As a foreigner in a foreign country, USPS is brilliant. It's much cheaper and just as fast as the basic UPS/Fedex options, and despite the reputation within the 'states, I've not experienced any packet loss having things shipped internationally. So please don't kill it. The only folks to benefit would be the commercial couriers.
This looks neat. But there is no way in hell I am buying anything from Sony. They've probably rigged it so that three days after you buy it a circus clown pops out of and tries to stab you in the face.
Given the size it'll probably be a multi-function display, so it'll interface with the system CANbus (or fiber, or whatever it uses). If it does that, it should be at least MISRA certified and/or perhaps even DO-178B/C/D certified depending on the impact. Fortunately there are embedded COTS solutions that met these MISRA and/or DO-178x specs... so it doesn't have to be custom, and it doesn't have to be consumer spec.
Now where can I buy these new technologies at? My wallet's at the ready. No really, I'm serious. Just give me a website and a price list with your available products. Guys? Hello?
I guess there's more (easier) money in R&D than there is in retail sales.
This could happen in our lifetime. We could already be living this if NASA hadn't given up on Orion in the 1960s because of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. This is the future of space travel, not tiny chemical rockets which cost tens of thousands of dollars to move a kilogram.
Are there any useful countries that aren't party to that treaty? Some who might like large multinational and small space-technology companies to reside there?
Sadly, Jaycar is starting to carry more and more toys and gadgets too. Thankfully DigiKey and others have their online stores and quick cheap international delivery.
There is no real world situation where we encounter Polar Express level-of-competence simulacra and our life is threatened if we make an incorrect decision. Claiming "survival," let alone it being "key" to survival, is sloppy thinking by researchers who have apparently internalized some evolutionary pyschology memes.
Take a look around wider society today and you'll see lots of people you don't want to interact with, based on their eyes and facial characteristics. There are druggies or folks who just got unlucky with their parents, people who when you look at them don't seem to be looking back. Or if they are, there's very little comprehension going on behind the eyes. Seeing this can be a survival decision... ask any city dweller or someone from the bad part of town. I can think of several who walk around and interact as well as any cartoon character, but when you look at their faces you know they're not all there, and they're big enough, tattooed enough, and (gang)patched enough to make your day get very bad very quickly.
And FWIW, it's certainly a procreation-related decision for the ladies who presumably want the best genes they can get hold of, so I think the researchers do have a valid point.
Once you're done pooh-poohing the idea of electric airplanes, go and use your google and wiki-fu to look up the following: * Yuneec e430 electric LSA * Sonex E-Flight * Cessna Skyhawk electric 172 POC
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it is hard to argue against the idea of the "Amber Alert", but everyone should go read up about the false alarms and abuses of the system.
luckily, we are already getting de-sensitized to alerts from our phones.
When I hear about an "Amber Alert" I think Fringe Division had the right idea.
As a foreigner in a foreign country, USPS is brilliant. It's much cheaper and just as fast as the basic UPS/Fedex options, and despite the reputation within the 'states, I've not experienced any packet loss having things shipped internationally. So please don't kill it. The only folks to benefit would be the commercial couriers.
So about the same as a typical gas car engine.
They just pass it under urgency in the evening with about one day of notice to the public.
Surely what WikiLeaks is really saying is something we all know: The governments of the world no longer act for the people of their countries.
This looks neat. But there is no way in hell I am buying anything from Sony. They've probably rigged it so that three days after you buy it a circus clown pops out of and tries to stab you in the face.
You're right. It would make a lovely gift.
Thank you for having the vision, the money, and the balls to do these great things.
Regards,
Geeks everywhere.
Should Zuckerberg lose big here it is comforting to know the Winklevoss twins will be there to give him two shoulders to cry on.
Four shoulders. They're not co-joined twins.
Vin Diesel and Ice Cube might want one too.
no one will be able to afford new tires.
But they can afford the same amount of tax?
Same. I got audio but no video (Windows 7, Java 6, x86_64)
Given the size it'll probably be a multi-function display, so it'll interface with the system CANbus (or fiber, or whatever it uses). If it does that, it should be at least MISRA certified and/or perhaps even DO-178B/C/D certified depending on the impact. Fortunately there are embedded COTS solutions that met these MISRA and/or DO-178x specs... so it doesn't have to be custom, and it doesn't have to be consumer spec.
Yes, it is possible.
Has mainstream media picked up on this? Scoop might be interested...
How about simpler hardware neural nets, in a cluster with a more modest interconnect? Eg build a hive mind.
Now where can I buy these new technologies at? My wallet's at the ready. No really, I'm serious. Just give me a website and a price list with your available products. Guys? Hello?
I guess there's more (easier) money in R&D than there is in retail sales.
As an American, I'm disgusted that my government has betrayed our ideals, but I also know that as one person I'm very unlikely to effect change.
Assange is one person.
This could happen in our lifetime. We could already be living this if NASA hadn't given up on Orion in the 1960s because of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. This is the future of space travel, not tiny chemical rockets which cost tens of thousands of dollars to move a kilogram.
Are there any useful countries that aren't party to that treaty? Some who might like large multinational and small space-technology companies to reside there?
So are most of my friends, but some of them (and myself) continue to kick out high-value links and status messages.
High value? By what metric?
I'd forgotten about Farnell. Thanks!
Jaycar Electronics must be loving it...
Sadly, Jaycar is starting to carry more and more toys and gadgets too. Thankfully DigiKey and others have their online stores and quick cheap international delivery.
What they want is actually an import duty.
Which they already have, although it's typically only applied to items over $400 in NZ.
I agree with GP though - the days of huge markups through the whole supply chain are over. That's a good thing for the end customer.
The big technical leap would be tying in their credit rating and financial assets like property and stock. Is golddiggers.com taken?
Yes, it is. Funnily enough it redirects to http://www.sugardaddyforme.com/
I'd have thought that it was the stand that was violating trademark law, not the outfit.
I'd have thought you were right, and I assumed they used the term colloquially. Perhaps an editor could have picked that one up...
There is no real world situation where we encounter Polar Express level-of-competence simulacra and our life is threatened if we make an incorrect decision. Claiming "survival," let alone it being "key" to survival, is sloppy thinking by researchers who have apparently internalized some evolutionary pyschology memes.
Take a look around wider society today and you'll see lots of people you don't want to interact with, based on their eyes and facial characteristics. There are druggies or folks who just got unlucky with their parents, people who when you look at them don't seem to be looking back. Or if they are, there's very little comprehension going on behind the eyes. Seeing this can be a survival decision... ask any city dweller or someone from the bad part of town. I can think of several who walk around and interact as well as any cartoon character, but when you look at their faces you know they're not all there, and they're big enough, tattooed enough, and (gang)patched enough to make your day get very bad very quickly.
And FWIW, it's certainly a procreation-related decision for the ladies who presumably want the best genes they can get hold of, so I think the researchers do have a valid point.
Once you're done pooh-poohing the idea of electric airplanes, go and use your google and wiki-fu to look up the following:
* Yuneec e430 electric LSA
* Sonex E-Flight
* Cessna Skyhawk electric 172 POC