What about if there's a power cut? Should a UPS be installed on every critical robot, together with a requirement for a backup generator?
Uh... yeah, I'd say so. Isn't that pretty common for hospital equipment?
If the hospital/clinic/whatever fails to take reasonable precautions against power failures during surgery I'd say they're probably going to be held liable for the consequences.
So when you're traveling the speed limit and the light turns yellow when you're 6 inches from the intersection, your vehicle is still able to stop before crossing the line?
I wonder if it had any kind of watchdog controlled system to inflate a flotation device or anything? (If it did, it apparently didn't work)
You'd think it would be a sensible feature to have on such an expensive and unique piece of equipment.
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Send me a hollow coin and I'll do it. I've X-rayed guns before (http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/J_M_Lambert/Guns/SR9X-ray.jpg), and condsidering the way it's easy to see through a metal magazine, and through the brass cartridges inside of it, I'd speculate that it should be pretty easy to differentiate hollow coin from a normal one.
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I wouldn't worry about it. The acceptable weight range for real nickels is probably wider than the range of available microSD card weights.
That's what I've been trying to wrap my head around. The article says:
Participants in these experiments are asked to describe their cultural beliefs. Some embrace new technology, authority and free enterprise. They are labeled the "individualistic" group. Others are suspicious of authority or of commerce and industry. Braman calls them "communitarians."
So where does someone who embraces new technology and free enterprise, but is suspicious of authority fit in?
Actually, hardware random number generators are found in a lot consumer electronics. Typically they use something like a temperature sensor connected to a DAC - just read the least significant bits and you have a pretty good random seed.
These things are commonly integrated with microprocessors these days.
You don't have to abide by the law. It's certainly possible not to (individuals and corporations do it all the time), though it would be wise to at least know when you are and aren't operating within the law.
The N810 with FBReader is the best ebook reader I've ever used. Set the colors to green on black, rotate 90 degrees to a portrait layout, and few other little tweaks and it's perfect. Crisp fonts, no eyestrain, easy page flipping with +/- buttons.
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Uh... yeah, I'd say so. Isn't that pretty common for hospital equipment?
If the hospital/clinic/whatever fails to take reasonable precautions against power failures during surgery I'd say they're probably going to be held liable for the consequences.
Kinda depends on why the robot fucked up, doesn't it?
If it wasn't used properly, the human surgeon/operator.
If it had a manufacturing defect or programming error, the manufacturer.
You can pay for a lot of coolie labor for the price of one good robot, and with far less up front investment.
What makes you think it's not being done with machine vision?
So when you're traveling the speed limit and the light turns yellow when you're 6 inches from the intersection, your vehicle is still able to stop before crossing the line?
And here:
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/26/1626245
And the only attacks you have to worry about are from people who are overseas and couldn't possibly get here or have contact with sympathizers here?
Doesn't tapping tidal energy result in the moon moving further from Earth?
Actually AC, I did read both the linked pages and neither says anything about the failsafe mechanisms.
But, I suppose that's not really consequential as long as you think you might have a pretext to spout something vitriolic.
Interesting info. I appreciate it.
Why be such a dick about how you share it though?
I wonder if it had any kind of watchdog controlled system to inflate a flotation device or anything? (If it did, it apparently didn't work)
You'd think it would be a sensible feature to have on such an expensive and unique piece of equipment.
Send me a hollow coin and I'll do it. I've X-rayed guns before (http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/J_M_Lambert/Guns/SR9X-ray.jpg), and condsidering the way it's easy to see through a metal magazine, and through the brass cartridges inside of it, I'd speculate that it should be pretty easy to differentiate hollow coin from a normal one.
I wouldn't worry about it. The acceptable weight range for real nickels is probably wider than the range of available microSD card weights.
That's what I've been trying to wrap my head around. The article says:
Participants in these experiments are asked to describe their cultural beliefs. Some embrace new technology, authority and free enterprise. They are labeled the "individualistic" group. Others are suspicious of authority or of commerce and industry. Braman calls them "communitarians."
So where does someone who embraces new technology and free enterprise, but is suspicious of authority fit in?
Actually, hardware random number generators are found in a lot consumer electronics. Typically they use something like a temperature sensor connected to a DAC - just read the least significant bits and you have a pretty good random seed.
These things are commonly integrated with microprocessors these days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)
And here's me expecting not to see stories from 9 years ago repeated.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/09/07/0133248
You don't have to abide by the law. It's certainly possible not to (individuals and corporations do it all the time), though it would be wise to at least know when you are and aren't operating within the law.
The N810 with FBReader is the best ebook reader I've ever used. Set the colors to green on black, rotate 90 degrees to a portrait layout, and few other little tweaks and it's perfect. Crisp fonts, no eyestrain, easy page flipping with +/- buttons.
Does anybody keep a mental table of what these obscure abbreviations actually mean anymore? I can remember that VGA is 640x480 and SVGA is 800x600, after that the letters get meaningless and I've got to go . So why not just save the trouble and tell me the damned resolution from the beginning?
It's been available for the N810 for ages. I can't really imagine it needed much more than a recompile with some newer libraries.
The reason your head will asplode is because you're still talking about stuff like "where everything really is" - which is meaningless.
It didn't happen 50005 years ago, it happened 5 years ago and 50000 light years away. There is no objective time.
I still miss it. So much potential and such high hopes. I suppose I should check out Haiku.
Damn. The line between informative and redundant is measured in seconds.