The article claims the climber is much more smarter. Couldn't imagine why it would need to me smart. Unless the definition of smart is, "Turn motor clockwise/anti-clockwise"!
Can someone explain why the climber would need to me smart?
I have been in 2 of these races and your claim about using hand-me-down solar cells is very questionable. All the teams that I know of (including mine), glue the solar cells to the body with some kind of "super glue" (epoxy, etc). And it is very difficult to remove the cells without damaging them. Do you know what you are talking about?
I agree that the way to build a winning car is pretty much predetermined now.
But if the beam is going to be strong enough to completely blind a camera, I'd be really concerned about what it could do for the eyes.
RTFA, the infrared is only used to detect the camera lens. It's not used to blind the camera. A normal project is used to blind the camera. So you won't go blind without knowing what's hitting you. A valid question would have been, "wont it think my glasses are camera lens". The answer to which is also provided in the article. Again... RTFA.
You are wrong. The storage capacity is a few bytes (for storing 22 and 7). The rest is just computation, not information. Information increases as the probability of knowing the output decreases. Here we know for sure what the output would be. The only things that could change are, 22 and 7.
When they outsource computing time to India, all the computers in the US are gonna get together and make a peaceful demonstration... They would pop up BSOD's just before you click save... And Linux will join in with "OOPs... I told ya not to piss me off..."
Google's supercomputers are built for very very spefific tasks. So I don't think google will be able to offer something similar to this. Google's supercomputers could be compared to a very large private SETI@Home network (SETI@work??:)).
Your example 1 is outright lame, you are using #define just to give an instance where I'm "wrong". Of course I meant variables!, not #defines of the same variable. Examples 2 and 3 can be replaced by a constant because they will always be the same, as in, they are compile time constants. It's like comparing "(1 != 2)". Btw, example 1 is also a compile time constant.
I agree I'm using too many exclamations. I get tensed/pissed if I see bad code or wrong claims about programming. Btw, I had decaf today:). Also, don't deviate from the topic;-)
I never said your post was syntactically wrong. So, I didn't make half-assed comments; just that you read my post half-assed. I could simply replace your expression with 1. A "IsNot" expression can't be replaced with "1". If you wanted to make a sensible comparison, you should have given something like this:
As long as the corporate funding for R&D in schools is as low as it is now in India, I don't think India (not Indians) will ever become a Knowledge superpower. I'm an Indian who is now in the U.S. It's just amazing on how many new things the undergrads in the US can work on when compared to how little the grads in India can work on. The difference is in extremes. Here in the U.S, even small univs undergrad team builds solar cars, in India, even the grads don't get enough money to work on something useful. Most of it is theory in India. Sad, but true. I wish corporates in India put enough money into R&D in Indian schools.
Each link on the network is secured and authenticated, but messages are not secured point to point, which means a trusted user on the network can theoretically spoof and/or sniff traffic. For more information, see the security section.
Thats what the information page on the WASTE website says. So one MPAA computer in the network is enough to spoof. Also if they have a lot of bandwidth/low latency, most packets will flow through them (RTA). WASTE is a waste of time... at least for this scenario. Needs a lot more changes before/if it will be useful.
Common, asking a bunch of/.ers why open-source software is better and cheaper is like asking Bill Gates why M$ Windows is the best OS (not that I agree)! If I could rate an article, I would rate it as a Troll!
Dunno when you geeks will try to look at computers as a tool for the common man. What you are suggesting is similar to a doctor saying "don't manufacture medicines, because if the people do exercise and keep their body healthy, they wouldn't need most medicines". Well that just doesn't happen. You probably are a couch potato yourself.
Btw, I consider myself to be a geek, but I don't look at computers with a narrow mind. I don't use text consoles when I can get more done using GUI based tools. Make the computer work for you, not the other way around.
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The article claims the climber is much more smarter. Couldn't imagine why it would need to me smart. Unless the definition of smart is, "Turn motor clockwise/anti-clockwise"! Can someone explain why the climber would need to me smart?
I have been in 2 of these races and your claim about using hand-me-down solar cells is very questionable. All the teams that I know of (including mine), glue the solar cells to the body with some kind of "super glue" (epoxy, etc). And it is very difficult to remove the cells without damaging them. Do you know what you are talking about?
I agree that the way to build a winning car is pretty much predetermined now.
But if the beam is going to be strong enough to completely blind a camera, I'd be really concerned about what it could do for the eyes.
RTFA, the infrared is only used to detect the camera lens. It's not used to blind the camera. A normal project is used to blind the camera. So you won't go blind without knowing what's hitting you. A valid question would have been, "wont it think my glasses are camera lens". The answer to which is also provided in the article. Again... RTFA.
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You are wrong. The storage capacity is a few bytes (for storing 22 and 7). The rest is just computation, not information. Information increases as the probability of knowing the output decreases. Here we know for sure what the output would be. The only things that could change are, 22 and 7.
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Is it CowboyNeal's birthday today? Y is /. whoring itself to CowboyNeal?
When they outsource computing time to India, all the computers in the US are gonna get together and make a peaceful demonstration... They would pop up BSOD's just before you click save... And Linux will join in with "OOPs... I told ya not to piss me off..."
Google's supercomputers are built for very very spefific tasks. So I don't think google will be able to offer something similar to this. Google's supercomputers could be compared to a very large private SETI@Home network (SETI@work?? :)).
Did CowboyNeal just take over /. ?? 8 out of the 10 postings are his!!!
Your example 1 is outright lame, you are using #define just to give an instance where I'm "wrong". Of course I meant variables!, not #defines of the same variable. Examples 2 and 3 can be replaced by a constant because they will always be the same, as in, they are compile time constants. It's like comparing "(1 != 2)". Btw, example 1 is also a compile time constant.
I agree I'm using too many exclamations. I get tensed/pissed if I see bad code or wrong claims about programming. Btw, I had decaf today :). Also, don't deviate from the topic ;-)
I'm talking about C and your &b declaration is not a valid C statement! Look at the parent - it talks about C!!
I never said your post was syntactically wrong. So, I didn't make half-assed comments; just that you read my post half-assed. I could simply replace your expression with 1. A "IsNot" expression can't be replaced with "1". If you wanted to make a sensible comparison, you should have given something like this:
int isNot(void *a, void *b)
{
return (a != b);
}
&a != &b will always return TRUE!!!!! Stop telling shit you... nevermind! Can't fix the world!
The parent and grand parent are both wrong in the semantics.
Lets assume that "a" and "b" are not pointer variables (as in not "int *a, *b;"). They can be a char array or any damn thing else. So
&a != &b will always be true since the compiler will allocate different memory locations on the program heap for a and b.
If "a" and "b" are pointers, it makes sense to use
a != b. Btw, even for variables "a" and "b" declared as pointers, &a != &b will always return true.
Do not make half-assed comments if you don't know C well enough.
Yeah! But that's better than nothing at all. Also, even if it's monkey work, it definitely kindles interest which is very important.
As long as the corporate funding for R&D in schools is as low as it is now in India, I don't think India (not Indians) will ever become a Knowledge superpower. I'm an Indian who is now in the U.S. It's just amazing on how many new things the undergrads in the US can work on when compared to how little the grads in India can work on. The difference is in extremes. Here in the U.S, even small univs undergrad team builds solar cars, in India, even the grads don't get enough money to work on something useful. Most of it is theory in India. Sad, but true. I wish corporates in India put enough money into R&D in Indian schools.
Silly!
Why don't you stop "Wine"ing (whining) about it and give it a try?? :P
Each link on the network is secured and authenticated, but messages are not secured point to point, which means a trusted user on the network can theoretically spoof and/or sniff traffic. For more information, see the security section.
Thats what the information page on the WASTE website says. So one MPAA computer in the network is enough to spoof. Also if they have a lot of bandwidth/low latency, most packets will flow through them (RTA). WASTE is a waste of time... at least for this scenario. Needs a lot more changes before/if it will be useful.
Common, asking a bunch of /.ers why open-source software is better and cheaper is like asking Bill Gates why M$ Windows is the best OS (not that I agree)! If I could rate an article, I would rate it as a Troll!
Dunno when you geeks will try to look at computers as a tool for the common man. What you are suggesting is similar to a doctor saying "don't manufacture medicines, because if the people do exercise and keep their body healthy, they wouldn't need most medicines". Well that just doesn't happen. You probably are a couch potato yourself.
Btw, I consider myself to be a geek, but I don't look at computers with a narrow mind. I don't use text consoles when I can get more done using GUI based tools. Make the computer work for you, not the other way around.
Or each processor could render a particular object! Processors don't look at parallelism as you do!
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