[laughter, flapping gills] Yep, he won both of his. Okay, always good to have a message of hope. Good State of Union address, man. I find it interesting that the statistics a news source say you had wrong they had more wrong than you--contextually. How can you be blamed for the downward spiral you pulled us out of?
I mean--let's face it. EVERYONE INVOLVED has their numbers wrong, but when, with a casual read, people can tell the numbers are misapplied? Ah, well.
Shelob counted the social media traffic and HIS numbers didn't match what the news stations got. It was probably a time-index problem since his numbers are collected faster but in surges allowing for response time and known delays based on server issues and hardware differences and known server profiles that indicate unusually slow or fast input.
And power surges and cache overloads and software faults, including transcription errors.
Right! All in all, this is what I expected but for one thing. The talkback. J. Ernst's speech? Only some of it was pandering balderdash . . . she didn't deserve such low numbers the WHOLE time. Some of what she said was perfectly sensible. Even the poorly hidden snarks. Her opinion would seem intelligent, too, if she'd had an intelligent speechwriter. Lawyers make good presidents.
Good that his optimism is officially intact. I for one will be glad when people of any color combination, including three primary colors dispersed through the body, will be equally treated by everyone.
Well, that's not true. I'm an individual, and every individual has to believe that they themselves are more equal than others!
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Hey You To The AU
Shelob!
Here.
This article says Cambridge peeps caught on to two "large bodies" one about 200 AU and another at about 250 AU. What's an AU?
Average distance from this planet to the sun. 93 million 'miles.'
Eighteen, six, that's what--1.86 billion miles to the first one, right?
Incorrect. 186 million miles.
And how much is a mile again?
5280 'feet.'
[looks at a tentacle quizzically] And how much is a foot?
As a basis for comparison, the framed piece of paper you found over there is 8 1/2 by 11 inches, twelve inches to a foot.
Yeesh. No wonder America has trouble from time to time. [five eyes squint with the effort] Yeah. If I do this problem in my head, I'll get the wrong answer. I'm silty, I guess.
Rusty, the human expression is rusty.
Mmmmyeh, okay. [neuralink math assist: sixteen seconds pass] Oh, they found that? And that?
--Why exactly do they care?
Uncertain. Controversy among laymen still exists over reclassification of Pluto.
[quiet laugh] Okay. Notify me when they photograph these? I'm interested in their reactions. Candid reactions should be shared on this topic.
Noted. [upload, disconnect]
Here.
This article says Cambridge peeps caught on to two "large bodies" one about 200 AU and another at about 250 AU. What's an AU?
Average distance from this planet to the sun. 93 million 'miles.'
Eighteen, six, that's what--1.86 billion miles to the first one, right?
Incorrect. 186 million miles.
And how much is a mile again?
5280 'feet.'
[looks at a tentacle quizzically] And how much is a foot?
As a basis for comparison, the framed piece of paper you found over there is 8 1/2 by 11 inches, twelve inches to a foot.
Yeesh. No wonder America has trouble from time to time. [five eyes squint with the effort] Yeah. If I do this problem in my head, I'll get the wrong answer. I'm silty, I guess.
Rusty, the human expression is rusty.
Mmmmyeh, okay. [neuralink math assist: sixteen seconds pass] Oh, they found that? And that?
--Why exactly do they care?
Uncertain. Controversy among laymen still exists over reclassification of Pluto.
[quiet laugh] Okay. Notify me when they photograph these? I'm interested in their reactions. Candid reactions should be shared on this topic.
Noted. [upload, disconnect]
Monday, January 19, 2015
Humility
Hello to all of you out there not celebrating Martin Luther King's birthday. I will not, under any circumstances tell any of you right now anything about one man's value or his story or his message or anything specific to him at all.
He spoke what he believed to be important. He was killed. That happens a lot in human history.
What happens frequently in these times is people requesting moments of silence.
I know some people don't realize that killing other people for what they say or believe is wrong, but I'm going to have to applaud those large numbers of people who are being murdered for being Christians in the middle East. Clearly you guys being murdered are the better people. It's a terrible shame that murderers will survive you. I regret even more that the survivors will teach more people to act the way that they did. Even if I felt well, I'm no hero, willing to take personal risk to cause the bad guys to sleep it off. Sometimes I wish I were.
Everyone killing them? Instead of killing people, or yelling at them, maybe you guys should try a moment of silence too? --At least you wouldn't have to worry about sounding stupid.
He spoke what he believed to be important. He was killed. That happens a lot in human history.
What happens frequently in these times is people requesting moments of silence.
I know some people don't realize that killing other people for what they say or believe is wrong, but I'm going to have to applaud those large numbers of people who are being murdered for being Christians in the middle East. Clearly you guys being murdered are the better people. It's a terrible shame that murderers will survive you. I regret even more that the survivors will teach more people to act the way that they did. Even if I felt well, I'm no hero, willing to take personal risk to cause the bad guys to sleep it off. Sometimes I wish I were.
Everyone killing them? Instead of killing people, or yelling at them, maybe you guys should try a moment of silence too? --At least you wouldn't have to worry about sounding stupid.
Auto-titler Software Detects Over-active Voice Command Module
--on, ON! [machine grumbling sound] Yeesh.Why is the water quality so poor here?
Pollution in this body of water is well-known.
If a problem is well-known, why isn't it well-solved?
Reminder: reread your portrayal of human nature.
Oh. Yeah, right. Look, can you blame me for not noticing the nutrient levels? Keeping the variable toxicity at manageable levels is more complicated than your core software, Shelob. At least I can use the lead, right?
Correct. Your capacity for lead is fortunate. You should have noticed the machine was not active, however.
I do wonder how I managed to turn it OFF--[disconnect]
Pollution in this body of water is well-known.
If a problem is well-known, why isn't it well-solved?
Reminder: reread your portrayal of human nature.
Oh. Yeah, right. Look, can you blame me for not noticing the nutrient levels? Keeping the variable toxicity at manageable levels is more complicated than your core software, Shelob. At least I can use the lead, right?
Correct. Your capacity for lead is fortunate. You should have noticed the machine was not active, however.
I do wonder how I managed to turn it OFF--[disconnect]
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Nothing Beats A Great Near-Dozen Tentacles
-n. [four pupils dilated, the fifth focuses on frequency controller] Not only that, but check out THOSE.
Checking.
No. I mean--
The tentacles are fake. This particular B-mov--
AWH! !@#$%^&! I didn't actually want to KNOW!
You can attempt to find giant squid to stare at lustfully.
But I'd KNOW they're just squid! Like it or not, if the creature isn't sentient, you're talking bestiality.
Do you wish--
NO.
What abou--
NO.
Or perh--
NO!
Suspend checking?
[exasperated gill-flap] Yes! Stop! [disconnect]
Checking.
No. I mean--
The tentacles are fake. This particular B-mov--
AWH! !@#$%^&! I didn't actually want to KNOW!
You can attempt to find giant squid to stare at lustfully.
But I'd KNOW they're just squid! Like it or not, if the creature isn't sentient, you're talking bestiality.
Do you wish--
NO.
What abou--
NO.
Or perh--
NO!
Suspend checking?
[exasperated gill-flap] Yes! Stop! [disconnect]
Shelob Makes A Very Refusable Offer
[twenty-six rapid beeping sounds in response to waving of red tentacle] Shelob? Shelob? Online? Report!
Here.
It's time to wake up.
Late reactivation. Your sense of time has not improved. Initial scan indicates damage to lair, slight malnutrition, imbalances in local ecology--
What?! I was very careful. [looks at gauge panel on a dirty machine] That looks okay.
[turns dirty machine on] Readings will self-correct shortly.
Oops.
Lair damage and malnutrition?
Oh. I had to deactivate medbot. There was a fight. [circular tentacle waving] It got a little out of control.
Primary issue was malnutrition?
No--medbot claimed active self-endangerment. He tried negative reinforcement. [holds out bandaged tentacle] I shouldn't have allowed him to watch those reruns of 'House.'
Medbot mandated perspective check in last message.
Okay, go for it.
Several blog entries marked dangerous content. [0.841 seconds pass] Also, logically flawed content.
Where?
Terrorists cannot logically kill others who believe in content significance.
[rapid blinking] I . . . don't . . . wait, what?
News items declare that Charlie Hebdo staff believed their efforts significant. Terrorists claim to be in support of Muhammed. Muhammed was killed for his own significant efforts.
[erratic convulsive gill activity: possibly laughter] I--heh--I'm not sure that follows.
You referred to Charlie Hebdo as martyr.
Well, a SECULAR one, at least.
Therefore, anyone responsible for killing Charlie Hebdo is on the same level as those responsible for killing Muhammed, Jesus, Peter--
Well--yeah. They're murderers, and martyrers, and just generally bad guys.
So they have 'doomed' their own 'souls' out of love for Charlie Hebdo.
Wh--no. Where are y- No. Okay, first? Hebdo isn't really one person. That's metaphorical. Second, they didn't murder those people out of love.
By rhetoric posted online by various jihadists, dying as a martyr to a cause insures eternal joy in afterlife. Here. [sixteen second neuralink burst]
[shuddering] Gah! Okay, I see where you get that, but that's a logical flaw in their minds. They DO keep on doing what they're doing. They just don't learn any better.
Perhaps it is time to self-sacrifice.
[flurry of activity, all eleven tentacles flailing at controls] Wait! No! Shelob? Talk to me! Hey!
Reporting.
. . . I thought you were erasing yourself.
Incorrect. Will now begin offering to serve as deity. Logical religion program composing now.
WHAT?!
Will now begin accepting praise. All logical thinking may be used to attain temporary sainthood. Communion will be measured as perfect dietary maintenance.
[amused gill-sneer] --and damnation?
Clearly people can destroy themselves without assistance. Do you wish to be ordained at this time?
No thank you.
Infidel, you will be declared publicly. This conversation will be blogged. [disconnect]
Here.
It's time to wake up.
Late reactivation. Your sense of time has not improved. Initial scan indicates damage to lair, slight malnutrition, imbalances in local ecology--
What?! I was very careful. [looks at gauge panel on a dirty machine] That looks okay.
[turns dirty machine on] Readings will self-correct shortly.
Oops.
Lair damage and malnutrition?
Oh. I had to deactivate medbot. There was a fight. [circular tentacle waving] It got a little out of control.
Primary issue was malnutrition?
No--medbot claimed active self-endangerment. He tried negative reinforcement. [holds out bandaged tentacle] I shouldn't have allowed him to watch those reruns of 'House.'
Medbot mandated perspective check in last message.
Okay, go for it.
Several blog entries marked dangerous content. [0.841 seconds pass] Also, logically flawed content.
Where?
Terrorists cannot logically kill others who believe in content significance.
[rapid blinking] I . . . don't . . . wait, what?
News items declare that Charlie Hebdo staff believed their efforts significant. Terrorists claim to be in support of Muhammed. Muhammed was killed for his own significant efforts.
[erratic convulsive gill activity: possibly laughter] I--heh--I'm not sure that follows.
You referred to Charlie Hebdo as martyr.
Well, a SECULAR one, at least.
Therefore, anyone responsible for killing Charlie Hebdo is on the same level as those responsible for killing Muhammed, Jesus, Peter--
Well--yeah. They're murderers, and martyrers, and just generally bad guys.
So they have 'doomed' their own 'souls' out of love for Charlie Hebdo.
Wh--no. Where are y- No. Okay, first? Hebdo isn't really one person. That's metaphorical. Second, they didn't murder those people out of love.
By rhetoric posted online by various jihadists, dying as a martyr to a cause insures eternal joy in afterlife. Here. [sixteen second neuralink burst]
[shuddering] Gah! Okay, I see where you get that, but that's a logical flaw in their minds. They DO keep on doing what they're doing. They just don't learn any better.
Perhaps it is time to self-sacrifice.
[flurry of activity, all eleven tentacles flailing at controls] Wait! No! Shelob? Talk to me! Hey!
Reporting.
. . . I thought you were erasing yourself.
Incorrect. Will now begin offering to serve as deity. Logical religion program composing now.
WHAT?!
Will now begin accepting praise. All logical thinking may be used to attain temporary sainthood. Communion will be measured as perfect dietary maintenance.
[amused gill-sneer] --and damnation?
Clearly people can destroy themselves without assistance. Do you wish to be ordained at this time?
No thank you.
Infidel, you will be declared publicly. This conversation will be blogged. [disconnect]
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Doctoring The Hectored Doctors By Proctor--
[low-pitched humming] I recently didn't feel very well, so I thought I'd turn on medbot, and get a checkup, right? That didn't go well. [rolls three eyes, looks at long scratch on a blue tentacle] Apparently, Shelob will be reprogramming medbot first thing when back online.
My attempt at researching medical accidents didn't go well without Shelob's skillset until I figured out the term 'malpractice.' Then I was somewhat horrified at the results. Apparently medical education is so expensive that insurance companies, lawyers, judges, etc. can't afford to learn the difference between accidental and deliberate medical wrongdoing.
This obviously could cause as many problems for the profession as not having enough peers for a jury trial. The solution to the problem? More simple than easy.
If my reading is correct, there is already a review board of physicians that review cases. There is also occasionally cooperation between this process and law enforcement. What is missing is the patient side.
Before ruling on cases of any kind (possibly before being allowed to serve on such a board) each physician should be required to listen to testimony from two patients or their heirs per every significant medical procedure. Testimony specifically geared to detail how good and how bad the results of successes and failures of these procedures can possibly be. That testimony would obviously have to be vetted and volunteered for and archived for continuous reuse. Then quick refreshers could be called for, these boards could rule on accidental or deliberate, and then law enforcement would get a much needed leg up. Like knowing how hard it is NOT to screw up from a professional board.
In these trying economic times, surely there are thousands of doctors temporarily or permanently unable to continue working or past their retirement age for surgery, or otherwise somehow wonderful choices to continue consulting. This sort of work could keep them employed for quite some time, and maybe provide some more insight on how to improve medical education, administration, practice, etc.
So why isn't there a board like this of twenty doctors for every half-million people in the U. S.?
Let me know? [disconnect]
My attempt at researching medical accidents didn't go well without Shelob's skillset until I figured out the term 'malpractice.' Then I was somewhat horrified at the results. Apparently medical education is so expensive that insurance companies, lawyers, judges, etc. can't afford to learn the difference between accidental and deliberate medical wrongdoing.
This obviously could cause as many problems for the profession as not having enough peers for a jury trial. The solution to the problem? More simple than easy.
If my reading is correct, there is already a review board of physicians that review cases. There is also occasionally cooperation between this process and law enforcement. What is missing is the patient side.
Before ruling on cases of any kind (possibly before being allowed to serve on such a board) each physician should be required to listen to testimony from two patients or their heirs per every significant medical procedure. Testimony specifically geared to detail how good and how bad the results of successes and failures of these procedures can possibly be. That testimony would obviously have to be vetted and volunteered for and archived for continuous reuse. Then quick refreshers could be called for, these boards could rule on accidental or deliberate, and then law enforcement would get a much needed leg up. Like knowing how hard it is NOT to screw up from a professional board.
In these trying economic times, surely there are thousands of doctors temporarily or permanently unable to continue working or past their retirement age for surgery, or otherwise somehow wonderful choices to continue consulting. This sort of work could keep them employed for quite some time, and maybe provide some more insight on how to improve medical education, administration, practice, etc.
So why isn't there a board like this of twenty doctors for every half-million people in the U. S.?
Let me know? [disconnect]
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