History of Robotics: Timeline This history of robotics is intertwined with the histories of technology‚ science and the basic principle of progress. Technology used in computing‚ electricity‚ even pneumatics and hydraulics can all be considered a part of the history of robotics. The timeline presented is therefore far from complete. Robotics currently represents one of mankind’s greatest accomplishments and is the single greatest attempt of mankind to produce an artificial‚ sentient being. It is
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Compiler: A Definition Compiler‚ in computer science‚ computer program that translates source code‚ instructions in a program written by a software engineer‚ into object code‚ those same instructions written in a language the computer ’s central processing unit (CPU) can read and interpret. Software engineers write source code using high level programming languages that people can understand. Computers cannot directly execute source code‚ but need a compiler to translate these instructions into
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8 Financial Effects of HIV/AIDS on National Social Protection Schemes PIERRE PLAMONDON‚ MICHAEL CICHON‚ AND PASCAL ANNYCKE T hrough its demographic and economic effects‚ the HIV/AIDS pandemic poses a huge challenge to the financial management of national social protection systems. For example‚ increased mortality owing to HIV/AIDS may reduce the number of contributors to pension schemes. And although the share of contributors reaching retirement age declines‚ the number of surviving dependents
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computers. b) are examples of aids to manual calculating. c) were developed in Western Europe in the late Middle Ages. d) replaced Hindu-Arabic numerals as the preferred way to do calculations. e) All of the above. 4. The mechanical adding machines of Pascal and Leibniz were not widely adopted because a) they were too expensive. b) there were unreliable. c) they were too difficult to program. d) they could not handle fractions. e) bookkeepers successfully lobbied the King‚ and he made the machines illegal
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Existence of God The question as to the fact on whether or not God exists or ceases to exist has been one of the most debated. Human beings find it necessary to prove the existence of God so that we can give meaning to life. People that disprove his existence do so because they find meaning elsewhere‚ such as in evolution. A person can believe and have faith in God‚ but as to whether or not his existence can be proven lays the argument between theists and atheists. The philosophers discussed believe
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On Bullshit Harry Frankfurt Princeton University One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. So the phenomenon has not aroused much deliberate concern‚ or attracted much sustained inquiry. In consequence‚ we have no clear understanding of what bullshit
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The Age of Enlightenment refers to the 18th century in European philosophy‚ and is often thought of as part of a larger period which includes the Age of Reason. The term also more specifically refers to a historical intellectual movement‚ "The Enlightenment." This movement advocated rationality as a means to establish an authoritative system of ethics‚ aesthetics‚ and knowledge. The intellectual leaders of this movement regarded themselves as courageous and elite‚ and regarded their purpose as leading
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Exam #1 In Building the Devil’s Empire‚ Shannon Dawdy describes rogue colonialism as “the influence of those individuals on the ground who pushed colonial frontiers in their own self-interest”(p. 37). Instead of colonialism in the interests of king and country‚ colonialism is in the interests of the settlers who first established themselves in Louisiana. It is defined by self-interests of the settlers as well as a mutiny against monarchical colonialism. In its place‚ self-tailoring‚ individuality
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restoring force caused due to the deformation divided by the area to which the force is applied; and strain is the ratio of the change caused by the stress to the original state of the object. If stress is measured in pascals‚ since strain is a dimensionless quantity‚ then the units of λ are pascals as well.[2] ELASTIC LIMIT. The maximum stress that can be applied to a metal without producing permanent deformation.
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Uniiversii tt ii Tunku Abdull Rahman F a c u l t y o f E n g i n e e r i n g a n d S c i e n c e Industrial Training Report Guidelines 2 Industrial Training Report Guidelines Revision History Rev Date by Changes -- 3 Industrial Training Report Guidelines Table of Content Revision History ........................................................................................................................ 2 Table of Content ..........................................................
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