Wow, isn't that something this robot was equipped with a bellows for smoking. Funny how times have changed. below is a link to a sectional drawing showing the inner workings of the robot.
http://www.davidszondy.com/future/robot/elektro- in terior.jpg
I've been an avid usenet reader for many years. asides from mail lists this has been my primary means of finding technical info. however in the last year it has been inpossible for me to download groups and not get infected. now since I have to use MS at work and the only MS reader that i use is express. it's next to impossible to not get infected. any one know of a good reader example text only that does not get infected ?
I work for an architecture firm, where in outsourcing is quite common. Unfortunatly it's a better question to ask how do you prevent it from going wrong. The answer for that is regular, frequent progress checks. Now if it does go bad this is where yo uhope that your contract is well written. Usually this comes in the form of liquidated damages. eg. If the progress does not meet the progression timeline set at check points a, b, and c. then liquidated damages will be assesed at $$$ per days behind schedule. In the case of consultants who are frequently used some times a point system works a bit better. this way they will work to keep a high performance point total which will help them with future contracts.
This probable isn't american airlines fault, but more due to government regulation. This isn't new however. I recall when flying from jamaica as a child a part of fillign out costums forms was declaring who you would be staying with. I dont' really think this is new by any means. coudl be something as simple as" hey if we find yoru missing luggage who do we contact?"
I perhaps may be in the minority but I really have no desire to live beyond my life expectancy of 80yo. I mean how greedy does one have to be. I woudl rather live the life that i do have to teh fullest. The world has had enough of me let someone else take my place. can you imagine a world of montgomery burns' who just live forever with there old thinking and old ideas. it's safe to say they the concept of renewal is built into every espect of nature. why can't we just go with the flow
yoru right the private sector is much more effective at spending a buck. but a who woudl you trust with this task, and would you complain when you go to call for info on your SS and hear habib on the phone ?
Life is unpredictable not everyone who is down and out is irresponcible. Here is a reality check, you get cancer and your insurance policy drops you, yea it happens. your retirement just went to paying for cemo (sp) the reality is social security is there for a reason. I think you shoudl be allowed to direct the investment of a portion of yoru social security however that should be it.
my ipod fits perfectly in my pocket. my head phones are pretty much invisible. why put this in clothes that i'll forget to take out when I wash it. I always hate when new technology comes out and mfg's try to tag it on to every product they have to make it sell.
having seen the effects of acid rain. I direct by product of sulfur dioxcide. I have to disagree with you. I wouldnt' be suprised if this studdy wasn't funded by some big mining operation. bottom line is people generally like the earth with less smog, less lead, and less pollutants over all.
I for one welcome our new soccor playing robot over lords.
I'm an avid soccer player and soccer is by no means a clumsy sport. It requires an ample amount of finace and agility. I don't see a robot achieving this. This is based simple on the fact that a robot the dimensions of a human being would probable way two or three times as much. thus having significantly more momentum to overcome on say on a simple move.
My dad was into ham radios (jamaica) for a while and during hurricanes, and power outages he was still talking to people around the world. It's simple, and redundant (runs on a car battery) and most important it's proven. I'm sorry but the internet should never be relied upon for communications during a disaster it's just not reliable. It is also dependent on too many things. Electricity, phone lines, networks.
I'm an architect. We use primarily Architectural Desktop, based on Autocad. Available architectural applications are Architectural Desktop, Microstation (available on unix),ArchiCAD, Revit. All of these apps scream for a 64 bit environment. Most entry level CAD operators these days are ITT grads with the bear minimum in technical knowledge.
a.) Typical CAD mfg are Autodesk, Microstation etc. Most CAD operators only know these systems on a windows platform. As an employer it's easier to buy software which is mainstream that employees already know. Instead of training employees.
Something is only a standard when it is widely adopted. x86-64 to my knowledge only runs in 64 bit mode for *Unix OS's. I see no point in buying a 64 bit processor if i'm going to run it in 32 bit mode.
I've been holding off on purchasing a system for years. Initially it sounded like Itinium (sp) would be the 64 bit standard. Hopefully there will be some type of 64 bit standard as there is a great need for 64 bit work stations. I am in the CAD/CAM business and ever since the demize of the Alpha we have been waiting on a good cheap 64 bit windows based platform.
It's all a matter of what your accustomed to. America, and Americans are not a climatized to even having enemies. Keep in mind with the exception of perl harbor no war has ever been fought on american soil since the civil war. so why should they/we be able to deal with terrorism. What cracks me up even more is the fact that Isreal expereinces so much terrorism because they are bullies. They bully people off their own land then when the people retaliate they cry foul. I'm tired of Isreal playing the victim card.
I can only imagine what the likes of steve jobs would do with this. You recall the scene from the matrix in zion control tower with the clear touch screens. clear palm pilots which resemble just a rectangulat peice of glass. eye glasses which can show tactical info without any wires going back to a cpu. just two wires through either side of the frame.
How is this insighful? Burn all the fossil fuels we can. Lets liberate every bit of green house gas that we can. Lets melt the polar caps and de salinate the oceans and stop the deep ocean currents. Running out of fuel isn't the problem, the problem is the effects of those fuels on our environment.
One type of energy which you rarely hear about, but seems very enviromentally friendly is geo thermal. In the US the only places I can think of which have geological features which will allow this is yellow stone (active super volcanoe ?) wherever there is a hot spring you would think this would be feasable. From what I know this process has no by products and little effect on the ecology of the surrounding environment.
Though i've never used this personally. I had a co-worker who was strickened by carpel tunnel. We both worked in tech support at the time. In order to accomadate her she was allowed to use DNS. To be honest after training it ( which is the most tedious part) it worked quite well. To an auther or someone who types for aliving this is a great tool. The only other concern I've heard is it does require a reasonable amount of computing power.
How many other people here get the feeling that powell is not qualified for his position. Of all the times I have heard this man talk he has never been able to give a sufficient answer to the true nature of the problem with cencorship. I dont know about you but before I address congress I woudl make it my busines to know everything about the statistics I am about to present. Think about it. you have a exponential growth in complaints aren't you even curious about what group be it age range geographic area, etc that this is coming from. Especially with the US culture being as diverse as it is. I just can't help but think he is totally inept every time I see him.
Having over 6 teachers in my immediate family and once concidering the profession. no child left behind is a useless inititive. Why have a program that looks great but puts requirements on schoool programs without giving them the funding to reach said goals. The problem has never been documenting who gets behind, but ensuring that the school budget gets funded and passed before you fund prisons and roads. getting back to the problem why doesn't the government solve the public school problem before they take on colleges.
With all due respect save stories like this for the local hobby shop. No i'm not trolling it's just this is one of those, 'ok cool' lets move on stories.
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Wow, isn't that something this robot was equipped with a bellows for smoking. Funny how times have changed. below is a link to a sectional drawing showing the inner workings of the robot.
http://www.davidszondy.com/future/robot/elektro
I've been an avid usenet reader for many years. asides from mail lists this has been my primary means of finding technical info. however in the last year it has been inpossible for me to download groups and not get infected. now since I have to use MS at work and the only MS reader that i use is express. it's next to impossible to not get infected. any one know of a good reader example text only that does not get infected ?
I work for an architecture firm, where in outsourcing is quite common. Unfortunatly it's a better question to ask how do you prevent it from going wrong. The answer for that is regular, frequent progress checks. Now if it does go bad this is where yo uhope that your contract is well written. Usually this comes in the form of liquidated damages. eg. If the progress does not meet the progression timeline set at check points a, b, and c. then liquidated damages will be assesed at $$$ per days behind schedule. In the case of consultants who are frequently used some times a point system works a bit better. this way they will work to keep a high performance point total which will help them with future contracts.
This probable isn't american airlines fault, but more due to government regulation. This isn't new however. I recall when flying from jamaica as a child a part of fillign out costums forms was declaring who you would be staying with. I dont' really think this is new by any means. coudl be something as simple as" hey if we find yoru missing luggage who do we contact?"
I perhaps may be in the minority but I really have no desire to live beyond my life expectancy of 80yo. I mean how greedy does one have to be. I woudl rather live the life that i do have to teh fullest. The world has had enough of me let someone else take my place. can you imagine a world of montgomery burns' who just live forever with there old thinking and old ideas. it's safe to say they the concept of renewal is built into every espect of nature. why can't we just go with the flow
yoru right the private sector is much more effective at spending a buck. but a who woudl you trust with this task, and would you complain when you go to call for info on your SS and hear habib on the phone ?
Life is unpredictable not everyone who is down and out is irresponcible. Here is a reality check, you get cancer and your insurance policy drops you, yea it happens. your retirement just went to paying for cemo (sp) the reality is social security is there for a reason. I think you shoudl be allowed to direct the investment of a portion of yoru social security however that should be it.
my ipod fits perfectly in my pocket. my head phones are pretty much invisible. why put this in clothes that i'll forget to take out when I wash it. I always hate when new technology comes out and mfg's try to tag it on to every product they have to make it sell.
having seen the effects of acid rain. I direct by product of sulfur dioxcide. I have to disagree with you. I wouldnt' be suprised if this studdy wasn't funded by some big mining operation. bottom line is people generally like the earth with less smog, less lead, and less pollutants over all.
I for one welcome our new soccor playing robot over lords.
I'm an avid soccer player and soccer is by no means a clumsy sport. It requires an ample amount of finace and agility. I don't see a robot achieving this. This is based simple on the fact that a robot the dimensions of a human being would probable way two or three times as much. thus having significantly more momentum to overcome on say on a simple move.
My dad was into ham radios (jamaica) for a while and during hurricanes, and power outages he was still talking to people around the world. It's simple, and redundant (runs on a car battery) and most important it's proven. I'm sorry but the internet should never be relied upon for communications during a disaster it's just not reliable. It is also dependent on too many things. Electricity, phone lines, networks.
I'm an architect. We use primarily Architectural Desktop, based on Autocad. Available architectural applications are Architectural Desktop, Microstation (available on unix),ArchiCAD, Revit. All of these apps scream for a 64 bit environment. Most entry level CAD operators these days are ITT grads with the bear minimum in technical knowledge.
Well
a.) Typical CAD mfg are Autodesk, Microstation etc. Most CAD operators only know these systems on a windows platform. As an employer it's easier to buy software which is mainstream that employees already know. Instead of training employees.
Something is only a standard when it is widely adopted. x86-64 to my knowledge only runs in 64 bit mode for *Unix OS's. I see no point in buying a 64 bit processor if i'm going to run it in 32 bit mode.
I've been holding off on purchasing a system for years. Initially it sounded like Itinium (sp) would be the 64 bit standard. Hopefully there will be some type of 64 bit standard as there is a great need for 64 bit work stations. I am in the CAD/CAM business and ever since the demize of the Alpha we have been waiting on a good cheap 64 bit windows based platform.
It's all a matter of what your accustomed to. America, and Americans are not a climatized to even having enemies. Keep in mind with the exception of perl harbor no war has ever been fought on american soil since the civil war. so why should they/we be able to deal with terrorism. What cracks me up even more is the fact that Isreal expereinces so much terrorism because they are bullies. They bully people off their own land then when the people retaliate they cry foul. I'm tired of Isreal playing the victim card.
I interpreted the danger of this being more of painting an aircraft with a laser as needed to target a laser guided missle. correct me if i'm wrong.
I can only imagine what the likes of steve jobs would do with this. You recall the scene from the matrix in zion control tower with the clear touch screens. clear palm pilots which resemble just a rectangulat peice of glass. eye glasses which can show tactical info without any wires going back to a cpu. just two wires through either side of the frame.
How is this insighful? Burn all the fossil fuels we can. Lets liberate every bit of green house gas that we can. Lets melt the polar caps and de salinate the oceans and stop the deep ocean currents. Running out of fuel isn't the problem, the problem is the effects of those fuels on our environment.
One type of energy which you rarely hear about, but seems very enviromentally friendly is geo thermal. In the US the only places I can think of which have geological features which will allow this is yellow stone (active super volcanoe ?) wherever there is a hot spring you would think this would be feasable. From what I know this process has no by products and little effect on the ecology of the surrounding environment.
http://geothermal.marin.org/pwrheat.html
Though i've never used this personally. I had a co-worker who was strickened by carpel tunnel. We both worked in tech support at the time. In order to accomadate her she was allowed to use DNS. To be honest after training it ( which is the most tedious part) it worked quite well. To an auther or someone who types for aliving this is a great tool. The only other concern I've heard is it does require a reasonable amount of computing power.
I'm sorry but my mp3s still dont sound no where as full as my good old fasion vinyl purple rain album.
How many other people here get the feeling that powell is not qualified for his position. Of all the times I have heard this man talk he has never been able to give a sufficient answer to the true nature of the problem with cencorship. I dont know about you but before I address congress I woudl make it my busines to know everything about the statistics I am about to present. Think about it. you have a exponential growth in complaints aren't you even curious about what group be it age range geographic area, etc that this is coming from. Especially with the US culture being as diverse as it is. I just can't help but think he is totally inept every time I see him.
yea but the FCC or whatever regelatory agency that the goverment creates will stop you from doing anything really fun.
Having over 6 teachers in my immediate family and once concidering the profession. no child left behind is a useless inititive. Why have a program that looks great but puts requirements on schoool programs without giving them the funding to reach said goals. The problem has never been documenting who gets behind, but ensuring that the school budget gets funded and passed before you fund prisons and roads. getting back to the problem why doesn't the government solve the public school problem before they take on colleges.
With all due respect save stories like this for the local hobby shop. No i'm not trolling it's just this is one of those, 'ok cool' lets move on stories.