While an entertaining post, one could speculate that building a spinning computer should not actually be that hard these days. You probably couldn't use spinning hard drives but SSD should work fine. Power could easily be supplied with some bushings. The hardest part would be video out, but I think there are high speed wireless video solutions. If not, you may be able to get away with bushings for this as well but your contact area has to be pretty consistent. The rest of the system could be wireless (keyboard, mouse, etc.)
The experiment came to grief when the cat-5 cables to the cable modem were first untwisted then reverse twisted , and finally made a mess of the modem.
And like McDonalds, it works great for the little ones. Sadly, my kids love it because of the playground and toys. Other than not being healthy and employing loads of illegals, it is not that bad.
Well, the same is true of javascript. Stanford can use it to teach coding fundementals and still allow the kiddies a much easier transfer to say java, C++, and C.
That's a little-endian date. The least significant number (the day) comes first and the most significant (the year) comes last. ISO dates are big endian. US dates are middle endian, as popularised by the PDP-11.
According to the first inflation calculator I pulled up online, $10 in 1890 is roughly $240 in 2010. That sounds about right. I bet there weren't too many of these made. They probably found their way into the homes of some rich kids. Perhaps there were also some collectors that appreciated the novelty and took good care of the lightly-used ones. I wonder how much it would go for on Antiques Roadshow (or in a real auction).
IIRC Grandmother (born 1880) had one of these, but a friend placed it near a fireplace and ruined it. The face was wax.
The HUGE difference in application between something like this, and a chopper is BLADES. There are areas of tight quarters that having several hundred pounds of whirling death being too close by isn't a safe option. Now, I'm not saying these are safer than a chopper, but I AM saying that getting this in close to people or delicate property IS a shitload safer than dealing with a large bladed chopper.
I second that. Just use a damn helicopter (unless they're suggesting that this would be able to fit into places where helicopter rotors would not... in which case - use a hovercraft).
A hovercraft requires ground closer to horizontal than this does. OTOH There was a rotor below craft that suffered from falling like a rock if the engine quit, and this might as well.
If they are going to censor, they might as well censor open source products and tools. After working in China, I find Baidu does a very bad job of supporting Chinese language documentation for open source. Many programmers in China are very badly trained because they have only used Windoz. They know how push buttons and drag and drop to make software. Some have no idea how to really write code.
Who wants an arm that occasionally throws feces at people. Quite embarassing, and all you can say is "Sorry foks, my bionic arm is controlled by a monkey, and hes pissed today"
Yet another hazard for jailers -- transonic turds.
It's almost impossible to compete with the vast fossil fuel subsidies. People who mock the costs of alternative energy sources seem to forget that one of the chief reasons they aren't competitive is that any subsidies they may get are dwarfed by what is handed over to oil companies.
Someone trying to site a wind turbine will be met with a suit by environmentalists or nimbys. Economics is not what stops wind energy.
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I see it now. One monkey in Indonesia issues a takedown. Eventually, 100 monkeys demand compensation. Soon monkeys everywhere know about the DCMA.
If your primative photos are being pandered without your permission, you may be entitled to financial compensation.
Time is limited.
While an entertaining post, one could speculate that building a spinning computer should not actually be that hard these days. You probably couldn't use spinning hard drives but SSD should work fine. Power could easily be supplied with some bushings. The hardest part would be video out, but I think there are high speed wireless video solutions. If not, you may be able to get away with bushings for this as well but your contact area has to be pretty consistent. The rest of the system could be wireless (keyboard, mouse, etc.)
A dove prism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove_prism turning at half case speed will do it.
The experiment came to grief when the cat-5 cables to the cable modem were first untwisted then reverse twisted , and finally made a mess of the modem.
And like McDonalds, it works great for the little ones. Sadly, my kids love it because of the playground and toys. Other than not being healthy and employing loads of illegals, it is not that bad.
Well, the same is true of javascript. Stanford can use it to teach coding fundementals and still allow the kiddies a much easier transfer to say java, C++, and C.
Javascript employs loads of illegals?
Blame Israel for the heat as well. You'll feel much better immediately.
Israel planted enough trees that it changed the climate.
he was flossing his teeth, give him a break.
Its a flossed cause.
So we are actually in a meta-debate, although I wouldn't argue about such a minor detail...
So we are actually in a meta-debate, although I wouldn't argue about such a meta detail...
FTFY
The cephalopods are the overlords, the fish are just their minnows.
FTFY
With fronds like you, who needs anemones?
Clownfish use anemones as a tool.
Why would raising taxes DECREASE revenue? The economy isn't in a bad state so the uphill comparison is wrong.
And sure they can cut spending. Where do you think they'll cut first?
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/laffercurve.asp
Finally a match for sharks with lasers!
Awesome jellyfish with Cerenkov radiation.
Thanks.
Does nerd soccer attract nerd hooligans?
They are already talking about the possibilities for therapy and behavior modification by optically stimulating specific brain circuits.
They can talk about it all they want, but until they invent a transparent skull, I'm not sure I see many practical applications.
If you mean where the Sun does not shine, then you have omitted fiber optics.
I suppose it would stimulate "nerve flow" whatever that is.
NA/Europeans (not raised in China) that speak traditional Chinese even semi-fluently IN THE ENTIRE WORLD
3. Because the writing system is MINIMALLY phonetic if at all.
I have a Chinese name tag. Chinese seeing it pronounce my name correctly (it contains an "L"). Then they do a double take.
That's a little-endian date. The least significant number (the day) comes first and the most significant (the year) comes last. ISO dates are big endian. US dates are middle endian, as popularised by the PDP-11.
Then it goes to 11 endian.
This won't get anywhere near simulating a brain.
Too true. How about trying to simulate self awareness.
Use (say three) processes to monitor and optimize each other. These would run a virtual machine as a single self aware entity.
They criticize pirates but can't keep their hands out of the booty.
The captain's parrot got his claw in the tambourine.
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Avast, nothing to see here. Move along matey.
According to the first inflation calculator I pulled up online, $10 in 1890 is roughly $240 in 2010. That sounds about right. I bet there weren't too many of these made. They probably found their way into the homes of some rich kids. Perhaps there were also some collectors that appreciated the novelty and took good care of the lightly-used ones. I wonder how much it would go for on Antiques Roadshow (or in a real auction).
IIRC Grandmother (born 1880) had one of these, but a friend placed it near a fireplace and ruined it. The face was wax.
The HUGE difference in application between something like this, and a chopper is BLADES. There are areas of tight quarters that having several hundred pounds of whirling death being too close by isn't a safe option. Now, I'm not saying these are safer than a chopper, but I AM saying that getting this in close to people or delicate property IS a shitload safer than dealing with a large bladed chopper.
Just my .02 worth...
http://www.hiller.org/flying-platform.shtml The Hiller flying platform was canceled when its engine-off behavior was noticed.
Aditionally to being the coolest ambulance on earth, with that kind of noise you don't even need a siren !
And this is the stealthy version.
I second that. Just use a damn helicopter (unless they're suggesting that this would be able to fit into places where helicopter rotors would not... in which case - use a hovercraft).
A hovercraft requires ground closer to horizontal than this does. OTOH There was a rotor below craft that suffered from falling like a rock if the engine quit, and this might as well.
If they are going to censor, they might as well censor open source products and tools. After working in China, I find Baidu does a very bad job of supporting Chinese language documentation for open source. Many programmers in China are very badly trained because they have only used Windoz. They know how push buttons and drag and drop to make software. Some have no idea how to really write code.
LabView in red and gold?
Be careful what you ask for.
How fast does an owner of a warehouse get a notice of a police raid with court order targeting one of the clients of the warehouse?
Am I the only one who read "whorehouse."
is the Glomar Explorer when we need it?
That was manganese nodules *cough* nuclear submarine *cough* that they were after.
Maybe Fox News are twits who don't know how to delete tweets?
Maybe there is an opening for a tweeter deleter.
Who wants an arm that occasionally throws feces at people. Quite embarassing, and all you can say is "Sorry foks, my bionic arm is controlled by a monkey, and hes pissed today"
Yet another hazard for jailers -- transonic turds.
It's almost impossible to compete with the vast fossil fuel subsidies. People who mock the costs of alternative energy sources seem to forget that one of the chief reasons they aren't competitive is that any subsidies they may get are dwarfed by what is handed over to oil companies.
Someone trying to site a wind turbine will be met with a suit by environmentalists or nimbys. Economics is not what stops wind energy.