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"My son and I received an NXT for Xmas. I am looking for some book recommendations with ideas/plans he can follow. He has a little trouble with the programming (and I am slowly learning) but is great at building the actual robot. I ordered the Zoo book but it is not expected for another month. Are any of the other books geared more for younger kids? I found a website with great building instructions and downloadable programs but I think a book would be easier (then he won't be messing with my laptop unassisted :-) ). Are there any more modules available for the included software with the step by step instructions and help?"
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I have a 5 year old twins (Jelle & Jurre) that is able to build projects themselves using nxtprograms.com. I guess in due time programming will work too. ;-)
See: http://www.wonderenbestaan.nl/lego
If you click on video's you see them build in action. (YouTube)
- Feb 6, 2008, 9:11:00 AM
- Eric D. Burdo said...
My 5 yr old (well, wait... he's now 6) can build most of the robots I found instructions for. And he's figuring out things on his own pretty well.
But he has no interest in programming. So I don't know how well he'd do there.
I plan on getting the Zoo book when it's available. I think my son will like those, and maybe I can entice him into programming some.
- Feb 6, 2008, 10:37:00 AM
I have have had robotics studnets as young as 4 - it really depends on their LEGO building abilities and endurnce with technic bricks. With the NXT I have searched NXTLOG for a simple 2 moror robot using the key words "car, vehicle, or even simple." I first build the model from looking at the picture or using the LDD files. LDD building instructions can be printed too.
I find that with children under 10, modeling how I am building and troubleshooting is a valuable lesson. Children often pick up on this and feel more confident with their own building. I do the same with the programming.
I encourage children to add on sensors (and learn them) and additional attachments once they have an idea of what they want their robot to do.
LEGO engineering.com also has some simple models and activities to start with.
- Feb 6, 2008, 9:03:00 PM
I would like to share my experence, which you may find useful.
My son started at 4 yrs. Now he is five and can program. We find Jim Kelley's Mayan Adventure to be the best book out there, as it has a story and in the story, Robots are used to solve the problems. Apart from building, programming those Robots, testing by creating environment similar to the one in the story was so much fun! We bought many books published after Mayan Adventure, and now playing with David Purdue's Unofficial NXT Inventors guide. This book is nice, as it explains the role of each of the parts and combine those to build basic building blocks to make a Robot. We have pre-ordered Fay's NXT Zoo book, and purchased Education Supplemental Kit in anticipation of building the Robots in her book.
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Final Score: Northern Illinois 41, Army 40
West Point, NY (Sports Network) - Jordan Lynch threw for 342 yards and four touchdowns, as the Northern Illinois Huskies rallied for a 41-40 win over Army at Michie Stadium.
Lynch also led the way on the ground with 125 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries. Martel Moore finished with seven catches for 134 yards and two TDs, including the game-winner, to help the Huskies (2-1) to their second straight win.
The Black Knights (0-2) dropped their fifth straight home opener despite three 100-yard rushers on the day. Larry Dixon had 136 yards and three TDs rushing, while Raymond Maples posted a game-high 159 rushing yards and a touchdown, and quarterback Trent Steelman finished with 116 yards and two TDs on the ground.
Army took the opening kickoff and marched 75 yards in 10 plays, as Maples scored on a 22-yard run to stake the Black Knights an early 7-0 lead.
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Army finally answered with a 10-play, 73-yard scoring drive, capped by Dixon's three-yard touchdown run. However, Dan Grochowski missed the extra point as NIU still led by eight.
The score would not remain that way for long. The Huskies narrowed the gap on the second play of their next drive, when Lynch tossed a perfect strike to Lewis for a 69-yard touchdown, making it a 28-13 game.
Still, Army would not go away. The Black Knights cut the deficit to 28-19 on a 13-yard TD scamper by Dixon on the ensuing possession, which capped a 13-play, 77-yard drive. They went for two but could not convert.
Steelman trimmed the margin to 28-26 on a 25-yard run with just under 10 minutes to play in the third quarter.
NIU got the ball back and drove all the way down to the Army 4-yard line. But on 1st-and-goal, Lynch lost a fumble at the goal line. Although replays appeared to show the ball crossing the stripe, Army took over possession and capitalized with a 12-play, 80-yard drive, resulting in a four-yard touchdown run by Dixon. Steelman converted the two-point attempt with a pass to Patrick Laird in the end zone, as Army suddenly found itself with a 34-28 advantage.
NIU erased that margin on a 31-yard scoring strike from Lynch to Moore at the 13:25 mark of the fourth quarter.
Midway through the final frame, Lynch lost a fumble at his own 15-yard line, setting up a 15-yard TD scamper by Steelman on the next play from scrimmage. The Black Knights were unable to convert the two-point attempt and clung to a 40-35 lead.
That failed attempt proved costly, as NIU took the ball and drove 72 yards in 13 plays. Moore capped the decisive drive with an eight-yard touchdown reception from Lynch with 4:29 to play, and Army's final drive ended just across midfield.
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Is it worth the price premium, when just "0.22% of DIMMs suffer an ECC-correctable error every year" : source
ECC really is only needed in the most important of applications - is what you need THAT important?
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For a real business server? Not using ECC is silly.
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I think CentOS or Arch are better secure than Slackware or Ubuntu.
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I think CentOS or Arch are better secure than Slackware or Ubuntu.
I am inclined to say avoid Ubuntu. Debian/Arch/CentOS etc are all good choices. I'm a particular fan of Debian.
Git would be good for distributed backups >.< I run my own SVN server and push all my work onto that.
RSync would be good for rolling backups of your server, but there might be better solutions out there, I'm more of a Windows guy >.<
You are DEFINITELY over thinking this. Following best practices should keep you pretty secure. Beyond that you're entering overkill territory. The hardened kernel can't hurt
I don't think there is any inherent downside to using PHP if you do it properly. I'd also be inclined to say your hard firewall should be fine, just reduce the attack surface on your server if you want to be cautious >.<
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Anything mainstream with GPG signed packages should do, I think, as long as I don't install X. Main ones I'm thinking of are
- Slackware: Very easy to set up. Not really secure by default. Comes with a compiler and headers for everything, which in this case is a security risk. No automatic updates.
- Ubuntu LTS: Probably harder setup. Using a custom kernel might be annoying. Much better default security, plus automatic updates and a larger dev team.
Custom GrSecurity kernel seems like the way to go. GrSec is very easy to set up (and on a server I can enable mprotect() restriction, woo).
I do wonder about drivers though. Would it make sense to disable drivers that aren't used on a server, e.g. the graphics card and sound drivers? Any code is attack surface, after all...
Software Firewall
It is very easy to write iptables rules, but not so easy to decide what should and should not be logged. What's recommended for a server? I am thinking it would be good to log all connections, both accepted and denied, and label them as clearly as possible. (And put /var/log on a separate partition of course.)
Access Control
At the moment think it would be best to put the web server daemon in a chroot, instead of relying on complicated MAC systems. GrSec does a lot of chroot hardening stuff. I could be convinced otherwise though.
Intrusion Detection
UNIX IDS with an encrypted database? I think Open Source Tripwire should do. Don't want something too confusingly featureful.
This is where it starts getting beyond my experience level. What's a sane way to do backups of a website? Maybe I could use Git?
Hardware Firewall
My current "hardware firewall" is actually an old laptop running IPFire. IPFire has a nice web interface, but I think it may not be up to snuff for this - the kernel is a (minimal) vanilla 3.x one that may be suscpetible to network attacks.
Are there better firewall distros out there? Would it make sense to build my own firewall system, again with a custom GrSec kernel and all?
Or, "am I overthinking this?"
On the one hand, Linux on the desktop is mainly secure through lack of widespread use. Linux servers get hacked all the time.
On the other hand, I do have a life, and have stuff to do other than babysitting my own Linux systems. So anything that requires too much time maintaining it is a liability.
What security measures make sense for a home-hosted forum, and won't eat up too much time after it's all set up?
Thanks in advance...
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Another Muslim gang raping young girls. Surprise, surprise! We should really take more care handling visa applications from Islamic countries.
We already have our own problems with chavs and the like, so why import more problems? I agree with the above poster, ship them out of our country. Families included.
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Posted 16 May 2013 - 09:18
What's with the double standard? If a white Christian kills someone, people say "Killer murders girl", but if it's an Asian from the Indian-subcontinent, it automatically means that he's Muslim and this is somehow relevant?
No wonder there's so much hate around. Ignorant people spouting so much rubbish. Not only does Islam condemn this heinous act committed by these perverts, I would bet you my house that these people can't even recite the Qur'an let alone know anything about Islam.
And I don't know why people waste their time proposing stupid suggestions such as "ship them out". You people can't even get rid of one person (read: Abu Qatada), you expect to deport everyone else?
Posted 16 May 2013 - 09:28
^ this
For all of you targeting religion, why don't you hear about anything like this happen in Arab countries. Because like someone suggested, the punishment for these crimes under Sharia Law is death penalty. And not just hang till death, they would have been dragged across the streets in public, stoned, spat on and humiliated and then flogged until their skin separated from their flesh. You may think its savage but it works. Next time someone even thinks of doing it, they know what would happen if they got caught. The result is there are hardly any crimes. Women can walk alone on the streets after midnight and no would would dare touch them. Imagine doing that in the back alleys of New York after dark. You can leave a pile of gold bricks in the middle of the road and you wouldn't find a single piece missing after you come back. And here they can't even release the names of the convicts for 'legal reasons'.
I agree they were Pakistanis but where does it say they were Muslims? They drank and did drugs and raped minors. What does the Quran say about those things? Sounds like they didn't believe they would ever have to account for their deeds. I would say they were atheists but they are even worse because they were most likely born Muslims but instead of their Faith being strengthened after witnessing the state of hedonism in a foreign society, they themselves indulged in such sinful practices. So please, don't insult all Muslims by equating us with these sick excuse for humans. Because if you start comparing deeds, people were still doing much worse things before the advent of Islam.
Posted 16 May 2013 - 09:53
It is a thread regarding a story about a Muslim gang who were going around raping young girls. Something that is becoming too regular, especially from a minority group. These men think women from other religions and races are inferior to themselves. Link. I am referring to the members of this gang and other Muslim gangs, not all Muslim men.
If it was a thread about a bunch of white Christians then I would be calling for life imprisonment or deportation if they are foreign. I'd prefer the death penalty but we don't have it. As I said, we have our own problems. Paedophile priests? The BBC cover-up? But sadly, most of them are our own home-grown problems and we can't deport them if they are British.
There are no double standards.
There have been quite a few reports of gangs of Asians grooming young girls, especially in Lancashire where I live like the news article says.
Pointing out their race and the fact that they are in a gang is just warning the general public to watch out?
Getting sick of this PC bullsh*t where you cant describe people by their race anymore in fear of upsetting someone.
^ So I guess all the "honour killings" that go on in Pakistan, don't really happen?
Lot's of women return back home from late night shifts every night in New York without getting harassed.
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'Honour killings' are precisely about that, honour. They don't have any roots in Islam. And also, he did mention 'Arab countries'. Last I checked, Pakistan wasn't an Arab country and nor did it implement Sharia law.


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In modern English usage, meat most often refers to animal tissue used as food, mostly skeletal muscle and associated fat, but it may also refer to organs, including lungs, livers, skin, brains, bone marrow, kidneys, and a variety of other internal organs as well as blood. The word meat is also used by the meat packing and butchering industry in a more restrictive sense—the flesh of mammalian species (pigs, cattle, etc.) raised and butchered for human consumption, to the exclusion of fish, poultry, and eggs. Eggs and seafood are rarely referred to as meat even though they consist of animal tissue. Animals that consume only, or mostly animals are called carnivores.
Through most of human history, individual families of humans hunted, raised, and slaughtered animals for their meat, and later, as civilizations developed, priests and temple assistants performed the functions of slaughtering and butchering animals for food in animal sacrifice. Today, in most industrialized nations, a meat packing industry slaughters, processes, and distributes meat for human consumption.
The narrower sense that refers to meat as not including fish developed over the past few hundred years and has religious influences. The distinction between fish and "meat" is codified by Jewish law of kashrut, regarding the mixing of milk and meat, which does not forbid the mixing of milk and fish. Modern halakha (Jewish law) on kashrut classifies the flesh of both mammals and birds as "meat"; fish are considered to be parve (also spelled parev, pareve; Yiddish: פארעוו parev), neither meat nor a dairy food. The Catholic dietary restriction to "meat" on Fridays also does not apply to the cooking and eating of fish.
The Latin word caro#Latin "meat" (also the root of 'carnal', referring to the 'pleasures of the flesh') is often a euphemism for sexual pleasure, effected from the function performed by fleshy organs. Thus 'meat' may refer to the human body in a sensual, or sexual, capacity. A meat market, in addition to simply denoting a market where meat is sold, also refers to a place or situation where humans are treated or viewed as commodities, especially a place known as one where a sexual partner may be found. This connotation has also existed for at least 500 years. 'Meat' may also be used in a humorous or indifferent way to refer to a human. The military slang phrase "meat shield", refers to soldiers sent in front of an enemy to draw fire away from another unit. The theme of hostile, or simply misanthropic, robots referring to humans with disparaging terms such as "meatbag" is popular in science fiction (see: Bender, HK-47).
Meat is prepared in many ways, as steaks, in stews, fondue, or as dried meat. It may be ground then formed into patties (as hamburgers or croquettes), loaves, or sausages, or used in loose form (as in "sloppy joe" or Bolognese sauce). Some meat is cured, by smoking, pickling, preserving in salt or brine (see salted meat and curing). Other kinds of meat are marinated and barbecued, or simply boiled, roasted, or fried. Meat is generally eaten cooked, but there are many traditional recipes that call for raw beef, veal or fish. Meat is often spiced or seasoned, as in most sausages. Meat dishes are usually described by their source (animal and part of body) and method of preparation.
Meat is a typical base for making sandwiches. Popular varieties of sandwich meat include ham, pork, salami and other sausages, and beef, such as steak, roast beef, corned beef, and pastrami. Meat can also be molded or pressed (common for products that include offal, such as haggis and scrapple) and canned.
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In recent years, the health benefits of meat as a regular part of the human diet have come into question. In a large-scale study, the consumption of red meat over a lifetime was found to raise the risk of cancer by 20 to 60 percent, while causing adverse mutations in DNA. In particular, red meat and processed meat were found to be associated with higher risk of cancers of the lung, esophagus, liver, and colon, among others. Animal fat is one of the only dietary sources of saturated fat, which has been linked to various health problems. The saturated fat found in meat has been associated with significantly raised risks of colon cancer, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and prostate cancer, although some evidence suggests that risks of prostate cancer are unrelated to meat consumption.
Meat has been linked to increased risk of heart disease and diabetes, with the risks of heart disease being three times greater for 45-64 year old men who eat meat daily, versus those who are vegetarian, according to one survey. A large-scale study in 2008 also found that eating two or more servings of meat a day increases the risk of suffering from excessive fat around the waist, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure by 25 percent compared to those who had two servings of meat a week or less. One famous study, the Nurses' Health Study, followed about 100,000 female nurses and their eating habits. Nurses who ate the largest amount of animal fat were twice as likely to develop colon cancer as the nurses who ate the least amount of animal fat.
In response to changing prices as well as health concerns about saturated fat and cholesterol, consumers have altered their consumption of various meats. A USDA report points out that consumption of beef in the United States between 1970–1974 and 1990–1994 dropped by 21%, while consumption of chicken increased by 90%. During the same period of time, the price of chicken dropped by 14% relative to the price of beef. In 1995 and 1996, beef consumption increased due to higher supplies and lower prices.
Meat, like any food, can also transmit certain diseases, but undercooked meat is especially susceptible. Undercooked pork sometimes contains the parasites that cause trichinosis or cysticercosis. Chicken is often contaminated with Salmonella enterica disease-causing bacteria. Minced beef can be contaminated during slaughter with disease-causing H7 deriving from the intestinal tract if proper precautions are not taken.
Mice and rats fed uncooked sucrose, casein, and beef tallow had one third to one fifth the incidence of microadenomas as the mice and rats fed the same ingredients cooked.
Several studies published since 1990 indicate that cooking muscle meat creates heterocyclic amines (HCAs), which are thought to increase cancer risk in humans. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute published results of a study which found that human subjects who ate beef rare or medium-rare had less than one third the risk of stomach cancer than those who ate beef medium-well or well-done. While eating muscle meat raw may be the only way to avoid HCAs fully, the National Cancer Institute states that cooking meat below creates "negligible amounts" of HCAs. Also, microwaving meat before cooking may reduce HCAs by 90%.
There have also been major concerns regarding Advanced glycation end products in cooked foods, which have been shown to cause serious deterioration in human health over time, such as increasing the risk of diabetes, atherosclerosis, asthma, arthritis, myocardial infarction, nephropathy, retinopathy and neuropathy. Nitrosamines, present in processed and cooked foods, have also been noted as being carcinogenic, being linked to colon cancer. Also, toxic compounds called PAHs, or Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, present in processed, smoked and cooked foods, are known to be carcinogenic.
Various forms of imitation meat have been created to satisfy some vegetarians' and vegan's taste for the flavor and texture of meat, there is also some speculation about the possibility of growing in vitro meat from animal tissue. Nutrition wise, imitation meat is comparable to animal meat, however they rarely contain the same levels of saturated fat and can often contain valuable minerals and vitamins while still containing approximately the same levels of protein as animal meats.
Animals fed on grain and those which rely on grazing need more water than grain crops. According to the USDA, growing crops for farm animals requires nearly half of the U.S. water supply and 80% of its agricultural land. Animals raised for food in the U.S. consume 90% of the soy crop, 80% of the corn crop, and 70% of its grain. In tracking food animal production from the feed through to the dinner table, the inefficiencies of meat, milk and egg production range from a 4:1 energy input to protein output ratio up to 54:1. The result is that producing animal-based food is typically much less efficient than the harvesting of grains, vegetables, legumes, seeds and fruits, though this might not be largely true for animal husbandry in parts of the developing world where factory farming is almost non existent, making animal based food much more sustainable.


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Since it has been like a morgue in here, I am taking it upon myself to provide a temporary diversion with a bit of a game. Rank the champions in each weight class for each year from 2000 to 2013. The idea is not to rank them based on the whole of their career, but rather by the level they were at when they won their championship (or for multiple time winners, the year they were at their peak). Starting at the little guys, the champions at 125 from 2000 to 2012 are:
2000-Jeremy Hunter
2001,2,-Stephen Abas
2003-Travis Lee
2004-Jason Powell
2005,6-Joe Dubuque
2007-Paul Donahoe
2008-Angel Escobedo
2009-Troy Nickerson
2010,12-Matt McDonough
2011-Anthony Robles
2013-Jesse Delgado
Rank these guys from top to bottom (as none of these guys could truly deserve to be called 'best' or 'worst').
My shot at this: (1) Abas from 2002- gotta think he figures out Robles somehow. Speed, technique, toughness. (2) Robles-made some tough dudes look like little boys this year (3) Dubuque in 2006-strong, seasoned, confident. I know he lost some matches this year but by the time the tourney came around he was clutch.
Now, It gets hard. Some of the remaining guys were pretty dominant the year they won. There is sure to generate some pretty strong disagreements and there are a few guys I don't know much about but here it goes (4) McD. Hard to say if he was better in '12 than '10 but I will give the 2012 version the edge based on experience. At his peak he was very tough to beat. Other than Abas the only 3x finalist. (5) Troy Nickerson 2009-Awesome technique and developed some strength to help himself out. Beat Escobedo and Donahoe, champs the previous two years. This year was a pretty nasty bracket. (6) Angel Escobedo 2008-Very nasty in 2008, quick, explosive and torquey. I recall being very confident that nobody would beat him this year. (7) Travis Lee 2003 - I think he was better at 133, much more power and explosion. His bracket this year did not have a lot of big names. (8) Paul Donahoe 2007-tough dude but so is everyone else on this list. Maybe an underrated guy. (9) Jeremy Hunter-Don't know much about him but have seen some Youtube matches and didn't see anything to make me think he'd be able to beat the guys at the top of the list. (10) Jason Powell-Steamrolled the tournament in 2004 in very impressive fashion. Another guy I don't know really well but I did see he had two losses this year. (11) Jesse Delgato-Maybe I am selling him short b/c he improved a ton this year but I think had McD been healthy, he isn't on this list. I don't see him beating the bigger guys or technicians like Nickerson.
This was harder than I thought it would be; I had to jockey some guys around a bit and there are two guys (Hunter and Powell) I don't know very well. It is tough to rank guys that all could beat each other on any given day. 133 is going to be awful, somebody else take that one please.