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Comment Advice from SLP (Score 1) 552

by suntory (#47075379) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Communication With Locked-in Syndrome Patient?
Speech-Language Pathologist here. Three advises:
  1. 1. Find a ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologist. We know what to do and about available options
  2. 2. Buy a portable communicator with eye-tracking tech. Don't be fooled by medical companies, today you can get a 10" tablet with customized software and integrated eye-tracking for 2000-3000$
  3. 3. Buy assistive tech to help her control some of her environment (e.g., turning on/off lights, TV, music...). This is a must to keep her mind sane

If you were my client, I would also recommend you to seek for psychological assistance for yourself. Things will be difficult and you'll face burnout.
Best wishes for you and your family

Comment Pavlovian Psychology? (Score 1) 288

by suntory (#46917507) Attached to: Applying Pavlovian Psychology to Password Management
Being a psychologist, this proposal fails the Pavlovian test in every bit. What classical conditioning shows is that for consequences to be effective, they have to be delivered immediately. Telling users they will have to change their passwords in 5 days because they are not secure enough is not going to work at all...

Comment It's an estimation of shipped units (Score 1) 348

by suntory (#41921199) Attached to: Samsung's Galaxy S III Steals Smartphone Crown From iPhone
Please RTFA. It's a market research firm doing estimations about units shipped, not sold (that is why they use "channel sales". Samsung does not release information on the number of phones that were actually sold (only Apple does this). Only when Samsung shows their real numbers we will be able to compare. Until then, the whole article is pure bullshit.

Comment Statistics (Score 1) 453

by suntory (#34738854) Attached to: Why Published Research Findings Are Often False
The importance that most scientific approaches give to statistics is ridiculous. For a great discussion on its value in scientific research, Murray Sidman's "Tactics of Scientific Research" is a must-read. It is focused on Psychology, but the basic ideas applies to every field. I have my students read this book as soon as I start supervising them.
It's funny. Laugh.

Submission + - Your worst IT workshop?

Submitted by suntory
suntory writes: I am a lecturer at a Spanish university. This week had to attend a workshop on "Advanced HTML and CSS" for the university staff. Some of the ideas that the presenter (a fellow lecturer) shared with us:
  • IE is the only browser that follows standards. You can see it clearly because it works for all sites, whereas Firefox and other browsers have problems displaying some of them.
  • Frames and tables are the best way to organize your website.
  • You can view the source for most CSS, Javascript and HTML files, so you can freely copy and paste what you feel like — the Internet is so free, you know.
  • Same applies for images. If you can see them in Google Images Search, then you can use them for your projects.
Of course, the workshop turned out to be a complete disaster and a waste of time. So I was wondering what other similar experiences you have had, and what was your worst IT workshop...

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