yea, I once sat next to an FAA agent watch test conducted by my boss. The wool pulled over his eyes must have been 6" thick. Somehow that memory, and the implanted pacemaker I now have do not make good feelings.
What I find hilarious, is how many you understand ZERO about business and patents.
Each of these corporations have done business analysis, using high paid patent lawyers, and determined it's worth the money. And a bunch of weekend python hackers think they know more about it and declare the actions wrong.
Please, I am anxious for you guys to go into a competing business with me. Does the phrase 'shooting fish in a barrel' ring any bells?
The most stolen cars are the most popular. Do you think stealing cars has anything to do with sales? And for some strange reason I don't see a lot of car thieves asking to do away with car keys, perhaps they have an ounce of common sense?
This post has been up for hours, and there are 17 comments. Robotics is so dead it isn't funny. Reminds me of AI in the 80's - it's taken 30 years for it to make some comeback. Same thing will happen in robotics. Check back in 25 years. The processing power just isn't there at the moment. And yes it takes a ton of processing power to do anything useful with 3D images - like reacting fast enough and in a way that doesn't kill humans. Plenty of toys at the moment following black lines on the floor, but until we can process images quickly, robotics isn't going anywhere. It will be stuck in university research for many years. BTW, researching nature IS probably a good idea - and when a 1/4 lb computer can process as well as a grasshopper we might be making progress. We can't even do it with a 1 ton computer at this time.
Every friggin thing I do, is controled/guided by someone else momentary agreements. I can't run a piece of software, including GPL stuff, I can't use my visa/MC to pay for anything unless I agree to their terms of use. I can't even play XBOX without giving up the right to sue microsoft. and let's not forget what happens when you don't read apple's newest 43 page terms of service (human centipede). If you added up the legal costs it would take to honestly thoroughly review living, it would cost $1,000,000 just to get by. This is capitalism - it's one of the bad parts about it. Things get out of control as science hones in on maximizing profits.
SO I do what everyone else does. I ignore it and hope it never gets me in trouble - there is NO other choice (in america anyhow). Any other thinking is plain la-la land. I post videos on UTube. if they take them down, oh well. if they sell them for $5,000,000, oh well. seperate but related - SOPA - this is one are where I actually agree with the republicans in principal - let the market work it out, do not grow government to protect the rich. let the whiney ass BMGs figure it out for themselves.
I see a lot of comments that make no sense at all.
for one thing, don't be naive. Money does matter, a lot. A decent Zoom lens costs $1500+, not including the camera part.
Stay away from DSLRs - they are for people who are willing to invest the time learning how to use a camera, They are also quickly becoming out of date, and probably will soon ONLY be used by professionals, much like film cameras were 10 years ago. The new fad is mirrorless. Nikon 1 line for example. But that still in the low end prosumer band.
What you want is a point and shoot. The nikon 9100 comes to mind. You do not have to think much about technical aspects, just point, and shoot (duh). It's in the $200ish range. It's small and fits easily in a pocket. Cannon has similar lines, I think its their G2 line. I know Nikon, not cannon, that's why I mentioned it.
DPReview (google it), while it has become more commercial (now owned by amazon) it still is a very good source of comparisons. ANd ignore people who say stay away from nikon or canon. There is a reason they are so popular. Yes you might find a fringe different brand thats good, but unless you plan on spending lots of time doing research, go with the popular brands.
BTW the thing that a DSLR will get you, is faster focus. at the cost of weight, and price. Even there a used D100 and a 50mm F1.4 lens on ebay in good shape will be in the $400 range, so if you are looking at semi-pro stuff, that is a cheap and great low light entry opportunity. but there IS a steep learning curve.
I am definitely not intending to get into a canon vs nikon war. When you start out, you pick one or the other then you make life time investments that tend to keep you in the same camp. either one is more than capable of anything you want to do.
The article says very little. At best he could watch TFA. and even then, nothing in it goes against what he said, that the US rich would turn it into a screw the middle class and poor objective.
So I think its fair to say AC, you are the moron here. In your best case, an idiot at presenting an opposing argument.
wells fargo is one of the most clueless banks I have ever dealt with. I had some jerk steal credit card info from a vendor I had done business with. He used it to purchase, like $2000 worth of prepaid postage, $24.99 at a time so it wouldnt trigger alarms. then he sent over $40,000 in fake wells fargo money orders. half of them got returned to me. I tried for 3 days to find someone at wells fargo that cared. they didnt. they didnt lose money (but I assume they paid the other $20,000?) so they didn't care.
My next experience found a man wanting to buy my house, and had pre approval from wells fargo on the loan. I accepted his offer, then wells fargo backed out. he had to come up with $100,000 cash from somewhere else, and fast.
they have got to be one of the worst managed, lying-est banks there is. second only to skank of america, i'm sure.
I have been working on a racing timing system for RC;
https://picasaweb.google.com/104667803940601062545/Spiked3#5624165831383052962 is an older screenshot, but you get the idea.
In my research I came across this; https://sites.google.com/site/easylapcounter/home which does recognize based on imagery.
Your idea certainly seems feasible. for RC, we just byte the bullet and use the expensive MyLaps (AMB) transponder system ($3000 base + $125 per transponder). I assume they have some huge patent on it because it seems like it would easy and cheap to copy, yet no one has done it.
Good luck.
As soon as anyone starts choosing and picking what they release to the public, then they are doing the exact thing as those who hide the information. If your are going to break a law (no arguments as to whether it should be a law or not, but it is) then decide to only post the part that tells the story you want told, then it is clear you have an agenda, and it is no longer about letting the information be free. if people get hurt because of it, well then maybe none of it should have been published. as of now, the only thing anonymous stands for is whining.
I met Gates a long time ago. spoke to him a bit. one thing I know he wanted to bring to the masses was the electronic pocket wallet. I can imagine how bad he must feel watching google be the first out of the gate with something that might work. there is still time for microsoft to come out a better follow-up. but maybe not. i imagine gate's feels pretty bad about this. he did have vision. he did ignore corporate asswhipe IBM (in os/2 days). he is in general a good guy, overrun by apple bean counters and used car salsemen. i'm sorry his company has become insignificant. its got a few years left, but it is in 'survive as long as you can mode' not an industry leader anymore.
Reality is in the big picture, there is no difference between MS OSs and anyone else. For joe blow at home playing, *nix may be more fun, but lots of huge web sites run MS and *nix - and most probably run a mix of the two. A couple of posts ago, hit the nail on the head; scalability is something you design. An os choice does not make you scalable. the fact that you throw that out there is a tell you are out of your league.
its called the dxbox and has been around for a couple of years. google it. I sure dont see gates turning over rights for a mere $10 million though, that's pocket change.
not reading your links, because schneier is an asshole, but you are right. the fourth part was encrypted by an algorithm without backdoors. the man that help 'invent' the algorithm was well aware of backdoor how and whys. BTW any and all public encryption algorithms have back doors including schneier's. maybe he said that in those links?
a realistic article on slashdot.
i agree and disagree. your points are very valid and correct.
and the mac suffers the same fate for many of the same reasons.... except mac is moving forward?
the pc represents a huge shift in how things got done. people don't fully realize it yet, but the iPad is almost as large
a shift. it actually does what java and the browser were supposed to do and failed at (provide a ubiquitous new, useful platform).
linux can hang their hopes on android tablets. if not there, then whatever is next, but yeah, the desktop PC revolution is coming to and end, and linux is out of time there.
Agree. I've been playing civ since v1, and actually before if you count railroad tycoon that kind of started the type of game Civ is. Civ 2 is still the best.
Civ V is ok, the UI improvements are welcomed but not consistently done. Opening and closing dialogs should be done the same everywhere - it isn't. Finding where information is located is a guessing game (until you manually find them all), being on a menu in one place, a button in another. Some title info's text brings up more info, some do not, like I said, just not consistent.
And the game is horridly slow/long. 4-5 hours before you reach gunpowder (standard time, standard game). And only one option for increased speed, 3 options to go even slower.. wtf?
To be honest, the xbox version has been the most enjoyable since civ 2. It is over simplified though. I'd like to have all the features, technologies of Civ V, with the speed and enjoyment of the xbox version.
As far as the "I'll bet that most people who play it will fall into the "just one more turn" trap" comment; nope, I've played 4 games, won the last 2, and when it asked to keep playing, I said no thanks every time.
I choose neither. I did not buy a 3+ ghz quad core processor to run a crippled web application.
I do not need a RIA environment to run rudimentary word processors or spreadsheets, plain old HTML form controls would get the job done if I was desperate.
Google mail is doing just fine as is and is about the only Web application I run.
But just like the last 20 years, the mass public will run around with its head cut off about how the web will take over everything, which it hasn't and never will. Jeesh, remember when we were all going to be running Java desktops with web browsers? Like that happened.
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yea, I once sat next to an FAA agent watch test conducted by my boss. The wool pulled over his eyes must have been 6" thick.
Somehow that memory, and the implanted pacemaker I now have do not make good feelings.
What I find hilarious, is how many you understand ZERO about business and patents.
Each of these corporations have done business analysis, using high paid patent lawyers, and determined it's worth the money. And a bunch of weekend python hackers think they know more about it and declare the actions wrong.
Please, I am anxious for you guys to go into a competing business with me. Does the phrase 'shooting fish in a barrel' ring any bells?
What game or song have you played that only allows 5 times? Does your car keys work on more than 1 car?
The most stolen cars are the most popular. Do you think stealing cars has anything to do with sales? And for some strange reason I don't see a lot of car thieves asking to do away with car keys, perhaps they have an ounce of common sense?
I wish there was some way to correlate between the illegal down loaders and the DRM whiners. Is it 5% or 95%?
This post has been up for hours, and there are 17 comments. Robotics is so dead it isn't funny. Reminds me of AI in the 80's - it's taken 30 years for it to make some comeback. Same thing will happen in robotics. Check back in 25 years. The processing power just isn't there at the moment. And yes it takes a ton of processing power to do anything useful with 3D images - like reacting fast enough and in a way that doesn't kill humans. Plenty of toys at the moment following black lines on the floor, but until we can process images quickly, robotics isn't going anywhere. It will be stuck in university research for many years. BTW, researching nature IS probably a good idea - and when a 1/4 lb computer can process as well as a grasshopper we might be making progress. We can't even do it with a 1 ton computer at this time.
+1 from me on Lego. I've been pursuing hobbyist level robotics for a while now, and I have found nothing even remotely close to what Lego's offer.
With that in mind, reconsider your budget (a useless toy isnt really saving money), and or look for bargains - used V1 on eBay.
The Legos allow you to go from simple with a visual programming environment, to very complex( eg LeJOS or MRDS) if a true interest develops.
And if all else fails, it's still a Lego, build non-robtics stuff.
Every friggin thing I do, is controled/guided by someone else momentary agreements. I can't run a piece of software, including GPL stuff, I can't use my visa/MC to pay for anything unless I agree to their terms of use. I can't even play XBOX without giving up the right to sue microsoft. and let's not forget what happens when you don't read apple's newest 43 page terms of service (human centipede). If you added up the legal costs it would take to honestly thoroughly review living, it would cost $1,000,000 just to get by. This is capitalism - it's one of the bad parts about it. Things get out of control as science hones in on maximizing profits.
SO I do what everyone else does. I ignore it and hope it never gets me in trouble - there is NO other choice (in america anyhow). Any other thinking is plain la-la land.
I post videos on UTube. if they take them down, oh well. if they sell them for $5,000,000, oh well.
seperate but related - SOPA - this is one are where I actually agree with the republicans in principal - let the market work it out, do not grow government to protect the rich. let the whiney ass BMGs figure it out for themselves.
I see a lot of comments that make no sense at all.
for one thing, don't be naive. Money does matter, a lot. A decent Zoom lens costs $1500+, not including the camera part. Stay away from DSLRs - they are for people who are willing to invest the time learning how to use a camera, They are also quickly becoming out of date, and probably will soon ONLY be used by professionals, much like film cameras were 10 years ago. The new fad is mirrorless. Nikon 1 line for example. But that still in the low end prosumer band.
What you want is a point and shoot. The nikon 9100 comes to mind. You do not have to think much about technical aspects, just point, and shoot (duh). It's in the $200ish range. It's small and fits easily in a pocket. Cannon has similar lines, I think its their G2 line. I know Nikon, not cannon, that's why I mentioned it.
DPReview (google it), while it has become more commercial (now owned by amazon) it still is a very good source of comparisons. ANd ignore people who say stay away from nikon or canon. There is a reason they are so popular. Yes you might find a fringe different brand thats good, but unless you plan on spending lots of time doing research, go with the popular brands.
BTW the thing that a DSLR will get you, is faster focus. at the cost of weight, and price. Even there a used D100 and a 50mm F1.4 lens on ebay in good shape will be in the $400 range, so if you are looking at semi-pro stuff, that is a cheap and great low light entry opportunity. but there IS a steep learning curve.
I am definitely not intending to get into a canon vs nikon war. When you start out, you pick one or the other then you make life time investments that tend to keep you in the same camp. either one is more than capable of anything you want to do.
I quit after the first week.
http://www.reddit.com/r/aiclass/comments/lm6c8/suggestion_for_the_teachers_teach_the_method_then/
The teachers may be brilliant in their field, but they suck as educators.
The article says very little. At best he could watch TFA. and even then, nothing in it goes against what he said, that the US rich would turn it into a screw the middle class and poor objective. So I think its fair to say AC, you are the moron here. In your best case, an idiot at presenting an opposing argument.
wells fargo is one of the most clueless banks I have ever dealt with. I had some jerk steal credit card info from a vendor I had done business with. He used it to purchase, like $2000 worth of prepaid postage, $24.99 at a time so it wouldnt trigger alarms. then he sent over $40,000 in fake wells fargo money orders. half of them got returned to me. I tried for 3 days to find someone at wells fargo that cared. they didnt. they didnt lose money (but I assume they paid the other $20,000?) so they didn't care. My next experience found a man wanting to buy my house, and had pre approval from wells fargo on the loan. I accepted his offer, then wells fargo backed out. he had to come up with $100,000 cash from somewhere else, and fast. they have got to be one of the worst managed, lying-est banks there is. second only to skank of america, i'm sure.
I have been working on a racing timing system for RC; https://picasaweb.google.com/104667803940601062545/Spiked3#5624165831383052962 is an older screenshot, but you get the idea. In my research I came across this; https://sites.google.com/site/easylapcounter/home which does recognize based on imagery. Your idea certainly seems feasible. for RC, we just byte the bullet and use the expensive MyLaps (AMB) transponder system ($3000 base + $125 per transponder). I assume they have some huge patent on it because it seems like it would easy and cheap to copy, yet no one has done it. Good luck.
As soon as anyone starts choosing and picking what they release to the public, then they are doing the exact thing as those who hide the information. If your are going to break a law (no arguments as to whether it should be a law or not, but it is) then decide to only post the part that tells the story you want told, then it is clear you have an agenda, and it is no longer about letting the information be free. if people get hurt because of it, well then maybe none of it should have been published. as of now, the only thing anonymous stands for is whining.
I met Gates a long time ago. spoke to him a bit. one thing I know he wanted to bring to the masses was the electronic pocket wallet. I can imagine how bad he must feel watching google be the first out of the gate with something that might work. there is still time for microsoft to come out a better follow-up. but maybe not. i imagine gate's feels pretty bad about this. he did have vision. he did ignore corporate asswhipe IBM (in os/2 days). he is in general a good guy, overrun by apple bean counters and used car salsemen. i'm sorry his company has become insignificant. its got a few years left, but it is in 'survive as long as you can mode' not an industry leader anymore.
Not one place did the OP mention costs. read the Fn article.
yea, thing is, people who have MS stuff have money. people who run free shit usually dont.
Reality is in the big picture, there is no difference between MS OSs and anyone else. For joe blow at home playing, *nix may be more fun, but lots of huge web sites run MS and *nix - and most probably run a mix of the two. A couple of posts ago, hit the nail on the head; scalability is something you design. An os choice does not make you scalable. the fact that you throw that out there is a tell you are out of your league.
its called the dxbox and has been around for a couple of years. google it. I sure dont see gates turning over rights for a mere $10 million though, that's pocket change.
not reading your links, because schneier is an asshole, but you are right. the fourth part was encrypted by an algorithm without backdoors. the man that help 'invent' the algorithm was well aware of backdoor how and whys. BTW any and all public encryption algorithms have back doors including schneier's. maybe he said that in those links?
a realistic article on slashdot.
i agree and disagree. your points are very valid and correct.
and the mac suffers the same fate for many of the same reasons.... except mac is moving forward?
the pc represents a huge shift in how things got done. people don't fully realize it yet, but the iPad is almost as large a shift. it actually does what java and the browser were supposed to do and failed at (provide a ubiquitous new, useful platform).
linux can hang their hopes on android tablets. if not there, then whatever is next, but yeah, the desktop PC revolution is coming to and end, and linux is out of time there.
Agree. I've been playing civ since v1, and actually before if you count railroad tycoon that kind of started the type of game Civ is. Civ 2 is still the best. .. wtf?
Civ V is ok, the UI improvements are welcomed but not consistently done. Opening and closing dialogs should be done the same everywhere - it isn't. Finding where information is located is a guessing game (until you manually find them all), being on a menu in one place, a button in another. Some title info's text brings up more info, some do not, like I said, just not consistent.
And the game is horridly slow/long. 4-5 hours before you reach gunpowder (standard time, standard game). And only one option for increased speed, 3 options to go even slower
To be honest, the xbox version has been the most enjoyable since civ 2. It is over simplified though. I'd like to have all the features, technologies of Civ V, with the speed and enjoyment of the xbox version.
As far as the "I'll bet that most people who play it will fall into the "just one more turn" trap" comment; nope, I've played 4 games, won the last 2, and when it asked to keep playing, I said no thanks every time.
Well crap, I typed a big long reply, and as I spent time polishing my thoughts, I realized you pretty well had it covered.
Mod parent up.
Actually if you look in the house cleaning services section, you will find college girls willing to clean house for $300-$450 an hour.
I choose neither. I did not buy a 3+ ghz quad core processor to run a crippled web application.
I do not need a RIA environment to run rudimentary word processors or spreadsheets, plain old HTML form controls would get the job done if I was desperate.
Google mail is doing just fine as is and is about the only Web application I run.
But just like the last 20 years, the mass public will run around with its head cut off about how the web will take over everything, which it hasn't and never will. Jeesh, remember when we were all going to be running Java desktops with web browsers? Like that happened.