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An anonymous reader writes "Using genetic algorithms to breed strings of computer code graphically, this week's Nature magazine describes results from Caltech and Michigan State. Their program is Avida. While they mainly mimic mutation, not genetic cross-over [or inheritance (thus wiping away much memory of initial conditions)], their simulations show how a short-term backward step in survival strategies can generate innovative advances. It is not unlike running a maze which necessarily involves testing alot of dead-ends, and thus shares the graphical look of Conway's classic Game of Life." Here's a National Geographic story about this as well, or see their press release.
Being 6 feet tall, half way attractive, and 19 years old becoming a model has been a been a dream of mine since I discovered Nikki Taylor when I was 10, but I got over the idea when I grew up and realized how much work it would take and depending solely on my looks to become successful. I surely have more to offer than that. I would never ever post my pictures on the WORLD WIDE WEB. As I watched the show I was baffled as to why Cindy's mother would allow her to take such photos and then let people all over the world view them! I was outraged! First of all, little girl's clothing of today is getting skimpier and skimpier and I think it is disgusting! Why would a mother let her 12 year old child pose in pictures for all the world to see, so she can "get noticed?" That's stupid anyway, trying to get noticed requires a lot more than putting pictures on the Internet it requires money time and dedication, lots of visits to Talent agencies and lots of trips to model searches. And to the comment Cindy's mother made about some of the money going to the agency when and if Cindy gets discovered what does she think is gonna happen when and if she makes it big? Another thing I noticed was that when Oprah asked Cindy what she wanted to be when she grew up she replied "an actor," well if Cindy knew she wanted to be an "actor" why didn't she know she meant to say actress? I think her mother is exploiting her into something she doesn't even want to do! Cindy kept mentioning dancing, well then she should go for that. What's the deal with moms pushing their kids to be famous nowadays anyway? Do we not remember what happened to Jean Bennett Ramsey? The whole idea of little girls or boys, for that matter, being gussied up to look good enough to make it big makes me sick! My Mom always says I'm old fashioned, because I tell her how sick it makes me to see little "teeny boppers" (10-14 yrs. old maybe even younger) with cell phones short shorts and high heals what the hell is wrong with mothers now adays? When I have a daughter she will have to wait until she is a certain age to even wear a low-heal dress shoe, like I did! Maybe I'm getting off topic, maybe I wouldn't be so mad if Cindy was on a professional web site like say for Target or something more age appropriate. The web site her family has made for her is a mimic of erotic and sexually related websites. It showcases an innocent unknowing girl for sexual predators. The whole idea makes me sick to my stomach.
This is pretty old damn news.
Seriously, I saw this shit on TV in the early nineties.
Allow me to take this opportunity to point out that Linuk$ is poopy poop. Linus is a borg guy with a little borg thing on his head. And I get kernel panics all the time and have to reboot a million times an hour.
Oh s/Linuk$/Micro$oft and s/Linus/Gates so then you can mod me up instead of down.
This is nowhere near a first post, btw.
Hmm...
How does starting with
- 'a few thousand lines of c',
- a well-defined 'parameter space',
- 'filtering the bad missteps'
compare with the real world, where we started with absolutely nothing?
In the real world, where did the c code come from? What about the filtering rules?
The reason evolutionists have to keep coming up with new proofs of their theory is that the old ones keep getting disproved! Wait until one has lasted a few decades, and then we'll talk.
If you carefully read the article, and if you know anything about programming, you would realize that these scientists have deluded themselves and deceived everyone else. Their end result was achieved because they programmed it that way. A careful analysis of thier code would verify this I am sure...that is why I say they should publish their code on a web site so I and others can look at it before they start making such claims. Their end result proves nor disproves anything.