I’m only writing this because every time I criticized Prop 19, the measure to legalize marijuana in California, some pothead would write me a nasty note.
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House Republican Leader John Boehner and the presumptive next speaker of the House says the Republican takeover of the body means hard work ahead to reduce the size of government. (Nov. 3)
Continue reading …Based on the results shown in the OC Register , it looks like the three open Mission Viejo City Council seats will be filled by incumbents Trish Kelley, Dave Leckness, and newbie Rhonda Reardon.
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Image: Flickr via Doc Searls Two environmental groups have at least a temporary victory to celebrate after a federal judge voided a permit, granted in 2005, for the expansion of a coal mine on Navajo land in New Mexico. The permit had been approved after an environmental assessment found “no significant impact,” a conclusion that the San Juan Citizens Alliance and Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment contested was based on insufficient analysis that did not meet EPA standards. Judge John Kane agreed, and has now ordered the federal government to revi… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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We’ve seen the awful , terrible , hideous things that an iPad can do to an otherwise respectable car interior, and now it’s time to see what horrors Android can unleash. Superchips, makers of chips and flash units to summon a few extra ponies under the hood, has announced the creation of the Vivid “vehicle performance programmer” — an Archos 43 Internet Tablet that’s been… augmented with some software. Thanks to this, and a Bluetooth ODB-II module, the car can monitor car performance in real-time and display data while also acting as a G-meter and even a back-up camera. No word on what any of this will cost when it ships in early 2011, but those who already have a little Android buddy will be happy to know that a standalone Bluetooth dongle called the AVID will be releasing in the summertime, enabling all the same functionality without the need for another device. What’ll we stuff in our headrests then? Continue reading Superchips turns an Archos into a vehicle interface, dubs it ‘Vivid’ Superchips turns an Archos into a vehicle interface, dubs it ‘Vivid’ originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Some people living in small spaces don’t need to look at their kitchen all the time; an Italian company logically called Florida Kitchens has introduced two models that have sliding components so that they just go away when not needed. the Moove 1 closes up by having the top slide down, which seems complicated for not much gain in space. The Moove 02 is a lot more interesting…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Randy Quaid and wife miss California court hearing; TI’s wife pleads not guilty to drug possesion; Rick Fox is the latest celebrity to be eliminated from DWTS. (Nov. 3)
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Image: Illustration by Herb Hinkelman for Vegetarian Times . If you thought that by quitting meat or at least going weekday vegetarian you were doing your part to avoid the horrors of factory farming , think again. Even though animal products might not be in as many places
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Ricky Martin reveals how his life has changed since he revealed he was gay and why he waited for the right time to come out. (Nov. 3)
Continue reading …Choreographing a humanoid robot’s dance routine is as easy as click and pull
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You may not be able to build an HRP-4C fembot in your average garage, but the programming would practically take care of itself — not only does the AIST humanoid sing using off-the-shelf Yamaha Vocaloid software, its dance moves are click-and-drag, too. Roboticist Dr. Kazuhito Yokoi gave IEEE Spectrum an inside look at the HRP-4C’s motion trajectory software, which works much like 3D animation tools: you position the limbs where you want them to start and when you want them to end up using keyframes , and the software takes care of the rest. The system’s intelligent enough to generate a 6.7 second sequence from just eight keyframes, and it compensates for hazardous instructions, too — if your haphazard choreography would tip her over or send limbs flying, it’ll automatically adjust her moves. See how it works in a video after the break and hit up our source link for the full interview. Continue reading Choreographing a humanoid robot’s dance routine is as easy as click and pull Choreographing a humanoid robot’s dance routine is as easy as click and pull originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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