Comment Re:Prostate screening discussion yesterday with do (Score 1) 198
Times change.
It used to be that Appendectomies were done for almost no reason at all.
Times change.
It used to be that Appendectomies were done for almost no reason at all.
In ITER, if not mitigated in some way, the electron stream could become so intense it would explosively vaporize holes through the wall of the reactor, like some kind of science fictional beam weapon.
Then they've clearly missed an opportunity. Rather than trying to sell it to governments as a fusion reactor, they should have been selling it to the US military as 'some kind of science fictional beam weapon'.
You win.
I wish I had mod points right now.
I heard from one of my pilot friends. The Asian airlines don't just do that with the flight attendants. They also do it with the pilots.
See also Asian Flight 214
Most pilots want this. Plus, the checklists are still paper.
Seriously, it's even in the summary. Pilots are currently carrying around 40lbs worth of charts. Not checklists, just old fashioned paper maps. That's one bag with just paper. Then you add a suitcase for two weeks, and a backpack on top of that. So, not only are pilots carting around a ridiculous amount of paper that doesn't get used, but they can't fly with just carry on.
Believe it or not, airlines book commercial tickets to get there pilots to the plane they're going to be flying. With a huge bag full of paper those pilots have to go through baggage claim every single time. Plus hauling 70lbs worth of gear isn't the healthiest thing for them to be doing. Then there's dragging it to the hotel and back. Not fun.
The big problem with testing is the pilots have to haul around the bag and the tablet. Plus some airlines don't provide a mount in the planes, so they have to carry around this big, bulky, heavy mount as well. Yeah, I know quite a few pilots. They just don't have space for that.
The Microsoft view is, "try to maintain backwards compatibility if we can." The Apple view seems to be, "maintain backwards compatibility when it's convenient."
The Microsoft view has traditionally been, "maintain backwards compatibility at almost all costs." The real reason old software doesn't run well on Vista and Win 7 is MS stopped supporting the hacks the software was using. That and actually enforcing security restrictions. Seriously, it seems like every piece of old software needs to be run as Admin.
Maybe, but if they're cheap enough you can just buy them in bulk and not worry about it. Though it would be cool if they then gave me the cad file so I could have it printed out of metal or whatever I wanted.
On the store's side, a razor blade model isn't a bad one. I mean, people keep buying those crappy inkjet printers, instead of investing in a good color laser.
And I for one welcome these strange new Kinko's locations with industrial three phase power and 3,000lb metal laser sintering printers.
I'm sure there will be consumers lining up at the doors, Solidworks 3D models in hand...ignoring the long print times and that your average consumer has never even heard of CAD before.
If they had there models in hand wouldn't that defeat the purpose?
More seriously, I expect people to hit print on a website, then drive down to the store to pick it up. They could run it like Etsy or Amazon, where Kinko's takes a percentage of the profits. Instead of shipping, the item is automatically printed at the nearest store. It would actually be pretty efficient for low sales volumes.
. . . the same wonks that gave us so many failed DMV systems haven't found work in this sector too.
You're joking right? It's the exact same people.
SAIC is already in on the action.
That's the company that scammed New York out of all that money.
I heard that in Cave Johnson's voice.
Things like that are the reason why I can't wait for Voice Synthesizers that can mimic anyone's voice.
Well, that and the modding. It would be awesome to not have to worry about voice acting when modding Skyrim.
Expect Kinko's to be ready very soon. But then all the corner store offerings will go the way of photo printing outlets once the ability moves into the home.
Most homes own a printer, but Kinko's is still in business. They fill a rather large niche. I expect in store 3d printing to go the same way.
So I think 3D printing is cool and all that, and there's lots of value for some people, but as a 46-year old dad of two kids who is frequently at the supermarket, I struggle to figure out what I would need to 3D print.
I'm Canadian, so not interested in printing a gun, what else is there? What does a typical family need to 3D print these days?
Those dinky little plastic parts that break all the time. If you have kids, especially younger ones, then you know just how weak some plastic things are.
There are a couple things keeping 3d printers from being used much more extensively. First, the cost of the printer itself. Second, the accuracy of the cheaper printers. Third, the cost of printing materials. Fourth, the slowness of most 3d printers. Finally, the time required to learn and use the software.
Stores offering 3d printing can buy more expensive accurate 3d printers that use cheaper material. They can print multiple things at once, and the customer doesn't have to babysit the printer, so slowness is less of an issue. The idea is for the consumer to just upload whatever file they want to the stores website. The consumer doesn't even need to know how to work the actual modeling software. Just like people don't need to know Photoshop to print a picture.
Here's an example. My speakers have detachable plastic stands. If I lose one of them, then my speakers are much less useful. The cost to get it replaced in the traditional way is more than the speakers are worth. So, I can take the other one into a store that does 3d printing. They'll scan it, then print an exact duplicate of it. Two hours, and $10 later I'm in business.
Nah, pissed off grad students and research assistants who weren't going to get any credit.
Yeah, a lot of assistants don't even get mentioned in the paper. When they are, it's a small byline of with assistance with.... Many times it's not even on the abstract.
It's like working for a company where you know your boss is going to take all the credit for your hard work. It's perfectly legal and your boss might be a nice person, but it doesn't really encourage the underlings to care.
In this case, someone stole the researcher's thunder. The results are still valid and he might get some face time, but this will forever haunt his research on this particular topic.
Maybe captchas should be supplemented with logic puzzles to ensure commenters are actually capable of rational thought as well as pattern recognition.
If we did that, we'd lose half the comments.
Yeah, about that....
While the NSA might have taps. Huawei certainly does. Here's the relevent part of a Defcon 20 presentation: DEF CON 20 - Hacking Redacted Routers.
Huawei security is so bad that almost anybody could hack the things. Hell, the NSA probably uses these as the "easy" test when hiring hackers.
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