Comment: Damn, reality catches up with satire (Score 1) 201
Obligatory reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ7J7UjsRqg
Army Tests Autonomous Black Hawk Helicopter 125
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samzenpus
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong? dept.
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong? dept.
An anonymous reader writes "A specially equipped Black Hawk was recently used to demonstrate the helicopter's ability to operate on its own. In the first such test of its type, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research's Development and Engineering Center, based at Redstone Arsenal, flew the Black Hawk over Diablo Mountain Range in San Jose, Calif. Pilots were aboard the aircraft for the tests, but all flight maneuvers were conducted autonomously: obstacle field navigation, safe landing area determination, terrain sensing, statistical processing, risk assessment, threat avoidance, trajectory generation and autonomous flight control were performed in real-time. 'This was the first time terrain-aware autonomy has been achieved on a Black Hawk,' said Lt. Col. Carl Ott, chief of the Flight Projects Office at AMRDEC's Aeroflightdynamics Directorate and one of the test's pilots."
Comment: Citation Needed (Score 1) 333
I am alive [citation needed]
Comment: Re:Not backed by a government... (Score 2) 400
About not being backed by anything. Money is never backed on anything, it is based on only on two things: scarcity and its demand. Period.
When the dollar was backed to gold, gold itself was backed on what?
The current dollar is backed on promises and debts, which is like building houses on a floating log on a lake, and yet it still holds value because the clueless people give them value.
All the currency system has always been a house of cards, and those who were truly aware of it (bankers) always manipulated it for their benefit ("money multipliers" should ring a bell if you passed economy 101).
The bitcoin brought something truly innovative that the history of human kind never ever experienced before, it is getting rid of the bullshit and truly giving the power back to the people.
You are wrong by saying that it is not backed on anything, it is backed on math and in trusted cryptography. By the way, don't use the word Ponzi if you don't understand what a ponzi scheme is all about, it is not a synonym for con or fraud, it is a very specific type of fraud.
Comment: Re:Does it matter? (Score 1) 244
For the end user and for practicality purposes: yes, it is the same.
For the engineers, it is one thing less to worry: yes, it matters.
For the engineers, it is one thing less to worry: yes, it matters.
Comment: Re:The acid test is chrome OS (Score 1) 244
Cloud is stupid: The more comfortable for you, the more comfortable for the attacker.
If you want your data with you all the times, get a flash drive.
Comment: Another study suggests that 90% of it is porn (Score 1) 170
...and reposted RickRolls in YouTube
Comment: I must be a genius (Score 1) 246
because I...
Comment: Re:Go cyborg, now. (Score 1) 86
I don't know if it should be better and faster than a real leg, the last time I tried them, the leg just ran away from me.
Sony Blames 'External Intrusion' For Lengthy PSN Outage 321
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Soulskill
from the satisfaction-is-not-guaranteed dept.
from the satisfaction-is-not-guaranteed dept.
Several readers have noted that outages on Sony's PlayStation Network have prevented online play for the past few days. The company has now blamed an 'external intrusion' for the trouble, saying they took down the network to "conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward." Some suspect an attack by Anonymous, who declared war on Sony earlier this month, but Anonymous has disavowed knowledge of such an attack. Meanwhile, others are asking whether Sony should compensate users for the inability to play PS3 multiplayer modes, and even single-player modes on a few downloadable games.
Comment: Re:Not so bad to have different systems. (Score 1) 2288
I heard from a reliable source that Aliens' basic measurement unit are toes.
That is their universal constant, their spaceships speeds are measured by toes per nanoseconds, and a million toes are called a stampede.
That is their universal constant, their spaceships speeds are measured by toes per nanoseconds, and a million toes are called a stampede.
Comment: Re:Why only faces as examples? (Score 2) 118
I could think of all kinds of interesting things to try to get 3D images of with this software, why are all the examples only of someone's face?
Precisely, who in his right mind would scan a face?
The first picture a normal sane male would take is his penis.
Comment: No shit sherlock. Anything is toxic if abused (Score 2) 1017
Sugar, salt, vitamins, calcium, iron, water, etc... anything is toxic/harmful if abused. Calling sugar toxic is idiotic.
Comment: Re:my personal theory (Score 1) 481
That doesn't make sense. Homocidal vs. xenocidal might make sense in a pure rhetorical debate. But we are not talking about logic: psychologically speaking, it is absurd.
That, plus other variables that I've left out, makes me feel very confident of my conclusions.
Comment: Re:my personal theory (Score 1) 481
We should be aware of being too anthropocentric.
I have a personal theory that tries to prove that advanced civilizations can not be hostile (or to be more prudent, it is very improbable), I might finish the essay one day but my arguments are quite strong. But the thing is, I wonder what could I do with it once I finish it.
I have a personal theory that tries to prove that advanced civilizations can not be hostile (or to be more prudent, it is very improbable), I might finish the essay one day but my arguments are quite strong. But the thing is, I wonder what could I do with it once I finish it.