From that article (emphasis mine): "Repliee Q1Expo can interact with people. It can respond to people touching it. It's very satisfying, although we obviously have a long way to go yet."
My story: So this one time I was looking at porn, then next thing I know there are pop-ups everywhere. I spend all day trying to eradicate the spyware, finally give up and re-install the system which takes another half a day.
So, a couple months later...
I'm looking at porn, the next thing I know there are pop-ups everywhere. It only takes a couple hours to determine the spyware can't be removed, so I re-install the system, which takes half a day.
That's not the idea. The idea is to have slashdotter contribute their own stories which are bound to be orders of magnitude better than the lame stuff in the original article...
Shouldn't this be modded funny? The user submissions are equally as lame as the 'article'. If that was really the idea wouldn't this be better as a Slashdot Poll?
My first thought after reading the 'article' was: Worst... Story... Ever.
Especially since the imperial speed is given in 1 s.f. Is 190 mph accurate, or is 200 mph the best you can do? Or is it 300 kph plus/minus 50 kph (186.411358 mph plus/minus 31.0685596 mph)?
Wouldn't they benefit from releasing the beta, then waiting for the slashdot story? This would provide free beta testing for the UI. MS would even get feedback on which ideas are good and which ideas are way out of line.
So I follow your link to ChristenNerds (hoping it would be funny). What's on the front page; the definition for Uninterrupted Power Supply. The site compares it to the power supply inside the computer, which is completely different. Not correct, and not funny? Extremely disappointed.
threats to the giant catfish include commercial fishing, their touting to tourists as a food said to impart wisdom, and dynamite blasting of their spawning ground.
I think this is hilarious: The fishermen had hoped to sell the fish to environmental groups, which planned to release it to spawn upriver, but it died before it could be handed over and then was chopped up and sold in pieces to villagers as food.
I totally agree with the statement that most of it sucks, because it does.
But, even the good ones can be very confusing to watch. It seems that a scene doesn't make any sense at all until it is over. While the second time watching the movie is more enjoyable, most people I know wouldn't make it that far.
The video cards are $180, +new high end processor, mother board, etc. Wouldn't this run over $2000? I don't think 2 TIVO boxes are anywhere near that expensive.
Ya, it's a hobby, but I wouldn't call that cheap enough, I think it's still ridiculous
First off, I live in Columbus too. I think Ohio is used as a test bed because it's the most average place in the country. (Look at the presidential election).
As for tests, how many people have had McDonald's pizza?
Ethernet-over-Power would actually make some sense for the power companies themselves, as they'd be able to have "intelligent" power routing within the grid itself, rather than relying on someone at the power stations to hit the right buttons.
They already do. Substations use it so it knows which branch to cut off in case of a current surge. They even have a nifty bypass (I can't remember and I don't feel like looking it up) to get around the transformers, which act like low pass filters.
They could probably be a smarter if they could pass data faster, but there is communication going on.
There is a common computer vision story (actually it was a neural network, but it still applies).
The military wanted to make a box that could tell if a tank was present in the image. So they built this neural network, trained it with a bunch of images. It was tested with more images and the box worked beautifully. Then they took the box out into the field where it failed misearbly. Turns out all the tank pictures were taken on overcast days, and all the non-tank pictures were taken on sunny days. So, all the box could to is tell the difference between a sunny and an overcast day.
That's what I thought after looking at the sample links. The first one is all black backgrounds. The second is all white forground, blue background. Not a trivial task, but hardly object recognition.
From the Wikipedia Link: Current CBIR systems therefore generally make use of lower-level features like texture, color, and shape (By shape they mean shape in the image, not real world shape)
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You can spend all your time underground in your parent's basement , but Dad still has to worry about the lawn.
From that article (emphasis mine):
"Repliee Q1Expo can interact with people. It can respond to people touching it. It's very satisfying, although we obviously have a long way to go yet."
Looks like they don't have much farther to go now
For the less ambitious (or those who are actually busy)
Tie Fighter
My story:
... takes half a day.
So this one time I was looking at porn, then next thing I know there are pop-ups everywhere. I spend all day trying to eradicate the spyware, finally give up and re-install the system which takes another half a day.
So, a couple months later...
I'm looking at porn, the next thing I know there are pop-ups everywhere. It only takes a couple hours to determine the spyware can't be removed, so I re-install the system, which takes half a day.
So, a couple months later...
I'm looking at porn
So, a couple months later...
Finally, I try FireFox. Ahh, I love FireFox.
That's not the idea. The idea is to have slashdotter contribute their own stories which are bound to be orders of magnitude better than the lame stuff in the original article...
Shouldn't this be modded funny? The user submissions are equally as lame as the 'article'. If that was really the idea wouldn't this be better as a Slashdot Poll?
My first thought after reading the 'article' was:
Worst... Story... Ever.
give the speed to 6 s.f.?
Especially since the imperial speed is given in 1 s.f. Is 190 mph accurate, or is 200 mph the best you can do? Or is it 300 kph plus/minus 50 kph (186.411358 mph plus/minus 31.0685596 mph)?
Wouldn't they benefit from releasing the beta, then waiting for the slashdot story? This would provide free beta testing for the UI. MS would even get feedback on which ideas are good and which ideas are way out of line.
Just a thought
So I follow your link to ChristenNerds (hoping it would be funny). What's on the front page; the definition for Uninterrupted Power Supply. The site compares it to the power supply inside the computer, which is completely different. Not correct, and not funny? Extremely disappointed.
My friend's dad ran a company that had sick days and personal days. One dude was out of personal days and called in.
"I'm sick"
"What's wrong"
"Something is wrong with my eyes"
"What's wrong with your eyes"
"I can't see my ass coming in to work today"
It's, how heavy is the traffic that causes his server to reach critical mass due to slashdotter?
especially females
They already know nagging works (or at least think they know it works)
From your FA
threats to the giant catfish include commercial fishing, their touting to tourists as a food said to impart wisdom, and dynamite blasting of their spawning ground.
Maybe photos of the big one aren't the problem
also on ESPN
I think this is hilarious:
The fishermen had hoped to sell the fish to environmental groups, which planned to release it to spawn upriver, but it died before it could be handed over and then was chopped up and sold in pieces to villagers as food.
Strange detail
I totally agree with the statement that most of it sucks, because it does.
But, even the good ones can be very confusing to watch. It seems that a scene doesn't make any sense at all until it is over. While the second time watching the movie is more enjoyable, most people I know wouldn't make it that far.
Shouldn't it read
Biometrics are still so far from reliable. Hopefully this whole effort will not be in vein.
to be modded funny
How much does this thing cost?
The video cards are $180, +new high end processor, mother board, etc. Wouldn't this run over $2000? I don't think 2 TIVO boxes are anywhere near that expensive.
Ya, it's a hobby, but I wouldn't call that cheap enough, I think it's still ridiculous
CNN now offers free online video
Today it's the end of free content? I'm confused.
First off, I live in Columbus too. I think Ohio is used as a test bed because it's the most average place in the country. (Look at the presidential election).
As for tests, how many people have had McDonald's pizza?
Some might die, but more will come. They will come from all directions, and will replenish those who are gone. There will always be more...
Shouldn't that be 'dirty tree hugging hippie'?
Ethernet-over-Power would actually make some sense for the power companies themselves, as they'd be able to have "intelligent" power routing within the grid itself, rather than relying on someone at the power stations to hit the right buttons.
They already do. Substations use it so it knows which branch to cut off in case of a current surge. They even have a nifty bypass (I can't remember and I don't feel like looking it up) to get around the transformers, which act like low pass filters.
They could probably be a smarter if they could pass data faster, but there is communication going on.
I agree. Would it be too hard for /. to download the movie, the paper, (or whatever is really big on a page) and host it on their servers for a day?
Plus, if you're out with your girlfriend you can leave a special message for your wife, and visa vera.
There is a common computer vision story (actually it was a neural network, but it still applies).
The military wanted to make a box that could tell if a tank was present in the image. So they built this neural network, trained it with a bunch of images. It was tested with more images and the box worked beautifully. Then they took the box out into the field where it failed misearbly. Turns out all the tank pictures were taken on overcast days, and all the non-tank pictures were taken on sunny days. So, all the box could to is tell the difference between a sunny and an overcast day.
That's what I thought after looking at the sample links. The first one is all black backgrounds. The second is all white forground, blue background. Not a trivial task, but hardly object recognition.
From the Wikipedia Link:
Current CBIR systems therefore generally make use of lower-level features like texture, color, and shape
(By shape they mean shape in the image, not real world shape)