That sounds similar to the FIRST Lego League (FIRST for younger students). The robots are only made of LEGOs and are required to complete "missions" autonomously.
Along with it are other educational/research tasks (such as bio/nano engineering, energy, etc) that the students create a presentation on, and the robot missions are somewhat related to the theme of the year.
It does have the advantage of being the same people running it as the larger FIRST events, so they have access to a larger amount of resources. Making the tournaments spectacular is really just down to showmanship - spending $2k to set up some fancy lights in a gym goes a long way at very little cost relative to the number of people present. Of course with the smaller LEGO robots, it doesn't matter as much since one light is going to illuminate the entire field.
I wish I had one of these organizations when I was in HS (mine just got a team recently) - they seems to be a great resource for people wanting to try their hand in robotics.
The sales department might bring in more money than the research department of a business, it doesn't mean that a budget increase for sales isn't taking from others.
Football is a source of revenue, but that's nothing special about football dollars that makes them better to spend only on football/athletics.
People seem to think of drones as some sort of super weapon. In reality, they need a lot of support for communications and logistics, and they're very vulnerable to attack.
Sure they can send them out over the US/Israel, but with much better monitoring systems, they're not going to make it very far.
And did the ones in the 70s, 80s, or 90s last for three years? The last time we had a situation where the economy went bad for this long was the great depression.
Michels noted that brake override is not completely fail-safe because there are times when a driver needs to use both the brake and the throttle.
"It's important to note that if the foot is first on the brake and the accelerator is then applied, the engine will accelerate. This is, of course, to permit drivers to hold a car on a steep hill using both feet," Michels said.
But if the accelerator is applied first and the brake is then depressed, the override will kick in.
Though if you're driving standard, it's second nature to just engage the clutch when braking hard, so it's less of an issue anyways.
A rainy day is one thing, a once in a lifetime economic downturn is another. Most people can't afford to save up for a meteor destroying their house, or for everyone in the household to lose their jobs for 3 years.
Remember when the US has a budget surplus? It was deemed to be a revenue problem - as in the government is collecting too much revenue from people.
Spending is half the budget problem, revenue is the other, equally important part.
So because the recession caused tax revenues to plummet in many countries, that's a spending problem? Sure there is overspending, but saying there isn't a revenue problem is only looking at half the problem.
Well Nokia as a maker of the handset is probably looking to nudge into the iPhone's top spot as the most popular phone, not Android/iOS in the most popular smartphone operating system.
The Smith Act arrests were from a different time in the country's history - many of the "red scare" issues were bad, but we moved on from them.
One incident doesn't show that the government is fascist, just as one bribe doesn't make the whole government corrupt.
Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - check - sometimes, but you don't go to jail if you're not patriotic
Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - X - apart from some isolated incidents, the US has high regard for human rights.
Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - X - Although "terrorists" may have unified some people, it's not like the cold war with the with us or a commie mentality.
Supremacy of the Military - check - though the military is not used for civil matters which I would put as a key point of a fascist regime
Rampant Sexism - X - I think all societies have sexism, but it's nothing like Saudi Arabia in the US
Controlled Mass Media - X - That we're talking or that there was coverage of any government scandal (wikileaks data anyone?) shows that the government is not in control
Obsession with National Security - check
Religion and Government are Intertwined - X - This isn't the taliban, although many leaders do share a faith, there are plenty of other faiths, and the religious text does not direct policy (the justice system has blocked it when it attempts to).
Corporate Power is Protected - check/X - corporations are very powerful, but they do have limits and regulations (though they could be stronger in many cases).
Labor Power is Suppressed - X - see labor unions across the country
Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - X - any disdain for intellectuals or arts is not being pushed by the government
Obsession with Crime and Punishment - X - we're not having China like police crackdowns with people sent to labor camps
Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - X - Corruption is nothing compared to places like India or Afghanistan, not even comparable.
Fraudulent Elections - X - apart from a few isolated incidents, elections are clean. See Russia for what a fraudulent election is.
In general, I think you could apply any list to pretty much any country if you just look for one example of it happening. People that seem to think the US is a fascist regime really need to look at actual Fascist countries and get a grip on reality.
The docs are often lacking and often don't have examples - looking up examples will usually give you a 200 line program in order to use the one function.
The idea of classes and separation seems great, but it creates so much overhead and reduces the "helper" functions that most languages have. Try just reading from stdin or a file without involving half a dozen classes (that all need to be imported too!).
Interfaces are inconsistent and buggy (seen bugs not fixed for several years). Laying out anything is awkward and never looks like the system styling (unless a lot of extra effort is put in).
Security is a mess - partially because java programs are designed to be loaded on the fly off the net, but then there is strange sandboxing like not allowing java programs to access the system clipboard.
There's an "Interested in [] Men [] Women" field which many people will hide just because they hide lots of information. You have to remember that the site was set up as a college network of people, so that is the type of information people were looking for. It doesn't have to be a dating site for people to go to it for dating information.
The challenge was to write the game in standard javascript - and he did that. It wasn't to include the graphics display drivers (not all that interesting a problem these days). It's not like he included a jquery library (or anything really). Just 221 bytes (in the latest version) that you can post into an html file and run on your computer (no need for internet access either!)
Or maybe localized gun control doesn't work very well. It's not that difficult to transport guns into the city, but who knows how many shootings there would be if guns were sold openly.
Looking at the shootings from this weekend, the "but if only everyone had guns" excuse doesn't seem to fly: - A guy called over to a car and shot in the head - A guy shot while riding in a car - A bunch of drive-by shootings - A 6 year old girl shot
In none of those situations would LESS control of guns have prevented them. What's needed is better community programs to prevent gang violence and stop people wanting to shoot each other. Fewer guns on the street will of course lead to fewer opportunities to kill each other.
IPA symbols are tricky because they're not standard ASCII. the SAMPA alphabet takes the IPA symbols and replaces them with 1-2 ASCII characters. There are a few TTS readers that are capable of speaking SAMPA symbols.
You can always use the "Verbatim" search option (under "More search options" on the left). It'll still say "Did you mean...?" but it won't autocorrect if for you.
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That sounds similar to the FIRST Lego League (FIRST for younger students). The robots are only made of LEGOs and are required to complete "missions" autonomously.
Along with it are other educational/research tasks (such as bio/nano engineering, energy, etc) that the students create a presentation on, and the robot missions are somewhat related to the theme of the year.
It does have the advantage of being the same people running it as the larger FIRST events, so they have access to a larger amount of resources. Making the tournaments spectacular is really just down to showmanship - spending $2k to set up some fancy lights in a gym goes a long way at very little cost relative to the number of people present. Of course with the smaller LEGO robots, it doesn't matter as much since one light is going to illuminate the entire field.
I wish I had one of these organizations when I was in HS (mine just got a team recently) - they seems to be a great resource for people wanting to try their hand in robotics.
The sales department might bring in more money than the research department of a business, it doesn't mean that a budget increase for sales isn't taking from others. Football is a source of revenue, but that's nothing special about football dollars that makes them better to spend only on football/athletics.
People seem to think of drones as some sort of super weapon. In reality, they need a lot of support for communications and logistics, and they're very vulnerable to attack.
Sure they can send them out over the US/Israel, but with much better monitoring systems, they're not going to make it very far.
And did the ones in the 70s, 80s, or 90s last for three years? The last time we had a situation where the economy went bad for this long was the great depression.
Michels noted that brake override is not completely fail-safe because there are times when a driver needs to use both the brake and the throttle.
"It's important to note that if the foot is first on the brake and the accelerator is then applied, the engine will accelerate. This is, of course, to permit drivers to hold a car on a steep hill using both feet," Michels said.
But if the accelerator is applied first and the brake is then depressed, the override will kick in.
Though if you're driving standard, it's second nature to just engage the clutch when braking hard, so it's less of an issue anyways.
A rainy day is one thing, a once in a lifetime economic downturn is another. Most people can't afford to save up for a meteor destroying their house, or for everyone in the household to lose their jobs for 3 years.
Remember when the US has a budget surplus? It was deemed to be a revenue problem - as in the government is collecting too much revenue from people.
Spending is half the budget problem, revenue is the other, equally important part.
So because the recession caused tax revenues to plummet in many countries, that's a spending problem? Sure there is overspending, but saying there isn't a revenue problem is only looking at half the problem.
Well Nokia as a maker of the handset is probably looking to nudge into the iPhone's top spot as the most popular phone, not Android/iOS in the most popular smartphone operating system.
I'd love for their to be more atheist candidates, however, the religion of a candidate ranks pretty low on my list of qualifications.
Right...you're aware the victim was the one that suffered from potential racism here?
Whites are not the minority.
Blacks are a minority and there is a long history or racism against them, especially in the south.
They weren't innovating anything - they just had to run a secure network (something that's established and has been done).
This is about coming up with new ideas, but giving people credit for the new idea even if it doesn't work out.
The Smith Act arrests were from a different time in the country's history - many of the "red scare" issues were bad, but we moved on from them. One incident doesn't show that the government is fascist, just as one bribe doesn't make the whole government corrupt.
Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - check - sometimes, but you don't go to jail if you're not patriotic
Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - X - apart from some isolated incidents, the US has high regard for human rights.
Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - X - Although "terrorists" may have unified some people, it's not like the cold war with the with us or a commie mentality.
Supremacy of the Military - check - though the military is not used for civil matters which I would put as a key point of a fascist regime
Rampant Sexism - X - I think all societies have sexism, but it's nothing like Saudi Arabia in the US
Controlled Mass Media - X - That we're talking or that there was coverage of any government scandal (wikileaks data anyone?) shows that the government is not in control
Obsession with National Security - check
Religion and Government are Intertwined - X - This isn't the taliban, although many leaders do share a faith, there are plenty of other faiths, and the religious text does not direct policy (the justice system has blocked it when it attempts to).
Corporate Power is Protected - check/X - corporations are very powerful, but they do have limits and regulations (though they could be stronger in many cases).
Labor Power is Suppressed - X - see labor unions across the country
Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - X - any disdain for intellectuals or arts is not being pushed by the government
Obsession with Crime and Punishment - X - we're not having China like police crackdowns with people sent to labor camps
Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - X - Corruption is nothing compared to places like India or Afghanistan, not even comparable.
Fraudulent Elections - X - apart from a few isolated incidents, elections are clean. See Russia for what a fraudulent election is.
In general, I think you could apply any list to pretty much any country if you just look for one example of it happening. People that seem to think the US is a fascist regime really need to look at actual Fascist countries and get a grip on reality.
It's just a pain to work with in general too.
The docs are often lacking and often don't have examples - looking up examples will usually give you a 200 line program in order to use the one function.
The idea of classes and separation seems great, but it creates so much overhead and reduces the "helper" functions that most languages have. Try just reading from stdin or a file without involving half a dozen classes (that all need to be imported too!).
Interfaces are inconsistent and buggy (seen bugs not fixed for several years). Laying out anything is awkward and never looks like the system styling (unless a lot of extra effort is put in).
Security is a mess - partially because java programs are designed to be loaded on the fly off the net, but then there is strange sandboxing like not allowing java programs to access the system clipboard.
replace the broken battery who gets charged.
Well it'd be hard to charge if the battery was still broken.
There's an "Interested in [] Men [] Women" field which many people will hide just because they hide lots of information. You have to remember that the site was set up as a college network of people, so that is the type of information people were looking for. It doesn't have to be a dating site for people to go to it for dating information.
Well it works fine in Opera 12.
The challenge was to write the game in standard javascript - and he did that. It wasn't to include the graphics display drivers (not all that interesting a problem these days). It's not like he included a jquery library (or anything really). Just 221 bytes (in the latest version) that you can post into an html file and run on your computer (no need for internet access either!)
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Or maybe localized gun control doesn't work very well. It's not that difficult to transport guns into the city, but who knows how many shootings there would be if guns were sold openly.
Looking at the shootings from this weekend, the "but if only everyone had guns" excuse doesn't seem to fly:
- A guy called over to a car and shot in the head
- A guy shot while riding in a car
- A bunch of drive-by shootings
- A 6 year old girl shot
In none of those situations would LESS control of guns have prevented them. What's needed is better community programs to prevent gang violence and stop people wanting to shoot each other. Fewer guns on the street will of course lead to fewer opportunities to kill each other.
IPA symbols are tricky because they're not standard ASCII. the SAMPA alphabet takes the IPA symbols and replaces them with 1-2 ASCII characters. There are a few TTS readers that are capable of speaking SAMPA symbols.
You can always use the "Verbatim" search option (under "More search options" on the left). It'll still say "Did you mean ...?" but it won't autocorrect if for you.
Well they didn't say how long they were - probably just 10 minute trailers/shorts
I'd guess that it's mostly to fit more battery to support the 4G connection running and the extra graphics rendering. Those things use a lot of power.