Russ Gries has released a new research video titled #14, to pin down what
the green glow is.
This glow develops after the spark discharge occurs. Russ wants to find out
how the glow forms and how it relates to pre-ionization of the second
follow on spark.
Nice job !
But let me explain that your protection diodes aren't effective for current
overrun on sensing resistances. As you said, the voltage drop on forward
current of the diode is around 1V maybe a bit less . let's say 500mV. At
500mV, the resistance will dissipate (U^2/R) (0.5)^2/0.05 = 5
The Atlantic sets the stage for the 'scary season' (the election, not
Halloween) with a piece on machine intelligence, echoing Bill Joy's classic
article
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/10/the-consequences-of-ma
chine-intelligence/264066/
No Joy here: Why the Future Doesn't
Thanks Arnaud.
The goal of the diodes is to protect the board - it cost more than the
resistors did. But yeah, I know.
Your point is especially true because those 1N5400s are odd - they list a
forward voltage around 1.2v, rather than 0.6v as you would expect for a
typical silicon diode. I guess
I agree with much of this article, except that I regard intelligent
machines as either a threat or an opportunity, depending on how we adapt
our society to them.
I quibble with one aspect of this discussion: the notion that computers
will exceed human intelligence at some specific time in
Yes.
Leaving aside nightmare scenarios like nanobot infestations and genetically
modified diseases and the rest, sticking strictly to the economic
consequences of computer and mechanical technologies: there's some evidence
we're seeing these effects right now, in the unemployment numbers. I came
To pass the Turing test the 'bot will have to perceive the world as a human:
http://www.eurasiareview.com/19102012-robots-that-perceive-the-world-as-humans/
Which is difficult to do with a 'bot mind:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9yog6dUQE1qk2oafo1_500.gif
Terry - Fabulous dynamic image !
Fractal gears in motion, and with a ying-yang nuance ...
Which is difficult to do with a 'bot mind:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9yog6dUQE1qk2oafo1_500.gif
You should use a higher resistance value. I use 0.39 Ohm to measure 0 - 4A
range. Which lead to 1.6 V at resistance when a current of 4A is passing
through it. Then it becomes easier to protect over current. The resistance
must be able to handle a power of 7W. There is no need here for a precision
Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
To pass the Turing test the 'bot will have to perceive the world as a human:
I doubt a computer will be able to pass a no rules Turing test anytime in
the next ~100 years. That is, when the test allows the person to type in
any question or comment about
So, for all of you out there who have feelings or emotional attachment for
Appliances Power Tools, Suv, Car, Truck, Motor Cycle, Bike, Garden Tractor,
ATV, Computer, various Electronic Devices, and/or for that matter,
inanimate objects that have added comfort, satisfaction, confidence, or
From: Jed Rothwell
Whether these computers will be sentient or not is an
entirely different question. Whether they should be deliberately designed to
be sentient is both a practical question, and a moral one.
I think the problem is not whether computers should be
From Loren...
...
. Thanks suckers! PS.. If you believe there is an actual Democratic Party
or that BO cares about this Country
And on, and on it goes...
Ok, Loren, I get it that you're a little uneasy around Barack. .Why? Well,
maybe because for one thing, this illegal
Thanks, Arnaud. Here our goal was to include a computer interface for
logging, and the Phidget was convenient for that; unfortunately, it only
measures up to 75 millivolts, which creates problems of its own as you
point out. Phidgets also have a purpose-built voltmeter, but its resolution
is only
On Oct 28, 2012, at 10:04, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:
This step of self-programming will allow them to evolve on their own, and
the time frame could be shorter than expected - without morals, without
empathy ... which is essentially what Bill Joy was implying
Very interesting
Your vision is quite common but I think it is incomplete and typical of
countries experiencing slow growth, slow productivity increase...
Read the next convergence
what you describe is the slow growth scenario.
In that case, the wealth concentrate slowly in few hands, that are
determined since
A capitalistic forms of economic exploitation and domination can be
reproduced endlessly thanks to 'innovation'.
Harry
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Alain Sepeda alain.sep...@gmail.com wrote:
Your vision is quite common but I think it is incomplete and typical of
countries experiencing slow
Happy Birthday, Peter! And thanks for giving US a birthday present
from YOU by sharing your enlightenments.
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Peter Gluck peter.gl...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Friends,
Rainy autumn day, I have composed 5 miniatures, 2 about LENR/HHENI.
You are really nice, dear Terry. Thank you!
I wish my LENR ideas taken seriously, but perhaps it is too much.Or I err,
err and err and err but NOT less, less and less but more?
Peter
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
Happy Birthday, Peter! And thanks for
Yeah well, needless to say I obviously have some difficulty explaining the
difference between animals and human beings, and it's undoubtedly due to a
large percentage of my monkey DNA. Now, as for Halloween, and why humans
tend to wear a variety of frightening looking attire, and the more
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Jeff Berkowitz pdx...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all, I built this USB-connected ammeter so we could log current flow
accurately and rapidly while doing electrolysis and also electroplating.
http://pdxlenr.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-pretty-good-data-logging-ammeter.html
the opposite.
without innovation, exploitation , whatever is the system, can be
maintained on a stable minority of dynasties owning an economic rent.
Non capitalist/liberal system do that naturally,whatever is the
growth/innovation, since they block innovation, or restrict it's benefit to
the
Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:
I think the problem is not whether computers should be designed to be
sentient, so much as can they be restrained from it.
May-bee. I have read various articles and books about this. Some experts
believe that sentience is an emergent quality, others say
It could be that a super-intelligent computer would prefer to exist alone,
or as the most advanced entity, in order to preserve and impose its
superiority. I take the impression that the Skynet, from the terminator
movie, is the only truly powerful being of the machines whereas the other
robots
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote:
It could be that a super-intelligent computer would prefer to exist alone,
or as the most advanced entity, in order to preserve and impose its
superiority. I take the impression that the Skynet, from the terminator
I would like to add a tiny bit of science fiction to this thread. Perhaps we
do not need to be concerned about computers becoming too intelligent because
future generations of our species periodically time travel back to our present
to ensure that it does not happen. They had bad experiences
Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
If for some reason robots start fighting robots, I think this advice would
be helpful:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G3RoBHMu-o
I love this!
The version I just saw begin with a Romney advertisement, which I thought
was appropriate.
- Jed
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote:
The Atlantic sets the stage for the 'scary season' (the election, not
Halloween) with a piece on machine intelligence, echoing Bill Joy's classic
article
I can't resist noting that googling
armature of an amateur ammeter
gives 750,000 hits
For data acquisition I use 2 different configurations which give pretty good
results:
- Picoscope with my own Java librairies: http://www.picotech.com/
http://www.picotech.com/ For 200€ you have a double channels 100ns 8 bits
resolution ADC with USB connection
- Or for 50€
I believe the sentience is an emergent property of biological intelligence.
I assume it is related to the instinct for self-preservation. It is easy to
preserve yourself if you see a clear distinction between you and the rest
of the environment, or you and the other members of your species. An
I thought I had seen this before.
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 6:41 PM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
orionwo...@charter.net wrote:
I was first exposed to this haunting beautiful song when it was used in a
rather interesting seduction scene depicted in the film, “The Hunger”
starring Catherine Deneuve, Susan Sarandon and
From Jed:
.
I do not see why a totally non-sentient supercomputer would
be impossible. Even if sentience is emergent, I expect it
would not be hard to prevent it by not including some set of
capabilities. The Internet as a whole has more connections
than a human brain, and far
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
I thought I had seen this before.
This must be where I first saw the video. ;)
Eric
Ah!
I found the R-Rated version!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkGXM-ZQtHo
Regards,
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
www.zazzle.com/orionworks
I have wondered the same thing. I guess the Phidgets folks are somewhat in
this space - if you look at the prices of the modules here, for example:
http://www.phidgets.com/products.php?category=8 and scroll down to the
green blocks, that's going to add up if you try to configure a system
with a
It does not matter how much a economic system produces, those who have
enormous wealth will finds ways to exploit those who have little
wealth, unless the over arching political system recognizes and
practically honours individual *dignity*. Exploitation can happen even
in the admist of
For all your electronic needs, consider:
http://beta.globalspec.com/electronics/
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