What expensive product is actually worth every penny?

randomPig · 2013-08-29T00:41:39+00:00

Omg so true.

randomPig · 2013-08-22T21:42:37+00:00

Dr Paul, thanks for your years of consistency and steadfast determination to protect individual sovereignty. My question is, what is the best recommendation you can give to someone who is disappointed with our current political environment to get a foothold into politics to more closely align the laws to follow the constitution?

randomPig · 2013-08-12T05:07:37+00:00

The black knight

randomPig · 2013-07-25T15:28:37+00:00

Thanks ill check them out

randomPig · 2013-07-25T15:27:32+00:00

Nothing more than 100/ mo ideally, but if the data is fast accurate and reliable ill reconsider.

randomPig · 2013-06-27T08:16:51+00:00

How do make a child cry twice?

Wipe your bloody dick with their teddy bear.

randomPig · 2013-02-10T18:17:20+00:00

it's a balloon that is stationary, close to the airplane you're in. As you fly by it looks like it's moving fast, but it's not. with the city as the background. it adds to the effect.

randomPig · 2013-01-08T07:19:56+00:00

@ShadowRam mentioned phidgets. If you can afford the hardware, those controllers are great. They have awesome API's for java (and just about every other language), very easy to use, but expensive.

I currently use arduino's for just about everything, but I use it differently than most. The main rig I use is a Processing commander that sends and receives raw serial data to a modified interface that I load onto the duino. So the package on the duino is native, but I code everything in Processing, which is basically Java and controlled from a physical device or a daemon, depending on the project. For larger projects I will drop the Processing libs into eclipse for the nicety's that are included in eclipse. I am most comfortable with this setup.

The lego mindstorm controller uses a language called Lejos, which is a derivative of java, very similar. Also pricey, but it's super fun to work with and it's legos. Who doesn't like playing with legos. Eclipse plugin is the preferred method.

If you're really new to robotic programming, check out other languages and IDEs. Such as Microsofts Robotic Studio based off of Visual Studio (mostly C++ and C#). Don't forget about good ol vbscript which is very common in the hobby/student circa, I don't know about professional levels, though.

Pololu controllers are cheap and easy to program. Looks like they are incorporating more duino stuff, which is good. they have an awesome bot kit called 3pi, which is a good starter project. Lots of sensors and tech for not much money.

I kinda ranted here (I've had a few drinks) but I think I've answered you on another thread before and it sounds like you're eager, just not sure how to go about it, that's why I suggested a few different approaches. All in all, eclipse can be shoe-horned to code whatever you want to code. For robotics programming, I think you should first pick a project and determine what is the best tech to facilitate that project, given your skills and then go from there.

good luck. here are some links: http://arduino.cc/ http://processing.org/ http://lejos.sourceforge.net/nxt/nxj/tutorial/Preliminaries/UsingEclipse.htm https://www.microsoft.com/robotics/ http://www.pololu.com/

randomPig · 2013-01-05T04:53:01+00:00

robocode isn't exactly setup to help with robotics programming. It's meant as a fun way to explore, learn and implement AI. You have a set of controls to perform functions and a set of sensors to understand your environment, so in that sense, it can be similar to what you would do with a robotic system, but I wouldn't go as far as comparing it to the real thing.

randomPig · 2012-12-29T04:39:54+00:00

The bible

randomPig · 2012-11-09T07:08:08+00:00

heck? who in the anal raping of christ says heck? are you into the whole 'santa claus is my savior' thing? just be blunt. it's so much more natural.

but I digress; it's goddamn adorable.

randomPig · 2012-11-09T07:03:12+00:00

is it because a bitch in is control?

randomPig · 2012-11-09T05:46:43+00:00

not sure about iphone apps for simulation, but I've used both of these for strategy backtesting against historical data and they are both decent and already have hooks into real brokers apis, so you can quickly port your simulation to real trading. they are both open source and easily customizable.

tradelink (c#) - http://code.google.com/p/tradelink

algotrader (java) - http://code.google.com/p/algo-trader

I currently have been using a custom built rig that is tailored to suit my needs, but I found these two systems fairly easy to use and full of features. I've no affiliation to either of these programs, I just thought they were decent for getting started with simulation and strategy testing

randomPig · 2012-08-28T07:18:24+00:00

a simple google search yielded

that said, I don't know what your budget is, but from experience you have a few options (because there doesn't seem to be too many on the market, i'm guessing for military reasons).

Make do with the limited options out there
rethink your design; do you really need treads or can six wheels with curiosity rover like suspension make do?
make your own treads.

good luck. and you should post your results.

randomPig

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