The Wikipedia article you link also points out the difficulty in getting these systems implemented:
"There’s a structural problem slowing down the process: ship owners (who have to make the investment) often don’t pay for the fuel – that’s the charterer’s duty. The charterer on the other side doesn’t charter the ship for long enough a period to make low-carbon technologies pay back.
— Henning Kuehl, head of business development at SkySails[2]"
..."don't want the responsibility of choosing their own path through life."
They want to choose, but they want the choices to be easy and fit into their biases.
It's a legitimate concern in an all out arms race that someone will let AI guided weapons make their own attack decisions if only to circumvent the decision cycle of the enemies systems. It's not hard to end up with scenarios like Philip K. Dick's "Second Variety" or the movie Screamers (based on the book).
A little late back to this but- I agree, it's stupid. Religion has no place in any kind of cohesive argument. It has no place because it is entirely made up. It's fiction. It's trying to answer questions but the answers are without merit. Why are we here? Why not? Why is there something instead of nothing? Why not? What is our purpose? Whatever we make it out to be, there's nothing external defining it. We're bits of animated mud that get to sit up and look around for a while.
Religion is a lie, undeserving of the undue respect granted it. Most of the people involved with religion are good, likable people. They would likely be that way whether they were religious or not. They like the idea of there being a plan and someone in charge. It comforts them. As long as they keep their religion in their churches and homes and social events they're fine, but a lot of them try to speak out, or impose their will, on public policy using their religion as the reason for their position. Their views on these items are not credible until they have a reason other than "God says so", whether they say it directly or it underlays their stated reasons.
I see this all the time. People think freedom of speech means freedom from the consequences of speech. You're only (relatively) free from consequences from the government for your speech (at least in U.S.).
Books I remember liking from that age that had a science or sci-fi bent were Danny Dunn stories (there were quite a few books, don't know if any are available) and a book called the Dinosaur and the Egg (by Stephanie Lewis?). Lit my imagination and an appetite for all things sci-ency.
My son started high school this year and joined the robotics club and I became a half-assed mentor to the team. We've been to a couple of regionals now and they are a lot of fun. A surprisingly intense 3 days-
The first day you arrive, unpack the robot (after bag inspection- there's a strictly enforced 6 week build period at the conclusion of which you have to bag the robot and put a security tag on it, though you can keep up to 30 pounds separate to continue work on), setup your pit area in a 10' X 10' square (some teams have very elaborate pits), ready your robot for competition and pass final inspection (extensive- robot weight (minus battery) 120 lbs. or less, size constraints, bumper constraints, thorough electrical and hazard inspection) and do any practice rounds you can get in. All the while folks are coming by to see your robot and talk to you about it and we're scouting everyone else.
The next day and a half are qualification matches for the finals- you're randomly teamed with 2 other teams on either a red or blue alliance for each round and you have at it. About 10 rounds. In the qualification rounds you get 2 qualification points for being on the winning alliance plus there's 2 more qualification points available to both alliances if someone from your alliance and the opposing alliance manage to balance together on the "coopertition bridge". After the qualification matches the top seeded bots get to choose 2 other bots for their alliance to go through the playoffs with. 8 teams are formed and this is where the scouting comes into play, you want to pick team members that complement you bot.
The playoffs are best of 3 matches and are fast and intense- not much time for repairs in between matches. We made it to semi-finals in one regional, only the quarter finals in the other, very exciting. The winning alliance is crowned at the end, but that's not the top prize- top prize is the Chairman's award which involves your total involvement with FIRST and community outreach and involvement. Of course lots of other awards are given, various judging awards and what not, everyone has a blast. I'm looking forward to next year.
If I remember correctly there is a problem of "un-sprung" weight and it's detrimental effects to the handling of the vehicle. Motors attached to the wheels are unsprung weight and would require a more substantial suspension system. The additional weight worth the efficiency inpact?
His The Einstein Intersection had a big impact on me (hence the handle), though I'm still not clear on why I like it so much. Just be careful who you go around La-ing and Lo-ing.
All trajectories would just have to terminate pointing in a direction calculated not to cause harm, say directly at the local star with no important intervening objects.
Scott Adams is not an engineer, he just writes a comic about one. If I remember correctly he's trained as an economist, but once worked with engineers.
Anyone who thinks this initiative is about getting rid of passwords is naive. They want to be able to indentify users when they don't have their log in info.
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My Note 4 on t-mobile gets regular updates (last on 9/9) and is on 6.0.1.
..."don't want the responsibility of choosing their own path through life." They want to choose, but they want the choices to be easy and fit into their biases.
Actually the smartest tend to be the offensive linemen- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
"The previous five extinctions were caused by natural phenomena." Why are humans not considered a natural phenomena?
It's a legitimate concern in an all out arms race that someone will let AI guided weapons make their own attack decisions if only to circumvent the decision cycle of the enemies systems. It's not hard to end up with scenarios like Philip K. Dick's "Second Variety" or the movie Screamers (based on the book).
Go. ... Earth is getting boring.
You're doing it wrong.
Here's Philip K. Dick's take on this from 1953- Second Variety, https://www.gutenberg.org/file...
A little late back to this but- I agree, it's stupid. Religion has no place in any kind of cohesive argument. It has no place because it is entirely made up. It's fiction. It's trying to answer questions but the answers are without merit. Why are we here? Why not? Why is there something instead of nothing? Why not? What is our purpose? Whatever we make it out to be, there's nothing external defining it. We're bits of animated mud that get to sit up and look around for a while.
The only problem with your analogy and statement is that while the desert and ocean are real, religion's environment is made up.
Religion is a lie, undeserving of the undue respect granted it. Most of the people involved with religion are good, likable people. They would likely be that way whether they were religious or not. They like the idea of there being a plan and someone in charge. It comforts them. As long as they keep their religion in their churches and homes and social events they're fine, but a lot of them try to speak out, or impose their will, on public policy using their religion as the reason for their position. Their views on these items are not credible until they have a reason other than "God says so", whether they say it directly or it underlays their stated reasons.
Reminds me of the old joke- Do you know why divorce is so expensive? Because it's worth it.
I see this all the time. People think freedom of speech means freedom from the consequences of speech. You're only (relatively) free from consequences from the government for your speech (at least in U.S.).
The crux of the biscuit is the apo'strophe. -F. Zappa
Books I remember liking from that age that had a science or sci-fi bent were Danny Dunn stories (there were quite a few books, don't know if any are available) and a book called the Dinosaur and the Egg (by Stephanie Lewis?). Lit my imagination and an appetite for all things sci-ency.
You just made the list!
RTA? I ain't got to RTA. I don't need to RTA! I don't have to RTFA!
My son started high school this year and joined the robotics club and I became a half-assed mentor to the team. We've been to a couple of regionals now and they are a lot of fun. A surprisingly intense 3 days-
The first day you arrive, unpack the robot (after bag inspection- there's a strictly enforced 6 week build period at the conclusion of which you have to bag the robot and put a security tag on it, though you can keep up to 30 pounds separate to continue work on), setup your pit area in a 10' X 10' square (some teams have very elaborate pits), ready your robot for competition and pass final inspection (extensive- robot weight (minus battery) 120 lbs. or less, size constraints, bumper constraints, thorough electrical and hazard inspection) and do any practice rounds you can get in. All the while folks are coming by to see your robot and talk to you about it and we're scouting everyone else.
The next day and a half are qualification matches for the finals- you're randomly teamed with 2 other teams on either a red or blue alliance for each round and you have at it. About 10 rounds. In the qualification rounds you get 2 qualification points for being on the winning alliance plus there's 2 more qualification points available to both alliances if someone from your alliance and the opposing alliance manage to balance together on the "coopertition bridge". After the qualification matches the top seeded bots get to choose 2 other bots for their alliance to go through the playoffs with. 8 teams are formed and this is where the scouting comes into play, you want to pick team members that complement you bot.
The playoffs are best of 3 matches and are fast and intense- not much time for repairs in between matches. We made it to semi-finals in one regional, only the quarter finals in the other, very exciting. The winning alliance is crowned at the end, but that's not the top prize- top prize is the Chairman's award which involves your total involvement with FIRST and community outreach and involvement. Of course lots of other awards are given, various judging awards and what not, everyone has a blast. I'm looking forward to next year.
-Mentor Team 832 OSCAR
If I remember correctly there is a problem of "un-sprung" weight and it's detrimental effects to the handling of the vehicle. Motors attached to the wheels are unsprung weight and would require a more substantial suspension system. The additional weight worth the efficiency inpact?
His The Einstein Intersection had a big impact on me (hence the handle), though I'm still not clear on why I like it so much. Just be careful who you go around La-ing and Lo-ing.
All trajectories would just have to terminate pointing in a direction calculated not to cause harm, say directly at the local star with no important intervening objects.
Seems pretty coherent to me even if he is talking via a sock puppet. Perhaps you have the comprehension of a douche?
Scott Adams is not an engineer, he just writes a comic about one. If I remember correctly he's trained as an economist, but once worked with engineers.
No no, it will be a requirement that it work with legacy systems.
Anyone who thinks this initiative is about getting rid of passwords is naive. They want to be able to indentify users when they don't have their log in info.