Even the base Lego NXT kit comes with color sensors for sorting things by color. Don't get me wrong, it's very cool. Just not a new thing or what the summary makes it out to be. Although that doesn't exactly seem unusual...
It looks neat, but it's just a color sorting machine? It doesn't actually put anything together.
"A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. "
They consider knowing the answer to everything ever with no limits one variable while numbers of gameplays more?
If anything this is exactly what a computer is designed to do, not fish through millions of facts and try to use them to answer a question which it may or may not even understand.
Ridiculous comparison.
Game theory is based on rules and statistics which is what a computer loves to crunch, random facts? Not so much.
Why not just make a mirror which is essentially a screen with a camera and have it do it real time so you can truly pretend you're someone you're not.
Ridiculous concept? Well according to data we've acquired, around XX percent of our mirror clients are not satisfied with the way their faces look in a mirror"
People need to take a long hard look at their self-images (no pun intended) if they even consider buying this camera.
Of course you need to get the technical language correct, that's the one aspect they DO grade you on.
However I'm talking about the conventional words used. Whether or not someone can spell "whether" instead of "wether" doesn't directly reflect on their ability to understand thermodynamics or whatever. However a spell-checker will allow them to fix the basic English grammar and also make it easier to mark for the teachers.
I'm saying that in English class you should be marked for your skills in using English and in other classes you should be marked for the knowledge taught in those classes.
Do we really need to have these grades overlap and make it harder for the people who are trying to mark the work fairly?
In a language subject such as English then spelling is a major part of the whole. And an understanding of correct spelling is very important for when you don't have access to spell-checkers.
However for any other subject they shouldn't be marked on what they're already getting marked on in English class. That overlap is simply not required imho... And the real world today lets people use spell checkers, so why not in non-English classes like the various sciences.
In my first year of computer sciences at my school we had a teacher who understood computers and, frankly, was a geek.
He gave me top grades because I did everything right.
The second year he got replaced by a woman who only knew what her "computer sciences" manual told her to teach us... This led to me getting a lower grade since she didn't understand my methods, like using "Hot-keys" etc.
Long story short the quality of these courses vary wildly depending on the teacher and his/her experience level.
I saw the folding city in Inception and thought "Holy fuck, that is cool". I guess I must have been the only one then?
There will always be room for movies focused around spectacles and eye candy because of visceral thrill... Perhaps the article writer has lost his ability to suspend his disbelief, but I was loving every second of the sfx (actors floating) and vfx (folding buildings) of Inception.
Do we have to feed it over time? Eventually it would run out of material to stretch and break down, right? It can't just make material out of thin air.
The Nintendo DS is 6 years old, I'm not surprised the demand is sinking... It's been running on the same base technology (though in minorly upgraded lite, XL, dsi versions)
However once the 3DS comes out, people will once again get their "Ooh, shiny" fix by buying Nintendos new hand held and enjoying the new novelty.
I love my DS and play on it regularly, because the variety and quality of games on it and will be buying the 3DS.
I just read the article and barely found any mention of the topic of the title... And frankly the whole thing left me confused about what their focus was.
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But were they considered "factories"?
Even the base Lego NXT kit comes with color sensors for sorting things by color. Don't get me wrong, it's very cool. Just not a new thing or what the summary makes it out to be. Although that doesn't exactly seem unusual...
I was anticipating someone was going to post something like this. Oh slashdot, you and your anticlimactic antics of antique natures.
And naturally the un-undoable one;
Telebot, MAX VOLUME.
TELEBOT, OH GOD, OH GOD, LOWER THE VOLUME! WHY CAN'T YOU HEAR ME!?
(Caps actually used to illustrate shouting, go figure.)
It looks neat, but it's just a color sorting machine? It doesn't actually put anything together.
"A factory (previously manufactory) or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. "
That's assuming there'd be a mountain left to hide in.
Learn more about interplanetary colonization and the technology needed. It would be nice to have less eggs in this basket we call earth.
Realistically speaking though? It's mostly my inner nerd wanting to see it happen rather than it being something practical...
Off-topic much?
He didn't have to go there because he knew it would be resolved by Torchwood.
TIME TRAVEL.
Every time they showed a screen in Hackers I giggled and enjoyed the movie without taking it too seriously.
They consider knowing the answer to everything ever with no limits one variable while numbers of gameplays more?
If anything this is exactly what a computer is designed to do, not fish through millions of facts and try to use them to answer a question which it may or may not even understand.
Ridiculous comparison.
Game theory is based on rules and statistics which is what a computer loves to crunch, random facts? Not so much.
Why not just make a mirror which is essentially a screen with a camera and have it do it real time so you can truly pretend you're someone you're not.
Ridiculous concept? Well according to data we've acquired, around XX percent of our mirror clients are not satisfied with the way their faces look in a mirror"
People need to take a long hard look at their self-images (no pun intended) if they even consider buying this camera.
Unless you ARE the "ipv6 conversion specialist"...
A valid point, but does this mean that people who go to the theatre (you know, the one with real live humans) get radically different experiences?
I think a better way to look at it is as a separate medium which exists somewhere between theatre and cinema.
Technically, you're both.
As well as the user, consumer, content creator etc etc.
Bar the infrastructure, it runs itself for it's target audience.
Of course you need to get the technical language correct, that's the one aspect they DO grade you on.
However I'm talking about the conventional words used. Whether or not someone can spell "whether" instead of "wether" doesn't directly reflect on their ability to understand thermodynamics or whatever. However a spell-checker will allow them to fix the basic English grammar and also make it easier to mark for the teachers.
That's not at all what I'm saying.
I'm saying that in English class you should be marked for your skills in using English and in other classes you should be marked for the knowledge taught in those classes.
Do we really need to have these grades overlap and make it harder for the people who are trying to mark the work fairly?
In a language subject such as English then spelling is a major part of the whole. And an understanding of correct spelling is very important for when you don't have access to spell-checkers.
However for any other subject they shouldn't be marked on what they're already getting marked on in English class. That overlap is simply not required imho... And the real world today lets people use spell checkers, so why not in non-English classes like the various sciences.
In my first year of computer sciences at my school we had a teacher who understood computers and, frankly, was a geek.
He gave me top grades because I did everything right.
The second year he got replaced by a woman who only knew what her "computer sciences" manual told her to teach us... This led to me getting a lower grade since she didn't understand my methods, like using "Hot-keys" etc.
Long story short the quality of these courses vary wildly depending on the teacher and his/her experience level.
Listen up kids, today we're going to learn about:
Planet Colbert
Planet 4chan
Planet McDonalds
I can't say I've experienced it personally, but I have heard friends of mine gasp at particular models of cars such as lamborghinis.
I saw the folding city in Inception and thought "Holy fuck, that is cool". I guess I must have been the only one then?
There will always be room for movies focused around spectacles and eye candy because of visceral thrill... Perhaps the article writer has lost his ability to suspend his disbelief, but I was loving every second of the sfx (actors floating) and vfx (folding buildings) of Inception.
Do we have to feed it over time? Eventually it would run out of material to stretch and break down, right? It can't just make material out of thin air.
Also not sure about the benefit of creating our very own hornet overlords of Mars.
That is if they learn to eat rocks, and then we're really boned.
The Nintendo DS is 6 years old, I'm not surprised the demand is sinking... It's been running on the same base technology (though in minorly upgraded lite, XL, dsi versions)
However once the 3DS comes out, people will once again get their "Ooh, shiny" fix by buying Nintendos new hand held and enjoying the new novelty.
I love my DS and play on it regularly, because the variety and quality of games on it and will be buying the 3DS.
I just read the article and barely found any mention of the topic of the title... And frankly the whole thing left me confused about what their focus was.
This is neat and clearly an important discovery and all, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit disappointed.