The "second ending" with the robots reenergizing david didn't seem all that happy to me. Instead of dying at the bottom of the sea after a very long period of rejection, he gets to spend eternity with the knowledge that he will never again be reunited with the woman he loves as a mother, espically considering that tantalizing tease at the begining of that eternity.
Nay, some of us thought it was gratuitious, cliché, and unnecessary, especially in a film as long as it already was, not to mention unbelievably more depressing than if it had ended with his blue-fairy death.
The second ending wasn't a happy ending at all. It was a depiction of Hell. an antiseptic hell devoid of physical needs to be sure, but Hell nontheless.
Well if they want, they should have separate categories for fictional robots and real robots. Real robots are far more impressive than some stupid cartoon.
No that's become cliché as well and is just as stupid. In fact, it's probably MORE stupid at this point in time, since anyone capable of recognizing the FP cliché should be capable of recognizing the FP cliché cliché
inverse square law is proportional to wavelength? Where did you ever get this wacky idea?
The inverse square law is so because it describes the effect of the expanding wave front as it propogates through space. The energy of any particular shell is constant, but as the shell expands the energy becomes more spread out. The square law is a consequence of our three dimensional space. The area of a sphere (the pattern of a so-called isentropic radiator) is pi*r^2, so the unit density will be {something}/pi*r^2 which is just {const}/r^2. Furthermore, the inverse square law works for all radiation patterns, not just spherical. It becomes {const}*f(theta,phi)/r^2 where f(theta,phi) describes the shape of the wavefront.
Further furthermore, At the higher frequencies, the base station antennas can be a much tighter beam. You could increase the number of elements (cells are already composed of an array of directional antennas on one tower in part to maximize the number of possible connections on one tower)
Now it is true that transmittance is a problem at higher frequencies, but this too is completely unrelated to inverse square law, and entirely related to composition of materials in the path of transmission.
Assuming the noise has a constant amplitude (and not a constant power, or even a more complicated function.. so basically, assuming incorrectly...) then the higher frequency noise would be a problem, but it would be just one more multiplier in the transmittance equation, completely affected by the inverse square law. (based on my quick back-o-the envelope calculation, I believe it would be linear. E=h{nu} => P={const}*f)
So, for a system in which the only thing you change is the frequency, in order to maintain the same S/N ratio, you must increase the power by a linear factor, but this would be offset by square-law tightening of the beam as a result of the increased frequency.
IOW, under your constant noise scenario, the power required *decreases* linearly with increasing frequency.
I'm no fan of lawyers, but I don't think that their mercenary attitude to defence is amoral. They are their client's champion. Many of whom would prefer not to represent their clients if they feel guilt is obvious, but afaik (ianal) feelings such as those are not sufficient to get themselves excused from the case..
The real problems with lawyers:
They should not be in charge of creating laws. Since their fortunes are made in the process of hashing out the meaning and applicability of those laws, they have no incentive to produce good laws. The only incentive they have is to produce many laws, and possibly vague laws that will require lots of billable hours to resolve.
Barraty encourages the retention of more lawyers. Which results in more well-paid lawyers with time on their hands. which encourages barraty. It's a viscious cycle^h^h^h^h^hpositve feedback loop. I think there was a 'sliders' episode about it.
We NEED criminal defense lawyers. period. We even need civil litigation lawyers. The question is, at what point is our need for lawyers caused not by legitimate disputes, but by the existance of other lawyers.
People who think like me* are centrist. It's all those other people that have extreme views that should be repressed.
*ok well not me personally, I tend to think I actually do have some rather extreme views. I also happen to think those views are correct. Obviously. If I didn't, I'd switch 'em.
Their stated goal was to demonstrate the clarity or depth or somesuch without being overpowering..
However every theater I've been in with THX has for some odd reason put the audio level up to 11 to "enhance" the effect. So instead of a nice clean silly-sound followed by a clear and rich sound, I am treated to the sharp buzz of overmod followed by the grating pops of briefly exceeding the specifications of the speakers during the exciting parts of the films.
Fortunately, home theaters are cheap and it is quite easy to peg the audio at a level that doesn't stress the speakers. But it's a sad commentary when $60 walmart home theater has better sound than the real thing simply because some undertrained lacky failed to properly adjust the sound levels.
Y'know you really don't need more than 12 friends. 11 if you ditch the short stop when bases are loaded. 10 if you also ditch the center fielder. 9 if you keep the short stop and ditch the 2nd and 3rd basemen.
Over time however, the designers would evolve their process to become more refined. In fact, with exhaustive testing and the retention of knowledge of things that didn't work, the evolution of designers would progress far more rapidly than natural evolution.
No, you really can. stereo-vision isn't the ONLY cue to depth perception. There's also motion parallax and as someone else mentioned, size and brightness cues. They're all ways of reconstructing the three dimensional space around us, but there is no sense that allows a full reconstruction.
This may be a stupid question, but why is the ram separate from the CPU anymore anyway? Would it really be that difficult to include a few gigs on the main chip with enough redundancy to overcome manufacturing defects?
Intricate plot details? It's a half-satirical scifi spoof. Come to think of it, I hope some of the futurama staff have/will trickled over...
If you enjoy the show though, why do you seem to be opposed to everyone involved with it getting either 1) some of your money or 2) some of your time to give someone else a chance at (1)?
Aparantly people believe brain surgeons must be very smart, considering the delicate nature of the organ they concentrate on.
This is undoubtably the case for many in the profession, especially considering the hurdles necessary to get there, but if I were to go under the knife, I'd prefer someone with rediculously fine motor control and the experience of thousands of hours of drills.
The actual act--open head, cut something out--while certainly complicated, hopefully shouldn't require much thought..unless something goes horribly wrong.
Can they be used for other purposes? say, buy a relatively cheap extra graphics card and not actually use it for graphics at all, but as a reconfigurable specialized co-processor?
Assuming that "self-discipline" will even solve the problem as posited, you'd have to actually give something up. Something that uses energy. Something like.. broadband..
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The "second ending" with the robots reenergizing david didn't seem all that happy to me. Instead of dying at the bottom of the sea after a very long period of rejection, he gets to spend eternity with the knowledge that he will never again be reunited with the woman he loves as a mother, espically considering that tantalizing tease at the begining of that eternity.
Nay, some of us thought it was gratuitious, cliché, and unnecessary, especially in a film as long as it already was, not to mention unbelievably more depressing than if it had ended with his blue-fairy death.
The second ending wasn't a happy ending at all. It was a depiction of Hell. an antiseptic hell devoid of physical needs to be sure, but Hell nontheless.
Well if they want, they should have separate categories for fictional robots and real robots. Real robots are far more impressive than some stupid cartoon.
No that's become cliché as well and is just as stupid. In fact, it's probably MORE stupid at this point in time, since anyone capable of recognizing the FP cliché should be capable of recognizing the FP cliché cliché
inverse square law is proportional to wavelength? Where did you ever get this wacky idea?
The inverse square law is so because it describes the effect of the expanding wave front as it propogates through space. The energy of any particular shell is constant, but as the shell expands the energy becomes more spread out. The square law is a consequence of our three dimensional space. The area of a sphere (the pattern of a so-called isentropic radiator) is pi*r^2, so the unit density will be {something}/pi*r^2 which is just {const}/r^2. Furthermore, the inverse square law works for all radiation patterns, not just spherical. It becomes {const}*f(theta,phi)/r^2 where f(theta,phi) describes the shape of the wavefront.
Further furthermore, At the higher frequencies, the base station antennas can be a much tighter beam. You could increase the number of elements (cells are already composed of an array of directional antennas on one tower in part to maximize the number of possible connections on one tower)
Now it is true that transmittance is a problem at higher frequencies, but this too is completely unrelated to inverse square law, and entirely related to composition of materials in the path of transmission.
Assuming the noise has a constant amplitude (and not a constant power, or even a more complicated function.. so basically, assuming incorrectly...) then the higher frequency noise would be a problem, but it would be just one more multiplier in the transmittance equation, completely affected by the inverse square law. (based on my quick back-o-the envelope calculation, I believe it would be linear. E=h{nu} => P={const}*f)
So, for a system in which the only thing you change is the frequency, in order to maintain the same S/N ratio, you must increase the power by a linear factor, but this would be offset by square-law tightening of the beam as a result of the increased frequency.
IOW, under your constant noise scenario, the power required *decreases* linearly with increasing frequency.
I'm no fan of lawyers, but I don't think that their mercenary attitude to defence is amoral. They are their client's champion. Many of whom would prefer not to represent their clients if they feel guilt is obvious, but afaik (ianal) feelings such as those are not sufficient to get themselves excused from the case..
The real problems with lawyers:
They should not be in charge of creating laws. Since their fortunes are made in the process of hashing out the meaning and applicability of those laws, they have no incentive to produce good laws. The only incentive they have is to produce many laws, and possibly vague laws that will require lots of billable hours to resolve.
Barraty encourages the retention of more lawyers. Which results in more well-paid lawyers with time on their hands. which encourages barraty. It's a viscious cycle^h^h^h^h^hpositve feedback loop. I think there was a 'sliders' episode about it.
We NEED criminal defense lawyers. period. We even need civil litigation lawyers. The question is, at what point is our need for lawyers caused not by legitimate disputes, but by the existance of other lawyers.
People who think like me* are centrist. It's all those other people that have extreme views that should be repressed.
*ok well not me personally, I tend to think I actually do have some rather extreme views. I also happen to think those views are correct. Obviously. If I didn't, I'd switch 'em.
Their stated goal was to demonstrate the clarity or depth or somesuch without being overpowering..
However every theater I've been in with THX has for some odd reason put the audio level up to 11 to "enhance" the effect. So instead of a nice clean silly-sound followed by a clear and rich sound, I am treated to the sharp buzz of overmod followed by the grating pops of briefly exceeding the specifications of the speakers during the exciting parts of the films.
Fortunately, home theaters are cheap and it is quite easy to peg the audio at a level that doesn't stress the speakers. But it's a sad commentary when $60 walmart home theater has better sound than the real thing simply because some undertrained lacky failed to properly adjust the sound levels.
Why should scalpers get anything?
no.
parent was describing the rate. a linear rate is constant.
if x = mt, dx/dt = m = {const}
if x = e^(mt), dx/dt = mx = "rate proportional to its size"
haven't seen this show you both refered to.
Ahhh, so you'd rather the prices be lower, but have shortages?
Y'know you really don't need more than 12 friends. 11 if you ditch the short stop when bases are loaded. 10 if you also ditch the center fielder. 9 if you keep the short stop and ditch the 2nd and 3rd basemen.
Over time however, the designers would evolve their process to become more refined. In fact, with exhaustive testing and the retention of knowledge of things that didn't work, the evolution of designers would progress far more rapidly than natural evolution.
No, you really can. stereo-vision isn't the ONLY cue to depth perception. There's also motion parallax and as someone else mentioned, size and brightness cues. They're all ways of reconstructing the three dimensional space around us, but there is no sense that allows a full reconstruction.
This may be a stupid question, but why is the ram separate from the CPU anymore anyway? Would it really be that difficult to include a few gigs on the main chip with enough redundancy to overcome manufacturing defects?
You're both wrong. It has to do with the process used to change Bender Bending Rodriguez from robot to frat guy.
Even if it is prior art, wouldn't it be Philips' prior art anyway?
that's too bad. Graphics cards are pretty well commoditized at this point, so they'd be ideal price/performancewise if they could be retasked easily.
EVERYONE was named after their respective fathers.
Intricate plot details? It's a half-satirical scifi spoof. Come to think of it, I hope some of the futurama staff have/will trickled over...
If you enjoy the show though, why do you seem to be opposed to everyone involved with it getting either 1) some of your money or 2) some of your time to give someone else a chance at (1)?
Aparantly people believe brain surgeons must be very smart, considering the delicate nature of the organ they concentrate on.
This is undoubtably the case for many in the profession, especially considering the hurdles necessary to get there, but if I were to go under the knife, I'd prefer someone with rediculously fine motor control and the experience of thousands of hours of drills.
The actual act--open head, cut something out--while certainly complicated, hopefully shouldn't require much thought..unless something goes horribly wrong.
Woah, now that's interesting...
Can they be used for other purposes? say, buy a relatively cheap extra graphics card and not actually use it for graphics at all, but as a reconfigurable specialized co-processor?
"-rfv"
"v" for verbose.
You, sir, are evil.
Assuming that "self-discipline" will even solve the problem as posited, you'd have to actually give something up. Something that uses energy. Something like.. broadband..
Pro: lots of nuclear waste shipping through either Los Angeles or San Franscisco
con: it'll probably be very well shielded for the trip...
Only iron is stable.