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Gary comments on Safety Automation Forum

Gary — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:51:51 +0000

Thanks for the note. Anything that you'd like to see covered, just let me know.

kematoemevall comments on Safety Automation Forum

kematoemevall — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:23:43 +0000

whats up everyone

just signed up and wanted to say hello while I read through the posts

hopefully this is just what im looking for looks like i have a lot to read.

Jim Cahill comments on Social Media, Safety, Change, Jobs

Jim Cahill — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:32:44 +0000

Hi Gary,

Thanks for the mention! I hope that any of your readers with process safety experience who stop by the blog will share their thoughts on safety lifecycle validation practices.

Take it easy, Jim

Nikki comments on Humanoid Robotic Joint

Nikki — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:42:59 +0000

Thanks for the coverage, Gary!

There's more on this product in our most recent TechTalk design advice series article:

http://www.igus.com/wpck/default.aspx?Pagename=robolinktechtalk&CL=US-en

We're currently looking for beta testers for this product. Anyone interested in more information should contact igus at techupdates@igus.com

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Jim Cahill comments on Siemens PLM Conference and Social Media

Jim Cahill — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:52:42 +0000

I'll "borrow" good ideas from anyone! ;-)

Jon DiPietro comments on Quality in manufacturing

Jon DiPietro — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:12:56 +0000

I gave up trying to sell quality control software years ago. It all boils down to "objects in mirror are closer than they appear." Our brains compare the current risk of spending money today against maybe spending money tomorrow and they simply can't get over that loss aversion. You can show them ROI calculations 'till the cows come home, but it's a lot easier to do nothing and pray.

Gary Mintchell comments on Replace Ballmer and other reading

Gary Mintchell — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:25:02 +0000

Well, they hope to do it through modeling vast amounts of data rather than regression analysis (or so they say). Hope they get it right.

Jim Cahill comments on Congratulations to Greg McMillan

Jim Cahill — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:43:56 +0000

Hi Gary, I passed along my RSS feed post of your congrats to Greg.

Have a great weekend, Jim

Jon DiPietro comments on Replace Ballmer and other reading

Jon DiPietro — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:25:06 +0000

"Predictive Analytics" has the same feel to me as "Military Intelligence" and "Jumbo Shrimp." I'll readily admit it's from an ignorant standpoint: a little bit like me taking shots at Stephen Hawking's theories.

What bothers me about it is that I've read Predictably Irrational. It calls into question lots of models we used to rely on for human behavior. Just because we label a variable as dependent doesn't mean it is. I'm sure the mathematics of predictive analytics is quite sound and they are smart enough to avoid rookie mistakes like "correlation is not the same thing as causation." For me, it feels like a Regression Analysis Fan Club with a case of irrational exuberance.

Maybe I just contradicted my own point by citing Ariely's book - after all, it does begin with the word "predictable." Perhaps I simply don't like being told that someone can predict how likely it is that I'll drive my car into a bridge abutment based on my credit score. But it doesn't mean they're wrong.