They showed a completed project. They said it appeared in numerous places. It looked like all they needed to do was get money to start production. Their Risks and challenges paragraph. 100% confident. They know it works. How are you supposed to do due diligence on a product when they outright lie. I've complained to kickstarter, letting them know they are being tarred with the same brush, because dammit, kickstarter recommended them!
Risks and challenges
Through innovation and diligent research and development, We are 100% confident in delivering an Autonomous and Intelligent aerial photography and video platform. We know our technology works.
We have enlisted a world-class British EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Service), with over 20 years of experience in bringing cutting edge high-end technology products to market, to manufacture ZANO for our Kickstarter backers.
We have taken into account that component lead times potentially could cause delay in delivering ZANO to our backers on time. We have conservatively estimated a June delivery, however, Our component suppliers often need to order the raw materials to manufacture their components 12 months in advance, as a brand new product, it is difficult for us to estimate initial volumes and provide an accurate forecast to our suppliers. We want everyone to be able to experience ZANO experience, that's why we have not put a cap on the amount of ZANO's we are making available for the Kickstarter campaign. We have built fantastic relationships with our component suppliers who believe in ZANO and our vision to make aerial photography and video accessible to everyone. Our component suppliers have set aside large volume buffer stock to cope with the initial demand from Kickstarer! However, there is always a risk involved with large volume component supply, we thought we had better mention it! The risk isn’t if you will get it, it is simply when you will get it, if any supply issues arise! (We are working hard to ensure they do not!)
To me the great thing about this movie is that there is no magical unicorns. (Or as little as possible). Everything is based on current or near term science. I have almost given up on science fiction when Robert Silverburg claimed that fantasy has dragons, SF has robots. Very depressing. Real SF authors I like are Jules Verne Robert Sawyer Neal Stephenson
Wordperfect was (and still is) more functional the wysisyg word processors. This is because Word Perfect was not limited to a gui interface to do the job. In the same way that a command line interface is more functional then a gui. Sure a gui is easier to learn but it isn't as functional. (try running sed from a gui)
Turns out that 90% of the people don't need all the functionality and the lowest common denominator dominates. That and marketing.
My company does emails quite often and the emails affect the bottom line of the companies they are going to. Most of the companies that they are going to are small and old, and a large portion use their isp's email. Versison has decided to mark our emails as spam. They claim they aren't etc etc.
Isn't interfering with someones mail a federal offence?
I've been dealing with a large project that covers and I've found that QtCreator is excellent. It's fast (which means it's better the eclipse) With gcc it will point out unused variables. And it has refactoring, which makes the job much easier. DOxygen is also good for getting a layout of the whole program.
It feels like a fast version of Chome. But I don't have all the cache filled in the same way so probably not a fair test. But so far not a problem with it. Have used it on facebook game that requires flash 15, (won't work with firefox) was flawless.
If some light can be slowed down, and other light can go faster then it, does that mean something can go faster then the speed of light? Einstien disproved?
Off the top of my head, if any agreement is negotiated in secret, it has a much higher chance of agreement then if it is negotiated in public or by commitee. So the idea is that people you elect to represent you do it, and do it in secret in order to get things accoplished.
While I don't know the backstory, I applaud Samsung for stepping up and taking responsibility for the problem and compensating the workers who have suffered. SamSung over the years has struck me as a responsible company over and over, for multiple diverse reasons. This is just another to ad to the list.
A company cannot help that there are problems, but it can help by trying to do the right thing afterwards, and trying not to be evil.
I note that a number of the slashdot comments are cynical to the extreme, but I doubt any of the posters have more information then I do. It's too easy to be cynical while living in the 1 percent of the worlds wealth. I expect it's even easier to be cynical when you aren't.
The problem with free will is that it can mean different things to different people depending on the argument. I think that as soon as the concept of pain, and pain avoidance is taught to an AI it will have what you are describing as free will.
That's it. Music overstimulates me as well. Can't listen to it at work unless I'm doing the boring physical tasks where I'm understimulated. I also much prefer to listen to a book on tape or nothing then have music playing in the car. My daughter says she feels physically car sick if she doesn't have music playing. (I think that's weird).
Seriously, to respond.I developed a distaste for music after playing professionally for 3 years in bar bands. Realized that everyone I worked with was an alcoholic and I decided I had had enough of that life. The distaste was so bad, I couldn't even go into a store where there was musak going on. (It has since subsided)
I'm not saying that everyone of the 25% had the same experience, but that a lot can happen between birth and testing.
So it might be that yes language is a precursor to music, but that has no bearing on life experiences. You are linking one theory to your expected results instead of looking at actual ones.
As far as the animals not using music, I think it depends on your definition of music. There is no reason for a cat to purr when it's happy, other then to show it's joy through sound. They don't purr when they are upset do they. I've also seen videos of birds whistling along with tunes. I don't know why they would do it other then to join in, in a shared experience. (They were pet birds in a relaxed environment).
I swear to god this is true. I live on a farm, that when we bought it inherited a number of cats, as well as a bunch from a neighbors farm. (owner had died so cats transferred to where the food was). Along with these cats came feline leukemia which is a sickness that will kill a 3 year old cat within a month, but is often picked up when they are kittens. (very sad). They end up being very lethargic and then die. We ended up with over 20 cats, peaking at over 30.
In anycase, there was one cat, we called the mother cat, that seemed to be like the mother hen of the other cats. She would adopt kittens from other cats that didn't seem to have the ability to take care of their own. She was a great mouser and would sit on top of a fence post watching for mice. Or she would do this strange echooy call as she walked through the fields. In anycase it worked for her.
She came down with the feline leukemia and was in a bad state. We did what we could for her, but she was going fast. On the day before she died, she was just lying around when other cats started bringing her presents of mice. She perked up with these gifts but was dead within the day.
The important point here is that other cats 1. knew she was dying, or at least in trouble. 2. brought her gifts which they would not normally do. 3. she accepted these gifts.
All the cats seemed sad after she died, and I supposed that I could be just anthropomorphizing their response. But I don't think so.
I've also heard in other barns, that cats have a hierarchy of places to sit. (on bales of hay). The top cats are the highest.
So how many salt water fish would they find in the sewers of every city. I think that just because the dna is present doesn't imply or cause the critter to be present. At least not alive.
I've had a daughter and two sons, and in my experience the tech gender is a built in thing. My daughter was the first born, and wanting to not push her into the dolls and such, I gave her a remote control car for Christmas when she was quite young. (1 1/2). She also had a doll. Guess which one got ignored.
Couple of years later, boy was born. From birth, anything with wheels was fascinating to him. Same for my second son.
Now all children have different personalities right from the beginning so my experience may not line up with yours, but I suspect that there is something natural about more boys liking tech then girls.
The fact that they couldn't use those clicks for ads is probably the whole reason why such a button does not exist. (which in turn should make you extra aware of the meaning of the like button)
I try not to read things into other people's assumptions about the meaning of like.
Except for the Mark Zuckerberg comment (I don't know him personally) I totally agree with you. If they had a dislike would they use that for anti-endorsements?
I watched the video, and he seemed to be handling the situation as well as anyone could. What exactly do you think he should have done. They cleared the building of people, and animals. Found that the fire was in the other end of the building so went and retrieved the expensive cameras. Helped the firemen as best they could, and assessed the damage. He obviously had a plan in place, since they were talking about head counts, and the time it took to evacuate (2 minutes).
I don't think he was out of his league. He was just in a tight spot. Anyone trying to do anything difficult will occasionally get in tight spots. That's just life.
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They had a demo of what appeared to be a working product. They said it worked. They lied. I want my money back.
They showed a completed project. They said it appeared in numerous places. It looked like all they needed to do was get money to start production.
Their Risks and challenges paragraph. 100% confident. They know it works. How are you supposed to do due diligence on a product when they outright lie.
I've complained to kickstarter, letting them know they are being tarred with the same brush, because dammit, kickstarter recommended them!
Risks and challenges
Through innovation and diligent research and development, We are 100% confident in delivering an Autonomous and Intelligent aerial photography and video platform. We know our technology works.
We have enlisted a world-class British EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Service), with over 20 years of experience in bringing cutting edge high-end technology products to market, to manufacture ZANO for our Kickstarter backers.
We have taken into account that component lead times potentially could cause delay in delivering ZANO to our backers on time. We have conservatively estimated a June delivery, however, Our component suppliers often need to order the raw materials to manufacture their components 12 months in advance, as a brand new product, it is difficult for us to estimate initial volumes and provide an accurate forecast to our suppliers. We want everyone to be able to experience ZANO experience, that's why we have not put a cap on the amount of ZANO's we are making available for the Kickstarter campaign. We have built fantastic relationships with our component suppliers who believe in ZANO and our vision to make aerial photography and video accessible to everyone. Our component suppliers have set aside large volume buffer stock to cope with the initial demand from Kickstarer! However, there is always a risk involved with large volume component supply, we thought we had better mention it! The risk isn’t if you will get it, it is simply when you will get it, if any supply issues arise! (We are working hard to ensure they do not!)
>> whopping £2.3 million on Kickstarter ($3.5 million), after asking for a mere £125,000 to get off the ground
Yeah, if I were the project founders, I'd say "fuck it," pocket the money and head to the beach too.
They did!
point the end where the bullets come out away from you!
To me the great thing about this movie is that there is no magical unicorns. (Or as little as possible). Everything is based on current or near term science. I have almost given up on science fiction when Robert Silverburg claimed that fantasy has dragons, SF has robots. Very depressing.
Real SF authors I like are
Jules Verne
Robert Sawyer
Neal Stephenson
Any other suggestions?
Wordperfect was (and still is) more functional the wysisyg word processors. This is because Word Perfect was not limited to a gui interface to do the job. In the same way that a command line interface is more functional then a gui. Sure a gui is easier to learn but it isn't as functional. (try running sed from a gui)
Turns out that 90% of the people don't need all the functionality and the lowest common denominator dominates. That and marketing.
Seems like something major is happening. Someone declare war on the Internets?
My company does emails quite often and the emails affect the bottom line of the companies they are going to. Most of the companies that they are going to are small and old, and a large portion use their isp's email. Versison has decided to mark our emails as spam. They claim they aren't etc etc.
Isn't interfering with someones mail a federal offence?
I've been dealing with a large project that covers and I've found that QtCreator is excellent. It's fast (which means it's better the eclipse) With gcc it will point out unused variables. And it has refactoring, which makes the job much easier. DOxygen is also good for getting a layout of the whole program.
It feels like a fast version of Chome. But I don't have all the cache filled in the same way so probably not a fair test. But so far not a problem with it. Have used it on facebook game that requires flash 15, (won't work with firefox) was flawless.
Not found a single gotcha so far
If some light can be slowed down, and other light can go faster then it, does that mean something can go faster then the speed of light? Einstien disproved?
Off the top of my head, if any agreement is negotiated in secret, it has a much higher chance of agreement then if it is negotiated in public or by commitee. So the idea is that people you elect to represent you do it, and do it in secret in order to get things accoplished.
While I don't know the backstory, I applaud Samsung for stepping up and taking responsibility for the problem and compensating the workers who have suffered. SamSung over the years has struck me as a responsible company over and over, for multiple diverse reasons. This is just another to ad to the list.
A company cannot help that there are problems, but it can help by trying to do the right thing afterwards, and trying not to be evil.
I note that a number of the slashdot comments are cynical to the extreme, but I doubt any of the posters have more information then I do. It's too easy to be cynical while living in the 1 percent of the worlds wealth. I expect it's even easier to be cynical when you aren't.
The problem with free will is that it can mean different things to different people depending on the argument.
I think that as soon as the concept of pain, and pain avoidance is taught to an AI it will have what you are describing as free will.
That's it. Music overstimulates me as well. Can't listen to it at work unless I'm doing the boring physical tasks where I'm understimulated. I also much prefer to listen to a book on tape or nothing then have music playing in the car.
My daughter says she feels physically car sick if she doesn't have music playing. (I think that's weird).
IAAL (I am a linguist)
Are you cunning? :)
Seriously, to respond.I developed a distaste for music after playing professionally for 3 years in bar bands. Realized that everyone I worked with was an alcoholic and I decided I had had enough of that life. The distaste was so bad, I couldn't even go into a store where there was musak going on. (It has since subsided)
I'm not saying that everyone of the 25% had the same experience, but that a lot can happen between birth and testing.
So it might be that yes language is a precursor to music, but that has no bearing on life experiences. You are linking one theory to your expected results instead of looking at actual ones.
As far as the animals not using music, I think it depends on your definition of music. There is no reason for a cat to purr when it's happy, other then to show it's joy through sound. They don't purr when they are upset do they. I've also seen videos of birds whistling along with tunes. I don't know why they would do it other then to join in, in a shared experience. (They were pet birds in a relaxed environment).
I swear to god this is true.
I live on a farm, that when we bought it inherited a number of cats, as well as a bunch from a neighbors farm. (owner had died so cats transferred to where the food was). Along with these cats came feline leukemia which is a sickness that will kill a 3 year old cat within a month, but is often picked up when they are kittens. (very sad). They end up being very lethargic and then die. We ended up with over 20 cats, peaking at over 30.
In anycase, there was one cat, we called the mother cat, that seemed to be like the mother hen of the other cats. She would adopt kittens from other cats that didn't seem to have the ability to take care of their own. She was a great mouser and would sit on top of a fence post watching for mice. Or she would do this strange echooy call as she walked through the fields. In anycase it worked for her.
She came down with the feline leukemia and was in a bad state. We did what we could for her, but she was going fast. On the day before she died, she was just lying around when other cats started bringing her presents of mice. She perked up with these gifts but was dead within the day.
The important point here is that other cats
1. knew she was dying, or at least in trouble.
2. brought her gifts which they would not normally do.
3. she accepted these gifts.
All the cats seemed sad after she died, and I supposed that I could be just anthropomorphizing their response. But I don't think so.
I've also heard in other barns, that cats have a hierarchy of places to sit. (on bales of hay). The top cats are the highest.
Does openstreetmap have search nearby function? Cool!
So how many salt water fish would they find in the sewers of every city. I think that just because the dna is present doesn't imply or cause the critter to be present. At least not alive.
I've had a daughter and two sons, and in my experience the tech gender is a built in thing. My daughter was the first born, and wanting to not push her into the dolls and such, I gave her a remote control car for Christmas when she was quite young. (1 1/2). She also had a doll. Guess which one got ignored.
Couple of years later, boy was born. From birth, anything with wheels was fascinating to him. Same for my second son.
Now all children have different personalities right from the beginning so my experience may not line up with yours, but I suspect that there is something natural about more boys liking tech then girls.
The fact that they couldn't use those clicks for ads is probably the whole reason why such a button does not exist. (which in turn should make you extra aware of the meaning of the like button)
I try not to read things into other people's assumptions about the meaning of like.
Just because I like somebody doesn't mean I want to go to bed with them.
Except for the Mark Zuckerberg comment (I don't know him personally) I totally agree with you.
If they had a dislike would they use that for anti-endorsements?
I watched the video, and he seemed to be handling the situation as well as anyone could. What exactly do you think he should have done. They cleared the building of people, and animals. Found that the fire was in the other end of the building so went and retrieved the expensive cameras. Helped the firemen as best they could, and assessed the damage. He obviously had a plan in place, since they were talking about head counts, and the time it took to evacuate (2 minutes).
I don't think he was out of his league. He was just in a tight spot. Anyone trying to do anything difficult will occasionally get in tight spots. That's just life.
Monkeys Use Minds To Control Avatar Arms
Those monkeys get into everything!