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Discussion Groups | MSP430 | Re: OT - Re: And Now for something completely different : Attack of the Clones

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Re: OT - Re: And Now for something completely different : Attack of the Clones - Augusto Einsfeldt - Aug 14 11:34:23 2009

When the PIC did show-up in the market (a century ago) and I saw it=C2=B4s =
architecture the exactly first
thing I thought was to use thousands of it interconnected to make a neural =
network. AtTiny was the
second candidate but still power consumption too high.
When MSP430 rised the necessary techonology seesm to be in place. Self-prog=
rammability (most
important feature after low power), analog I/O, good precision internal osc=
ilator, good amount of
FLASH and SRAM are the key for a smart neural network. Now make it in a sha=
pe that one can throw
them loose in a can and they connect to each other with sensing, communicat=
ion and power.
Maybe we can see real thinking toys before we die..

Cheers,

Augusto
BTW, I=C2=B4d like to see Clarke's Chilhood's End on big screen but not mad=
e by Holywood's pop-corn sales
people. They already burned to ashes the Time Machine, The Day Earth Stood =
Still and War of the
Worlds... The old 60's ones are still much much much better.
On Sex 14/08/09 11:18 , OneStone o...@bigpond.net.au sent:
> Hi Kris I have to agree with you on that one. Firefly, and Serendity
>=20
> were some of the best Scifi made recently. Off course they took it
> off,=20
> it was too good, but then some redemption, Terminator, the Sarah
> Conner=20
> Chronicles, better than most of the terminator films, and who can go
>=20
> past River Tamm as a killer Android.
> Obviously powered bya future generation MSP430, just to stay on
> topic
> Al
> Microbit_Ubuntu wrote:
> > Hi Tony,
> >=20
> > He seemed to have followed suit with 'The Crystal Skull' ....
> > I thought it wasn't too bad really, but it's no Raiders of the
> lost Ark
> > anymore :-(
> > Nothing to do with Ford's age btw - so what, we ALL get old(er).
> > Just seemed to reach for CGI way too easily...
> > You look at James Cameron in comparison - CGI seems to be his
> _last_
> > resort, not his _first_....
> >=20
> > I disliked the Phantom Menace, thought was the Clones was OK and
> quite
> > liked the Sith Revenge (not for kiddies anymore !! :-)
> > But none of them had that magic or incredible dialogue anymore....
> >=20
> > Perhaps we're getting older.. dunno.
> >=20
> > Oh well, it could have been worse, it could have had Whoopi
> Goldberg in
> > it !!!!
> >=20
> > I just keep watching Firefly or Serenity these days to relax, I'll
> > always be a big sucker for Josh Whedon.
> >=20
> > B rgds,
> > Kris
> >=20
> >=20
> > On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 08:49 -0400, Tony Rudzki wrote:
> >> Has anyone noticed that Lucas took all the fun out of Star Wars
> after, oh, I
> >> dont know, The Empire Strikes Back?
> >>
> >> Just. So. Bad.
> >>
> >> Ok, Maybe after Return of the Jedi....but we could debate that...
> >>
> >> George? Han shot first....just so you know.
> >>
> >>
> >> TonyR
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:34 AM, wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone ever noticed in 'Attack Of The Clones' that - despite
> hobbling
> >>> into the cave - Yoda
> >>> fights with Count Dooku, spinning around in a manner to make
> Bruce Lee
> >>> envious.... :-)
> >>> (his limp is the worst when he leaves the gunship after the
> fight at the
> >>> "amphi theater")
> >>>
> >>> I mean, why does he need the cane in the first place anyway ?
> >>> Digital Yoda outperforms any cat fight !
> >>>
> >>> B rgds
> >>> Kris
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
>=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20
>=20

------------------------------------



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Re: OT - Re: And Now for something completely different : Attack of the Clones - Microbit_Ubuntu - Aug 14 11:51:01 2009

Hi Augusto,

Too right !
I guess we can just wait for Hollywood to bugger up other greats such as
"Them!" (The huge ants).
.. Or what about Jack Arnold's Chef D'Oeuvre, "The Incredible Shrinking
Man" ? (announced for 2010).

And it's the '80s as well...
Magnum PI in 2011.... That'll be another joke I'm sure....

B rgds
Kris

On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 15:33 +0000, Augusto Einsfeldt wrote:
> When the PIC did show-up in the market (a century ago) and I saw it´s architecture the exactly first
> thing I thought was to use thousands of it interconnected to make a neural network. AtTiny was the
> second candidate but still power consumption too high.
> When MSP430 rised the necessary techonology seesm to be in place. Self-programmability (most
> important feature after low power), analog I/O, good precision internal oscilator, good amount of
> FLASH and SRAM are the key for a smart neural network. Now make it in a shape that one can throw
> them loose in a can and they connect to each other with sensing, communication and power.
> Maybe we can see real thinking toys before we die..
>
> Cheers,
>
> Augusto
> BTW, I´d like to see Clarke's Chilhood's End on big screen but not made by Holywood's pop-corn sales
> people. They already burned to ashes the Time Machine, The Day Earth Stood Still and War of the
> Worlds... The old 60's ones are still much much much better.
> On Sex 14/08/09 11:18 , OneStone o...@bigpond.net.au sent:
> > Hi Kris I have to agree with you on that one. Firefly, and Serendity
> >
> > were some of the best Scifi made recently. Off course they took it
> > off,
> > it was too good, but then some redemption, Terminator, the Sarah
> > Conner
> > Chronicles, better than most of the terminator films, and who can go
> >
> > past River Tamm as a killer Android.
> > Obviously powered bya future generation MSP430, just to stay on
> > topic
> > Al
> > Microbit_Ubuntu wrote:
> > > Hi Tony,
> > >
> > > He seemed to have followed suit with 'The Crystal Skull' ....
> > > I thought it wasn't too bad really, but it's no Raiders of the
> > lost Ark
> > > anymore :-(
> > > Nothing to do with Ford's age btw - so what, we ALL get old(er).
> > > Just seemed to reach for CGI way too easily...
> > > You look at James Cameron in comparison - CGI seems to be his
> > _last_
> > > resort, not his _first_....
> > >
> > > I disliked the Phantom Menace, thought was the Clones was OK and
> > quite
> > > liked the Sith Revenge (not for kiddies anymore !! :-)
> > > But none of them had that magic or incredible dialogue anymore....
> > >
> > > Perhaps we're getting older.. dunno.
> > >
> > > Oh well, it could have been worse, it could have had Whoopi
> > Goldberg in
> > > it !!!!
> > >
> > > I just keep watching Firefly or Serenity these days to relax, I'll
> > > always be a big sucker for Josh Whedon.
> > >
> > > B rgds,
> > > Kris
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 08:49 -0400, Tony Rudzki wrote:
> > >> Has anyone noticed that Lucas took all the fun out of Star Wars
> > after, oh, I
> > >> dont know, The Empire Strikes Back?
> > >>
> > >> Just. So. Bad.
> > >>
> > >> Ok, Maybe after Return of the Jedi....but we could debate that...
> > >>
> > >> George? Han shot first....just so you know.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> TonyR
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:34 AM, wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> Has anyone ever noticed in 'Attack Of The Clones' that - despite
> > hobbling
> > >>> into the cave - Yoda
> > >>> fights with Count Dooku, spinning around in a manner to make
> > Bruce Lee
> > >>> envious.... :-)
> > >>> (his limp is the worst when he leaves the gunship after the
> > fight at the
> > >>> "amphi theater")
> > >>>
> > >>> I mean, why does he need the cane in the first place anyway ?
> > >>> Digital Yoda outperforms any cat fight !
> > >>>
> > >>> B rgds
> > >>> Kris
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> > ------------------------------------



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Re: OT - Re: And Now for something completely different : Attack of the Clones - Tony Rudzki - Aug 14 12:05:23 2009

There are a TON of Monster movies made in the 50's involving all sorts of
insects that could be redone... Back then we were blaming nuclear testing,
but I guess now, we'll have to blame the giant praying mantis on either
global warming or "man polluting the planet"

And what IS hollywoods facination with taking so-so TV shows, which ran
multiple seasons, and making movies out of them? Dukes of Hazzard? Brady
bunch?

Good movies =3D theatre & DVD sales.... Bad Movies =3D Loss of money......i=
ts
not hard.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Microbit_Ubuntu <
m...@virginbroadband.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Augusto,
>
> Too right !
> I guess we can just wait for Hollywood to bugger up other greats such as
> "Them!" (The huge ants).
> .. Or what about Jack Arnold's Chef D'Oeuvre, "The Incredible Shrinking
> Man" ? (announced for 2010).
>
> And it's the '80s as well...
> Magnum PI in 2011.... That'll be another joke I'm sure....
>
> B rgds
> Kris
> On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 15:33 +0000, Augusto Einsfeldt wrote:
> > When the PIC did show-up in the market (a century ago) and I saw it=B4s
> architecture the exactly first
> > thing I thought was to use thousands of it interconnected to make a
> neural network. AtTiny was the
> > second candidate but still power consumption too high.
> > When MSP430 rised the necessary techonology seesm to be in place.
> Self-programmability (most
> > important feature after low power), analog I/O, good precision internal
> oscilator, good amount of
> > FLASH and SRAM are the key for a smart neural network. Now make it in a
> shape that one can throw
> > them loose in a can and they connect to each other with sensing,
> communication and power.
> > Maybe we can see real thinking toys before we die..
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Augusto
> > BTW, I=B4d like to see Clarke's Chilhood's End on big screen but not ma=
de
> by Holywood's pop-corn sales
> > people. They already burned to ashes the Time Machine, The Day Earth
> Stood Still and War of the
> > Worlds... The old 60's ones are still much much much better.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sex 14/08/09 11:18 , OneStone o...@bigpond.net.au pond.net.au>sent:
> > > Hi Kris I have to agree with you on that one. Firefly, and Serendity
> > >
> > > were some of the best Scifi made recently. Off course they took it
> > > off,
> > > it was too good, but then some redemption, Terminator, the Sarah
> > > Conner
> > > Chronicles, better than most of the terminator films, and who can go
> > >
> > > past River Tamm as a killer Android.
> > > Obviously powered bya future generation MSP430, just to stay on
> > > topic
> > > Al
> > > Microbit_Ubuntu wrote:
> > > > Hi Tony,
> > > >
> > > > He seemed to have followed suit with 'The Crystal Skull' ....
> > > > I thought it wasn't too bad really, but it's no Raiders of the
> > > lost Ark
> > > > anymore :-(
> > > > Nothing to do with Ford's age btw - so what, we ALL get old(er).
> > > > Just seemed to reach for CGI way too easily...
> > > > You look at James Cameron in comparison - CGI seems to be his
> > > _last_
> > > > resort, not his _first_....
> > > >
> > > > I disliked the Phantom Menace, thought was the Clones was OK and
> > > quite
> > > > liked the Sith Revenge (not for kiddies anymore !! :-)
> > > > But none of them had that magic or incredible dialogue anymore....
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps we're getting older.. dunno.
> > > >
> > > > Oh well, it could have been worse, it could have had Whoopi
> > > Goldberg in
> > > > it !!!!
> > > >
> > > > I just keep watching Firefly or Serenity these days to relax, I'll
> > > > always be a big sucker for Josh Whedon.
> > > >
> > > > B rgds,
> > > > Kris
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 08:49 -0400, Tony Rudzki wrote:
> > > >> Has anyone noticed that Lucas took all the fun out of Star Wars
> > > after, oh, I
> > > >> dont know, The Empire Strikes Back?
> > > >>
> > > >> Just. So. Bad.
> > > >>
> > > >> Ok, Maybe after Return of the Jedi....but we could debate that...
> > > >>
> > > >> George? Han shot first....just so you know.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> TonyR
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:34 AM, wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Has anyone ever noticed in 'Attack Of The Clones' that - despite
> > > hobbling
> > > >>> into the cave - Yoda
> > > >>> fights with Count Dooku, spinning around in a manner to make
> > > Bruce Lee
> > > >>> envious.... :-)
> > > >>> (his limp is the worst when he leaves the gunship after the
> > > fight at the
> > > >>> "amphi theater")
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I mean, why does he need the cane in the first place anyway ?
> > > >>> Digital Yoda outperforms any cat fight !
> > > >>>
> > > >>> B rgds
> > > >>> Kris
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >



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