I have a stuffed penguin with the name 'Novell' written on it's belly which I purchased from your staff at an IT conference. Now, due to the name change, my dear Novell Tux is considered worthless and damaged goods. As the damage is caused by your part, I expect to receive full compensation in form of one (1) stuffed penguin sized 100" by 40" which is 10 times the size of my Novell Tex(tm). The increase in size is requested to remind you that what seems like a simple change of name is in fact psychologically damaging to a nerd. Upon receiving the new Suse Tux, I will destroy my Novell Tux to eliminate the chance of any other geek suffering from the same trauma I have. I expect you to comply with my wishes within 30 days from today. Failing which you will hear from my whose amazing achievements can be seen here. [com.com]
You can now sell it now because it's a collectors item. Make some mola from some nerd.
Good question. There are devices that can actually measure the temperature. I have no freaking clue myself but one such device is this found in BNL. http://www.bnl.gov/RHIC/PHOBOS.htm Supposedly, it's a trillian degrees kelvin. Im sure the answer is somewhere in there.
It says that the record was set for the hottest temperature ever on earth. Unfortunately, the value they list is not the highest value I can obtain for a really hot temperture. The hottest temperature I found occurs at RHIC and that is a trillion degress kelvin not fifteen million. http://www.bnl.gov/RHIC/heavy_ion.htm Could it be a record temperture for a certain type of reaction? Also to answer the question about is this safe. Yes it's safe. The temperatures only occur for such a small tiny tiny tiny fraction of a second that it really doesn't affect anything.
It's the Eds. They've been posting stories that have their own bias embedded into them or totally missing the mark to the article in question. As such, it's the lack of credibility that is moving people away from Slashdot.
Sorry to contribute to an offtopic post but this above quote is inccorect. Looking at alexa.com there actually hasn't been any decline in people viewing slashdot. In fact the opposite is true. For some strange reason it actually spike up around December/January.
The real reason they're making agricultural robots is so they can reduce third world immigration.
The problem's plain to see, too much technology. Machines to save our lives, machines de-humanize. Anyway, I think your being paranoid.
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http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,66005,00. html These scientists built a robot that uses the sea lampry's nevous system to control it. They replicated the signal by creating a circuit. Eventually they hope to have humans be able to walk again using these microchips. It's a rather unique way of approaching the problem.
So, the AI lessons in making a robot react CORRECTLY to a ping-pong ball have absolutely no relationship to things like #3? They're solving 'problems' while gaining massive leaps in understanding. Even if their end result isn't immediately useful, the lessons they learn from it are.
There are two main different ways that a robot can be programed. These two methods are deterministic and behavioral/reactionary. Each method is very very different in the way it handle different scenarios. Deterministic behaviors rely on using sensory data first to make an appropriate plan. They really get bogged down in random environments situations change rapidly. Basically tracking a ping pong ball would fall under this category because not much happens in this environment. It's basically static. On the other hand you have behavioral/reactionary robotics in which the basic premise is to react to stimulli without relaly think. A bunch of these behaviors can lead to complex scenarios. (ie. The numerous posts of people being amazed that their Rhoomoba closed the door is actually caused by a bunch of these different behaviors.) So the answer is a resounding sort of because while the ping pong table is a static environment and the robot is purely deterministic there are other technologies that are being improved that can be used in other robotics. (ie. new camera vision, new sensors etc. etc.)
Not many people knows who Philo Farnsworth is. He invented the television, among other things. RCA violated his patent, he sued, but ran out of money. The best idea for an invention, code or otherwise, is to make the thing so complicated that nobody would be willing to figure it out, so if they wanted the goods, they would have to pay up. Or if the idea is not patentable, generate enough buzz, like cocacola, as mentioned.
As an engineering major I can tell that this is a really bad idea for anything but computer programs or and anything that runs them (ie microcontrollers). First of all making ideas more complicated involves a decrease in reliability due to an increase in parts. No one in their right minds is going to pay for that. Anything mechanical can be taken apart and reverse engineered. Anything electronic can have the same done to it if someone is really that determined to. No marks on an IC?? No problem take it apart and use a microscope to find out whichone it is. Obviously Philo Farnsworth is related to him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Hubert_Farn sworth
Everyone commenting on how inaccurate this is needs to take a close look in the mirror to make sure that the comic book guy is not staring back at them.
If you do see comic book guy staring back at you just make sure that your mirror isn't a television set.
Maybe I was the only one who wondered what kind of a name Pojmaski was.
No but then again Im Polish and I could tell that the name was Polish because of the -ski at the end of the name. Supposedly it was a sign of nobility and then everyone got the idea to add that to their last names.
No, that's the e-Ink hype. The e-Ink reality is this prototyping kit, a 6" active matrix electrophoretic display with a sheet of e-ink's film laminated on the front. Only $3000. Runs Linux!
Actually, Sony's product costs less for the same display.
The cheap, flexible, paper-like display is pure hype at this point. If it happens, it probably won't be from e-Ink.
Actually, read the website again. It isn't hype. You can roll the ink up like a newspaper. It's really quite cool. The backplane (saying the film is laminated to a display is redundant) is a completely differnt story.
One good thing about electronic books that aren't DRM-encumbered is that you can print them out on paper, so you don't have to wait for some vaporware e-ink technology in order to have a book that you can read on the toilet, in the tub, on the bus, by the pool,...
It isn't really vaporware. Unless the whole entire day I spent inspecting parts for EInk was a part of a paranoid breakdown that resulted in me losing almost twelve hours of my life to a paranoid dellusion. Hmmmmm....
I am curious whether the individual capsules will "stick" on or off. Some forms of digital-looking transit bus scrolls are just collections of little movable things that are black on one face and, say, green on another with a light shining on the whole thing. Those individual capsules eventually can get stuck on or off, giving the effect of a burned-out light bulb or one that is permanently on.
The display do not work like that. The only thing that ends up happening is that the contrast ratio decreases. Areas that are stuck in one state are a completely differnt issue.
This ebook reader of Sony's is not their first. There was the Librie, and it fell flat on its face thanks in part to DRM. You didn't buy a book, you rented it, and it would cease to be accessable after a time.
You do know this is the same product right they are bringing to the US???? Anyway, as long as they let me transfer pdf's to the device I really could care less.
They never expected the Martians to clean the panels off periodically. (Dust devils, actually) Check out some of the recent photos- the panels are amazingly clean, far better than they ever hoped. Even so, the rovers aren't in good shape- Spirit has no teeth left on the RAT and has several steering motors with issues, Opportunity has major problems with it's robotic arm and how the mini-TES is still working without nighttime heat is unknown.
Huh???? Several of it's motors have steering issues. That only leaves one good motor. Are they spasming in fits or are they just completely gone.
I'll say, considering the original transformers series was some time around 1982 or '83.
It's true. For some strange reason I remember the episode where the dinobots get trapped in tar and escape. I also remember having one of the dinobot toys. As you said it doesn't make a dam bit of sense.
You speak of discussing events one did not witness. Just like that man and his children may not have witnessed macroevolution, I take it you did not witness World War II. While I was young at the time, I did. I remember leaving London during the Blitz. It is hypocritical and ignorant for you to suggest that those who experienced it firsthand are incorrect when they correctly point out history repeating itself.
Wow that would make you about seventy. And your posting on Slashdot. You must be one hip grandpa judging from your posting history. You know about wikipedia to Civilization.
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You can now sell it now because it's a collectors item. Make some mola from some nerd.
Good question. There are devices that can actually measure the temperature. I have no freaking clue myself but one such device is this found in BNL. http://www.bnl.gov/RHIC/PHOBOS.htm Supposedly, it's a trillian degrees kelvin. Im sure the answer is somewhere in there.
It says that the record was set for the hottest temperature ever on earth. Unfortunately, the value they list is not the highest value I can obtain for a really hot temperture. The hottest temperature I found occurs at RHIC and that is a trillion degress kelvin not fifteen million. http://www.bnl.gov/RHIC/heavy_ion.htm Could it be a record temperture for a certain type of reaction? Also to answer the question about is this safe. Yes it's safe. The temperatures only occur for such a small tiny tiny tiny fraction of a second that it really doesn't affect anything.
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,66005,00. html These scientists built a robot that uses the sea lampry's nevous system to control it. They replicated the signal by creating a circuit. Eventually they hope to have humans be able to walk again using these microchips. It's a rather unique way of approaching the problem.
As an engineering major I can tell that this is a really bad idea for anything but computer programs or and anything that runs them (ie microcontrollers). First of all making ideas more complicated involves a decrease in reliability due to an increase in parts. No one in their right minds is going to pay for that. Anything mechanical can be taken apart and reverse engineered. Anything electronic can have the same done to it if someone is really that determined to. No marks on an IC?? No problem take it apart and use a microscope to find out whichone it is. Obviously Philo Farnsworth is related to him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Hubert_Far
If your sever is a steaming pile of melted metal??
No but then again Im Polish and I could tell that the name was Polish because of the -ski at the end of the name. Supposedly it was a sign of nobility and then everyone got the idea to add that to their last names.
Reading Eagle's website I realized that they actualy offer a cheaper (Read $125.00) version for people who are using Eaglecad for non-profit purposes.
This isn't liquid crystal display technology. Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_ink Yeah I know the article is named exactly after the company.
You do know this is the same product right they are bringing to the US???? Anyway, as long as they let me transfer pdf's to the device I really could care less.
Didn't he buy stock in Take Two? Im sure his name is right on the top of both suits.
A group of former senior Communist party officials in China have been arrested.
Huh???? Several of it's motors have steering issues. That only leaves one good motor. Are they spasming in fits or are they just completely gone.
Not many people know this but Mario secretly doubled as a teacher for a short while. http://www.nesretro.com/mariohistory/images/MarioT eachesTyping.jpg
Also, this is a real game that was for the PC for those who can't believe it.
Of course, they could always market the book as a haunted guide book. You know all those stories always start with someone kill themselves.
It's true. For some strange reason I remember the episode where the dinobots get trapped in tar and escape. I also remember having one of the dinobot toys. As you said it doesn't make a dam bit of sense.
Wow that would make you about seventy. And your posting on Slashdot. You must be one hip grandpa judging from your posting history. You know about wikipedia to Civilization.