"My Roomba robot vacuum broke a few weeks ago and it took 2-3 weeks to be replaced. If that same robot also washed my clothes, did my dishes and cooked my food, I'd have been in bad shape."
You're kidding me, right? I mean, you *do* know you're a grown-up, don't you?
20 odd replies & still no one can point to studies showing the deterrent effect. I've studied this in great depth - I'm a solicitor, post-grad in criminology. There ARE no reputable studies showing the deterrent effect.
With any luck, the first to go will be/.'s "editors".
Seriously, if they can't pick up the dupes, the typos, RTFA themselves and filter out the blog-whoring shite from prostoalex & rpiquepa then wtf *do* they get paid for?
More on this - Epstein wrote what's now considered to be the "classic" expose of the whole De Beers / diamonds racket for The Atlantic Monthly back in 1982.
Sure - in theory. In practice they'll have to know which dictionary to use (how many clueless newbies knnow about Google's dictionary) and then that dictionary has to define the term.
I mean, even if you knew about define:foo in Google, define:0wn3d comes up with no results.
At dictionary.com, neither term gets a definition.
But I reckon the best place to trial this kind of tech is in retirement villiages using fleets of golf-carts (or similar). The vehicles don't move very fast, they're in a bounded environment, it's a known environment, and it would provide a useful service that people might actually pay for. Have the fleet cruise around slowly when empty, be summonable by voice or computer, use voice recognition and you're away.
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"My Roomba robot vacuum broke a few weeks ago and it took 2-3 weeks to be replaced. If that same robot also washed my clothes, did my dishes and cooked my food, I'd have been in bad shape."
You're kidding me, right? I mean, you *do* know you're a grown-up, don't you?
20 odd replies & still no one can point to studies showing the deterrent effect. I've studied this in great depth - I'm a solicitor, post-grad in criminology. There ARE no reputable studies showing the deterrent effect.
You're right - they are clever. First they take out the Central line, then the hit the buses. Transport in London grinds to a halt.
Dude - I don't have access to your Google Homepage.
What's the password for that again?
Read that as "OSTG".
Seriously, if they can't pick up the dupes, the typos, RTFA themselves and filter out the blog-whoring shite from prostoalex & rpiquepa then wtf *do* they get paid for?
More on this - Epstein wrote what's now considered to be the "classic" expose of the whole De Beers / diamonds racket for The Atlantic Monthly back in 1982.
n d1.htm
It's in 3 parts - here's a link - http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/82feb/8202diamo
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In other words... "i'm no astronomer.... and that's no moon"?
Ah yes.
Unlike baseball.
Or American Football.
Can I have yours?
No, no! African or European BSUs??
I mean, even if you knew about define:foo in Google, define:0wn3d comes up with no results.
At dictionary.com, neither term gets a definition.
No... the reason why "the plasma conduits in the Federation control panels keep blowing up in their faces..." is 'cos it looks cool on TV.
Did you really have to say "stretch"?
There's no photo because you're late to the party. There WAS a photo, but the .com site admin took it down.
You made it into a Wired story.
Those holes are what LETS third-party software install its freaking self.
Are you INSANE?!
If you www.it.yada , the page is Slashdot Green. Also works if you use sh.it.yada (really!).
But I agree with you - it's a dreadful colour scheme.
No - that'd be the clitoris.
But I reckon the best place to trial this kind of tech is in retirement villiages using fleets of golf-carts (or similar). The vehicles don't move very fast, they're in a bounded environment, it's a known environment, and it would provide a useful service that people might actually pay for. Have the fleet cruise around slowly when empty, be summonable by voice or computer, use voice recognition and you're away.
All the shuttle needs now is some Type-R stickers & it's good to go.
This happened in July. Here's the link and here too.
What's your source? I can't find it on austlli or elsewhere...
Can anyone else find another source? Ideally a link to austlii with the judgement, but any other report would do.