Evolutionary Robotics and Open-Ended Design Automation Hod Lipson‚ Cornell University Can a computer ultimately augment or replace human invention? IMAGINE A LEGO SET AT YOUR DISPOSAL: Bricks‚ rods‚ wheels‚ motors‚ sensors and logic are your “atomic” building blocks‚ and you must find a way to put them together to achieve a given high-level functionality: A machine that can move itself‚ say. You know the physics of the individual components ’ behaviors; you know the repertoire of pieces available
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Research Assignment 4.1 FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) had some trouble in 2006 when Microsoft submitted 235 patents that were allegedly violated by FOSS. Microsoft created these patents in order to collect royalties from companies in the “free world” (companies/people using free software). Eben Moglen of the Free Software Foundation contended that software is a mathematical algorithm and is not patentable. Moglen wrote‚ “It’s a tinderbox. As the commercial confrontation between free
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Free and open elections are the cornerstone to any democracy. The citizens of the United States have fought for years to increase this right to everyone‚ but also keep each vote as strong as the next. However‚ it has become obvious to many that their voting power is being shortened each election cycle. Money and influence from powerful‚ wealthy interest groups and corporations have made their way into politicians’ coffers in the form of major campaign contributions. This system has resulted in voters
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male or female. Even through millennial ideas‚ traditional male or female titles are more often encouraged and inflated‚ therefore increasing the gender binary issue that restricts and confuses children as to who they truly are. In Sam Killermann’s open speech‚ a clear line of separation between gender and biological sex diminishes the traditional gender binary and simplifies it to be openly accepting of all. No matter the age or setting an individual is placed in‚ gender binary will always be present
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USA Hockey 2010-11 OPEN BOOK PLAYING RULES EXAMINATION OFFICIATING EDUCATION PROGRAM NOTE: Please DO NOT return this booklet with your completed answer sheet. Keep for your reference as a complete listing of correct answers and rule references will be available on usahockey.comUSA HOCKEY OFFICIATING EDUCATION PROGRAM 2010-11 OPEN BOOK RULES EXAMINATION The Open Book Rules Examination has been designed to present general situations. It’s purpose is a teaching tool — for the new official
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the Ideas of Northrup Frye to Compare The Open Window and The Tell-Tale Heart Brett Eiffes According to Northrup Frye’s book‚ The Anatomy of Criticism‚ there are two different modes of prose: the romance and the novel. In the case of shorter prose he calls them the tale and the short story. The short story‚ The Open Window by Saki‚ and the tale‚ The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe‚ demonstrate these two modes of prose fiction. While reading The Open Window I found it a more realistic and extroverted
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One day‚ Jennifer and her two best friends‚ all of whom were juniors‚ took advantage of the open lunch policy and went out to lunch in her Toyota Camry. Since all of them loved Japanese food‚ they decided to go to Tempura House‚ which was only two minutes away from their school‚ Loyal High School. When the students ordered their meal‚ Jennifer‚ pretending to be over twenty-one‚ used her sister ’s driver ’s license to get Japanese beer‚ or sake. Although the owner of the restaurant thought that Jennifer
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| Microsoft & Free Open Source Software (FOSS) | | | | In 2006‚ Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) was facing some dire consequences for allegedly violating 235 of Microsoft’s patents. Since then FOSS has done moderately well overall. Free software has become a well-liked alternative for many businesses as opposed to proprietary software. This is true‚ not just here in the USA but all over the world. In 2010‚ Global Graphics‚ a free software provider‚ took a
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Stephen Crane’s "The Open Book": Cosmic Irony by: Sarah Clauer Stephen Crane’s "The Open Boat‚" is thought to be one of the finest stories ever written by an American. Crane uses a theme of cosmic irony. Cosmic irony is the belief that the universe is so large and man is so small that the universe is indifferent to the plight of man. In "The Open Boat‚" Crane’s theme‚ cosmic irony‚ is illustrated through the use of symbols for isolation‚ insignificance‚ and indifference. Three
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Roel R. Garcia Plain View / Open Fields Case Study Axia College University of Phoenix Scott Smith September 14‚ 2008 Today a high percentage of the arrests done by law enforcement are from seized evidence that was in plain view and does not come under the Fourth Amendment. The plain view doctrine states that items that are within the sight of a police officer who is legally in a place from which the view is made may properly be seized without a warrant as long as such items
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