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work is a quarter of what it would have been. An interactive tutorial on CMOS can be
found at http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/cmos/cmosdemo.html.
Processor Power States
As we’ve mentioned before, processors have distinct energy-saving states. Pick a pro-
cessor that has the types of energy-saving states that will match the operating require-
ments of the robot you are building.
Further, if the robot is to operate in a remote environment (with some remote con-
trol), consider giving the operators the ability to alter the processor power state from
afar. This is a feature that may just “save the bacon” of the project team someday. Those
reading translations of this text are now rather quite confused at this porcine idiom. As
an experiment, I have fed this paragraph to a computerized translator and translated it
from English to German and back. Before considering building a robot translator, read
the next paragraph. I’m sure it will give my editor fits. The two translations follow. Try
it yourself at http://babel.altavista.com/tr.
Here’s the automatic translation into German:

Weiter wenn der Roboter in einer Aussenstelle funktionieren soll (mit etwas
Fernbedienung), betrachten Sie, den Operatoren die Fähigkeit zu geben, um den
Prozessorenergie Zustand von fern zu ändern. Dieses ist eine Eigenschaft, die ger-
ade save der Speck kann. von der Projektmannschaft eines Tages. Die Leseüber-
setzungen dieses Textes sind jetzt an diesem schweineartigen Idiom eher ziemlich
konfus. Als Experiment habe ich diesen Punkt zu einem automatisierten Überset-
zer eingezogen und ihm von englischem zum Deutschen und zur Rückseite über-
setzt. Bevor Sie einen Roboterübersetzer errichtend betrachten, lesen Sie den
folgenden Punkt. Sicheres I.m gibt er meinem Herausgeber Sitze. Die Überset-
zung folgt. Versuchen Sie sie sich an http://babel.altavista.com/tr.

Here’s the automatic translation back to English again:

Far one if the robot in a branch office to function is (with something remote main-
tenance), regards you, to give to the operators the ability in order to change the
processor energy condition from a distance. This is save a characteristic, the
straight the bacon can from the project crew of a daily. The read translations of this
text are now considerable at this pig-like Idiom rather konfus. As experiment I
drew in this point to an automated translator and him from English to the German
and to the back translated. Before you regard a robot translator establishing, read