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Radio - not a hope by dingbat_hp · 2001-02-22 00:04 · Score: 1 · on Robot Positioning Systems?

Radio just isn't going to cut it for this. Simple and reliable 'bot positioning at this time needs an absolute position indicator. Open the box, place the 'bot on-site, boot it up for the very first time and it should be able to work out where it is. Anything that requires it to be placed in a "known position", then track movement from their is just too painful to contemplate.

Doppler radio systems might deliver some velocity information (but it's difficult), but it cannot do absolute positioning.

Radio multi-station phase-tracking systems were developed during WW2 (Gee, Oboe) to give absolute positions. The trouble with these is that they only work over long distances. They work by timing path length differences between fixed stations, so they can only work if the path lengths differ by more than the shortest time interval you can measure, multiplied by the speed of light. With radio wavelengths in a garden - forget it !

Re:I thought of the idea in the first place by Garry+Anderson · 2000-12-14 16:34 · Score: 1 · on Themes Removed At Apple's Behest

You are an idiot, not suprised YOU keep your name secret!

The Oxford English Dictionary has the following definition.

SKILFUL
Endowed with reason; rational; also, following reason, doing right.
Reasonable, just, proper.
Having practical ability; possessing skill; expert, dexterous, clever.

This is the true English spelling.
Note the single L's

Definately something strange going on.. by ozric99 · 2000-10-30 19:38 · Score: 1 · on Reports Of Google's Demise Exaggerated

While I can understand this technique works for porn star names or teen celebrities, I had the same problems while looking for drivers for a video card.

Here's the link to a grab of the page.

extinct? nope.. by radja · 2000-10-08 15:47 · Score: 2 · on Is Extinction Only Temporary?

the guar isn't extinct. I recently read an article that some had been seen in the jungles of cambodia. You can read it here.

//rdj

Re:For the VCS fan by Phil+Wilkins · 2000-09-22 12:53 · Score: 1 · on Handheld Atari 2600 VCSp

They're Brazilian, and that's portugese. You can download the EP that the track comes from here:

http://website.lineone.net/~london.burning/ep004.h tml

Finally... a story where this is *not* offtopic... by Anonymous Coward · 2000-05-19 20:38 · Score: 5 · on Oxford Yanks Student Page Over Spoof DeCSS

and I'm asleep at the keyboard. Doh!

Oh well... here it is.
Add your own, and spread this far and wide:

This announcement brought to you by the DeCSS Polar Bear.

Time for Slashdot to take a stand... by Anonymous Coward · 2000-04-05 03:12 · Score: 4 · on MPAA Files Another Injunction Against 2600

The following is a list of all the mirrors from the 2600 site.

Mars history by Anonymous Coward · 2000-03-17 08:45 · Score: 0 · on NASA Will Have To Wait For Mars

The original Mars Bar was sold in 1932 for two old pence.

And mp3s by Anonymous Coward · 2000-02-15 09:37 · Score: 1 · on 'South Park' Nominated for Oscar

http://website.lineone.net/~tweak/strack/

Re:new /. icon by Ereinion · 2000-01-13 18:13 · Score: 1 · on Gates Steps Down As CEO, Ballmer In

I was inspired!

Dr. B in the flesh :)

TV and Internet by Priestess · 1999-09-15 15:05 · Score: 2 · on BBC Documentary About Slashdot

It seems to me that television is desperate for any internet content it can get these days. Well. Okay, it only seems like that to me TODAY.

A few months ago, on a particually slow afternoon at work, I threw together a website to take the piss out of all the loosers that want to be mayor of london basically.

I still get the odd Email about it, even though it's rubbish and I can't be bothered to maintain it in any way at all. This morning I got an Email from Planet24 saying they want me to talk about it on The Big Breakfast.

Odd.

Okay, they're talking about a two minute slot most likely not a while show devoted to my community or whatever. I don't like TV or Getting Up In The Mornings enough to bother with it even if I really wanted Frank Butcher to be mayor anyway frankly.

Still, it's feeling to me right now as though Internet Shows are the new Docusoaps. Cheep cheep cheep. They'll soon be everywhere.

Just to rant a bit about TV licencing while I'm here. The licence man came around to my house yesterday wanting to know why I haven't got a TV Licence. I haven't got a TV I said. They don't broadcast anything good enough to bother with it for a start but I'm also protesting, in my small way, the unfairness of the licence itself. If you wanna tax TV go tax people who make rubbish cheep programs, maybe they'll finally make something worth watching.

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