Can I get these to replace the windshield and windows in my car? That way I can have it set to "dark tint", but then when the cops pull me over I can switch it to translucent and say, "what's the problem officer". I seem to remember KITT being able to do this in Knight Rider, which just makes it cooler.
Also, on a more serious note, this would be pretty cool for a HUD on your windshield. The display could be dynamic and customizable to the info you wanted to be displayed and where you wanted it displayed. Sweeet.
It seems that all this is good for is analyzing data and producing solutions to known problems. As was stated in the article, the 'robot scientist' is bound by the rules programmed into it and and the data which is fed into it. I really don't see how this thing could (1) develop a brand new theory, (2) design an experiment to test the theory, (3) carry-out said experiment, and (4) if the experiment fails then figure out why it failed and learn from that. So far as I know, those tasks are still better left to genuine humans. Also, isn't the fun of science to do all of that yourself, not just sit back and wait for a computer to spit out a solved theory?
Don't get me wrong, I think it's a really cool geek-ish invention, but it's kinda like developing a 150HP riding lawn mower. Sure it sounds great to mow your lawn at 100+ MPH, it'd only take 5 minutes, but how practical is it?
I've always been leary about OPT-OUT options on shady spam emails. On more "legitimate" advertisement spams, like maybe concert updates from a venue I bought tickets from, there is always a tag-line at the bottom that gives instructions for how to be removed from the list. I trust this to a degree and believe that it will get my email taken off of the list.
When I get spam for "make your penis bigger and keep it up all weekend", I wouldn't trust any link they put in their email anyways. For one it could be a link to a site that might try to hijack my browser or do something else nasty (although that wouldn't happen because we all keep current on our patches and use less vulnerable browsers like Mozilla:) ). Another thing I've always thought of is that if I send a message to be removed from their list then all I'm doing is confirming that my email address is valid and currently in use. Sure I may get removed from that one list, but now my email address has been confirmed as active and can be put on a whole crop of new spam lists. I don't have any proof that this is what happens, but in my paranoid mind it makes alot of sense.
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Can I get these to replace the windshield and windows in my car? That way I can have it set to "dark tint", but then when the cops pull me over I can switch it to translucent and say, "what's the problem officer". I seem to remember KITT being able to do this in Knight Rider, which just makes it cooler.
Also, on a more serious note, this would be pretty cool for a HUD on your windshield. The display could be dynamic and customizable to the info you wanted to be displayed and where you wanted it displayed. Sweeet.
It seems that all this is good for is analyzing data and producing solutions to known problems. As was stated in the article, the 'robot scientist' is bound by the rules programmed into it and and the data which is fed into it. I really don't see how this thing could (1) develop a brand new theory, (2) design an experiment to test the theory, (3) carry-out said experiment, and (4) if the experiment fails then figure out why it failed and learn from that. So far as I know, those tasks are still better left to genuine humans. Also, isn't the fun of science to do all of that yourself, not just sit back and wait for a computer to spit out a solved theory? Don't get me wrong, I think it's a really cool geek-ish invention, but it's kinda like developing a 150HP riding lawn mower. Sure it sounds great to mow your lawn at 100+ MPH, it'd only take 5 minutes, but how practical is it?
I've always been leary about OPT-OUT options on shady spam emails. On more "legitimate" advertisement spams, like maybe concert updates from a venue I bought tickets from, there is always a tag-line at the bottom that gives instructions for how to be removed from the list. I trust this to a degree and believe that it will get my email taken off of the list.
:) ). Another thing I've always thought of is that if I send a message to be removed from their list then all I'm doing is confirming that my email address is valid and currently in use. Sure I may get removed from that one list, but now my email address has been confirmed as active and can be put on a whole crop of new spam lists. I don't have any proof that this is what happens, but in my paranoid mind it makes alot of sense.
When I get spam for "make your penis bigger and keep it up all weekend", I wouldn't trust any link they put in their email anyways. For one it could be a link to a site that might try to hijack my browser or do something else nasty (although that wouldn't happen because we all keep current on our patches and use less vulnerable browsers like Mozilla