I use my hands when reading erotic literature as well... perhaps not quite in the same way though.
I wonder if this leads to a shortage of hands in certain situations.
I personally don't believe the engine control system in the Prius failed any safety tests that would have deemed it unsafe to sell when it was certified. I do think that the rising rate of cases (even after you factor out the money-grabbing scammers) signifies an age degradation issue of some component in the system. This is not an uncommon happening in engineering as it is truly impossible to perfectly rapid-age parts during testing the same way they will in real world scenarios.
That depends on the size of the robot. I'm thinking a hacked Aibo is not much of a threat. Something the size of the Stay Puft Marshmallow man... that's a whole different kinda problem.
I have always said I would sign up for the one way trip in a heartbeat. To be the first to set foot on another planet... pick up and examine an extra-terrestrial sample first hand... THAT would be an adventure worth a lifetime. Even if I had to chew the little red pill in 6 months when my supplies ran out, so be it.
Not that that would be an issue... I've seen enough sci fi to know that the first guy to contact the aliens always comes back as their evil leader!
I see a lot of the posts here as being the classic one sided view. End up with drug dealers on your street harassing your right to a safe community who will you call? You'll call the police. But of course most people want some magical force to come protect them but get upset when certain additional rights are required by that force to do its job properly. A police officer's family is just as vulnerable as yours and in my opinion that information should be protected. We unfortunately don't have laws in this country to affect irresponsible but legal activities so this situation provides a catch 22.
Yes, I know all the 'freedom of speech' people will outcry on this but in reality that is in some ways a imperfect idea. Yes freedom of speech is highly important in a free society, however there are limits to it if you wish to also have a stable community. These officers choose to do this job and deal daily with all the crap the rest of us like to pretend doesn't exist. They do this as a career choice, no one made them. In a case like this I have no problems cutting them some slack to protect their and their family's safety interests. If this means letting them find some law to use to stop a wack-job jeopardizing their safety and ability to do their job efficiently, so be it. It's an imperfect world. It would be FAR more imperfect if you didn't have someone to police the rules.
So you understand the concept of the research then. He verified that social communities follow the same basic trends and contain the same 'flaws' as real life social tribes. Quite franky I don't think this was necessarily an assumed outcome and testing it was valid. Several unique elements to online games could have come into play. The expense of participation, the personal desire to achieve over your anonymous 'friends', the limited real life consequence for actions, the restrictions of the environment, the common goal nature of the rules, etc. Any of these factors may have swayed the social structure in the online gaming community away from the norms of human nature. He proved that in general we're still aggressive inconsiderate lumps of meat even in a virtual world.
It's not evil at all. They are secretly buying up land in Nevada and Arizona and hoping that the entire state of California will drop into the ocean. Then they will own the western coast, build a new silicon valley, and set up massive off-shore server farms driven by wave power. From there it's a small leap to world dominance! Evil? I think not... just Genius!
Just don't tell Superman or he'll spin the earth backwards until the Internet is back to Mosaic and Excite.
I have a three-some of working Commodore PETs (2001, 4032, SuperPET) with associated disk & tape drives. All still work though some of the floppies get read errors now. I had a term package and modem for the SuperPET... I should set it all up again sometime and try the same feat for fun. The 2001 puts me back bordering 30 years... sigh. Thanks, now I feel old.:)
"The new Zune will be based on a custom version of Windows CE, while the iPod Touch runs on the already popular iPhone platform, for which thousands of applications are available."
This makes it sound like CE is just some new kid on the block. I mean I don't deny the popularity of the iPhone platform and the benefit of their app store, but common, CE is no flash in the pan for applications either. Not to mention Visual Studio makes it a BREEZE to develop for.
I first learned LISP using the watered down version included in AutoCAD while writing huge customization projects in the 80's. I loved the language so much I dove into it full force and enjoyed it thoroughly. To me it was so inherently elegant I wanted to use it everywhere. Obviously however making a living meant most of us had to focus our energies elsewhere but something like this makes me all giddy again. I think I have some playing to do!
Yes, replying to myself with an afterthought. Isn't this basically what we did to most of the life on our own planet? "Broiled or boiled, what would you prefer?"
I knew I kept my Newton for a reason... now I can be snotty and say "Oh yeah, I had one first" when it becomes popular. Now where did I put it...
Seriously as said above I can't see it selling that cheaply but I really did love the Newton despite its quirks. I still believe it died because it was just a little too far ahead of its time. Palm drove the last nail in its coffin with a smaller, lighter, more practical device. I would be interested to see what Apple could come up with for a tablet now with their focus on touch egonomics and a decade+ of hardware advancement.
I hope they get this sorted out before cars can fly. I'd like to know that 3 long blinks and 2 short ones means my parachute failed... long before I'm cursing the manual while free-falling from 20,000 feet.
I would agree with that... primarily because it's still in its infancy. This is essentially web enabled mat-lab however as it's gathering and interrelating its data real time off the web the potential is huge. As it becomes more refined (which admittedly is going to be a long process) the combined pool of 'query-able' data could become quite impressive, as could the number of things you can do with it.
I think it was released to the public at the right time. I am sure the system is actively compiling a cross-section of what is being asked to expand the development and range of information. I would hope to see its abilities snowball from here... key word "hope":)
The design of the system is that it intelligently scrapes quantifiable information that can be put into a defined knowledge base structure and inter-related. Length, weight, oribital period, age, population, molecular weight, wavelength, numeric series, calories... values that are measured in units or physical properties of the world around us. By fitting this information into a defined structure the system has the ability to now extrapolate from it to answer questions... hence the words 'computational engine'.
Why build another text search "library index"? It's been done out the ying-yang. This system is orders of magnitude more ambitious and complex and while still in it's infancy, it's a pretty spectacular achievement already IMO. Just allow yourself to think outside of the 'search engine' box. While it contains some facts about the world, it's not a search engine.
I can't agree more on the Clouds of Titan scene. Yes it was generally fluff plot wise but man did it feel good. It gives you that satisfying 'ok, now it's time to kick some ass' feeling.
I would say there is a good possibility of that. I figure it would run some future 'off the shelf' flavour of Linux that functions primarily as a server and virtualization environment for all the other technologies you wish to run. Let Linux do what it does best.. act as a stable server... and let it 'wrap' other technologies that also do what they do best. (gaming environments, Windows, etc.)
Wouldn't that be a slick box? Something with the capabilities of say a PS3 (x10?), running Linux as a virtualization server that then parcels out VMs for the entire home.
I can understand what you're saying but I think the reason is this:
In the 'early console days' games were far simpler and required less 'power' to run. You could pick up a relatively simple box and plug it into the largest screen in your house (your TV) and play away.
Games then started to become more complex and the focus shifted away from the largest screen in the house to the most powerful platform. PC Development was in its hey-day and developers moved onto the platform where they could write the most complex games to stay ahead of the market. The console's importance died out for awhile and PCs with their new fangled 3D hardware, bigger screens, etc. began to take over.
This brings about the third 'age' of gaming where now the console makers have ramped up hardware development. Suddenly the average PC is no longer the big dog in the house power wise. Specialized hardware has allowed the console to catch up and frequently eclipse the PC in game complexity. This has also conveniently coincided with the rise of the large format flat screen TV so now you can play the most 'complex' games on the biggest screen in the house again.
If I had to guess I would say the future involves more of a fusion of console and PC rather than a back and forth. I think we're headed to a world where your home functions on one (or several?) core boxes, whether you use those to kill aliens, do your taxes, surf the future web, or control the oven. But now I'm way off the original topic:)
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I use my hands when reading erotic literature as well... perhaps not quite in the same way though. I wonder if this leads to a shortage of hands in certain situations.
I personally don't believe the engine control system in the Prius failed any safety tests that would have deemed it unsafe to sell when it was certified. I do think that the rising rate of cases (even after you factor out the money-grabbing scammers) signifies an age degradation issue of some component in the system. This is not an uncommon happening in engineering as it is truly impossible to perfectly rapid-age parts during testing the same way they will in real world scenarios.
The Boeing 777 is fly-by-wire.
That depends on the size of the robot. I'm thinking a hacked Aibo is not much of a threat. Something the size of the Stay Puft Marshmallow man... that's a whole different kinda problem.
I have always said I would sign up for the one way trip in a heartbeat. To be the first to set foot on another planet... pick up and examine an extra-terrestrial sample first hand... THAT would be an adventure worth a lifetime. Even if I had to chew the little red pill in 6 months when my supplies ran out, so be it.
Not that that would be an issue... I've seen enough sci fi to know that the first guy to contact the aliens always comes back as their evil leader!
I see a lot of the posts here as being the classic one sided view. End up with drug dealers on your street harassing your right to a safe community who will you call? You'll call the police. But of course most people want some magical force to come protect them but get upset when certain additional rights are required by that force to do its job properly. A police officer's family is just as vulnerable as yours and in my opinion that information should be protected. We unfortunately don't have laws in this country to affect irresponsible but legal activities so this situation provides a catch 22.
Yes, I know all the 'freedom of speech' people will outcry on this but in reality that is in some ways a imperfect idea. Yes freedom of speech is highly important in a free society, however there are limits to it if you wish to also have a stable community. These officers choose to do this job and deal daily with all the crap the rest of us like to pretend doesn't exist. They do this as a career choice, no one made them. In a case like this I have no problems cutting them some slack to protect their and their family's safety interests. If this means letting them find some law to use to stop a wack-job jeopardizing their safety and ability to do their job efficiently, so be it. It's an imperfect world. It would be FAR more imperfect if you didn't have someone to police the rules.
So you understand the concept of the research then. He verified that social communities follow the same basic trends and contain the same 'flaws' as real life social tribes. Quite franky I don't think this was necessarily an assumed outcome and testing it was valid. Several unique elements to online games could have come into play. The expense of participation, the personal desire to achieve over your anonymous 'friends', the limited real life consequence for actions, the restrictions of the environment, the common goal nature of the rules, etc. Any of these factors may have swayed the social structure in the online gaming community away from the norms of human nature. He proved that in general we're still aggressive inconsiderate lumps of meat even in a virtual world.
It's not evil at all. They are secretly buying up land in Nevada and Arizona and hoping that the entire state of California will drop into the ocean. Then they will own the western coast, build a new silicon valley, and set up massive off-shore server farms driven by wave power. From there it's a small leap to world dominance! Evil? I think not... just Genius! Just don't tell Superman or he'll spin the earth backwards until the Internet is back to Mosaic and Excite.
Adding a little bit of dye to the water would make that thing a lot easier to read! (probably just a shortcoming of the demo video)
I have a three-some of working Commodore PETs (2001, 4032, SuperPET) with associated disk & tape drives. All still work though some of the floppies get read errors now. I had a term package and modem for the SuperPET... I should set it all up again sometime and try the same feat for fun. The 2001 puts me back bordering 30 years... sigh. Thanks, now I feel old. :)
It's suggest they stream the movie to them but you know what they say... In space, no one can hear your stream.
"The new Zune will be based on a custom version of Windows CE, while the iPod Touch runs on the already popular iPhone platform, for which thousands of applications are available."
This makes it sound like CE is just some new kid on the block. I mean I don't deny the popularity of the iPhone platform and the benefit of their app store, but common, CE is no flash in the pan for applications either. Not to mention Visual Studio makes it a BREEZE to develop for.
I first learned LISP using the watered down version included in AutoCAD while writing huge customization projects in the 80's. I loved the language so much I dove into it full force and enjoyed it thoroughly. To me it was so inherently elegant I wanted to use it everywhere. Obviously however making a living meant most of us had to focus our energies elsewhere but something like this makes me all giddy again. I think I have some playing to do!
Yes, replying to myself with an afterthought. Isn't this basically what we did to most of the life on our own planet? "Broiled or boiled, what would you prefer?"
Mmm... organics boiled in water. Now I know what I'm having for lunch.
I mean how often will you ever get to legitimately pee on the words "Homeland Security" ?
I knew I kept my Newton for a reason... now I can be snotty and say "Oh yeah, I had one first" when it becomes popular. Now where did I put it...
Seriously as said above I can't see it selling that cheaply but I really did love the Newton despite its quirks. I still believe it died because it was just a little too far ahead of its time. Palm drove the last nail in its coffin with a smaller, lighter, more practical device. I would be interested to see what Apple could come up with for a tablet now with their focus on touch egonomics and a decade+ of hardware advancement.
I hope they get this sorted out before cars can fly. I'd like to know that 3 long blinks and 2 short ones means my parachute failed... long before I'm cursing the manual while free-falling from 20,000 feet.
I would propose that if you don't know what that means then you aren't a potential user ;)
I would agree with that... primarily because it's still in its infancy. This is essentially web enabled mat-lab however as it's gathering and interrelating its data real time off the web the potential is huge. As it becomes more refined (which admittedly is going to be a long process) the combined pool of 'query-able' data could become quite impressive, as could the number of things you can do with it.
:)
I think it was released to the public at the right time. I am sure the system is actively compiling a cross-section of what is being asked to expand the development and range of information. I would hope to see its abilities snowball from here... key word "hope"
The design of the system is that it intelligently scrapes quantifiable information that can be put into a defined knowledge base structure and inter-related. Length, weight, oribital period, age, population, molecular weight, wavelength, numeric series, calories... values that are measured in units or physical properties of the world around us. By fitting this information into a defined structure the system has the ability to now extrapolate from it to answer questions... hence the words 'computational engine'.
Why build another text search "library index"? It's been done out the ying-yang. This system is orders of magnitude more ambitious and complex and while still in it's infancy, it's a pretty spectacular achievement already IMO. Just allow yourself to think outside of the 'search engine' box. While it contains some facts about the world, it's not a search engine.
That's because that's not its purpose since it's not a search engine. That's like asking your calculator for the definition of the word 'derivative'.
I can't agree more on the Clouds of Titan scene. Yes it was generally fluff plot wise but man did it feel good. It gives you that satisfying 'ok, now it's time to kick some ass' feeling.
I would say there is a good possibility of that. I figure it would run some future 'off the shelf' flavour of Linux that functions primarily as a server and virtualization environment for all the other technologies you wish to run. Let Linux do what it does best.. act as a stable server... and let it 'wrap' other technologies that also do what they do best. (gaming environments, Windows, etc.)
Wouldn't that be a slick box? Something with the capabilities of say a PS3 (x10?), running Linux as a virtualization server that then parcels out VMs for the entire home.
I can understand what you're saying but I think the reason is this:
:)
In the 'early console days' games were far simpler and required less 'power' to run. You could pick up a relatively simple box and plug it into the largest screen in your house (your TV) and play away.
Games then started to become more complex and the focus shifted away from the largest screen in the house to the most powerful platform. PC Development was in its hey-day and developers moved onto the platform where they could write the most complex games to stay ahead of the market. The console's importance died out for awhile and PCs with their new fangled 3D hardware, bigger screens, etc. began to take over.
This brings about the third 'age' of gaming where now the console makers have ramped up hardware development. Suddenly the average PC is no longer the big dog in the house power wise. Specialized hardware has allowed the console to catch up and frequently eclipse the PC in game complexity. This has also conveniently coincided with the rise of the large format flat screen TV so now you can play the most 'complex' games on the biggest screen in the house again.
If I had to guess I would say the future involves more of a fusion of console and PC rather than a back and forth. I think we're headed to a world where your home functions on one (or several?) core boxes, whether you use those to kill aliens, do your taxes, surf the future web, or control the oven. But now I'm way off the original topic