To write off mindstorms simply because they require "a computer" pretty much writes off every other robot as well because they need a computer to do the job as well.
I guess I'm wondering how you would view a Willow Garage PR2 solving the rubik's cube. Is that more 'legit' because the software and hardware are one piece?
I believe it is a subconscious reference. I've seen that skit, I LOVE that skit, but I haven't seen it recently or often enough that I can quote it verbatum.
Yep. I can easily change brake pads, oil, oil filters...
But it's a pain in the ass with my 50 piece Craftsman set and could take hours. I'm more than happy to take it to someone with a pneumatic wrench and a lift.
Outside the place where my job originally was situated, in Southern California, was a two lane road with a median.
This road was The Conduit for a large USPS distribution facility and there's always at least one 18-wheeler on that road during the day, and pretty common during the night too. As a result, the road was in a perpetual state of crap and had to be torn up and repaved once a year.
Now, this, again, is So. Cal. We don't have the winter cycles that tear up roads in places that get sub-freezing temperatures. The only (non-trivial) cause for that road getting torn up as bad as it was is the volume of heavy traffic.
We have freeways out here that haven't been repaved in years, decades even, that get much more traffic, including heavy traffic, than that little road does. While I'm not an engineer, it makes me wonder why they don't just put the freeway grade materials on that road. Even if it was 5x as expensive, it'd last 10x as long.
It's probably the same reason why companies would rather take a small, regular loss than one massive, one-time loss.
Plumbers probably get sick of having to pull Ken's head out of the toilet for the 900th time though. Sure, you get paid for it, but sometimes you wish you'd rather never have to pull a plastic doll's body part out of a drain ever again and to spluh with the financial loss.
They'd rather keep a coin with a face value of 1c that costs 1.7c to mint rather than just ditch the thing and...SHOCK...cut spending.
They'd rather keep the dollar bill, who's lifespan is measured in months, than switch to coins who's lifespan is measured in decades.
Seriously. check your $1s. Find ONE in circulation with a series of 1999 or lower and I'll be utterly surprised. (I only have 2, both 2006.)
Then check your coins. Sure, most will likely be 200x, but i've got a 1993 quarter and a 1972 dime that looks exactly like a 2002 dime i have as far as wear is concerned.
Yeah, sure, this won't actually have a major impact on gov't spending, but it's something that's obvious and easy and should Just. Be. Done.
The Russian Luna missions were returning moon samples in the early 70s. Sure, less than a kilo over 3 missions (compared with the 370kg from Apollo) but it's something. No chance would they have brought back something like the Genesis Rock though.
I just don't see the moon as a glory thing. Admittedly, I'd prefer to see moon shots returning because at least those I may have a sliver of a shot of being a part of. Mars is right out at this point. As long as the end goal is Mars I see no reason not to hit the moon.
A moon base would be a good precursor to a mars base as well.
Everyone remembers Mercury 3 & 6 and Apollo 11's glory, but most people forget the other Mercury shots as well as Gemini and Apollos prior to 11. They were all stepping stones though, necessary for the overall picture.
We're not going to the moon to go to the moon; we're going to the moon in preparation for Mars. The problem it's being posed more as the former than the latter. I mean, if we can't even get to the moon, what chance do we have for Mars?
I'm not saying he's wrong, I just don't know the full context of his remarks.
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So that's what I've been doing wrong...
Erm...apparently, according to what I've read about this, even IF you give them what they ask for, they can fuck you over.
So...what what was the point were you trying to make again?
If piracy was as bad as they claim though, every movie, music and software company would've been out of business years ago.
I think your key word "rampant" needs to be quantified...
That applies to all robots though, like this:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/04/09/1325235
The carving side, essentially, is dumb and just doing what HyperMill tells it to do, but without the carving side the software is useless.
To write off mindstorms simply because they require "a computer" pretty much writes off every other robot as well because they need a computer to do the job as well.
I guess I'm wondering how you would view a Willow Garage PR2 solving the rubik's cube. Is that more 'legit' because the software and hardware are one piece?
Yeah, if only someone could build a robot capable of doing something without having to be programmed, that'd be AWESOME!
He is...it's just the source clip isn't from a "Monty Python" source.
Saying 'How to Irritate People' is a Monty Python bit is akin to saying 'A Fish Called Wanda' or 'Brazil' are Monty Python bits.
I believe it is a subconscious reference. I've seen that skit, I LOVE that skit, but I haven't seen it recently or often enough that I can quote it verbatum.
No, the Mile High Club
Full attribution, while it's the Monty Python troupe, it's actually from John Cleese's How to Irritate People.
Pilot: "I spy, with my little eye, something white and fluffy."
Copilot: "A cloud. Ok, my turn. I spy, with my little eye, something white and fluffy."
Pilot: "Another cloud. Alright, I spy..."
Or run your own DNS server?
And if something happened to the network it's his ass. Lose, lose.
Yep. I can easily change brake pads, oil, oil filters...
But it's a pain in the ass with my 50 piece Craftsman set and could take hours. I'm more than happy to take it to someone with a pneumatic wrench and a lift.
Outside the place where my job originally was situated, in Southern California, was a two lane road with a median.
This road was The Conduit for a large USPS distribution facility and there's always at least one 18-wheeler on that road during the day, and pretty common during the night too. As a result, the road was in a perpetual state of crap and had to be torn up and repaved once a year.
Now, this, again, is So. Cal. We don't have the winter cycles that tear up roads in places that get sub-freezing temperatures. The only (non-trivial) cause for that road getting torn up as bad as it was is the volume of heavy traffic.
We have freeways out here that haven't been repaved in years, decades even, that get much more traffic, including heavy traffic, than that little road does. While I'm not an engineer, it makes me wonder why they don't just put the freeway grade materials on that road. Even if it was 5x as expensive, it'd last 10x as long.
It's probably the same reason why companies would rather take a small, regular loss than one massive, one-time loss.
Plumbers probably get sick of having to pull Ken's head out of the toilet for the 900th time though. Sure, you get paid for it, but sometimes you wish you'd rather never have to pull a plastic doll's body part out of a drain ever again and to spluh with the financial loss.
The American public is filled with retards.
They'd rather keep a coin with a face value of 1c that costs 1.7c to mint rather than just ditch the thing and...SHOCK...cut spending.
They'd rather keep the dollar bill, who's lifespan is measured in months, than switch to coins who's lifespan is measured in decades.
Seriously. check your $1s. Find ONE in circulation with a series of 1999 or lower and I'll be utterly surprised. (I only have 2, both 2006.)
Then check your coins. Sure, most will likely be 200x, but i've got a 1993 quarter and a 1972 dime that looks exactly like a 2002 dime i have as far as wear is concerned.
Yeah, sure, this won't actually have a major impact on gov't spending, but it's something that's obvious and easy and should Just. Be. Done.
That may be true, but you also don't put a bandage on your knee to cure acid reflux.
The point behind Singh's comments wasn't whether chiropracticy worked at all, it was if it worked for (in a sense) all ailments.
The BCA still ruined his life for a good year or two. That's a wonderful deterrant against people with smaller bankrolls.
The Russian Luna missions were returning moon samples in the early 70s. Sure, less than a kilo over 3 missions (compared with the 370kg from Apollo) but it's something. No chance would they have brought back something like the Genesis Rock though.
Almost, but not quite, a vacuum.
Dur, that'll learn me to ignore post lineage.
I just don't see the moon as a glory thing. Admittedly, I'd prefer to see moon shots returning because at least those I may have a sliver of a shot of being a part of. Mars is right out at this point. As long as the end goal is Mars I see no reason not to hit the moon.
A moon base would be a good precursor to a mars base as well.
Everyone remembers Mercury 3 & 6 and Apollo 11's glory, but most people forget the other Mercury shots as well as Gemini and Apollos prior to 11. They were all stepping stones though, necessary for the overall picture.
We're not going to the moon to go to the moon; we're going to the moon in preparation for Mars. The problem it's being posed more as the former than the latter. I mean, if we can't even get to the moon, what chance do we have for Mars?
I'm not saying he's wrong, I just don't know the full context of his remarks.
The Rainbow Warrior can't reach the moon, np.
Last public statement I can remember from him was... *checks watch* ... July 20th, 1969.
Robots can't make snap decisions and are somewhere between 'not mobile' to 'barely mobile.'
What are the odds a robot would've found the Genesis Rock during Apollo 15? And return it?