tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post1107675623235550963..comments2024-01-12T11:26:35.176-05:00Comments on Working Stiffs: That Brave New World Threatens Again!Working Stiffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270595837074553752noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-53849140203243176692008-09-16T10:28:00.000-04:002008-09-16T10:28:00.000-04:00I had the same cell phone thing happen to me. Dete...I had the same cell phone thing happen to me. Detective rushing to save someone close to him, trying to call to see if she's all right, and it dawned on me: he'd use his cell, demmy. So I had him appreciate the danger as he was coming out of the shower. In his haste to towel off and get dressed he FORGOT HIS CELL PHONE.<BR/><BR/>Whew. That was close.Dana Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-68135616756342351782008-09-16T09:43:00.000-04:002008-09-16T09:43:00.000-04:00OKay, I find myself wondering why I can't have one...OKay, I find myself wondering why I can't have one of those scans while I'm alive instead of all the poking, prodding, x-rays, Ct scans, blood tests by the gallon and that damn stress test when they pump me full of radioactive stuff to look at my heart while I gasp on the treadmill. Yeesh!<BR/><BR/>It's probably available. Just costs too much for anyone but the tax payers who must fund autopsies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-87320269865169246942008-09-16T09:33:00.000-04:002008-09-16T09:33:00.000-04:00Thanks for the comments and insights. I wanted to...Thanks for the comments and insights. I wanted to include a link to that segment/program, but didn't have much luck finding it! Hmmm, must be me...certainly can't be the technology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-81488793187921439532008-09-16T08:56:00.000-04:002008-09-16T08:56:00.000-04:00Joyce, 25 years ago could you imagine paperless ph...Joyce, 25 years ago could you imagine paperless photograghs?<BR/><BR/>A couple of years ago, I went to a meeting on change management and the speaker was from Kodak. He knew me and used me as an example. He asked what we would think if someone challenged us to deliver a Budweiser to the consumer without a bottle, can, keg or glass. He said that's how they felt when management asked them to deliver paperless photographs. <BR/><BR/>I also remember reading (not all that long ago) about this new thing called digital music and MP3. They said it would revolutionize the industry. How would that happen? My vinyl records and cassette tapes worked just fine.<BR/><BR/>Mike, When I was writing the final scenes of my first book, I got to the climax where my FBI Agent had to stop an automated event from happening. For thirty pages I've been building up to this dramatic sequence. Laura Daniels is racing to the scene to stop the event and it dawned on me, "Why doesn't she just use her cell phone and call it in to have this stop?"<BR/><BR/>That would not have been the explosive ending I was looking for. OH, I could have used a lot of excuses, no bars, "can you hear me now?", etc. But I wanted to make it plausible and not one of those convenient little tricks some lazy writers use. It took a week to come up with it and I had to go back and re-write a scene to make it work, but in the end, it was worth it.<BR/><BR/>I think that's why some writers write fiction based in the past. You KNOW the capabilities of the technology and we had to use our brains a little more.<BR/><BR/>Friday I plan to talk about a little research trip I did for my current book that involved technology that I wanted to get right.<BR/><BR/>Good stuff.Wilfred Bereswillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03019217952304685255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-61033431632537067222008-09-16T08:28:00.000-04:002008-09-16T08:28:00.000-04:00Mike,I suspect the non-invasive autopsy would be v...Mike,<BR/>I suspect the non-invasive autopsy would be very popular with surviving loved ones, who cringe at the thought of anyone dissecting the decedant. Another advantage would be that the organs, injuries, etc., could be viewed in position, without anything having to be first taken out or moved aside, which would surely present a clearer picture for reconstructing things like angle of entry, etc. Besides, being up to the elbows in bloody tissue may not bother you meat eaters but, as a long-time vegetarian, I can only say it really creeps me out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-65454104720485960872008-09-16T07:54:00.000-04:002008-09-16T07:54:00.000-04:00I can't imagine an autopsy becoming completely aut...I can't imagine an autopsy becoming completely automated. There are some things that only a human can figure out. There will still be questions only a medical examiner will be able to answer. <BR/><BR/>I agree with Tory about predictions. Otherwise, we should all have flying cars by now.<BR/><BR/>Very thought provoking post, Mike!Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-26447534121659765252008-09-16T06:57:00.000-04:002008-09-16T06:57:00.000-04:00I still remember an article I read as a teenager, ...I still remember an article I read as a teenager, predicting commonplace technology 10 years after it was printed. It's been over 30 years since I read it, but, in my experience, most people don't have houses where the walls light up. Most of us still use lamps or ceiling lights.<BR/><BR/>Predicting things is a difficult business, I've learned, and it's hard to figure out exactly what use people will make of technology.<BR/><BR/>That's my story and I'm sticking to it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com