It's reassuring that the decision-makers in that process consider alternative ideas; basing the goal on 'human-like' sight would leave a lot of room for error
It's true, but using 3D laser mapping feels a little bit like cheating - after all, human drivers don't need nearly that much information. A successful computer vision approach would be a lot more impressive, even if it was too dangerous for the highway.
You better hope your car is not just taking one single still image and performing actions based on that.
In fact, most of them don't use computer vision much at all. Google's self-driving car for example uses a rotating IR laser to directly measure its surrounds.
As for the "magic" straw man, not worthy of a response.
It's not a straw man at all. You explicitly claimed that the US government's collection of smart people have almost obtained a polynomial prime factoring algorithm while the vastly larger collection of non-US-government smart people has not. You have no argument other than bald assertion why that should be the case.
I'd support it (big surprise, eh?). I think some kind of manned Lagrange mission is important, since the experience would be needed e.g. to service the James Webb space telescope or visit a captured asteroid.
The parent's question was, would the same people who support ending the embargo now, have supported engagement with South Africa over sanctions? My answer is that those "left of center folks" who supported the punitive sanctions against SA might have moderated their stance if 50 years into the sanctions, the apartheid regime still existed.
I get what you're saying - the embargo has had some demonstrable effects. But achieving the policy goal (end of Castro regime / communism in Cuba) is not one of them.
Different magnetic fields strengths and atmospheres (or lack thereof). The values themselves are probably empirical data from the previous unmanned probes (as opposed to theoretical calculations assuming a location just outside the magnetic field).
So would the same people that support this move also say we should have continued with "constructive engagement" vis a vis South Africa during apartheid rather than imposing the punitive sanctions that were demanded by many left-of-center folks?
Maybe, if after 50 years no demonstrable progress had been made.
What makes you think they don't hire, and utilize, some of the most powerful math-heads out there?
They do - and they still haven't solved Kryptos, let alone polynomial prime factoring. Hard problems don't magically become easy because "it's the government."
Seth Polansky, Cellcrypt's vice president for North America, disputes the idea that building technology to allow wiretapping is a security risk. "It's only creating a weakness for government agencies," he says. "Just because a government access option exists, it doesn't mean other companies can access it."
I doubt it will be very long before third parties apart from government figure out how to access their backdoor.
You seem fine with your trolls doing it. When trolls post the same inflammatory nonsense over and over, the same trivial refutations are going to get posted over and over too.
the false reference again
The trouble with your variety of troll is that no amount of data can ever change your mind, once made, on any topic. Any facts you don't like are dismissed as fabricated.
Thank you. I think there is a clear difference between "what, I was supposed to do that?" and "I knew I should have done that, but I didn't, for my own reasons, regardless of the consequences."
You're just a bad parent. In general, millenials are less violent, more tolerant, more educated and use less drugs than preceding generations. All of these trends can be verified with trivial research. Social progress is real, regardless of you and Socrates.
The defeat of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy don't ring a bell? Ending the death camps and the Holocaust? Helping to rebuild Europe? Nothing?
And, logically, establishing Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and Fascist Italy, creating the death camps, committing the holocaust and destroying Europe.
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It's reassuring that the decision-makers in that process consider alternative ideas; basing the goal on 'human-like' sight would leave a lot of room for error
It's true, but using 3D laser mapping feels a little bit like cheating - after all, human drivers don't need nearly that much information. A successful computer vision approach would be a lot more impressive, even if it was too dangerous for the highway.
You better hope your car is not just taking one single still image and performing actions based on that.
In fact, most of them don't use computer vision much at all. Google's self-driving car for example uses a rotating IR laser to directly measure its surrounds.
As for the "magic" straw man, not worthy of a response.
It's not a straw man at all. You explicitly claimed that the US government's collection of smart people have almost obtained a polynomial prime factoring algorithm while the vastly larger collection of non-US-government smart people has not. You have no argument other than bald assertion why that should be the case.
And the numbers given in the article correspond suspiciously well to an inverse-distance relationship.
Why did you make the parent comment specifically stating the opposite?
I'd support it (big surprise, eh?). I think some kind of manned Lagrange mission is important, since the experience would be needed e.g. to service the James Webb space telescope or visit a captured asteroid.
The parent's question was, would the same people who support ending the embargo now, have supported engagement with South Africa over sanctions? My answer is that those "left of center folks" who supported the punitive sanctions against SA might have moderated their stance if 50 years into the sanctions, the apartheid regime still existed.
I get what you're saying - the embargo has had some demonstrable effects. But achieving the policy goal (end of Castro regime / communism in Cuba) is not one of them.
I wonder where these numbers come from.
Different magnetic fields strengths and atmospheres (or lack thereof). The values themselves are probably empirical data from the previous unmanned probes (as opposed to theoretical calculations assuming a location just outside the magnetic field).
We could also set up telescopes on the far side of the moon, which would have immense scientific value (especially in the IR spectrum region).
People had known the earth was round for hundreds if not thousands of years before Columbus.
Definitely thousands. (Like 1.8 thousands).
So would the same people that support this move also say we should have continued with "constructive engagement" vis a vis South Africa during apartheid rather than imposing the punitive sanctions that were demanded by many left-of-center folks?
Maybe, if after 50 years no demonstrable progress had been made.
near total trade embargo
To be fair, it's only a unilateral embargo...
What makes you think they don't hire, and utilize, some of the most powerful math-heads out there?
They do - and they still haven't solved Kryptos, let alone polynomial prime factoring. Hard problems don't magically become easy because "it's the government."
Do you let random people walk into your home any time of the day or night without knowing who they are?
Classic fallacy of composition. You need to provide arguments, not bald assertions about incommensurables like large nation states and individuals.
Seth Polansky, Cellcrypt's vice president for North America, disputes the idea that building technology to allow wiretapping is a security risk. "It's only creating a weakness for government agencies," he says. "Just because a government access option exists, it doesn't mean other companies can access it."
I doubt it will be very long before third parties apart from government figure out how to access their backdoor.
what makes you people think that any of your electronic communications are secured from the government?
What makes you think the government has a polynomial prime factoring algorithm?
neither is making the same statement 4 times
You seem fine with your trolls doing it. When trolls post the same inflammatory nonsense over and over, the same trivial refutations are going to get posted over and over too.
the false reference again
The trouble with your variety of troll is that no amount of data can ever change your mind, once made, on any topic. Any facts you don't like are dismissed as fabricated.
Thank you. I think there is a clear difference between "what, I was supposed to do that?" and "I knew I should have done that, but I didn't, for my own reasons, regardless of the consequences."
Accidents often occur due to negligence. "Malicious" implies willful intent, "negligence" doesn't. BP's actions were not malicious.
Willful negligence is malicious. Unmodified negligence isn't.
some dozen people or so were involved in this latest Greenpeace vandalism stunt
People who aren't millennials, to boot.
The thug was under the influence of mind-degrading drugs. Such people often keep fighting violently even after being shot several times.
Yes, as we all know, marijuana makes you invincible to bullets.
Good points, IMHO. I'm not sure you'll find much of an ear with the people channeling Socrates on the youth, though.
You're just a bad parent. In general, millenials are less violent, more tolerant, more educated and use less drugs than preceding generations. All of these trends can be verified with trivial research. Social progress is real, regardless of you and Socrates.
Same goddamned thing that's "wrong" with every other generation ever.
And yet, violent crime, teen pregnancy, teen drug use, etc. are much lower now than during the youths of the Baby Booms or Gen X.
In your opinion, was the "white flight" of years past good?
We're basically seeing that trend reversed because of contemporary lifestyle changes.
The defeat of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy don't ring a bell? Ending the death camps and the Holocaust? Helping to rebuild Europe? Nothing?
And, logically, establishing Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan and Fascist Italy, creating the death camps, committing the holocaust and destroying Europe.
"Great" doesn't always mean "good."