Realistically, we're not talking autonomous mining robot, we're talking remote controlled mining equipment. Sort of like what we use on Earth, but with a longer delay between command and response.
I hope you are joking or I've misunderstood something because there is a 15 minute delay between Earth and Mars.
I am 100% for robotic automation of labor but it seems like this is a task they should master on Earth before they try it out on Mars. So the question is, will SpaceX dominate Earth's mining industry?
I dunno, about the rest of you guys but I'm looking forward to the police force giving away pricey new drones when they start using these for everyday policing.:)
Defacing a website that they put up is just as impressive as painting a building with graffiti. When they start leaking documents that embarrass Russia's politicians, then and only then will you have people's attention.
It seems like this would be easy thwart by having the software software prevent sudden large movements (while GPS is active) that don't match the reading of an IMU.
Everything you need is in every smartphone, you just need basic programming knowledge to defeat these countermeasures.
Uranium "breeder" reactor technology is a throwback to the days of nuclear arms proliferation because if you can continually use the fissile material it generates then it will eventually create weapon's grade Plutonium. What we really need is to invest in the research needed to make a fourth generation reactor that transmutes Thorium a few times before finally making it into a Uranium isotope that is "burned" for power, destroying the fissile material instead of stockpiling it. This makes the possibility of a meltdown physically impossible making it safe enough fully automate without the need for human oversight. If made into small unmanaged units (one buried every X miles) it would be a poor attack target (minimal impact). Basically, you stream in some water, start the reaction and it will churn out electricity and warm water for the century, given a small pile of Thorium.
The idea has been around a long time and in the 80s, congress even refused to fund the research to build a reactor because it couldn't be used to make weapons.
It's past time to start using nuclear physics to cleanly and safely power the globe.
Here's hoping that if every nation and group in the world starts making robots to fight for us, maybe the robots will realize how stupid this all is and refuse to listen to us until we all come to our senses.
If we had machines that could actually reason, that might be a possibility but for the foreseeable future, our machines will only do exactly what they are told and nothing else. If we had machines that could even grasp as much as a two-year-old human, then we would have machines doing all the unskilled labor jobs and we could re-engineer society so that working was optional for everyone. I think everyone around the world would be less inclined to wage war if all their needs were taken care of rather than the current exploitation the global populace currently enjoys.
After a lengthy discussion with the ESA, I've been assured that the lander has definitely landed! On a side note, no word as to if it was a soft type landing or the usual hypersonic-impact-crater-forming type.;)
Is the information contained in a credit card / gift card in plain view? (No).
Actually, it technically was. Hear me out: gift cards are based on a electromagnetic stripe because they are cheap and an electromagnetic stripe is charged in a way that can be inspected passively. The cards are effectively glowing in a spectrum we simply cannot see with our eyes. I know it's a technicality because I mentioned it when I started.
Does a LEO, without a warrant or probable cause, have the legal authority to open a container to peruse it's contents? (No)
A) IANAL but I believe reasonable suspicion qualifies. B) The cards were inspected passively.
So why then can a LEO seize and search the contents of a CC / Gift Card without probable cause or a warrant
If someone had 143 CCs, I would call that suspicious. Reasonable suspicion is why.
This is yet another bad case precedent eroding the very core of the 4th Amendment. There isn't even an attempt to reconcile it with constitutional law.
It seems like that until you realize someone with 143 cards is suspicious.
Before we get into the whole "was the UK gov involved" quagmire, for what reason did the bank state that they froze the accounts? Without evidence, everything is pure speculation.
I wonder if it will have a mode that will cancel out the Apple reality distortion bubble, turning the "one word: courage" speech into it's proper "fuck you, buy our shit" speech.;)
With the way Russia has been running their space program, I think we may be the one giving the Russians rides to the ISS. While it's embarrassing that we retired our only means of space flight before building something new, I'm glad we were able to pay to hitch a ride with the Russians. Scientific discovery is a long path and to not travel it is to say you care about your pride more than you care about science and that is a dangerous attitude.
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The hardware is completely knowable -- there are only five buttons, each of them easily understood.
If he knew about the hardware, he would know the action of every button is software defined!
Neither of these fools understand hardware or software beyond a superficial measure.
Realistically, we're not talking autonomous mining robot, we're talking remote controlled mining equipment. Sort of like what we use on Earth, but with a longer delay between command and response.
I hope you are joking or I've misunderstood something because there is a 15 minute delay between Earth and Mars.
I am 100% for robotic automation of labor but it seems like this is a task they should master on Earth before they try it out on Mars. So the question is, will SpaceX dominate Earth's mining industry?
I dunno, about the rest of you guys but I'm looking forward to the police force giving away pricey new drones when they start using these for everyday policing. :)
Picat looks like what you get after Python eats Javascript and then vomits. I give it s/[stars]/1 star.
Amazon May Handle 30% Of All US Retail Sales
Implication: Amazon might handle 30% of all US retail sales but they might not because we don't know.
Proper headline:
Amazon Handles 20% To 30% Of All US Retail Sales
Implication: Amazon definitely handles somewhere between 20% and 30% of all US retail sales
You are an idiot, because you do not understand the question at hand at all, but make arrogant and insulting comments nonetheless.
Pot, why are you obsessed with my color? Also, it makes sense to add wifi to a kettle but why would anyone need a wifi pot?!
VeraCrypt/True were already secure -enough-.
Then you have no need to update any of your systems, right?
We don't hear often that the Feds have used a security hole to extract data from a user's system.
Just because they don't announce it to the world doesn't mean they aren't doing it regularly.
Defacing a website that they put up is just as impressive as painting a building with graffiti. When they start leaking documents that embarrass Russia's politicians, then and only then will you have people's attention.
It seems like this would be easy thwart by having the software software prevent sudden large movements (while GPS is active) that don't match the reading of an IMU.
Everything you need is in every smartphone, you just need basic programming knowledge to defeat these countermeasures.
Uranium "breeder" reactor technology is a throwback to the days of nuclear arms proliferation because if you can continually use the fissile material it generates then it will eventually create weapon's grade Plutonium. What we really need is to invest in the research needed to make a fourth generation reactor that transmutes Thorium a few times before finally making it into a Uranium isotope that is "burned" for power, destroying the fissile material instead of stockpiling it. This makes the possibility of a meltdown physically impossible making it safe enough fully automate without the need for human oversight. If made into small unmanaged units (one buried every X miles) it would be a poor attack target (minimal impact). Basically, you stream in some water, start the reaction and it will churn out electricity and warm water for the century, given a small pile of Thorium.
The idea has been around a long time and in the 80s, congress even refused to fund the research to build a reactor because it couldn't be used to make weapons.
It's past time to start using nuclear physics to cleanly and safely power the globe.
What they didn't say is how it compares to people who do not use a smartphone (e.g. feature phone users) or people who do not use a cell phone at all.
Technology may not make people happy but bad technology certainly makes people unhappy.
Here's hoping that if every nation and group in the world starts making robots to fight for us, maybe the robots will realize how stupid this all is and refuse to listen to us until we all come to our senses.
If we had machines that could actually reason, that might be a possibility but for the foreseeable future, our machines will only do exactly what they are told and nothing else. If we had machines that could even grasp as much as a two-year-old human, then we would have machines doing all the unskilled labor jobs and we could re-engineer society so that working was optional for everyone. I think everyone around the world would be less inclined to wage war if all their needs were taken care of rather than the current exploitation the global populace currently enjoys.
Finally, China has surpassed the US at something and I'm not ashamed to at admit it! ;)
After a lengthy discussion with the ESA, I've been assured that the lander has definitely landed! On a side note, no word as to if it was a soft type landing or the usual hypersonic-impact-crater-forming type. ;)
What's the point of a 5Gbps connection if it only causes you to exceed your monthly bandwidth allowance in 8 seconds?
Is it a crime to be in possession of credit cards / gift cards? (No)
It's not a crime but having 143 is something that constitutes reasonable suspicion.
Is the information contained in a credit card / gift card in plain view? (No).
Actually, it technically was. Hear me out: gift cards are based on a electromagnetic stripe because they are cheap and an electromagnetic stripe is charged in a way that can be inspected passively. The cards are effectively glowing in a spectrum we simply cannot see with our eyes. I know it's a technicality because I mentioned it when I started.
Does a LEO, without a warrant or probable cause, have the legal authority to open a container to peruse it's contents? (No)
A) IANAL but I believe reasonable suspicion qualifies.
B) The cards were inspected passively.
So why then can a LEO seize and search the contents of a CC / Gift Card without probable cause or a warrant
If someone had 143 CCs, I would call that suspicious. Reasonable suspicion is why.
This is yet another bad case precedent eroding the very core of the 4th Amendment. There isn't even an attempt to reconcile it with constitutional law.
It seems like that until you realize someone with 143 cards is suspicious.
Only one government was brave enough to make posting to Facebook a crime? What a travesty! ;)
Before we get into the whole "was the UK gov involved" quagmire, for what reason did the bank state that they froze the accounts? Without evidence, everything is pure speculation.
what popularity means is that you have the most people that don't know wtf they are doing and there isn't a simple answer.
I wonder if it will have a mode that will cancel out the Apple reality distortion bubble, turning the "one word: courage" speech into it's proper "fuck you, buy our shit" speech. ;)
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With the way Russia has been running their space program, I think we may be the one giving the Russians rides to the ISS. While it's embarrassing that we retired our only means of space flight before building something new, I'm glad we were able to pay to hitch a ride with the Russians. Scientific discovery is a long path and to not travel it is to say you care about your pride more than you care about science and that is a dangerous attitude.
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There are at least 3,500 other skimmed stores. That's right, there are over 9000! ;)