Might be this - EVERYTHING you do is monitored and metered.
Your speed will be checked in real time. A fine is assessed based perhaps on how much you're exceeded the speed limit, and for how long. Your insurance bill may vary month to month in proportion to our speeding.
Your driving habits will be monitored. If you take an excursion to somewhere you usually don't go, you'll be flagged for extra scrutiny.
And you'll have to pay a special registration tax if you want to keep driving an older vehicle that doesn't have any monitoring black boxes.
Carrying one of those around might invite trouble/scrutiny from the authorities (especially if flying) due to it being in an ammo box.
There is still a lot of terrorism hype and unfortunate anti-gun attitudes these days.
I disagree that cargo is being placed above human life in this situation.
First of all what is wrong with taking steps to reduce the risk to the cargo? If you can design a transport system that makes it safer for both cargo and humans, why *not* implemenet it?
In addition, I would think a system that separates cargo and human missions might be more efficient and safer for each of them.
If it's fallen on the floor, don't eat it.
It's not even solely about food safety or germs. It's about not doing disgusting things in front of other people.
Has been three years away for over five years!
I'm with the others who are skeptical about it becoming available.
As for why they're apparently not building in a way to "refill" them, I'd guess it's both an attempt to stave off accidents and liability, and to protect their profits, just like most major printer manufacturers seem to not want us to refill the ink cartridges.
"Making games fun?"
So I *wasn't* having fun playing games all of those years since I got an Atari 2600!
I'll tell my parents to take back every yelling they gave me for not doing my homework and "having fun" instead.
>and all the army personnel at risk of dying in >one should rejoice
Marines have been dying in Osprey accidents,
not Army soldiers.
Please don't confuse Army soldiers with Marines. Different branch of service, different mission, different standards of training.
Extends to university and college administrations and professors.
My understanding is that schools essentially coerce professor into structuring their syllabi to require at least one or two purchased textbooks. I'm sure a fairly clever teacher could make up a great course that would be based on Web research, photocopied articles, etc, but that's discouraged. Schools also seem to make sure the professors are using only the very most current texts - no one or two year old text for those students!
This is why I hate it when people say, "we'll never cure AIDS, Cancer, etc." Everything Nature does is a biochemical process that can be cracked, understood and ultimately replicated.
I'm in the business of to going to homes and busineses to fix computer problems.
Many of the machines I work on are still within warranty Dells and Gateways.
So why do people call me for help? Because they're frustrated with the first-level tech support, usually overseas. They're reading from troubleshooting scripts and not really diagnosing the problem. And when the user actually knows what the problem is, the tech will not listen, but instead will force them to go through every last step of troubleshooting.
As the quality of vendor support declines, third-party techs such as myself will increasingly
be called upon to fill the gap.
Is that the government will simply spend that money and want more.
Never, ever vote for a new tax that will "cover our budget deficit and bring us back into the black" because the politicians will simply spend it, make it a "given" part of the revenue, then they'll go trolling for another new tax.
While I understand and appreciate that sentiment, I counter by saying, "why can't a movie be intelligent and entertaining, too?"
Although "popcorn movies" are OK in their own way, the problem is that it's used far too dismissively by studio executives themselves who set out to make entertainment that almost purposely doesn't rise above a certain level. It's cynical, and a justfication for lazy filmmaking.
There are plenty of highly entertaining films that strive for some sort of intelligence and credibility.
Alien, Aliens and Die Hard come immediately to mind.
Sorry, I just don't agree that we're somehow separate from nature. The things we do have the most impact of any animal species, but that doesn't mean we're not part of nature.
Why would the Japanese government even contemplate a project like this?
If the private sector doesn't see a need for such a robot, then what Japanese Gov't is really doing is reallocating money from the private sector into projects it wouldn't even consider doing. As soon as there is a market for a robot like that, dozens of startups and mainstream industrial conglomerates will jump into the fray and (try to) make one.
Other big ticket government projects Japan has embarked on include the sinking Kansai airport, and a seldom used bridge linking two of their major islands.
Not that the private sector has been exemplary either - corporate labs often research wacky topics that go nowhere. And let's not even mention all of those bank-busting loans given out to companies not based on projected returns on investment, but cozy, clubby Keiretsu relationships.
>Lets worry about the robots after we figure out >how to pay back our debt
"Paying back our debt" really means taking money from taxpayers and transfering it to the holders of government IOU's, called Treasury notes.
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Might be this - EVERYTHING you do is monitored and metered. Your speed will be checked in real time. A fine is assessed based perhaps on how much you're exceeded the speed limit, and for how long. Your insurance bill may vary month to month in proportion to our speeding. Your driving habits will be monitored. If you take an excursion to somewhere you usually don't go, you'll be flagged for extra scrutiny. And you'll have to pay a special registration tax if you want to keep driving an older vehicle that doesn't have any monitoring black boxes.
Are doing so out of fear, if they want those tunes. What a shame that fear is now driving purchases, instead of the joy of new music, movies, etc.
How any private party has a right to check out what's on my pc. So the RIAA sends me a nasty letter. What happens if I ignore it?
Carrying one of those around might invite trouble/scrutiny from the authorities (especially if flying) due to it being in an ammo box. There is still a lot of terrorism hype and unfortunate anti-gun attitudes these days.
I disagree that cargo is being placed above human life in this situation.
First of all what is wrong with taking steps to reduce the risk to the cargo? If you can design a transport system that makes it safer for both cargo and humans, why *not* implemenet it?
In addition, I would think a system that separates cargo and human missions might be more efficient and safer for each of them.
Is that these attacks are being committed by provocateurs who are purposely trying to cause a war between the two.
>being the first school of it's kind Will be the correct usage of "its."
If it's fallen on the floor, don't eat it. It's not even solely about food safety or germs. It's about not doing disgusting things in front of other people.
Respects your freedom?
Not if you're the guy who runs the corebox
site - www.2khappyware.com
In hopes they'll expire before the
suit is concluded.
Neither are we.
Has been three years away for over five years! I'm with the others who are skeptical about it becoming available. As for why they're apparently not building in a way to "refill" them, I'd guess it's both an attempt to stave off accidents and liability, and to protect their profits, just like most major printer manufacturers seem to not want us to refill the ink cartridges.
"Making games fun?" So I *wasn't* having fun playing games all of those years since I got an Atari 2600! I'll tell my parents to take back every yelling they gave me for not doing my homework and "having fun" instead.
>and all the army personnel at risk of dying in >one should rejoice Marines have been dying in Osprey accidents, not Army soldiers. Please don't confuse Army soldiers with Marines. Different branch of service, different mission, different standards of training.
.... "it's there?"
Extends to university and college administrations and professors. My understanding is that schools essentially coerce professor into structuring their syllabi to require at least one or two purchased textbooks. I'm sure a fairly clever teacher could make up a great course that would be based on Web research, photocopied articles, etc, but that's discouraged. Schools also seem to make sure the professors are using only the very most current texts - no one or two year old text for those students!
This is why I hate it when people say, "we'll never cure AIDS, Cancer, etc." Everything Nature does is a biochemical process that can be cracked, understood and ultimately replicated.
I'm in the business of to going to homes and busineses to fix computer problems. Many of the machines I work on are still within warranty Dells and Gateways. So why do people call me for help? Because they're frustrated with the first-level tech support, usually overseas. They're reading from troubleshooting scripts and not really diagnosing the problem. And when the user actually knows what the problem is, the tech will not listen, but instead will force them to go through every last step of troubleshooting. As the quality of vendor support declines, third-party techs such as myself will increasingly be called upon to fill the gap.
Is that the government will simply spend that money and want more. Never, ever vote for a new tax that will "cover our budget deficit and bring us back into the black" because the politicians will simply spend it, make it a "given" part of the revenue, then they'll go trolling for another new tax.
While I understand and appreciate that sentiment, I counter by saying, "why can't a movie be intelligent and entertaining, too?" Although "popcorn movies" are OK in their own way, the problem is that it's used far too dismissively by studio executives themselves who set out to make entertainment that almost purposely doesn't rise above a certain level. It's cynical, and a justfication for lazy filmmaking. There are plenty of highly entertaining films that strive for some sort of intelligence and credibility. Alien, Aliens and Die Hard come immediately to mind.
Richard Hoagland's followers spamming scientists to "please focus on the Cydonia area."
Would you get a spontaneous Beowulf cluter?
Sorry, I just don't agree that we're somehow separate from nature. The things we do have the most impact of any animal species, but that doesn't mean we're not part of nature.
Why would the Japanese government even contemplate a project like this? If the private sector doesn't see a need for such a robot, then what Japanese Gov't is really doing is reallocating money from the private sector into projects it wouldn't even consider doing. As soon as there is a market for a robot like that, dozens of startups and mainstream industrial conglomerates will jump into the fray and (try to) make one. Other big ticket government projects Japan has embarked on include the sinking Kansai airport, and a seldom used bridge linking two of their major islands. Not that the private sector has been exemplary either - corporate labs often research wacky topics that go nowhere. And let's not even mention all of those bank-busting loans given out to companies not based on projected returns on investment, but cozy, clubby Keiretsu relationships.
>Lets worry about the robots after we figure out >how to pay back our debt "Paying back our debt" really means taking money from taxpayers and transfering it to the holders of government IOU's, called Treasury notes.