The AI? Isn't the point of building a robot to write the AI for it yourself? Being a windows machine, it'd be easy to plug in a mic for sound detection, probably even with voice recognition software. Speech synthesis wouldn't be a problem either (built-in speakers). You could add an arm yourself, although I'll agree that not including one with the robot is a raw deal.
I don't have a problem with the musicians. If the musicians were getting most of the money for an album sale, I'd buy the CD. But they don't. When you buy CDs, you're supporting the leeches that keep any but the most popular music from becoming a viable business option. I refuse to support the current system; it fosters generic, least common denominator music.
OK. Enough. I'm avoiding that site like the plague, even if I learned that it was the bestest site in the world. And it's all thanks to your repeated spamming.
I delight in repairing such systems and either keeping it for my own use, returning it to the original owner, or finding a new owner for the hardware. Even when it's an issue I'm unfamiliar with, it generally takes under an hour to repair a lot of Windows boot errors (corrupted/missing files and such). I'm just glad I haven't seen a really nasty spyware infection in a while!
Your post reminded me of an Apple tech support call I've heard where the customer had loaded a "customized" version of OS X onto a computer. The guy on the other end said something like "Ummm....sir....how did you even put OS X on a Compaq?"
Personally, I'd try copying from another machine first, and possibly resort to downloading an using a copy of the OS from the internet. As long as it's the version you have the license for, I don't really have a problem with that.
I've had some hands-on with an eReader (I actually don't remember which one). It was a very slick device, and I'll likely have something similar eventually. However, I'm in love with the feel of a real book, its smell, its weight. I'll agree that an electronic device may be more practical, but it doesn't have the same mental associations that an actual book has.
Microsoft would like to keep the power of the local machine strong. It's more Google that's strongly pushing for full online desktop, as far as I've seen. Microsoft is poking a toe into search and online services mainly because they know they're dead if they don't at least get a foot in the door. I think online computing is kind of a contingency plan to Microsoft.
I'm reasonably certain that both Germany's and Switzerland's citizenship laws work this way. In fact, there's a sizable Turkish population in Germany, many of whom have lived there for generations, but who don't have citizenship because Germany doesn't automatically grant it at birth. At least, that's the situation as I remember it. It's been a while since I lived there, and I was just a kid.
In a related study, researchers found that consumers thought that the programs on their machines were written by magic gnomes, and that anything that didn't work was a quick and easy fix "Can't you just...change the codes or something?"
Cross-platform? Yes. Open? No. I'd rather use a single-platform open source program than a multi-platform proprietary one. The open source program, *I* have control over. The other one? Not so much.
Computers can be (and historically have been) designed to work in base 10. It's just inefficient. It makes far more sense to construct them to function in base 2. Also, I'd say that the number's just a base. you're arguing about the base-representation of the same number...you say drive sizes "can't" be represented in base 10. They most certainly can, and it's clear from the prefix that they actually are. The only question is, is it too confusing for the average consumer? That's the only reason to switch to the base 2 system (with the appropriate changes in prefix, of course).
Enforcement of ESRB ratings is just another attempt to enforce moral behavior with the force of law. The law shouldn't be in control, parents should.
Ratings should be there to give parents an idea of what they'd be letting their child play. They should be accurate. However, I believe that the parent/guardian of the child should have control over what is acceptable to them.
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Gimp's UI makes more sense on a XWindows system where you can set the individual sections of the UI to stay on top. For instance, I can keep the image full-screen on one monitor while using the editing tools on a second monitor. I'd like to see a single-window app like Photoshop do that!
Evolutionary algorithms have been known for a while....it seems to me a reasonably obvious extension of AI search algorithms, in many ways. It's just finding an optimal solution within a large problem space. I'm being taught these things in school, so something tells me they have sufficient prior art to be unpatentable.
*quietly, to avoid the flames* I liked them all....the exploration of new places and upgrading Samus with kickass new abilities....plus the fact that Metroid games tend to be more challenging than a lot of the crap out there right now!
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The AI? Isn't the point of building a robot to write the AI for it yourself? Being a windows machine, it'd be easy to plug in a mic for sound detection, probably even with voice recognition software. Speech synthesis wouldn't be a problem either (built-in speakers). You could add an arm yourself, although I'll agree that not including one with the robot is a raw deal.
No, I actively avoid it.
"literally watching the world fall apart"....The earth is fragmenting and drifting off into space, and no one bothered to tell me?!?!
I don't have a problem with the musicians. If the musicians were getting most of the money for an album sale, I'd buy the CD. But they don't. When you buy CDs, you're supporting the leeches that keep any but the most popular music from becoming a viable business option. I refuse to support the current system; it fosters generic, least common denominator music.
It *does* actually say 2008..."01/18/2008"
OK. Enough. I'm avoiding that site like the plague, even if I learned that it was the bestest site in the world. And it's all thanks to your repeated spamming.
I delight in repairing such systems and either keeping it for my own use, returning it to the original owner, or finding a new owner for the hardware. Even when it's an issue I'm unfamiliar with, it generally takes under an hour to repair a lot of Windows boot errors (corrupted/missing files and such). I'm just glad I haven't seen a really nasty spyware infection in a while!
Your post reminded me of an Apple tech support call I've heard where the customer had loaded a "customized" version of OS X onto a computer. The guy on the other end said something like "Ummm....sir....how did you even put OS X on a Compaq?"
Personally, I'd try copying from another machine first, and possibly resort to downloading an using a copy of the OS from the internet. As long as it's the version you have the license for, I don't really have a problem with that.
I've had some hands-on with an eReader (I actually don't remember which one). It was a very slick device, and I'll likely have something similar eventually. However, I'm in love with the feel of a real book, its smell, its weight. I'll agree that an electronic device may be more practical, but it doesn't have the same mental associations that an actual book has.
Thanks for degrading Slashdot. Jerk.
Microsoft would like to keep the power of the local machine strong. It's more Google that's strongly pushing for full online desktop, as far as I've seen. Microsoft is poking a toe into search and online services mainly because they know they're dead if they don't at least get a foot in the door. I think online computing is kind of a contingency plan to Microsoft.
Hi, I actually don't need you asking about my "hole area". Any of them. Thanks!
I'm reasonably certain that both Germany's and Switzerland's citizenship laws work this way. In fact, there's a sizable Turkish population in Germany, many of whom have lived there for generations, but who don't have citizenship because Germany doesn't automatically grant it at birth. At least, that's the situation as I remember it. It's been a while since I lived there, and I was just a kid.
In a related study, researchers found that consumers thought that the programs on their machines were written by magic gnomes, and that anything that didn't work was a quick and easy fix "Can't you just...change the codes or something?"
Cross-platform? Yes. Open? No. I'd rather use a single-platform open source program than a multi-platform proprietary one. The open source program, *I* have control over. The other one? Not so much.
Computers can be (and historically have been) designed to work in base 10. It's just inefficient. It makes far more sense to construct them to function in base 2. Also, I'd say that the number's just a base. you're arguing about the base-representation of the same number...you say drive sizes "can't" be represented in base 10. They most certainly can, and it's clear from the prefix that they actually are. The only question is, is it too confusing for the average consumer? That's the only reason to switch to the base 2 system (with the appropriate changes in prefix, of course).
(She is watching you)
Enforcement of ESRB ratings is just another attempt to enforce moral behavior with the force of law. The law shouldn't be in control, parents should.
Ratings should be there to give parents an idea of what they'd be letting their child play. They should be accurate. However, I believe that the parent/guardian of the child should have control over what is acceptable to them.
Gimp's UI makes more sense on a XWindows system where you can set the individual sections of the UI to stay on top. For instance, I can keep the image full-screen on one monitor while using the editing tools on a second monitor. I'd like to see a single-window app like Photoshop do that!
Oh, do you have the detector as well? Does it go "ding" when there's stuff?
*They're* over *there* sitting in *their* chairs. Thank you.
Hey, it's just using truthiness to the greatest personal benefit!
Evolutionary algorithms have been known for a while....it seems to me a reasonably obvious extension of AI search algorithms, in many ways. It's just finding an optimal solution within a large problem space. I'm being taught these things in school, so something tells me they have sufficient prior art to be unpatentable.
*quietly, to avoid the flames* I liked them all....the exploration of new places and upgrading Samus with kickass new abilities....plus the fact that Metroid games tend to be more challenging than a lot of the crap out there right now!