DLD 5/29: Monkeys and robots will team up to destroy humans
by salb918 on May 29, 2008 7:38 AM PDT
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Monkeys with sensors implanted in their brains have learned to control a robot arm with their thoughts, using it to feed themselves with fruit and marshmallows the tattered remains of the scientists foolish enough to embark on this research.
More details on the website of the academic journal Nature .
The initial training period was assisted by corrective signals generated by the BMI control program, but the monkeys quickly learned how to generate the brain activity that would produce the desired robot motions without any assistance.
Without any assitance. But don't worry, I'm sure there's no possibility of this going awry, since we won't equip the monkey-robots with anything dangerous.
Using grids of fine electrodes implanted in the primary motor cortex of monkeys, they trained the animals to generate patterns of brain activity to control an anthropomorphic robot arm that had a shoulder joint, an elbow joint and a claw-like gripper 'hand'.
Except a claw-like gripper. It's like a bunch of neuroscientists sniffed solvent while watching The Terminator and Planet of the Apes.
Here is a schematic of the robot-monkey hybrids that will soon become our overlords.
via www.nature.com
That monkey-robot hybrid looks seriously pissed.
For those of you at academic institutions, the full text can found here.
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goddamit
strikethrough feature not working. Should be:
Monkeys with sensors implanted in their brains have learned to control a robot arm with their thoughts, using it to feed themselveswith fruit and marshmallowsthe tattered remains of the scientists foolish enough to embark on this research.
stat-addled alien overlord
why don't you edit it above?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
try using your hands instead of the robotic claw
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
This is seriously pissing me off.
Who the hell decided that the word “plasma” would have two separate meanings in science? I’m searching for XYZ and PLASMA and I keep getting a bunch of crap about blood. Damn it.
stat-addled alien overlord
Crosby on the radio today
BoCro is going to be on KNBR at 8:30 this morning. Hopefully he will put those two cretins who host the morning show in their place.
"Evidently, a large number of people said, 'We really need more vermin at the ballpark, Artie.'" - Nick (AN), 10/7/07
Gio Gonzalez last night had a good game
perhaps this will indicate a turnaround?
Gio pitched 5 innings, no runs, 2 hits, 2 walks, 7 K’s
I thought they already took FDLS' kids away from the compound...
...or am I transposing a letter here?
"You have to have a catcher or you'll have all passed balls."- Casey Stengel
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 29, 2008 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions
about a month to 6 weeks...
and how many babies have YOU eaten today?
"You have to have a catcher or you'll have all passed balls."- Casey Stengel
by Gaijin_Suketto on May 29, 2008 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions
You can get yourself clean, You can have a good meal, You can do whatever you feel
Jeff Pearlman’s at his best when he doesn’t, you know, write, so I heartily recommend his Oral History (ahem) of the song Y.M.C.A. Through interviews with band members, the cultural cognoscenti, and a variety of sports figures we trace the evolution of the song from secret gay anthem to disco hit to ballpark standard, and we learn that many people, still, have no idea there’s a gay message contained in the Village People classic.
Former Yankee part-owner Joseph Molloy: "Y.M.C.A.” is about homosexuality? I had no idea until this very moment. Wow! Well, it’s a great song that makes people feel good. That’s what’s important."
Wally the Warthog, Winston-Salem mascot: "I’m the only mascot I know who does the whole Y-M-C-A hand gesture thing while standing on his head. As soon as the first beats come out of the speakers, everyone in the stands is asking, “Where’s Wally? Where’s that wild Wally?” Not sure what you mean about it being a gay song…. I know the Y is a healthy place to exercise."
And best of all, from those golden days on 1996, when we’d sit lazily in the afternoon stands watching ballgames unfold in front of the cranes hammers and concrete which would become the abomination known as Mount Davis:
David Rinetti (vice president of stadium operations, Oakland A’s): We wanted to do something cool to make the most of a terrible time. So we dressed two guys up as construction workers and sent them out to the construction site. Then we’d have two of our security guards go out there and pretend to tell them to stop making so much noise. Everyone [in the crowd] believed it—then “Y.M.C.A.” would come on and the four of them would break out into dance. One of our security guards was a guy named Icebox who played in the local roller-derby league. He was a huge man, and when he danced…
Robert “Icebox” Smith (Oakland Coliseum security guard): I tore that place up. The A’s weren’t so hot that year, but we brought that house down every single night. It was magical. We were on ESPN for weeks. It was a gay song?
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 29, 2008 9:05 AM PDT reply actions
Best time I ever had at Candlestick Park
was the year the Giants had the Village People performing live as part of Until There’s A Cure Day. I didn’t live in the Bay Area during the worst of the AIDS epidemic, and I didn’t really feel the emotional impact of the Giants sponsoring the event until then. It is a strange thing to see people crying AND dancing to the Village People at the same time.
Don't blame me, I voted for Ice Cream
by Englishmajor on May 29, 2008 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions
(An Oral History)
Shouldn’t that be …
Nah, I can’t.
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
and another one for the sigline file
“I will write a song about this!”
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
This sure looks like a “Y” and an “M” ...
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
There's no question in my mind...
They modeled that claw-like gripper hand after GI Joe’s famous Kung-Fu Grip. Observe:
"I'm going to take a camera crew and march into Billy Beane's office and demand to know why instituting his newfangled cost-saving measures means that the run manufacturing plant had to get shut down." FJM
Videos like this are exactly why chimps are endangered
In 2005, a survey (see the table, left side) was conducted at the Regenstein Center for African Apes (RCAA) at the Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago, IL). The full survey was made up of 56 questions with the intent of assessing the effect of a new facility on visitor knowledge and attitudes toward apes (2). The final question of the survey asked respondents to select which of three great ape species (chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans) were considered endangered in the wild. Labeled photographs were used to ensure that species identification was correct, and the order of the species list was randomized. Of those choices, 95% of respondents thought gorillas were endangered, 91% thought orangutans were endangered, but only 66% believed chimpanzees to be endangered.
...
No prompting with answers was provided, and all responses were recorded by the interviewer. Of the 250 respondents who were willing to provide explanations for their choice, the most common reason for the category chosen (35%) was that chimpanzees were commonly seen on television, advertisements, and movies and, therefore, must not be in jeopardy.
stat-addled alien overlord
commonly seen on television = not in jeopardy?
Shit, the A’s are endangered!
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
inverse, not always true; contrapositive always true.
So if the A’s are not in jeopardy, we can safely conclude that they are not commonly seen on television.
stat-addled alien overlord
Eh?
The contrapositive of the above would be “The A’s are in jeopardy, therefore they are not commonly seen on television.”
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
i thought the contrapositive was "at least they don't kill nuns"
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
No, you're getting it confused with contraceptive.
This is how parents are made.
stat-addled alien overlord
Get Rich Quick scheme #1:
Trademark the name “Tommy John surgery”.
Tommy John surgery-technically an ulnar collateral ligament replacement procedure-has saved the careers of hundreds of Major League players. It may one day make the Hall of Fame case for its inventor, surgeon Frank Jobe (who was Hollywood enough to trademark the name “Tommy John procedure”.)
Outcome: FAIL
Banana Split
and "Frank Jobe surgery" is the trademarked term ...
... for having Tommy John’s foot removed from one’s ass.
Just look at me. How can you not quake in my presence? @('.')@
or, alternately, having Tommy John's legal team removed from one's ass
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
Jobe rules....
He did my shoulder, just one of the nicest guys around. Wonderful guy and loves to talk baseball, although I was not pleased he had his 88 World Series ring on.
Bring back Hammer.
by OaktownPower on May 29, 2008 10:49 AM PDT up reply actions
hey, at least he didn't lose the ring and sew it up inside your shoulder
Talk about a buried curse!
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
Didn't they find one of those in Dan Meyer's shoulder?
by methodrampage on May 29, 2008 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
nah, that was a note from Schuerholz saying "April Fool's!"
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
bionic monkey arm
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Still, not as creepy as Mariah Carey...
... throwing out the first pitch for the Yomiuri Giants.
Banana Split
I think
the monkey was trying to make the arm do the YMCA signs, and kept growing more frustrated when all it did was deliver scraps of food.
The A's colors are green and gold.
does the monkey know it's a gay song?
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
Probably
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-20164884.html
Homosexual behavior in apes can help them become more civilized because it can help them communicate more freely. Researchers have found that homosexual behavior is common in apes. They also speculate that homosexuality is a factor in the survival of the species.Homosexual behavior may have a civilizing influence among the apes, if not among human beings
People who work with primates are used to apes’ planting affectionate pecks on their lips. But imagine the surprise of a San Diego zookeeper, unfamiliar with a newly arrived species known as the bonobo, when the animal gently slid its tongue into the zookeeper’s mouth. The only thing more surprising than the French kiss was that the bonobo, like the zookeeper, was male.
but, boy, would you want 'toon in your league
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
What a terrible article
Why not just explain in simple terms what the law of large numbers actually does say, rather than something vague and inaccurate like “Over a long period of time (in baseball terms, this means several seasons), luck will tend to even out. In a sample as small as a single season, though, luck most certainly does not have to even out”?
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
I am the meanest person in the world
When the A’s waste a start by Harden because our bullpen is depleted by injuries, I’m not in the mood to read warm and fuzzy stories about how Andrew Brown is nowhere near coming off the DL, but never mind that—he’s got a baby!
I mean, how long does it take to recover from an appendectomy anyway? Geesh.
I am the meanest person in the world.
Does David Biderman read AN?
Most players choose the music that is played in stadiums when they step to the plate for their at-bats. Emil Brown has an interesting selection, the main title from the soundtrack of the movie “The Last of the Mohicans.”
AN 3.0's Search Function is *hawt*!
why would someone need to read AN to know that?
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
They wouldn't need to,
I just thought the timing was funny because we were just talking about it within the last couple of days.
AN 3.0's Search Function is *hawt*!
Life lesson: Do not, under any circumstances, piss off or frighten an elephant.
I think the world would be at least 40% more awesome if real-life test runs of movie schemes didn’t end in indictments.
You were supposed to say:
“I find your first item sad and wry and depressingly indicative of the sometimes violent nature of inter-species commingling.
I find your second item very funny.”
As long as the elephants don't get mecha-suits like their simian friends, we'll be okay.
stat-addled alien overlord
why, if they get Macha-suits...
... then you can stroll into their habitat to eat lunch and conduct and interview and wave them off saying, “You can let us do this, right?”
Banana Split
Mariners interested in Hatteberg
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
There's a joke here involving seamen, jocks, and YMCA, but
I’m too lazy to connect the dots and make it non-CGV liable.
"wither fair monkeyball?" ~fsu
more animal videos
the kenny rogers of the animal kingdom
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
eric chavez back in the a's lineup at dh
according to another fanpost
woo hoo!
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
WOoooooooooo!
I’m excited.
But I hope he’s really really ready. And I can’t imagine that he is.
pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.
Never know..
he has played a few 9 inning games at 3rd and was batting 350+ in Sacramento, with a few homers.
When will then be now? Soon.
Awesome
http://ussmariner.com/2008/05/29/reader-email-of-the-day/
Offered without comment:Hi, very infrequent commenter here (Isaac is my screen name). We’re liveblogging the spelling bee over at throwingthings.blogspot.com. I wouldn’t bother you with this except that 11-year-old Karen Laska of Wheeling, West Virginia just correctly spelled "sabermetrics" in the first oral round, thus outdoing the entirety of the Mariners front-office staff.
stat-addled alien overlord
Funny on so many levels.
pam5981: Patience is a virtue that I do not possess.
ohtobe21likehuston: But you're good at drinking and cussing. Two out of three ain't bad.
Throwing Things is an awesome blog.
I read it every day.
f--- all-day meetings
that keep me from wasting time here!!!!
"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
--Bilbo Baggins
if the robot chimps don't getcha ...
... the mutant superhero frogs will.
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
Spent the night in a town called Weed ...
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
No one could dream a place like California
I’ve met one of the assistant brewers from that place. Apparently their merchandise sells well (I think their growlers are particularly cool looking).
But I’m not surprised that the ATF is cracking down on their labeling, as they’re notoriously strict about that sort of thing. The Lagunitas beer marketed as “Censored Ale” was orginally called “The Kronik” but they weren’t allowed to sell it with that name.
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
I'm not exactly surprised, either ...
... but speaking as someone who works in a highly regulated industry, these regs are some pretty weak tea. That’s some serious overreach/overreaction the ATF is engaged in.
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
I feel like we're going to achieve victory in the war on drugs any day now.
I lost my cellphone in Weed a few months ago.
Now I’m stuck with a temperamental circa-2002 Nokia with tiny keys, a dim display, and a dicey battery. I can’t hold it between my ear and shoulder while typing, and most of the time the person on the other end of the line sounds like they’re on Neptune. It’s basically a tiny box of staticky malfunctioning hate.
Problematic.
somehow you're receiving day-game threads directly to your phone?
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
Fiorentino DFA
That’s that.
I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball
Mentioned in a different thread
But it sounds like Ziggy is on his way to Arlington.
Might as well Jump! - Van Halen
nate silver’s electoral projections
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
also
no a’s of course
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
"Tristan H. Cockcroft"?
When did espn morph into a Harry Potter fanfic site?
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
Woah, crazy....
I’ve been reading his stuff the last several months, which has been pretty awesome and put the rest of the biz to shame…
See “mikeA has a weak moment”
The A's colors are green and gold.
Not sure if you're joking,
but Nate gets ahead of himself, especially what he has up there right now, and his poll-weighting stuff is sort of dubious (ultimately probably a waste of time.) If you needed to read one thing right now, ‘toon’s article would be a better bet…
The A's colors are green and gold.
You've inspired a new sig line
Don't blame me, I voted for oaktoon.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on May 30, 2008 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
are you kidding?
i guess oaktoon’s analysis was interesting for those who don’t follow politics closely, but i didn’t really learn anything from it.
also, i would just like to show up mikeA by adding that my very first comment on dailykos was an entry in their 2004 election prediction contest, posted under a pseudonym. i believe there were multiple threads with over a thousand total predictions. the six factors were percentages for each candidate, electoral college numbers, biggest surprise, when the other candidate would concede, senate margin, and house margin.
i won and they gave me $100 and gift certificate for $100.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
how can I subscribe to your newsletter?
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
maybe i'll charge the same as BP, i win decent amount of $$ on intrade just doing elections (and some baseball)
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
I have to know:
Why the capitalization eschewal? Artistic choice? Saving all those unexpended [shift] key milliseconds for a rainy day?
i'm just really lazy, so i guess the latter
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
I didn't learn anything from it either,
but there’s also not much to learn from Nate’s current projection, and a greater chance to be misled.
The A's colors are green and gold.
I'm now officially confused
about what mikeA thinks of Nate Silver’s electoral analysis (and about whether mikeA is mikea).
Personally, I’m skeptical of whether this kind of meta-analysis of poll results, especially this early in the game.
But the presentation side of it looks very well done.
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
Much of the content is absorbing, addictive, and not particularly useful.
But some of it, such as this, is quite lucid conventional wisdom debunking / complicated scenario explication.
His work on the primaries
was outstanding, because there was good data to work with. What made it work is that early primaries were quite predictive of future primaries. There is not much or good data to work with (at least for doing the sort of analysis he is good at) for the general election. The meta-analysis of poll results is not worth much, although aggregating all polls that come out is a good service, and he perhaps does it better than the other folks who do it, or perhaps not.
The A's colors are green and gold.
Basically the issue is:
there is not sufficient data to do a good quantitative analysis, so a good qualitative analysis is better.
The A's colors are green and gold.
you're probably right
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
in case anyone missed it
Uncontacted Indian tribe spotted in Brazil
Incredible pictures of one of Earth’s last uncontacted tribes firing bows and arrows
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
"mostly naked and painted red"
Figures. They’re Angels fans.
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
have we discussed all the similarities between fitzcarraldo and the mosquito coast? i’m not sure if they are obvious, but i certainly noticed them…
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
I don't think we have; they are legion
And, of course, Aguirre.
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
way better than that absurdly tedious
film about Russel Crowe sailing around on his boat that the critics loved.
The A's colors are green and gold.
I actually kinda liked that one
Though I readily concede that it was tedious.
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
I think you've met 2, anyway
That’s definitely in my top … well, 20 or 30, anyway.
Easily HF’s best work.
Plus, the queen of elder-hot!
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
I had to get stuck in the Amazon once, after I stepped on a nail
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
I think about mikeA when I go to the bathroom
Good movie (don’t quite get that line, though). We’ll have to agree to disagree on Master and Commander, though.
I generally bemoan the profusion of Mr Sabermetric Sporks in the Scrabble ranks who don't know the meaning or usage of 50% of the words they use. -monkeyball
more photos are coming in....
(second try)
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Kotsay to the DL
Not that it means anything, but another anecdote in the “let’s be careful with Chavvy” file.
I'm handy, but I've never built anything of consequence. @('.')@
1. Workload – de los Santos was found in the Dominican Republic not very long ago and last year was his first in America and first as a professional player. He thew 122.1 innings last year. The general rule is that you don’t want to increase a pitcher’s workload by more than 50 innings each successive year. I can’t say for sure, but last year was likely the most de los Santos has pitched his entire life and probably by a large amount.2. Elbow Above the Shoulder – as de los Santos scap loaded, his elbow rose above the shoulder, which is generally thought to put more stress on the shoulder and elbow. However, this was not like the Francisco Liriano mechanics where the elbow was clearly above the shoulder.
3. Abrupt finish – I noticed he had a slightly abrupt finish after release. You want to give the arm as much room as you can to decelerate after release.
4. Aggressive mechanics – As I mentioned earlier, de los Santos has aggressive mechanics, and was therefore likely a higher injury risk.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
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