Didnt they have duct tape on the Apollo missions and on the shuttle missions and on the international space station right now? This probably was actual rocket surgery at some point.
Some novae occur though a gentle accretion process, such as a burnt out star with a companion, and some occur through expending all of thier fuel and the lack of thermal pressure causes collapse. Rarely one can be created through a merger of two stars but it's not exactly the same thing. In the first two cases it's not very clear what causes this but there is some evidence the process is not always symmetrical. A supernova often expends as much energy over a few hours to days as the star previously expended in its lifetime. Much of the material is blown off at up to 10% light speed. With the release of so much energy, even a very small deviation from being spherical can provide enough velocity on the black hole to exceed the pull of the gravity in these small globular clusters. So the result of the simulation is interesting and points the way forward for follow up observation.
No one is suggesting that autonomous cars are wholly reliant on 3d maps they have in their database. They will have sensors to read street signs, and new road shifts etc. The 3d maps assist in the process but are not the only means for guiding the vehicle. The sensors on autonomous vehicles can easily be used to update changes in the map. Fleets of vehicles will be able to upload to servers and using the magic of modern tech they will be able to be updates in the vehicle.
So why the need for this special map making tour? It's because they don't plan on using SLAM or fusing it into a global database this decade and probably not the next. They are implementing lane following and some minimal traffic rule following which they cannot automate or there wouldn't be a need for this manual process.
Unless somehow Russia manipulated who the final candidates wound up being "sowing public distrust in the upcoming election" is like bringing sand to the beach.
While it isn't a bad place to start, what happens when things change? Expressways probably experience the least change, but everything changes. New signs get added, new changes happen all the time. It would be a nightmare to keep on top of this without the city corroborating with these changes which they aren't from the sound of it.
Until they can actually automate the vehicles like humans do, able to navigate through visual cues alone without the need for a pre made map, this will remain more of a lane following and auto vehicle following assisted technology.
Well I guess that means now everyone in the world is vulnerable to attacks with those same weapons If the NSA can't even keep their own weapons from being stolen it looks like we are all in for a world of hurt.
It's not suprising, but should be, that thier own systems were apparently not using best practices for security. These days it would almost be simpler to press release who isn't getting hacked. Will the day ever come when people take security seriously?
And, to cover any misunderstandings, if the phone has no carrier, it cannot transmit, either.
So... what was your point, again?
You can use a iPhone with no carrier. I do all the time. You just use wifi enabled calling and sms. It's a lot cheaper, much less of a headache, and quite convienent for some people who nearly always have access wifi.
Reliance on maps is never going to cut it. All maps have errors and the cost of updating to maintain all current details is high and never done. What we need are many advances in AI algorithms like the ability to ask for directions from the occupants and translate that contextually into where the vehicle needs to go, perhaps using street view information and vision algorithms. Thousands of little problems like this will plague autonomous vehicles and it will likely be two at least decades before they function the way popular perception depicts them.
As someone who has heniously violated rental agreements over the years and suffered the consequences I'm aware of the many things you can't do with a rental or it violates the rental agreement. Rentals are not an alternative as good as some people lead you to believe.
Typically you CANNOT:
1) drive the car out of state - driving across to another country is a great way to get a cavity search in addition to violating your rental agreement. This can get you deep into legal issues in some instances.
2) drive the car on dirt or gravel roads
3) rent it at all if you are under 25 years old
4) actually use it to tow a trailer
typically when you rent a vehicle you DO get:
1) a big hassle trying to get every last dent and scratch signed off on rental on so you don't get massively screwed
2) soaked on the price of gasoline and bogus fill charges when you try to return it
3) pay a huge fee for "insurance coverage" which is basically bullshit laws that don't insure drivers but instead the vehicle just to line the pockets of the insurance industry.
4) didn't get that attendant over there on return day and sign of on every little scratch and dent? Expect a massive bill screwing you over.
5) unlike a Eula you will be held responsible nearly 100% of the time in court for signing the rental agreement.
Between all the caveats in the agreement and the additional charges that aren't in those low quotes you see online rentals are almost never as cheap or convienent as one is led to believe.
As someone who has heniously violated rental agreements over the years and suffered the consequences I'm aware of the many things you can't Do with a rental or it violates the rental agreement. Rentals are not as a rosy alternative as some people lead you to believe. Typically you CANNOT:
1) drive the car out of state - driving across to another country is a great way to get a cavity search in addition to violating your rental agreement
2) drive the car on dirt or gravel roads
3) rent it at all if you are under 25 years old
4) actually use it to tow a trailer
typically when you rent a vehicle you DO get:
1) a big hassle trying to get every last dent and scratch signed off on rental on so you don't get massively screwed
2) soaked on the price of gasoline and bogus fill charges when you try to return it
3) pay a huge fee for "insurance coverage" which is basically bullshit laws that don't insure drivers but instead the vehicle just to line the pockets of the insurance industry.
4) don't get that attendant over there on return day and sign of on every little scratch and dent? Expect a massive bill screwing you over.
5) unlike a Eula you will be held responsible nearly 100% of the time in court for signing the rental agreement.
Between all the caveats in the agreement and the additional charges that aren't in those low quotes you see online rentals are almost never as cheap or convienent as one is led to believe.
Ever read a rental agreement? Much of the time you aren't even allowed to drive out of state, and nearly all of the time you are not allowed to drive on gravel or dirt roads. There goes a trip to grandma out of state or camping. Want to drive to another country in a rental? You can't that is illegal. Further you can't make an argument for rental only on the long parts of trips as renting a car, if it's even possible, as typically you need the rental for the entire duration or you have no viable transportation.
Rentals tend to be very expensive and highly limiting.
That's the same place we were 5-10 years ago. Any improvement in battery technology is far more likely to be incremental than revolutionary. Even when lithium based batteries became mainstream about 12-14 years ago it was an incremental improvement and nothing anywhere close to an order of magnitude or more which would place thier energy density more on par with chemical fuel sources.
Not much is known about these brown dwarf systems. They tend to have quite a bit more solar flares and solar wind in the habitual zone, wich is far closer to the star than in our own system. These may strip atmospheres away before life has a chance to exist. Further the planet forming mechanisms are not well known as current theories do not have the data to back them up with emperical evidence and in fact our theories changed significantly once these modern techniques were employed. It's an interesting paper but it's basically pulled from a very dark region of space at the moment. It will be quite interesting if it turns out to be plausible, which we may possibly know in our lifetimes.
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Now if you could process them into oil, that would really light up some profits.
Good job Apple, blame Canada. They're not even a real country anyway.
Use duct tape.
Seriously it's not rocket surgery guys...
Didnt they have duct tape on the Apollo missions and on the shuttle missions and on the international space station right now? This probably was actual rocket surgery at some point.
Two can play at this game
I've been reading slashdot for years and I've never seen a story about blinking lights and not much else.
Some novae occur though a gentle accretion process, such as a burnt out star with a companion, and some occur through expending all of thier fuel and the lack of thermal pressure causes collapse. Rarely one can be created through a merger of two stars but it's not exactly the same thing. In the first two cases it's not very clear what causes this but there is some evidence the process is not always symmetrical. A supernova often expends as much energy over a few hours to days as the star previously expended in its lifetime. Much of the material is blown off at up to 10% light speed. With the release of so much energy, even a very small deviation from being spherical can provide enough velocity on the black hole to exceed the pull of the gravity in these small globular clusters. So the result of the simulation is interesting and points the way forward for follow up observation.
No one is suggesting that autonomous cars are wholly reliant on 3d maps they have in their database. They will have sensors to read street signs, and new road shifts etc. The 3d maps assist in the process but are not the only means for guiding the vehicle. The sensors on autonomous vehicles can easily be used to update changes in the map. Fleets of vehicles will be able to upload to servers and using the magic of modern tech they will be able to be updates in the vehicle.
So why the need for this special map making tour? It's because they don't plan on using SLAM or fusing it into a global database this decade and probably not the next. They are implementing lane following and some minimal traffic rule following which they cannot automate or there wouldn't be a need for this manual process.
Unless somehow Russia manipulated who the final candidates wound up being "sowing public distrust in the upcoming election" is like bringing sand to the beach.
While it isn't a bad place to start, what happens when things change? Expressways probably experience the least change, but everything changes. New signs get added, new changes happen all the time. It would be a nightmare to keep on top of this without the city corroborating with these changes which they aren't from the sound of it. Until they can actually automate the vehicles like humans do, able to navigate through visual cues alone without the need for a pre made map, this will remain more of a lane following and auto vehicle following assisted technology.
Well I guess that means now everyone in the world is vulnerable to attacks with those same weapons
If the NSA can't even keep their own weapons from being stolen it looks like we are all in for a world of hurt.
I prefer my units in beard seconds you insensitive clod!
It's not suprising, but should be, that thier own systems were apparently not using best practices for security. These days it would almost be simpler to press release who isn't getting hacked. Will the day ever come when people take security seriously?
And, to cover any misunderstandings, if the phone has no carrier, it cannot transmit, either.
So... what was your point, again?
You can use a iPhone with no carrier. I do all the time. You just use wifi enabled calling and sms. It's a lot cheaper, much less of a headache, and quite convienent for some people who nearly always have access wifi.
Reliance on maps is never going to cut it. All maps have errors and the cost of updating to maintain all current details is high and never done. What we need are many advances in AI algorithms like the ability to ask for directions from the occupants and translate that contextually into where the vehicle needs to go, perhaps using street view information and vision algorithms.
Thousands of little problems like this will plague autonomous vehicles and it will likely be two at least decades before they function the way popular perception depicts them.
Just do a google scholar search for large hardon collider. None of them will ever live that down, doubly so when it's the title
Nuclear bombs are hard to copy, you should add in that anyone could copy the bomb simply and easily and use it on anyone anywhere anytime.
Worst day of my slashdotting experience to not have mod points. Mod this and parent up please.
+1 where are my mod points when I need them.
The process will give you total recall?
As someone who has heniously violated rental agreements over the years and suffered the consequences I'm aware of the many things you can't do with a rental or it violates the rental agreement. Rentals are not an alternative as good as some people lead you to believe. Typically you CANNOT:
1) drive the car out of state - driving across to another country is a great way to get a cavity search in addition to violating your rental agreement. This can get you deep into legal issues in some instances.
2) drive the car on dirt or gravel roads
3) rent it at all if you are under 25 years old
4) actually use it to tow a trailer
typically when you rent a vehicle you DO get:
1) a big hassle trying to get every last dent and scratch signed off on rental on so you don't get massively screwed
2) soaked on the price of gasoline and bogus fill charges when you try to return it
3) pay a huge fee for "insurance coverage" which is basically bullshit laws that don't insure drivers but instead the vehicle just to line the pockets of the insurance industry.
4) didn't get that attendant over there on return day and sign of on every little scratch and dent? Expect a massive bill screwing you over.
5) unlike a Eula you will be held responsible nearly 100% of the time in court for signing the rental agreement.
Between all the caveats in the agreement and the additional charges that aren't in those low quotes you see online rentals are almost never as cheap or convienent as one is led to believe.
As someone who has heniously violated rental agreements over the years and suffered the consequences I'm aware of the many things you can't Do with a rental or it violates the rental agreement. Rentals are not as a rosy alternative as some people lead you to believe.
Typically you CANNOT:
1) drive the car out of state - driving across to another country is a great way to get a cavity search in addition to violating your rental agreement
2) drive the car on dirt or gravel roads
3) rent it at all if you are under 25 years old
4) actually use it to tow a trailer
typically when you rent a vehicle you DO get:
1) a big hassle trying to get every last dent and scratch signed off on rental on so you don't get massively screwed
2) soaked on the price of gasoline and bogus fill charges when you try to return it
3) pay a huge fee for "insurance coverage" which is basically bullshit laws that don't insure drivers but instead the vehicle just to line the pockets of the insurance industry. 4) don't get that attendant over there on return day and sign of on every little scratch and dent? Expect a massive bill screwing you over.
5) unlike a Eula you will be held responsible nearly 100% of the time in court for signing the rental agreement.
Between all the caveats in the agreement and the additional charges that aren't in those low quotes you see online rentals are almost never as cheap or convienent as one is led to believe.
Ever read a rental agreement? Much of the time you aren't even allowed to drive out of state, and nearly all of the time you are not allowed to drive on gravel or dirt roads. There goes a trip to grandma out of state or camping. Want to drive to another country in a rental? You can't that is illegal. Further you can't make an argument for rental only on the long parts of trips as renting a car, if it's even possible, as typically you need the rental for the entire duration or you have no viable transportation.
Rentals tend to be very expensive and highly limiting.
Didn't you hear? Donald is going to build a wall and make the ocean pay for it. Problem solved!
That's the same place we were 5-10 years ago. Any improvement in battery technology is far more likely to be incremental than revolutionary. Even when lithium based batteries became mainstream about 12-14 years ago it was an incremental improvement and nothing anywhere close to an order of magnitude or more which would place thier energy density more on par with chemical fuel sources.
Not much is known about these brown dwarf systems. They tend to have quite a bit more solar flares and solar wind in the habitual zone, wich is far closer to the star than in our own system. These may strip atmospheres away before life has a chance to exist. Further the planet forming mechanisms are not well known as current theories do not have the data to back them up with emperical evidence and in fact our theories changed significantly once these modern techniques were employed. It's an interesting paper but it's basically pulled from a very dark region of space at the moment. It will be quite interesting if it turns out to be plausible, which we may possibly know in our lifetimes.