he's making the classic mistake of assuming progress is linear. we've seen time and time and time and time and time again that progress is exponential (or better.)
here's a powerful idea that hopefully the slashdotters will hear:
consider the possibility of programming by SEARCHING for the best program.
say you want the fastest program to sort 1000 numbers. rather than wrack your brain coming-up with some varient of quick sort - you merely ask your dna/quantum computer to consider ALL the programs (of less than 1024 bytes) and spit out the one that works with the fewest comparisons.
or recognize spoken words... or factor large numbers... or solve NP=P...
the chances of us getting hit by a sizable asteroid are almost nil. can slashdot PLEASE show some scientific common sense and NOT perpetuate the hysteria?
anyone know a good email address at yahoo where we can voice our concerns?
K.
i got a job that way...
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Time Travel
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after myst came out, i loved it, and wanted to
work for cyan on riven.
O
OO oh course EVERYONE wanted to work for cyan on
riven.
OOO
OOO so i wrote them a letter, on a clay tablet,
O OO O explaining that they needed to hire me, so that
OOOOO we could discover time travel, so that they
OOOO OO could come back in time and save me where i'd
OOOOOOOO been stranded by my broken time machine.
OOOOO OO
OOOOOOOO i got the job anyway.
OOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOO K.
it's not that i mind the repeats. i mean, who cares if you see the story twice, right?
what i DO mind, is that the editors of slashdot seem to have SO LITTLE concern for the material they produce. it makes me wish they cared about this news as much as i do.
Slashdot Mirror
Second Life lets you create arbitrary content.
Greg Egan is a damn genius. "Permutation City" is a must read.
he's making the classic mistake of assuming progress is linear. we've seen time and time and time and time and time again that progress is exponential (or better.)
human genome project?
Moore's law?
K.
a hurricane is approaching new orleans!
soon to be posted: Bush's chances for 2004.
ditto baby.
i think it's about time for "backslash.org".
K.
never mind the virus-
windows now has a decent shell?!
will wonders never cease?
K.
i'm developing a theory:
that Zonk is a fictional editor - created by the real editors so that they don't look as bad by comparison.
nice try guys, but we're on to you.
K.
i'd just like to point out what happens to your gui when you have compositing effects:
http://www.qarl.com/menu/waterworks/dialog.mov
K.
haven't been following the news, eh?
K.
yes, it's a hodge-podge, make-shift, kludgey mess.
but make no mistake. no matter how imperfect, hobbled, or inelegant - the first von Neumann machine will start an exponential avalanche.
welcome the singularity.
K.
i see that too. i guess they're using yacc.
K.
what about burning melting dialog boxes?
K.
fyi -
parallel universes predict immortality. search for quantum immortality or read my own take, here.
K.
> You might want to consider doing some reading
you might want to consider rereading my post.
K.
here's a powerful idea that hopefully the slashdotters will hear:
consider the possibility of programming by SEARCHING for the best program.
say you want the fastest program to sort 1000 numbers. rather than wrack your brain coming-up with some varient of quick sort - you merely ask your dna/quantum computer to consider ALL the programs (of less than 1024 bytes) and spit out the one that works with the fewest comparisons.
or recognize spoken words... or factor large numbers... or solve NP=P...
K.
a better idea for getting your exercise through video gaming - a motion capture suit.
imagine everquest - but when you go to cast a spell, you have to perform an intricate gesture with your arms and hands.
K.
the chances of us getting hit by a sizable asteroid are almost nil. can slashdot PLEASE show some scientific common sense and NOT perpetuate the hysteria?
anyone know a good email address at yahoo where we can voice our concerns?
K.
after myst came out, i loved it, and wanted to work for cyan on riven. O OO oh course EVERYONE wanted to work for cyan on riven. OOO OOO so i wrote them a letter, on a clay tablet, O OO O explaining that they needed to hire me, so that OOOOO we could discover time travel, so that they OOOO OO could come back in time and save me where i'd OOOOOOOO been stranded by my broken time machine. OOOOO OO OOOOOOOO i got the job anyway. OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO K.
OOOO O um, hey.
OOOO O
OOOO O O the apple.slashdot.org idea is dumb.
OOOO OOO
OOOOO O stop pushing it and let it die.
OOOOO O
OOO O
OOO O
OOO O K.
i know piracy is bad, and all -
but could someone make copies of these?
i just want to "time shift" is all.
-k
> There are always bigger fish.
sure sure. it's a game, see. now who can beat you?
-k
my first post -1988-11-02 - BEAT IT.
it's not that i mind the repeats. i mean, who cares if you see the story twice, right?
what i DO mind, is that the editors of slashdot seem to have SO LITTLE concern for the material they produce. it makes me wish they cared about this news as much as i do.
-k
wait, let me get this straight: a finite resource that's in high demand has become scarce?!
HOLY COW! alert the news! UFOs must be involved.
-k