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- Artificial brains for robots?
- Artificial brains for robots?Interesting...I read somwhere where this scientist thorized that computer are becoming so powerful that it might be possible to transfer the entire life experience of a person into one....ie you into a computer. Now "IF" they can make workable robots well.....Being a diabetic from age 6...
- Tags: Robots, Asimov, CyberDyne, robot, Artificial brain
- Discussion threads 2007-08-30
- Mr. Robot 1.01 (Windows)
- Asimov is a lowly service mechanoid aboard the interstellar colony ship Eidolon. Carrying hundreds of frozen human colonists to a new world. When the Eidolon's computer brain malfunctions, it falls to Asimov to undertake a perilous journey through the bowels of the massive ship to save his robot friends and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Moonpod, Asimov, Robots, Emerging Technologies
- Software downloads 2007-01-24
- Is Java cooling down?
- Is Java cooling down?The problem, with .netIs the lack of backwards compatibility with older versions of Windows. But I do agree, it will continue to grow as will the the use PHP.A "Seldon crisis"?[Harry Seldon not only predicted the future, he also intervened in it by starting a colony...
- Tags: Programming languages, .NET, Scripting languages, Asimov, Harry Seldon, Mule, Java, Second Foundation, open source
- Discussion threads 2005-12-14
- Asimov Plain English Dictionary 2.02d (Windows)
- This is a unique new database program which understands English. It allows you to ask questions in plain English, and will answer questions according to facts in its database. Asimov is much easier to use than a traditional database. Asimov uses plain English facts, instead of tables of data which...
- Tags: Fact, Microsoft Windows, Martin Sondergaard, Asimov, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2001-01-03
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- Should Google spin Android into a foundation?
- I know that's supposed to be Hari Seldonbut it looks like the wacko from Heaven's Gate.RE: Should Google spin Android into a foundation?They should just turn Android into the funny car of smartphone OSes. Just smart whip the OS into so many variations that nobody will recognize it. ...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Cellular phones, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- Windows Vs. Red Chief
- Windows Vs. Red ChiefGood one....Now do Linux. Oh, that's right. Linux doesn't tell you what's wrong. It just sits there waiting for you to try something else...and something else...until you get it right. RE: Windows Vs. Red ChiefThat is one of the worst blog posts I...
- Tags: Blogging, Operating systems, blog, L'unix, Red Chief, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-02-25
- It takes a lot to dismantle an Empire
- It takes a lot to dismantle an EmpireI think everyone's safeI agree that MS laying off people is very unlikely. They're the biggest software company in the world and are still in a very strong position, and 2009 will only bolster that, what with S+S as well as all the...
- Tags: Workforce management, Programming languages, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-05
- Towards a robotic society in 2020?
- Towards a robotic society in 2020?Any Asimov reader could spew this drivelWe are more than 10 years away from the positronic brain!How about a free Nestor Class 5?And I'll use it to help me cook sweetpotato pie!I could JUST SEE Mr. Data cooking in Will Smith's Grama's Kitchen... Well, at...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Flash memory, Desktops, Beat-It, Star Dreck, memory
- Discussion threads 2008-12-06
- Teaching telecommuting
- Teaching telecommutingtelecommuting skills?I'm a fulltime telecommuter, though I do venture out to teach an IRL composition class a couple of days a week. I think the kids already have the skills they need to telecommute, and they value having the connection between the classroom and that new work environment made...
- Tags: telecommuting
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Can robots become our 'phriends'?
- A friendly collaboration between humans and robots is not always easy. Either robots work efficiently and far from humans in controlled environments, or they're equipped with lots of sensors to work along humans and not harm them. Now, a EU-funded project, Phriends -- short for 'Physical Human-Robot Interaction: DepENDability and...
- Tags: Robotics, Phriends, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Summer reading for kids
- A user on Slashdot asked yesterday for summer science fiction reading suggestions for his preteen kids. There were, of course, plenty of great thoughts from other Slashdot members that included all of the usual suspects from Bradbury to Asimov to Pratchett to Douglas Adams. However, the...
- Tags: Kid, Slashdot, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Arthur C. Clarke: All These Worlds Are Yours
- Arthur C. Clarke: All These Worlds Are YoursArthur C. Clarke : The beacon to the human race is no moreLike the rest of the world I was also very saddened by his death. He lived a full life and was the same shining personality till the end.As a kid whose...
- Tags: Robots, Arthur C. Clarke, HAL
- Discussion threads 2008-03-19
- Arthur C. Clarke: All These Worlds Are Yours
- For every person, there are personalities who’s influence and life’s work that can shape one’s imagination and destiny. For some people, they are world leaders, musicians, poets, and philosophers. For me, the Grand Masters of Science Fiction float to the very top of that august group â€" and...
- Tags: Work, Computer, Productivity, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Could robots become the open source hardware target?
- Most of you probably just glanced at yesterday's post about Texas Instruments supporting open source with its new OMAP chips, and if so you probably missed an important target market. Robots. (Picture from Willowgarage.com) The age of homebrew robotics has arrived. As with computing...
- Tags: Robotics, Texas Instruments Inc., Hardware, Quantity, Robots, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- 100 GB memory chip coming in 2009
- 100 GB memory chip coming in 2009Tip of the hatIt sure it nice to read an article of value in your blogs. Nice to see you get back on track instead of the off-topic useless crap that you have posted over the last few months. Keep it up! This...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Tablets, Notebooks, chip, GB memory chip, GB Memory
- Discussion threads 2008-01-22
- An uncanny 1960s view of the future World Wide Web
- An uncanny 1960s view of the future World Wide WebGreat find.Very insightful back then. The 'husband approves wife purchase' was funny - especially his disgusted gesture when he received the bill.Or read James SchmitzHis "ComWeb" isn't a major plot element, it's just taken for granted. However, it's acknowledged as...
- Tags: INTERNET, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Broadband Internet, future World Wide Web, EDN
- Discussion threads 2007-12-15
- Will you one day marry a robot?
- Will you one day marry a robot?Let's try 1953.That's the first time I know of where Human / Robot love was envisioned. Asimov again way ahead of his time.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisfaction_Guaranteed_%28short_story%29It will happenAll you have to do is look at how emotionally attached people become to objects today such as cars,...
- Tags: Robots, robot
- Discussion threads 2007-10-12
- Can 'friendly' AI save humans from irrelevance or extinction?
- Can 'friendly' AI save humans from irrelevance or extinction?Message has been deleted.IMHO this is distant futureI doubt I'll see this type of intelligence in my lifetime. We're still a long ways off from understanding our own intelligence, much less designing a machine that surpasses it.Sure, we may have machines that...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Robots, irrelevance, computer, extinction, mankind
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- "Users will curse you"
- "Users will curse you"Why is this news?While there are some decent suggestions for improving the dev process this shouldn't come as news to anyone. Every other industry has strict guidelines for quality control. Look at the Mattel/China debacle and you see that every industry needs quality guidelines. Shipping crap is...
- Tags: Professional development, QA, development cycle, software
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
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