With all the articles about these voting machines recently, wheres the complete step by step guide for a geek to give 50000 votes to CmdrTaco? Im sure if Rob where elected into office, the public (the politicians) would realize that they made a huge mistake somewhere...
Please we would get a new Microsoft court case every other week to keep us entertained.
hmm... maybe something would be done about software patents too..
"With this action AOL controls everything from the OS to the Word Processor to the web sites their customers browse."
Uh Oh, is that Steve Jobs I'm seeing in the distance? Looks like he's fuming... Next Month: the iNet internet service, so Steve too can also claim to control everything from the hardware to the software to the internet.
(and yes, I own an apple, and hell no, I would never buy iNet;) )
Ok, one thing I think drivers expect, is the following interface:
One steering wheel. One gas pedal One brake pedal. Some gauge things, that lie about how fast you are really going. And if you drive a manual, like me: One clutch. One shifter.
Now, how do you modify something simple and ingrained like the above interface, which btw has stood since Ford put out the model T?
Answer, you cant. Result: customers have to learn an entirely new control mechanism. Very bad.
The ability to travel in one direction while independantly rotating in another (and it looks like this eight legged freak can do that to an extent) is called holonomic motion. Robotics people have been doing this for years with something called an omniwheel. Basically its a wheel that contains many other smaller wheels that roll perpendicular to the axis of the big wheel. We can do holonomic motion with as little as three wheels (popularlized by the palm robots from carnegie melon). Of course, four wheeled models have been made. And I really think that it is from the four omniwheel concept that will really revolutionize travel, not this eight legged, asking to break down, feat of engineering.
(Of course, mandatory info links: The wheels found on the palm robot: http://www.acroname.com/robotics/parts/R76 -4CM-ROL LER.html Cheaper, and larger, omniwheels: http://www.omniwheel.com/cgi-bin/plug ins/MivaEmpre sas/miva?plugins/MivaMerchants/merchant.mvc+Screen =PROD&Store_Code=KCWD&Product_Code=2052-38&Categor y_Code=Transwheel2 The above are one of each, there are many more on both sites. Just start url hacking:) )
Just wondering, It was my knowledge that performing the key combo for zapping the PRam would destroy any open firmware locks. After that, then its a simple matter to boot from any media.
The point is, the kids have physical access to the machines (duh) and therefore there is no way to 100% secure it.
Ive been using GoDaddy for all my domains. around $8-$9 a year for single year reg. Easy enough to use interface. Not too much thrills, but I host elsewhere, so that doesnt bother me.
Little heavy on the spam side (~20-30 emails a year for new services)
Look at the game TicTacToe. There are some finite amount of moves (something like 9!). Therefore it takes very little space to store the entire game tree, consisting of every possible move, in a computer. This means that a computer will always win a game, because it knows the best path at any given move. (TicTacToe might be wierd in the fact it seems that two good players can always tie)
Then look at Checkers. Sure, its much more complex then TTT. However, we have already completely mapped Checkers as well. Again, this means that the computer will Always beat a human.
Chess is much more complex then both Checkers and TTT. But the fact remains that it is still a finite set of moves. When a computer reaches the ability to store all those moves (and it will), then the computer will again win any game at all of chess, whether it is against a Grand Master or not.
The same concept can be applied to any game at all with a finite number of moves. As soon as the computer can hold an entire game tree in memory, then it will always win. (yes, given time, even Go will be completely mapped)
The hard part of this problem is not listening. Computers can listen to a microphone, filter out the background noise, and correctly identify around 95% of what you are saying. Thats the easy part.
Now, with storage and speed, you can even do a grammer properly, associating each word with its possible connotations and positions in the sentance. Combine that with a context free grammer, and your all set.
I believe that its the context skills that the AI needs to work on. Human beings have this nack for associating the right context to sentances. (I dont know of any working ways to do this in software yet) This will be the hardest part to get the machine to recognize.
I happen to own a powerbook 12", and my experience is that everything that runs fine on mozilla / conqueror will work in mozilla/safari/MSIE on the mac.
In fact, the only time I use MSIE at all, is when some webpage puts in some wierd mandatory IE only B$. (although I am seing less of this, maybe im just staying away from those sites now)
But in all reality, Safari uses konqerors khtml engine, and mozilla is mozilla, and mac users are moving from IE to Safari.
Of course, doing it yourself is very fun, and possible to stay under $200 by avoiding legos. Just look here for a competition for this type of stuff: http://www.botlanta.org/rally2003/vac_phot os.html
Also, I have various manufacturers of small form factor PCs that might be worth looking into (last ditch effort, ask where they get parts, or glue the lcd to one of them):
http://www.iwillusa.com/products/ProductDetail.a sp ?vID=179 http://www.norhtec.com/products/index.ht ml http://www.openbrick.org/ http://www.littlepc .com/
I own both a GC and a PowerBook. My list of purchased games for GC is Super Smash Brothers, Zelda, Eternal Darkness, and Jedi Outcast. ED and JO i bought for $20 each. As regards to the apple, I bought quicktime pro.
Now, how do i fit in your uniformed opinion that all GC and Apple owners are raving mad consumers?
I am sorry, but 800,000 isnt a small number. Each household will only have a demand for a single gamecube, no matter what price you put on it. AFAIK, there is only one game for the GC that uses the internet: Phantasy Star Online. Given that, the lack of broadband adapters being a common accessory, and the fact that I can't expand on it and run Linux or similar, and the limited selection of games, all point to a certain saturation of the market that we appear to be reaching.
Xbox and PS2 can break the limit of 1 per household because they can run Linux (ie become a family or personal PC) and because they have networked games.
(all this comes with the disclaimer that I own a GC, that I bought way back when it was still new)
Sorry, I know you dont want a 'distribution', but gentoo gives you full control over everything, from scratch. That, and gentoo's emerge is extrely easy to use and will watch all your dependancies for you.
(saying this as one who writes AI in college and plans to program robots later)
Ethics is not and probably will not be implemented in any current or future AI system. Why? because there is no need. A call center AI may needs to understand the user, but not discuss right or wrong with the user.
Right now a lot of "interaction" AI is focused on passing the turing test.
Personally, when I make large smart robots, you can bet that if I give them an order, they wont stop to think whether that order is "right" or "wrong".
I know how to use 3d Studio, and that is very powerful, but will run you around $1000 for a commercial liscence. I feel that it was easy to use, and I could easily produce some good results.
On the Cheap side, If milkshop 3d is still around, that is a very cheap 3d program used a lot in the game modding community.
Then You have Maya, but ive never used it, so cant compare.
Lightwave, has a great renderer, but i find that making models is easier in 3ds
of course, you also have all the support packages, like Bryce 3d, Poser, etc.
But honestly, from someone whose dabbled in 3d, go with the choice that major motion picture studious use. Blender, as soon as you master the interface, is easily the most powerful modeller around, and it makes great sense for High School budgets.
I havent noticed any wobble when using it, but i also havent really encountered any "scorching" tempuratures yet. (ie, yes, it gets really hot, but i can still hold my hand on it)
I have noticed that the plastic lining around some of the edges doesnt quite meet the metal shell, but thats a small issue.
But as it stands, I havent seen or felt any real distortion in the case.
You are asking on slashdot. That implies you have read slashdot. Which in turn implies that you understand the opinions here. One thing most slashdotters hate is advertisements. I know I do. I run mozilla with the advertisement blocking stylesheet.
The right question to ask is not, "how do i make instant money off advertisers?", but "How do i make a good site advertisement free that supports itself?"
Now, go rephrase your question and ask slashdot again.
I have seen a lot of programming languages for kids around:
1. Squeak. (Based on smalltalk). Graphical environment that has all sorts of 3d, sound, voice, etc stuff to play with. Everything is editable, down right to the squeak environment (of course this isnt mandatory, but can be done). Squeak kind sucks for professional work (its kinda slow, being an emulated environment) but is great to teach stuff on. Heck, it even has a part that kids can "program" without writing a line of code (using a visual paradigm that I dont have the most experience with, sorry). (oh, btw, squeak runs on all platforms)
2. Logo. Yup, still alive and kicking. Also runs on all platforms. If you want to teach multiagent systems, then you can look into *Logo (star logo).
3. Boxer. A mac only thing that has a lot of educational properties.
4. Toon Talk. Oriented on the younger crowd. Uses a lego like code building process to solve missions. Only for windows i think.
Any way, those programs should more then enough provide an educational start in programming to the younger audience.
Things like this would be true. But we live in america, where the spammers think that what they are doing is a perfectly legitimate business model, that doesn't actually hurt anyone.
Of course, if such claims could be held in court, it would be interesting to see the spammers fight the DMCA:)
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With all the articles about these voting machines recently, wheres the complete step by step guide for a geek to give 50000 votes to CmdrTaco?
Im sure if Rob where elected into office, the public (the politicians) would realize that they made a huge mistake somewhere...
Please we would get a new Microsoft court case every other week to keep us entertained.
hmm... maybe something would be done about software patents too..
Is it that great a deal when you are locked into a $288 service contract for dialup?
"With this action AOL controls everything from the OS to the Word Processor to the web sites their customers browse."
;) )
Uh Oh, is that Steve Jobs I'm seeing in the distance? Looks like he's fuming...
Next Month: the iNet internet service, so Steve too can also claim to control everything from the hardware to the software to the internet.
(and yes, I own an apple, and hell no, I would never buy iNet
But it DOES walk.
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you simply need to WTFV (watch the f'ing videos)
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/yajiuma
Ok, one thing I think drivers expect, is the following interface:
One steering wheel.
One gas pedal
One brake pedal.
Some gauge things, that lie about how fast you are really going.
And if you drive a manual, like me:
One clutch.
One shifter.
Now, how do you modify something simple and ingrained like the above interface, which btw has stood since Ford put out the model T?
Answer, you cant. Result: customers have to learn an entirely new control mechanism. Very bad.
The ability to travel in one direction while independantly rotating in another (and it looks like this eight legged freak can do that to an extent) is called holonomic motion. Robotics people have been doing this for years with something called an omniwheel. Basically its a wheel that contains many other smaller wheels that roll perpendicular to the axis of the big wheel.
6 -4CM-ROL LER.htmlg ins/MivaEmpre sas/miva?plugins/MivaMerchants/merchant.mvc+Screen =PROD&Store_Code=KCWD&Product_Code=2052-38&Categor y_Code=Transwheel2 :) )
We can do holonomic motion with as little as three wheels (popularlized by the palm robots from carnegie melon). Of course, four wheeled models have been made.
And I really think that it is from the four omniwheel concept that will really revolutionize travel, not this eight legged, asking to break down, feat of engineering.
(Of course, mandatory info links:
The wheels found on the palm robot:
http://www.acroname.com/robotics/parts/R7
Cheaper, and larger, omniwheels:
http://www.omniwheel.com/cgi-bin/plu
The above are one of each, there are many more on both sites. Just start url hacking
Just wondering, It was my knowledge that performing the key combo for zapping the PRam would destroy any open firmware locks. After that, then its a simple matter to boot from any media.
The point is, the kids have physical access to the machines (duh) and therefore there is no way to 100% secure it.
Hook them up in a grid, all pointing in one direction.
Make this grid 7 rows high, and 17 columns long.
Then you have a projectable scrolling display.
(with of course the right hardware to turn the lasers on / off at the right times.)
Ive been using GoDaddy for all my domains. around $8-$9 a year for single year reg. Easy enough to use interface. Not too much thrills, but I host elsewhere, so that doesnt bother me.
Little heavy on the spam side (~20-30 emails a year for new services)
(Admitting I didnt read the Chess Base pages)
Look at the game TicTacToe. There are some finite amount of moves (something like 9!). Therefore it takes very little space to store the entire game tree, consisting of every possible move, in a computer. This means that a computer will always win a game, because it knows the best path at any given move. (TicTacToe might be wierd in the fact it seems that two good players can always tie)
Then look at Checkers. Sure, its much more complex then TTT. However, we have already completely mapped Checkers as well. Again, this means that the computer will Always beat a human.
Chess is much more complex then both Checkers and TTT. But the fact remains that it is still a finite set of moves. When a computer reaches the ability to store all those moves (and it will), then the computer will again win any game at all of chess, whether it is against a Grand Master or not.
The same concept can be applied to any game at all with a finite number of moves. As soon as the computer can hold an entire game tree in memory, then it will always win. (yes, given time, even Go will be completely mapped)
The hard part of this problem is not listening. Computers can listen to a microphone, filter out the background noise, and correctly identify around 95% of what you are saying. Thats the easy part.
Now, with storage and speed, you can even do a grammer properly, associating each word with its possible connotations and positions in the sentance. Combine that with a context free grammer, and your all set.
I believe that its the context skills that the AI needs to work on. Human beings have this nack for associating the right context to sentances. (I dont know of any working ways to do this in software yet) This will be the hardest part to get the machine to recognize.
I happen to own a powerbook 12", and my experience is that everything that runs fine on mozilla / conqueror will work in mozilla/safari/MSIE on the mac.
In fact, the only time I use MSIE at all, is when some webpage puts in some wierd mandatory IE only B$. (although I am seing less of this, maybe im just staying away from those sites now)
But in all reality, Safari uses konqerors khtml engine, and mozilla is mozilla, and mac users are moving from IE to Safari.
Of course, doing it yourself is very fun, and possible to stay under $200 by avoiding legos.t os.html
Just look here for a competition for this type of stuff:
http://www.botlanta.org/rally2003/vac_pho
The smallest motherboards I know about are the PC104 solutions.
a sp ?Category_ID=1-D6LBY
a sp ?vID=179t mlc .com/
Ive actually been compiling a small start off list, as I was researching them for robots.
http://www.advantech.com/products/sub_category.
http://www.bwi.com/
Also, I have various manufacturers of small form factor PCs that might be worth looking into (last ditch effort, ask where they get parts, or glue the lcd to one of them):
http://www.iwillusa.com/products/ProductDetail.
http://www.norhtec.com/products/index.h
http://www.openbrick.org/
http://www.littlep
I own both a GC and a PowerBook. My list of purchased games for GC is Super Smash Brothers, Zelda, Eternal Darkness, and Jedi Outcast. ED and JO i bought for $20 each. As regards to the apple, I bought quicktime pro.
Now, how do i fit in your uniformed opinion that all GC and Apple owners are raving mad consumers?
But thats not going to happen, be realistic.
I am sorry, but 800,000 isnt a small number. Each household will only have a demand for a single gamecube, no matter what price you put on it. AFAIK, there is only one game for the GC that uses the internet: Phantasy Star Online. Given that, the lack of broadband adapters being a common accessory, and the fact that I can't expand on it and run Linux or similar, and the limited selection of games, all point to a certain saturation of the market that we appear to be reaching.
Xbox and PS2 can break the limit of 1 per household because they can run Linux (ie become a family or personal PC) and because they have networked games.
(all this comes with the disclaimer that I own a GC, that I bought way back when it was still new)
Sorry, I know you dont want a 'distribution', but gentoo gives you full control over everything, from scratch. That, and gentoo's emerge is extrely easy to use and will watch all your dependancies for you.
(saying this as one who writes AI in college and plans to program robots later)
Ethics is not and probably will not be implemented in any current or future AI system. Why? because there is no need. A call center AI may needs to understand the user, but not discuss right or wrong with the user.
Right now a lot of "interaction" AI is focused on passing the turing test.
Personally, when I make large smart robots, you can bet that if I give them an order, they wont stop to think whether that order is "right" or "wrong".
Damnit.! They had to go do that a month after I bought mine.
(got a 12", love the little sucker. So small and light, goes with me everywhere)
Um, lets see.
I know how to use 3d Studio, and that is very powerful, but will run you around $1000 for a commercial liscence. I feel that it was easy to use, and I could easily produce some good results.
On the Cheap side, If milkshop 3d is still around, that is a very cheap 3d program used a lot in the game modding community.
Then You have Maya, but ive never used it, so cant compare.
Lightwave, has a great renderer, but i find that making models is easier in 3ds
of course, you also have all the support packages, like Bryce 3d, Poser, etc.
But honestly, from someone whose dabbled in 3d, go with the choice that major motion picture studious use. Blender, as soon as you master the interface, is easily the most powerful modeller around, and it makes great sense for High School budgets.
My powerbook is only about a week old. (12").
I havent noticed any wobble when using it, but i also havent really encountered any "scorching" tempuratures yet. (ie, yes, it gets really hot, but i can still hold my hand on it)
I have noticed that the plastic lining around some of the edges doesnt quite meet the metal shell, but thats a small issue.
But as it stands, I havent seen or felt any real distortion in the case.
You are asking on slashdot. That implies you have read slashdot. Which in turn implies that you understand the opinions here. One thing most slashdotters hate is advertisements. I know I do. I run mozilla with the advertisement blocking stylesheet.
The right question to ask is not, "how do i make instant money off advertisers?", but "How do i make a good site advertisement free that supports itself?"
Now, go rephrase your question and ask slashdot again.
I have seen a lot of programming languages for kids around:
1. Squeak. (Based on smalltalk). Graphical environment that has all sorts of 3d, sound, voice, etc stuff to play with. Everything is editable, down right to the squeak environment (of course this isnt mandatory, but can be done). Squeak kind sucks for professional work (its kinda slow, being an emulated environment) but is great to teach stuff on. Heck, it even has a part that kids can "program" without writing a line of code (using a visual paradigm that I dont have the most experience with, sorry). (oh, btw, squeak runs on all platforms)
2. Logo. Yup, still alive and kicking. Also runs on all platforms. If you want to teach multiagent systems, then you can look into *Logo (star logo).
3. Boxer. A mac only thing that has a lot of educational properties.
4. Toon Talk. Oriented on the younger crowd. Uses a lego like code building process to solve missions. Only for windows i think.
Any way, those programs should more then enough provide an educational start in programming to the younger audience.
Things like this would be true. But we live in america, where the spammers think that what they are doing is a perfectly legitimate business model, that doesn't actually hurt anyone.
:)
Of course, if such claims could be held in court, it would be interesting to see the spammers fight the DMCA
"Creating a drawing would be a great way to authenticate for some people"
:)
Want to take a bet on how many stick people you get as passwords?