I imagine their ads will start sounding like razor commercials. "Introducing the new and improved 'Mach 19'! Now in candy-apple red and midnight blue!"
One aspect of the race that everyone seems to have taken in stride is that although DARPA would try to close the race course, "robots could still come into contact with humans"--this from the Wired article. I hope the speaker really meant "close proximity" to humans. I don't think I'd want to "come into contact" with several tons of stupid Hummer moving at up to 20mph in the middle of the desert. The next challenge should be a closed track.
Where I live there is *NO* residential high-speed internet access (except for satellite, yeah right). The opportunity to surf at better than 56k is appealing. Turn the kids loose in the ball-pit and get some "work" done.
Well, perhaps it actually turned the flat screen monitor rather than the image of the head. That said...
It always bugs me when they do this on Star Trek. The captain is having a conversation with someone on the main view screen and the someone on the screen looks around the room to different characters at an angle that makes sense to the viewpoint of the camera but would look silly to the character the someone is supposed to be addressing.
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Cool, I think. The question is, Do you use it consistantly? Is it so reliable and transparent that you prefer it to the stylus? Do you feel silly talking to a computer? (I do, I've even been a trekkie since forever, I can still can't get used to the idea.)
Looking at the animation, it seems so simple. But then again, so does a jet engine; pump fuel into a venturi tube and ignite it, off you go! No moving parts!
...calculates that 1,200 square feet of solar panels on the roof of a garage receiving 2,200 hours of sunshine a year could, with the help of an electrolysis device no bigger than a washing machine, produce enough hydrogen and oxygen to drive an MRE-powered car 200 miles a day.
That's a nice average, but can I produce and store enough hydrogen, day-after-day, every day to go that same 200 miles?
What happens during week long rainstorms when I use my car more and I can't produce much hydrogen?
Storage is key and I'm not sure I want to live in a neighborhood full of high-pressure hydrogen tanks that may or may not be properly maintained.
An "effort filter" is a good way to think of it. It's the reason a petition with a certain number of verifiable signatures is much more effective than a letter campaign.
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I imagine their ads will start sounding like razor commercials. "Introducing the new and improved 'Mach 19'! Now in candy-apple red and midnight blue!"
One aspect of the race that everyone seems to have taken in stride is that although DARPA would try to close the race course, "robots could still come into contact with humans"--this from the Wired article. I hope the speaker really meant "close proximity" to humans. I don't think I'd want to "come into contact" with several tons of stupid Hummer moving at up to 20mph in the middle of the desert. The next challenge should be a closed track.
Where I live there is *NO* residential high-speed internet access (except for satellite, yeah right). The opportunity to surf at better than 56k is appealing. Turn the kids loose in the ball-pit and get some "work" done.
I have my first computer, an AST 286, sitting in my closet, that thing is built like a tank. Still runs, but not very often any more.
That air scoop at the top rear looks pretty thirsty.
Well, perhaps it actually turned the flat screen monitor rather than the image of the head. That said... It always bugs me when they do this on Star Trek. The captain is having a conversation with someone on the main view screen and the someone on the screen looks around the room to different characters at an angle that makes sense to the viewpoint of the camera but would look silly to the character the someone is supposed to be addressing.
Cool, I think. The question is, Do you use it consistantly? Is it so reliable and transparent that you prefer it to the stylus? Do you feel silly talking to a computer? (I do, I've even been a trekkie since forever, I can still can't get used to the idea.)
Very good point, ease of use is a strong selling point.
Looking at the animation, it seems so simple. But then again, so does a jet engine; pump fuel into a venturi tube and ignite it, off you go! No moving parts!
That's a nice average, but can I produce and store enough hydrogen, day-after-day, every day to go that same 200 miles?
What happens during week long rainstorms when I use my car more and I can't produce much hydrogen?
Storage is key and I'm not sure I want to live in a neighborhood full of high-pressure hydrogen tanks that may or may not be properly maintained.
An "effort filter" is a good way to think of it. It's the reason a petition with a certain number of verifiable signatures is much more effective than a letter campaign.
the formation of life (at a great distance of course) And about 50,000 years ago.
Golly, how embarassing! I think I heard grandma fart, hee hee!
so is my car.