Some of the replies in this thread are disturbing. You're judging "microsoft" the whole as "microsoft the OS", maybe even "microsoft Vista".
Did anybody who complained about the robotics studio actually try it? Somehow, I doubt it...
It may or may not have all the problems that seem to be expected, but it's unfair to automatically judge it based where it came from. That tactic, when applied to people, is called racist.
I guess my oriignal remarks seemed flippant, and I will be more careful in future (apologies to wjsteele in particular). As heater pointed out, RDS is not actually a product that can be used to build an autonomous robot - it is a product intended to simulate or control robots using Windows.
So our fears about world domination from Redmond are probably completely unfounded .... Hey, hang on a minute ... why is my mouse moving by itself? ... Help! It's got it's cord wrapped around my neck ... AARRGGHH!!!
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Catalina - a FREE C compiler for the Propeller - see Catalina
This is really not that big of a deal. It's just an extension of genetic engineering that's already been going on. What makes this claim somewhat bogus is that there are tons of activities that take place between the genetic code and the final function(s). The processes that take place in the cell after the DNA is "read" are where most of the complexity lies and these guys didn't make any of that, they just hijacked it by sticking their codes in an already existing cell. In fact, biologists are still relatively clueless about the enormously complex activities that take place after the DNA code is "read". The codes are read, edited, sometimes repeated, sometimes spliced, altered in amazing ways often in response to environmental stresses, signals, quorum sensing, etc. Between the DNA code and the final functions, there's a whole lot of biochemical voodoo goes on, the dolls of which nobody yet has a good handle on.
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One, Microsoft's Robotics page at www.microsoft.com/robotics
Two, Microsoft's MSDN Page on Robot Development at msdn.microsoft.com/library/cc998486
Lastly, some site I found that has a bunch of videos at the bottom at idealprogrammer.com/videos/microsoft-robotics-development-studio-15-free-video-tutorials/ (Scroll all the way to the bottom for the list.)
I'd love to help someone out if they're interested in developing services for the propeller and possibly submitting them to the Obex.
Bill
Did anybody who complained about the robotics studio actually try it? Somehow, I doubt it...
It may or may not have all the problems that seem to be expected, but it's unfair to automatically judge it based where it came from. That tactic, when applied to people, is called racist.
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I guess my oriignal remarks seemed flippant, and I will be more careful in future (apologies to wjsteele in particular). As heater pointed out, RDS is not actually a product that can be used to build an autonomous robot - it is a product intended to simulate or control robots using Windows.
So our fears about world domination from Redmond are probably completely unfounded .... Hey, hang on a minute ... why is my mouse moving by itself? ... Help! It's got it's cord wrapped around my neck ... AARRGGHH!!!
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Catalina - a FREE C compiler for the Propeller - see Catalina
FWIW...
This is really not that big of a deal. It's just an extension of genetic engineering that's already been going on. What makes this claim somewhat bogus is that there are tons of activities that take place between the genetic code and the final function(s). The processes that take place in the cell after the DNA is "read" are where most of the complexity lies and these guys didn't make any of that, they just hijacked it by sticking their codes in an already existing cell. In fact, biologists are still relatively clueless about the enormously complex activities that take place after the DNA code is "read". The codes are read, edited, sometimes repeated, sometimes spliced, altered in amazing ways often in response to environmental stresses, signals, quorum sensing, etc. Between the DNA code and the final functions, there's a whole lot of biochemical voodoo goes on, the dolls of which nobody yet has a good handle on.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteomics