After RTFAing, it seems that he actually got the sounds by simulating it! At what point does it simply become something he made up?
If he didn't actually record anything, I don't see how this can be anything except his own composition.
-Ashton
Surely the extremely low temperatures would at least make it difficult to start up again...
Also, if it's waiting for a "time to wake up" signal it must be using power...surely this would put some rather tight constraints on how long it could last?
-Ashton
20 pounds~10 kilograms
10kg~98 newtons
If they drop it from one metre:
98 newton-metres=98 joules~14 volts at 7 amps for 1 second.
Yeah, a couple of those should do it:)
The Grand Challenge website gives
www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge
as the place to get news and updates on Grand Challenge 2005. Not sure why they didn't just keep everything on one website, but......
-Ashton
Unfortunately, Microsoft's stranglehold is probably too strong by now. I don't think that schools will move to Linux any time soon:( Kids would immediately start complaining and asking where their good friend Microsoft got to.
Am I the only person who, after seeing the subject of the parent, immediately thought "welcome our new revamped licensing plan overlords?"
Oh dear, too much/. for one day....
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After RTFAing, it seems that he actually got the sounds by simulating it! At what point does it simply become something he made up?
If he didn't actually record anything, I don't see how this can be anything except his own composition.
-Ashton
I don't think that there's enough solar energy during a Martian winter...
-Ashton
Surely the extremely low temperatures would at least make it difficult to start up again...
Also, if it's waiting for a "time to wake up" signal it must be using power...surely this would put some rather tight constraints on how long it could last?
-Ashton
What exactly does the AI do? Yeah, it has to decide on some basic actions eg adding a circle, but is that worthy of the term AI?
Surely it's not that complex. Correct me if I'm wrong, but AI is an overstatement.
-Ashton
20 pounds~10 kilograms 10kg~98 newtons If they drop it from one metre: 98 newton-metres=98 joules~14 volts at 7 amps for 1 second. Yeah, a couple of those should do it :)
The Grand Challenge website gives www.darpa.mil/grandchallenge as the place to get news and updates on Grand Challenge 2005. Not sure why they didn't just keep everything on one website, but...... -Ashton
Unfortunately, Microsoft's stranglehold is probably too strong by now. I don't think that schools will move to Linux any time soon :(
Kids would immediately start complaining and asking where their good friend Microsoft got to.
-Ashton
Am I the only person who, after seeing the subject of the parent, immediately thought "welcome our new revamped licensing plan overlords?" Oh dear, too much /. for one day....
What, you mean that there's more than one patent the USPTO has wrongly green-lighted?
-Ashton