mturmon

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4111.
by mturmon 17y ago
For me, it's probably the iconic picture of 20th century political action.
4112.
by mturmon 17y ago
Probably you're the only one at the restaurant who cares that you're eating alone. Certainly your dinner alone is well below Yahweh's interest threshold. So, relax, slow down, and enjoy your meal. Because you're not busy talking, you can
4113.
by mturmon 17y ago
The tedious parts of the job are left on the (proverbial) cutting room floor. Like construction projects, there's a lot of people just standing around waiting at a shoot.
4114.
by mturmon 17y ago
Why these quotes? Is anything Thomas Jefferson, Walter Mondale, or the Dalai Lama said automatically true?
4115.
by mturmon 17y ago
Nice article with a lot of information. Honest question here: you make some strong claims, have you been involved in speech recognition research, or are you an informed outsider? It seems like the latter? Poking fun at AI optimists like
4116.
by mturmon 17y ago
I think introducing some mystery of programming would be nice. The draft is very linear and predictable. How about a random number generator (linear RNGs are easy to code)? Or a line-by-line chaotic ascii art generator (like Wolfram's CA
4117.
by mturmon 17y ago
An apple also figures in the story: "One day, when Gregor emerges from his room, his father chases him around the dining room table and pelts him with apples. One of the apples becomes embedded in his back, causing an infection. Due to his
4118.
by mturmon 17y ago
Keep in mind that the instrument developers who built the two imagers onboard have spent the last ~10 years of their life working largely on this project. For many of them, it will be the crowning achievement of their career. The results
4119.
by mturmon 17y ago
I don't know the duration, but would be surprised if that huge structure lasted more than a few hours (due to the lack of visible rotation of the feature -- the rotational period of the sun is about 27 days as seen from Earth). The spatial
4120.
by mturmon 17y ago
The early Titan launches were not too successful either: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Titan_launches The Delta's were between 90-95% successful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_(rocket_family) The expertise of the SpaceX peop
4121.
by mturmon 17y ago
If you do this, and use a MBP, beware of this problem: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=7cf... Symptoms are a very loud click, and then no audio plays until the computer's audio is reset -- do this by plugging in
4122.
by mturmon 17y ago
Or alternatively, the reflexive need of some to transpose everything into NY terms to "understand" it. http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/72-the-world-as-...
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by mturmon 17y ago
In fact, the NASA budget was not cut. It is increasing over the next few years. The initiative discussed will mean reformulating (again) the manned spaceflight program (which is a good idea). It would probably not be a good thing to "give
4124.
by mturmon 17y ago
I've also had an excellent experience with 3 versions of their hardware (slimp3, squeezebox2, radio). Another pointer with a HN resonance is (note the beer bottle): http://gigaom.com/2006/09/07/portrait-of-a-startup-slim-devi... Of course
4125.
by mturmon 17y ago
What's the distinction between what you're proposing and Squeezebox (formerly slimp3)? http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/ Their low-end product is a table radio at $150 street price.
4126.
by mturmon 17y ago
Same here, and this rings true. "Nice" is what you get, and nice has its limits.
4127.
by mturmon 17y ago
Lumping JPL/Caltech in with LockMart and Boeing does not make sense. The first is a research lab mainly concerned with conceiving and building robotic (unmanned) missions. The second two are mainly involved with operating manned flight sy
4128.
by mturmon 17y ago
The Bush VSE (Vision for Space Exploration) was actually about directing money to Texas (JSC) and Florida (KSC), two key electoral states. (Ex-Majority Leader Tom Delay's home district in Texas includes JSC, e.g. http://www.spacepolitics.
4129.
by mturmon 17y ago
That is quite literally how it works, although most emerging artists (who are serious about their career, and who have a real chance at regional or national prominence) would probably not describe what they're doing as "noble", more like "c
4130.
by mturmon 17y ago
The C&D article (and the ones it points to about their road test) is really good. Because there are more people talking about this than actually know anything. Including in this thread. The C&D article does leave the door open to
4131.
by mturmon 17y ago
It's hard to be sure you would have no leg to stand on. It would be an emotionally charged conversation, and misinterpretation would be likely. If the hiring manager, for instance, said anything about a legally protected characteristic (l
4132.
by mturmon 17y ago
I would add that German standards for auto maintenance are much higher than American ones. There are regular inspections (yearly?) to enforce these standards. I wonder if the authors of the study would be as on-board for intrusive inspecti
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by mturmon 17y ago
Related: "Caring for Your Introvert" http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200303/rauch
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by mturmon 17y ago
MSR is a very powerful research org, agreed. In, say, machine learning and computer vision, this has been so for over 15 years. But the point, and it is a valid one, is that this research does not seem to be turned in to actual products. W