Some of the robots were paused for a long time, and each was clocked individually. There is really no point in speculating as to who the winners are, because in addition to the time, how well the bots obeyed traffic laws as well as just how safe they drove in general are all taken into account. We should find out the scoring soon enough (sometime this morning.)
The roomba is designed to hit a low price point. People don't generally believe a robotic vacuum can do a decent job, and non-geeks are unlikely to risk $500+, which I can only imagine a robotic dyson would cost. That's significantly above the cost of roombas, so whether or not the dyson is better doesn't matter that much, since the entry point is so much higher.
Last time I was at the Milwaukee County Zoo (a couple weeks ago) I thought about trying to get one of the molds from mold-o-rama machine there, but there are just too many.
I'll be totally depressed if they ever get rid of them.
When I go to my parents house to have dinner and watch tv over there, I always have to fight with them over watching things on the HD channel or the SD channel. The problem here is the nature of the signal -- when the analog stations lose signal there might be a little static or picture quality loss, but it remains watchable. When the HD channels lose signal, there are audio and video hiccups which really end up being far more disruptive of the viewing experience than a little static.
Personally, I think the quality of HD video more than makes up for the occasional hiccups, but the rest of my family disagrees.
We've had Time Warner out a number of times, and the house has completely new wiring now, and enough signal to "feed the entire neighborhood" according to one of the technicians who's been out. I'm not sure where the problems are coming from -- maybe it was the SA8000-HD box (I've since gotten them to replace it with an 8300-HD), or maybe it's just a faulty connection somewhere down the line. Either way it would be nice if these boxes could use some transport to guarantee packets arrive, and buffer enough that these hiccups never happen. It's especially annoying when the hiccup occurs over some key dialog and you end up missing something key to the plot.
Yeah, I saw that, but it doesn't mean he didn't get cancer at some point and survive it. If he walked away with no ill-effects at all, it's certainly interesting.
The "I don't care if it breaks with everything under the sun, my code is correct" attitude. DJB deserves credit for writing very secure stuff, but his stubborness in refusing to deal with an imperfect world is frustrating beyond belief.
This is a fairly common trait in geeks... I'm guilty of being pretty stubborn with certain social conventions like gift buying: I find no meaning in basically 'mandatory' gifts such as christmas and birthday gifts. I'm not against gifts, if I find something that I think is perfect for someone, I'll get it for them regardless what time of year it is.
I don't like the stress of having to shop for something a person won't outright hate because they'll get pissed if I don't get it. If I ruled the world, there wouldn't be these conventions. However, since I don't rule the world, I have buy people stupid gifts if I want them to not think I'm a complete asshole.
DJB is the guy who never buys anyone gift s because he doesn't see the logic of it and doesn't respect other people's feelings on the issue.
I like the premise of your plan, but it won't work with helium. If it floats at all it won't float for long since the helium will seep out very quickly.
The Red Team has taken serious safety procautions that this Monster Garge thing seems not to address. There are E-Stop buttons all along the perimeter of the car, and the E-Stop mechanism isn't just an electrical cutoff, but also a huge brake on the drivetrain which engages if power is cut. I would advise anyone trying to build one of these things to use a similar system, since a runaway car could be expensive both in terms of dollars and lives.
After playing that game for a few hours, then hopping in the car to go to the store, I need to remind myself "there is no time bonus for running over those people."
While I was never really at risk for running people over, its still a bit disconcerting to even have the thought.
However, I agree with most of the above posts: the parents should not have had guns around, and they should have been aware that their kids couldn't separate the game from reality.
Netscape 4 mail had a nice "spell check" button. Now, I don't see a spell checker at all. Can anyone either verify this or smack me upside the head and tell me where it went?
I have always thought that there should be a distinction between Software Engineers, and Computer Scientists. Well... There already is a distinction, but I think schools should off them as two separate majors. Software Engineers will become code monkeys. They will be well paid, and that is good because that was probably their intent.
Computer scientists on the otherhand are more interested in the math and theory behind the applications. Computer Scientists do less "useful" stuff, speaking for the present, and are really just software academics. Its sort of like the difference between those who use ML and those who use Java.
Although I believe the different methods produce similar results, the NFL stuff is the work of Takeo Kanade, the former director of the CMU Robotics Institute. Check out the page here for information on the research which I assume led to this.
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Some of the robots were paused for a long time, and each was clocked individually. There is really no point in speculating as to who the winners are, because in addition to the time, how well the bots obeyed traffic laws as well as just how safe they drove in general are all taken into account. We should find out the scoring soon enough (sometime this morning.)
As a matter of fact, they will.
The roomba is designed to hit a low price point. People don't generally believe a robotic vacuum can do a decent job, and non-geeks are unlikely to risk $500+, which I can only imagine a robotic dyson would cost. That's significantly above the cost of roombas, so whether or not the dyson is better doesn't matter that much, since the entry point is so much higher.
Last time I was at the Milwaukee County Zoo (a couple weeks ago) I thought about trying to get one of the molds from mold-o-rama machine there, but there are just too many.
I'll be totally depressed if they ever get rid of them.
Just always fill it to the brim with alcohol.
When I go to my parents house to have dinner and watch tv over there, I always have to fight with them over watching things on the HD channel or the SD channel. The problem here is the nature of the signal -- when the analog stations lose signal there might be a little static or picture quality loss, but it remains watchable. When the HD channels lose signal, there are audio and video hiccups which really end up being far more disruptive of the viewing experience than a little static.
Personally, I think the quality of HD video more than makes up for the occasional hiccups, but the rest of my family disagrees.
We've had Time Warner out a number of times, and the house has completely new wiring now, and enough signal to "feed the entire neighborhood" according to one of the technicians who's been out. I'm not sure where the problems are coming from -- maybe it was the SA8000-HD box (I've since gotten them to replace it with an 8300-HD), or maybe it's just a faulty connection somewhere down the line. Either way it would be nice if these boxes could use some transport to guarantee packets arrive, and buffer enough that these hiccups never happen. It's especially annoying when the hiccup occurs over some key dialog and you end up missing something key to the plot.
The authors of that list had better keep a close eye on their cats.
Yeah, I saw that, but it doesn't mean he didn't get cancer at some point and survive it. If he walked away with no ill-effects at all, it's certainly interesting.
Certainly he didn't walk away from that place perfectly healthy.
The "I don't care if it breaks with everything under the sun, my code is correct" attitude. DJB deserves credit for writing very secure stuff, but his stubborness in refusing to deal with an imperfect world is frustrating beyond belief.
This is a fairly common trait in geeks... I'm guilty of being pretty stubborn with certain social conventions like gift buying: I find no meaning in basically 'mandatory' gifts such as christmas and birthday gifts. I'm not against gifts, if I find something that I think is perfect for someone, I'll get it for them regardless what time of year it is.
I don't like the stress of having to shop for something a person won't outright hate because they'll get pissed if I don't get it. If I ruled the world, there wouldn't be these conventions. However, since I don't rule the world, I have buy people stupid gifts if I want them to not think I'm a complete asshole.
DJB is the guy who never buys anyone gift
s because he doesn't see the logic of it and doesn't respect other people's feelings on the issue.
There is security. Read that chicks website, she mentions that her father had some connection, and that's how she got a pass into the area.
>You will get great exercise...
Nooooooooo!
How many birds have been killed by cars in the last 20 years? Or airplanes? Or pollution? Or hunting?
Or windows?
I like the premise of your plan, but it won't work with helium. If it floats at all it won't float for long since the helium will seep out very quickly.
Sorry.
At least I know the redteam has already done this. If you're building an autonomous car, making it remote controlled is a very early step along the way.
The Red Team has taken serious safety procautions that this Monster Garge thing seems not to address. There are E-Stop buttons all along the perimeter of the car, and the E-Stop mechanism isn't just an electrical cutoff, but also a huge brake on the drivetrain which engages if power is cut. I would advise anyone trying to build one of these things to use a similar system, since a runaway car could be expensive both in terms of dollars and lives.
Its a cute hotel. My room was full of cool technology related books.
There appeared to be somesort of network connectivity in the rooms, but of course I forgot my laptop...
After playing that game for a few hours, then hopping in the car to go to the store, I need to remind myself "there is no time bonus for running over those people."
While I was never really at risk for running people over, its still a bit disconcerting to even have the thought.
However, I agree with most of the above posts: the parents should not have had guns around, and they should have been aware that their kids couldn't separate the game from reality.
to keep the left-handed man down! Don't listen to this handwriting propaganda. Typing sets you free!
Most of the best and brightest I know would never work for microsoft out of principle.
Spider-sense loading?
I don't really know that that is a priority...
a beowulf cluster of wives? Although I thought I read a few posts up that they don't live in utah...
Netscape 4 mail had a nice "spell check" button. Now, I don't see a spell checker at all. Can anyone either verify this or smack me upside the head and tell me where it went?
I have always thought that there should be a distinction between Software Engineers, and Computer Scientists. Well... There already is a distinction, but I think schools should off them as two separate majors. Software Engineers will become code monkeys. They will be well paid, and that is good because that was probably their intent.
Computer scientists on the otherhand are more interested in the math and theory behind the applications. Computer Scientists do less "useful" stuff, speaking for the present, and are really just software academics. Its sort of like the difference between those who use ML and those who use Java.
Although I believe the different methods produce similar results, the NFL stuff is the work of Takeo Kanade, the former director of the CMU Robotics Institute. Check out the page here for information on the research which I assume led to this.