Okay it went up some shallow stairs and slightly uneven ground - I'm not sure that's considered Parkour.
You've got to compare it with similar sized robots. To a Roomba, going up stairs is awe inspiring; and being able to cling to a vertical surface instead of backing up, turning a random angle and heading off again, must blow its mind.
Ah, the brain in a vat that essentially ends up in the idea that the only real truth is: I think, therefore I am.
That of course assumes that a thought require a medium, something that only holds true in our perceived space.
If you also introduce the concept of being wrong and that someone that is wrong doesn't know that he is wrong. Then you can never prove that a though is correct and the only way to make philosophy (And applied philosophy like math and physics.) relevant again is through pragmatism.
I see.., so, I think I think, therefore I think I am?
I think the time has come. Split all the telcos, the cable companies, etc in two: wire maintenace, and signal production. Put all the wire maintenance together under a single utility - probably government run, but definitely government regulated to prevent the incumbents from muscling out the newcomers. That way, the customer is not tied to whatever signal producer owns the wire. They can choose who provides the dial tone. They can choose who supplies the TV channels. They can choose who shuffles their IP packets back and forth.
Actually, they should only need to choose who shuffles their packets back and forth, as phone and TV should be over IP anyways.
Motion sensor lights aren't necessarily about lighting up the criminal. They are there to temporarily light up the doorway and walk area so you don't trip, can see your keys, and to assure you that there *ISN'T* someone lurking right by the door to attack you.
I wonder how many people will be hurt from falling bullets and buckshot, and how many private planes, kites, bats, birds and other things will be shot at. I sincerely hope that this legislation is the first thing shot down.
Scanning plates doesn't tell you if the drivers license registration is expired?
Plate is registered to an owner. Owner has driver's license. Driver's license has expiration date. License is expired? Pull the vehicle over. You'll either catch the owner driving with an expired license, another driver driving with an expired license, or a "Routine check, thank you for your time". What part aren't you getting?
How does the machine work? Another lacking summary delivered to you by Slashdot.
"A pile of sweaty clothes goes into the dryer in order to spin out the water. This is then exposed to UV light before it passes through the high-tech filter to remove salt and bacteria. And lastly, the water is funneled through a coffee filter to remove clothing fibers."... and lastly, the water is funneled through a coffee filter to remove clothing fibres??!?
Something tells me that the machine works as well as all those free energy machines and magnetic gasoline enhancers that you read about.
The cooling effect of sweat is the result of the evaporation of water on the skin, which uses thermal energy. The resultant loss of energy lowers the temperature of the skin, and a continuous flow of blood to and from the cooled area lowers the core temperature. So long as it allows the actual evaporation to occur, there's no reason it wouldn't work to condense it again. No broiler effect would occur.
You've only got half the thermodynamics equation there. If evaporation consumes heat energy, condensation releases it. So when the stillsuit recondenses the evaporated water into liquid water, it will create a nice toasty suit offsetting the cooling effect of the sweat.
Yes, but the suit can be nice and toasty on the outside, and remain comfortable to the occupant. Phase change salts, peltier/seebeck devices; there's plenty of ways of sinking the heat somewhere.
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Okay it went up some shallow stairs and slightly uneven ground - I'm not sure that's considered Parkour.
You've got to compare it with similar sized robots. To a Roomba, going up stairs is awe inspiring; and being able to cling to a vertical surface instead of backing up, turning a random angle and heading off again, must blow its mind.
Ah, the brain in a vat that essentially ends up in the idea that the only real truth is: I think, therefore I am. That of course assumes that a thought require a medium, something that only holds true in our perceived space.
If you also introduce the concept of being wrong and that someone that is wrong doesn't know that he is wrong. Then you can never prove that a though is correct and the only way to make philosophy (And applied philosophy like math and physics.) relevant again is through pragmatism.
I see.., so, I think I think, therefore I think I am?
Thanks, since this is /. no one knows that quote, let alone the movie where it is from. Next up: a quote from Star Wars.
*Meekly raises hand*
I, um... I had to look it up.
More and more vehicles are deploying electronic emergency brakes. Good luck stopping your car if the battery goes on one of those.
Plus, patching the software of a million cars isn't the same as using auto-update on Windows.
Auto-update... I see what you did there.
...cut the brake line and it will be noticed at 5MPH pulling out of the driveway.
Timer and a solenoid will fix that.
I wonder if any of the regenerated worms maintain the learned behavior.
Yes, they can.
Wake me up when you cut a lizards tail off and he grows 6 more tails in response.
I've heard of one where if you cut off its head, another two would grow in its place.
That's grammar; not spelling.
Grammar is spelling at the sentence level.
Ribbon/No-ribbon. Sidebar/No-sidebar. Phah! Where's LibreOneNote?
It exploits security flaws that have been there since day zero, perhaps?
The Youtube videos don't look anything close.
Is StarCon2 anything like Atari's Star Raiders? I really miss that and BallBlaster.
I think the time has come. Split all the telcos, the cable companies, etc in two: wire maintenace, and signal production. Put all the wire maintenance together under a single utility - probably government run, but definitely government regulated to prevent the incumbents from muscling out the newcomers. That way, the customer is not tied to whatever signal producer owns the wire. They can choose who provides the dial tone. They can choose who supplies the TV channels. They can choose who shuffles their IP packets back and forth.
Actually, they should only need to choose who shuffles their packets back and forth, as phone and TV should be over IP anyways.
Motion sensor lights aren't necessarily about lighting up the criminal. They are there to temporarily light up the doorway and walk area so you don't trip, can see your keys, and to assure you that there *ISN'T* someone lurking right by the door to attack you.
... with distinctive patterns of long and short blasts, it can deliver more than one command.
Your dogs know Morse code? I'm impressed!
And how did they calculate their failure rate? ie "8 out of 10 divers managed to swim unharmed through a pack of sharks..."
So you take the two that do get attacked, and dress one in the special suit, then send them both out. The suit that comes back is the winner.
First, every idiot with a weapon will be out there, pistol, shotgun, rifle, bow and arrow. Besides, I didn't say lethal. I said hurt.
Buckshot is lighter than air? If not, what am I missing?
I wonder how many people will be hurt from falling bullets and buckshot, and how many private planes, kites, bats, birds and other things will be shot at. I sincerely hope that this legislation is the first thing shot down.
One person's brave, freedom loving patriot is another's gun toting, redneck idiot with too much beer in his belly and time on his hands, I suppose.
So, damaging US Federal Government Property by deliberately firing your gun at it is free speech now?
I'm confused.
Scanning plates doesn't tell you if the drivers license registration is expired?
Plate is registered to an owner. Owner has driver's license. Driver's license has expiration date. License is expired? Pull the vehicle over. You'll either catch the owner driving with an expired license, another driver driving with an expired license, or a "Routine check, thank you for your time". What part aren't you getting?
How does the machine work? Another lacking summary delivered to you by Slashdot.
"A pile of sweaty clothes goes into the dryer in order to spin out the water. This is then exposed to UV light before it passes through the high-tech filter to remove salt and bacteria. And lastly, the water is funneled through a coffee filter to remove clothing fibers." ... and lastly, the water is funneled through a coffee filter to remove clothing fibres??!?
Something tells me that the machine works as well as all those free energy machines and magnetic gasoline enhancers that you read about.
The cooling effect of sweat is the result of the evaporation of water on the skin, which uses thermal energy. The resultant loss of energy lowers the temperature of the skin, and a continuous flow of blood to and from the cooled area lowers the core temperature. So long as it allows the actual evaporation to occur, there's no reason it wouldn't work to condense it again. No broiler effect would occur.
You've only got half the thermodynamics equation there. If evaporation consumes heat energy, condensation releases it. So when the stillsuit recondenses the evaporated water into liquid water, it will create a nice toasty suit offsetting the cooling effect of the sweat.
Yes, but the suit can be nice and toasty on the outside, and remain comfortable to the occupant. Phase change salts, peltier/seebeck devices; there's plenty of ways of sinking the heat somewhere.