i'd be impressed if he'd managed to beat the capability out of his poor engineers. i'm not sure it can precisely do anything, given it was launched on a few cans with a bastardized scud missile as a second stage.
yes. last time i flew to Europe, the flight path took us the shortest route out of the country. it was four and a half hours before we hit ocean. it was another three hours to the stopover at Changi.
Australia is a pretty big place with not a lot in it.
well, the signs should say "Mildura", but the signage on the SA side of the border tends to be a bit shit. and it's probably only better on the VIC side because i know it a little better.
the problem is that automation has been happening for centuries now, and the scenario above has never happened.
i'm not sure if it'll go on forever this way, but at some point it's cheaper to get a person to do something than maintain a very expensive machine. and that maintenance is also something that requires a human, for now.
the only thing they could have done better is control their staff. i'm sure there's group emails going round there to that effect now.
the problem is, when they have a big robot looking for life on Mars, everyone's going to assume that when they call a press conference, they'll announce that they've found life on Mars.
that would still be an advantage. commercial bread is revolting regardless, so if this means it can be shipped by train or ship instead of air, that's worth it's weight in carbon for the same revolting taste.
but apple and nokia were both on the better side of a disruptive technology. kodak and polaroid are very much on the wrong side of one.
the only thing i've been able to gather from companies that have stayed for over a century is to either work in a field that's not likely to be disrupted, or have strong enough R&D to be the one disrupting.
we don't hear much about sheet-music manufacturers these days.
"NASA will provide a Curiosity update at 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at the American Geophysical Union. Rumors of major new findings at this early stage are incorrect. The news conference will discuss Curiosity's use of instruments to investigate a drift of sandy soil. Audio and visuals from the briefing will be available via UStream."
looks like what they found turned out to be something else.
i was talking about the article, not the summary... i know time is money and all.
MY main point was that things like minesweeper come out of the box on most every OS you're likely to find. things like skype and spotify, though could be considered crapware, are often among the first things i install when setting up a new system.
ever see what happens when you have say a north-south and east-west intersection with a roundabout and traffic is slightly higher on the north-south axis? east-west grinds to a complete, unbroken halt, and traffic doesn't even have to be particularly heavy due to the fact that accelerating from 0 takes much longer than coasting through at a leisurely pace.
a lot of roundabouts in my area have traffic lights installed on them to try to even out the flow in both axes. go figure.
the flipside is self-driving cars have a multitude of sensors and telemetry (if i'm using that word correctly). it can log events in a way that a human cannot be trusted to.
the first court case will be interesting - some driver will have done the wrong thing, and the driverless system will be blamed. the driverless system's logs will be admitted in evidence and the driver will be shown to be full of shit.
the other way to shift liability (necessarily) away from manufacturers is a regulatory framework. this can take some years to implement, but means that the state (who also runs the courts) will take ultimate responsibility provided the manufacturers meet the requirements.
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do you have any idea how f'ing busy I am, Hans Brix??
someone modded this up?
they went to the moon for the whales. everybody knows that.
the space shuttle orbiter was armed in the sense that it had an arm.
i'd be impressed if he'd managed to beat the capability out of his poor engineers. i'm not sure it can precisely do anything, given it was launched on a few cans with a bastardized scud missile as a second stage.
yes. last time i flew to Europe, the flight path took us the shortest route out of the country. it was four and a half hours before we hit ocean. it was another three hours to the stopover at Changi.
Australia is a pretty big place with not a lot in it.
yes, heading ANYWHERE from Adelaide is a trip like this. people get used to it when they do it on a regular basis.
could be worse - the GPS could have taken them through Snowtown.
well, the signs should say "Mildura", but the signage on the SA side of the border tends to be a bit shit. and it's probably only better on the VIC side because i know it a little better.
also, Wake In Fright.
the problem is that automation has been happening for centuries now, and the scenario above has never happened.
i'm not sure if it'll go on forever this way, but at some point it's cheaper to get a person to do something than maintain a very expensive machine. and that maintenance is also something that requires a human, for now.
even balls of slime have their uses.
he should have tried Ecuador...
Jesus, you'd best be trolling because I have no answer to a worldview that screwed up.
Give us a mechanism more specific than ZOMG RADITIONS! and I'm sure somebody might take it from there.
relentlessly questioning is how science is done btw.
compare a plumber's income to a developer. or even a lawyer in their first 5 years. ...just saying...
the only thing they could have done better is control their staff. i'm sure there's group emails going round there to that effect now.
the problem is, when they have a big robot looking for life on Mars, everyone's going to assume that when they call a press conference, they'll announce that they've found life on Mars.
actually, 100% of it is chemicals, just like home made bread. genius.
i think the whole "are microwaves dangerous" thing was settled with the whole mobile phone thing.
that would still be an advantage. commercial bread is revolting regardless, so if this means it can be shipped by train or ship instead of air, that's worth it's weight in carbon for the same revolting taste.
well get modding then, idiot!
but apple and nokia were both on the better side of a disruptive technology. kodak and polaroid are very much on the wrong side of one.
the only thing i've been able to gather from companies that have stayed for over a century is to either work in a field that's not likely to be disrupted, or have strong enough R&D to be the one disrupting.
we don't hear much about sheet-music manufacturers these days.
from nasa.gov:
"NASA will provide a Curiosity update at 9 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at the American Geophysical Union. Rumors of major new findings at this early stage are incorrect.
The news conference will discuss Curiosity's use of instruments to investigate a drift of sandy soil. Audio and visuals from the briefing will be available via UStream."
looks like what they found turned out to be something else.
i was talking about the article, not the summary... i know time is money and all.
MY main point was that things like minesweeper come out of the box on most every OS you're likely to find. things like skype and spotify, though could be considered crapware, are often among the first things i install when setting up a new system.
ever see what happens when you have say a north-south and east-west intersection with a roundabout and traffic is slightly higher on the north-south axis? east-west grinds to a complete, unbroken halt, and traffic doesn't even have to be particularly heavy due to the fact that accelerating from 0 takes much longer than coasting through at a leisurely pace.
a lot of roundabouts in my area have traffic lights installed on them to try to even out the flow in both axes. go figure.
i drive manual, you insensitive clod!
cause Jake leg was a picnic.
the flipside is self-driving cars have a multitude of sensors and telemetry (if i'm using that word correctly). it can log events in a way that a human cannot be trusted to.
the first court case will be interesting - some driver will have done the wrong thing, and the driverless system will be blamed. the driverless system's logs will be admitted in evidence and the driver will be shown to be full of shit.
the other way to shift liability (necessarily) away from manufacturers is a regulatory framework. this can take some years to implement, but means that the state (who also runs the courts) will take ultimate responsibility provided the manufacturers meet the requirements.
easy done.
anyone read that list?
spotify was mentioned twice. minesweeper and solitaire were included.
also, all crapware from all territories appears to have been added to the same list and presented as "this is what you'll get".
consider what comes out-of-the-box on an ubuntu installation.
i'm not defending crapware at all - i hate it. but a strong case against it is not made by misrepresentation or outright lying.