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Can anyone define these sentences for me: “Ego venit , ego posteri , ego eram zotted.”

Posted on 04/12/2009 12:15:48 PM PDT by 1believer

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To: fanfan

1,241 posted on 05/18/2009 2:27:18 PM PDT by fanfan (God, Bless America, please.)
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To: fanfan

LOL! My neighbor sent over some chicken this evening. Bill was going to make spaghetti before that.


1,242 posted on 05/18/2009 4:35:00 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The eviscerations will continue until morale improves.)
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To: Tax-chick
Morning... Afternoon... Evening!

Finally made it.

1,243 posted on 05/18/2009 4:40:50 PM PDT by sionnsar ((Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
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To: NicknamedBob
I am back with a semi-functioning brain, compared to what I had left after finishing yesterday's article. I'm dancing on some very political issues for an ostensibly non-political industry trade journal, and sailing into the wind to boot (just to mix & mangle some metaphors, rinse & repeat). I could just speak my mind, I guess, but I might lose some of my audience and I think my employer would not be happy.

But the editor is very happy with what she's received, so I guess it's worth it.

Anyway, your Italian-booted spiderbots. (What, no Spanish Leather?)

The first segment of the arm is one-fourth the circumference of the sphere. The second is one-half. All joints are freely rotating, and the arms can assume a wide variety of combinations in their orientations.
Note the discrepancy here. In the artist's conception, the outer limb segments are the same length as the closer ones. My design allows a greater limb length without affecting the folding parameters.

I guess I am not following you on folding parameters. Their 2:2 ratio seems to occupy the same surface area as your 1:2 ratio, though it sets the inner pivot/mount deeper into the body. Would you explain, please?

Also, I can see why there may be an advantage in having all joints freely rotating on all axes, but you've got some additional control issues. Or were they freely rotating around one (leg) or two (mount) axes?

1,244 posted on 05/18/2009 5:18:29 PM PDT by sionnsar ((Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
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To: sionnsar

Hello!


1,245 posted on 05/18/2009 5:24:18 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The eviscerations will continue until morale improves.)
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To: Tax-chick
Hi.

What a day. Late (for me) getting to work, a meeting at 10 I was supposed to be running but because somebody else called it (weeks ago) I'd forgotten... *\:-( and shortened by the interminable e-mail, plus an "early" visit to the dentist.

If my productivity for the rest of the week matches today's, I am toast.

1,246 posted on 05/18/2009 5:30:47 PM PDT by sionnsar ((Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
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To: Tax-chick

So y’all had chicken then? Sounds good. (Monday’s “chicken day” at the local grocery, 5 miles towards town.)


1,247 posted on 05/18/2009 5:32:15 PM PDT by sionnsar ((Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
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To: sionnsar

I didn’t have any chicken - it had bones. Had a fake hamburger instead. Anoreth went out to the stable before supper, so she can finish the chicken when she gets home. I hope she turns up before dark.

I’ll be ready to sleep very soon!


1,248 posted on 05/18/2009 5:41:20 PM PDT by Tax-chick (The eviscerations will continue until morale improves.)
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To: Tax-chick

I presume “fake hamburger” is a veggie burger. They’re not all bad.


1,249 posted on 05/18/2009 6:00:57 PM PDT by sionnsar ((Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
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To: SandyInSeattle; Monkey Face
Watching the weather radar. North of us they're taking a poubding (rain). The youngest sionnsareen (I'm entering into my grass allergy season) just ran the lawn mower and reported a couple of drops; it's not long until the air should be cleared here.

I just hope the flat light earlier delivers on the promise of Donner und Blitzen.

1,250 posted on 05/18/2009 6:04:33 PM PDT by sionnsar ((Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
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To: All
Well, good night all.

...good night all...

...night all...

...all...

.......

...

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1,251 posted on 05/18/2009 6:55:09 PM PDT by sionnsar ((Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Also sprach Telethustra" - NonValueAdded)
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To: sionnsar

‘night


1,252 posted on 05/18/2009 7:01:07 PM PDT by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: sionnsar
"I'm dancing on some very political issues for an ostensibly non-political industry trade journal, and sailing into the wind to boot (just to mix & mangle some metaphors, rinse & repeat)."

If you're sailing into the wind, be tackful.

When a spiderbot is ensconced in its storage or transportation area, its closest limb segments are held low and against the body, extending from its midsection down to its base.

Its second limb segments, which I described as twice as long, fold back 180 degrees on the limb and then extend from its base to its top, forming there, if you will, a joining of hands. It's as tight a conformation as you can scrunch.

Now if you have that picture, consider what happens when a spiderbot stretches out. You saw the scale. A man can fit comfortably inside, standing up. That, after all, is his position if he is operating the robot. He is strapped into a harness, with his left leg controlling the > tripod of legs, while his right leg controls the < tripod of legs.

Controlling six of the eight legs with his own legs allows the operator to use an insect gait, and never lose his balance. And he will still have two leg/arms to use as arms for carrying things or working. It's all very natural to use. The spiderbot merely mimics the actions of its operator.

With the extra length of the spiderbot legs I have designed, a brisk stroll by the operator is translated into approximately a thirty mile-per-hour pace across uneven terrain. I have no idea what it could do in the "hands" of a very skillful operator, or with more advanced programming.

Joint design is not something that I have dealt with in any detail. For practical reasons, it may be necessary to have limits on the rotation of first and second segments. It does simplify getting control cables and conduits through them.

There may be equally practical reasons to have rotating end-effectors. Such should be easy to control from a console, and the work they do can be impressive. Many of our own shop tools work this way.

1,253 posted on 05/18/2009 9:03:06 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Error is patient. It has all of time for its disturbing machinations.)
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To: NicknamedBob; sionnsar
Is it just me, or did the Italians' spider-bot concept leave anyone else hearing...
IT'S BIGGER!

IT'S BADDER!!

OH NO! IT'S TOO MUCH FOR MR. INCREDIBLE!!!

1,254 posted on 05/19/2009 1:25:43 AM PDT by HKMk23 (The Truth isn't something; it's someone. | Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.)
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To: HKMk23

1,255 posted on 05/19/2009 1:38:18 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The eviscerations will continue until morale improves.)
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To: sionnsar

Once it’s covered with cheese, mustard, onion, and tomato, I don’t care if there’s meat under there! And plenty of salt.


1,256 posted on 05/19/2009 1:39:31 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The eviscerations will continue until morale improves.)
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To: Tax-chick

Nobody around but me and the dragons ... let's see, what can we foul up?

1,257 posted on 05/19/2009 2:51:54 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The eviscerations will continue until morale improves.)
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To: Tax-chick

That tympanic membrane just cries out for a blue-tooth glue-on, doesn’t it?


1,258 posted on 05/19/2009 4:35:05 AM PDT by NicknamedBob (Error is patient. It has all of time for its disturbing machinations.)
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To: NicknamedBob

LOL! That would be interesting, since the things don’t have a voice box. Wednesday could give them secret instructions, I guess.


1,259 posted on 05/19/2009 4:39:29 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The eviscerations will continue until morale improves.)
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To: HKMk23

Something like that. I thought their spiderbot design looked toy-like and plastic, not really suited for the rigors of the moon.

I’d also be critical of the joint structure, but that is after all an artist’s conception.


1,260 posted on 05/19/2009 4:42:40 AM PDT by NicknamedBob (Error is patient. It has all of time for its disturbing machinations.)
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