I'm also a robotics guy (just finished undergrad with a big focus on controls/mobile robots/embeded systems, accepted to U of I and UCLA for masters work in controls in ME but decided to delay.) I'm currently a Chicago resident, and am trying out a few different career paths, still thinking that robotics is going to be a part of wherever I end up job-wise. Would you be interested in chatting over email on the subjects of robotics and jobs and such? drop me an email if so, stcorbett on gmail.:)
Nope, not paraphrasing. I'm not the greatest at remembering the exact words of whole sentences from presentations but in this case its only two words, I'm 100% sure that was the term used. He didn't apply it blanketly to all supporters of oss though.
On a side note: I just got back from seeing Bill Gates speak on "the future of computing" and how he got so damn rich. Apparently microsoft hires more people from my school than any other in the world (or maybe just in the nation?) What an honor!! It was actually pretty good in my opinion; he's a smart guy. The second question in the Q and A part of the presentation was "What your/microsofts opinion of the open source movement and why do you have a bad attitude about it" or something to that extent. Bill gave a good response pointing to evidence saying that many "GPL zealots" don't believe his business model should exist and that at least he respects open source as a software development method among many. The speech might have been a bit rehearsed, I do believe he gets that question a lot. Either way, you've got to ask your self: Am I a GPL zealot?
Anyone know of a good auto backup program? One that would say, let me pick which folders get backed-up, pick where they get backed up to, and how often this backup happens? One that runs in Windows possibly?
I've heard high doses of antioxidants aren't great for you either..... Just come to accept that you are going to die, probably from some chemical that poeple release into the environment.
the main page is slashdotted apparently, the google cache of www.mp3s4free.net dosn't quite work, but the cache of one of the sub pages shows what the site was like
the page is slashdotted apparently, the google cache of www.mp3s4free.net dosn't quite work, but the cache of one of the sub pages shows what the site was like
How about games that teach people to think constructively rather than trying to accommodate the standardized curriculum of memorizing crap that state and local governments institute in schools? From what I've seen of "educational" games the developers are always having to stretch themselves to try and incorporate the mundaneness of multiplication tables or historical facts and figures. I would see games which explore the process of learning and open peoples minds to the ideas which have shaped our society as much more valuable than 70% entertainment 30% boring. After all, what do we walk away from middle school with more than a broad understanding of a few topics and a general feeling of dislike for the institution we attended.
I guess something is better than nothing, at least some people are considering games as proper educational tools where you don't have to be bored to death to learn about a few good ideas.
I don't remember all the specifics but I once read a book on magnetism (not an intro to physics text book) that talked about different kinds of waves propagating from electromagnetic devices. There are your standard radio waves, which propagate for a long, distance and then there are other kinds of waves, which die off much more quickly (in the range of a few wavelengths). If the frequency of this device is in the right range, the waves would propagate a few feet before decaying so close to nothing that they would be hard to detect. I think an example of these kinds of waves could been demonstrated by using an electric guitar plugged in to an amp as your receiver and bringing devices with simple motors in them near by. The motor should be very loud if you're relatively close to the device, but not noticeable if you move a few feet away. I read this book a while ago at it was a pretty old book at the time; who knows, I might be completely wrong about this.
I'd add a nice bendy flashlight to that. It gets hard to see into all the corners of the case when your doing things like plugging usb cables to the motherboard, or finding an obscure jumper.
does this protocol mean 2 devices unable to communicate directly could talk to each other ("see" each other) through a third device halfway between the two? If so, how many successive links can be made in this way?
This sounds like a great device for all those wireless sensor networks talked about in industries such as military, environmental, and house wares. It'll be great if anyone can use the protocol (i.e. nobody specifically owns it and licenses it out) so that anyone can design and market devices that use it. I see a lot of potential for my house to communicate with me through my computer.
what if you own the song(songs?) they happen to be sueing your for? I think that would be prety fair use to have mp3s of stuff you own, even if you didn't rip them yoursel...... what a bunch of a** holes
Aggreed, I highly recomend not feeling bad about yourself and rewarding yourself or having a good time on a regular basis. I think these methods have worked for me in the past several years, and hey, I make a point of not feeling bad so I feel good about it anywayse.
you could easily change the design of your "spud gun" to use pressurized C02 and some kind of valve (try a lid from a pringles can) to get around the zip gun laws.
he was a sub at my hs for a while. Whitney Young hHgh School in Chicago which was at the time the best public school in the city. In my recolection he was an ok guy, you couldn't say much too him however w/o hearing the life story. he seemed kinda goofy and i guess taking public school kids to brunch floats his boat
Slashdot Mirror
On a different note:
:)
I'm also a robotics guy (just finished undergrad with a big focus on controls/mobile robots/embeded systems, accepted to U of I and UCLA for masters work in controls in ME but decided to delay.) I'm currently a Chicago resident, and am trying out a few different career paths, still thinking that robotics is going to be a part of wherever I end up job-wise. Would you be interested in chatting over email on the subjects of robotics and jobs and such? drop me an email if so, stcorbett on gmail.
G-pinions and other similar non-commercial (not yet at least) game review sites tend to provide quality info on games with less fat.
http://www.g-pinions.com/
Nope, not paraphrasing. I'm not the greatest at remembering the exact words of whole sentences from presentations but in this case its only two words, I'm 100% sure that was the term used. He didn't apply it blanketly to all supporters of oss though.
On a side note:
I just got back from seeing Bill Gates speak on "the future of computing" and how he got so damn rich. Apparently microsoft hires more people from my school than any other in the world (or maybe just in the nation?) What an honor!! It was actually pretty good in my opinion; he's a smart guy. The second question in the Q and A part of the presentation was "What your/microsofts opinion of the open source movement and why do you have a bad attitude about it" or something to that extent. Bill gave a good response pointing to evidence saying that many "GPL zealots" don't believe his business model should exist and that at least he respects open source as a software development method among many. The speech might have been a bit rehearsed, I do believe he gets that question a lot. Either way, you've got to ask your self: Am I a GPL zealot?
It actually works surprisingly well:
uiuc acm sigarch project
good site with lots of info, may be related to the original poster...
UIUC acm SIGarch project
Anyone know of a good auto backup program? One that would say, let me pick which folders get backed-up, pick where they get backed up to, and how often this backup happens? One that runs in Windows possibly?
check out the link:
http://www.secunia.com/product/?menu=#os_M
it lists security holes for different os's
#of holes in Linux 2.6: 1
#of holes in winxp home: 50
#of holes in winxp pro: 58
this guy brings up some good points. Too bad there is no evidence to support them.
I've heard high doses of antioxidants aren't great for you either..... Just come to accept that you are going to die, probably from some chemical that poeple release into the environment.
the main page is slashdotted apparently, the google cache of www.mp3s4free.net dosn't quite work, but the cache of one of the sub pages shows what the site was like
A J: www.mp3s4free.net/terms.shtml+%22mp3s4free.net%22& hl=en&start=2&ie=UTF-8
http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:9yBXW4xY7E
is a link.
the page is slashdotted apparently, the google cache of www.mp3s4free.net dosn't quite work, but the cache of one of the sub pages shows what the site was like
A J: www.mp3s4free.net/terms.shtml+%22mp3s4free.net%22& hl=en&start=2&ie=UTF-8
http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:9yBXW4xY7E
is a link.
yeah mine too, wtf? is my isp blocking the site?
is the site down or forced off the net by linking the domain to 192.168.100.1?
Is this how ball lightning is formed? sounds very similar to me.
How about games that teach people to think constructively rather than trying to accommodate the standardized curriculum of memorizing crap that state and local governments institute in schools? From what I've seen of "educational" games the developers are always having to stretch themselves to try and incorporate the mundaneness of multiplication tables or historical facts and figures. I would see games which explore the process of learning and open peoples minds to the ideas which have shaped our society as much more valuable than 70% entertainment 30% boring. After all, what do we walk away from middle school with more than a broad understanding of a few topics and a general feeling of dislike for the institution we attended.
I guess something is better than nothing, at least some people are considering games as proper educational tools where you don't have to be bored to death to learn about a few good ideas.
I don't remember all the specifics but I once read a book on magnetism (not an intro to physics text book) that talked about different kinds of waves propagating from electromagnetic devices. There are your standard radio waves, which propagate for a long, distance and then there are other kinds of waves, which die off much more quickly (in the range of a few wavelengths). If the frequency of this device is in the right range, the waves would propagate a few feet before decaying so close to nothing that they would be hard to detect. I think an example of these kinds of waves could been demonstrated by using an electric guitar plugged in to an amp as your receiver and bringing devices with simple motors in them near by. The motor should be very loud if you're relatively close to the device, but not noticeable if you move a few feet away. I read this book a while ago at it was a pretty old book at the time; who knows, I might be completely wrong about this.
I'd add a nice bendy flashlight to that. It gets hard to see into all the corners of the case when your doing things like plugging usb cables to the motherboard, or finding an obscure jumper.
does this protocol mean 2 devices unable to communicate directly could talk to each other ("see" each other) through a third device halfway between the two? If so, how many successive links can be made in this way?
This sounds like a great device for all those wireless sensor networks talked about in industries such as military, environmental, and house wares. It'll be great if anyone can use the protocol (i.e. nobody specifically owns it and licenses it out) so that anyone can design and market devices that use it. I see a lot of potential for my house to communicate with me through my computer.
what if you own the song(songs?) they happen to be sueing your for? I think that would be prety fair use to have mp3s of stuff you own, even if you didn't rip them yoursel...... what a bunch of a** holes
Aggreed, I highly recomend not feeling bad about yourself and rewarding yourself or having a good time on a regular basis. I think these methods have worked for me in the past several years, and hey, I make a point of not feeling bad so I feel good about it anywayse.
www.orisinal.com not the most educational, but lots of easy/fun/good looking games
H1-b Visas
a little more in depth
you could easily change the design of your "spud gun" to use pressurized C02 and some kind of valve (try a lid from a pringles can) to get around the zip gun laws.
has tons of barely heard of artists, links similar artists and groups together. good stuff.
he was a sub at my hs for a while. Whitney Young hHgh School in Chicago which was at the time the best public school in the city. In my recolection he was an ok guy, you couldn't say much too him however w/o hearing the life story. he seemed kinda goofy and i guess taking public school kids to brunch floats his boat