This is the thread where I say things and maybe other people say things too

[JoshInKC]

Yeah, it should be fun and if I can make friends with the drone possessors, I might be able to borrow them to get nice, clear aerial shots of digs in progress which will make presentations a little more interesting.
Hmmm. I wonder if anybody makes a >1 meter photo scale/north arrow.

[Random]

Just have an intern lay down and point.

FWIW, we've been using a lot of drone orthophotography at Oroville. They've also done a bunch of LIDAR surveying (also via drone) and produced 3D site models at a very high resolution. It's super cool stuff.

[JoshInKC]

Sadly, our undergrads are not of a standardized size. Lidar seems like it would be the bomb for landscape feature/form surveys - I'm not sure what exactly the Geography department has equipment-wise (when I was finishing up my geog minor, there was a single post-doc screwing with drones, and I'm not even sure if he's still around), but something that would do lidar would be perfect.

[speedpimp]

Carlo, the guy was in his early 70s when he installed the roof, I doubt he's in business anymore, if he's even still alive.

Guy came today and fixed what needed to be done.

[2ndMoparMan]

Fuck pollen. That is all.

[Alan P]

Sigh. Not sure if she's just playing hard to get or if she's just not interested but too polite to say so.

[MR2 Fan]

Burger King ad taking over Google Home devices.

http://www.spin.com/2017/04/people-a...urger-king-ad/

First, I think this was really stupid of BK to try, but I also think it's a sign of something...where too much automation and technology is a bad thing. I don't own one of these devices and don't see a need for it...at least not one that's always linked to the internet. I've heard of similar issues with Alexa and the Xbox Kinect.

If I had a local "Jarvis" system that was offline unless I specifically requested outside data, that would be fine.

[Freude am Fahren]

If anyone has seen the new Pennzoil Commercial with the yellow Viper, that's filmed in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, and everytime I see it, I laugh because of how much traffic there normally is in all of those areas. Also, I love going through that tunnel at full throttle in my bikes and car. Good times.



Also, I love the little RC camera units they used.

[dodint]

Don't go Viper.

[Freude am Fahren]

Burger King ad taking over Google Home devices.

http://www.spin.com/2017/04/people-a...urger-king-ad/

First, I think this was really stupid of BK to try, but I also think it's a sign of something...where too much automation and technology is a bad thing. I don't own one of these devices and don't see a need for it...at least not one that's always linked to the internet. I've heard of similar issues with Alexa and the Xbox Kinect.

If I had a local "Jarvis" system that was offline unless I specifically requested outside data, that would be fine.

I just played the ad and it didn't work, then read that Google intervened and disabled the ad from being recognized. My home will light up, listen then just do nothing. I repeated the same words, and it worked. That is actually pretty neat that google appears to have made the home recognize that specific voice pattern. Overall, I think it's a pretty clever idea from BK, but I don't like that they edited Wikipedia to do it (which is against the rules).

But your point is spot on about too much automation and tech being bad.

I don't think it will be long until you can tell these things to respond only to your voice after doing a few calibration phrases.