A few criteria, on the other hand, may be many orders of magnitude more costly (such as raycasts). We should defer these tests as long as possible, so as to minimize the number of candidates we have to run them for. By discard- ing points quickly with cheap filters, then evaluating ...
1939: Little green army men JWPhotowerks // flickr 1939: Little green army men These little plastic toy soldiers were first produced in 1938, and—what timing—when World War II began in 1939, the popularity of the toys took off. Today, we can find them in all sorts of poses, includin...
If someone pays taxes to the government to fund an army for defense, and the money is used to finance a war where soldiers are instructed to attack a village and in doing so, a few soldiers torture prisoners for personal gratification, we would not normally say the moral responsibility of ...
On December 9, 1917, fifty-seven days after the Miracle of the Sun, the British Army under the command of General Sir Edmund Allenby took control of Jerusalem, seizing it from the Ottoman Turks. Thus ended 673 years of continuous Muslim control of the holy city stretching back to August 23...
MacGruber peels the carrot with his Swiss Army Knife. EXT. RAIL YARD WAREHOUSE -- DAY Three guards stand watch. Suddenly, an odd noise is heard echoing off the buildings. GUARD What the hell is that? The guards look around, guns at the ready. The noises get louder. GUARD POV - ...
The invention was made with Government support by the Department of the Army. The Government has certain rights in the invention. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure is generally related to electromechanical devices and, more particularly, is related to systems and methods for angular rate and po...
As it has with its GPS units and golf apps, Golflogix keeps products up to date, despite remodels, weather events and other course changed, largely thanks to its army of five million product owners. I’ve reported a couple inaccuracies on the app and saw it fixed within 48 hours. “We...
Like rulers, co-rulers do not count towards the number of positions that a family holds unless they also hold another position, of which they can only be appointed as army commanders (legates, tribunes, generals) and admirals. Co-rulers get the following character modifiers: +3% Monthly ...
The fractional order proportional-integral-derivative (FOPID) controller can improve the control performances of the conventional integer order PID controller with respect to the additional fractional differential and integral orders; however, choosing five interdependent control parameters including proportional...