This may be the answer to the Somalia pirate problem - space-based tracking. Now adding a moderately powerful laser, say 10KW or so...
Actually just route commercial ships away from suspected pirates. Much like convoys were routed away from enemy submarines during WW2 when Ultra was up and running and decoding communications to and from the subs.
Yeah, not nearly as fun as lasers.
If you see a Zodiac well offshore, then shine a low power laser from a drone. Let them know they have been spotted and further effort is of no use.
Again by not keeping all you "Humans" in one basket, you ensure that the acts of a single loon are at worst limited to a specific human population and not all people anywhere in the universe.
There is still the loon's orders to deal with. Example : Silent Running. Suppose the robots took over to destroy the plants?
I know it is sarcastic, but a license is more than about driving. It doesn't even have to do with driving. In most States it is required to have identification, and that is handled by their DMV-like institution. You don't have to drive. You don't have to drink alcohol. You don't have to vote. But you still need an identification.
DMV also issues identification cards that do not include driving; at least in Louisiana.
Can the robots smell the inmates toking up after lights out and report it?... to the guards who are toking up because now they don't have to make rounds as often?
A mobile sensor would be more effective than a fixed one in policing "The Joint."
the one petaflop performance mentioned here is significantly below that of the 'K Machine's 10 petaflop, and i hear that plans are made to increase thaT to 25 pf's.. So, what's all this hoopla about??
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This may be the answer to the Somalia pirate problem - space-based tracking.
Now adding a moderately powerful laser, say 10KW or so...
Actually just route commercial ships away from suspected pirates. Much like convoys were routed away from enemy submarines during WW2 when Ultra was up and running and decoding communications to and from the subs.
Yeah, not nearly as fun as lasers.
If you see a Zodiac well offshore, then shine a low power laser from a drone. Let them know they have been spotted and further effort is of no use.
Can they track and destroy software pirates from space?
If they are from Somalia.
Of course, it is also possible it could be used for good.
Suppose someone cyber attacks the U.S. and spoofs that they are China. Good communication might help sort it out.
My computer is non deterministic; it gives me random answers.
Again by not keeping all you "Humans" in one basket, you ensure that the acts of a single loon are at worst limited to a specific human population and not all people anywhere in the universe.
There is still the loon's orders to deal with. Example : Silent Running. Suppose the robots took over to destroy the plants?
So let us get rid of tractors. Then if we get rid of horse teams, there will be lots of hand plowing jobs.
Wallah...no unemployment.
Build more pyramids.
I wouldn't pay more than $200 to be from New Jersey, either!
You can't hire a Coyote for that anyway.
I know it is sarcastic, but a license is more than about driving. It doesn't even have to do with driving. In most States it is required to have identification, and that is handled by their DMV-like institution. You don't have to drive. You don't have to drink alcohol. You don't have to vote. But you still need an identification.
DMV also issues identification cards that do not include driving; at least in Louisiana.
now I know that my ram's bladder cup really is from a ram.
Just so it is not ram's bladder ice cream cup served on a bed of encrypted spaghetti.
I don't know.... right now, I'm dreaming of what it would be like to add that orange roughy thing to a turducken.
now THAT's good eating!
If you add ham to a turducken, then is it a hamsturducken. /ducks
how about a probe of US oil rigging?
Its much better now that we switched from wood to steel.
Both professions have a unique appreciation for naked stars..
FTFY
Sad, but I don't think robots would fare well in US prisons. The corruption, bribes, and violence have become a part of our prison system.
Robots can compete with that : food, booze, weed, meth, and a ride to freedom are all possible.
WWBD (What Would Bender Do)
Can the robots smell the inmates toking up after lights out and report it? ... to the guards who are toking up because now they don't have to make rounds as often?
A mobile sensor would be more effective than a fixed one in policing "The Joint."
I can't find the link right now but when room and board is considered I believe the average cost of a 4-year college or university is $13 per year.
13 bucks? Dang...I overpaid.
They left out the coffee breaks.
What the hell is a bosone?
It unifies the pasta weak with the marinara field.
watson can't find that school in Toronto
Elementary Watson : They are encouraging archery.
America is full of similar-minded pussies, from what I read on the internets.
Yes, I'm Canadian.
These days the pussies are making friends with the mice.
only 50k for a problem that complex? If you could solve this problem, I say copyright and make millions off of the algorithm.
Or it could be like a paper on pursuit curves that gets classified quickly.
In Falcon and Snowman, there was a scene of paper and water being put in a blender to shred the paper.
Too many syllables? Ringo Starr
Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik
Nice.
the one petaflop performance mentioned here is significantly below that of the 'K Machine's 10 petaflop, .. So, what's all this hoopla about??
and i hear that plans are made to increase thaT to 25 pf's
ref:
http://www.semiconportal.com/en/
The Hooplites are coming. The Hooplites are coming.
... because if we keep spending like drunken sailors, we'll destroy the economy even more, and that's been done before.
Only if drunken sailors do it on credit.
If you need a bit better pattern recognition or control there's thousands of people willing to do farming from their PCs for free.
Farmville?
of Silent Running come to mind
Robot suits powered by midget actors?