The german robot manufacturer Kuka has had its system Robocoaster approved for human transportation, something which opens up a completely new market, namely the entertainment industry.
Kuka, which normally are welding robot experts, is now committed to a amusement park robot, which they hope will be sold to amusement parks all over the world, writes the danish paper Ingeniøren.
The robot system, called the Robocoaster, can lift 500 kilograms. It is part of an ride attraction where two people are buckled up in a seat and twirled upside down, back and forth in high speed. Robocoaster was presented for the first time at the Hannover trade fair this april, and according to Kuka's Martin Kuhnhen, the company has already sold the first system to an amusement park.
Søren Robert Lund at Tivoli in Copenhagen sees big opportunities with the new robot: - The robot looks very exciting, he says to Ingeniøren. At Tivoli, we go for the attractions that are an experience for those who ride, but also for those who watch.
He also sees the possibilities with integrating the amusement robot in environments where the visitor for example can meet Harry Potter in a Quidditch game or fight with light sabres in Star Wars.
The Robocoaster is approved according to the security standard ISO 10218 and it has been applied in more than 35 000 industrial applications all around the world.
Sorry - I wasn't clear enough: what I meant was that I, as the buyer, can trust my bank, since I have been doing business with it for a long time. A bank is a better escrow than a relatively anonymous company who specialize in escrow, and just about nothing else.
Being right (both morally and legally) is not the same as getting a verdict in your favor, or getting help from the police.
If you want to be the "winning part", then make sure that you get lots of media attention and a massive following (protest lists, anybody?). That puts lots of stress on the decision makers (police/court/companies/whatever), and if nothing else, they will probably give you some money for goodwill.
Either that, or make/inherit lots of money and hire a bunch of lawyers to work for you.
Something that is better than actually transferring money to someone else, before checking the merchandise, is to earmark the money (but don't do the transfer). If the buyer is satisfied upon reception of the merchandise, then the money is transferred. If the buyer is dissatisfied, then the merchandise is sent back, and the earmark is removed. The earmarking would be done through the buyers bank (that's the way for example credit card payments work).
Yawn... Yet another Heinlein fan, sweating testosterone, who thinks we live in a world where everyone is a lethal threat. Why is it that military types in USA thinks that everybody believes them, when they say that The World Has To Be Saved, and USA Is The Only Hope? I hope they don't believe their own lies - the real driving force behind military actions (US and otherwise) is money - not about saving the world. If you think anything else, then you're just naïve.
Single answer - it happens often enough that laws with quite high punishment latitudes has been necessary. And who said that it only concerns banks?! Both relatively sensitive data such as hospital records, and relatively unsensitive data such as secret phone numbers are concerned.
Don't kid yourself - military security is not better by default than security in the private sector.
About harmful - what's worse: 1) one person has to change his/her phone number as a demonstration of what can happen, or 2) several people have their bank accounts closed, based on "terrorist accusations" (which has already happened), or even worse things?
If you seriously think that a central repository of information about you is so much worse than the chance of it doing good by catching criminals or terrorists, I personally think you're a dumbass. You think they're even going to look at your records unless the computer highlights something dodgy? You think that your credit card information will be published online for anyone to google? Yah.
Those who has access to these aggregated databases are not totally uncorruptable, and highly ethical; once in a while someone will use TIA to look up an ex-{girl,boy}friend just to find some information that they will use to hurt them. Or - information about a well-known artist/politician/whatever will be leaked against money. Well, you get the picture.
And about lobbying being a good thing: I think that the harrassment of John Poindexter is a kind of lobbying. Perhaps not a nice one, but quite efficient, and not very harmful.
Well, it's not your fault really - the legal system allows you to keep and use firearms. What your daughter's teachers should do is to educate on the dangers of a society where the preventive legal actions against violence are so minimal. What scares me the most is that these laws are not just "normal" laws, but constitutional.
I think you're forgetting the other costs - there's more than just the hardware investment. Software and hardware support costs both man-hours and money. Also, there is the added advantage that you only buy as much CPU time as you need - you're not stuck with unneeded computers after you've finished the project.
The largest DDoS tool ever has already been invented - Slashdot...;-)
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Don't forget the exhibition Earth from above by Yann Arthus-Bertrand! Yes, I admit it's in another league - the photos in EFA are taken from planes, but there are some really nice gems in there.
You can also use "poor man's DNS". Every time a banner shows up:
1. Find out the host name for that URL. 2. Add that host name to your/etc/hosts file (for Unix), c:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc (for Win2k), or c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc (for WinXP). 3. Change the IP address for that host name to 127.0.0.1.
The frozen lake in Iceland that is the location for some car chases, does not freeze very often naturally. This is due to its closeness to the sea and its high salt content. To rectify this situation the river that links the lake to the sea was damned and within two days the entire lake was frozen to a depth of over 2 meters.
Which priest did they hire for that - father Merrin? Maybe hell finally froze over...
It's interesting, because it entices you to come out in the open, so others can see you for what you are, and mark you as a Slashdot-foe. Thanks for taking the bait!
The human ear is not linearly sensitive to different frequencies - lower frequencies ( ~10 kHz) are harder to hear. There are standard profiles - called "contours" - for measuring the output of speakers, to check how well they are adapted to the human ear.
It would be interesting to build a fan with either very large blades, or very small, that would generate low respectively high frequencies, thereby eliminating some of the perceived noise level.
Before you do it, please think it over really hard. Surgery on a healthy organ is unnecessary, and it always carries a risk with it.
If you've decided to do it anyway, then you should prepare yourself by checking out surgeon, before deciding on that particular one. If s/he is an objective professional, then s/he will not try to hide any risks.
The last thing I have to say is that I recommend that you perform your surgery in the country you live in. Having a medical emergency, where you are blinded on one or two eyes in a foreign country, with all the hassle involved concerning medical insurance, is probably not that much fun...
I don't think that you got one word right there, friend.
Where did you get those figures from? I was under the impression that it was the other way - private schools are more expensive... And another thing: most liberals support the right to choose between private schools and government schools.
I read a similar story, where a company applied this to a vacuum cleaner - every time it sucked up something that made a noise, the vacuum cleaner enhanced that sound, so that it sounded like you were sucking up a bowl of macaronis or something... It made the cleaner think "wow, this is really efficient - it's much more fun to clean the house when you can really hear that it is getting cleaner".
That's right - sound travels at about 330 m/s or 1083 ft/s in air, and at 1480 m/s or 4856 ft/s in water. Of course, the speed varies with the temperature, air humidity, saltiness of the water, water/air pressure et cetera. There are probably too many variables that has to be controlled in order for the data transfer to be useful.
The arguments you give are correct, but they are cynical / destructive and, I think, not how you should think. You actually sound a bit like Alfred Hitchcock but without his humor; look at his quotes about managing actors.
I think that what the original author should think about is his own attitude. That's the one thing that you can control over totally about yourself. If your attitude is that you are the victim, then you surely will be the victim. If your attitude is that you will be professional (technically and ethically), then you will be professional. Of course, you have to work with your attitude - nothing comes for free - but that just makes it more worthwhile.
I've heard that wind-mills aren't cost-efficient - they are most often built out of aluminium, and the amount of electricity, measured in watt-hours, needed for melting and processing the aluminium is about equal to the total amount that you can get out of the wind-mill during its lifetime.
The first semi-official statement from bin Laden: An article (in swedish) in the swedish newspaper Expressen says (13:15 today) that "the saudian dissident Usama bin Laden congratulates those who performed the terror attacks against USA, but denies any involvement, says a person working close with Usama".
Why do we use locks on doors when you can pick a lock, or smash a window to get in? Why do we have passwords on computers when you can hack in anyway? These are not foolproof ways of protection, but it slows down the great majority of the attempts, and also simple and cost-effective.
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The swedish magazine "Ny Teknik" (New Technology) had a small article about Robocoaster a couple of months ago. Here is a quick translation done by me:
Robot manufacturer aims for the amusement parks
The german robot manufacturer Kuka has had its system Robocoaster approved for human transportation, something which opens up a completely new market, namely the entertainment industry.
Kuka, which normally are welding robot experts, is now committed to a amusement park robot, which they hope will be sold to amusement parks all over the world, writes the danish paper Ingeniøren.
The robot system, called the Robocoaster, can lift 500 kilograms. It is part of an ride attraction where two people are buckled up in a seat and twirled upside down, back and forth in high speed. Robocoaster was presented for the first time at the Hannover trade fair this april, and according to Kuka's Martin Kuhnhen, the company has already sold the first system to an amusement park.
Søren Robert Lund at Tivoli in Copenhagen sees big opportunities with the new robot:
- The robot looks very exciting, he says to Ingeniøren. At Tivoli, we go for the attractions that are an experience for those who ride, but also for those who watch.
He also sees the possibilities with integrating the amusement robot in environments where the visitor for example can meet Harry Potter in a Quidditch game or fight with light sabres in Star Wars.
The Robocoaster is approved according to the security standard ISO 10218 and it has been applied in more than 35 000 industrial applications all around the world.
Sorry - I wasn't clear enough: what I meant was that I, as the buyer, can trust my bank, since I have been doing business with it for a long time. A bank is a better escrow than a relatively anonymous company who specialize in escrow, and just about nothing else.
If you're smart, then you open the box before accepting it.
If you're so lazy that you don't take every precaution against being scammed, then don't come and complain afterwards... Sad but true.
Being right (both morally and legally) is not the same as getting a verdict in your favor, or getting help from the police.
If you want to be the "winning part", then make sure that you get lots of media attention and a massive following (protest lists, anybody?). That puts lots of stress on the decision makers (police/court/companies/whatever), and if nothing else, they will probably give you some money for goodwill.
Either that, or make/inherit lots of money and hire a bunch of lawyers to work for you.
Agreed.
Something that is better than actually transferring money to someone else, before checking the merchandise, is to earmark the money (but don't do the transfer). If the buyer is satisfied upon reception of the merchandise, then the money is transferred. If the buyer is dissatisfied, then the merchandise is sent back, and the earmark is removed. The earmarking would be done through the buyers bank (that's the way for example credit card payments work).
I live in Sweden, you moron - we never asked for, wanted, or got your help.
Yawn... Yet another Heinlein fan, sweating testosterone, who thinks we live in a world where everyone is a lethal threat. Why is it that military types in USA thinks that everybody believes them, when they say that The World Has To Be Saved, and USA Is The Only Hope? I hope they don't believe their own lies - the real driving force behind military actions (US and otherwise) is money - not about saving the world. If you think anything else, then you're just naïve.
Single answer - it happens often enough that laws with quite high punishment latitudes has been necessary. And who said that it only concerns banks?! Both relatively sensitive data such as hospital records, and relatively unsensitive data such as secret phone numbers are concerned.
Don't kid yourself - military security is not better by default than security in the private sector.
About harmful - what's worse: 1) one person has to change his/her phone number as a demonstration of what can happen, or 2) several people have their bank accounts closed, based on "terrorist accusations" (which has already happened), or even worse things?
If you seriously think that a central repository of information about you is so much worse than the chance of it doing good by catching criminals or terrorists, I personally think you're a dumbass. You think they're even going to look at your records unless the computer highlights something dodgy? You think that your credit card information will be published online for anyone to google? Yah.
Those who has access to these aggregated databases are not totally uncorruptable, and highly ethical; once in a while someone will use TIA to look up an ex-{girl,boy}friend just to find some information that they will use to hurt them. Or - information about a well-known artist/politician/whatever will be leaked against money. Well, you get the picture.
And about lobbying being a good thing: I think that the harrassment of John Poindexter is a kind of lobbying. Perhaps not a nice one, but quite efficient, and not very harmful.
Well, it's not your fault really - the legal system allows you to keep and use firearms. What your daughter's teachers should do is to educate on the dangers of a society where the preventive legal actions against violence are so minimal. What scares me the most is that these laws are not just "normal" laws, but constitutional.
I think you're forgetting the other costs - there's more than just the hardware investment. Software and hardware support costs both man-hours and money. Also, there is the added advantage that you only buy as much CPU time as you need - you're not stuck with unneeded computers after you've finished the project.
The largest DDoS tool ever has already been invented - Slashdot... ;-)
Don't forget the exhibition Earth from above by Yann Arthus-Bertrand! Yes, I admit it's in another league - the photos in EFA are taken from planes, but there are some really nice gems in there.
1. Find out the host name for that URL.
2. Add that host name to your
3. Change the IP address for that host name to 127.0.0.1.
Your hosts file should look something like this:Now, every time a banner tries to pop up, you don't get the extra traffic to the banner site, and you have slayed one more hydra.
I browsed through the trivia section of the movie, and found the following disturbing information:
The frozen lake in Iceland that is the location for some car chases, does not freeze very often naturally. This is due to its closeness to the sea and its high salt content. To rectify this situation the river that links the lake to the sea was damned and within two days the entire lake was frozen to a depth of over 2 meters.
Which priest did they hire for that - father Merrin? Maybe hell finally froze over...
It's interesting, because it entices you to come out in the open, so others can see you for what you are, and mark you as a Slashdot-foe. Thanks for taking the bait!
The human ear is not linearly sensitive to different frequencies - lower frequencies ( ~10 kHz) are harder to hear. There are standard profiles - called "contours" - for measuring the output of speakers, to check how well they are adapted to the human ear.
It would be interesting to build a fan with either very large blades, or very small, that would generate low respectively high frequencies, thereby eliminating some of the perceived noise level.
Before you do it, please think it over really hard. Surgery on a healthy organ is unnecessary, and it always carries a risk with it.
If you've decided to do it anyway, then you should prepare yourself by checking out surgeon, before deciding on that particular one. If s/he is an objective professional, then s/he will not try to hide any risks.
The last thing I have to say is that I recommend that you perform your surgery in the country you live in. Having a medical emergency, where you are blinded on one or two eyes in a foreign country, with all the hassle involved concerning medical insurance, is probably not that much fun...
Where did you get those figures from? I was under the impression that it was the other way - private schools are more expensive... And another thing: most liberals support the right to choose between private schools and government schools.
I read a similar story, where a company applied this to a vacuum cleaner - every time it sucked up something that made a noise, the vacuum cleaner enhanced that sound, so that it sounded like you were sucking up a bowl of macaronis or something... It made the cleaner think "wow, this is really efficient - it's much more fun to clean the house when you can really hear that it is getting cleaner".
That's right - sound travels at about 330 m/s or 1083 ft/s in air, and at 1480 m/s or 4856 ft/s in water. Of course, the speed varies with the temperature, air humidity, saltiness of the water, water/air pressure et cetera. There are probably too many variables that has to be controlled in order for the data transfer to be useful.
The arguments you give are correct, but they are cynical / destructive and, I think, not how you should think. You actually sound a bit like Alfred Hitchcock but without his humor; look at his quotes about managing actors.
I think that what the original author should think about is his own attitude. That's the one thing that you can control over totally about yourself. If your attitude is that you are the victim, then you surely will be the victim. If your attitude is that you will be professional (technically and ethically), then you will be professional. Of course, you have to work with your attitude - nothing comes for free - but that just makes it more worthwhile.
I've heard that wind-mills aren't cost-efficient - they are most often built out of aluminium, and the amount of electricity, measured in watt-hours, needed for melting and processing the aluminium is about equal to the total amount that you can get out of the wind-mill during its lifetime.
The first semi-official statement from bin Laden: An article (in swedish) in the swedish newspaper Expressen says (13:15 today) that "the saudian dissident Usama bin Laden congratulates those who performed the terror attacks against USA, but denies any involvement, says a person working close with Usama".
Why do we use locks on doors when you can pick a lock, or smash a window to get in? Why do we have passwords on computers when you can hack in anyway? These are not foolproof ways of protection, but it slows down the great majority of the attempts, and also simple and cost-effective.