So they have hundreds of terabytes of information in the back just for shits and giggles? Why isn't anyone else taking that path?
It doesn't have to think about navigating - they're telling it how to do that. It has to only deal with getting round obstacles in its path. They're removing 1/2 of the problem so they can put their effort behind the other half, which the other teams aren't doing. It just smacks of unfairness, that's all.
That's another thing - they only look the part - if a mountain popped up you'd have more chance getting over it by foot than a humvee. They use Tacoma or Silverado chassis and engines, with a much larger body shell (resulting in the insanely low mpg and silly look). Range Rovers are the complete opposite, however. Efficient and excellent offroaders. Why won't people learn?:-P
XP has the "Remote Assistance" feature which lets people connect remotely to the machine, when asked by the machine's owner. It would be very easy to use that to install software on a remote machine. Linux isn't special in that way;)
The US is so behind on gas mileage it's hilarious. You can get standard, ordinary road cars all over Europe that do insane mpg (70), yet the H2 hummer manages only 1mpg. I guess in the states it's form over function:-P and an ugly form at that;)
I know it's much more complicated than this, but they're giving it the knowledge to navigate a route, not the intelligence to come up with its own route. Surely that's missing the whole point of this competition? I read in the last/. article that they're using a loophole in the rules to get so far.
Seeing as DARPA wants to turn this technology into a military robotic transport, I don't know how valuable it's going to be if it has to be pre-programmed with terabytes of data just to move. What about if they invade somewhere they don't have good maps of? Somewhere with a dynamic landscape (desert, rocks etc)?
I'm all for innovation, but exploiting poorly-worded rules just to win for winning's sake is an empty victory at best.
That's a seriously draconian stance to take:-P I've been on networks with nothing but windows machines, and they work fine. The problem with windows machines (just like any other) is when the person in control of it is a muppet, things go wrong. As you get less n00bs on linux boxes (owing to their complexity), simple logic dictates you get less muppets on linux boxes. Playing the odds like that offers a quick solution, but by no means the best. If you can't work with windows boxes, the problem isn't windows;)
Call me a cynic, but politicians have got us stitched up like kippers. They're professionals, not fuelled by beliefs but by cash. They make gestures to the people, which we lap up, and everyone's happy for a couple of months. Then, when people start to think, they make another gesture. It keeps happening. It's classic misdirection, just like the technique used by magicians.
People, we gots to stand up for ourselves! They're directors, not politicians. Presidents are CEOs. They don't represent us, but their shareholders. We're the unwitting fools that bankroll them and their buddies.
Every stance Bush has taken, on almost every issue, has been centered around profit. Kyoto? Screw it! It costs too much to comply! Iraq? Screw it! George and Dick can make a killing giving our money to their buddies to clean up the mess they made us pay for. Oh, then they can sell the oil they steal from Iraq, and make even more money.
If guns stopped people imposing their will, how come Europe got overrun by the Germans? They even had ARMIES to fight the Nazis, not just the odd accountant with a shotgun. If guns were that good, there would be no war.
I'm all for history and tradition, but a history/tradition that means people run around with lethal weapons in the 21st century is a bit silly, especially as they're no longer fit for their intended purpose. If it all kicked off in the US it'd take more than the Michigan Militia and some nuts in Iowa to stop the US military:)
You can't mention anything criticising the US on slashdot without some jumped-up US moderator waving his flag and modding you down. I fully appreciate logic being clouded by emotion, but this happens all the freakin' time. It's not "sometimes" but "every minute of every day" - that's my problem:-P My point was valid and pertinent, yet passed over because it didn't sit well with the general perception of America. I'm all for fairness, which this isn't;)
America is full of racism and injustice. Yet, everyone thinks America is perfect, as that's what they're told day-in, day-out.
You can recover some space by changing the cluster size your OS uses... Some use standard sizes which might not be the best use of your hdd. Partition Magic can help here, as it shows you all the possible cluster sizes and how much space they would leave. It will also convert the clusters for you (though backing up is always a good idea with partition magic, even reading the manual can screw things up:-P)
Of course it does. Paying for something legally declares that you want it, and that it is worth a price (whether that price is true market value or not doesn't matter).
Seriously, I watch enough Peoples' Court to know about that one:)
Check out this Amstrad emailer thing. Amstrad are making a profit on them over here (UK). Small, really cheap, really simple computers built for text messaging, web, email, address book, Spectrum emulator (WOO!), faxing, answerphone, etc. Perfect for people who don't want a PC, for whatever reason.
And changing the DNS server via any Linux GUI is any quicker, I suppose? I know your eyes won't be bleeding out of your head when you finish doing it on Windows, though;)
Seriously, though, the vulnerabilities you talk about in Windows are pretty unfounded. If you've used windows, you'll know it takes serious steps to make sure no-one monkeys with files that might cause the system to become unstable. If any of those files are touched, windows will ask you if you want to replace them. One click, and it's all back to normal. And that's not even included system restore points, which can roll back drivers and registry changes automatically, while protecting any other vital (system/user) files that might have been affected.
What are you on about?:-P If it's so demonized, why do they still have it? Why are they constantly giving it more functionality?
Please, I'm all for highlighting people resting on their laurels, but this isn't one of those times.
Wander onto MSDN, and see just how much information they have for people using the command-line. They have lots of tools and documentation for system admins to use it. It's not included "grudgingly", but rather kept out of the way for novice users, who really have no need to use it.
Still, if you want the real deal, cygwin is only one click away.
I saw the OSX presentation machine crash during their "it doesn't crash" demonstration. Computers crash. get over it. it proves nothing, apart from the facts computers crash, and people will try and find supporting evidence for their bias wherever they can.;)
Here we go again with the slashdot "don't crap on the US" mentality. Every logical point contrary to the perceived American moral/cultural/technological superiority is immediately swiped aside because "America can't be wrong". It seems you can't mention the US in a bad light these days without someone attacking you (either verbally, or physically). Sad, and pathetic.
Errr... Jew and Gypsy are names for peoples, just like Apache and Commanche are. The only difference is that no-one's pointed it out to anyone who seems to care. Not to mention the fact the indian genocide is something apparently revered in the US, not mourned.
It doesn't hint at monopoly abuse, it just hints at a large company with a flexible product that can do different things for different people. Allowing people how much they want to pay for the features they need makes perfect sense. Either that, or each Windows license would cost about $1,500.
Microsoft put billions into developing XP and its followers, and it's only fair they get to make their money back. It's not like they're selling used, half-eaten sandwiches wrapped up in tramp hair, they're selling (like it or not) the world's premiere operating system, which tens of millions of people manage to use each day...
No, a correctly analogous EULA would give the user a chance to decline its terms. Seeing as your comment is rubbish, everyone would decline, meaning you don't get your $1000, and prove Microsoft's point in the process. good work. have a cookie.
OK, but if someone came on here and said the similar things about the GPL, there would be some serious anger.
If you don't respect someone else's license, how on earth can you expect people to respect ones you hold dear?
The Microsoft license requires you to pay for each machine you use the software on. Seeing as you're getting a full-functioning duplicate of the software on each machine, it's kinda fair that they ask you to pay for each copy.
If someone came on here and said how they like selling GPL'd code embedded in closed-source projectes to people, you'd flip.
You wouldn't have the resolution to fool people properly. Creating stealth in this manner is nigh-on impossible with everything under your control. Trying to use it on enemy troops would be ridiculous.
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It doesn't have to think about navigating - they're telling it how to do that. It has to only deal with getting round obstacles in its path. They're removing 1/2 of the problem so they can put their effort behind the other half, which the other teams aren't doing. It just smacks of unfairness, that's all.
That's another thing - they only look the part - if a mountain popped up you'd have more chance getting over it by foot than a humvee. They use Tacoma or Silverado chassis and engines, with a much larger body shell (resulting in the insanely low mpg and silly look). Range Rovers are the complete opposite, however. Efficient and excellent offroaders. Why won't people learn? :-P
XP has the "Remote Assistance" feature which lets people connect remotely to the machine, when asked by the machine's owner. It would be very easy to use that to install software on a remote machine. Linux isn't special in that way ;)
The US is so behind on gas mileage it's hilarious. You can get standard, ordinary road cars all over Europe that do insane mpg (70), yet the H2 hummer manages only 1mpg. I guess in the states it's form over function :-P and an ugly form at that ;)
Seeing as DARPA wants to turn this technology into a military robotic transport, I don't know how valuable it's going to be if it has to be pre-programmed with terabytes of data just to move. What about if they invade somewhere they don't have good maps of? Somewhere with a dynamic landscape (desert, rocks etc)?
I'm all for innovation, but exploiting poorly-worded rules just to win for winning's sake is an empty victory at best.
That's a seriously draconian stance to take :-P I've been on networks with nothing but windows machines, and they work fine. The problem with windows machines (just like any other) is when the person in control of it is a muppet, things go wrong. As you get less n00bs on linux boxes (owing to their complexity), simple logic dictates you get less muppets on linux boxes. Playing the odds like that offers a quick solution, but by no means the best. If you can't work with windows boxes, the problem isn't windows ;)
Don't you mean swap about 3 dells for 1 mac? :-P
Call me a cynic, but politicians have got us stitched up like kippers. They're professionals, not fuelled by beliefs but by cash. They make gestures to the people, which we lap up, and everyone's happy for a couple of months. Then, when people start to think, they make another gesture. It keeps happening. It's classic misdirection, just like the technique used by magicians.
People, we gots to stand up for ourselves! They're directors, not politicians. Presidents are CEOs. They don't represent us, but their shareholders. We're the unwitting fools that bankroll them and their buddies.
Every stance Bush has taken, on almost every issue, has been centered around profit. Kyoto? Screw it! It costs too much to comply! Iraq? Screw it! George and Dick can make a killing giving our money to their buddies to clean up the mess they made us pay for. Oh, then they can sell the oil they steal from Iraq, and make even more money.
Don't take my word for it, think about it.
1. Fix the results
or
2. Save the trees
And we know how much Bush loves trees...
I'm all for history and tradition, but a history/tradition that means people run around with lethal weapons in the 21st century is a bit silly, especially as they're no longer fit for their intended purpose. If it all kicked off in the US it'd take more than the Michigan Militia and some nuts in Iowa to stop the US military :)
America is full of racism and injustice. Yet, everyone thinks America is perfect, as that's what they're told day-in, day-out.
You can recover some space by changing the cluster size your OS uses... Some use standard sizes which might not be the best use of your hdd. Partition Magic can help here, as it shows you all the possible cluster sizes and how much space they would leave. It will also convert the clusters for you (though backing up is always a good idea with partition magic, even reading the manual can screw things up :-P)
I used a hole punch for it. Worked every time. Suckers :-P
Seriously, I watch enough Peoples' Court to know about that one :)
Check out this Amstrad emailer thing. Amstrad are making a profit on them over here (UK). Small, really cheap, really simple computers built for text messaging, web, email, address book, Spectrum emulator (WOO!), faxing, answerphone, etc. Perfect for people who don't want a PC, for whatever reason.
Seriously, though, the vulnerabilities you talk about in Windows are pretty unfounded. If you've used windows, you'll know it takes serious steps to make sure no-one monkeys with files that might cause the system to become unstable. If any of those files are touched, windows will ask you if you want to replace them. One click, and it's all back to normal. And that's not even included system restore points, which can roll back drivers and registry changes automatically, while protecting any other vital (system/user) files that might have been affected.
Please, I'm all for highlighting people resting on their laurels, but this isn't one of those times.
Wander onto MSDN, and see just how much information they have for people using the command-line. They have lots of tools and documentation for system admins to use it. It's not included "grudgingly", but rather kept out of the way for novice users, who really have no need to use it.
Still, if you want the real deal, cygwin is only one click away.
I saw the OSX presentation machine crash during their "it doesn't crash" demonstration. Computers crash. get over it. it proves nothing, apart from the facts computers crash, and people will try and find supporting evidence for their bias wherever they can. ;)
Here we go again with the slashdot "don't crap on the US" mentality. Every logical point contrary to the perceived American moral/cultural/technological superiority is immediately swiped aside because "America can't be wrong". It seems you can't mention the US in a bad light these days without someone attacking you (either verbally, or physically). Sad, and pathetic.
Errr... Jew and Gypsy are names for peoples, just like Apache and Commanche are. The only difference is that no-one's pointed it out to anyone who seems to care. Not to mention the fact the indian genocide is something apparently revered in the US, not mourned.
Microsoft put billions into developing XP and its followers, and it's only fair they get to make their money back. It's not like they're selling used, half-eaten sandwiches wrapped up in tramp hair, they're selling (like it or not) the world's premiere operating system, which tens of millions of people manage to use each day...
No, a correctly analogous EULA would give the user a chance to decline its terms. Seeing as your comment is rubbish, everyone would decline, meaning you don't get your $1000, and prove Microsoft's point in the process. good work. have a cookie.
If you don't respect someone else's license, how on earth can you expect people to respect ones you hold dear?
The Microsoft license requires you to pay for each machine you use the software on. Seeing as you're getting a full-functioning duplicate of the software on each machine, it's kinda fair that they ask you to pay for each copy.
If someone came on here and said how they like selling GPL'd code embedded in closed-source projectes to people, you'd flip.
You can't have your cake and eat it :-P
You wouldn't have the resolution to fool people properly. Creating stealth in this manner is nigh-on impossible with everything under your control. Trying to use it on enemy troops would be ridiculous.
Get a projector, and that's every-day gaming :-P