You can already do this with one of AIBO's consumer applications called AIBO Navigator. It allows you to control AIBO with a joystick while seeing the world through his video camera. You can also send and receive audio through his stereo microphones and speaker.
OK, OK, well, you do lose the immersive VR environment on the client side....:-)
I have nothing against C#, and F# looks pretty interesting. If we can get programmers' heads out of the procedural mindset, we could really accomplish a lot.
But one thing I hate about C# (and by extension, F#) is that it is nearly impossible to search stuff for it. Most online search engines (e.g. Amazon, google, etc.) barf when they see a "#" symbol in the input. Either they ignore it, or they split the tokens into "C" and "#" and usually give you nothing vaguely similar to what you want.
Note that even the C# compiler is named 'csc', not 'c#c'.....
Let's stick to alphanumeric symbols for language names, if only to make our Amazon purchases easier;-)
It's just that in a network with 802.11b equipment, it'll throttle back to 10-20Mbps.
So how do you avoid someone sabotaging the speed of your network by driving by with a 802.11b card? Does the card have to specifically be connected to your network before the network throttles down? Or can someone with a wardriving application do it?
OK, one thing my friends and I couldn't figure out..
Obligatory --spoiler-- warning!
If Smith is 'free' from his masters and presumably has free will to do whatever he wants, why is he still chasing after Neo? Why doesn't he go and retire in that nice castle up in the mountains we saw, for example?
The only answer we could come up with, is "he's the bad guy" and that's l-a-m-e...
Saying "Java will always be slower than C++" is like saying that there will always be less graduate students than undergraduates. Java and C++ live in the same Von Neumann-ian world, but C++ is allowed to muck with pointers, and Java isn't. Moreover Java has garbage collection.
However, I dare say that the time that a programmer saves by not mucking around with pointers is far more valuable than the time saved by typical C++ optimization. This may not hold true in performance-critical domains (like game programming), but for the vast majority of programming problems, it's fine.
If performance was always critical, why do any of us use Perl or Python? To save time.
I've been using Gentoo for a few months and absolutely love it. Once you run the gauntlet of installation a few times and get used to where things are setup in the system, then it's smooth sailing from then out.
But I think the best feature of Gentoo has nothing to do with the distribution. It's the legions of enormously helpful folks who hang out on the Gentoo Message Board. These folks sacrifice their time to answer all kinds of questions about the distribution. Moreover, they are all polite! It's the most unique thing I've ever seen on the Internet...
I hope that Gentoo becomes more popular, but I also hope that this doesn't disrupt the stellar community behind it as well. Time will tell.
I don't understand why people get worked up about what is essentially a laptop-on-wheels. While that company has some cool software routines they are working on, the robot leaves a lot to be desired, and its price tag is prohibitive for what you get.
Sony's AIBO provides a much more sophisticated legged design, and has a freely available OPEN SDK to allow you to create whatever kind of program that you want. You can even get refurbished models for $699!
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This is why robots like AIBO are being pitched to academics and researchers for real research. Instead of diddling with wires and motors, simply buy an off-the-shelf AIBO, download the free SDK, and start doing research!
Universities are doing just that in the various RoboCup events.
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OK, OK, well, you do lose the immersive VR environment on the client side.... :-)
But one thing I hate about C# (and by extension, F#) is that it is nearly impossible to search stuff for it. Most online search engines (e.g. Amazon, google, etc.) barf when they see a "#" symbol in the input. Either they ignore it, or they split the tokens into "C" and "#" and usually give you nothing vaguely similar to what you want.
Note that even the C# compiler is named 'csc', not 'c#c'.....
Let's stick to alphanumeric symbols for language names, if only to make our Amazon purchases easier ;-)
So how do you avoid someone sabotaging the speed of your network by driving by with a 802.11b card? Does the card have to specifically be connected to your network before the network throttles down? Or can someone with a wardriving application do it?
I've heard of modularity being good, but this is ridiculous.
Obligatory --spoiler-- warning!
If Smith is 'free' from his masters and presumably has free will to do whatever he wants, why is he still chasing after Neo? Why doesn't he go and retire in that nice castle up in the mountains we saw, for example?
The only answer we could come up with, is "he's the bad guy" and that's l-a-m-e...
errr...
Saying "Java will always be slower than C++" is like saying that there will always be less graduate students than undergraduates. Java and C++ live in the same Von Neumann-ian world, but C++ is allowed to muck with pointers, and Java isn't. Moreover Java has garbage collection.
However, I dare say that the time that a programmer saves by not mucking around with pointers is far more valuable than the time saved by typical C++ optimization. This may not hold true in performance-critical domains (like game programming), but for the vast majority of programming problems, it's fine.
If performance was always critical, why do any of us use Perl or Python? To save time.
I've been using Gentoo for a few months and absolutely love it. Once you run the gauntlet of installation a few times and get used to where things are setup in the system, then it's smooth sailing from then out.
But I think the best feature of Gentoo has nothing to do with the distribution. It's the legions of enormously helpful folks who hang out on the Gentoo Message Board. These folks sacrifice their time to answer all kinds of questions about the distribution. Moreover, they are all polite! It's the most unique thing I've ever seen on the Internet...
I hope that Gentoo becomes more popular, but I also hope that this doesn't disrupt the stellar community behind it as well. Time will tell.
Sony's AIBO provides a much more sophisticated legged design, and has a freely available OPEN SDK to allow you to create whatever kind of program that you want. You can even get refurbished models for $699!
Which would you rather have in your living room?
It seems Sony is hosting an OPEN-R/AIBO programming seminar, and it's free to the public!
Lookee here.
Universities are doing just that in the various RoboCup events.