This robot seems to be more like a "Hero Jr.", a robot with wheels but NO robot arm. The real HERO version was the first 1, the HERO-1, with the rotating head and arm.
I did a search for one a few years ago, but came up with a lot of high priced machines. I guess the problem nowadays would be the lack of memory that the HERO-1 had. It would really need a larger processor/memory to do the kind of impressive things that geeks expect.
Of course, for all the "Girl Robot" types, I guess you could always wrap the thing in a dress.
I agree - Renting Office Space just to get out of the house is a great idea! Plus the cost should be minimal considering its a pretty old movie (it came out in 1999). According to this popular video store, you can even purchase office space on DVD for only $16.98. Im sure using Froogle, you can find it even cheaper. However, renting it will get you out of the house instead of waiting for the mail truck.
Oh - you mean real physical office space. Doh!!
Then the US came into my country and liberated us. I dug the computer out of a hole in the wall, started downloading movies, mp3s, and mailing Jon Katz.;-)
If you dont get this, you havent been here long enough.
What does that translate to either (a) Philadelphias or (b) Volkswagen Beetles? I thought Philadelphia was the standard unit of measure for large planetary bodies, and the Volkswagen Beetles for smaller, minor asteroids?
For a minute, I thought David Lee Roth, a.k.a. Diamond Dave, was giving the interview.
So?? Linus? About this kernel thing? Yow! Are all those distributions guar-ar-ra-ra-ra-ran-teeeeedd... to satisfy?
I want a hard drive that looks like the Indus GT drive for the commodore 64. Searching on the web, I couldnt find anything but this, a pretty blurry picture. It had a numeric display stating which track the read/write head was on, or error code if something bad happened.
This "proposed system" is completely a waste of time. Further down in the article, it reads:
On top of this, drivers will be kept alert by a vigilance control device that will make sure they do not fall asleep while operating a train.
This is a feature that locomotives in the US, Europe, Australia, and most of the rest of the world already have. It is a system that whenever the operator moves a control, rings the bell, etc., a timer is reset. If the timer expires, the train comes to the stop. This system is another reason why runaway trains happen so infrequently (when they do, it seems to center on fooling the system to think the brakes are applied).
The GPS system wont help you until its too late and your trains have collided. There are other systems for train/track control called "cab signal" systems that provide block control (enforced speed limits) that would be much more useful but, on the other hand, more expensive to implement.
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This robot seems to be more like a "Hero Jr.", a robot with wheels but NO robot arm. The real HERO version was the first 1, the HERO-1, with the rotating head and arm. I did a search for one a few years ago, but came up with a lot of high priced machines. I guess the problem nowadays would be the lack of memory that the HERO-1 had. It would really need a larger processor/memory to do the kind of impressive things that geeks expect. Of course, for all the "Girl Robot" types, I guess you could always wrap the thing in a dress.
I agree - Renting Office Space just to get out of the house is a great idea! Plus the cost should be minimal considering its a pretty old movie (it came out in 1999). According to this popular video store, you can even purchase office space on DVD for only $16.98. Im sure using Froogle, you can find it even cheaper. However, renting it will get you out of the house instead of waiting for the mail truck. Oh - you mean real physical office space. Doh!!
Then the US came into my country and liberated us. I dug the computer out of a hole in the wall, started downloading movies, mp3s, and mailing Jon Katz. ;-)
If you dont get this, you havent been here long enough.
What does that translate to either (a) Philadelphias or (b) Volkswagen Beetles? I thought Philadelphia was the standard unit of measure for large planetary bodies, and the Volkswagen Beetles for smaller, minor asteroids?
For a minute, I thought David Lee Roth, a.k.a. Diamond Dave, was giving the interview.
So?? Linus? About this kernel thing? Yow! Are all those distributions guar-ar-ra-ra-ra-ran-teeeeedd... to satisfy?
I want a hard drive that looks like the Indus GT drive for the commodore 64. Searching on the web, I couldnt find anything but this, a pretty blurry picture. It had a numeric display stating which track the read/write head was on, or error code if something bad happened.
This "proposed system" is completely a waste of time. Further down in the article, it reads: On top of this, drivers will be kept alert by a vigilance control device that will make sure they do not fall asleep while operating a train. This is a feature that locomotives in the US, Europe, Australia, and most of the rest of the world already have. It is a system that whenever the operator moves a control, rings the bell, etc., a timer is reset. If the timer expires, the train comes to the stop. This system is another reason why runaway trains happen so infrequently (when they do, it seems to center on fooling the system to think the brakes are applied). The GPS system wont help you until its too late and your trains have collided. There are other systems for train/track control called "cab signal" systems that provide block control (enforced speed limits) that would be much more useful but, on the other hand, more expensive to implement.