Since computers can crunch numbers/data so much faster than people
can, > it makes sense to use them. As I understand, Watson (the
computer that > beat the all over top 2 Jeopardy players, is now used for medical
research/analysis.
I've got a couple uneasinesses about that.
First, I have a similar suspicion with respect
to them that you have regarding seeing-eye
automation - lack of insight. and if they do
eventually get insight, that's scarier still.
Choice between a rock and a hard place or the devil & the deep blue sea.
If you want to put it that way, yes.
The other issue is that computers are hackable.
That's very scary, knowing that so much can be compromised so fast.
So I've always hated the idea of glass cockpits and
am thinking that airplane systems could be hacked to
amazing effect. This 737 Max thing is kind of getting
to me.
metrics. > ML> And then there are those of us who seldom measure
at all. It's amusing that someone who basically can't
see does most of his measuring by the eyeball method.
If it works for you, don't belittle your methodology.
That was a joke.
It's also half serious--whatever works best for you, go for it. Just
don't try to make something that calls for small, precise measurements
unless you know how much your "pinch" really is.
Mine wasn't.
Though I'm pretty apprehensive about what happens to
the rest of the flying fleet if Boeing goes down.
Maybe it'll be reincarnated as a maintenance provider.
I'm not even going to think about the possible ramifications to the air travel industry.
It's kind of not so remote for me.
But take your ordinary wonderful, wholesome apple. It
contains 0.3 grams of fat. That's not zero, but it may
be advertised as such, by the arcane rules.
Close enough to fat free to be labeled as such.
Yeah, and there are lots of foods that qualify for
the labeling that really aren't. It shouldn't be
this way.
Do you think your wheel is squeaky enough to get the grease that will
change the whole food labelling industry?
My wheel isn't very squeaky, never was.
Among other things. Fat is also a major player
in our basic metabolism. If you don't eat enough
of it, your body compensates in various ways,
including making it, and if you even so don't have
enough, you die.
Can't win for losing.
Can't win by losing, either.
Unless it's unwanted pounds.
Even so.
It's another word that is wrongly applied to food.
The question arises what constitutes right and
wrong in this context. If there's such a thing.
Personal choice, probably. I'd say that adore would apply to animate
objects (people, animals, etc) but inanamate objects (food, drink, etc)
would not be "adorable".
The Catholics have even stricter criteria for
the term, going back to the etymology, which
is also why I'm disinclined to use it at all.
AFAIK, the Raleigh TSA does well in that regard. Every so often the
news > will have a story on "This is what the TSA confiscated in X months
locally".
And then you get stories about "our reporter took a
hand grenade through security without being stopped."
Not so many of those, actually.
The studies show that substantially more
contraband gets through than is caught. Not
customarily as big or threatening as a
grenade, but let's just say that we can
be thankful that the typical smuggler of
weapons is merely clueless rather than
malevolent.
Speaking of which, I was going out the security exit
at Phoenix when in my peripheral vision I noted
someone zip in the exit, which triggered an alarm.
I was glad to be leaving the airport rather than
trying to catch a flight.
I'd agree with you there. It's been a while since we flew in/out of Sky Harbor--that was the one we'd use when we were in HI and our girls were (both) in AZ. Hawaiian had an overnight flight from Honolulu to Sky Harbor--very convenient for us.
And it seems likewise that this particular
transgressor was not significantly dangerous.
RICH BLUEBERRY MUFFINS
A couple of teaspoons of ground cinnamon makes them even better.
To me, blueberries are delicate enough to
require that other distracting flavor be kept
out of the way.
IIRC, the cinnamon was in the recipe in my James Beard cook book. I'd probably use a teaspoon, maybe less, of it, just to play off the
blueberry taste.
I'm very much a purist when it comes to
blueberries. Cranberries, not so much,
the sky's the limit.
---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v7.05
Title: Festive Cranberry Loaf
Categories: Breads, Fruits, Nuts
Servings: 4
2 c Unbleached flour; sifted 1 c Sugar
1 1/2 ts Baking powder 1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Baking soda 1/4 c Shortening
1 Egg; lg, beaten 3/4 c Orange juice; fresh
1 ts Orange rind; grated 1 c Raw cranberries;
coarse chop
1/4 c Walnuts; chopped 1 ts Unbleached flour
Sift the 2 cups of flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda into
a
bowl then, using a pastry blender, cut the shortening in until crumbs
form.
Combine the egg, orange juice and orange rind and add to the crumb
mixture
all at once, stirring until just moistened. Combine the coarsely chopped
cranberries, walnuts and 1 tb of flour and add the mixture to the batter.
Pour into a greased and waxpaper lined loaf pan 8 1/2 X 4 1/2 X 2
1/2-inch
loaf pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F. oven for 1 hour or until a
cake tester or wood pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in
the pan for 10 minutes before turning out to cool to room temperature.
Wrap
the loaf in aluminum foil and let stand over night for better slicing.
Source: a file called BREADS.MMF
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