Clearly the true test was to see which students were smart enough to simply copy the answer from the the back of the book in the first place. It's a strategy that serves me well to this day. Now, if only I could find where I put the answer booklet for members of congress...
I completely agree. And while you mention it, anyone who has ever played chess in a semi-serious fashion will be able to tell you that a lot of girls dig guys with big brains. And not a few of them are hot. And a lot of them play the game and are good at it (read: "smart").
an additional 3.82e26 featuritons is included in the product
And here I thought it was always 1 mol of featuritons to the version number - roughly, 6.022x10^23.
FF must have 500 times the feature density of a normal browser!
Without a doubt, the shuttle orbiter is one of the most beautiful objects man has created. I rate it the peer of the Mona Lisa, the Aphrodite of Milos and the Taj Mahal.
I've seen youtube videos of people being arrested for everything from 'reckless photography' to 'skateboarding with intent'. Typically they were charged with something generic like "creating a public disturbance". Are they bullshit reasons? Yes. But those people still got arrested on the basis that the police officer didn't like the (legal) thing they were doing.
What exactly do you mean by "gay"? We accept you here, no matter your orientation. I agree, sometimes the artical can sound gay. Perhaps we can meet an accord?
Well, it makes perfect, perfect sense to use this platform as the unpredictable spy satellite that you can aggressively reposition on a whim, can't easily predict its passing, and don't have to worry about depleting the fuel of - and that means you can fly it in LEO and get a closer look at things.
Hi, roboticist here. Let me just say 'citation needed' to pretty much everything the parent said. I'm not quite sure what a "sense of instability and correction mechanisms" is, but I'm guessing they mean "sensors and control systems", but I'm pretty sure dynamic stability, traction, motion sensing and control have little to do with conformal surface coverings. Yes, skin has important traction characteristics, and flesh has inherent compliance that is important in gait cycles, but skin has nothing to do with dynamic stability.
Further more, it is fallacious to say that researchers aren't developing skin. That's simply false - there are many benefits to synthetic skin to be derived from users of prosthetic appliances, both in contact mechanics and sensing. There have been some very novel products in that area... they just don't happen to apply to dynamic control of legged robots.
Given the parent's mention of Big Dog and the weight of mechanical structures, I'd like to point out that part of the work for cheetah includes exploring composite structures for legged robots that will decrease total weight and rotational inertia of the limbs - directly related to the maximum speed at which a legged robot can move. Cf. the sexy MIT cheetah pic here. Note the call-outs citing sensors, balance mechanisms, traction control, actuators and distinct lack of skin.
Well, this isn't a case of time-lag so much as it's a recognition that interactions with stock trading is actually a control system. The traders are trying to use feed-forward control to predict when and where the market is going to move and apply the right 'control action' (ie. buy or sell) at the appropriate time. Unlike most dynamic systems, however, you are not the only controller - you are trying to predict and exploit the behaviour of other controllers in the system.
With multiple players, the aggregate dynamics are something akin to a dog-fight as each trading algorithm circles and dodges, trying to exploit weaknesses and failures in its adversaries so as to make fractional gains in the time available. If you can control on a tighter time-scale than your opponents, then you can achieve more finely-grained dynamic buy-sell strategies that maximise your profit.
The fixed time-lag between you and the actual market is actually largely irrelevant because of the way the fast dynamic control strategy is being employed. To extend the metaphor, think of them like a attack formation flying to the enemy. If your aircraft can make their attack and withdraw before the enemy can reposition defenses, you will be more successful. The fact that it took an hour for your formation to reach the enemy in the first place is irrelevant.
I can decline to get a driver's license, and I can decline to get a passport. I don't have to have any id at all if I don't want. The implication is that I don't need identification or special permission to move freely about the country of which I am a citizen.
With a national ID card scheme, I don't have a choice to opt out. Such a card exists solely for "papers please" moments. The implication is that I am not free to move about the country of which I am a citizen.
You do... for now. I fear the day when people track our purchases closely enough to notice when we aren't buying DVDs or cable. It's a small logical jump to come to the conclusion that because we are not buying we must (obviously) be torrenting, instead. The jackboots will then be dispatched forthwith.
Sigh. Yet another minority report style interface. It always astounds me that conceptual designers really think that holding your arms outstretched to interact with anything for an extended period of time is a good idea. Anyone working in human-machine interface design and ergonomics should be able to tell them that it's a load of crap. People sit with their arms in a rest position over the controls because it's the lowest-energy means of interacting. I cringe in anticipation at the coming wave of multitouch-only interfaces that require pinching and other large motions of the hand - it's just asking for RSI. Sure, there's no reason why some of the better ideas being developed can't be adapted to low displacement/strain finger motions, but those interfaces won't look especially different from a keyboard-mouse combination anyway. On some level, it's change for change's sake.
And while I'm hating, I'm also going to hate on designers who consistently conceptualise every gawddamned visual interface as being a bezel-less, zero-thickness sheet of image. It's a wonderful vision and we're all terribly keen to build such things, but in the meantime, why don't they design something that doesn't rely on that form-factor for practicality? For example, the smart bookmark shown in the parent's linked video - it's cute, but nobody is going to be building such things for a while yet. Yes yes, it's fine to think about the future before we get there, but it would be nice to see them come up with some novel ideas and improvements that can actually be implemented with existing technology, for a change.
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Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
Maybe this is all "whoosh" to me, but what exactly is "shoo" supposed to mean here?
Shiney Heavenly Object Organisation?
Shifty Helium-filled Orb Observatory?
Shy Heliopause-Originating Occupants?
Methinks he is referring to MKULTRA, which while fascinating, is completely unrelated to the topic under consideration.
Clearly the true test was to see which students were smart enough to simply copy the answer from the the back of the book in the first place. It's a strategy that serves me well to this day. Now, if only I could find where I put the answer booklet for members of congress...
What is it with the cast of Star Trek all celebrating birthdays? It's like it's an annual occurrence or something!
I completely agree. And while you mention it, anyone who has ever played chess in a semi-serious fashion will be able to tell you that a lot of girls dig guys with big brains. And not a few of them are hot. And a lot of them play the game and are good at it (read: "smart").
Chess groupies. Just saying.
And, in hindsight, I missed the obviously superior Soviet Russia joke. The preview button exists for a reason, kids!
And to think, all this time I thought the only way to play was not to win!
an additional 3.82e26 featuritons is included in the product
And here I thought it was always 1 mol of featuritons to the version number - roughly, 6.022x10^23. FF must have 500 times the feature density of a normal browser!
Without a doubt, the shuttle orbiter is one of the most beautiful objects man has created. I rate it the peer of the Mona Lisa, the Aphrodite of Milos and the Taj Mahal.
Meesa wants it! My presciousssa...
I tried that, and now I seem to be in a defence mainframe! They have some cool games here.
I've seen youtube videos of people being arrested for everything from 'reckless photography' to 'skateboarding with intent'. Typically they were charged with something generic like "creating a public disturbance". Are they bullshit reasons? Yes. But those people still got arrested on the basis that the police officer didn't like the (legal) thing they were doing.
What exactly do you mean by "gay"? We accept you here, no matter your orientation. I agree, sometimes the artical can sound gay. Perhaps we can meet an accord?
I was about to say "Super toys last all summer long", but you beat me to it.
Well, it makes perfect, perfect sense to use this platform as the unpredictable spy satellite that you can aggressively reposition on a whim, can't easily predict its passing, and don't have to worry about depleting the fuel of - and that means you can fly it in LEO and get a closer look at things.
No, but the follow-up project LION will make it a core requirement. Coincidentally, it will also run on OSX.
-1 Knows Nothing About Robotics.
Hi, roboticist here. Let me just say 'citation needed' to pretty much everything the parent said. I'm not quite sure what a "sense of instability and correction mechanisms" is, but I'm guessing they mean "sensors and control systems", but I'm pretty sure dynamic stability, traction, motion sensing and control have little to do with conformal surface coverings. Yes, skin has important traction characteristics, and flesh has inherent compliance that is important in gait cycles, but skin has nothing to do with dynamic stability.
Further more, it is fallacious to say that researchers aren't developing skin. That's simply false - there are many benefits to synthetic skin to be derived from users of prosthetic appliances, both in contact mechanics and sensing. There have been some very novel products in that area... they just don't happen to apply to dynamic control of legged robots.
Given the parent's mention of Big Dog and the weight of mechanical structures, I'd like to point out that part of the work for cheetah includes exploring composite structures for legged robots that will decrease total weight and rotational inertia of the limbs - directly related to the maximum speed at which a legged robot can move. Cf. the sexy MIT cheetah pic here. Note the call-outs citing sensors, balance mechanisms, traction control, actuators and distinct lack of skin.
Well, this isn't a case of time-lag so much as it's a recognition that interactions with stock trading is actually a control system. The traders are trying to use feed-forward control to predict when and where the market is going to move and apply the right 'control action' (ie. buy or sell) at the appropriate time. Unlike most dynamic systems, however, you are not the only controller - you are trying to predict and exploit the behaviour of other controllers in the system.
With multiple players, the aggregate dynamics are something akin to a dog-fight as each trading algorithm circles and dodges, trying to exploit weaknesses and failures in its adversaries so as to make fractional gains in the time available. If you can control on a tighter time-scale than your opponents, then you can achieve more finely-grained dynamic buy-sell strategies that maximise your profit.
The fixed time-lag between you and the actual market is actually largely irrelevant because of the way the fast dynamic control strategy is being employed. To extend the metaphor, think of them like a attack formation flying to the enemy. If your aircraft can make their attack and withdraw before the enemy can reposition defenses, you will be more successful. The fact that it took an hour for your formation to reach the enemy in the first place is irrelevant.
I can decline to get a driver's license, and I can decline to get a passport. I don't have to have any id at all if I don't want. The implication is that I don't need identification or special permission to move freely about the country of which I am a citizen.
With a national ID card scheme, I don't have a choice to opt out. Such a card exists solely for "papers please" moments. The implication is that I am not free to move about the country of which I am a citizen.
YI have a choice to not watch.
You do... for now. I fear the day when people track our purchases closely enough to notice when we aren't buying DVDs or cable. It's a small logical jump to come to the conclusion that because we are not buying we must (obviously) be torrenting, instead. The jackboots will then be dispatched forthwith.
Think it can't happen?
Sigh. Yet another minority report style interface. It always astounds me that conceptual designers really think that holding your arms outstretched to interact with anything for an extended period of time is a good idea. Anyone working in human-machine interface design and ergonomics should be able to tell them that it's a load of crap. People sit with their arms in a rest position over the controls because it's the lowest-energy means of interacting. I cringe in anticipation at the coming wave of multitouch-only interfaces that require pinching and other large motions of the hand - it's just asking for RSI. Sure, there's no reason why some of the better ideas being developed can't be adapted to low displacement/strain finger motions, but those interfaces won't look especially different from a keyboard-mouse combination anyway. On some level, it's change for change's sake.
And while I'm hating, I'm also going to hate on designers who consistently conceptualise every gawddamned visual interface as being a bezel-less, zero-thickness sheet of image. It's a wonderful vision and we're all terribly keen to build such things, but in the meantime, why don't they design something that doesn't rely on that form-factor for practicality? For example, the smart bookmark shown in the parent's linked video - it's cute, but nobody is going to be building such things for a while yet. Yes yes, it's fine to think about the future before we get there, but it would be nice to see them come up with some novel ideas and improvements that can actually be implemented with existing technology, for a change.
Oh lord. I need to clean the coffee off my monitor. Bravo.
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