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[01:13:31] <z64555> Oreiley's got a few ebooks for free:
http://www.oreilly.com/free/reports.html
[01:13:39] <z64555> Not sure if any of them are any good, though
[01:38:31] <Snert> I wish my luggage could follow me arounfd the airport.
[01:38:59] <Anniepoo_> itd need power
[01:39:37] <Snert> I picture a skateboard like thing with a battery strapped to the luggage.
[01:39:56] <Snert> a personal movement platform.
[01:40:09] <Anniepoo_> they might not let battery on plane
[01:40:15] <SpeedEvil> a reprogrammed hoverboard can basically do exactly that with essentially no additional hardware
[01:40:17] <Snert> oh yea.
[01:40:52] <Snert> they'd have to get this battery thing licked though.
[01:41:40] <Anniepoo_> when I was a kid there was an amusement park in town. It had a little railroad, engines you could sit in,
[01:41:42] <Snert> wasn't samsung just pushing it too close though?
[01:41:55] <Anniepoo_> they were powered thru the rails, like a model RR
[01:45:50] <Snert> your snail is pretty much the same thing. Minus the human interaction/fun/kid part of it.
[01:46:50] <Snert> and speedevil's repackaged hoverboard is good too.
[02:41:53] <rue_house> I really should revamp my website
[02:41:57] <rue_house> or reset it
[02:43:00] <rue_house> I'd like to set up a blog like thing somehow
[02:43:09] <rue_house> but not a blog
[02:43:39] <rue_house> I should start with a camera I dont ahve to do 5 transfer steps to get something online with
[02:43:44] <rue_house> another crapcam
[02:54:26] <Anniepoo_> Snert, what if the hoverboard stays with the airport
[02:54:53] <Anniepoo_> like smartcarts
[03:05:01] <rue_house> how, does china say a camera is n_megapixels, and in the specs, its 640x480 ?!
[03:05:20] <rue_house> thats about 0.307megapixels..... not 50
[03:05:30] <rue_house> not 8MP
[03:05:37] <rue_house> its not even 5MP
[03:05:47] <rue_house> it rounds to 0MP
[03:06:02] <rue_house> if were going with integers
[03:10:11] <rue_house> interesting, the usb kills the framerate
[03:26:05] <ferdna> what is the maximum height of a mast for an antenna in a city?
[03:26:15] <ferdna> i want to put a mast in my house roof
[03:26:26] <veverak> depends on country I would say
[03:26:30] <ferdna> usa
[03:39:16] <Anniepoo_> you have to ask city hall
[03:39:26] <Anniepoo_> varies literally with every lot
[03:39:41] <ferdna> ohh
[03:39:53] <ferdna> okay thanks! Anniepoo_
[03:44:26] <SpeedEvil> And maybe you homo
[03:44:31] <SpeedEvil> maybe your hmo
[04:10:10] <mrdata> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlKW9XnJQwQ
[08:27:03] <z64555> aside from city hall regulations, there's also home owners/neighborhood associations
[08:27:40] <z64555> oh, that's what SpeedEvil was saying
[12:30:48] <deshipu> a pretty nice paper on quadruped gaits:
http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:9172/FULLTEXT01.pdf
[12:33:37] * anniepoo advances to a canter
[14:47:39] <SpeedEvil> ^thesis, not paper
[14:49:10] <deshipu> a thesis is a paper
[14:49:12] <deshipu> no?
[14:49:20] <SpeedEvil> I'd say not.
[14:49:26] <SpeedEvil> It's its own thing.
[14:49:41] <SpeedEvil> I may be wrong.
[14:49:48] <deshipu> I always thought "papers" are generally the stuff academia writes
[14:50:00] <deshipu> second thing after expense bills, I mean
[14:50:28] <SpeedEvil> A thesis is generally not externally published - it's a requirement for getting your degree
[14:50:47] <deshipu> well, sure, it's a test if you are able to write papers
[14:51:03] <deshipu> so, kind of a mock-paper?
[14:51:12] <deshipu> also, some theses are published
[14:51:37] <SpeedEvil> Paper is generally used for externally published in peer reviewed journals or the corresponding method in each field.
[14:51:40] <SpeedEvil> IMO
[14:51:53] <deshipu> that'd be a "publication"?
[14:52:22] <deshipu> I'm not a native speaker, so I honestly don't know, I just always had this impression
[14:53:31] <SpeedEvil> That differs from my impression, but I don't have good sources to cite.
[14:53:54] <deshipu> in any case, a writeup on quadruped robot gaits
[14:54:10] <deshipu> it's nice because it explains a lot of terminology and basic concepts
[14:54:49] <deshipu> the subject itself is not that interesting, but relatively little space is devoted to that part
[15:14:36] <SpeedEvil> yeah
[15:14:47] <SpeedEvil> 'well, don't fall over duh'
[15:15:01] <SpeedEvil> is obviously correct, but leaves some thought to be done.
[15:15:54] <deshipu> well, static stability is kinda boring like that
[15:16:42] <SpeedEvil> yeah.
[15:16:57] <SpeedEvil> Actually writing down the details is useful though.
[15:17:44] <deshipu> that's what master theses are often good for
[15:17:55] <deshipu> no original research needed, but lots of details
[15:18:05] <SpeedEvil> Indeed - in some ways it's freer than most published work.
[18:49:49] <TheBarKeep> hello
[19:26:32] <rue_house> Mo.
[19:26:43] <rue_house> Moe, sorry