Is this because they've been perfecting technology (no doubt they have) or because DARPA has chosen an easier route?
Im not entirely sure. DARPA did make sure that they the most easiest solution (GPS) would fail and that the robots would have to rely on some other method of navagation.
And if this technology was as sufficiently advanced as they claim, it wouldn't matter how technologically "ept" or otherwise your parents are. It would simply be, like Clark says, indistinguishable from magic (although preferably without the muttered incantations.)
Inept probably was not the word I was thinking off. Im thinking horribly slow adopters. The most advance piece of technology my grandpa has is probably his pacemaker because he is an eighty year old farmer. He refuses to get cable even though he is all alone (He still uses a tv attenna).
An RFID key is extremely useful to my family. My mother has really bad arthritis in her hands which makes it difficult for her sometimes to hold items like keys. My grandpa is also better off holding on to his walker instead of reaching out to keys. Though this doesn't take into consideration the fact that both are technologically inept.
Im one of those eccentric people who attended...
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Unfortnately, the video stream has been slashdotted but I can go into details about some of the parts of the Ignobel Awards. The night started with a pianist playing a song called Infinite Chopsticks. This was a song that must have involved 100 differnt versions of chopsticks in fifteen minutes (As the host said infinity doesn't last very long). Next was the general introduction of the guests. These people ranged from Miss Sweetie Poo (A girl who's sole purpose is to get people from babling on about their subjects) to people who have actually won Nobel Prizes. Then there was a general discussion and opera based on the concept of infinity (the ceremonies theme). The opera was about an ocd ruler of the land ofinfinity who needs to count everything in order to get married. There are also two moments of science where there are two demonstrations of science. The 24/7 lectures are a 24 second technical descussion of something and then a seven word summary that everyone can understand. Also, you can win a date with a Nobel Prize winner. It's a really nice way to attract people to the world of science by showing that we are not upstuck individuals. I can answer more questions if you guys have more questions about the ceremony. I believe the that it will be rebroadcast on NPR. The greatest quote of the evening has to be,"Well I can recite the number e to you but I've decided to tell you everything I know."- A Nobel Prize winner in relation to the concept of infinity. Ps. After reading this. I now know I have no life.
No, Linus, apparently there was a third option.
And now I'll never say "Ooh, what a cuddly penguin, I bet he is just stuffed with herring" the same way again.
Hehehehhe.... I was there. The person gave a speech that was being played on Windows Media Player. There was no sound.
I seriously cannot understand what is so great and original about this movie. Sci-fi meets cowboy theme has already been stretched in 26 episodes (plus a movie) of Cowboy Bebop.
Orgiinaility is a horrible way to compare the greatness of works. I think it was Orson Scott Card that wrote if you worry about duplicating a specific story you will never get anything done. Ironically, after searching throuwh wikipedia for Flash Gordon I noticed that George Lucas used that as his inspiration for Star Wars. Remember it's the quality of the story that matters the most.
Is it just me or is it a bit off kilter for a hacker or anyone to related to a hacker to actually have his personal information online. I managed to get the name of of an Iranian by performing a whois search.
Right, so how good is your Arabic again? Not very good but almost anyone that has common sense would realize it's best to make sure you actually sound intelligent and not come off as an idiot.
Re:Sllime mold beetles... Irony at it's best???
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Im fairly sure that a bunch of scientists all ready have done this sort of thing before. Im fairly certain they named some of their discoveries after people like George Bush. Unfortunately, I have no idea which species of animnal they used his name for because almost all searches for any refrence of animal and George Bush gets me websites for how he is an idiotic monkey.
Amen. Mod up, please. This man (though he be a coward) is telling the truth. "da Vinci" means "of Vinci". Lots of people lived in Vinci through the ages; it would be a bit unfair to say that Leonardo was the only inhabitant of Vinci. Imagine if years from now someone from New York city is commonly called "of New York". Obviously that would apply to a lot of people.
Italian surnames developed from four major sources:
Geographical Surnames: These surnames are based on a person's geographic origin, (Elisabetta Romano i.e. Elisabeth from Rome)
Now I just find it disturbing that wikipedia has an article on surnames.:(
Hmm. I have never watched the TV show, so I don't really know what it means, but to me the term "browncoat" calls to mind the Nazi "brownshirts" more than anything else. I wince when I see it used to identify a group.
Does anyone else feel that way?
No. The refrence to the browncoat always reminded me of the British Army.
Most drugs can be obtained without prescription (the exception being addictive drugs like valium and what not)--this causes people to get antibiotics when they have viruses, unfortunatly.
Which one is better? I prefer the Mexican system; less HMO BS and more real care.
Yeah, I'd prefer the American system because giving out antibiotics when you probably didn't even need them to start with is stupid, idiotic, and quite risky for everyone else. Eventually, those drugs will be rendered useless.
Dude, we most definitely do not live in that society. At least assuming that the society you're talking about is the same one that I'm talking about: that one in the U.S.A..
It really doesn't if you read the essay. Remember, liberty is not complete freedom. The main problem is just determing what is harmful and what isn't because your opinion can be differnt my opinion which is freakishly annoying.
And then there's good ol' gay marriage, general homosexuality (sodomy still illegal in some states.
Actually, Mill does make allusion to this type of situation in his essay. He does say the majority does tend to stop on the rights of the minority. PS. You should be able to peform sodomy in all the states now. Those laws are moot.
I've heard it said by someone else, and someone please tell me who if you know, that in America we have free speech only as long as it doesn't make any difference to anyone. As soon as what we say has an impact on someone's life or a company's bottom line, then we can't say it anymore. Is that really freedom?
Yeah... That's because we have never lived in a free society. We live in a liberal society (NO NO NO IT BEARS NO RESEMBLENCE TO DEMOCRATS LIBERAL). Essentially, it ammounts to doing whatever you want to without harming other people. If you harm people by what you write (ie slander/libel) then you harm that person's reputation. Read On Liberty by John Stuart Mill. It's a pretty long winded but easy read on the subject.
I wonder if China is going to do this during the olympics. I am getting a strong feeling that they will bend the rules during this time period. I just so desperately want to walk into an internet cafe in 2008 and type on the computer," Democracy, Democracy, Democracy, Democracy, tiananmen square, tiananmen square, tiananmen square, tiananmen square. China Suxor. Woot." Then I would watch chaos ensue as I am arrested and dragged off.
"While there, we learned that Miyamoto is left-handed. That had to have been tough for him growing up, because in Japanese culture left-handedness is loaded with negative meaning and experiences. It's considered rude to hold your chopsticks in your left hand in Japan and China, for instance. It's also a helluva lot more difficult to write classic kanji with the left hand. Top calligraphers are never left-handed, as brush strokes look wrong when pushed across a page rather than pulled across the page with the right hand. It's also considered a sure sign of creativity and artistry, according to some."
Dam... I feel sorry for him. The worst I get is,"Gee you write so well for a left handed person."
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http://www.popsci.com/popsci/darpachallenge/1b7a1e 7eef0d6010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html Apparently, the teams all ready have traveled four times as far than last year. It is great progress for a year.
An RFID key is extremely useful to my family. My mother has really bad arthritis in her hands which makes it difficult for her sometimes to hold items like keys. My grandpa is also better off holding on to his walker instead of reaching out to keys. Though this doesn't take into consideration the fact that both are technologically inept.
Unfortnately, the video stream has been slashdotted but I can go into details about some of the parts of the Ignobel Awards. The night started with a pianist playing a song called Infinite Chopsticks. This was a song that must have involved 100 differnt versions of chopsticks in fifteen minutes (As the host said infinity doesn't last very long). Next was the general introduction of the guests. These people ranged from Miss Sweetie Poo (A girl who's sole purpose is to get people from babling on about their subjects) to people who have actually won Nobel Prizes. Then there was a general discussion and opera based on the concept of infinity (the ceremonies theme). The opera was about an ocd ruler of the land ofinfinity who needs to count everything in order to get married. There are also two moments of science where there are two demonstrations of science. The 24/7 lectures are a 24 second technical descussion of something and then a seven word summary that everyone can understand. Also, you can win a date with a Nobel Prize winner. It's a really nice way to attract people to the world of science by showing that we are not upstuck individuals. I can answer more questions if you guys have more questions about the ceremony. I believe the that it will be rebroadcast on NPR. The greatest quote of the evening has to be,"Well I can recite the number e to you but I've decided to tell you everything I know."- A Nobel Prize winner in relation to the concept of infinity. Ps. After reading this. I now know I have no life.
Is it just me or is it a bit off kilter for a hacker or anyone to related to a hacker to actually have his personal information online. I managed to get the name of of an Iranian by performing a whois search.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/Stories/April05/slime- mold.Bush.Cheney.ssl.html Im not sure if this is a great honor or a backhanded insult.
Im fairly sure that a bunch of scientists all ready have done this sort of thing before. Im fairly certain they named some of their discoveries after people like George Bush. Unfortunately, I have no idea which species of animnal they used his name for because almost all searches for any refrence of animal and George Bush gets me websites for how he is an idiotic monkey.
That read the headline and thought about the robot Da Vinci that is an improved heart surgery.
I have to say Make Magazine is great publication. It was horrendously slow to obtain a subscription but the information is valuable.
What???? I read that site and the first thing my eyes went to was the bit about clean air.
What happened to her??? She was supposed to be in the movie until she possed in playboy.
Murphy and the Dessert.
http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/traumacenter/ind ex.html It's innovative in a disturbing sort of way. Probably the only game where I might faint from virtual blood.
Actually, Mill does make allusion to this type of situation in his essay. He does say the majority does tend to stop on the rights of the minority. PS. You should be able to peform sodomy in all the states now. Those laws are moot.
I wonder if China is going to do this during the olympics. I am getting a strong feeling that they will bend the rules during this time period. I just so desperately want to walk into an internet cafe in 2008 and type on the computer," Democracy, Democracy, Democracy, Democracy, tiananmen square, tiananmen square, tiananmen square, tiananmen square. China Suxor. Woot." Then I would watch chaos ensue as I am arrested and dragged off.
I have been debating buying EL wire for a while now to do something cool with it. It's like having the ability to make your own neon signs.
Dam... I feel sorry for him. The worst I get is,"Gee you write so well for a left handed person."