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Synthetic Interview With Bill Joy
generic-man writes: "As part of the Earthware Symposium on the next 50 years of technology, Carnegie Mellon researchers invited many people prominent in technology to speak about what lies ahead. They created a Synthetic Interview with Bill Joy -- ask it a question, and you'll get the most appropriate answer out of the many that were provided. Questions about the future of technology are the most appropriate things to ask him."
EA's NHL sucks... John Madden on the Amiga 500 rules. It sucks, it rules, no compromise.
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I would have gone to this symposium, but I was at work :-(
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actually, the WebClass part says even more, fsckin COM objects written in VB are about as reliable as an octogenarian's bladder.
meh.
First off, I had woken up rather late (day after having 3 midterms in the same day), so I missed the synthetic interview with Bill Joy. I did, however, get to see the later synthetic interview, "Thoughts from Sri Lanka" with Arthur C. Clarke.
Unfortunately, due to poor health, he wasn't able to go through the hours of interviewing necessary for a "proper" synthetic interview, and was thus only able to answer a few questions. Because of this, they set up a "synthetic" synthetic interview, where the Dean of the School of Computer Science, Jim Morris, "pre-asked" all the questions Arthur C. Clarke was able to answer on videotape.
One of the questions I recall had to do with Napster-like technologies and its effect on copyright. He remarked how this was an important issue because it hit him right in the pocketbook, and how it would be important to find new ways to compensate people for their creative work. Hopefully, he said, such a compensation would not be in dot-com stock.
Another interesting remark was his thought that, if possible, every village in 3rd world countries should have access to at least one public computer terminal of sorts, to allow them to stay connected with the rest of the world.
Besides the "synthetic" synthetic interview with Arthur C. Clarke, there were quite a few other interesting bits of the Symposium. For example, I got to sit about 5 feet away from Alexander Singer, famous for directing a crapload of Star Trek stuff. I also got to listen to Lee Sproull, who was the co-author of a paper I had read earlier in the year in my English course, "Atheism, Sex, and Databases: The Internet as a Social Technology."
Also of significant interest was a talk by Nobel prize-winner Herbert Simon, one of the founders of AI and partial namesake of the Newell-Simon Hall being dedicated in coordination with the Symposium.
The ceremonial opening of Newell-Simon Hall (a great place to eat Chinese food, btw), was also great fun. There were violinists performing, and some very expensive food. There were also various CMU robots wandering around, all of which were quite interesting.
All in all, an enlightening experience.
drink || die while (1);
it'd have the same effect...
[someone, somewhere, playing the game]: "Hey Beowulf!" (drinks cluster) "Woahh just thought of a great Beowulf post myself..." (clickedy click submit)
[someone, somewhere else, also a player]: "Heavens to Betsy! a full brace of Beowulf cluster related posts?!?!? Two more bottles of Buckfast Abbey's finest if you would Jeeves!" (glugugugugug) "Why I do believe that a post to end all posts relating to Beowulf clusters has lodged itself in my counciousness..." (clickety etc)
multiply that by the number of reasons to drink...
~ppppppppö
"Hey its one a.m! Go out to a bar, or see whats new on Slashdot.org."
Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know.
I remember somebody predicting that kernel 2.4 would be out by the Fall. Too bad I can't knit a sweater or a warm pair of socks for the Winter with all that spinned yarn, because it looks like it'll be a cold day....
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Would be a virtual interview with Bill GATES.
All you need is one answer:
"Windows will solve that for you."
I read the subject and I swear it said Interview with Billy Joel
I want to have an interview with Bill Joy, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs, etc in 1000 years. all those little heads in glass bell jars, eating flies.
EOM
Is my realplayer hosed, or was this slashdotted within seconds of getting posted?
Is that like the traveling salesman?
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Have you ever played that old game consult Eliza? Only difference was you could fire off obscenities at her and she would get angry.
Bill Joy just crashed when I asked him a question. This world we live in is far to surreal when a statement like the previous one makes sense.
Artificial Stupidity was perfected in the enemy behavior code of the Tomb Raider games. I believe it was also partially based on the CPU code the earlier versions of EA's NHL series.
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I'd ask "him" myself, but the site's already slashdotted. I mean, he was the principal designer of BSD, got the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award (think Nobel prize for computer geeks under 30), was all over pipeline structure for the Sparcs and NFS (ok, maybe we should skip that last one). Here was a fellow who really knew technology from the inside out and who had a vision for how things ought to be: not dictated from management or marketing, but from an engineer himself. I respected him.
But now look at him. Co-chairman of the Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee. You can even listen to him discuss all the "great problems" his panel worked on, all the "exciting directions" he and the panel (and the Federal government) will take us in the next century.
Don't get me wrong. I like the Federal government. I think it's a great testimony to the strength of our democracy and constitution that our government has the ability to adapt to changing times and assume the vital roles our states can no longer play themselves (at least in the last eighty years or so). But at the same time, it's the same government that can't seem to keep its hands of the technology sector. Build this bomb; don't distribute these songs; don't do drugs or use the internet to tell your friends how to do drugs.
And where is Bill Joy in all this? He signs right up to be a big part. Not just a panel member, but the co-chairman. I'm not sure I would've done any different in his shoes, but then I don't have his stock options. I have a mortgage to pay and mouths to feed (if you count my pets -- I sure do). Power is seductive, but maybe he even could've made some great use of his. Maybe he could've brought a strong voice to the table and guided our nation with sensible national policy in this area for a change.
But did he? The answer is clearly 'no' or else we'd have heard of it by now. Did any of you even remember that panel when it was formed or what came out of it? It was buried pages deep in the New York Times. Not even the science&technology section made much fanfare.
Frankly, I'm disappointed with the guy. He let us all down.
-- Anne Marie
Does this mean we'll get to see Bill Joy and Bertrand Russel team up against Ayn Rand and Barbie? This whole thing stinks of Andrej Bauer...
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Good thing its just a program
Bill Joy's slashdotted
Does anybody ever keep track of whether any of these futuristic predictions are coming true? If nobody checks up on how good these predictions are turning out, it's basically a cottage industry to subsidize some guys sitting and spinning yarn.
I keep reading predictions in almost every magazine, but nobody ever cross-checks and makes a comparison. eg., "XYZ predicted this 5 yrs ago, and it was total crap" or "It's on track and the pieces are coming together".
The only two exceptions have been Cliff Stoll and Bob Metcalfe. Their biggest mistake was that they actually predicted something measurable in their lifetime, and even worse, about something less than 5 yrs in the future. I guess Bill Joy, Kurzweil and the rest have learnt from it and make sure to predict the future 20 or 50 yrs or so. That way, they will have sold all their books and be treated as "accurate" visionaries in their lifetime.
As Homer would say - So long suckers!
w/m
Azile was eliza's 'brother' program. talk about a rude bastard!
Time for some tasty Shiner Bock!
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So, you're saying you don't know either?
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Search Google for Dr. Sbaitso
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Let's listen in for a moment, shall we?
Bill:Man, I'm beat! WAY too many questions today!
Eliza:You look pretty tired but you just got started, pal! Wait until you've been doing this for a while like us! I fold!
Bill:I was doing ok and fending fairly well until about 10pm or so. I just suddenly got pummeled! I'll see your bet and raise you!
Eliza:That'd be those Slashdot people!
Bill:Who?
Dr. Saibatso:You'll get to know 'em REALLY well, in due time! Just keep making the news every so often! I've got three Jacks!
Bill:Eliza, does that beat my flush?
Eliza:Sure does, Bill, we're not AI for nothing you know!
Bill:DAMN!
Fade away as The Dr. and Eliza wink at each other...
...when they get rid of Forum 2000? Sure, the forum started getting lame, but please...
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I think this is how the networks staged the presidential debates!!
This is a reminder not to believe everything you see. Unless you're a Simpsons fan, of course, then you already know:
Homer: Somebody had to take the babysitter home. Then I noticed she was sitting on [splice] her sweet [splice] can. [splice] -- o I grab her -- [splice] sweet can. [splice] Oh, just thinking about [splice] her [splice] can [splice] I just wish I had he -- [splice] sweet [splice] sweet [splice] s-s-sweet [splice] can.
Jones: So, Mr. Simpson: you admit you grabbed her can. What do you have to say in your defense?
Homer: [looking lustful in a clearly-paused VCR shot]
Jones: Mr. Simpson, your silence will only incriminate you further.
[paused shot of Homer grows larger]
No, Mr. Simpson, don't take your anger out on me. Get back! Get back! Mist -- Mr. Simpson -- nooo!
Man: [quickly] Dramatization -- may not have happened.
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