Oct 9, 2015
More October Holidays
On October 12 we celebrate Columbus
Day and Canadian Thanksgiving day. Of course they have nothing to do
with each other, just coincidence this year.
Nine Gartner Technology Predictions
Gartner has released
its technology predictions for the year.
By 2018, twenty percent of all business content, one in five of the documents you read, will be authored by a machine. "Robowriters" are already producing budget reports, sports, and business reports, and this trend is sneaking in without notice.
By 2018, six billion connected things will be requesting support. These non-human “things” are customers requesting services and data, and other methods of support.
By 2020, autonomous software agents outside of human control will participate in 5% of all economic transactions. Smart algorithms are already beginning to perform transactions without human help.
By 2018, more than three million workers globally will be supervised by a roboboss. "The problem with this is that robot bosses don't have human reactions," it said. "The reality is we have to see if robots can get human mannerisms right."
By 2018, twenty percent of smart buildings will have experienced digital vandalism. As buildings, both commercial and residential, get smarter and more connected, there is greater potential that these buildings can be attacked. We need to develop a way to detect and correct these intrusions.
By 2018, fifty percent of the fastest-growing companies will have less smart employees and more smart machines. Smart systems will be analyzing how a factory is being run, or deciding whether people are completing a task at an appropriate speed.
By 2018, digital assistants will recognize individuals by face and voice. Passwords are unworkable and good ones are hard to memorize. Biometrics have been around for a long time, but will get stronger.
By 2018, two million employees will be required to wear health and fitness tracking devices as a condition of employment. One benefit is that insurance costs may be lower for those companies with healthy employees. The use of such devices also raises significant issues about whether an employee keeps a job based on fitness level.
By 2020, smart agents will facilitate forty percent of mobile interactions. This is based on the belief that the world is moving to a post-app era, where assistants such as Cortana, Siri, and Google Now act as a type of universal interface.
By 2018, twenty percent of all business content, one in five of the documents you read, will be authored by a machine. "Robowriters" are already producing budget reports, sports, and business reports, and this trend is sneaking in without notice.
By 2018, six billion connected things will be requesting support. These non-human “things” are customers requesting services and data, and other methods of support.
By 2020, autonomous software agents outside of human control will participate in 5% of all economic transactions. Smart algorithms are already beginning to perform transactions without human help.
By 2018, more than three million workers globally will be supervised by a roboboss. "The problem with this is that robot bosses don't have human reactions," it said. "The reality is we have to see if robots can get human mannerisms right."
By 2018, twenty percent of smart buildings will have experienced digital vandalism. As buildings, both commercial and residential, get smarter and more connected, there is greater potential that these buildings can be attacked. We need to develop a way to detect and correct these intrusions.
By 2018, fifty percent of the fastest-growing companies will have less smart employees and more smart machines. Smart systems will be analyzing how a factory is being run, or deciding whether people are completing a task at an appropriate speed.
By 2018, digital assistants will recognize individuals by face and voice. Passwords are unworkable and good ones are hard to memorize. Biometrics have been around for a long time, but will get stronger.
By 2018, two million employees will be required to wear health and fitness tracking devices as a condition of employment. One benefit is that insurance costs may be lower for those companies with healthy employees. The use of such devices also raises significant issues about whether an employee keeps a job based on fitness level.
By 2020, smart agents will facilitate forty percent of mobile interactions. This is based on the belief that the world is moving to a post-app era, where assistants such as Cortana, Siri, and Google Now act as a type of universal interface.
Water on Mars
Came across one of my old blog posts from way
back in February 2009. It is a picture of water on Mars. How
prescient I must have been.
Happy Emergency Nurses Day
On October 14, 2015 we celebrate Emergency Nurses. Each year on the second Wednesday in October we take this day to say “thank you” to the emergency room nurses for their hard work, dedication, service, and commitment to their patients and families and their loyalty to the emergency nursing profession. National Emergency Nurses Day is part of Emergency Nurses Week. To all ED nurses, thank you and we hope you have a great day.
Selfie Mania
Taking selfies
has killed more people so far during 2015 than shark attacks (12
to 8). The majority have actually been tourists trying to take
pictures of themselves in unfamiliar places. There has also been a
noticeable increased incidence of pedestrian accidents due to
people looking down at their phone screens while attempting to
walk. I presume there is some overlap with those who also had
difficulty walking while chewing gum.
Condom Facts
For most of their history, condoms have
been used both as a method of birth control, and as a protective
measure against sexually transmitted diseases. Condoms have been
made from a variety of materials. Prior to the 19th century,
chemically treated linen and animal intestine or bladder were
used. The oldest condoms ever excavated were found in a cesspit
located in the grounds of Dudley Castle and were made from animal
membrane, the condoms dated back to as early as 1640s. Condoms
during the Renaissance were made out of intestines and bladder.
Cleaned and prepared intestine for use in glove making had been
sold commercially since at least the 13th century.
The story of the Earl of Condom, a knighted personal physician to England’s King Charles II in the mid-1600’s, who was requested to produce a method to protect the King from syphilis is completely false.
The story of the Earl of Condom, a knighted personal physician to England’s King Charles II in the mid-1600’s, who was requested to produce a method to protect the King from syphilis is completely false.
Oct 2, 2015
Happy Friday
Contentment may be the bread, but happiness is the wine of life.
I love to break bread, pour happiness, and share with friends on a Happy Friday!
I love to break bread, pour happiness, and share with friends on a Happy Friday!
World Smile Day
Today, October 2, 2015 we celebrate World
Smile Day. It is always celebrated on the first Friday in
October. Show the world a big smile and use #WorldSmileDay to
post on social media.
The idea of World Smile Day was initiated by Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts. He created the Smiley Face in 1963. The World’s first World Smile Day was held in the year 1999 and has been held annually since.
After Harvey died in 2001, the “Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation” was created to honor his name and memory. The slogan of the Smile Foundation is “improving this world, one smile at a time.” The Foundation continues as the official sponsor of World Smile Day each year. Likely no coincidence this year it happens on a Happy Friday. Harvey wants us to have a ball.
The idea of World Smile Day was initiated by Harvey Ball, a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts. He created the Smiley Face in 1963. The World’s first World Smile Day was held in the year 1999 and has been held annually since.
After Harvey died in 2001, the “Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation” was created to honor his name and memory. The slogan of the Smile Foundation is “improving this world, one smile at a time.” The Foundation continues as the official sponsor of World Smile Day each year. Likely no coincidence this year it happens on a Happy Friday. Harvey wants us to have a ball.
National Vodka and Golf Lovers Day
Celebrated since at least 2009, National Vodka Day on October 4, 2015 has been mentioned by Wine Enthusiast Magazine and has also been noted in news websites such as CBS. The versatile beverage accounts for about 20 to 25 per cent of spirits sold today in North America, making it the most popular libation.
Totally unrelated, but celebrated on the same day, October 4 in 2015 is National Golf Lovers Day. National Golf Lovers Day, also referred to as National Golf Day. Since 1952, the PGA has held a charitable event each year for National Golf Day, which is held on varying days within the year. We can celebrate a tipple and tip-in on the same day (and watch football).
Totally unrelated, but celebrated on the same day, October 4 in 2015 is National Golf Lovers Day. National Golf Lovers Day, also referred to as National Golf Day. Since 1952, the PGA has held a charitable event each year for National Golf Day, which is held on varying days within the year. We can celebrate a tipple and tip-in on the same day (and watch football).
Malarkey
We do not hear this word much these days, but it
certainly was versatile. Here are some synonyms: balderdash,
baloney, bilge, blah-blah, blarney, blather, blatherskite,
blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum, claptrap, codswallop
[British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle-faddle,
fiddlesticks, flapdoodle, folderol, folly, foolishness, garbage,
guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers
[slang], humbuggery, jazz, nonsense, muck, nuts, piffle,
poppycock, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush,
stupidity, taradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle.
That certainly is a bunch of malarkey. Hope I did not miss
any.
Unique Honda Commercial
This is a unique commercial that I might
actually watch without changing stations or muting. It is about
all the products Honda makes and is done with paper folding.
Here is a video of how they put it together. It was done without animation, just people and paper. A fun two minutes LINK.
Here is a video of how they put it together. It was done without animation, just people and paper. A fun two minutes LINK.
Cisco Internet Predictions 2015
Each year Cisco gets its best and brightest minds together to make some predictions. The following are for the 2015 predictions.
Annual global IP (internet) traffic will surpass the zettabyte (1000 exabytes) threshold in 2016, and the two zettabyte threshold in 2019.
Global IP traffic has increased more than fivefold in the past 5 years, and will increase nearly threefold over the next 5 years. Overall, IP traffic will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23 percent to 2019.
Content delivery networks will carry 62% of Internet traffic by 2019, up from 39 percent in 2014.
Over half of all IP traffic will originate with non-PC devices by 2019, up from 40 percent in 2014.
Personal computer-originated traffic will grow at a CAGR of just 9 percent, while TVs, tablets, smartphones, and machine-to-machine (M2M) modules will have traffic growth rates of 17 percent, 65 percent, 62 percent, and 71 percent, respectively.
By 2019, Wi-Fi and mobile devices will account for 66 percent of IP traffic and wired devices will account for just 33 percent.
Global Internet traffic in 2019 will be equivalent to 64 times the volume of the entire global Internet in 2005.
The number of devices connected to IP networks will be three times the global population in 2019.
By 2019, global fixed broadband speeds will reach 43 Mbps, up from 20 Mbps in 2014.
It would take an individual over 5 million years to watch the amount of video that will cross global IP networks each month in 2019. Every second, nearly a million minutes of video content will cross the network by 2019.
Population Density
If everyone lived as densely as they do in Manhattan, the whole human race could fit in New Zealand. If everyone lived as densely as they do in Manilla, the human race could fit in Tunisia. If everyone lived as densely as they do in Canada, we would need fourteen globes to fit the human race.
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