;) With that in mind, I went out and bought the most obnoxiously antiquated coffee making apparatus I could find. I have a hand grinder, which is challenging to operate because you have to hold it down while you're turning the crank, which fights back very chaotically as it hits different beans, different types of coffee also also affect how easy it is to turn the crank. Also, the drawer is much too small so you have to empty it three or four times before the bowl is fully ground.
Once that is done, you need to set up the percolator. You need to check that it is clean and ready for use, then you have to set the top aside, pull the column out, remove the spreader, measure out the correct quantity of grounds into the basket, replace the spreader, blow any stray grounds off of the base of the column, fill the pot to the correct line, which is faintly stamped into the side of the pot near the handle. Then you have to put the column into the pot, replace the lid, and then put the entire assembly on the stove, light the burner then set it to on the low side of medium. I found the temperature of the handle is a good proxy indicator of when it's done, when it is almost too hot to handle, you're done. (about 10-12 minutes all told) With the right beans, this process does produce a very smooth, rich coffee; not very dark though. pour, add sugar, serve. =P What? Did you expect me to let the robot use a K-cup machine? =P Mike Tintner wrote: > *P.S. Steve,* > ** > *Just so you (& Sergio) & others start to get an inkling of where this > is going, and what it has to do with AGI, and why it is the v. centre of > AGI, think back to the Woz test. Remember, that test is going to take > the form of the robot being told - just as any human can be told:* > ** > * GO TO THE KITCHEN (& MAKE COFFEE)* > ** > ** > That’s it, that’s all you need to tell any human in any normal house – > and the rest is history. So that’s what our robot AGI will have to be > able to understand and respond to. > > So please express those concepts which are pivotal to AGI in math. notation: > > GO > > TO > > THE > > KITCHEN > > and please explain how a robot or any real world agent can understand > your notation so as to complete the task indicated. -- E T F N H E D E D Powers are not rights. ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
