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Comment Human Shield (Score 1) 265

by perplexing.reader (#52835535) Attached to: Pentagon Chiefs Fear Advanced Robot Weapons Wiping Out Humanity
I read on the news, few years ago, about some bolivians drug-dealers, using small aircraft to transport drugs to Brazil. When the pilots from the brazilian air-force call the "invader" on the radio, telling that they will open fire if they not comply with the order to be escorted to a specific airport, the drug-dealers show small kids on the plane's windows. They know no one would authorize to take down a plane full of small kids, maybe neither the air-force pilot would comply with an order to take down the plane.
The AI would be able to recognize the kids inside the airplane ?
The AI would stop if the target is using some human shield like kids, or another kind of hostages ?

Submission + - Buzz Aldrin wants to help chineses to go to the moon 1

Submitted by perplexing.reader
perplexing.reader writes: Buzz Aldrin is offering his help to China to help them on their own lunar landing program, he told to a group of brazilians journalists.
From the interview: "People can react in two ways. Or they say, 'he lost his mind and decided to help the enemy,' or say, 'he's doing as a private citizen what the US government should be doing.' I hope that most understand this second way ".
Original source in Portuguese http://mensageirosideral.blogf..., google translate https://translate.google.com/t...

Comment This can be fixed with Taxes (Score 1) 454

by perplexing.reader (#48457319) Attached to: Researchers Say the Tech Worker Shortage Doesn't Really Exist
Do you want to hire foreign talents that are genius ? Pay in taxes the same amount, or some percentage like 50% of what you will pay for salary, this will increase the costs to hire someone from overseas. But If the guy is REALLY talented, this increase on costs will pay itself with his brilliant work.
You can cut off this tax, when the guy is free to switch jobs wherever he wants to( If/When he get a green card), while he is bound to you, you pay the tax.

Submission + - Contact between Native Americans and Easter Islanders before 1500 C.E (sciencemag.org)

Submitted by sciencehabit
sciencehabit writes: Polynesians from Easter Island and natives of South America met and mingled long before Europeans voyaged the Pacific, according to a new genetic study of living Easter Islanders. In this week’s issue of Current Biology, researchers argue that the genes point to contact between Native Americans and Easter Islanders before 1500 C.E., 3 centuries after Polynesians settled the island also known as Rapa Nui, famous for its massive stone statues. Although circumstantial evidence had hinted at such contact, this is the first direct human genetic evidence for it.

Submission + - 2014 Honda CR-V scored five stars in Euro NCAP safety tests (2015releasedateprices.com)

Submitted by New Cars
New Cars writes: The new Honda CR-V is rated the maximum five stars as one of the safest cars in Europe, the safety tests conducted by independent consumer protection organization Euro NCAP (European program for the evaluation of safety of new cars).
In judging, Euro NCAP considers all safety performance of vehicles: passenger protection, children, pedestrians and the availability of driver assistance systems while driving. Since the introduction of the current Euro NCAP rating scheme in early 2009., All of Honda's models have achieved the maximum score of five stars — Accord, Insight, Jazz, CR-Z, Civic, and now the new CR-V.
The highest score for the safety of the new CR-V reflects Honda's commitment to overall vehicle safety. This commitment can be best expressed mission statement of Honda in this area: "Safety for all; safety for drivers, but also for fellow travelers, pedestrians and passengers in all other vehicles. "In advanced testing crash that Honda implemented in his department for research and development Tochigi, analyze the impact between models of different sizes and weights and develops solutions for maximum mitigate injury to the passengers, and pedestrians.
The new CR-V is Honda the next model that will get the new 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engine Earth Dreams Technology. CR-V 1.6 i-DTEC will drive the front wheels, with a manual transmission, 300Nm of torque, 120 horsepower and CO2 emissions of just 119g/km, in order to establish an exceptional balance of performance and economy. CR-V 1.6 i-DTEC will be commercially available later this year.
VSA is a system designed to assist the driver in maintaining control during cornering, acceleration and sudden maneuvers by transferring braking the wheels on the left or right side of the vehicle and adjusting engine torque driving style.
The system detects instability in slippery or when cornering or braking. Through the power steering pump steering system makes it easy to manage when the driver in the right direction, and makes it difficult to manage when not to encourage drivers to timely assert control in the right direction. In addition, the system helps to balance braking and mitigate the effects of over-or under-management.
In the event of sudden braking or skidding on slippery surfaces ESS automatically activated traffic lights. While working stop lights, turn signal lights flash quickly that warns drivers of vehicles behind you will come to a sudden stop in order to minimize the risk of collision.
ACC allows the driver to adjust the speed and the distance to the vehicle in front. When the system is activated at a given distance from the vehicle ahead, the system I maintain a given distance and a given speed (I'm accelerating and slowing down if necessary).
ACE body structure substantially contributes to increased passenger safety in the event of a collision. The vehicle body is designed to prevent cabin deformation by kinetic impact energy is transferred under the cab and to the roof of the car, away from the area where the passengers. This body structure helps to reduce the consequences of an accident when the vehicle in the same part of different heights, weights or frame construction.
The new CR-V continued the tradition of his predecessor in terms of a combination of efficiency and performance of the car and the functionality and security of an SUV. The new CR-V is very practical due to the spacious luggage compartment capacity of 1648 liters and the rear seats divisible into 60/40, which can shoot down in one go.
CR-V 1.6 i-DTEC, which will go on sale later this year, will have an ECON mode that minimizes fuel consumption and Ecco Assist system, which informs the driver that his driving style affects the fuel consumption. Idle Stop technology also will be standard in the new CR-V 1.6 i-DTEC.
As we have read soon will be presented 2015 Honda CRV which will come with minimal changes, but it will have some new and pretty cool options.

Submission + - Israel's Iron Dome rocket defense system is high-tech. So is the PR campaign (thebulletin.org)

Submitted by Lasrick
Lasrick writes: It isn't as if real analysis of Israel's "Iron Dome" isn't available, but invariably, whenever Israel has a skirmish the media is filled with glowing reports of how well the system works, and we always find out months later that the numbers were exaggerated. John Mecklin at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists looks at the coverage of Iron Dome in the recent exchanges between Israel and Hamas and finds the pattern is repeating itself. However, 'Ted Postol, an MIT-based missile defense expert and frequent Bulletin contributor, provided a dose of context to the Iron Dome coverage in a National Public Radio interview Wednesday. "We can tell, for sure, from video images and even photographs that the Iron Dome system is not working very well at all,"' Includes a good explanation of the differences between Iron Dome (a 'rocket defense system') and missile defense systems pushed by the US.

Submission + - Google: You Can't Handle the Brazil Defeat Truth!

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: After Brazil's dramatic World Cup defeat by Germany, writes NPR's Aarti Shahani, Google's experimental newsroom focused on search trends that didn't rub salt in Brazil's wounds, choosing to not publish a single trend on Brazilian search terms. Copywriter Tessa Hewson said they were just too negative. "We might try and wait until we can do a slightly more upbeat trend." It's a decision that puzzles Shahani, but producer Sam Clohesy explained, "a negative story about Brazil won't necessarily get a lot of traction in social." In old-school newsrooms, if it bleeds, it leads. But because this new newsroom is focused on getting content onto everyone's smartphone, marketing expert Rakesh Agrawal says, editors may have another bias: to comb through the big data in search of happy thoughts.

Submission + - Microsoft is paying US$ 2,00 to users set Bing as Default Search engine in Brazi

Submitted by perplexing.reader
perplexing.reader writes: Microsoft is paying US$ 2,00 in skype vouchers to set Bing default search engine and MSN default home page on Brazil, translated from the site:
"Make MSN your homepage and Bing your default search engine and earn up to 60 minutes * of calls to mobiles and landlines in Skype."
- the Rules:
"After receiving the voucher, this should be used until July 31, 2014. Once on Skype, the credits do not expire. The minutes are based on a rate of $ 0.023 per minute, but the number of minutes may vary depending on the destination of the call and the number of calls you make. The current value of the voucher is $ 2.00. A once rescued, the voucher will appear in your Skype account."
Original URL: https://www.msnbingoffers.com/...

Comment Not merely the purchase of 36 planes (Score 1) 439

by perplexing.reader (#45738083) Attached to: US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil
Moreover, this is not merely the purchase of 36 planes (28 made for a single pilot; 8 with space for a co-pilot). Long-distance missiles, bombs and towable targets for training are all part of a larger package of logistics and training materials. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/brazil/2013/12/1387576-after-more-than-10-years-dilma-chooses-swedish-jets-for-fab.shtml

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