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Whilst Java and.NET struggle for supremacy, APL shall return from the tomb of history triumphant once more. And there shall be much wailing and gnashing of teeth among the Javites and the unwashed.NET.ITES, but they will all perish as the light of a new Golden Age dawns, and the thousand year reign of APL begins anew.
Amen. This is astoundingly idiotic. I'm getting a tremendous amount of email back from brain-dead virus scanners (apparently installed by brain-dead admins).
but I want my money back for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Forget about it. I'm still trying to recover damages for Blake Edward's "SOB". No luck so far. I may never recover that terribly misspent two hours of my life again!
Google for BEAM robotics and you'll find lot's of links. There's even a company that specializes in BEAM kits if you're interested. I find the concept interesting, but a bit overrated. The BEAM robots in question don't really heal themselves in the tradiitonal sense of the word. It's just that they're simple enough (and thus robust enough) to take a bit of a beating.
It also makes it impossible for people to do business, since it will be impossible for people to introduce themselves through e-mail.
I agree completely. So please allow me to introduce myself to you. I am Thomas N'Gemba, formerly of the Ministry of Finance of Nigeria. I and my associates have recently discovered aporximately USD$10,000,000.00 in unsecured funds...
Police are at a loss to explain why the software wasn't effective, since it seemed to work fine in controlled testing, Guidara said.
This has been a MAJORLY over-hyped technology. Facial recognition isn't so hard, but the attentional mechanisms required to pick faces out of a crowd reliably under varying lighting conditions are still iffy at best. Most still seem to rely on skin color detection to pick out candidate areas of a scene, and, frankly, that method is still pretty dicey when used out in the real world.
What we've done is highlight the 40 threads that got the most number of messages in this period--day, week, month, year. And we'll say, Here are 40 really big threads.
Well, at least he's found a meal ticket. I mean almost anybody's who's spent ANY time on USENET knows that the size of a thread is a poor predictor of useful or interesting content. While there is a chance that the thread is interesting, there is also a VERY good chance that it's a mishmash of flames and massivily offtopic digressions. This is clearly demonstrated by the netscan application referenced in the article.
... is a really cool design. I first saw this design show up on the JPL "Cool Robot of the Week" site a while ago (no URL, just google for it). It's one of those "why didn't they think of this 20 years ago?" things.
If you can't figure it out from the picture, the idea is that rather than the traditional (biologically inspired) multi-jointed, multi-DOF leg design, a curved and somewhat flexible leg is just mounted directly to the motor shaft, which spins it like a wheel. The result is a robot that can navigate rough terrain with the same competence as its biologically inspired counterpart, but using much simpler control software and, more significantly, requiring much less mechanical complexity, which makes for a much more robust design. Very cool stuff.
I think you might be thinking of the baboon-to-baby heart transplant (mid-80s?). In any case, that operation was a failure (as predicted), and never really led anywhere as far as I know.
Sort of -- it was done slowly over a long period of time. The server-side software was something of a PITA, but you could do something similar (although with fewer capabilities) using apache, CGI, some and some kind of capture program.
The robot itself needs good sensor coverage, since it is being driven around by random people on the internet. Sonar works well in this regard. Big batteries are also pretty much required for decent run-times (important if you want your web-cam to be up on a regular basis).
The plan ultimately is to add some online object-recognition and video-based navigation demos. My time is somewhat limited these days, though.
Don't be such a foolish luddite. Why, with the appropriate safety mechanisms -- perhaps a device fashioned from sturdy pig-iron, levers, pistons and a clever arrangement of mirrors, the robot slaves will be harmless as mothers milk.
While I, too am all for robot slaves, there is a hell of a lot more involved here than simple RFID tags in your clothing. It's a good first step, however.
I, for one, am perfectly willing to sacrifice a measure of privacy for robot slaves. WHO'S WITH ME??
Amen -- this has been one of the major advantages of moving to contract work -- hourly pay. Want me to work extra? You'll be paying me that much more. Want me to work this weekend? No problem -- but you'll be paying for it, of course. Contracting certainly has some has drawbacks, but if I'm asked to work a 70 hour week, the manager KNOWS he'll have some 'splaining to do to higher ups when the bill comes in -- which is itself a disincentive to make ridiculous demands on my time.
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Whilst Java and .NET struggle for supremacy, APL shall return from the tomb of history triumphant once more. And there shall be much wailing and gnashing of teeth among the Javites and the unwashed .NET.ITES, but they will all perish as the light of a new Golden Age dawns, and the thousand year reign of APL begins anew.
Can I yell "You Kids! No running in the goddam mall" remotely?
Why yes -- preferably while doing 80mph in a school zone and reading a racing form..
Not necessarily. Just because a resource can be read from doesn't mean it can be written to. With proper design...
Oh -- we're talking about Diebold? Nevermind...
Someone's obviously never had Uncle Billy's World Famous Hawg's Head Cheese!
Or any other kind of software for that matter.
Amen. This is astoundingly idiotic. I'm getting a tremendous amount of email back from brain-dead virus scanners (apparently installed by brain-dead admins).
Forget about it. I'm still trying to recover damages for Blake Edward's "SOB". No luck so far. I may never recover that terribly misspent two hours of my life again!
Google for BEAM robotics and you'll find lot's of links. There's even a company that specializes in BEAM kits if you're interested. I find the concept interesting, but a bit overrated. The BEAM robots in question don't really heal themselves in the tradiitonal sense of the word. It's just that they're simple enough (and thus robust enough) to take a bit of a beating.
I agree completely. So please allow me to introduce myself to you. I am Thomas N'Gemba, formerly of the Ministry of Finance of Nigeria. I and my associates have recently discovered aporximately USD$10,000,000.00 in unsecured funds...
This has been a MAJORLY over-hyped technology. Facial recognition isn't so hard, but the attentional mechanisms required to pick faces out of a crowd reliably under varying lighting conditions are still iffy at best. Most still seem to rely on skin color detection to pick out candidate areas of a scene, and, frankly, that method is still pretty dicey when used out in the real world.
Honestly, no. I nodded off right after Here are 40 really big threads. You see I suffer from narcolep...*&# KJDDJ C n
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Go together like toast and butter. Looks like some of us are going to have to go out and find girlfriends now...
What we've done is highlight the 40 threads that got the most number of messages in this period--day, week, month, year. And we'll say, Here are 40 really big threads.
Well, at least he's found a meal ticket. I mean almost anybody's who's spent ANY time on USENET knows that the size of a thread is a poor predictor of useful or interesting content. While there is a chance that the thread is interesting, there is also a VERY good chance that it's a mishmash of flames and massivily offtopic digressions. This is clearly demonstrated by the netscan application referenced in the article.
By "decrease", of course, I mean "exponentially increase unabated just as it has been doing for the last several years".
Microsft "Bob".
If you can't figure it out from the picture, the idea is that rather than the traditional (biologically inspired) multi-jointed, multi-DOF leg design, a curved and somewhat flexible leg is just mounted directly to the motor shaft, which spins it like a wheel. The result is a robot that can navigate rough terrain with the same competence as its biologically inspired counterpart, but using much simpler control software and, more significantly, requiring much less mechanical complexity, which makes for a much more robust design. Very cool stuff.
Their computer had Tallow use a PsyBeam attack, which is totally whacked.
I think you might be thinking of the baboon-to-baby heart transplant (mid-80s?). In any case, that operation was a failure (as predicted), and never really led anywhere as far as I know.
The robot itself needs good sensor coverage, since it is being driven around by random people on the internet. Sonar works well in this regard. Big batteries are also pretty much required for decent run-times (important if you want your web-cam to be up on a regular basis).
The plan ultimately is to add some online object-recognition and video-based navigation demos. My time is somewhat limited these days, though.
I may have missed this on the home page, but is OSN a 503C non-profit?
How about inevitable?
Nothing can possible go wrong.
I, for one, am perfectly willing to sacrifice a measure of privacy for robot slaves. WHO'S WITH ME??
Amen -- this has been one of the major advantages of moving to contract work -- hourly pay. Want me to work extra? You'll be paying me that much more. Want me to work this weekend? No problem -- but you'll be paying for it, of course. Contracting certainly has some has drawbacks, but if I'm asked to work a 70 hour week, the manager KNOWS he'll have some 'splaining to do to higher ups when the bill comes in -- which is itself a disincentive to make ridiculous demands on my time.