I'll just share my experience since it's been such a blast...
I picked up an official Arduino board, but it wasn't long before I was building 'stand alone' arduinos on a breadboard.
This led to diving in to Cadsoft Eagle to learn the basics. I took one of the many schematics out there and put together an SMD arduino board. I sent it off to BatchPcb and waited the 20 days. When I got it back I got it all soldered up and IT WORKED! The first time!
Now I'm using my incredibly small boards to drive a RFID reader in my garage so I can use the same 'key' as I have for work to open the doors. I've run cat5 out there and using RS485 I can open/close doors, check the temp and turn xmas lights on or off through a webpage.
I'm sure the platform matters, but not as much as you think. I started with little or no electronics knowledge and with the Arduino/Atmega I've been able to both get things to work and learn a great deal in the process.
Someone needs to stop this research! The first study of violent video games was never completed because the researchers ended up killing each other after being exposed to just one minute of play.
I am curious as to WTF these guys think when they start pulling stunts like this, however. I mean, if you're gonna flirt with PMITA Prison time, you'd best be damned smart about it, do at least some research, and get your shit planned in advance...
Agreed, I think it'd be fascinating to read some case studies on this. There have been several embezzlement cases locally and that's what I always say; "What the hell were they thinking"
In the future, the United States has converted to an "electronic democracy" where the computer Multivac selects a single person to answer a number of questions. Multivac will then use the answers and other data to determine what the results of an election would be, avoiding the need for an actual election to be held.
The story centers around Norman Muller, the man chosen as "Voter of the Year" in 2008. Although the law requires him to accept the dubious honour, he is not sure that he wants the responsibility of representing the entire electorate, worrying that the result will be unfavorable and he will be blamed.
However, after 'voting', he is very proud that the citizens of the United States had, through him, "exercised once again their free, untrammeled franchise" - a statement that is somewhat ironic as the citizens didn't actually get to vote.
The idea of a computer predicting whom the electorate would vote for instead of actually holding an election was probably inspired by the UNIVAC I's correct prediction of the result of the 1952 election.
If we can pull this off, (persuade society to bond to the "robots" more like pets or children), perhaps we can put an end to serial killers. Just manufacture and put in a likely spot for the killers to take advantage of.
No, I've ran this through my Arduino powered computer models. The CO2 freezes out of the atmosphere after the warming part is over, just before the LEDs blink in rapid succession.
Slashdot Mirror
This is the real reason to hype a 'cyberwar':
Malfeasance.
I've tested it in several native apps, (Reminders, Textedit, Preview) and in Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.
Find a text input field, even in preferences and it crashes. Bizarre!
OSX 10.8.2
Build 12C3103
That's why I like the show connections: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_series)
It traces these incremental inventions in an entertaining, (to me), way.
I'll just share my experience since it's been such a blast...
I picked up an official Arduino board, but it wasn't long before I was building 'stand alone' arduinos on a breadboard.
This led to diving in to Cadsoft Eagle to learn the basics. I took one of the many schematics out there and put together an SMD arduino board. I sent it off to BatchPcb and waited the 20 days. When I got it back I got it all soldered up and IT WORKED! The first time!
Now I'm using my incredibly small boards to drive a RFID reader in my garage so I can use the same 'key' as I have for work to open the doors. I've run cat5 out there and using RS485 I can open/close doors, check the temp and turn xmas lights on or off through a webpage.
I'm sure the platform matters, but not as much as you think. I started with little or no electronics knowledge and with the Arduino/Atmega I've been able to both get things to work and learn a great deal in the process.
If this isn't proof that time traveling aliens are running the government, I don't know what is.
The observed tsunami was no more than six inches high.
I hope this wasn't the height measured 10km form shore.
JPFO
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
http://jpfo.org/
Someone needs to stop this research!
The first study of violent video games was never completed because the researchers ended up killing each other after being exposed to just one minute of play.
Think of the researchers!
Charter cable in Michigan does this if your bill is overdue.
Dicks. Oops, I mean Cocks.
ATF Declares "Chore Boy" pot scrubber as supressor.
http://www.wnd.com/2011/11/368769/
It was probably this watch:
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11488
"Did you see our new stealth fighter?"
"No?"
"Damn we're good!"
Slashdot has a "Principal Software Engineer"?
Who knew?
I am curious as to WTF these guys think when they start pulling stunts like this, however. I mean, if you're gonna flirt with PMITA Prison time, you'd best be damned smart about it, do at least some research, and get your shit planned in advance...
Agreed, I think it'd be fascinating to read some case studies on this. There have been several embezzlement cases locally and that's what I always say; "What the hell were they thinking"
Plot summary
In the future, the United States has converted to an "electronic democracy" where the computer Multivac selects a single person to answer a number of questions. Multivac will then use the answers and other data to determine what the results of an election would be, avoiding the need for an actual election to be held.
The story centers around Norman Muller, the man chosen as "Voter of the Year" in 2008. Although the law requires him to accept the dubious honour, he is not sure that he wants the responsibility of representing the entire electorate, worrying that the result will be unfavorable and he will be blamed.
However, after 'voting', he is very proud that the citizens of the United States had, through him, "exercised once again their free, untrammeled franchise" - a statement that is somewhat ironic as the citizens didn't actually get to vote.
The idea of a computer predicting whom the electorate would vote for instead of actually holding an election was probably inspired by the UNIVAC I's correct prediction of the result of the 1952 election.
If we can pull this off, (persuade society to bond to the "robots" more like pets or children), perhaps we can put an end to serial killers.
Just manufacture and put in a likely spot for the killers to take advantage of.
Western Digital has been using this tech for years...
http://wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=100
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Isn't this a physical model like the San Francisco Bay model? Like the kind of models that computers have made obsolete?
I read an article on Slashdot the other day that there was some debate about their usefulness.
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I feel more like I do now than I did before.
Instead of a camera, pretend this is an IPhone.
Our representatives are "pushing the government"?
WTF!!
How about we demand to know?
Ah well, too late to work within the system and too late to shoot the bastards.
Eat donuts and solve crimes! Bonus!!
"It's no good thing to be well adjusted to a sick society".
Too lazy to look it up...
Are we there yet?
Yes... Get out!
No, I've ran this through my Arduino powered computer models. The CO2 freezes out of the atmosphere after the warming part is over, just before the LEDs blink in rapid succession.
And what is dry ice made from? Yup, CO2.
Martian Global Warming did them in!