In a practical sense, I doubt that movement would be at all fluid in the system you propose. The pen would only move when the magnetic force on the second motor was high enough to overcome the friction losses. The result is non-fluid movement, or no movement at all if the input was subtle enough.
The second part of your comment doesn't make sense to me. Digitization artifacts are a function of the A/D conversion, not of the transport mechanism. Over a telephone, that is remedied by time.
This is very similar to what Alexander Bell was thinking about before he invented (or didn't) the telephone. Seriously.
You can read about it in "The Telephone Gambit".
Look, I'm as patriotic as the next guy, but I think this is a great idea.
Those Soyuz ships are fantastic. Their failure rate is so low that I wouldn't hesitate to get on one and travel.
We don't need reuseable spacecraft. We need a cheap disposable workhorse that is reliable. The Soyuz fits the bill nicely.
What's to stop you from just wearing gloves (assuming you have enough wits about you to put them on) or installing a steering-wheel cover (if it is your folks car)? Covers these days don't have to be laced on, they can just slip on. I know that's taking it a bit too far, but I don't see this thing as much of a solution.
"Once on a landing they allowed the pilot to take control to see if he could do it if a computer failed, and computer control was immediately reestablished when it was clear he couldn't."
Hogwash. The Space Shuttle is PURELY a fly-by-wire system where ALL manual inputs are washed through the computers. It can be hand-flown, but only if the computers are running. In fact, John Young hand-flew it from the first S-turn all the way to landing.
Also, ALL shuttle landings are hand-flown. AFAIK, there is no autoland capability, and there is no computer control of the landing gear.
It would be pointless to train for losing the computers, since if they're all lost the vehicle cannot fly.
I will also remind you that one or more computers have failed before with little ill-effect. That's why there are 5, one of which is coded by a different contractor to help guard against implementation errors.
Although not all day, I also use it every day. You're right about the BDE. It sucks. For simple stuff I use Topaz (it compiles right in) and for bigger stuff I use TMySQL.
I have Delphi 7, but still prefer Delphi 5 because it is rock-solid. Can't wait for Diamondback!
In 1983 when I was a junior, I was an aid for the high school math teacher, who was the only one at the school who controlled the computer (a TRS-80 Model III). It was a cool class and easy credit, because all we did was type in huge BASIC programs from SoftSide magazine and play games.
He'd been typing in this program for most of the day, then I showed up and continued typing. For some reason I thought it would be funny to add a few lines at the beginning:
1 cls
2 print "TRS-80 Model III Basic"
3 print "Copyright (c)1981, 1982 Tandy Corporation"
4 print "Ready"
5 print ">";
6 line input a$;
7 goto 5
I ran it and waited for him to see it. He did, typed LIST and it came back with a prompt. He cursed (that was rare) and yelled at another student. I was rushing over to tell him it was a joke when he hit the reset button.
I didn't dare tell him the truth. I saw my life flash in front of me, though.
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When you overload this solar panel it stinks.
With Boetox?
You might try OpenDNS too. Works for my house.
No one wants your longpenis machine.
In a practical sense, I doubt that movement would be at all fluid in the system you propose. The pen would only move when the magnetic force on the second motor was high enough to overcome the friction losses. The result is non-fluid movement, or no movement at all if the input was subtle enough. The second part of your comment doesn't make sense to me. Digitization artifacts are a function of the A/D conversion, not of the transport mechanism. Over a telephone, that is remedied by time.
This is very similar to what Alexander Bell was thinking about before he invented (or didn't) the telephone. Seriously. You can read about it in "The Telephone Gambit".
No one seems to have mentioned Jared Tarbell at http://www.complexification.net/
All of the women could have a "best pi" contest. There would also be performances of Runge-Kutta on the winners.
So you and your wife both have one of these - do you get enormous screetching feedback when you kiss?
Look, I'm as patriotic as the next guy, but I think this is a great idea. Those Soyuz ships are fantastic. Their failure rate is so low that I wouldn't hesitate to get on one and travel. We don't need reuseable spacecraft. We need a cheap disposable workhorse that is reliable. The Soyuz fits the bill nicely.
So THAT'S what has been keeping me awake at night. I'm calling NASA tomorrow and demanding that they turn that thing down.
What's to stop you from just wearing gloves (assuming you have enough wits about you to put them on) or installing a steering-wheel cover (if it is your folks car)? Covers these days don't have to be laced on, they can just slip on. I know that's taking it a bit too far, but I don't see this thing as much of a solution.
"Once on a landing they allowed the pilot to take control to see if he could do it if a computer failed, and computer control was immediately reestablished when it was clear he couldn't." Hogwash. The Space Shuttle is PURELY a fly-by-wire system where ALL manual inputs are washed through the computers. It can be hand-flown, but only if the computers are running. In fact, John Young hand-flew it from the first S-turn all the way to landing. Also, ALL shuttle landings are hand-flown. AFAIK, there is no autoland capability, and there is no computer control of the landing gear. It would be pointless to train for losing the computers, since if they're all lost the vehicle cannot fly. I will also remind you that one or more computers have failed before with little ill-effect. That's why there are 5, one of which is coded by a different contractor to help guard against implementation errors.
Seems to me that you might be able to design it in such a way as to keep the calibration data with the instrument, like in an E2 or something.
I had a Vector MZ that ran CP/M. Loved it.
Yeah, it's "PLUGH". How many can say where that reference comes from?
That's one smart Alek.
Reset your clock, you're living in the future.
Dorothy Denning proposed it back in 1996, I think.
I make tasty beer.
Although not all day, I also use it every day. You're right about the BDE. It sucks. For simple stuff I use Topaz (it compiles right in) and for bigger stuff I use TMySQL.
I have Delphi 7, but still prefer Delphi 5 because it is rock-solid. Can't wait for Diamondback!
Paul
This was going to be the first post... Damned Lockout!
This guy is an idiot. You're telling me his whole source of income prior to being shut down was designing cruise missiles?
Now he's willing to offer his services to the highest bidder, but he won't "knowingly" work for a terrorist organization? Who's he kidding?
Ten bucks says that if this guy looks like he might be hired somewhere that he disappears. Like Hoffa.
He put himself into this mess.
In 1983 when I was a junior, I was an aid for the high school math teacher, who was the only one at the school who controlled the computer (a TRS-80 Model III). It was a cool class and easy credit, because all we did was type in huge BASIC programs from SoftSide magazine and play games.
He'd been typing in this program for most of the day, then I showed up and continued typing. For some reason I thought it would be funny to add a few lines at the beginning:
1 cls
2 print "TRS-80 Model III Basic"
3 print "Copyright (c)1981, 1982 Tandy Corporation"
4 print "Ready"
5 print ">";
6 line input a$;
7 goto 5
I ran it and waited for him to see it. He did, typed LIST and it came back with a prompt. He cursed (that was rare) and yelled at another student. I was rushing over to tell him it was a joke when he hit the reset button.
I didn't dare tell him the truth. I saw my life flash in front of me, though.
Oh, for a minute there I thought this was an advertisement for Viagra. Sorry.