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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
On 17/11/2019 11:36, Andy Burns wrote:
Steve H wrote: I think it's a great app. Just make sure you don't confuse for example parents.appeal.form with parent.appeal.forms, one's in London, the other near Sacramento. A great example! Point taken. :-D |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
David wrote:
Andy Burns wrote: Just make sure you don't confuse for example parents.appeal.form with parent.appeal.forms, one's in London, the other near Sacramento. A great example! Obviously far enough apart that the mistake should be obvious to the emergency services, can anyone come up with an example that is close enough not to be obvious, but far enough apart that someone could be at risk of help not arriving? |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
In article , Andy Burns
wrote: David wrote: Andy Burns wrote: Just make sure you don't confuse for example parents.appeal.form with parent.appeal.forms, one's in London, the other near Sacramento. A great example! Obviously far enough apart that the mistake should be obvious to the emergency services, can anyone come up with an example that is close enough not to be obvious, but far enough apart that someone could be at risk of help not arriving? How would they know which word was wrong? Or wrong in which way? Should the 's' have been appended to 'appeal' instead? Is there another ambiguity? Should 'appeal' have been 'peal' or maybe 'parents' should be 'presents'. |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
Sara Merriman wrote:
How would they know which word was wrong? https://what3words.com/dyslexia.risks.mistake |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:46:23 +0000, David wrote:
On 17/11/2019 11:36, Andy Burns wrote: Steve H wrote: I think it's a great app. Just make sure you don't confuse for example parents.appeal.form with parent.appeal.forms, one's in London, the other near Sacramento. A great example! Point taken. You started the phishing/spam thread. IN YOUR OWN WORDS, explain how the scam works. AFTER you've read about it. --------------- BD: I want people to "get to know me better. I have nothing to hide". I'm always here to help, this page was put up at BD's request, rather, he said "Do it *NOW*!": http://tekrider.net/pages/david-brooks-stalker.php 60 confirmed #FAKE_NYMS, most used in cybercrimes! Google "David Brooks Devon" []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
Sara Merriman wrote:
In article , Andy Burns wrote: David wrote: Andy Burns wrote: Just make sure you don't confuse for example parents.appeal.form with parent.appeal.forms, one's in London, the other near Sacramento. A great example! Obviously far enough apart that the mistake should be obvious to the emergency services, can anyone come up with an example that is close enough not to be obvious, but far enough apart that someone could be at risk of help not arriving? How would they know which word was wrong? Or wrong in which way? Should the 's' have been appended to 'appeal' instead? Is there another ambiguity? Should 'appeal' have been 'peal' or maybe 'parents' should be 'presents'. But less chance of an error than there is if trying to read out a string of several digits to someone over the phone. -- Steve H |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
In article , Andy Burns
wrote: Just make sure you don't confuse for example parents.appeal.form with parent.appeal.forms, one's in London, the other near Sacramento. that's very surprising, since the creator of what3words stated that they carefully chose the words so that situations like that could not happen. |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
nospam wrote:
the creator of what3words stated that they carefully chose the words so that situations like that could not happen. Speak slowly and clearly when the axe-murderer corners you. https://what3words.com/think.credits.apply https://what3words.com/think.credit.supply |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
On 15/11/2019 17:14, Apd wrote:
"David" wrote: Police have urged everyone to download a smartphone app they say has already saved several lives. What is it and how does it work? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-49319760 And in later BBC news there's some criticism... What3words: 'Life-saving app' divides opinion https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49754820 Once the three words have been passed to the rescue agencies there is no need for ANY electronic equipment to be functional on or near the person(s) requiring assistance. It will be a boon to boaters all over the world - and to many other folk too. In particular to those who do not have a mains power supply close at hand. |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 16:51:23 +0000, David wrote:
On 15/11/2019 17:14, Apd wrote: "David" wrote: Police have urged everyone to download a smartphone app they say has already saved several lives. What is it and how does it work? CUT_SCAM Once the three words have been passed to the rescue agencies there is no need for ANY electronic equipment to be functional on or near the person(s) requiring assistance. And if the equipment is not functioning before the accident? Picture this: A drunk on a toy boat drops his cellphone into the sewerage, While trying to retrieve it, he goes overboard too. So how are the words "drunk.stalker.drowning" going to help him? PS You still haven't explained how it works. Please do, IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Some people here think you didn't even bother to read the technical specs. Ridiculous, right? --------------- BD: I want people to "get to know me better. I have nothing to hide". I'm always here to help, this page was put up at BD's request, rather, he said "Do it *NOW*!": http://tekrider.net/pages/david-brooks-stalker.php 60 confirmed #FAKE_NYMS, most used in cybercrimes! Google "David Brooks Devon" []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
David wrote:
Once the three words have been passed to the rescue agencies there is no need for ANY electronic equipment to be functional on or near the person(s) requiring assistance. - it seems to me that one needs to have such as a phone both to 'determine' one's location AND to convey one's location to the help agency - it further seems to me that if one has such an electronic device for receiving coordinates and for transmitting the info, that 'device' /language/ is perfectly satisfactory; there is not NEED for 'human' language, ie words are unnecessary - the process of internet to device to agency can be perfectly well handled w/o any human words, with the possible exception of HELP!. It will be a boon to boaters all over the world - and to many other folk too. In particular to those who do not have a mains power supply close at hand. For some time people in the wilderness w/ a phone have been able to call for help and locate themselves to the agency. The 'language' is the coordinates, not some word derivation from that. It seems to me to be an unnecessary conversion from numerical coordinates to human words and back to numerical coordinates again. A pointless (and proprietary) round-robin. I have no problem w/ someone 'inventing' something and then shilling it to various businesses by causing them to believe that having words to represent their business location is more attractive to the public than some other method such as numbers; but I don't think the 'necessity' of it for life-saving is an accurate concept. I also find it of interest that some jurisdictions have so much trouble w/ their grids or postal codes or 'house numbers' that they have no other means of id/ing a person's house address than 3 such words. In that case, in the public good, such a system of words should be non-proprietary, ie free and open source, such as for Mongolia. -- Mike Easter |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
On 2019-11-17 12:16 p.m., Mike Easter wrote:
David wrote: Once the three words have been passed to the rescue agencies there is no need for ANY electronic equipment to be functional on or near the person(s) requiring assistance. Â*- it seems to me that one needs to have such as a phone both to 'determine' one's location AND to convey one's location to the help agency Â*- it further seems to me that if one has such an electronic device for receiving coordinates and for transmitting the info, that 'device' /language/ is perfectly satisfactory; there is not NEED for 'human' language, ie words are unnecessary Â*- the process of internet to device to agency can be perfectly well handled w/o any human words, with the possible exception of HELP!. It will be a boon to boaters all over the world - and to many other folk too. In particular to those who do not have a mains power supply close at hand. For some time people in the wilderness w/ a phone have been able to call for help and locate themselves to the agency.Â* The 'language' is the coordinates, not some word derivation from that.Â* It seems to me to be an unnecessary conversion from numerical coordinates to human words and back to numerical coordinates again.Â* A pointless (and proprietary) round-robin. I have no problem w/ someone 'inventing' something and then shilling it to various businesses by causing them to believe that having words to represent their business location is more attractive to the public than some other method such as numbers; but I don't think the 'necessity' of it for life-saving is an accurate concept. I also find it of interest that some jurisdictions have so much trouble w/ their grids or postal codes or 'house numbers' that they have no other means of id/ing a person's house address than 3 such words.Â* In that case, in the public good, such a system of words should be non-proprietary, ie free and open source, such as for Mongolia. Longitude and latitude have always worked fine for me and will continue doing so as long as I'm here. Rene |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
In article , Rene Lamontagne
wrote: Longitude and latitude have always worked fine for me and will continue doing so as long as I'm here. except if you transpose two digits, skip a digit or fat-finger it and tap the wrong digit... |
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OT - What3words: The app that can save your life
nospam wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote: Longitude and latitude have always worked fine for me and will continue doing so as long as I'm here. except if you transpose two digits, skip a digit or fat-finger it and tap the wrong digit... so add a check(sum|digit) rather than turning it all into words with a proprietary scheme. |
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