I worked in my university's robotics research department during my undergrad studies. My job as a cs student was to write the motion control algorithms for a group of math grad students. The project was to develop an AI that could navigate a building and perform tasks autonomously given a floorplan, its starting location, a destination, and an action to perform.
The robot platform that they were using had a styrofoam head mounted on top of a cylinder with a pair of treads. The head had two cameras mounted where the eyes would be and two microphones mounted where the ears would be. The idea was that the robot would be able to understand simple voice commands, be able to detect transient obstacles (mostly people) using the cameras, and be able to track its location using the cameras (landmarks) and treads (distance rolled).
By the end of the semester, we actually had it working halfway decently. One issue we encountered with tracking distance using how much the treads had turned was that the treads tended to slip when turning and also on dusty/dirty patches of the floor, so that over time the internal position diverged from the actual position (which is where the cameras came in).
Now seeing as how this was almost 10 years ago and it was just a bunch of undergrad and grad students, I'm sure that the specialists at NASA have been able to accomplish something truly amazing with their rover. My hats off to them.
In the two minutes it took me to skim the page and hit reload, his counter went up by 780. I wonder how long it will take before either the network admin shuts down his account or it wraps around.:)
I just flew into SFO (San Francisco International) yesterday from Seoul after a week of business there, and shortly before arrival they announced that for security reasons, everyone had to present their passport as they got off the plane - not for customs, but right at the gate exit.
On my way off the exit ramp, sure enough, there were four very large policemen there inspecting everyone's passports. I heard one say to another "is this the name?" and the other reply "no, it's the last name we need to check." Obviously they suspected someone on some flight from the region of asia my flight came through (another flight connected to mine).
Anyway getting to the point, there were a lot of grumbles about the inconvenience and people worrying about whether it would delay them getting to their next connecting flight. Now, imagine not only just checking the passport, but actually getting fingerprinted and photographed - how much more time would that take? And are they going to use the digital fingerprinters, or old fashioned ink? Then everyone has to wash their hands after?
This is a great way to kill off tourism here. I just love my country sometimes.
By revealing this information you are allowing people to circumvent the NYT's access protection mechanism. I'm going to have to report you for violating the DMCA. I'm sure the NYT lawyers will be in touch with you shortly.
Traffic tickets do not usually bankrupt anybody but hopefully they will get you to follow the law.
You must not drive around Seattle much. =)
However, this analogy is rather apt; in (Montana I believe) the cops are allowed to collect speeding tickets on the spot in the form of cash. People have taken to keeping a fifty on the dash so that they can speed through the state, and just pay the fine if they get caught (I don't blame them).
This settlement amounts to the same thing - as long as you have the cash, keep doing what you've been doing.
In case you missed the poster's intention, the other two links were provided for additional information that happened to be mentioned in the primary article.
Do you have a habit of shouting at boy scouts who help old ladies cross the road too? Because clearly they didn't need to volunteer that extra effort either.
I have no need for such a telephone line, but I will probably have to get one the next time I move as it still is a requirement for many things.
Can you name one of those things? I have been 100% cellular for the past 4 years, since I left college. In that time, I have:
-gotten a job -gotten credit cards - visa, amex, discover -moved to a different state -opened a checking account at BoA -received a new drivers license -purchased a car -purchased insurance -purchased a house -connected the various water/power/gas utilities -opened an active account at Schwab -subscribed to cable television and modem service -taken classes part time at a local university
Not once has the fact that my contact number is a cell phone been a problem for me.
I came across this quote: At ZeroC we used Java because some of our development staff had little prior C++ experience.
and immediately though of that Dilbert strip (sorry, no link) mocking the "if all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail" saying. That strip was particularly memmorable to me because the last panel featured a porcupine saying "we must stick them with quills! it's the only way!"
How did this get modded to insightful? The entire article is only 8 sentences long, and this specific feature is 2 of them - 25% of the entire article is devoted to this one topic!
Couldn't find it earlier, but see also this page: http://www.twinhan.com/visiontv.htm for existing TV tuner cards that support hdtv including support for cable, satellite, and scrambled sources.
Notice that there is no slot for inserting a flash card; unless it supports an external flash drive connected to the PC via USB or similar (doubtful) this means you will not be able to watch the majority of cable hdtv channels, since they are usually scrambled and require a flash card with the decryption information in the cable box.
This comment is marked funny, and depending on how much radiation the things he mentions actually put out it might even be insightful, but there have been several studies showing that continued exposure to very low levels of radiation is actually more damaging to cellular DNA than periodic exposure to moderate or high levels of radiation.
It seems that repetitive small damage to DNA is harder for our repair mechanisms to handle than bursts of significant damage are. There was an article in Discover about this a few months ago.
There are two outs that I know of. [...] the other is to require use of a "trusted" compiler (which, in turn, requires use of a "trusted" OS to prevent substitution of an untrusted compiler, which in turn requires "trusted" hardware to prevent substitution of an untrusted OS).
And is it any surprise that the "secure" DRM hardware environment is exactly the direction Microsoft et. al. is moving, along with the **AA?
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I worked in my university's robotics research department during my undergrad studies. My job as a cs student was to write the motion control algorithms for a group of math grad students. The project was to develop an AI that could navigate a building and perform tasks autonomously given a floorplan, its starting location, a destination, and an action to perform.
The robot platform that they were using had a styrofoam head mounted on top of a cylinder with a pair of treads. The head had two cameras mounted where the eyes would be and two microphones mounted where the ears would be. The idea was that the robot would be able to understand simple voice commands, be able to detect transient obstacles (mostly people) using the cameras, and be able to track its location using the cameras (landmarks) and treads (distance rolled).
By the end of the semester, we actually had it working halfway decently. One issue we encountered with tracking distance using how much the treads had turned was that the treads tended to slip when turning and also on dusty/dirty patches of the floor, so that over time the internal position diverged from the actual position (which is where the cameras came in).
Now seeing as how this was almost 10 years ago and it was just a bunch of undergrad and grad students, I'm sure that the specialists at NASA have been able to accomplish something truly amazing with their rover. My hats off to them.
Well, if that were the case, it would sure make identifying the culprit a lot easier.
That seems to be my manager's definition of "port".
In the two minutes it took me to skim the page and hit reload, his counter went up by 780. I wonder how long it will take before either the network admin shuts down his account or it wraps around. :)
Keep refreshing! They say persistence pays off...
I just flew into SFO (San Francisco International) yesterday from Seoul after a week of business there, and shortly before arrival they announced that for security reasons, everyone had to present their passport as they got off the plane - not for customs, but right at the gate exit.
On my way off the exit ramp, sure enough, there were four very large policemen there inspecting everyone's passports. I heard one say to another "is this the name?" and the other reply "no, it's the last name we need to check." Obviously they suspected someone on some flight from the region of asia my flight came through (another flight connected to mine).
Anyway getting to the point, there were a lot of grumbles about the inconvenience and people worrying about whether it would delay them getting to their next connecting flight. Now, imagine not only just checking the passport, but actually getting fingerprinted and photographed - how much more time would that take? And are they going to use the digital fingerprinters, or old fashioned ink? Then everyone has to wash their hands after?
This is a great way to kill off tourism here. I just love my country sometimes.
By revealing this information you are allowing people to circumvent the NYT's access protection mechanism. I'm going to have to report you for violating the DMCA. I'm sure the NYT lawyers will be in touch with you shortly.
I'm being a good PATRIOT, see? See?
Traffic tickets do not usually bankrupt anybody but hopefully they will get you to follow the law.
You must not drive around Seattle much. =)
However, this analogy is rather apt; in (Montana I believe) the cops are allowed to collect speeding tickets on the spot in the form of cash. People have taken to keeping a fifty on the dash so that they can speed through the state, and just pay the fine if they get caught (I don't blame them).
This settlement amounts to the same thing - as long as you have the cash, keep doing what you've been doing.
In case you missed the poster's intention, the other two links were provided for additional information that happened to be mentioned in the primary article.
Do you have a habit of shouting at boy scouts who help old ladies cross the road too? Because clearly they didn't need to volunteer that extra effort either.
I've always made it very clear that the number was a cell phone number, in case there are ever any legal issues that may arise because of it.
Sometimes they ask if I have a home phone, to which I reply "no" and that hasn't ever been a problem.
I have no need for such a telephone line, but I will probably have to get one the next time I move as it still is a requirement for many things.
Can you name one of those things? I have been 100% cellular for the past 4 years, since I left college. In that time, I have:
-gotten a job
-gotten credit cards - visa, amex, discover
-moved to a different state
-opened a checking account at BoA
-received a new drivers license
-purchased a car
-purchased insurance
-purchased a house
-connected the various water/power/gas utilities
-opened an active account at Schwab
-subscribed to cable television and modem service
-taken classes part time at a local university
Not once has the fact that my contact number is a cell phone been a problem for me.
Shouldn't that be... "in soviet russia YOU police robot cops!"?
In the photo in the article, it sorta looks like it's waving a giant flaming sword in a menacing manner... if you squint kinda hard and close one eye.
Recall the Electronics Boutique article recently where a store in Florida sold stolen goods back to the victim.
I came across this quote:
At ZeroC we used Java because some of our development staff had little prior C++ experience.
and immediately though of that Dilbert strip (sorry, no link) mocking the "if all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail" saying. That strip was particularly memmorable to me because the last panel featured a porcupine saying "we must stick them with quills! it's the only way!"
And Duke Nukem Forever.
Hey, this is theoretical physics, keep your pseudo science out of here!
How did this get modded to insightful? The entire article is only 8 sentences long, and this specific feature is 2 of them - 25% of the entire article is devoted to this one topic!
Couldn't find it earlier, but see also this page: http://www.twinhan.com/visiontv.htm for existing TV tuner cards that support hdtv including support for cable, satellite, and scrambled sources.
Unfortunately, these don't do 3d like the ATI. =)
Notice that there is no slot for inserting a flash card; unless it supports an external flash drive connected to the PC via USB or similar (doubtful) this means you will not be able to watch the majority of cable hdtv channels, since they are usually scrambled and require a flash card with the decryption information in the cable box.
Maybe the employees were refusing to answer the phones?
If they don't patch it, and thus no one exploits it, is it still a vulnerability?
Ok, who reversed the phase polarity of the tachyon field on the main deflector dish and disabled the cube?
This comment is marked funny, and depending on how much radiation the things he mentions actually put out it might even be insightful, but there have been several studies showing that continued exposure to very low levels of radiation is actually more damaging to cellular DNA than periodic exposure to moderate or high levels of radiation.
It seems that repetitive small damage to DNA is harder for our repair mechanisms to handle than bursts of significant damage are. There was an article in Discover about this a few months ago.
There are two outs that I know of. [...] the other is to require use of a "trusted" compiler (which, in turn, requires use of a "trusted" OS to prevent substitution of an untrusted compiler, which in turn requires "trusted" hardware to prevent substitution of an untrusted OS).
And is it any surprise that the "secure" DRM hardware environment is exactly the direction Microsoft et. al. is moving, along with the **AA?
In the past, during periods of strong rhythmic thumping on an exercise device,
Is that the space euphemism for "having sex"?