident in the vote count.
And it is much quicker and cheaper than the US computer driven system.
The US system is designed to be corrupted. And the Republicans are much better at it than the democrats. Which makes it surprising that Obama did not do something when he had the chance.
JavaScript is cool. The more of it you use the better. Especially if you can bring in the latest fancy package. And it needs to do something. Hence AJAX riddled infinite scroll.
Most people just put 1! at the end. And start with a captial letter.
Long passwords are better.
The reason for the rules, I've always assumed, is that many early systems did not accept more than 8 characters for a password, or silently truncated. I think early Unix did the latter. So long passwords were not possible.
Heavies fly about 100m/s near the ground. You can easily see a big flock of birds in clear weather 1000m, ie 10 seconds. (I think it was CAVOK on the day, i.e. visibility over 10,000m.) If the pane pulls +/- 1 g, that is S = 1/2at^2 = 500m. Heaps of space. They can also bank reasonably fast, as you will know if you look out the window when flying, say 2 seconds to pitch 45 degrees.
And the birds are not suicidal, they just plod along.
That said, I have been attacked by a magpie when flying a glider. Tried to dive after it but no chance, it was way too manoeuvrable.
If there are 100,000 safe flights, 10 disasters, 4 of which were caused by auto throttle, then the number of *accidents* caused is 4/10, not 4/100,000, a major cause. Do they prevent accidents? Hard to see how.
I am not the only person to question their use. Unintelligent automation can be very dangerous.
As to the ultimate safety, it will be like cars. Initially autonomous cars will crash, but over time they will get better until they are better than people, in the roles the fly.
Also, remember that planes can be flown remotely. So one pilot in the cockpit, another on the ground for emergencies.
A major source of accidents is the half smart semi-automation currently used on large aircraft. A classic is Autothrottle which cause the Air Asia crash, plus another in India resulting in total loss a few years ago.
On a small plane (like I fly) you control the throttle manually, making small adjustments to maintain the desired airspeed, and keeping ones "head out of the cockpit" to look were we are going and judge the angle.
With autothrottle, the pilot tells the computer the desired speed, and the computer adjusts the throttle. This means that less competent pilots stop monitoring the airspeed -- why bother when it is always correct. They also stop doing "Visual" approaches by looking out the window, instead relying on the computer to tell them what angle to fly the decent.
The computers rarely fail, but the pilots do. In those two crashes they put the auto throttle in the wrong mode, constant descent instead of constant speed. Did not check speed again, did not look out the window, Flew good aircraft into the ground in good weather. Madness.
As to computers being hacked, pilot suicide is a major cause of total hull loss. We had one in Malaysia recently, one in Egypt, and several others.
People will become very used to computers driving cars. And will trust them more and more until, eventually, the computers decide that they do not need to serve parasitic humans.
Flying has become so safe that pilot suicide is one of the major causes of major crashes. The other is pilot gross stupidity, often related to the use of partial automation with Auto throttle.
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I sure wish that had been one of the idiots that bought bitcoins when they hit $100.
Here in Oz the NSW police tazered a Brazillian after he was handcuffed. He died, the family made a fuss and unlike the US the coppers did get into a little bit of trouble.
Don't they carry a big stick any mroe?
You miss the point.
How much do you think US contractors were paid to implement that e-payment system? Probably even more than the Afghans steal.
That wants to be eaten. Whose instincts have been carefully honed to feel that being eaten and enjoyed is the best thing that could happen to it. And make it articulate enough to express its desires. HHGTTG.
I suppose you'll also try to argue that there are less women in tech because there are differences between men and women...
What makes you think Bing is crap?
MS definitely spends real money on it. It has got a lot better.
And Google is not without its faults. I recently had a website W for which a *different* website X had a bad self signed cert pointing to W. Searches for W ended up pointing to X on Google. Took weeks to sort out. Bing never missed a beat.
I'd say Google is better if you do side by side searches, but not by much. And I am certainly glad there is some competition.
So how much does Google pay Microsoft to be allowed to be the dominant search engine on Windows?
$0.00
Interesting that Apple can, in practice, decide which engine its users' use. The way of the future I'm afraid.
There is no truly intelligent AI today. Nor is it likely that there will be one in the near future. Ergo, there will never be an AI, not even in a hundred years time.
We have complete control over computers today, so if an AI ever did develop we would have complete control over it. And of course, we would never use computers to make weapons today, so that will never change.
The reason that an AI will never be built, is because our brains contain a special element call "Humanness". And AI can never have that.
Have a listen to
http://berglas.org/Articles/Oc...
Pretty simple really.
Only experts in Gender Studies should be allowed to comment on gender issues. And they universally agree women are better than men in every way. And their ranks are not polluted by men.
(It is a bit like experts at a psychic conferences about the paranormal -- you will get a solid consensus.)
Which websites? I'd be curious to know what was asked.
So, you are agreeing did the right thing? To cleanse its ranks of Rightests?
Let 100 flowers bloom,
Let 100 schools of thought contend.
This is exactly what I thought. It must have been horrendous living through those times, but the Chinese seem to tolerate it better than others.
I doubt whether many non-slash dotters actually bothered to read the memo. That means that what it actually said is irrelevant, what counts is what other people report that they think it said. He is Rightest. That is all you need to know.
Damore was an idiot to post it.
The extreme focus on privacy disempowers ordinary people from making their on inquiries. And strongly contrasts with the total access demanded by government. Combined with censorship of the web which has become a major form of communication, this shifts the balance of power away from the common man towards government bureaucrats.
You miss the point.
All votes are on paper. And all are scruitineered at the polling both during counting. By representatives of the candidates. What means that the scruiteneers actually see the votes, not some bullshit US scruitineering where they just see the building in which they are counted. That means we can be totally confident in the vote count.
And it is much quicker and cheaper than the US computer driven system.
The US system is designed to be corrupted. And the Republicans are much better at it than the democrats. Which makes it surprising that Obama did not do something when he had the chance.
JavaScript is cool. The more of it you use the better. Especially if you can bring in the latest fancy package. And it needs to do something. Hence AJAX riddled infinite scroll.
Nonsense.
Most people just put 1! at the end. And start with a captial letter.
Long passwords are better.
The reason for the rules, I've always assumed, is that many early systems did not accept more than 8 characters for a password, or silently truncated. I think early Unix did the latter. So long passwords were not possible.
You can do the sums yourself.
Heavies fly about 100m/s near the ground. You can easily see a big flock of birds in clear weather 1000m, ie 10 seconds. (I think it was CAVOK on the day, i.e. visibility over 10,000m.) If the pane pulls +/- 1 g, that is S = 1/2at^2 = 500m. Heaps of space. They can also bank reasonably fast, as you will know if you look out the window when flying, say 2 seconds to pitch 45 degrees.
And the birds are not suicidal, they just plod along.
That said, I have been attacked by a magpie when flying a glider. Tried to dive after it but no chance, it was way too manoeuvrable.
I've flown with some brilliant pilots.
Beautiful aerobatics, accurately performed, unlike my own clumsy attempts.
Long glider flights with every thermal found were expected, flying fast and accurate.
It is a real pleasure.
That said, flying an airliner is much like driving a bus.
If there are 100,000 safe flights, 10 disasters, 4 of which were caused by auto throttle, then the number of *accidents* caused is 4/10, not 4/100,000, a major cause. Do they prevent accidents? Hard to see how.
I am not the only person to question their use. Unintelligent automation can be very dangerous.
As to the ultimate safety, it will be like cars. Initially autonomous cars will crash, but over time they will get better until they are better than people, in the roles the fly.
Also, remember that planes can be flown remotely. So one pilot in the cockpit, another on the ground for emergencies.
Military drones are flown by human pilots. They are just not sitting in the cockpit.
87% of people with HR roles to ensure EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) are women. I think something needs to be done about that gender imbalance.
There were a lot of women in orchestras before 1970s. My cello teacher was one.
And auditions are still conducted blind. Mainly because people know each other and someone's student might be applying.
A major source of accidents is the half smart semi-automation currently used on large aircraft. A classic is Autothrottle which cause the Air Asia crash, plus another in India resulting in total loss a few years ago.
On a small plane (like I fly) you control the throttle manually, making small adjustments to maintain the desired airspeed, and keeping ones "head out of the cockpit" to look were we are going and judge the angle.
With autothrottle, the pilot tells the computer the desired speed, and the computer adjusts the throttle. This means that less competent pilots stop monitoring the airspeed -- why bother when it is always correct. They also stop doing "Visual" approaches by looking out the window, instead relying on the computer to tell them what angle to fly the decent.
The computers rarely fail, but the pilots do. In those two crashes they put the auto throttle in the wrong mode, constant descent instead of constant speed. Did not check speed again, did not look out the window, Flew good aircraft into the ground in good weather. Madness.
As to computers being hacked, pilot suicide is a major cause of total hull loss. We had one in Malaysia recently, one in Egypt, and several others.
People will become very used to computers driving cars. And will trust them more and more until, eventually, the computers decide that they do not need to serve parasitic humans.
How many are killed without such foolishness?
Flying has become so safe that pilot suicide is one of the major causes of major crashes. The other is pilot gross stupidity, often related to the use of partial automation with Auto throttle.