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Submission + - Robots to patrol South Korean prisons (wsj.com)

Submitted by bukharin on Thursday November 24, 2011 @04:47PM

bukharin writes: As reported by various sites, South Korea is planning a trial of robotic prison guards in Pohang. The idea is that the robots will roll around the prison monitoring conditions inside the cells and communicate back to human guards if they detect a problem such as violence. Apparently the human guards are happy with the idea because they get to do less, especially overnight. And if you were worried about Skynet, you needn't be: according to Prof. Lee Baik-chul of Kyonggi University, who's running the trial, '... the robots are not terminators. Their job is not cracking down on violent prisoners. They are helpers.' Good to know.

Comment Re:R or WEKA ... Wait, What Exactly Are You Doing? (Score 1) 146

by bukharin on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @07:15PM (#38079928) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Statistical Analysis Packages For Libraries?

Anyone with decent recommendations, aside from R's own website, where to do a quickstart when you're a SAS geek?

About Quick-R

R is an elegant and comprehensive statistical and graphical programming language. Unfortunately, it can also have a steep learning curve. I created this website for both current R users, and experienced users of other statistical packages (e.g., SAS, SPSS, Stata) who would like to transition to R. My goal is to help you quickly access this language in your work.

http://www.statmethods.net/index.html

Comment Re:Why bother (Score 1) 920

by bukharin on Monday October 31, 2011 @07:41AM (#37893094) Attached to: The White House Responds To We the People Petition

The recipient of the Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, had harsh words for the intervention of NATO in a country's internal affairs, as did many other prominent intellectuals.

So... the recipient of a prize instituted by a dictator had harsh words for the people bringing about the downfall of that same dictator? This proves what about Obama?

Comment iPad with Papers (Score 1) 254

by bukharin on Thursday August 18, 2011 @10:37PM (#37137660) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Ebook Reader for Scientific Papers?

Papers for Mac is a really great way of organising and viewing scientific papers. For me it was the killer app that made me switch from Linux to Mac as my main operating system.

The iPad version looks great and syncs with the Mac, providing a very nice solution - easily the best I've seen. A number of my colleagues read most of their papers on their iPad using Papers (usually when they're in a boring meeting!). There's also a version for the iPhone for those with good eyesight... I don't know how well it works without a Mac but according to the website it looks pretty easy to get documents in there from various sources.

Submission + - 'w00t' named 2007 Word of the Year

Submitted by bukharin on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @05:32AM

bukharin writes: 'w00t', the "small word that packs a pretty big punch", has been named Word of the Year for 2007 by dictionary gurus Merriam-Webster. Visitors to the Merriam-Webster website were asked to vote for one of 20 commonly searched words and phrases. Facebook was the runner-up. Previously honoured geek words include google (runner-up in 2006) and blog (winner in 2004).

Comment Re:DRM increases not decreases consumer value (Score 2, Insightful) 221

by bukharin on Saturday February 17, 2007 @08:39AM (#18050226) Attached to: Macrovision Responds to Steve Jobs on DRM

I agree...

'DRM increases not decreases consumer value', such as by enabling people to rent content at a lower price than ownership

This is such bullshit. The price differential between "renting" and "owning" is almost purely profit, and is specifically enabled by DRM. This decreases value, by allowing them to charge us more for something that costs them the same to provide. How stupid do they think we are?

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