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- Featured in Mopar Collector's Guide / Sale includes a copy of the car's feature
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- Correct A727 3-speed automatic transmission / Correct 8.75-inch rear axle
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- Believed to be the first Hemi-equipped 1967 Belvedere GTX Convertible
Ever have one of those moments when you find a spectacular classic that seems too good to be true? The 'coolest of the cool' that's survived almost five decades of vehicle downsizing trends, fuel thirsty gearheads and stoplight fisticuffs? Well, you don't have to worry about getting pinched back to reality this time because this storied Plymouth Belvedere is a fully restored, fully documented classic that's believed to be the first 1967 Hemi GTX Convertible produced! But wait, there's more. Not only is this magazine-featured drop-top a national award-winning show queen that presents much nicer than when it rolled off the assembly line, it also features a great backstory. If you're looking for some tough, investment grade muscle that's fun to look at, a blast to drive and ready to hit the show circuit as soon as it rolls out of our showroom, congratulations, you've found your next classic!
Sergei Dennenbaum was a Russian immigrant who arrived in New York City in 1962. Mechanically inclined from a young age, he eventually found a Chrysler apprenticeship that lead to a year of employment endurance testing the company's latest and greatest products. Now, we all know endurance testing is the sophisticated cousin of drag racing, and it wasn't long until Sergei set in to building a 1963 Plymouth Max Wedge super stocker that would rise to fame as 'The Mad Russian'.
The Plymouth you see here, believed to be the first Hemi-equipped GTX Convertible produced for the 1967 model year, was originally purchased as a fun tow vehicle for The Mad Russian. Thanks to Sergei's contacts at Chrysler, the car was specifically optioned with a functional Belvedere I hood scoop and Holley 4-barrel carburetor. When the drop-top arrived at Manhattan Chrysler/Plymouth in the fall of 1966, it wore a flat Belvedere hood over one-off 4-barrel induction, and, as was common practice, its polished air cleaner and standard dual-quad setup had been loaded in to the trunk. Since the weather was bad, and the car was pretty unique, Sergei allowed the dealer to park it in the showroom for a few weeks of display. During that stint, requisite GTX scoops were bolted up along with showy "426 HEMI" emblems — emblems that, upon Sergei officially taking delivery of the car, were quickly swapped for diminutive 383 badges.
Fast forward to early 1967, when this GTX's custom fresh air hood arrived. Literally a bolt-on piece, the bonnet was coated in correct Gold Metallic pigment, capped with a matching scoop and featured an aluminum plate that funneled wind directly in to the aforementioned Holley. Cool, unique and sporting plenty of power, the car was ready for many seasons of towing The Mad Russian. That said, being a tried and true gearhead, Sergei wasn't about to leave well enough alone. So, he commenced a series of mild modifications that further enhanced the big Plymouth's performance.
Speaking of cool, here's where things go from cool to flat out awesome! At some point, Sergei's mom took a liking to the GTX and, along with Segei, began to drive it pretty regularly. Unfortunately, that heavy usage resulted in a stuck throttle cable and front end damage from a subsequent collision. However, the damage wasn't severe and the car was quickly fixed and put back on the road. Eventually, Sergei's mom decided to start racing the GTX alongside her son's perennial super stocker. And we're not talking a few fun passes, we're talking consistent 13-second pulls at over 100 MPH! Unfortunately, sometime in late 1969, someone stole the Plymouth's big Holley carburetor while it sat in the pits at Atco Dragway. Disappointed and angry, Sergei installed the factory's dual-quad setup, retired the car to street duty and, in 1970, sold it to a New York City police officer for $1,800.
For the next twenty years, the GTX would remain an odd unicorn of New York folklore. In 1990, refusing to watch the Plymouth deteriorate, a car enthusiast's widow sold it to a well-known MoPar collector. While the original Holley was long gone, the car's original intake, hood and various 'go fast' parts had been preserved and were included with the sale. In 2003, after the collector had researched the car, gathered restoration parts and cleared a few pending projects, Galen Govier was contacted to confirm its status as the first known 1967 Hemi GTX Convertible. In 2009, the Plymouth was moved to Totally Auto in Feasterville, Pennsylvania. And in 2010, that shop began a detailed, rotisserie restoration that would return the car to a factory-correct appearance, all the way down to its correct bumper guards. In 2011, the GTX stormed the muscle car scene by debuting at the Muscle Cars at the Playboy Mansion show, and scoring 994 out of 1,000 points to earn gold certification at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals. And, in the years since, it's attended many top-tier shows and even spent a little time in the Wellborn Musclecar Museum.
Authenticated by a famous 2468330 casting number, this GTX's original, 426 cubic inch Hemi benefitted from an acute rebuild that occurred during the detailed restoration. As Plymouth's top option for power hungry gearheads, Chrysler's legendary elephant block utilized cast iron heads, an oversquare bore, a forged steel crank, forged steel rods, forged aluminum pistons and a hydraulic cam to twist stout 10.25 to 1 compression into a stated 425 horsepower and 490 lb./ft. of torque. All that high performance hardware spins in a familiar Hemi Orange block, which hangs requisite Organisol-coated valve covers over correct, low-restriction exhaust manifolds. Oxygen is supplied by a polished and decaled air cleaner, which rides correct Carter carburetors and a correct aluminum intake. Compression is sparked by Chrysler Electronic Suppression cables, which are snapped onto a correct points distributor. And a correct, 26-inch radiator utilizes pliable hoses and old school squeeze clamps to cool combustion. Thanks to less than 50 miles of road time, the body-matched engine bay is both spotless and accurate. Mechanically, the big mill cruises just as well as when it rolled out of the restoration shop. And naturally, a roster of correct ancillaries includes items like factory decals, a reproduction MoPar battery, a Chrysler washer reservoir and a monochromatic brake booster.
Park this pristine Plymouth on a lift and you'll find a fully sorted undercarriage that's been finished to the same exacting standards as the car's impressive engine bay. Glossy gold 2-stage protects solid, original floors that probably haven't seen much daylight since the car's restoration. Behind the stalwart engine, a correct A727 TorqueFlite twists power to a correct, 8.75-inch axle. That drivetrain rides a factory-spec suspension, which mixes factory power steering with correct power drum brakes. The car's fresh dual exhaust system centers an H-shaped crossover in front of factory replacement mufflers and polished stainless tips. And power scorches the pavement through polished Magnum 500s, which spin G70-14 Firestone Wide Oval Super Sport redlines around chrome hubcaps.
Swing this drop-top's solid doors and you'll find a mostly original interior that's one of the coolest cockpits bolted behind a big block! Billed as the 'Gentleman's Muscle Car', and finished in correct Black vinyl, it brings a real sense of class to a platform with a solemn and brutish nature. Front and center, an original combination of bench and bucket seats hang correct, original headrests over a correct console that's topped by a correct tachometer. In front of those seats, a classy dash frames decidedly retro telemetry above an old school Plymouth Transaudio radio. At the sides of that dash, pliable door panels bridge the gap between fresh carpet and correct toppers. In front of the driver, a glossy steering wheel laps a chrome, Plymouth-branded horn ring. And behind the passengers, a fully restored trunk hangs a fresh mat and correct jack over a full-size spare tire.
In addition to significant historical documentation, this Plymouth's substantial provenance includes Galen Govier VIN, Fender Tag and Certicard decodes. Here's a detailed look at how the car left Chrysler's St. Louis assembly plant.
- RS: Plymouth Belvedere GTX
- 27: Convertible
- J: 426 cubic inch Hemi V8 that utilizes two 4-barrel carburetors to create 425 horsepower
- 7: 1967 model year
- 7: Produced at Chrysler's St. Louis assembly plant
- 115013: Sequential Production Number
- RS: Plymouth GTX
- 27: Convertible
- 73: 426 cubic inch Hemi V8 that utilizes two 4-barrel carburetors to create 425 horsepower
- 5: TorqueFlite automatic transmission
- 48: 7.75×14 red streak tires
- 5: Five tires included with car
- 921: Scheduled for production on Wednesday September 21st, 1966
- 02465: Plymouth Shipping Order Number
- A4: 8.75-inch axle that's fitted with 3.23 gears
- X8: Sure Grip differential
- TP: Premium trim grade
- R6: Vinyl bucket seats
- MX: Black interior
- PZ: Gold Metallic roof paint
- NZ: Gold Metallic body paint
- T1: Monotone paint style
- UB: Black upper door frames
- B: No buffed paint
- S: No accent stripes
- A1: 26-inch radiator
- F5: Belvedere GTX Package
- STD: Radio
- R1: Music Master AM radio
- T7: Tachometer
- X2: Tinted windshield
- Y1: Black convertible top
- a6: Console
- b4: Bucket seats
- g0: Body belt moldings
- j4: Body sill moldings
- std: Chrome driver's mirror
- 17A: Inspector's stamp
- RS: Plymouth Belvedere GTX
- 27: Convertible
- J: 426 cubic inch Hemi V8 that utilizes two 4-barrel carburetors to create 425 horsepower
- 7: 1967 model year
- 7: Produced at Chrysler's St. Louis assembly plant
- 115013: Sequential Production Number
- P: Premium trim grade
- 6: Vinyl bucket seats
- X: Black interior
- Z: Gold Metallic roof paint
- Z: Gold Metallic body paint
- 1: Monotone paint
- T5: TorqueFlite automatic transmission
- SG: Sure Grip axle
- 0967: Delivered in September of 1967
- A business card from the car's original salesman
- The car's original Certicard
- An original registration
- Vintage photos of the dragsters the car towed
- A vintage photo of the car's unique fresh air 4-barrel setup
- A history of events, including modifications, recounted and signed by the car's first owner
- A partial ownership history
- Restoration photos
- A letter from DaimlerChrysler's Corporate Historical Collection
- A Production Record from DaimlerChrysler's Corporate Historical Collection
- A copy of the car's Build Card from DaimlerChrysler's Corporate Historical Collection
- Chrysler Registry paperwork
- The aforementioned Galen Govier VIN, Fender Tag and Certicard decodes
- A copy of the car's feature in Mopar Collector's Guide
- A vintage key chain that features the car's original plate number
- The car's original 4-barrel intake
- The car's custom fresh air hood
Every car has a story. But how often is that story so good that it seems ripped from the pages of an octane-fueled fairy tale? Think about it: this incredible convertible is a rare, highly authentic classic that, believed to be the first Hemi-powered 1967 GTX Convertible, was custom-ordered, owned and raced by a family of dyed-in-the-wool gearheads. If you're looking for an exceptionally documented investment that enjoys near limitless appeal, this top-notch Plymouth is the car you've been dreaming of!
- Year
- 1967
- Make
- Plymouth
- Secondary Make
- n/a
- Model Name
- Secondary Model
- n/a
- Vehicle Type
- Passenger Car
- Hobby Segment
- Muscle Car
- Mileage
- 62874
Engine / Transmission
- Engine Type
- Gasoline
- Engine Size
- Engine Number
- 2468330
- Heads
- Stock
- Fuel Specification
- n/a
- Fuel Delivery System Type
- Dual 4 Barrel
- Transmission Type
- 3 Speed Automatic
- Transmission Spec
- A727 Torqueflite
- Transmission Number
- n/a
- Entertainment System Type
- AM Radio
- Battery Location
- LH Engine Compartment
- Battery Shut Off
- n/a
- Battery Charger
- n/a
- Power Steering
- Yes
- Air Conditioning
- No
- Interior Color
- Black
- Seating Type
- Bucket
- Seat Material
- Vinyl
- Shifter Type
- Floor
- Center Console
- Yes
- Body Style
- Convertible
- Doors
- 2
- Safe Body Color
- Gold Metallic
- Paint Type
- Basecoat/Clearcoat
- Stripes
- No
- Front Suspension Type
- Torsion bar
- Rear Suspension Type
- Leaf Spring
- Axle Specification
- 8 3/4
- Front Wheel Specification
- 14"
- Rear Wheel Specification
- 14"
- Front Tire Specification
- Rear Tire Specification
- Front Brakes Specification
- Power Drum
- Rear Brakes Specification
- Power Drum
- Spare
- Full Size
- Exhaust Type
- Dual Exhaust
- Muffler Type
- Factory Replacement
- Restoration Status
- Restored
- Mileage Since Restoration
- n/a
- Awards Summary
- Muscle Cars at the Playboy Mansion.
- — Invited pariticpant.
- Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals.
- — Gold honors.
- — 994 out of 1,000 points.
- Wellborn Musclecar Museum.
- — Displayed.
- Mopar Collector's Guide.
- — Feature article.
- Historical Documents Summary
- * Original salesman business card. * Original Certicard. * Original registration. * Vintage photos. * First owner history. * Partial ownership history. * Restoration photos. * DC Corp. Hist. Coll. paperwork. * DC Corp. Hist. Coll. Prod. Record. * DC Corp. Hist. Coll. Build Card. * Chrysler Registry paperwork. * Galen Govier decodes. * Mopar Collector's Guide feature.
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Jerome Harrison had entered this season as the most popular fantasy option in Cleveland, but it appears the Browns will go with an even-split approach between the two. Both carried nine times against Tampa Bay, with Harrison outgaining Hillis 52- 41. But Hillis also had four receptions for 24 yards, while Harrison wasn't used as a receiver.
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Fantasy owners should add Hillis if he is still available. He excelled as a runner in Denver when given the opportunity. In 2008, Hillis posted 522 total yards and six touchdowns on only 82 touches. A capable receiver, he also once had a 100-yard receiving game for the Broncos.
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I heard about the Test Lab Guide "Base Configuration" thing from one of your articles here on Windowsnetworking.com. What is this Base Configuration? What can I do with it? I have a lot of scenarios that I need to test but the Base Configuration doesn't have all the things I need to test all the scenarios that I need to get tested. Are there multiple Base Configurations that I can use to test different scenarios? Thanks! - Grady.
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Great question! Yes, I've talked about the Base Configuration in a few articles I've written here on WindowsNetworking.com, WindowSecurity.com and ISAserver.org. As you said, you can use the Base Configuration to build out test labs that allow you to test the components you're investigating in a nice, isolated and controlled environment. Many of us use test labs not only when we're evaluating new products and technologies, but also when we need to figure out how the new product or technology is going to integrate with our current environment by replicating the current environment on a smaller scale in the test lab.
Regarding the use of the Base Configuration - no, you don't need multiple Base Configurations because you can manipulate the Base Configuration in any way that you like. If you need to change the configuration of services in the Base Configuration, then do it! Do you need to add new services to the machines in the Base Configuration? Then do that! Do you need to remove services from some of the machines in the Base Configuration? Then you can do that too! Do you need more virtual machines, more virtual networks, more virtual disks? Then add them! The Base Configuration is just a starting point. It's the foundation of all your virtual server based test labs. As a foundation, you can build whatever you like on top of it. The Base Configuration is just the beginning.
To find out more about the Base Configuration and Test Lab Guide, check out the TechNet wiki page here.
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Here's a selection of personal recommendations for the best places to honeymoon in Latin / South America. I suggest various romantic islands and regions with wonderful, peaceful beaches, in addition to the top romantic cities and the best outdoor activity destinations in the region. In this article I'll focus on the best places to honeymoon, and offer suggestions of nearby other places that would make a suitable combination. I hope you get some great ideas for destinations to visit - happy honeymoon planning…..
Islands & Beaches
I would suggest that the four best romantic beach based vacation destinations in Latin America are Fernando de Noronha, Los Roques, the Maya Riviera and Providencia.
Los Roques, a set of lovely Caribbean islands owned by Venezuela, are an equally romantic place to honeymoon. The islands have a chic feel to them, with a handful of boutique style posadas that are particularly popular with Italians - a good sign if you ask me! (Combine with the rainforests of the Orinoco Delta, or Angel Falls and the Canaima National Park).
The Maya Riviera, on Mexico's Caribbean coast, is where one will find some of Latin America's most expensive, luxurious, romantic getaways. There's plenty of spas here - it's a great place to get pampered. Whatever you do, just avoid the awfully tacky Cancun. (Combine with colonial cities near Mexico City, or Aztec ruins found throughout Mexico).
Providencia Island is owned by Colombia and is found slap bang in the middle of the Caribbean. It's a romantic honeymoon destination because it's quite so beautiful and undeveloped - this is how the Caribbean was 30 years ago. The island is much unchanged by tourism - a real little gem. (Combine with Cartagena - see following section on romantic cities).
Fernando de Noronha is a beautiful island in North East Brazil, where one finds the country's most beautiful (and undeveloped) beaches. It's not a cheap place to visit, but it is very special indeed - Brazilians say that the countries best beaches are found here. (Combine with other beach destinations near Salvador, or possibly the Amazon).
Fernando de Noronha - Brazil's best beaches?
Romantic Cities
Many, including myself, would argue that the most romantic city in South America is Cartagena, on Colombia's Caribbean coast. It's a stunningly beautiful colonial city, however it can get very hot and humid at times. (Combine with a trip to the nearby Rosario Islands, or Park Tayrona's amazing beaches, or head inland to more peaceful colonial towns such as the charmingly tranquil Villa de Leiva).
Buenos Aires is another wonderfully romantic city, and is often refered to as the Paris of South America due to it's elegance and beauty. This is a wonderful, relaxing and peaceful city to enjoy on honeymoon. (Combine with beaches in Florianopolis, or outdoor activities in Patagonia).
Buenos Aires - Argentina
Outdoor destinations, nature, and wild and remote places
For those who prefer a more active honeymoon, Patagonia has some of South America's most beautiful landscapes and a wide range of outdoor activities available. Patagonia spans both Argentina and Chile, the most spectacular region being that of Torres del Paine National Park in Southern Chile. (Combine with Buenos Aires, or perhaps Iguasu Falls, or even the Atacama Desert).
Torres del Paine - Chile
If you prefer a wild and remote honeymoon, consider visiting either the Pantanal or the Amazon rainforest. The pantanal (Brazil) is an enormous region of wetlands, and is one of the best places for wildlife watching. The Amazon has plenty of wildlife too, and is a very special and unique place to experience. The Amazon might be visited from Brazil, Ecuador or Peru - all have luxurious jungle lodges suitable for a honeymoon.
I hope this article has given you ideas and helped anyone planning a honeymoon in South America - enjoy your trip! Here's a few links to luxurious and romantic hotels suitable for a honeymoon.
Maroma Resort - Esencia Resort - Ceiba del Mar - all are on the Maya Riviera, Mexico.
Santa Clara Hotel - Charleston Santa Teresa - both in Cartagena, Colombia.
Faena Hotel - Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Explora en Patagonia - Torres del Paine, Chile.
La Balsas - Patagonia, Argentina.
A few extra suggestions, very romantic beach hotels in Brazil, follow:
Ponta dos Ganchos - Florianopolis, Brazil.
Kiaroa - Bahia, Brazil.
Estrella D'Agua - Trancoso, Brazil.
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Killer robots must be stopped, say campaigners
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'Autonomous weapons', which could be ready within a decade, pose grave risk to international law, claim activists
Tracy McVeigh, Saturday February 23 2013 21.52 GMT -
A new global campaign to persuade nations to ban "killer robots" before they reach the production stage is to be launched in the UK by a group of academics, pressure groups and Nobel peace prize laureates.
Robot warfare and autonomous weapons, the next step from unmanned drones, are already being worked on by scientists and will be available within the decade, said Dr Noel Sharkey, a leading robotics and artificial intelligence expert and professor at Sheffield University. He believes that development of the weapons is taking place in an effectively unregulated environment, with little attention being paid to moral implications and international law.
The Stop the Killer Robots campaign will be launched in April at the House of Commons and includes many of the groups that successfully campaigned to have international action taken against cluster bombs and landmines. They hope to get a similar global treaty against autonomous weapons.
"These things are not science fiction; they are well into development," said Sharkey. "The research wing of the Pentagon in the US is working on the X47B [unmanned plane] which has supersonic twists and turns with a G-force that no human being could manage, a craft which would take autonomous armed combat anywhere in the planet.
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/feb/23/stop-killer-robots
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Response to Turborama (Original post)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 02:35 AM
Deep13 (39,128 posts)
1. Drones are only the tentative first step. nt
Response to Turborama (Original post)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 02:39 AM
PopeOxycontinI (176 posts)
2. Once again...
life more and more resembles an Onion article
Response to PopeOxycontinI (Reply #2)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 02:58 PM
Ash_F (5,861 posts)
28. That's what I was thinking. Would have been a good Onion headline 10 years ago.
Nope... serious article. Serious headline.
Response to Turborama (Original post)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 02:40 AM
DeSwiss (27,137 posts)
3. If you want to stop the robots.....
...you have to stop the people who use them. Because they know they can't beat us all.
- So, as always, they count on us defeating ourselves.....
Response to Turborama (Original post)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 02:48 AM
geek tragedy (68,212 posts)
4. Time to renew that Old Glory insurance policy. nt
Response to geek tragedy (Reply #4)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 08:44 PM
tclambert (8,974 posts)
34. For when the metal ones decide to come for you.
And they will.
Response to Turborama (Original post)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 03:14 AM
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Response to Turborama (Original post)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 03:21 AM
longship (37,636 posts)
6. Here is one already deployed.
It's the Mars Science Laboratory Sky Crane which lowered the Curiosity Rover on the surface of another planet robotically, with no human intervention.
Before people become Luddites about this technology realize two things.
1. There is nothing inherently unethical about this specific technology. It can be used for both good purposes, or bad. NASA has been using it for decades, for good.
2. This technology is now available off the shelf to anybody, maybe not at the level of the MSL Sky Crane, but certainly on the level of simpler things, like surveillance. A digital camera can even be taken to the edge of space for 150 dollars.
And here's another site all about Do-it-yourself drones:
DIY Drones
You can scream at the top of your lungs, but we now live in a world where this technology is not only cheap, but available to anybody.
The tooth paste isn't going back in the tube. Being a Luddite about drones is not going to be a solution.
Response to longship (Reply #6)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 05:14 AM
napoleon_in_rags (3,989 posts)
8. "There is nothing inherently unethical about this specific technology"
No, but there's a way it inherently fits into the global political dynamic that's very negative: A long time ago, for a few elite people to kill a whole lot of other people, they had to get a whole lot of other people to do it. They had to stir people into a frenzy using propaganda and the rest. These armies they would raise acted as a force multiplier of for the elite's personal power. However, people in them would learn, would start to seek their own self interest and turn away from war. This diminished the power of the elites whenever they did.
Oh, if only these wealthy elites could use property as a force multiplier instead of people! All the property they owns never questions, unlike the people in those armies!
Enter automated killing machines, the property you can own that kills people autonomously. With it, a wealthy few have an advantage over 99.9% of the world, a percent that would lead any human army to rebel and the killing to stop.
So in terms of an empowered populous, down the road this technology could turn into very dangerous stuff.
Response to napoleon_in_rags (Reply #8)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 11:37 AM
longship (37,636 posts)
20. Well, murder is still illegal, the last time I looked.
And one can use poison, knives, guns, hands, etc. Now I suppose one could put these on an autonomous robot -- well, maybe not your hands -- but it would still be homocide which is prosecutable.
Response to longship (Reply #20)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 12:59 PM
OnyxCollie (9,958 posts)
23. "Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal." nt
Response to longship (Reply #20)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 05:22 PM
napoleon_in_rags (3,989 posts)
30. Ah, which brings us to danger #2.
That being the numerous ways its desirable to separate the controller from the machine, to make it act faster by automating its decision making process more and more, making the controller less and less of a micro-manager. This speed, and less need for user commitment, comes from artificial intelligence. Eventually, maybe even leading to the point where the machine increasingly takes responsibility for its actions, making the user less and less culpable.
I like to believe there is kind of a divine or transcendent ethical law, but that's not the scientist in me. The scientist in me observes that laws come from power. If lawmakers don't have the power to prosecute the laws, and to ensure that they are enforced. (backed up with force) than their laws don't matter. He with the army of death robots has the power to back up his will with force, and need not be constrained be legal limitations of his own design.
(Picture of cop robot from terminator-2, added for extra drama)
Response to napoleon_in_rags (Reply #30)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 07:01 PM
longship (37,636 posts)
32. The ethics are definitely something that needs to be discussed.
But the existence of the technology itself is unstoppable. High school students are building drones with off-the-shelf stuff for very little cost.
One cannot stop this technology even if one wanted to. The only possible solution is to regulate their use. That's where the focus should be, not opposing them altogether, which is a fool's errand.
Response to longship (Reply #32)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 08:50 PM
tclambert (8,974 posts)
35. No problem. We just program them not to harm humans. What could possibly go worng?
We simply write a few million lines of computer code with no bugs, no missspellings, no, improper, punctuation--you know, perfekshun.
Response to tclambert (Reply #35)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 10:57 PM
longship (37,636 posts)
38. We got perfection from the MSL Sky Crane.
And although it has a LASER on board, it is not a weapon. It also has several science devices on board. Hence its name, Mars Science Laboratory.
Not all drone uses are evil or unethical.
Those ethics will be undoubtedly be decided by treaty, which is the way these things have always been decided.
In the meantime we have drones on and/or around The Sun, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and one on the way to Pluto. Oh, and don't forget the ones circling Earth which do all sorts of good things like climate and weather measurements, etc.
My purpose of posting these in these drone threads is to tone down the anti-drone rhetoric here and to balance it with the some of the good things of which this technology is capable.
Response to longship (Reply #38)
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 08:24 AM
tclambert (8,974 posts)
44. I'm a big fan of space exploration. I support it even though some crash, like the Mars Polar Lander.
Curiosity's successful landing was wonderful, and the "seven minutes of terror" was very exciting.
I was just making fun. I'm actually on the robots' side. (I hope you future mechanical overlords will recognize that.)
Seriously (difficult for me), I look at it like automobiles. We accept thousands of deaths every year in order to have them. Like Isaac Asimov, I do not expect the Three Laws of Robotics to provide perfect protection for us from our mechanical servants. But we gotta have them, so we gotta try.
Response to longship (Reply #32)
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 02:08 AM
napoleon_in_rags (3,989 posts)
39. I really want a parrot AR
If the price goes down a little more, I'm on it. Its already a good deal at $299. So I'm not totally anti-drone.
But I reject the idea that technology just proceeds in this deterministic direction, and the only two directions are progress and stop. I think technology is more like the Parrot AR, where we go is a function of where we're looking. If we pour R&D in a certain direction, we will make progress that way. We have a choice, as to whether we are building tech that empowers people or diminishes our power.
Response to napoleon_in_rags (Reply #39)
Mon Feb 25, 2013, 06:10 AM
longship (37,636 posts)
43. You've nailed it! nt
Response to longship (Reply #6)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 06:36 AM
DRoseDARs (5,882 posts)
11. Do you understand the concept of "autonomous target selection" or are you ignoring it?
I suggest you actually read the article this time and understand what it is exactly these people are trying to ban.
Response to longship (Reply #6)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 08:44 AM
Android3.14 (5,402 posts)
15. Here is some sense
Thanks longship.
Just imagine if our ancestors had formed the Stop the Killer Monoliths campaign just after the the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Everything would be hunky dory today.
Response to Turborama (Original post)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 04:11 AM
bhikkhu (10,407 posts)
7. A mine is a type of killer robot
I suppose they are working on ones which are qualitatively a few steps beyond that, but the principles and problems are about the same. Note that mines are outlawed and not used by most civilized countries.
Response to bhikkhu (Reply #7)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 06:32 AM
DRoseDARs (5,882 posts)
10. ... No it's not. You are conflating 2 things that are dissimilar. n/t
Response to bhikkhu (Reply #7)
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 07:49 AM
Orrex (55,335 posts)
12. A mine is a killer robot in the same way my toaster is an autonomous bread warmer
Landmines should be banned. Armed robots with autonomous target selection should be banned.
One has nothing to do with the other.
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 06:19 AM
OneAngryDemocrat (2,060 posts)
9. By Your Command...
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 08:29 AM
Katashi_itto (10,175 posts)
13. Skynet Symphonic
Pogo: "Comprising nothing but small sounds recorded from the James Cameron masterpiece 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day', 'Skynet Symphonic' is my tribute to one of the greatest action features of all time!
Each section is composed entirely of sounds from a major scene in the film. For example, the Terminator pounding on the fire escape door is used as a kick drum. Bones breaking play the role of a snare. Electrical disturbance acts as a crash cymbal."
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 08:32 AM
KoKo (84,711 posts)
14. Recomend...worth the full read.
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 10:14 AM
Ian David (69,059 posts)
16. They eat old peoples' medicine for fuel. n/t
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 10:48 AM
jambo101 (688 posts)
17. Might already be too late
With the level of technology out there today and the technology companies doing their best to outdo each other by coming up with new ways to enslave us with the technology it amazes me that those same companies are striving to endow the world with artificial intelligence, i got a bad feeling about the day a computer can say i think i think,therefor i am Humans will become redundant very soon after.
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 11:07 AM
greiner3 (5,214 posts)
18. Except for a brief mention;
In another post, no one mentioned the Anuld movies!
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 11:22 AM
ronnie624 (5,697 posts)
19. "Sharkey insists he is not anti-war"
Like that's a bad thing.
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 11:46 AM
Trillo (9,152 posts)
21. Is this realistic, or just another utopian ideal?
Humans haven't been able to stop killing each other. Parents and and schools haven't been able to stop mentally brow-beating their kids. National Economies and their bankers haven't been able to stop poverty. Justice departments have only been able to bring "justice" to poor humans unable to defend themselves, rich entities like banksters aren't even prosecuted. The list goes on and is very long.
Is there any realistic hope that killer robots can be stopped? Or is this, instead, just another in an already long list of things we should do, but will never be able to do? Is this desire to stop autonomous killing machines just another utopian ideal, of the way it could be, someday somewhere, "in a perfect world".
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 12:04 PM
malthaussen (11,409 posts)
22. Time to dust off the old copy of Harry Harrison's "War With the Robots."
Didn't really expect this one in my lifetime. I forgot that our ingenuity is boundless when it comes to killing each other.
-- Mal
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 02:32 AM
petronius (25,910 posts)
40. I was thinking of revisiting Second Variety...
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 01:01 PM
primavera (5,191 posts)
24. Funny, I was just reading the story about Ray Cusick...
... the designer of the Daleks, passing away today.
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 08:53 PM
tclambert (8,974 posts)
36. Daleks are not robots!
They are cyborgs.
Come to think of it, Terminators are technically cyborgs, at least until their meat rots off.
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 01:14 PM
lunatica (33,951 posts)
25. Someday we can sell these to our enemies and just have a robot war with them
Peace will finally come at last!!
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 01:56 PM
phantom power (25,966 posts)
26. Anbody interested in what we will probably all live to see, should follow Boston Dynamics
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 02:49 PM
CJCRANE (18,184 posts)
27. When killer robots are outlawed...
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 05:20 PM
sakabatou (34,554 posts)
29. "Oh my god, they're gonna kill me!" (pic)
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 06:53 PM
triplepoint (431 posts)
31. Once the Last Control Loop is Closed...
and teleoperated robots go completely autonomous, life will truly have imitated "art." It seems to have all started with "Metropolis." Then there was Ray Bradbury's, "I Sing the Body Electric." Dr. Who's "Daleks," Star Trek's "Data," And don't forget the Terminator movie series...I'm sure I missed a bunch of them. Civilization truly appears to happily be on a trajectory towards a ubiquitous, computer-controlled world...and at such a blinding speed too!
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 08:37 PM
tclambert (8,974 posts)
33. I called them up and the Pentagon assured me I am perfectly safe
as long as my name isn't Sarah Connor.
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 10:16 PM
BadtotheboneBob (413 posts)
37. Rise of the machines!
Hide Sarah Conner! Hide!
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 03:42 AM
sofa king (10,648 posts)
41. I remember when that was a joke:
We Can Put A Man On The Moon, But We Can't Make Killer Robot Police?
Commentary Science & Technology Opinion ISSUE 3204 Aug 26, 1997
By Irene Frederick, Taxpayer
Every time I watch the news, I see another story about all the wonderful things NASA is doing in outer space. I know, I know, it's all supposed to be very impressive and exciting. But to be honest, it just boils my blood. I mean, the federal government can put a man on the moon, but it can't build a killer robot police force to keep the cars from roaring down my street at 45 miles per hour? What kind of priorities do we have in this country?
And today? We can't put a man on the moon anymore, but we have flying killer robot police that specialize in blasting cars. I guess our priorities are straight now.
Poor The Onion. They thought they were being absurd, but they keep turning out to be dark prophets instead.
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Mon Feb 25, 2013, 05:41 AM
blkmusclmachine (16,149 posts)
42. Episode of Star Trek The Original Series (A Taste of Armageddon):
From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon):
"In this episode, the crew of the USS Enterprise visits a planet whose citizens fight a computer simulated war with a neighboring enemy planet. The crew finds that although the war is fought by way of computer simulation, the citizens of each planet have to submit to real executions inside disintegration chambers based on the results of the simulated attacks. The crew of the Enterprise is caught in the middle and are told to submit themselves for execution after being "killed" in an "enemy attack.""


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The visitors, who led 13-0 at the break, had looked on course for victory when an Andrew Emelio try gave them a 25-24 advantage late on.
But Jules O'Neill missed the extras and Deacon kept cool to send his last-gasp kick over the bar for a draw
Bradford had got back into contention thanks to two second-half tries from Robbie Paul and one from Lee Radford.
Although the Bulls began the stronger with Karl Pryce almost going over early on, it was Widnes who went on the counter-attack to take the lead.
Captain Shane Millard burst through from midfield and found Gary Hulse who raced clear of the Bradford defence to score.
O'Neill converted the try to hand his side a 6-0 advantage and just before the half-hour, Gary Connolly stole the ball in the tackle and ran from 70 metres to score his side's second.
Again, O'Neill added the goal, and kicked a drop-goal just before the interval to put his side well in control.
They added another try just after the break through Owen Craigie but Deacon went over for a try on 56 minutes to give his side hope.
O'Neill increased his side's advantage further with a penalty but Robbie Paul's 70th minute try sparked the fightback.
Emelio's late try looked to have clinched it for Bradford before Deacon's late drop-goal ensured the honours were shared.
But Bradford coach Brian Noble was furious at the performance of referee Steve Ganson.
"Fans have paid good money to see an even contest and I don't think they saw one," he said after Bradford were not given a penalty until the 67th minute.
"I'm furious. It's an issue that's ongoing, but nobody is blind and you couldn't not see those things.
"You don't have to be an ardent rugby league fan to be able to see there was strange things going on out there."
Widnes coach Frank Endacott took great heart from his side's performance.
"Just coming here and getting a point is good for us, but to get two would have been fantastic," he said.
"I've said right from the start that we're not going down. I'm not worried about anyone else and if we keep winning, that's all we can do.
"If we have do that, we have a fair chance of survival but I think the referee had a good game."
Bradford: Withers, Reardon, B. Harris, Langley, K. Pryce, I. Harris, Deacon, Vagana, Pratt, Fielden, Peacock, Parker, Radford. Replacements: Cook, Ferres, Lynch, Paul.
Widnes: Hulse, Emelio, Connolly, Fa-alogo, Viane, J. O'Neill, Craigie, O'Connor, Millard, Stankevitch, Cassidy, Whitaker, Frame. Replacements: Myler, Mills, J. O'Neill, Smith.
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Before the tournament here, the Indian team management had asked for a specialist off-spinner considering a plethora of left-handers in the rival ranks, but the BCCI selectors retained the same squad that played in Nairobi.Both Ganguly and Gaekwad dismissed that the match, seen more as a curtain-raiser for the final, would have any psychological bearing on the team. ''Not at all ... It is a good wicket with a good bounce,'' the skipper said.India would expect young Yuvraj Singh to find his nick here after a terrific show in his first series in Nairobi where he almost single-handedly took on the mighty Australian attack to shape India's win. ''He (Yuvraj) has to sort it out himself,'' Ganguly said. About himself, the Indian captain (who had only one good score of 66 against Zimbabwe) said,''It will depend if I survive the first 15 overs.''India will as usual depend on a rollicking start from Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar. They are yet to click together in this tournament.
Jayasuriya said his basic attack will comprise three seamers and a spinner with Murali capable of handling any situation. ''We are in a good shape for the finals having won all the four games.''He sounded confident of the team's batting depth. ''If the openers fail, the middle order comes through,'' Jayasuriya said and praised the batting of Atapattu and Mahela in the face of early losses.Asked if the same team would be fielded for the finals, coach Dave Whatmore after a long thought said, ''it will be decided later.'' The dew factor will also play an important role, especially for the team fielding second as was seen in a few matches leading to a change in playing conditions, which now allow change of the ball after 35 overs in the first innings and after 30 and 40 overs in the second.''I have been keeping track of the weather conditions but even with the same parameters the conditions on the ground vary,'' Gaekwad said.
During India's match against Zimbabwe on October 26 there was substantial dew, which was not the case on Friday. ''But the weather parameters like temperatures and humidity were the same,'' Gaekwad said. India had blamed its first match lost to Lanka on excessive dew saying it made it difficult for the bowlers to grip the ball properly. In this context, toss could play an important role. Only India-Sri Lanka matches have evinced good crowd response in the series and a full house is expected for the clash between two former world champions.
The teams: India (from): Saurav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli, Yuvraj Singh, Robin Singh, Hemang Badani, S Sriram, Vijay Dahiya, Ajit Agarkar, Sunil Joshi, Zaheer Khan, Venkatesh Prasad, Mohammad Kaif and Anil Kumble.
Sri Lanka (from): Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Marvan Atapattu, Mahela Jayawardena, Kumar Sangakkara, Russel Arnold, Dilshan Tillekeratne, K Upasantha, Chaminda Vaas, Muthiah Muralitharan, Nuwan Zoysa, Upul Chanadana, Avishka Gunawardena and Kaushilya Weeraratne.
Umpires: G Sharp and S Dunne.Third Umpire: D Harper.Match Referee: Denis Lindsay.Start of play: 14.30 hrs local time (16.00 hrs IST).UNI


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"[The Permian basin] is going through a renewed boom as the shale potential has revealed itself to the industry in recent years," Bell Potter analysts said.
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Being born and raised in Texas originally I, too, had heard the Spanish word pluma used to mean pen because of the word meaning "feather". I agree it is because of pens being originally made of quills. That's why I found it interesting that in the part of Chile where I was they used the word lápiz to mean both pencils and pens. Maybe it's just a Chilean thang. It's been a while since I've been back to Chile so honestly don't know if they still use the same word to mean both writing instruments. The Chileans I knew spoke primarily Castillian Spanish mixed with their own idioms. Funny what things stick in your mind.
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By the figure of AFM, it was figured out that a DNA structure with 60nm long × 90nm wide × 4nm thick was obtained. If this structure had been a flat rectangular, not a cylinder, it would have been 120nm long × 43.5nm wide × 2nm thick. Since the thickness of 4nm is twice of single DNA rectangular and there was no single layered structure near them, it is implied that this structure is a flattened cylinder squashed by cantilever of AFM. The original paper of the cylinder[1] also reported that the thickness of cylinders was around 4nm because they were flattened by pressure of cantilever. However, even if a cylinder gets flattened,the size will be about 60nm long × 43.5nm wide × 4nm thick, volume of which is about half of the observed structure. Therefore, it is considered that the dimers have formed dimers. These dimers are considered to be formed by pi stacking of DNA strands at the end of cylinders. Some cylinders were seen as forming into trimers. The number of trimers was smaller than that of dimers. This is becuase the sub-cylinder formed on one side of the cylinder disturbed the cylinders' connections. To see if they were actually dimers of cylinders, Observation with TEM is required but it is too expensive for us to afford.
On the other hand, the sub-cylinder structure could not be observed. The design was diameter 16.2nm × axial length 10.9nm. As it is considered that the sub-cylinder was squashed by cantilever, it would be 25nm long × 10.9nm wide × 4.0nm thick, but there was no structure with the size.
The possible reason why the dimer and trimer were formed as well as why the sub-cylinder was not observed is that it would be more stable to stack cylinders without forming sub-cylinders. In addition, the cylinder was annealed for four hours this time while the annealing time in the original paper[1] was 10 minutes. This difference might have affected the formation of cylinders.
Ring(1st ver.)
In the design of Ring(1st ver.), some design mistakes were found. It is considered that the mistakes caused the ring to fail in formation. In detail, crossovers of scaffold and staples occurred in the same place, which would have made the ring move like a hing. We will retry this structure after the design mistake is fixed.
Ring(2nd ver.)
The Ring(2nd ver.) was designed with twelve strands, ten of which have exactly the same sequences as in the original paper while two of which are one mer longer than the counterparts in it. The result was that the ring did not form even by 2 hours and 72 hours annealing. The reason would be that the change in design may have affected the construction of the ring. In addition, PAGE refining was not conducted while the authors of the original paper of the ring[2] did. Both two reasons might have caused the ring not to be formed.
Cylinder-Ring structure
The cylinder in the original paper[1] was diameter 22nm × axial length 100nm and it was annealed for ten minutes from 60°C to 35°C. Also, the ring in the original paper[3] was diameter 7.9~9.0nm × axial length 113nm and it was annealed in the total length of 685 minutes in the following flow; The annealing temperature ramps are as follows: 94 to 86 °C at 4°C per 5 minutes; 85 to 70°C at 1 °C per 5 minutes; 70 to 40 °C at 1°C per 15 minutes; 40 to 25 °C at 1 °C per 10 minutes.
On the other hand, the cylinder in the cylinder-ring structure was designed as diameter 31nm × axial length 44nm. Also the ring in the cylinder-ring structure was designed as diameter 62nm × axial length 12nm. Two samples of the cylinder-ring structure were annealed for two hours and eleven hours respectively. In the sample annealed for two hours, some cylinders were formed and the size was close to the design, but there were not any ring-shaped structure. In the sample annealed for eleven hours, the yield of the cylinders decreased but a lot of ring-shaped structures were observed. The rings were not clear circular shapes and took a squashed shape. This reason is considered to be some pressure of cantilever of AFM as well as the Electrosorption of mica.
The change in the cylinder-ring structure by annealing time showed that short annealing time(around 10 minutes) forms cylinders well while rings require long annealing time(around 10 hours) to be formed. To see if this insight is correct, we are going to anneal it for six hours. If our hypothesis is correct, fewer rings and more cylinders will be found than in the case of 10-hour annealing, and more rings and fewer cylinders will be observed than in the case of ten-minute annealing. If so, the designing methods of the cylinder and the ring may not be compatible in annealing time. It would be better to construct both of the cylinder and the ring with the ring's designing approach of winding helix shape not only because appropriate annealing time of the two is expected to be similar but also because the designing approach allows us to design a cylindrical shape with a wide range of diameter.
Cylinder(first version) with footings and DNA spiders
Even though we used the same staple mix and protocol of synthesis as those on September 19th, both two samples failed to form into cylinder-shape. We have been considering every possible reason to find the cause of this result. The most possible reason is the staple mix is not good so after making a new staple mix, we will try this synthesis and AFM observation again. The uneven surface was considered to be caused by a lot of streptavidins.
How to Detect that the ring actually rotates
It is possible that the DNA spiders jump across tracks on the way and reach end footings. In the original paper of the DNA spider[4], in order to detect whether or not they actually advanced without crossing tracks, the fluorescence materials were attached to the surface of the walking ground and the walking legs of the DNA spider. In our design of the DNA screw, we did not put any fluorescence materials to it due to their high cost. Alternative method of detecting the spider's walk is to utilize Surface Plasmon Resonance(SPR). First, a solution of DNA screw is put on a substrate. When a footing is cleaved, the weight of a DNA screw decreases. The SPR measures how many times the weight changed. If the times of weight change are more than the number of DNA spiders, it is proved that the spiders actually advanced without crossing tracks.
Future Design
A new design in which the spider's body, streptavidin, is removed and the spider's walking legs are directly connected to the ring is planned to develop. With this design, the DNA screw could be more compact and less complex. It will be thoroughly examined which cylinder and ring designed are appropriate, whether the annealing temperatures of the ring and the cylinder are compatible, and whether the legs actually advance by cleaving the footings with this design.
- cylinder Yanming Fu.et al., Single-Step Rapid Assembly of DNA Origami Nanostructures for Addressable Nanoscale Bioreactors, American Chemical Society, 2012
- ring2 Yang Yang et al., Self-Assembly of DNA Rings from Scaffold-Free DNA Tiles, Nano Letters 2013
- ring3 Dongran Han et al., Unidirectional Scaffold-Strand Arrangement in DNA Origami
- spider Kyle Lund et al., Molecular robots guided by prescriptive landscapes, Nature Vol465, 2010


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The radio code will be 4 #'s ranging from 1-6, that's it. The radio code came on a white credit card looking card, Honda anti-theft radio... If you do not have it, you can look in the glove box area for a sticker with some #'s on it. If it is not there you will have to remove stereo & get serial # XXXXX it. Take that to your Honda dealer & they will get it for you or try: https://radio-navicode.honda.com/
That is if you need to remove the radio.
Before you retry radio code, I would recommend disconnecting battery for approximately 10-15 minutes, this will reset everything. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me again. Thank you.
Here is some information:
Check these out first, you can try to disconnect the battery for 10-15 minutes, & try the buttons 1 & 6. Unfortunately, you have a pre 2001 car, things are different versus later model cars. I can not guarantee it will work.
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Thanks you for replying.I am aware of all that information before I posted the question and I was trying to avoid removing the radio and getting the code and go to the showorom with that code and spending the money for that. So I am sorry I cannot accept the answer.
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