I think they did a better job than CC did... and yeah we didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the commentators:) The two battles that weren't shown had a big problem: underpowered weapons. Basically very little happened.
I'm very much nonreligious but approve of initiatives like the Christian State Project or Free State Project.
As long as there's no secession/sedition, if people want to live a certain way, let them live that way.
And maybe they'll come up with clever ideas that the rest of us can apply.
Shuttle: Take 50 ton ship in orbit to carry 5 tons of payload. Rebuild most of it after every flight.
Soyuz stack: Take 8 ton ship in orbit to carry 5 tons of payload. Scrap what's left of it after flight, don't worry about reliability of parts.
Turns out most of the cost (and the mass) is the fuel.
I commute by bike and my 8 year old truck has only 30k miles on it, but I need to be able to tow a boat or a generator trailer, and don't want two cars. Simple as that.
1) This is my property.
2) Get off my property.
3) Stay off my property.
4) I'm calling 911.
5) It's not for the cops. It's for an ambulance for you if you don't stay off my property.
if they wanted to talk to this guy, Antonio Meucci invented a very useful tool circa 1870 that would've let them do so. Since it's 2015, they could even have (gasp) video!
The guy's already in protective custody anyway.
A bit low, but reasonable.
Try making stuff that goes on ships, there's usually double redundancy AND a completely mechanical system in case everything goes to pot.
Well, division by zero should never happen, but you want it to be handled gracefully in case it does. Nobody wants the autopilot in charge of a barge train to segfault.
Basically, every variable in the system was stored three times, past value - current value - predicted future value. If I saw a zero, I could use the past value to get the sign of the zero, and work from there.
Division by zero if anything would be +infinity or -infinity depending on signs, not zero.
A while ago I wrote an autopilot that handled division by zero by looking at the signs and setting the result to (maxpos) or (maxneg), the zero's sign being derived from the variable's last value scavenged from the PID function.
What I generally do with coercive people is conspicuously ignore them other than tell them "if you shout, I can't listen to you".
Even works with muggers and cops, if you got the balls.
It has happened to me, though, that I had to give a physics demo as to why you don't bring a knife or a taser to a polite conversation.
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I mean, artificial diamonds hasn't killed the market for natural diamonds.
Have you consider partnering with Battlebots builders? (Team Bronco here)
Didn't work with Google and my robotics stuff in 2010, why would it work now.
I think they did a better job than CC did... and yeah we didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the commentators :) The two battles that weren't shown had a big problem: underpowered weapons. Basically very little happened.
It's 2015, I just finished competing in BattleBots, and this is front page news. 12 year old me would be very happy about how things are going.
Yeah, you've got a point there (I went to a fundie school for a semester... sadly it took that long for my folks to arrange a transfer)
I'm very much nonreligious but approve of initiatives like the Christian State Project or Free State Project. As long as there's no secession/sedition, if people want to live a certain way, let them live that way. And maybe they'll come up with clever ideas that the rest of us can apply.
If this catches on it will be.
Not a bad idea there. Or sell them to rich people at a premium with the understanding that they get (limited) sovereignity over them.
Shuttle: Take 50 ton ship in orbit to carry 5 tons of payload. Rebuild most of it after every flight. Soyuz stack: Take 8 ton ship in orbit to carry 5 tons of payload. Scrap what's left of it after flight, don't worry about reliability of parts. Turns out most of the cost (and the mass) is the fuel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Archive footage from 1998
I commute by bike and my 8 year old truck has only 30k miles on it, but I need to be able to tow a boat or a generator trailer, and don't want two cars. Simple as that.
BigCo has an address. I have a robot army. ;)
1) This is my property. 2) Get off my property. 3) Stay off my property. 4) I'm calling 911. 5) It's not for the cops. It's for an ambulance for you if you don't stay off my property.
There is a special Marine Corps plane. It's called the A-10. Hand them over to the Marines instead of scrapping them.
You bojo! It doesn't work on water, unless you've got power!
if they wanted to talk to this guy, Antonio Meucci invented a very useful tool circa 1870 that would've let them do so. Since it's 2015, they could even have (gasp) video! The guy's already in protective custody anyway.
I have, it was fun! Nothing mission critical though. The shipboard stuff was critical however.
A bit low, but reasonable. Try making stuff that goes on ships, there's usually double redundancy AND a completely mechanical system in case everything goes to pot.
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Well, division by zero should never happen, but you want it to be handled gracefully in case it does. Nobody wants the autopilot in charge of a barge train to segfault. Basically, every variable in the system was stored three times, past value - current value - predicted future value. If I saw a zero, I could use the past value to get the sign of the zero, and work from there.
True, but since I knew from which direction zero was being approached, and I can't do navigation math with a NaN, I came up with that solution.
Division by zero if anything would be +infinity or -infinity depending on signs, not zero. A while ago I wrote an autopilot that handled division by zero by looking at the signs and setting the result to (maxpos) or (maxneg), the zero's sign being derived from the variable's last value scavenged from the PID function.
I'd imagine that a surface detonation on an asteroid would cause enough mass to leave the asteroid, directionally, to nudge the rest away.
What I generally do with coercive people is conspicuously ignore them other than tell them "if you shout, I can't listen to you". Even works with muggers and cops, if you got the balls. It has happened to me, though, that I had to give a physics demo as to why you don't bring a knife or a taser to a polite conversation.