> "We don't really believe fully autonomous robots are possible yet," says the Evolution team supervisor. "How does a robot differentiate between friend and foe?"
Same way the USA does. That wont take much AI. How many lines of code are there in "shoot first, ask questions later?"
Reminds me of someone who wrote a Zork styled system for configuring linux, discussed here on slashdot many years ago. One of the comments that came back was this:
>Take SCSI Cannot do that >Take SCSI SCSI did not budge >Take SCSI You got SCSI
I guess the point is that people in those other professions are not such prima donnas:o)
I'm an engineer and have recruited about 30 other engineers in my organisation. We have daft touchy-feely questions too, in addition to a C test. I have only had one interviewee decline to do a test; everyone else has taken the test with grace and been happy discussing the answers. Maybe the reason I haven't seen a problem is that I work in embedded systems, and there are fewer prima donnas in this area than other IT areas.
>Whatever I end up doing has to be reasonably lucrative (or at least have the potential to be so), not require any specific time commitment, and be doable equally well from home or from a hotel room.
Amem to that. I live in the UK, and we depend on gas from Russia. We are working with Georgia on an alternative supply, however. Oh, whats happening in Georgia at the moment...
Relying on foreign fuel supplies is bad news. That, if nothing else, should push the drive towards lower energy consumption and alternative energy sources. It's going to get nasty out there where fuel sources get scarce. Thankfully I wont be around. I hope.
"GNU's kernel wasn't finished, so GNU is used with the kernel Linux. The combination of GNU and Linux is the GNU/Linux operating system, now used by millions. (Sometimes this combination is incorrectly called Linux.)"
Trying to re-write history ("so GNU is used with the kernel Linux"), while those of us old enough to remember how it really happened are still around, will continue to make them look like petulant children.
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>Java is heavily used in the financial work, especially in trading apps, for instance.
Yea, and we can see how well *that* has turned out, can't we?
>your run-of-the-mill £3.99 bottle of plonk
What idiot thinks that a £3.99 bottle of plonk would age well? It would just turn into vinegar
Pretend that you've been in prison for 2 years. That's far less embarrassing.
If it does, there are a lot of us bad people around.
I thought it said:
Microsoft To Buy Back $40bn of Its Servers
Ah well, we can but dream.
>Sorry, but you're not going to get me to stop criticizing such a stupid and offensive meme that easily.
Can you tell us what will, and we'll starting doing it.
Thanks!
www.menuetos.org
Both 64 and 32 bit versions.
I think you'll find that boots *Very* fast.
> "We don't really believe fully autonomous robots are possible yet," says the Evolution team supervisor. "How does a robot differentiate between friend and foe?"
Same way the USA does. That wont take much AI. How many lines of code are there in "shoot first, ask questions later?"
Reminds me of someone who wrote a Zork styled system for configuring linux, discussed here on slashdot many years ago. One of the comments that came back was this:
>Take SCSI
Cannot do that
>Take SCSI
SCSI did not budge
>Take SCSI
You got SCSI
Spot on, that was.
It's the death star!
I guess the point is that people in those other professions are not such prima donnas :o)
I'm an engineer and have recruited about 30 other engineers in my organisation. We have daft touchy-feely questions too, in addition to a C test. I have only had one interviewee decline to do a test; everyone else has taken the test with grace and been happy discussing the answers. Maybe the reason I haven't seen a problem is that I work in embedded systems, and there are fewer prima donnas in this area than other IT areas.
>Whatever I end up doing has to be reasonably lucrative (or at least have the potential to be so), not require any specific time commitment, and be doable equally well from home or from a hotel room.
Prostitution?
lol. Took me a second read to get that one.
Can I share your mod points for setting that one up for you ;o)
>Chrome, which lets you resize boxes as large as you like
ah, so *thats* where all the extra ram went.
>Also useful for DIY cardiac (de)-fibrillation...
Too bloody right, the thing weights a ton. I've had two hernia operations already.
For some reason, the BBC are making a big thing of this, and providing a lot of coverage and related programmes on the Radio 4 station.
The BBC provide a listen again service for those of you who are distant but interested. Check out the programmes here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/bigbang/
Assuming that the world isn't swallowed up by a black hole from the experiment, that is:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/science/15risk.html
>But when a human dates an artificial mate, there is no purpose. Only enjoyment. And that leads to ... tragedy
Yep, that's dildos for you. Bastards.
>our dependence on foreign petroleum IS
Amem to that. I live in the UK, and we depend on gas from Russia. We are working with Georgia on an alternative supply, however. Oh, whats happening in Georgia at the moment...
Relying on foreign fuel supplies is bad news. That, if nothing else, should push the drive towards lower energy consumption and alternative energy sources. It's going to get nasty out there where fuel sources get scarce. Thankfully I wont be around. I hope.
>A 1960 John Deere tractor runs just fine on biodiesel made from fat friers
Blimey, so engines can run on aluminum now? Fantastic!
I'm paranoid about theft, so I always take my battery with me when I park. Solves both problems.
Yea, Solent Green!
>is it fair to qualify the ability of a robot to procure a can of lager from the fridge as a critical task?
You obviously get out too much. Are you sure you should be reading this site?
or write a letter.
Try it, it's fun. I even bought a fountain pen. It feels nicer than a biro, or typing on the keyboard.
It would appear that light pen shares its physiological problems with the penis.
There, fixed that for you.
Straight away, they have to spoil things:
"GNU's kernel wasn't finished, so GNU is used with the kernel Linux. The combination of GNU and Linux is the GNU/Linux operating system, now used by millions. (Sometimes this combination is incorrectly called Linux.)"
Trying to re-write history ("so GNU is used with the kernel Linux"), while those of us old enough to remember how it really happened are still around, will continue to make them look like petulant children.