This is a really cool advance when working with molecules you already know the shape of, but it still doesn't get around the problem of what shape a molecule is in the first place. A protein molecule will naturally collapse into the shape with the lowest energy. If there are 100 atoms in the main chain, that's 99 different angles that it could have, that's 99 degrees of freedom.
I hear that genetic algorithms are pretty good at finding the most lightly shape though, so this may not be as big a problem as it used to be.
Also, with many classical works, not only has the copyright expired, but some of the best performances were recorded more than 50 years ago, so are out of copyright in the UK at least. There is very little reason to pay for anything written before the late romantic period anyway, so what do the BBC trust think they are playing at?
There are about 60 million people in the UK, and this device is said to be connected to a database of 6.5 million prints. It seems to me that this will not "speed things up" at all, if about 90% of the time there will be no recognition from the machine. This looks rather like another excuse to collect biometric data on people for use later.
being able to use asymtotic notation for bounds on algorithm running times, and a good basis in proofs in order to prove them once you've come up with something. Also solving recurences, and proving them is invaluable. There are some other things that are very usesfull on a day to day basis, like linear algebra (spesifically coding theroy), geometry, graph theroy, counting and probability (but thats more of an ai thing)
Eating hot chillies is knowen to relese endorphins, which is why they feel good to eat. Does this mean that people will be poisening themselvs with tarantulas to get a high?
Come to Scotland, IT'S NOT ENGALND. Although our foreign policy is still decided by the parliament in Westminster and so have the same problems there, we have our own parliament that deals with domestic stuff, and although it has no powers over such matters, is in constant disagreement with Westminster. In fact I believe one of the articles on Slashdot the other day was by Mark Ballard, a Green member of the Scottish parliament.
As a 19 year old perpetual tea drinker I could not agree more. I constantly see my peers running around like headless chickens doing pointless things and not being relaxed, and so have taken it upon myself to provide as much tea to everyone as I can. From this I have learned that it is not old age that brings wisdom, but the mighty drink of tea. If all Americans drank tea think how much better evrything would be.
Also, listening to Peter Gabriel, especially the Genesis stuff is infinatly more plesurable when drinking tea.
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This is a really cool advance when working with molecules you already know the shape of, but it still doesn't get around the problem of what shape a molecule is in the first place. A protein molecule will naturally collapse into the shape with the lowest energy. If there are 100 atoms in the main chain, that's 99 different angles that it could have, that's 99 degrees of freedom. I hear that genetic algorithms are pretty good at finding the most lightly shape though, so this may not be as big a problem as it used to be.
Also, with many classical works, not only has the copyright expired, but some of the best performances were recorded more than 50 years ago, so are out of copyright in the UK at least. There is very little reason to pay for anything written before the late romantic period anyway, so what do the BBC trust think they are playing at?
There are about 60 million people in the UK, and this device is said to be connected to a database of 6.5 million prints. It seems to me that this will not "speed things up" at all, if about 90% of the time there will be no recognition from the machine. This looks rather like another excuse to collect biometric data on people for use later.
never. thats why I do CompSci, not english
being able to use asymtotic notation for bounds on algorithm running times, and a good basis in proofs in order to prove them once you've come up with something. Also solving recurences, and proving them is invaluable. There are some other things that are very usesfull on a day to day basis, like linear algebra (spesifically coding theroy), geometry, graph theroy, counting and probability (but thats more of an ai thing)
Eating hot chillies is knowen to relese endorphins, which is why they feel good to eat. Does this mean that people will be poisening themselvs with tarantulas to get a high?
Come to Scotland, IT'S NOT ENGALND. Although our foreign policy is still decided by the parliament in Westminster and so have the same problems there, we have our own parliament that deals with domestic stuff, and although it has no powers over such matters, is in constant disagreement with Westminster. In fact I believe one of the articles on Slashdot the other day was by Mark Ballard, a Green member of the Scottish parliament.
Is it just me or does Revolution X sound like it could have been a good idea for a game if you replaced aerosmith with spinal tap?
As a 19 year old perpetual tea drinker I could not agree more. I constantly see my peers running around like headless chickens doing pointless things and not being relaxed, and so have taken it upon myself to provide as much tea to everyone as I can. From this I have learned that it is not old age that brings wisdom, but the mighty drink of tea. If all Americans drank tea think how much better evrything would be. Also, listening to Peter Gabriel, especially the Genesis stuff is infinatly more plesurable when drinking tea.