If by "day one" you mean version 4 or later, you'd be right. But since the iPod was introduced nearly two years before both iTMS and DRM'd AAC, it's clear you aren't aware of (or choose to ignore because it's contrary to your argument) the actual development history.
Volume and quality of information is scarce, often due to decisions from people at the top. Support is never what you expect. Cost overruns across the board. Bloat. Local insurgencies.
I agree "Google on wheels" is not the solution, and I think part of the problem with robotics is the overwhelming desire to make them fully self-contained, when it's neither necessary or efficient for most situations (that is, anything terrestrial).
All a robot really needs to have built-in is the equivalent of a nervous system and a brain stem with basic (using the word "basic" very loosely) housekeeping functions like communications, avoiding fast moving objects or balance in the case of bipedal robots; things where a 100ms lag could be fatal (network congestion is always a possibility). Higher functions, like environment mapping, task-based decision making and database functions, could easily be remote without introducing a significant delay (I'm assuming a self propelled robot wouldn't be used in precision, high speed manufacturing where timing is critical, as the robots we have are perfectly adequate and would be far cheaper).
What disturbs me is that this would be possible with, essentially, an old HeathKit HERO with a WiFi adaptor (OK, the SONAR would have to be replaced with LIDAR for accurate mapping, but since that data could be sent as a raw stream to the host processor it could actually decrease the need for on-board computing power compared to the 1980's robot, ignoring for the moment the overhead for a TCP stack). As far as I can see, what's really lacking is an extensible command protocol and a willingness to move away from the "Forbidden Planet" design paradigm.
But I'm no expert in this field myself. A bit of small scale animatronics is as close as I get:/
I've consulted some marine biologists, but there's some disagreement about where a shark's head ends and it's body begins. Accuracy is important, because if I attach a freaking laser to a shark's neck I'll be a laughing stock (evil science is like porn: the difference between glory and ridicule is only three inches).
Anonymous Cowards are usually trolls. Trolls are an unnatural abomination. Any unnatural abomination must be the work of Satan. Therefore anyone who posts as an Anonymous Coward on the subject of religion is really working for Satan.
Why is throwing a koran in the toilet a hate crime, but dumping a cross in a jar of urine not?
Purpose. Probably better explained by someone with more knowledge of both art and religion than myself. Quoth Wikipedia:
Sister Wendy Beckett, an art critic, consecrated virgin and Catholic nun, voiced her approval of Piss Christ. She explained in a television interview with Bill Moyers that she regarded the work as a statement on "what we have done to Christ" - that is, the way contemporary society has come to regard Christ and the values he represents.
So there you have it: the Koran was thrown in a toilet as a simple act of desecration aimed at a specific individual already under duress, wheras "Piss Christ", while undoubtedly intended to be controversal, implies meaning that can be found by someone who I'd wager has more of a commitment to their religion than you, thus it's inclusion in the world of art.
It's always easier to take offence at the superficial aspects of art than actually think about the message behind it, and righteous indignation is always more immediately satisfying than intellectual discovery. It also easy to forget that plastic trinkets are not God incarnate, and that the paper the bible is printed on is a mere conveyance for the content...I'm sure I read something about "graven images" somewhere, but it obviously wasn't that important, considering how much a piece of cheese toast sold for on eBay recently. "Jesus came to me in the form of melted cheese, so I'll make some cash off the gullible" - who is really pissing on Christ here? The artist had a point; don't be offended by how it was said, be offended that it needed to be said.
Why is the free speech of non-Christians important than that of Christians??
Oh please, it has been a very long time since Christians were a persecuted minority. The reality is that in the west Christians are the majority, and as a group their views are always heard and often enforced by law. But feel free to cite an example of a Christian leader being censured for statements about another religion that wouldn't have caused outrage if the names were reversed. I'd be very surprised to see it.
I think you've unintentionally summed up the problem with designing an all-purpose self-navigating robot quite well: it's as easy as putting Google's database and processing power in a box on wheels.
The difference is that the RIAA's targets actually get a day in court, and the RIAA aren't allowed to extract confessions using tortu^H^H^H^H^H "psychological pressure". Why are you expecting American companies to behave any better than the American government, when one controls the other?
Often, when Macintosh users are talking about an application being "native", they mean using the native OSX GUI (Aqua).
The question is whether you consider X11 to be a native API; on the basis that it (a) isn't part of the standard installation, and (b) is only used by applications ported from other platforms, I'd argue that it's closer in function to a translation layer (of course, not knowing how X11 draws windows I don't know how technically accurate this is. My point is if the support layer that lets certain software run isn't normally present, then that software isn't native to the platform).
Jefferson's works make me wish Amnesty International hadn't already appropriated the candle-and-barbed-wire logo for themselves.
Yeah, those selfish bastards...no regard for anyone else. Can't they see that college kids having their net use restricted to academic purposes when on university grounds is one of the greatest travesties of human rights in living memory?
Looking at that mascot and wondering "WTF is it?", I'm inclined to think the pain killers came first. Nitrous oxide inspired it, and lignocaine made it seem like a good idea.
We surely can find cheap Asian manufacturers to produce the actual printer hardware.
Obvious problem: who is "we"?
I'm not trolling, I'm pointing out that developing software requires no investment beyond time and a computer, whereas developing a printer requires substantial investment in physical design (especially if you want to avoid using any patented technology) and prototyping...you can't patch a printer mechanism, it has to be right when it goes out the door, otherwise your consortium eats the losses from the returns. "We" would have to be a group that has significant financial and material resources in order to be successful.
Also, to compete with other manufacturers the drivers will have to be at least as stable (no challenge in HP's case), the ink/toner will have to be sourced and a supply channel created (I can get HP ink almost anywhere; convenience sells, though perhaps not to us), and the speed will have to be at least close to existing models (nobody is going to pay $500 to get the performance of a $100 printer, $400 for the warm and fuzzies just isn't worth it, even if we assume the average user prints enough to reach the break even point before the mechanism clogs with dust).
I'd be delighted to see a group raise the cash needed for R&D and the preliminary production run of a non-proprietary printer, but since that would probably run into 7 digits I doubt it will happen.
I am sure some will see my suggestion as trying to cut HP's air supply. I love to say that that's not evil at all.
Not even the most staunch supporter of capitalism would call increasing competition "evil"; quite the opposite really. The fact that it's HP we're talking about makes the idea fun, but fun isn't necessarily evil...except to an HP fanboy (if such a twisted mockery of creation exists).
No, the correct form in this case is "HP is to stop selling printers".
Saying "HP is stopping selling printers" actually lacks an object ("selling printers" is the act, not "selling" by itself), and so could also be interpreted to mean "HP is forming vigilate groups to put printer retailers out of business by force". To be grammatically correct the object of the sentence should be between "stopping" and "selling", eg: "HP is stopping Epson selling printers".
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For just one example, who bought all the earliest computers and computer games? Who bought digital watches, or "transistor" radios?
Correction: real geeks didn't buy those things.
Itunes was DRMized from day one
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If by "day one" you mean version 4 or later, you'd be right. But since the iPod was introduced nearly two years before both iTMS and DRM'd AAC, it's clear you aren't aware of (or choose to ignore because it's contrary to your argument) the actual development history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_version_histo
Fo coruse, I maent "MCSE".
Volume and quality of information is scarce, often due to decisions from people at the top. Support is never what you expect. Cost overruns across the board. Bloat. Local insurgencies.
So...Iraq has been invaded by MSCEs?
STAR TREK ISN'T REAL.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...oh, wait, wrong franchise.
This company has cent cease and desist letters.
Wow, where can I get lawyers that cheap?
Because of their unwillingness to hire me as a coke machine filler, their machines are dreadfully low
So that explains MRT's bad attitude. We're all a bit cranky before our morning caffiene...
I agree "Google on wheels" is not the solution, and I think part of the problem with robotics is the overwhelming desire to make them fully self-contained, when it's neither necessary or efficient for most situations (that is, anything terrestrial).
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All a robot really needs to have built-in is the equivalent of a nervous system and a brain stem with basic (using the word "basic" very loosely) housekeeping functions like communications, avoiding fast moving objects or balance in the case of bipedal robots; things where a 100ms lag could be fatal (network congestion is always a possibility). Higher functions, like environment mapping, task-based decision making and database functions, could easily be remote without introducing a significant delay (I'm assuming a self propelled robot wouldn't be used in precision, high speed manufacturing where timing is critical, as the robots we have are perfectly adequate and would be far cheaper).
What disturbs me is that this would be possible with, essentially, an old HeathKit HERO with a WiFi adaptor (OK, the SONAR would have to be replaced with LIDAR for accurate mapping, but since that data could be sent as a raw stream to the host processor it could actually decrease the need for on-board computing power compared to the 1980's robot, ignoring for the moment the overhead for a TCP stack). As far as I can see, what's really lacking is an extensible command protocol and a willingness to move away from the "Forbidden Planet" design paradigm.
But I'm no expert in this field myself. A bit of small scale animatronics is as close as I get
I've consulted some marine biologists, but there's some disagreement about where a shark's head ends and it's body begins. Accuracy is important, because if I attach a freaking laser to a shark's neck I'll be a laughing stock (evil science is like porn: the difference between glory and ridicule is only three inches).
Anonymous Cowards are usually trolls. Trolls are an unnatural abomination. Any unnatural abomination must be the work of Satan. Therefore anyone who posts as an Anonymous Coward on the subject of religion is really working for Satan.
Go ahead, prove me wrong...
Why is throwing a koran in the toilet a hate crime, but dumping a cross in a jar of urine not?
Purpose. Probably better explained by someone with more knowledge of both art and religion than myself. Quoth Wikipedia:
Sister Wendy Beckett, an art critic, consecrated virgin and Catholic nun, voiced her approval of Piss Christ. She explained in a television interview with Bill Moyers that she regarded the work as a statement on "what we have done to Christ" - that is, the way contemporary society has come to regard Christ and the values he represents.
So there you have it: the Koran was thrown in a toilet as a simple act of desecration aimed at a specific individual already under duress, wheras "Piss Christ", while undoubtedly intended to be controversal, implies meaning that can be found by someone who I'd wager has more of a commitment to their religion than you, thus it's inclusion in the world of art.
It's always easier to take offence at the superficial aspects of art than actually think about the message behind it, and righteous indignation is always more immediately satisfying than intellectual discovery. It also easy to forget that plastic trinkets are not God incarnate, and that the paper the bible is printed on is a mere conveyance for the content...I'm sure I read something about "graven images" somewhere, but it obviously wasn't that important, considering how much a piece of cheese toast sold for on eBay recently. "Jesus came to me in the form of melted cheese, so I'll make some cash off the gullible" - who is really pissing on Christ here? The artist had a point; don't be offended by how it was said, be offended that it needed to be said.
Why is the free speech of non-Christians important than that of Christians??
Oh please, it has been a very long time since Christians were a persecuted minority. The reality is that in the west Christians are the majority, and as a group their views are always heard and often enforced by law. But feel free to cite an example of a Christian leader being censured for statements about another religion that wouldn't have caused outrage if the names were reversed. I'd be very surprised to see it.
Hi, I have an arrest warrant here for an A. Coward...
I think you've unintentionally summed up the problem with designing an all-purpose self-navigating robot quite well: it's as easy as putting Google's database and processing power in a box on wheels.
That's nothing, I've designed a tracker that followed people and could "guess" where they'd disappear, using an industrial laser cutter.
I'm in desperate need of some new research assistants...
Expressive? check.
Since when has falsifying an official document with intent to use it been a form of expression rather than a criminal act?
Modicum of creativity? check.
Putting name, age and a photo in the spaces normally reserved for name, age and a photo is not creative.
I don't recall copyright being denied for illegal subject matter...
It isn't, but claiming copyright comes with liability. Filing papers that claim creative ownership of a fake ID is just plain dumb.
Macbook drains YOU!!!!
Steady on, they aren't that sexy...
Ooops. Sorry about sending you to Guatanamo. We had the wrong info. No blood, no foul, right? No hard feelings? Just sign this release form.
Congratulations, you just described reality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamdouh_Habib
The difference is that the RIAA's targets actually get a day in court, and the RIAA aren't allowed to extract confessions using tortu^H^H^H^H^H "psychological pressure". Why are you expecting American companies to behave any better than the American government, when one controls the other?
Often, when Macintosh users are talking about an application being "native", they mean using the native OSX GUI (Aqua).
The question is whether you consider X11 to be a native API; on the basis that it (a) isn't part of the standard installation, and (b) is only used by applications ported from other platforms, I'd argue that it's closer in function to a translation layer (of course, not knowing how X11 draws windows I don't know how technically accurate this is. My point is if the support layer that lets certain software run isn't normally present, then that software isn't native to the platform).
They can pry my terry-toweling hat and Winfield blues out of my cold, dead hands!
Jefferson's works make me wish Amnesty International hadn't already appropriated the candle-and-barbed-wire logo for themselves.
Yeah, those selfish bastards...no regard for anyone else. Can't they see that college kids having their net use restricted to academic purposes when on university grounds is one of the greatest travesties of human rights in living memory?
Looking at that mascot and wondering "WTF is it?", I'm inclined to think the pain killers came first. Nitrous oxide inspired it, and lignocaine made it seem like a good idea.
They have worse than hitmen: they have lawyers.
The worst a hitman can do is kill you, but a lawyer can make death look like the better option.
Only the sales reps. I stand by my statement.
We surely can find cheap Asian manufacturers to produce the actual printer hardware.
Obvious problem: who is "we"?
I'm not trolling, I'm pointing out that developing software requires no investment beyond time and a computer, whereas developing a printer requires substantial investment in physical design (especially if you want to avoid using any patented technology) and prototyping...you can't patch a printer mechanism, it has to be right when it goes out the door, otherwise your consortium eats the losses from the returns. "We" would have to be a group that has significant financial and material resources in order to be successful.
Also, to compete with other manufacturers the drivers will have to be at least as stable (no challenge in HP's case), the ink/toner will have to be sourced and a supply channel created (I can get HP ink almost anywhere; convenience sells, though perhaps not to us), and the speed will have to be at least close to existing models (nobody is going to pay $500 to get the performance of a $100 printer, $400 for the warm and fuzzies just isn't worth it, even if we assume the average user prints enough to reach the break even point before the mechanism clogs with dust).
I'd be delighted to see a group raise the cash needed for R&D and the preliminary production run of a non-proprietary printer, but since that would probably run into 7 digits I doubt it will happen.
I am sure some will see my suggestion as trying to cut HP's air supply. I love to say that that's not evil at all.
Not even the most staunch supporter of capitalism would call increasing competition "evil"; quite the opposite really. The fact that it's HP we're talking about makes the idea fun, but fun isn't necessarily evil...except to an HP fanboy (if such a twisted mockery of creation exists).
No, the correct form in this case is "HP is to stop selling printers".
Saying "HP is stopping selling printers" actually lacks an object ("selling printers" is the act, not "selling" by itself), and so could also be interpreted to mean "HP is forming vigilate groups to put printer retailers out of business by force". To be grammatically correct the object of the sentence should be between "stopping" and "selling", eg: "HP is stopping Epson selling printers".