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Comment chatter the system.... (Score 1) 31

by rainfay on Monday January 09, 2023 @01:00AM (#63191004) Attached to: Vanilla OS Offers a New Take on Security for the Linux Desktop

Why not "chatter +Ri /" it? bam its immutable. /s I think stuff like this is silly. I don't really see security in this via the announcement infect a container... system applies it.... oops its a bot. How is that different than all the other distros? Are they going to move to a no superuser format. where you cant hack as UID=0? and fix stuff that their package manager "Breaks"... I am personally going to pass on this distro. there is other immutable file systems like overlayfs.....

Submission + - Boston Dynamics Starts Selling Its Spot Robot — For $74,500

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @10:09AM

An anonymous reader writes: Boston Dynamics today opened commercial sales of Spot, its quadruped robot that can climb stairs and traverse rough terrain. Businesses can purchase the Spot Explorer developer kit for $74,500 at shop.bostondynamics.com. Spot Explorer includes the robot, two batteries, the battery charger, the tablet controller, a robot case, a power case, and Python client packages for Spot APIs. Boston Dynamics will also be selling Spot payloads, and customers will get software updates "when available." The company is offering free shipping for a limited time — the website currently states that Spot Explorer ships in six to eight weeks.

The announcement marks a couple of milestones for the company founded in 1992. It's the first time businesses can purchase a Boston Dynamics robot directly. It's also the company's first online sales offering. Spot is only for sale in the U.S. for commercial and industrial use, but the company hopes to expand internationally this year. "We plan to manufacture around a thousand Spots in the next year but can increase that based on the demand," a Boston Dynamics spokesperson told VentureBeat. "We are exploring opportunities for enabling sales overseas this year." The company was originally planning to finish building 1,000 Spots by mid-2020, but the coronavirus pandemic disrupted that timeline.

Comment THE BOOK OF JOE (Score 1) 893

by rainfay on Friday August 23, 2019 @04:43PM (#59118266) Attached to: Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie?

its a short film. Retro Sci-Fi Alien Attack. https://vimeo.com/63846525

Comment About time (Score 3, Funny) 38

by rainfay on Thursday July 24, 2014 @08:55AM (#47521843) Attached to: FCC Reminds ISPs That They Can Be Fined For Lacking Transparency

About time, now will the actually follow through with it.

Comment The Industrial Controlled Alarm Clock (Score 1) 170

by rainfay on Thursday May 03, 2012 @02:09AM (#39876145) Attached to: Automated Dorm Room Causes a School Inquiry

DISCLAIMER: I am the creator of the Industrial Controlled Alarm Clock............ http://endofnet.com/ICACP.html which was written up on hack a day http://hackaday.com/2007/05/02/industrial-alarm-clock/ way back in 2007......... this project was to wake my but up in the morning to control DMX Power, Sound and misc devices. while I was in the doom. It used an LED sign to convey the state of the alarm...... it did not need voice control it had 30mm NEMA buttons that light up :P It did not need IPad and Iphone devices, I could ssh in to a box that was hooked up to it. But this gives me ideas to work on revision 2.0, An Emergency Party Mode would be an cool feature to have with it.

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