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Finally got all the parts today to build an AVR based DIY 4WD autonomous rover.
Something I've been wanting to do for a long time.
I think I should call it the Mr. Magoo mobile cause I know for the first few attempts it's going to run into everything.
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Videos please (as you get things working) 
I've got a bunch of ideas for an autonomous vehicle, and a big box of parts I haven't done anything with 
Guess I have more money than time...
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I have to work on embedding videos on my site but I definitely plan on documenting.
It will probably be a series of articles.
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Haha. Hmm, where do you get the materials from? Any links I can check out? That sounds interesting.
djj55: Nice but may have a permission problem
Pete O'Hanlon: He has my permission to run it.
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Excellent.
What sort of sensors are you using to make it autonomous? sonar, touch, camera?
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Have you seen his profile pic?
It's either going to use a big stick or magic... 
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 Yeah been working on a cane algorithm so can tap my way around the room.
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So far have plans on mounting a Sharp Distance Sensor[^] on a servo that's to be mounted on the front of the unit. I've been working on developing the sensor firmware all week while waiting on the rest of my stuff to be delivered today, in fact controller board should be here any minute.
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Don't forget the photos and videos then!
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Will do, 8X10 glossies.
But I won't sit on the group W bench.
A line from Alice's restaurant, am I aging myself or what?
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Mike Hankey wrote: am I aging myself or what?
Hardly... I can still play it on the guitar! That's old. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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I can hum it.
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Could post one to code project.
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Article, please.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Veni, vidi, vici.
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If you paint it red, it would be a red rover.
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Oh goody, Microsoft's up to old tricks!
The last time I booted my work PC to a message informing mt that Windows was applying update 3546 of 47257, when it finished and rebooted itself I found an error message relating to Roxio Creator Starter, which Dell preinstalled on this machine when we bought it. I also discovered shortly after that the built in DOS functions for networking (ping, tracert, etc) were no longer recognized as valid functions. After a bit of head scratching I thought to look in the ENV variable via the PATH command; it had been wiped clean.
I manually rebuilt it using another computer in the office for a reference list of items that should be in the string list, but it's incomplete. Still, it got me back running to some extent. But that didn't solve the Roxio problem with startup. I obtained the Roxio re-installation CD that came with the computer and ran it yesterday; voila, it fixed the error message! 
So this morning there's a problem on our network, and went went spelunking in the dark underbelly of things using nslookup. Whoops... back to square one; command not recognized! Grrr Another peek using PATH revealed that the Roxio installation completely wiped my existing strings, and replaced them only with those required by Roxio; everything else is gone.
Some programmers deserve to be shot, and whoever wrote the installation script for this product should be first in line!!!!
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: Microsoft's up to old tricks!
Roger Wright wrote: the Roxio installation completely wiped my existing strings, and replaced them only with those required by Roxio; everything else is gone.
So how are you going to blame Microsoft for a cr@p installer from Roxio?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Windows Update created the chain of events, just like the bad old days. MS is much, much better at updating without destroying than they used to be, but they still have their bad days. Like all of us...
Roxio, I presume, merely learned from their fine example of selling untested, defective products.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: their fine example of selling untested, defective products.
Microsoft do not, have not, and will not sell "untested, defective products".
All their defective products are fully tested.
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That's memorable. 
Veni, vidi, vici.
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Microsoft Automatic Corruptdates. Turn them off.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
After all we've all got work to do right?
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