That's precisely what's happening this weekend at the 9th annual Roboexotica event in Vienna. The always-popular cocktail robot awards will be decided on Sunday, by a very happy judging panel.
I'm not interested until they combine one of those cocktail robots with a realdoll.
I take it the ability of these dead authors to sign a petition asking for their copyright terms to be extended can only mean that even after death, term extension continues to inspire.
I don't see why Lessig is so surprised. Not only can the dead sign petitions, but they can vote, too. America has lead the way in the legal frontier of corpse-rights and suffrage, at least as far back as the 1800s.
Originally at $60 billion, then $127B, recent estimates have balooned to $300 billion total cost (yes that's billion with a B) and some are calling it the biggest military boondoggle ever.
At I believe it's still at least 100 billion short of the iraq invasion, which currently holds the record as the biggest military boondoggle. ever.
I could not find any papers published on this topic by Berk, nor any site stating what specific Bayesian / decision tree algorithm / neural net is being implemented.
Yeah, I think if you ask for it to answer that question, the algorithm responds "I'm sorry dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
The new E-discovery rules that came into effect last Friday -- clarifying federal requirements about producing electronic documents as evidence in lawsuits
I think it goes something like this: "You've got nailed!"
Kenneth Starr will take the side of an Alaska school board against a student who displayed a rude banner off school property.
What's up this guy's ass about personal liberties? anti-free speech, anti-free love; the only thing he seems to like is all the free attention he gets.
The PS3 may be a "gaming console" to you, but it's also the cheapest [blu-ray] player on the market.
Except that it's not. That's a load of BS. As has already been mentioned, you can get a Samsung BD-P1000 for less than the PS3, and the Samsung actually has 1080p output (the PS3 does not).
In fact, the article agrees with the poster's comment, making it a redundant observation and not +3 Insightful. RTFM, from the fine Article... "Conclusions -- Which One to Buy? Sorry, I can't tell you which is the best next-gen game console -- that's all about the games..."
Which is exactly the point I'm highlighting. He's looking at them not as game consoles, but as video players, which is a completely useless comparison. Anyone interested in next-generation video can have (or already does have) a competent player. Such players can be had at a lower price point than both the PS3 and the XBOX+ADDON.
Remember, consumers dont think purchases through as much as they should.
Which means that most consumers aren't going to spend the time to even understand what the fuck blu-ray is, or what HD-DVD is, and why it provides them a (slight) benefit over DVD. Honestly, what percentage of consumers are buying the PS3 to play movies? Look at it this way; we have two groups of customers:
1. Hardcore videophiles: Anyone seriously into movies isn't going to be satisfied with the PS3's mediocre blu-ray output (i.e. not 1080p), which means if they buy it, they'll be buying it for the games.
2. Casual videoconsumers: Anyone not into movies isn't going to give a fuck about the blu-ray movie performance details, and will be buying it for the games.
This "optical drive pissing match" article is completely irrelevant to the customer base they're aiming at. It's Sony marketing, and it's not even done well.
That would be an insightful comment, except that it's completely wrong. You can buy the Samsung BDP1000 Blu-Ray player for LESS than a playstation 3 (if you can even get your hands on a playstation 3), and the Samsung outputs at proper 1080p resolution. The playstation 3 does not.
Put simply, anyone interested in blu-ray video content is going to have a player that does the job properly. The PS3 is for games.
An anonymous reader sent a link suggesting we might enjoy High Def Digest's next-gen console media comparison. They take a look at the PlayStation 3's Blu-ray playback capabilities, and compare it to the performance of the Xbox 360's HD DVD add-on.
A comparison of the actual games might be a bit more relevant. To be perfectly honest, I don't think anyone buys a gaming console BASED ON THE FUCKING PERFORMANCE OF THE OPTICAL DRIVE. They buy it because it has the games they want to play.
CNN is reporting on a study that shows that not only did Americans buy more fuel efficient vehicles in 2005 (although sadly this trend reversed itself in the later half of 2006) but they also drove slightly less on average, according to the article
Industry experts say that baggage mishandling costs the industry globally $US1.7 billion each year, and that much of this cost is due to failures in the barcode-based tagging system....and RFID, which is much like barcode except for the (far more insecure) scanning method is supposed to correct the "problem"? I smell an ulterior motive.
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The Ultraman...Forever article follows the history and development of the series over the last 40 years, and its appeal not only to the original generation of fans, but to the current generation, who are now the children or even grandchildren of the series' original audience.
Yeah, the kids certainly do love it. Except they know it as "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers".
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An anonymous reader writes to mention an article at the IBM site from earlier this week, which purports to offer good Unix 'habits' to learn.
I seriously doubt reading this article is going to get anyone to start showering on a regular basis.
That's precisely what's happening this weekend at the 9th annual Roboexotica event in Vienna. The always-popular cocktail robot awards will be decided on Sunday, by a very happy judging panel.
I'm not interested until they combine one of those cocktail robots with a realdoll.
In spite of Colbert's ironic dismissal of dictionaries and other reference books, will Colbert's coined word actually be added to those books?
He doesn't just dismiss them. He views them as a direct threat to the only *true* primary souce, one's own gut instinct.
I take it the ability of these dead authors to sign a petition asking for their copyright terms to be extended can only mean that even after death, term extension continues to inspire.
I don't see why Lessig is so surprised. Not only can the dead sign petitions, but they can vote, too. America has lead the way in the legal frontier of corpse-rights and suffrage, at least as far back as the 1800s.
Originally at $60 billion, then $127B, recent estimates have balooned to $300 billion total cost (yes that's billion with a B) and some are calling it the biggest military boondoggle ever.
At I believe it's still at least 100 billion short of the iraq invasion, which currently holds the record as the biggest military boondoggle. ever.
When cell phones are transmitting -- even as bugs -- certain things are going to happen every time that the alert phone user can often notice.
For example, when using a Palm Treo 650, the phone will crash and reset often, and without notice.
I could not find any papers published on this topic by Berk, nor any site stating what specific Bayesian / decision tree algorithm / neural net is being implemented.
Yeah, I think if you ask for it to answer that question, the algorithm responds "I'm sorry dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
The new E-discovery rules that came into effect last Friday -- clarifying federal requirements about producing electronic documents as evidence in lawsuits
I think it goes something like this: "You've got nailed!"
Kenneth Starr will take the side of an Alaska school board against a student who displayed a rude banner off school property.
What's up this guy's ass about personal liberties? anti-free speech, anti-free love; the only thing he seems to like is all the free attention he gets.
The PS3 may be a "gaming console" to you, but it's also the cheapest [blu-ray] player on the market.
Except that it's not. That's a load of BS. As has already been mentioned, you can get a Samsung BD-P1000 for less than the PS3, and the Samsung actually has 1080p output (the PS3 does not).
In fact, the article agrees with the poster's comment, making it a redundant observation and not +3 Insightful. RTFM, from the fine Article... "Conclusions -- Which One to Buy? Sorry, I can't tell you which is the best next-gen game console -- that's all about the games..."
Which is exactly the point I'm highlighting. He's looking at them not as game consoles, but as video players, which is a completely useless comparison. Anyone interested in next-generation video can have (or already does have) a competent player. Such players can be had at a lower price point than both the PS3 and the XBOX+ADDON.
Remember, consumers dont think purchases through as much as they should.
Which means that most consumers aren't going to spend the time to even understand what the fuck blu-ray is, or what HD-DVD is, and why it provides them a (slight) benefit over DVD. Honestly, what percentage of consumers are buying the PS3 to play movies? Look at it this way; we have two groups of customers:
1. Hardcore videophiles: Anyone seriously into movies isn't going to be satisfied with the PS3's mediocre blu-ray output (i.e. not 1080p), which means if they buy it, they'll be buying it for the games.
2. Casual videoconsumers: Anyone not into movies isn't going to give a fuck about the blu-ray movie performance details, and will be buying it for the games.
This "optical drive pissing match" article is completely irrelevant to the customer base they're aiming at. It's Sony marketing, and it's not even done well.
That would be an insightful comment, except that it's completely wrong. You can buy the Samsung BDP1000 Blu-Ray player for LESS than a playstation 3 (if you can even get your hands on a playstation 3), and the Samsung outputs at proper 1080p resolution. The playstation 3 does not.
Put simply, anyone interested in blu-ray video content is going to have a player that does the job properly. The PS3 is for games.
An anonymous reader sent a link suggesting we might enjoy High Def Digest's next-gen console media comparison. They take a look at the PlayStation 3's Blu-ray playback capabilities, and compare it to the performance of the Xbox 360's HD DVD add-on.
A comparison of the actual games might be a bit more relevant. To be perfectly honest, I don't think anyone buys a gaming console BASED ON THE FUCKING PERFORMANCE OF THE OPTICAL DRIVE. They buy it because it has the games they want to play.
It is hoped that [the probe's] observations will shed light on what triggers eruptions -- called coronal mass ejections (CMEs)
Are you sure this isn't a probe that they sent to Uranus?
Umm... Did you even read the site you linked to?
Umm, did you even read the article you're responding to? We're talking about 2005, not 2006, Kreskin.
CNN is reporting on a study that shows that not only did Americans buy more fuel efficient vehicles in 2005 (although sadly this trend reversed itself in the later half of 2006) but they also drove slightly less on average, according to the article
Yeah, well, it's easy to drive less when you don't have a job to go to.
Industry experts say that baggage mishandling costs the industry globally $US1.7 billion each year, and that much of this cost is due to failures in the barcode-based tagging system. ...and RFID, which is much like barcode except for the (far more insecure) scanning method is supposed to correct the "problem"? I smell an ulterior motive.
You forgot the part where you do something tedious for hours on end in order to get the money needed to buy what you want.
I think that sort of simulation would be too realistic for most people to handle.
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), this nanoknife will be used to cut and study cells.
I saw my first nano knife when I brought my nano on the subway in New York. The guy took my wallet, too.
With that much getting handed out, looks like this guy was in a rush to get to the bank!
I heard that AT&T was developing another kind of robot that you don't want to be rude to.
They should combine research with this guy.
The Ultraman...Forever article follows the history and development of the series over the last 40 years, and its appeal not only to the original generation of fans, but to the current generation, who are now the children or even grandchildren of the series' original audience.
Yeah, the kids certainly do love it. Except they know it as "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers".
nevermind the prosthetic "limb"... hello prosthetic girlfriend!