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Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:07 pm

Labtecpower wrote:[I don't know why, but you sound slightly high :roll:
Haha it was 9:30 in the morning, what do you think I am? :D

If I start posting live videos of bands from the 70s you can probably safely assume... :roll:

@JSR,

I'm not sure if it is the weird movement of that robot or its shape that makes it seem so scary. It doesn't help when you consider that we went from room sized computers to computers smaller than your hand in only 60 something years.
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Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:26 pm

MrCrowley wrote:I'm not sure if it is the weird movement of that robot or its shape that makes it seem so scary. It doesn't help when you consider that we went from room sized computers to computers smaller than your hand in only 60 something years.
I don't find it as scary as this:

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You could hear a massive humanoid robot coming into your house and have some chance of escaping or fighting it, but UCAVs have the ability to rain down death and destruction from thousands of feet in the air, unseen and unheard - and what is keeping them from doing it independently is a matter of ethics, not technology.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:45 pm

Haha it was 9:30 in the morning, what do you think I am? :D

If I start posting live videos of bands from the 70s you can probably safely assume...
If you were a Dutchman i'd say you were high as sh*t, in your case just drunk hehe

As long as it is good music... :roll:
I'm not sure if it is the weird movement of that robot or its shape that makes it seem so scary. It doesn't help when you consider that we went from room sized computers to computers smaller than your hand in only 60 something years.
It moves in a way that's too organic looking for a computer :D
I find all their creations creepy to some degree, BigDog scores pretty high on that list.
ou could hear a massive humanoid robot coming into your house and have some chance of escaping or fighting it, but UCAVs have the ability to rain down death and destruction from thousands of feet in the air, unseen and unheard - and what is keeping them from doing it independently is a matter of ethics, not technology.
Not to mention that these are already in military use, and humanoid robots aren't..
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Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:59 pm

Labtecpower wrote:Not to mention that these are already in military use, and humanoid robots aren't..
yup... and they've only just scratched the surface.

As guidance systems get smaller and smaller, and collateral damage is less acceptable, we can't be far from the day they will be dropping small solid steel darts that can target an individual as opposed to blowing up and entire house or car. "Rods from God" lite...
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Mon Oct 29, 2012 10:54 pm

Was linked to this...cracked me up. :lol:

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Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:27 am

Hahahahaha!!! The four candles sketch meets the 21st century :D :D :D
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:26 am

my samsung galaxy mini 2 has just arrived...

ohh and speech to text on a freaking phone?? damn technology you awesome

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oh and IPcam works as advertised - cool app I've always wanted to see the back of my head - now I can ! :-D
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Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:49 pm

This was awesome:
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Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:36 am

POLAND_SPUD wrote:oh and IPcam works as advertised - cool app I've always wanted to see the back of my head - now I can ! :-D
:roll:

Easily amused as ever :D
MrC wrote:This was awesome
27,943 times better than the actual movie!!! At least it's true to the game.

Absolution was pre-ordered for my birthday, can't wait!

Love the *raises phone smile* moment hehe

Pool guy reminded me of Edward Norton for some reason.

This is also pretty awesome:

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... and on the subject of awesome, no idea what the game will be like but this trailer is good:

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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:41 am

"Surprise, horse lady... Uh oh, not good"
I certainly would never have expected to ever hear that in a Call of Duty trailer!
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Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:07 am

Black_Rose, Pinside Forums wrote:10 years ago we had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash. Now we have no Jobs, no Hope, and no Cash.

Let it be known as TRUTH !!

Mowed the lawn today, and after doing so I sat down and had a couple nice cold beers. The day was really quite beautiful, and the brew facilitated some deep thinking on various topics.
Finally I thought about an age old question:

Is giving birth more painful than getting kicked in the Nuts?

Women always maintain that giving birth is way more painful than a guy getting kicked in the nuts.
Well, after another beer, and some heavy deductive thinking, I have come up with the answer to that question.
Getting kicked in the nuts is more painful than having a baby; and here is the reason for my conclusion.

A year or so after giving birth, a woman will often say, "it might be nice to have another child."
On the other hand, you never hear a guy say,
"You know, I think I would like another kick in the nuts."

I rest my case!
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Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:26 am

Easily amused as ever
Found a simple microphone chrony too - got ot test it with an airgun an see if it's any good

I wish developing apps was easier - got some simple apps written in processing to work on my phone like apps with sliders, buttons, animations and s### but it's damn hard to interface stuff such as bluetooth, wifi, camera or grab data from sensors

I might get better luck with MIT app inventor
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Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:31 am

jrrdw wrote:10 years ago we had Steve Jobs, Bob Hope and Johnny Cash. Now we have no Jobs, no Hope, and no Cash.
Please let nothing happen to Kevin Bacon!!!!
"A year or so after giving birth, a woman will often say, "it might be nice to have another child."
On the other hand, you never hear a guy say,
"You know, I think I would like another kick in the nuts."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!

nice one :D :D :D

Found a simple microphone chrony too - got ot test it with an airgun an see if it's any good
I expect something like this in a couple of months ;)

http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/digital ... 22974.html
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Thu Nov 01, 2012 2:04 am

I expect something like this in a couple of months
Got something for ya :-D

It took me just a few minutes, was surprisingly simple to create and it has got text to speech ;-)


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Thu Nov 01, 2012 2:11 am

hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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