1900kbps (kilobits per second) = 1.9 Mbps (megabits per second). That comes to roughly 237kBps (kilebytes per second). My cable modem at home downloads (normally) at around 350kBps, so that still sounds pretty snappy to me.
The same way a human does it, feedback control. i.e. You measure your acceleration, and you adjust the throttle until you get the value you want. With the right control system, the computer should be able to do a better job than a person. This is actually a famous problem in controls, and has been much studied. I was a bit disappointed that the article talked more about the mechanics of interfacing with the car, but maybe they consider the controller a "solved problem"
I appreciate the detailed article. I will confess up front that I am going to reply without reading the entire thing, but from what I read (could grasp quickly without resorting to formulae) it appears to describe a normal feedback system augmented by visual sensors.
The thing is, AFAIK, that people usually don't handle controls the same way a machine does. People (although my statistical sample is the smallish one -- myself) will remember how a machine reacts to their inputs and (attempt to) compensate when dealing with those controls. In addition to sight I also rely on hearing and vibration to tell me what the machine is doing. Machines, even ones sophisticated enough to employ a visual augmentation, don't have those (occasionally critical) advantages.
As an example, my minivan has a sticky accelerator first thing in the morning. I know this, so to make sure it doesn't jump when I try to back out I rev the engine a bit while still in park to clear the stickiness. It doesn't happen after the first start of the day but it has become ritual. A computer, unless employing a learning system or very well programmed, won't act the same way. A feedback system would normally just keep applying force until it got an expected reaction (motion). In my sticky-peddal problem the computer may very well have just rammed the car ahead/behind before realizing it got more force than expected. If I find excessive resistance in the pedal I don't go any further unless I'm SURE I'm in Park.
Maybe at the millisecond resolution computers can handle the feedback and the my sticky pedal issue isn't a problem (not being in that particular field of computing I wouldn't know). But I suspect those sorts of tactile-memory skills wouldn't transfer easily or well to a machine.
OTOH, I could be completely off base. It wouldn't be the first time!:)
1) Who gets the bill when the system screws up and slams the nice $200K car instead of parking neatly next to it?
2) How does the system deal with engine/linkage issues. Cars don't provide smooth power/steering at all times. If the engine is out of tune or has a catchy throttle, can the system deal with that as well as/better than a human?
3) How is it told where to park? It would have been nice if it was clear in the video what the driver did to tell it that. The article alludes to some sort of analysis system for this, but I like pretty pictures.;)
* Large playing area * GPS coordinates are mapped * Public land (hey, the taxpayers _pay_ for it) * Who knows what goodies are at each site to be traded
Sounds like a good place for some geocaching to me!:)
Ok, so I'm going to burn some Karma, but from one low-carber to another... look up pizza crust here. There are several to choose from. Soy Flour is your friend!:)
I've had to deal with people who don't know the difference between an e-mail address and a website URL, and even one person who didn't know the difference between an e-mail address and their own name!
I'll go one further, albeit even further off-topic. An aquaintance of mine has so confused the concepts of dial-up, email, and bandwidth that they are actively reselling their own dial-up account. The justification for this astonishing business is the premise that the ISP provides him with unlimited email accounts and bandwidth despite it being very clear that he only gets one dial-up account. Even after trying to explain calmly to the poor fellow that email and bandwidth have to do with the ISP's connection to the rest of the net versus their connection to him, he still is trying to resell his $50 "business" account to 25 "customers" at $10 apiece.
I suspect he'll get away with it for a little while, but sooner or later they will cut him off... or something of his anyway...
If I should be allowed to watch whatever I want then it doesn't seem unreasonable for others to view the same thing edited to their tastes. It's not like I would have to watch the edited version -- I get to choose on the exact same DVD. Hopefully RCA will have enough sense to make it a per-viewing option (even if it defaults to censored). If not, then they better hope I never purchase one as it will go right back to the store.
Also, "artistic integrity" only goes so far. One may have the right to say anything one likes, but noone should be required to listen to it. And if that means that only parts of one's message gets out to some folks, while everyone can choose to listen all of it, I think that this is perfectly fine. Let the individual adult viewer choose. If the artist wants to make sure everyone hears the entire message then it seems to me that it's up to the artist to make the entire message palletable.
Ok it's offtopic, but as a former attendee of the mentioned university, I must note that it is "The Ohio State University", not just (implied any) "Ohio State University". And for God's sake will someone please tell the local PBS announcer that the station's initials (WOSU) are not pronounced double-you-oh-ess-shoe.
A recent (?) episode of Myth Busters proved that brushing one's teeth (or, in New Mexico, tooth) and using mouthwash does not affect the validity of a breath test.
I love that show and that was a fun episode -- try to fool the machine into producing a false negative:). However, IIRC they didn't test high blood sugar conditions to see if that generated false positives (high blood sugar can be acompanied by excessive ketone bodies which cause bad breath in some diabetics). Does anyone know how these devices react for these individuals? (Here is a google groups (AKA usenet) posting on the topic, but as with any sort of blog I take it with a grain of salt.
Hmmm... I'm guessing that's only true if the company manages to become the sole producers of the readers or has tight control over the spec (see previous/. article on the power of security through obscurity). If it becomes an open standard then all one would have to do is build a bit-by-bit reader and it should be easily copied to another format (at 1GB, DVD for instance).
How 'bout an Airzooka!? They're a good bit of harmless fun, especially at the office. I know that the one I picked up recently can knock about a lot of lightweight things (including socks that aren't actually being worn) from a range of 15 feet or more. Household pets tend to get annoyed but then seem to enjoy it. Our dog gets all excited and wants to play every time I bring it home. Plus, they're reasonably priced (I got mine from a local Biggs for about $13).
So, don't count. Pick a start time and an end time, neither of which have happened yet (which could be one minute apart as the example goes). Start couting when the start time appears on the digital watch face and count every beat until the end time appears on the watch face. Multiply by an appropriate amount as needed. When I'm taking my own pulse (either using analog or digital devices), I end up doing the exact same thing. I always find the digital method easier to do as many less-expensive analog watches/clocks have a jittery second hand (which second is that pointing at now?).
Besides, I've never met a nurse that takes 60-second pulse readings anymore, it seems the ones I run into always take 10 or 15 second readings and multiply by 6 or 4 respectively.
Absolutely -- I'd do the same thing if I were in his shoes. The point was, though, that we can't read much into this abuot the studio's motives as he is probably not very expensive to retain for eps 7-9. This isn't a comment on his personal acting ability as it has been my long-time belief that an actors ability and their paycheck are rarely in direct proportion (sometimes it seems it's almost inversely proportional).
However, TheForce is reporting that Mayhew's contract contains a stipulation that he must also appear in Episodes 7, 8, and 9.
IMNAAA (not an acting agent), but isn't this just the sort of thing that gets tossed into lower-paid actor's contracts when a studio is simply hedging its bets? I like the 'bacca as well as the next dude, but he is probably paid less than, say Harrison Ford, on average. It seems likely to me that it wouldn't cost the studio much (if anything) to obligate him in this regard.
Now, if the face-time Ep. 6 folks (Ford, Fisher, Hamilton, et al.) start getting signed into contracts like this then we would be talking.
I don't know about the other denizens here, but I have to say I have *never* had any luck with any computer device made by Sony that had mechanical components (so I'm supporting the parent posting in a way). I previously owned a VAIO -- a large one, not the little tiny ones -- so I expect the device to be at least a little durable. Instead, the keyboard failed within a year. A year later, the hinge on the screen broke. The device is still operable, but it is *extremely* fragile.
I ended up getting a Dell Inspiron next since I take my machine to/from work daily. In some ways it has worked better but the CD-RW's slide mechanism is all screwed up. After closer examination -- you know it's coming -- the stupid thing's made by Sony.
I'm the first to admit that I'm not the easiest on portable electronics. But of the things I own that have had mechanical failures, it's the Sony label that's on most of them.
If I'm reading his topographic-like chart (see this article) correctly, it would appear that the cheapest points to get to would be L1 and L2 (because of the gravity trough between the bodies). L4 and L5 are actually gravity peaks (not troughs) and it's the Coriolis effect of the body speeding and slowing that keeps bodies stable.
Until we invent some new form of propulsion that gets a bit more punch, a space platform needs a cheap transport route. Imagine having to truck all those extra-Earth goodies to those gravity peaks (although trucking from them would be a touch cheaper)...
I don't know about anyone else but I certainly wouldn't stand for having to wear contacts when I don't need them simply to get "bonus material". Glasses, sure, but having watched people try to put in/manipulate/not drop the things it is certainly an activity I wouldn't want to participate in. YMMV though...
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1900kbps (kilobits per second) = 1.9 Mbps (megabits per second). That comes to roughly 237kBps (kilebytes per second). My cable modem at home downloads (normally) at around 350kBps, so that still sounds pretty snappy to me.
You might enjoy this then. (No, I didn't write it, but I play it on TV!)
I appreciate the detailed article. I will confess up front that I am going to reply without reading the entire thing, but from what I read (could grasp quickly without resorting to formulae) it appears to describe a normal feedback system augmented by visual sensors.
The thing is, AFAIK, that people usually don't handle controls the same way a machine does. People (although my statistical sample is the smallish one -- myself) will remember how a machine reacts to their inputs and (attempt to) compensate when dealing with those controls. In addition to sight I also rely on hearing and vibration to tell me what the machine is doing. Machines, even ones sophisticated enough to employ a visual augmentation, don't have those (occasionally critical) advantages.
As an example, my minivan has a sticky accelerator first thing in the morning. I know this, so to make sure it doesn't jump when I try to back out I rev the engine a bit while still in park to clear the stickiness. It doesn't happen after the first start of the day but it has become ritual. A computer, unless employing a learning system or very well programmed, won't act the same way. A feedback system would normally just keep applying force until it got an expected reaction (motion). In my sticky-peddal problem the computer may very well have just rammed the car ahead/behind before realizing it got more force than expected. If I find excessive resistance in the pedal I don't go any further unless I'm SURE I'm in Park.
Maybe at the millisecond resolution computers can handle the feedback and the my sticky pedal issue isn't a problem (not being in that particular field of computing I wouldn't know). But I suspect those sorts of tactile-memory skills wouldn't transfer easily or well to a machine.
OTOH, I could be completely off base. It wouldn't be the first time!
1) Who gets the bill when the system screws up and slams the nice $200K car instead of parking neatly next to it?
;)
2) How does the system deal with engine/linkage issues. Cars don't provide smooth power/steering at all times. If the engine is out of tune or has a catchy throttle, can the system deal with that as well as/better than a human?
3) How is it told where to park? It would have been nice if it was clear in the video what the driver did to tell it that. The article alludes to some sort of analysis system for this, but I like pretty pictures.
Pretty nifty anyway!
* Large playing area
:)
* GPS coordinates are mapped
* Public land (hey, the taxpayers _pay_ for it)
* Who knows what goodies are at each site to be traded
Sounds like a good place for some geocaching to me!
Ok, so I'm going to burn some Karma, but from one low-carber to another... look up pizza crust here. There are several to choose from. Soy Flour is your friend! :)
I'll go one further, albeit even further off-topic. An aquaintance of mine has so confused the concepts of dial-up, email, and bandwidth that they are actively reselling their own dial-up account. The justification for this astonishing business is the premise that the ISP provides him with unlimited email accounts and bandwidth despite it being very clear that he only gets one dial-up account. Even after trying to explain calmly to the poor fellow that email and bandwidth have to do with the ISP's connection to the rest of the net versus their connection to him, he still is trying to resell his $50 "business" account to 25 "customers" at $10 apiece.
I suspect he'll get away with it for a little while, but sooner or later they will cut him off... or something of his anyway...
Does anyone know of links to audio samples of a maglev? I've never heard one and some rudimentary googling didn't turn them up.
A DVD player than can make "Star Wars Episode I & II" Jar-Jar Free for everyone!
Yeah!
If I should be allowed to watch whatever I want then it doesn't seem unreasonable for others to view the same thing edited to their tastes. It's not like I would have to watch the edited version -- I get to choose on the exact same DVD. Hopefully RCA will have enough sense to make it a per-viewing option (even if it defaults to censored). If not, then they better hope I never purchase one as it will go right back to the store.
Also, "artistic integrity" only goes so far. One may have the right to say anything one likes, but noone should be required to listen to it. And if that means that only parts of one's message gets out to some folks, while everyone can choose to listen all of it, I think that this is perfectly fine. Let the individual adult viewer choose. If the artist wants to make sure everyone hears the entire message then it seems to me that it's up to the artist to make the entire message palletable.
I don't know, but I'd sure like to find out...
Ok it's offtopic, but as a former attendee of the mentioned university, I must note that it is "The Ohio State University", not just (implied any) "Ohio State University". And for God's sake will someone please tell the local PBS announcer that the station's initials (WOSU) are not pronounced double-you-oh-ess-shoe.
I love that show and that was a fun episode -- try to fool the machine into producing a false negative
Hmmm... I'm guessing that's only true if the company manages to become the sole producers of the readers or has tight control over the spec (see previous /. article on the power of security through obscurity). If it becomes an open standard then all one would have to do is build a bit-by-bit reader and it should be easily copied to another format (at 1GB, DVD for instance).
How 'bout an Airzooka!? They're a good bit of harmless fun, especially at the office. I know that the one I picked up recently can knock about a lot of lightweight things (including socks that aren't actually being worn) from a range of 15 feet or more. Household pets tend to get annoyed but then seem to enjoy it. Our dog gets all excited and wants to play every time I bring it home. Plus, they're reasonably priced (I got mine from a local Biggs for about $13).
I do this all the time so I do know it works. Watching for a comparison match (which can be any visual cue) doesn't make me lose count.
So, don't count. Pick a start time and an end time, neither of which have happened yet (which could be one minute apart as the example goes). Start couting when the start time appears on the digital watch face and count every beat until the end time appears on the watch face. Multiply by an appropriate amount as needed. When I'm taking my own pulse (either using analog or digital devices), I end up doing the exact same thing. I always find the digital method easier to do as many less-expensive analog watches/clocks have a jittery second hand (which second is that pointing at now?).
Besides, I've never met a nurse that takes 60-second pulse readings anymore, it seems the ones I run into always take 10 or 15 second readings and multiply by 6 or 4 respectively.
'nuf said
OTOH, if Hubble were allowed to burn up on re-entry then George Lass could potentially have a kindred spirit to keep her company.
Absolutely -- I'd do the same thing if I were in his shoes. The point was, though, that we can't read much into this abuot the studio's motives as he is probably not very expensive to retain for eps 7-9. This isn't a comment on his personal acting ability as it has been my long-time belief that an actors ability and their paycheck are rarely in direct proportion (sometimes it seems it's almost inversely proportional).
IMNAAA (not an acting agent), but isn't this just the sort of thing that gets tossed into lower-paid actor's contracts when a studio is simply hedging its bets? I like the 'bacca as well as the next dude, but he is probably paid less than, say Harrison Ford, on average. It seems likely to me that it wouldn't cost the studio much (if anything) to obligate him in this regard.
Now, if the face-time Ep. 6 folks (Ford, Fisher, Hamilton, et al.) start getting signed into contracts like this then we would be talking.
I don't know about the other denizens here, but I have to say I have *never* had any luck with any computer device made by Sony that had mechanical components (so I'm supporting the parent posting in a way). I previously owned a VAIO -- a large one, not the little tiny ones -- so I expect the device to be at least a little durable. Instead, the keyboard failed within a year. A year later, the hinge on the screen broke. The device is still operable, but it is *extremely* fragile.
I ended up getting a Dell Inspiron next since I take my machine to/from work daily. In some ways it has worked better but the CD-RW's slide mechanism is all screwed up. After closer examination -- you know it's coming -- the stupid thing's made by Sony.
I'm the first to admit that I'm not the easiest on portable electronics. But of the things I own that have had mechanical failures, it's the Sony label that's on most of them.
This is just my experience, YMMV.
Maybe I'm strange or overly particular (I know I have musical tastes are), but 4GB *IS* my entire .mp3-based music collection. ;)
If I'm reading his topographic-like chart (see this article) correctly, it would appear that the cheapest points to get to would be L1 and L2 (because of the gravity trough between the bodies). L4 and L5 are actually gravity peaks (not troughs) and it's the Coriolis effect of the body speeding and slowing that keeps bodies stable.
Until we invent some new form of propulsion that gets a bit more punch, a space platform needs a cheap transport route. Imagine having to truck all those extra-Earth goodies to those gravity peaks (although trucking from them would be a touch cheaper)...
I don't know about anyone else but I certainly wouldn't stand for having to wear contacts when I don't need them simply to get "bonus material". Glasses, sure, but having watched people try to put in/manipulate/not drop the things it is certainly an activity I wouldn't want to participate in. YMMV though...