I am currently enrolled in Sebastian Thrun's robot car course CS373. He's the Stanford professor and Google Fellow that headed the group that WON the DARPA Grand Challenge. My understanding, from taking this course, is that their self-driving car is not only able to navavigate to a goal-destination in unfamiliar territory (as in the Grand Challenge, which took place in a desert), but the car is able to identify urban obstacles: crosswalks, stop signs, traffic lights, and can also predict the motion of potential obstacles around it (i.e. cars and pedestrians). The robot car uses controllers with statistical models, so it is able to identify the probability of an obstacle entering the trajectory of the vehicle and respond accordingly -- slowing down like you would in that situation.
Watch some videos of the Stanford car.
Here's the class at Udacity if you're interested. http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/cs373
I agree with the parent. Anybody that posts photos of him/herself on the net should reasonably expect that anybody will see them. This is the reason that I am a bit uncomfortable posting my bookmarks to del.icio.us.
My advice to anybody who wants their cake and eat it too: Use different handles for different applications.
That is, if you want to indulge in the MySpace/LJ/VOX blogging, then use a handle unique to that type of activity (eg. BlogUser99).
If you want to indulge in Flickr/Photobucket/Picasa photo-sharing, then use a different handle (eg. PhotoDad12).
The same goes for social bookmarking and product reviews on Amazon and the like.
And, of course you should never use your full name except for in business transactions.
By using different handles, you'll give black hats/feds/5kr1p7-k1dd13z a hard time trying to figure out who you really are.
Just my 0b00000010..
Be Responsible, and It Won't Break
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Taking good care of your electronics is the key to making them last. Especially if you pay a bit more for a well engineered one. I know of a lot of original Gameboys that still have life in them.
I'm an electrical engineer. While there may be system-level/market-level planned obselescence (based on outdated protocols, DRM, or style -- think iPod G1-4), there certainly is not one at the component-level (chips/ICs). Microprocessors are reliable as ever.
This essay lacks references. And, following argument is groundless: "The electronics industry has clearly spotted this problem, and... your gadgets will simply break within the year".
piracy had been contained!? Is the RIAA talking out of both side of its mouth again. Or, does one hand of the RIAA not know what the other is doing? Hmm.
Let's not forget that consumer DVD burners were never given the capability to encrypt, since they can't burn to the area of the disk where the CSS key is stored. So even if the MPAA made a copy, it's likely to have been a clear copy.
The abstract on the Nature website wasn't doing it for me. I wanted to see a picture. After a quick bit of searching I found the PDF that explains more and has three colourised pictures.
http://www.spie.org/paper/FirstSelf.pdf
How is it that Firefox can support ActiveX plugins? My thought was that not supporting ActiveX was a feature of Firefox.
Besides, what's the point in supporting IE rendering, when Mozilla's is more robust and compliant to current standards?
Get a stereo-to-rca conversion cable. (or hack one together from some old headfones and a tv cord)
Connect the RCA cables to your high power, brand name receiver
Open WinAmp/XMMS/MacAmp and play your tunes from that enormous playlist you've got there
Since both the Rio & the Turtle Beach receivers require your computer to stay *on*, and you need to route cables to them anyway, this is a much cheaper, simpler solution..
oh... and if you're lazy and want to control your tunes with a remote, then X10 is your solution.
so maybe if i encode some content in my public access show with cuecat links, i can open a hole in your computer's security, track your movements, find out what your habits are, and sell you worthless junk...
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I am currently enrolled in Sebastian Thrun's robot car course CS373. He's the Stanford professor and Google Fellow that headed the group that WON the DARPA Grand Challenge. My understanding, from taking this course, is that their self-driving car is not only able to navavigate to a goal-destination in unfamiliar territory (as in the Grand Challenge, which took place in a desert), but the car is able to identify urban obstacles: crosswalks, stop signs, traffic lights, and can also predict the motion of potential obstacles around it (i.e. cars and pedestrians). The robot car uses controllers with statistical models, so it is able to identify the probability of an obstacle entering the trajectory of the vehicle and respond accordingly -- slowing down like you would in that situation.
Watch some videos of the Stanford car.
Here's the class at Udacity if you're interested.
http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/cs373
Dude, they're already here. Have you played No More Heroes yet?
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I agree with the parent. Anybody that posts photos of him/herself on the net should reasonably expect that anybody will see them. This is the reason that I am a bit uncomfortable posting my bookmarks to del.icio.us.
My advice to anybody who wants their cake and eat it too: Use different handles for different applications.
That is, if you want to indulge in the MySpace/LJ/VOX blogging, then use a handle unique to that type of activity (eg. BlogUser99).
If you want to indulge in Flickr/Photobucket/Picasa photo-sharing, then use a different handle (eg. PhotoDad12).
The same goes for social bookmarking and product reviews on Amazon and the like.
And, of course you should never use your full name except for in business transactions.
By using different handles, you'll give black hats/feds/5kr1p7-k1dd13z a hard time trying to figure out who you really are.
Just my 0b00000010..
Taking good care of your electronics is the key to making them last. Especially if you pay a bit more for a well engineered one. I know of a lot of original Gameboys that still have life in them.
... your gadgets will simply break within the year".
I'm an electrical engineer. While there may be system-level/market-level planned obselescence (based on outdated protocols, DRM, or style -- think iPod G1-4), there certainly is not one at the component-level (chips/ICs). Microprocessors are reliable as ever.
This essay lacks references. And, following argument is groundless: "The electronics industry has clearly spotted this problem, and
Explain.
piracy had been contained!? Is the RIAA talking out of both side of its mouth again. Or, does one hand of the RIAA not know what the other is doing? Hmm.
For convenient podcast downloads for NON-iPod MP3 players, try iTunes + iTunes Agent.
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iTunes
http://www.apple.com/itunes/
iTunes Agent - use any MP3 player with iTunes
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=5
My Morning Playlist
Nature Podcast (science journal)
http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/
NPR 5-minute News Summary
NPR Health & Science
NPR Technology
http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.
Democracy NOW! (news - better than NPR in some ways)
http://democracynow.org/podcast_help.shtml#feeds
Diggnation (latest general blog news from digg.com)
http://revision3.com/diggnation
This Week in Tech (weekly tech news)
http://twit.tv/podcastinfo
Security Now! (tech/security news)
http://www.grc.com/SecurityNow.htm
President's Weekly Radio Address (comedy)
http://weeklyradioaddress.com/
and I used to listen to Ricky Gervais (comedy), but he charges $$ now.
http://www.rickygervais.com/podcast.php
Let's not forget that consumer DVD burners were never given the capability to encrypt, since they can't burn to the area of the disk where the CSS key is stored. So even if the MPAA made a copy, it's likely to have been a clear copy.
The abstract on the Nature website wasn't doing it for me. I wanted to see a picture. After a quick bit of searching I found the PDF that explains more and has three colourised pictures. http://www.spie.org/paper/FirstSelf.pdf
How is it that Firefox can support ActiveX plugins? My thought was that not supporting ActiveX was a feature of Firefox. Besides, what's the point in supporting IE rendering, when Mozilla's is more robust and compliant to current standards?
Thanks a lot. I clicked on the link, and now I have this stupid toolbar installed!
It's 8:50a EST. And, it finally dropped!
Answer: None
Have you ever read that LONG agreement before you install software? It clearly states this phrase:
NO WARRENTIES EXPRESSED or IMPLIED
Seems like the wal-mart grade rednecks will be the frontrunners of the linux desktop revolution. Bet you didn't see that coming!
Since both the Rio & the Turtle Beach receivers require your computer to stay *on*, and you need to route cables to them anyway, this is a much cheaper, simpler solution..
oh... and if you're lazy and want to control your tunes with a remote, then X10 is your solution.
so maybe if i encode some content in my public access show with cuecat links, i can open a hole in your computer's security, track your movements, find out what your habits are, and sell you worthless junk...
oh wait, digital convergence has got that pegged.
I am so smart. S-M-R-T
Why was the guy arrested? Didn't he return (albeit in a roundabout way) the machine in the first place? As quoted from the Sunday Times?
... I mean S-M-A-R-T.
I am so smart. S-M-R-T