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Last edited by omon; 20 Apr 18,, 20:14."Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" B. Franklin
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Originally posted by WABs_OOE View PostBecause I've seen this before and everytime it's been a headache and heartache, especially with the military. There is a mine detection system sitting in a CF warehouse that cost well over a million dollars and a $10,000 dog does a better job. FCS was supposed to allow us reduce manpower and firepower needs but all it did was to let the enemy leak through our lines like an open damn.
Cameras do not replace eyes and AIs do not replace a man.
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Originally posted by omon View Postcameras may replace human eyes one day, the donors eyes that is.
Unfortunately, no matter what sort of ocular replacements were invented, our brains just aren't wired to see in those wavelengths. Someday, there probably will be ocular implants/replacements that have the built-in capability to perform tasks such as false color imaging, etc., which we currently use computers to do, but this technology will someday be available in a miniaturized format.Last edited by Ironduke; 21 Apr 18,, 01:02."Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
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Originally posted by WABs_OOE View Post
Sergeants and Captains leave the military because of the lack of career choices. The GS left the USMC and is making damned good money in the Construction Trade. So, yes, work ethic first and foremost.
I'm the one that pays the master plumber/electrician to do the work. And it took far less time to make money my way then it did for them to work up the ranks. And I make more money.
You're serious. Drones are not going to tell you the water table, soil composition, nor what kind of bottom you got be it clay or bedrock.
You know what replaced those first batch of robots? People. It was faster and easier to put an assembly line back up and give the training and tools to the people to meet the new specs.
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Originally posted by Ironduke View PostThis got me to thinking - wouldn't it be great if we could be see in wavelengths, both deep in the infrared, and way beyond the ultraviolet?
Unfortunately, no matter what sort of ocular replacements were invented, our brains just aren't wired to see in those wavelengths. Someday, there probably will be ocular implants/replacements that have the built-in capability to perform tasks such as false color imaging, etc., which we currently use computers to do, but this technology will someday be available in a miniaturized format.
Seriously though, things like that are being worked. Who knows what kind of breakthroughs we'll have in the next 20-30 years.“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Isn't it ironic - that the technology they had in ST:TNG in the year 2373, that was supposed to be nearly 400 years ahead of its time... that we rapidly exceeded that fictional technology in the real world, in just 10 or 15 years?"Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
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Originally posted by Ironduke View PostIsn't it ironic - that the technology they had in ST:TNG in the year 2373, that was supposed to be nearly 400 years ahead of its time... that we rapidly exceeded that fictional technology in the real world, in just 10 or 15 years?“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Originally posted by TopHatter View PostOh so true. What's even better is the technology that Star Trek (TOS and TNG) postulated inspired people to actually go out and invent it.
Not the first time a science fiction writer actually invented something - the biological AutoCAD program running in Arthur C. Clarke's mind invented stuff like geostationary satellites long before scientists and engineers turned them into a reality."Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
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Originally posted by WABs_OOE View PostThat's next year's crop that has yet to be planted. If it's not worth it, the farmers won't plant. It's as simple as that.
Originally posted by WABs_OOE View PostSo, start marketing yourself to places who can't afford upfront investment for the hardware and software.
Yes, get your work ethic into place. There is absolutely zero point in arguing the unfairness in all of this. If it puts food on the table and a roof over your head, do it. You've got Indian doctors driving cabs in NY. They're not marching up and down demanding the US lowers its standards in providing Medical Licenses.
Sergeants and Captains leave the military because of the lack of career choices. The GS left the USMC and is making damned good money in the Construction Trade. So, yes, work ethic first and foremost.
Originally posted by WABs_OOE View PostThey're patches, designed to buy you time so you can do a proper repair. I certainly won't rely on a patched ABS pipe lasting the life of a building. I, too, will patch that toilet pipe until I can get a contractor to dig up and replaced the damaged pipe.
Originally posted by WABs_OOE View PostYou're serious. Drones are not going to tell you the water table, soil composition, nor what kind of bottom you got be it clay or bedrock.
You know what replaced those first batch of robots? People. It was faster and easier to put an assembly line back up and give the training and tools to the people to meet the new specs.
Originally posted by WABs_OOE View Post3 deaths so far in testing. Confidence is not high.
Originally posted by WABs_OOE View PostTell that to your shareholders when you don't meet your quarterly production.
Originally posted by WABs_OOE View PostWe still have the bayonet.
As far as I know the last US Army bayonet charge was in 1951.
Now you are grasping at straws.
Originally posted by WABs_OOE View PostBecause I've seen this before and everytime it's been a headache and heartache, especially with the military. There is a mine detection system sitting in a CF warehouse that cost well over a million dollars and a $10,000 dog does a better job. FCS was supposed to allow us reduce manpower and firepower needs but all it did was to let the enemy leak through our lines like an open damn.
Originally posted by WABs_OOE View PostCameras do not replace eyes and AIs do not replace a man."Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" ~ Epicurus
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Originally posted by Ironduke View PostThis got me to thinking - wouldn't it be great if we could be see in wavelengths, both deep in the infrared, and way beyond the ultraviolet?
Unfortunately, no matter what sort of ocular replacements were invented, our brains just aren't wired to see in those wavelengths. Someday, there probably will be ocular implants/replacements that have the built-in capability to perform tasks such as false color imaging, etc., which we currently use computers to do, but this technology will someday be available in a miniaturized format.
that is actually very good idea, you are right our brain probably can't process that spectrum, or it could be the limitation of the eye, who knows, but the cam may have processor, that converts invisible spectrum to visible to the brain, same way pretty much every camera except iphone can see ir, you are right so far it is not available, in small size, but i'm sure soon it will be. especially with use of nanotech."Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" B. Franklin
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Originally posted by TopHatter View PostOh so true. What's even better is the technology that Star Trek (TOS and TNG) postulated inspired people to actually go out and invent it."Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?" ~ Epicurus
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Originally posted by antimony View Post
Originally posted by antimony View PostLet's get one thing straight. I am not advocating laid off people sit at home twiddling their thumbs. I am advocating for training and re-skilling programs (technology, green energy, AI, ML) that aim to train people who would come off jobs, to get into new ones. For example, surveyors can be taught data analysis and photogrammetry.
Originally posted by antimony View PostHowever, the Trump administration is reacting to an autmobile revolution by breeding more horses.
Originally posted by antimony View PostThey still reduce the number of manual repairs needed, hence they reduce jobs. Many of these technologies do not do away with manual work, they just reduce them. Either way, headcount is reduced
Originally posted by antimony View PostWhat the GS said.
Originally posted by antimony View PostDo you realize that the testing programs have not stopped?
Originally posted by antimony View PostHuh?? DevOps and Agile increases feature release cadence. These technologies have been implemented across industries. Case in point, Windows 10. Before WIN 10, Windows used to release major versions every 3-5 years. Now they release smaller size updates at least twice a year. Same for Office now that they have moved to O365. Features and updates are now coming thick and fast, but in smaller chunks. And yet, a lot of lower end tech jobs have gone away. Black box testing is now pretty much history in the technology world
However, no matter how you word this. Production MUST be shut down to implement new hardware, especially new hardware, and new software. You can test everything up the ying-yang but the final test is an actual production run and then deal with the headaches and heartaches that inevitably will come up. Now is this faster or slower than simply repairing what went wrong in the first place?
There's a reason why industries did not want to go off XP. It ain't broke, don't fix it.
Originally posted by antimony View PostAh, the bayonet. Tell me, how exactly do the drone operators use their bayonets?
Originally posted by antimony View PostCut the envelopes on their paychecks? Oh wait, those are probably direct deposited now.
Originally posted by antimony View PostAs far as I know the last US Army bayonet charge was in 1951.
Now you are grasping at straws.
You do not want to see combat videos from the Soviet-Afghan and the Chechen Wars.
You don't want to test military history with me.
Originally posted by antimony View PostIndustry is not the military.
Originally posted by antimony View PostTell that to the support guy whose job has been taken over by chatbots. And before you ask, yes I have implemented them myself. Has the entire support team gone away? No, of course not. But headcount has reduced because users raise less tickets when chatbots can answer basic questions.
Yes, you reduced your team but only because someone else paid to train your users.Last edited by Officer of Engineers; 21 Apr 18,, 18:47.Chimo
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Originally posted by omon View Postthat is actually very good idea, you are right our brain probably can't process that spectrum, or it could be the limitation of the eye, who knows, but the cam may have processor, that converts invisible spectrum to visible to the brain, same way pretty much every camera except iphone can see ir, you are right so far it is not available, in small size, but i'm sure soon it will be. especially with use of nanotech.
An alien who sees in the 2.4Ghz spectrum would see everything being lit up by all of our internet signals, and we'd appear to be human-shaped but translucent like jellyfish. A dog would likewise be dog-shaped but translucent. They would be able to see through the walls of a typical American house, it'd be murky and translucent, but they would probably see nails and other metal objects floating in this translucent solid structure. And they'd see us through the walls as well, translucent creatures milling about in a translucent structure.
I've told people when I help set up wireless internet devices, to imagine that the device is giving off a type of light you can't see, but that your device has "eyes" of sorts and needs to be able to "see" it. I then describe what types of materials are transparent and which ones are opaque. I find it's a pretty useful way to break it down for them.
Probably not a good idea to get into the aliens stuff though until they really get to know you. Fun stuff to think about though.Last edited by Ironduke; 21 Apr 18,, 19:44."Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."
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