12:48 "So how to help? Well you can write free software." So how would you go about feeding yourself while you write a free video game? Video games can't rely on support to the same extent as software critical to a business.
Design your game, create promotional materials, launch kickstarter for funds stating final product will be free.
Rinse, Repeat. Gamers get games, you get to eat and write free software
There's a couple that didn't exist a few decades ago, which are currently in the 'too hard to automate' category. They might not remain there forever, but these are arguably not skilled jobs, just normal information processing jobs that most desk jockeys would do well at.
This one puzzles me somewhat. If one can make money by mining with ASIC rigs, why would anyone sell or rent them, wouldn't they make more money by mining? If they make more money by selling or renting, then wouldn't that mean that mining is silly?
Because they don't have the captial to manufacture the mining equipment without pre-orders, and once people pay for pre-orders they are obliged to sell the completed device
However if I were them, I would run each completed device for a week or so for "Quality Testing", then package and ship the device to the customer.
If they can meet the safety regulations imposed by racing authorities then I am sure that they can be used safely on the road given enough development.
It's a bit of a silly statement really, additional monitoring towers that bolster the accuracy of GLONASS also increase the accuracy of weapon systems that rely on GLONASS
You could take a facility tour or do a video conference with someone holding a smartphone for a LOT less money.
There are excellent uses for telerobotic systems. This is not one of them. This is a solution looking for a problem.
You're missing the point, a person holding a smartphone controls what the viewer sees, a robotic system gives the viewer control of what they see which adds to the immersion.
Done right the experience from the viewer should be akin to a first person videogame, and combined with the likes of the Occulus Rift headset it could be a game changer.
Although human beings think nothing of speaking in 'natural' language, a machine must not only learn all the grammatical building-blocks we take for granted—it needs to compensate for the quirks and errors that inevitably pop up in the course of speech.
Excuse me? Humans spend years learning 'natural-language', and even then it is frequently misinterpreted or used incorrectly. Natural language is difficult to say the least.
That and motorcyclists have next to no 'safety features' at their disposal that will save them from certain death, other than the number one safety feature present in all vehicles, the driver.
Basically the safer the vehicle becomes the more dangerous the driver becomes, because they have less to lose.
Slashdot Mirror
12:48 "So how to help? Well you can write free software." So how would you go about feeding yourself while you write a free video game? Video games can't rely on support to the same extent as software critical to a business.
Design your game, create promotional materials, launch kickstarter for funds stating final product will be free.
Rinse, Repeat. Gamers get games, you get to eat and write free software
Ozone depletion, which is probably the most relevant example
Queue an over the air update from Tesla requiring the drivers seat belt to be engaged for the car to run.
Amazon's Mechanical Turk
Netflix Tagger
There's a couple that didn't exist a few decades ago, which are currently in the 'too hard to automate' category. They might not remain there forever, but these are arguably not skilled jobs, just normal information processing jobs that most desk jockeys would do well at.
Many people come here for the comments and intelligent discussion, but as of late the only comments are whining about the Slashdot Beta.
This one puzzles me somewhat. If one can make money by mining with ASIC rigs, why would anyone sell or rent them, wouldn't they make more money by mining? If they make more money by selling or renting, then wouldn't that mean that mining is silly?
Because they don't have the captial to manufacture the mining equipment without pre-orders, and once people pay for pre-orders they are obliged to sell the completed device
However if I were them, I would run each completed device for a week or so for "Quality Testing", then package and ship the device to the customer.
Williams have already developed a vehicle based flywheel for use in hybrid race cars
If they can meet the safety regulations imposed by racing authorities then I am sure that they can be used safely on the road given enough development.
It's a bit of a silly statement really, additional monitoring towers that bolster the accuracy of GLONASS also increase the accuracy of weapon systems that rely on GLONASS
Whilst I can imagine the utillity of autonomous cars, I take solace in the fact that nobody would ever buy an autonomous motorcycle
Maybe he should put encrypted copies on bittorrent then.
Good luck to the CIA trying to track down millions of copies all over the world
You could take a facility tour or do a video conference with someone holding a smartphone for a LOT less money.
There are excellent uses for telerobotic systems. This is not one of them. This is a solution looking for a problem.
You're missing the point, a person holding a smartphone controls what the viewer sees, a robotic system gives the viewer control of what they see which adds to the immersion.
Done right the experience from the viewer should be akin to a first person videogame, and combined with the likes of the Occulus Rift headset it could be a game changer.
Schmidt with Google Glass?
The only good news out of all of this is the possibillity of new Bioware KOTOR games
Although human beings think nothing of speaking in 'natural' language, a machine must not only learn all the grammatical building-blocks we take for granted—it needs to compensate for the quirks and errors that inevitably pop up in the course of speech.
Excuse me? Humans spend years learning 'natural-language', and even then it is frequently misinterpreted or used incorrectly. Natural language is difficult to say the least.
It's already a well known fact that the reward centres of people brains can be manipulated into firing in anticipation of a reward
Sorry about that, it was simply a case of sudden accelleration.
I swear it was there a minute ago.
Pretty sure they've tried this idea before and it failed miserably
The only real way to test is to trace the origins of both virus and fungus, to first validate that they were indeed in seperate regions to start with.
Then of course to then understand how these things propegated to each other.
All this has happened before. All this will happen again
Don't use the Lord's name in vain, man.
If Indiana Jones taught me anything, its that the Lord's name is Iehova
Looking at the article I thought "Great! Whats happened since 2005 with these things?"
It turns out they vibrate horribly causing excess noise and heat at speeds of 50mph or more.
That and motorcyclists have next to no 'safety features' at their disposal that will save them from certain death, other than the number one safety feature present in all vehicles, the driver.
Basically the safer the vehicle becomes the more dangerous the driver becomes, because they have less to lose.
I know I am, not sure whether I could deal with paying $1 per megabyte at anything faster
The only rule of calvinball is you cannot play it the same way twice.