Looks like there's pictures and a small blip of text about it here:
http://www.innermongolia.org/english/index.html
It also looks like all Chinese news sites (.cn) are censoring any mention of it as well.
What I don't understand is that Apple is going to win either way. If Psystar wins, they'll still be paying Apple licensing fees for the OSX software. For every clone they sell, Apple makes a small cut.
Sure, Apple is going to lose exclusive sales of their already expensive equipment, but it would make them more competitive. They would have to compete separately in the OS market (designing OS's so that PC users can decide whether Windows/Linux/OSX is better, and designing systems so that PC users will think Apple is worth it compared to Dell, Gateway, Acer, IBM, etc.).
Apple is only putting up a fight as a barrier to their systems. Since Microsoft allows Windows to be installed on Apple systems, it's only fair that apple allow OSX to be installed on other systems as well. If Microsoft sued Apple for allowing windows to be installed on their systems, there would not be as high of a demand for Apple systems.
I truly see this as an unfair competitive advantage that Apple currently holds.
Seems like archive.org has a good history of page changes Morgellons.org has undergone. Anyway, around 2002, contact information was listed:
Contact us at Morgellons@aol.com or fax to (760) 457-3441
This website designed and maintained by Amy De Ferrari. Contact her at amy_de_ferrari@hotmail.com
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A post by Espina reads:
Hi!...stopped by the NQE last week and this whole Tuesday
and I must say that all the work accomplished on all the
AGVs was very impressive....for those who couldn't be there the following bots all
had runs in the morning session:
"Mojavaton, DAD, CIMAR, Insight Racing, Golem Group,
ENSCO,
Princeton, MonsterMoto, Team Jefferson, UCF,, AION,
Cajunbot, Banzai,
Gray Team, Mitre Meteorites, Virginia Tech Grand
Challenge Team, Austin
Robot, Desert Buckeyes."
All had full runs except five. Majavaton and Insight
Racing which both collided with a vehicle/obstacle within
100 yards of the finish line. Aion decided to skip the
course and circle back directly to the finish line but a K-
rail barrier refused to co-operate. The UCF bot went
walkabout on the back 40 towards the NASCAR track and
Austin Robotics got sulky in the first loop when the crowd
left for lunch during its run. MonsterMoto was given a
restart because a chase truck encroached on the route
near the start....according to some team members from Ensco, the
afternoon session was a chance for the teams "on the
cusp" to improve their standings. Austin Robotics,
CajunBot, VT, Team Banzai, Mojavaton, the Mitre Group,
and the Gray Team all had additional runs....Mojavaton, VT, Mitre (had two) and the Gray Team all
had full runs. The Gray Team had two runs but was unable
to to get GPS back after the tunnel on the first run so they
made a few adjustments and had a stellar 2nd run. It
seemed like a time/constelation problem. CajunBot made
it to the last Obstacle/vehicle to the chagrin of the crowd.
Team Banzai froze contemplating a witch's hat on a
downhill transition at the end of the first loop and Austin
Robotics lost GPS (and its way) after the tunnel......after that the best of the rest ran (Autonosys, Blue
Team, Overbot, Indiana Robotic NAV, BJB
Engineering, Team Juggernaut, Autonomous Vehicle
Systems, Team Tormenta,
Indy Robot Racing, Terra Engineering, PVHA Road
Warriors, CyberRider, AI
Motorvators, Team Underdawg. )with most of the teams
wiping out the first barrier, and/or re-arranging the hay
bales at the tunnel entrance, colliding with the tunnel
entrance and losing GPS after the tunnel. However, IT,
from AI motorvaters had a full run on the shortened RDDF
and TerraHawk made it thru most of the hard parts.
Overbot ran very thoroughly and cautiously but froze on
the downhill transition....if any of this information is incorrect please feel free to
fix...I could be suffering the effects of sunstroke......anyhow, good luck all and I admire dedication of all of
the teams on completing an AGV....see y'all in Primm,
Espina
There's another article here that provides a little bit more detail. It's pretty much software... a quick snippet from that article to summarize it all:
"The artificial chromosome is a software system. It means that the information - their 'genes' - can be easily sent to other robots," he said.
"So if I send the chromosomes to another robot, that robot can then reproduce by itself. In that sense the robots will be created by the 'genes'. The personality of robots will be created by artificial genes."
Dr Kim said there was no danger that such self-reproducing robots would take over the world as portrayed in movies such as this year's blockbuster I, Robot.
"If we design the chromosomes quite safely, then we can avoid such a bad situation," he said.
Slashdot Mirror
And a whole lot more from youtube: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=inner+mongolia&search_sort=video_date_uploaded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yef-1ZVNOs
Oh and a video from someone inside mongolia! http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/china.martial.law/
Looks like there's pictures and a small blip of text about it here: http://www.innermongolia.org/english/index.html It also looks like all Chinese news sites (.cn) are censoring any mention of it as well.
What I don't understand is that Apple is going to win either way. If Psystar wins, they'll still be paying Apple licensing fees for the OSX software. For every clone they sell, Apple makes a small cut. Sure, Apple is going to lose exclusive sales of their already expensive equipment, but it would make them more competitive. They would have to compete separately in the OS market (designing OS's so that PC users can decide whether Windows/Linux/OSX is better, and designing systems so that PC users will think Apple is worth it compared to Dell, Gateway, Acer, IBM, etc.). Apple is only putting up a fight as a barrier to their systems. Since Microsoft allows Windows to be installed on Apple systems, it's only fair that apple allow OSX to be installed on other systems as well. If Microsoft sued Apple for allowing windows to be installed on their systems, there would not be as high of a demand for Apple systems. I truly see this as an unfair competitive advantage that Apple currently holds.
Information about the actual AIBO setup:
http://www.csl.sony.fr/perspective/
Videos here: http://www.csl.sony.fr/perspective/node6.html
I haven't gotten the chance to read this thoroughly, but I think this is the research paper the article was referring to:
http://ecagents.istc.cnr.it/imgs/blu_paper.pdf
Seems like archive.org has a good history of page changes Morgellons.org has undergone. Anyway, around 2002, contact information was listed:
Contact us at Morgellons@aol.com or fax to (760) 457-3441
This website designed and maintained by Amy De Ferrari. Contact her at amy_de_ferrari@hotmail.com
You are visitor number
====
Now I'm curious about who this Amy De Ferrari preson is. If you google for Amy De Ferrari, you'll find this site and a curious entry about the site being taken down. I wonder...
www.amydeferrari.com
In case someone is looking for more information about the actual implementation of the "places" concept: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Talk:Places:Design_Overvie w
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Places:Design_Overview
Speaking of which, there's also a Chinese group trying to fake slashdot: http://www.slashdot.cn which redirects to: http://solidot.org/
oops.. didn't realize the NQEfinal paper and the grandchallenge links were already provided. Anyway, some more links (to articles):
r e_update/
r e_update/
n terview/
l lenge_update2/
l lenge_update1/
l lenge_introduction/
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/06/darpa2005_featu
"Blue Team" runs self-righting motorcycle at darpa Grand Challenge
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/03/darpa2005_featu
DARPA Grand Challenge update #3: Interview with Team Cornell
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/02/darpa_cornell_i
DARPA Grand Challenge update #2: A chat with Team Mojavaton
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/02/darpa_grand_cha
DARPA Grand Challenge Update #1: Qualification Day 1 results
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/02/darpa_grand_cha
Gearing up for the DARPA Grand Challenge:
http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/01/darpa_grand_cha
Video coverage here (there's a whole bunch. The overview, stanley and ghostrider ones are awesome!):
c h/channels/index.cfm/channel/cartv_video/action/sh owvideo/vid/e_0145/vcat/Event/
i c_id=1636&forum_id=30&Topic_Title=NQE&forum_title= Grand+Challenge+Event&M=False&S=
...stopped by the NQE last week and this whole Tuesday
and I must say that all the work accomplished on all the
AGVs was very impressive. ...for those who couldn't be there the following bots all
had runs in the morning session:
"Mojavaton, DAD, CIMAR, Insight Racing, Golem Group,
ENSCO,
Princeton, MonsterMoto, Team Jefferson, UCF,, AION,
Cajunbot, Banzai,
Gray Team, Mitre Meteorites, Virginia Tech Grand
Challenge Team, Austin
Robot, Desert Buckeyes."
All had full runs except five. Majavaton and Insight
Racing which both collided with a vehicle/obstacle within
100 yards of the finish line. Aion decided to skip the
course and circle back directly to the finish line but a K-
rail barrier refused to co-operate. The UCF bot went
walkabout on the back 40 towards the NASCAR track and
Austin Robotics got sulky in the first loop when the crowd
left for lunch during its run. MonsterMoto was given a
restart because a chase truck encroached on the route
near the start. ...according to some team members from Ensco, the
afternoon session was a chance for the teams "on the
cusp" to improve their standings. Austin Robotics,
CajunBot, VT, Team Banzai, Mojavaton, the Mitre Group,
and the Gray Team all had additional runs. ...Mojavaton, VT, Mitre (had two) and the Gray Team all
had full runs. The Gray Team had two runs but was unable
to to get GPS back after the tunnel on the first run so they
made a few adjustments and had a stellar 2nd run. It
seemed like a time/constelation problem. CajunBot made
it to the last Obstacle/vehicle to the chagrin of the crowd.
Team Banzai froze contemplating a witch's hat on a
downhill transition at the end of the first loop and Austin
Robotics lost GPS (and its way) after the tunnel... ...after that the best of the rest ran (Autonosys, Blue
Team, Overbot, Indiana Robotic NAV, BJB
Engineering, Team Juggernaut, Autonomous Vehicle
Systems, Team Tormenta,
Indy Robot Racing, Terra Engineering, PVHA Road
Warriors, CyberRider, AI
Motorvators, Team Underdawg. )with most of the teams
wiping out the first barrier, and/or re-arranging the hay
bales at the tunnel entrance, colliding with the tunnel
entrance and losing GPS after the tunnel. However, IT,
from AI motorvaters had a full run on the shortened RDDF
and TerraHawk made it thru most of the hard parts.
Overbot ran very thoroughly and cautiously but froze on
the downhill transition. ...if any of this information is incorrect please feel free to
fix...I could be suffering the effects of sunstroke... ...anyhow, good luck all and I admire dedication of all of
the teams on completing an AGV. ...see y'all in Primm,
Espina
http://www.cartv.com.nyud.net:8090/content/resear
NQE final paper:
http://www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge/NQEfinal1.pdf
And more announcements can be found on:
http://www.grandchallenge.org/
Also, a good summary of things that have been happening can be found in the discussion forum:
https://dtsn.darpa.mil/grandc/forum/topic.asp?top
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A post by Espina reads:
Hi!
There's another article here that provides a little bit more detail. It's pretty much software... a quick snippet from that article to summarize it all: "The artificial chromosome is a software system. It means that the information - their 'genes' - can be easily sent to other robots," he said. "So if I send the chromosomes to another robot, that robot can then reproduce by itself. In that sense the robots will be created by the 'genes'. The personality of robots will be created by artificial genes." Dr Kim said there was no danger that such self-reproducing robots would take over the world as portrayed in movies such as this year's blockbuster I, Robot. "If we design the chromosomes quite safely, then we can avoid such a bad situation," he said.