General Tips: ------------- - Drink plenty of fluids. - Drink caffinated soda, DIET so your teeth dont rot - Eat often, smaller meals, snacks. Coding drains the brain - Get some tunes!
We work vendors for a large variety of products, from databases to CORBA OBR's, etc.
The key to resolving these conflicts, as far as we have determined, is knowing EXACTLY what the problem is, what is causing it, and then contacting the appropriate vendor.
Every vendor product has a well defined (at least, in theory) interface and functionality for their product. For example, an Oracle database will have an API for the embedded SQL library, and an ORB vendor will state their CORBA compliance.
If something is not working correctly between components, it is either user error, or a flaw in the component. (or unsupported functionality, but you should have verified this before purchase right?;)
At this point, you know exactly where the problem lies, and which vendor owns the problem.
Large scale distributed computing over heterogenous networks are only suitable for computation that can be broken into discrete computational work pakets.
This is exactly what Distributed.net and Seti are doing, as far as sending a discrete block of data, having the client crunch it, and then return the result.
Some computations require a network of interdependencies int he data set. Such as large scale simulations, which is what this computer will be doing. In such scenarios, there is no way to 'break up' the computational tasks into neat little discrete packets, since they are interdependant.
This requires lot of very fast networking (ccNUMA, very large SMP, etc) on hardware designed specifcally for this type of task.
"In other words, it's a "smartness personality test", rather than some kind of scientific genome test. It is specifically constructed to agree with what society views as "smart" behavior, rather than having any scientific validity as a measure of genetic capability"
You have been reading some interesting fiction.
The purpose of the IQ test is to quantify reasoning ability for various levels of abstract, often counter intuitive thought operations.
This type of mental activity is nearly directly proportional to the pattern matching ability, aka intelligence, of the individual.
While the 'VALUES' of the IQ test are relative, and subject to human error (a small degree I might add), what they MEASURE is a proven, scientifically sound, characteristic of intelligent behavior.
Now, this is just 'RAW' intelligence. People with high IQ's can be quite stupid in other areas, such as emotional intelligence, social intelligence, etc..
Perhaps we can cure the Katz FUD gene.
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I can only hope.
Besides, up until now it has been the blind watch maker designing our hardware.
I like to think that a large body of intelligent minds directing enhancements is a much better option.
autoconf automake aclocal gcc beowulf/clustering portable tools (for unix) CORBA - ACE+TAO, ORBit, MICO DB's - PostgreSQL, mySQL, Oracle,... Apache Modules + LibGimp bash make i could go on.. but its time to go back to work..
Is your only hope to escape any censorship with impunity.
Join freenet and host a freenet server. Then, your information will be distributed via many hosts in a dynamic way.
Use your static server as an index into the freenet content. Let people know what is out there, but dont provide it explicitly on your server(s).
Otherwise, no matter where you are, or what you do, you piss off the wrong people and your site is history. If your lucky that would be the end of it, if not, welcome to big fines and jail time.
Amen brother! I cant beleive microsoft would censor their 'extensions' to kerberos and encroach on such a standard protocol and attempt to censor with legal abuses.
Richard Stallman had some good things to say about copyrights in general in the May issue of Technogloy Reveiw.
The article is on page 32 title Freedom - or Copyright?
Some good quotes:
"Once upon a time, in the age of the printing press, an industrial regulation was established for the business of writing and publishing. It was called copyright. Copyright's purpose was to encourage the publication of a diversity of written works. Copyrights method was to make publishers get permission from authors to reprint recent writings."
Times have changed, and now copyright is the bludgening tool used by large corporations to control information in a way most profitable and advantageous to them. Microsoft has taken this to an art.
With new powers to enforce and further restrict users of copyrioghted works and not the intedned publishers of copyright we are now entering a new era of repression and control by these large greedy entities.
Take a deep breath and look at the changes over the last 100 years or so.. Microsoft is undeniably abusing the DMCA and copyright to prevent the dissemination of information they would prefer to keep secret for technical advantage over competitors.
Period.
This should not be tolerated, and the DMCA should be challenged, perhaps even to the supreme court, as it has proven to be the most powerful threat to freedom in recent years...
Do you relaize that only a very few of allll of the comments posted have anything to do with the full code for the specification?? eveything else is simply in regards to it, or how to get it...
And that is the scary part, because to even think of forcing the removal of content like that is a broad overinterpretation fo the DMCA and a blatant attack on free speach.
Read the comments they listed.. then see if you feel the same.
"First, this issue is *not* one of "freedom of speech", it is a copyright issue, plain and simple"
You bastard.. its a copyright issue for the poster. Get a clue.
"Selective publication by a *private* organization is *not* "censorship" -- censorship is *government* restriction of expression *by use of force* (i.e., law or ordinance.) "
wake up. pull your head out of your ass and put the VB script manual down..
"there is a categorical difference between expressing an idea, and reproducing, verbatim, clearly copyrighted work in violation of the holder's copyright."
True, all of the above Microshaft is attempting to censor. Even the msot remote idea pertaining to the kerberos cracp they intend to censor. Read you fucking idiot, read what they hell they are asking, and the posts they mentioned. Then you *may* get a clue you fucking microshaft lemming..
"Slashdot's anarchistic, intellectually irresponsible response does nothing to bolster individual rights, but actually does the opposite, by obfuscating the real issues"
Riiight,.. thank god for microshithole to save us with their strong moral integrity from the degenerative copryright infridngers.. fuck you..
You dumbass, you miss the point. Go back to your visual basic...
"This isn't about freedom of speech or anything else. It is plain and simple, a posting of content not belonging to the poster or to/. That in itself is illegal."
Yes, but ONLY for the poster, NOT slashdot.
"The person who uploaded it or the person who owns the BBS? Believe it or not, the person who owns the BBS is the one that gets the lawsuit."
Yeah, this is DIFFERENT, dumbass. BBS operators control their content.. perhaps not all of it, but the fact that they control some of it makes them responsible. Slashdot does JACK SHIT with poster comments, no filters, no censors, it is RAW STORAGE of poster comments. Which the poster owns. There is a big difference here. Unfortunately your VB code has dulled your brain.
The intelligence of machines is gradually increasing with the power and complexity of our computing systems. A large part of this is the type of dynamic, evolutionary systems that you are working on, and the inherent flexibility and robustness of these systems.
How far to do you see these systems reaching into the traditionally human domains of design/analysis/construction? Such as software and hardware systems capable of business management, chemical engineering, etc. in a fully autonomous manner.
There are two distinct forms of thought (IMHO) one is the technical/analytical type of thought used when you are calculating, designing, etc. This kind of thought process has been shown within the realm of AI possibility. What about the distictly human types of thought such as emotions? Do you see the need or possibility of computer systems capable of this type of thought processing?
What about the symbiotic relationship between thinking machines and humans? Do you have any thoughts on what type of relationship we will have with intelligent systems in the future? Will it be competitive? purely nuetral and benificial? etc..
I often think about designing systems that are 'grown' and 'adapted' to a given problem space. You have a small set of very flexible components, and meta information / architecture for the evolutionary processes, and entire distributed, parallel computational system is tailored exactly to the needs at hand. How do you envision future evolutionary/adaptive systems being organized and devloped? How much human interaction would be required to guide and administer the growth and adaptation of these systems? Do you ever see the creation of a 'seed' type software system that can handle almost any task with no/minimal human intervention and grows a much larger, differentiated system from its small beginnings?
..and I don't know of a reproducible experiment which would cause someone to fall in love with me.
Its called money. bIIIIIIg fucking heaping piles of that green shit.. enough to wipe your ass with $100's and never let it cross your mind...
Re:Umm mind providing a reference for that claim?
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Morris has done quite a few experiments with simple bernard cells, however, he and the otheres are quick to admit they have no explanation for the power laws governing parts of these systems, as well as the fact that at best they have general statistical models for general behavior.
This is a LONG way from understanding as I meant it. However, its still incredibly fascinating. And, bernard cells are probably the simplest of disspative structures. When you begin to deal with biological structures complexity begins to melt the brain..;)
Re:Evidence of intelligent design
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A better title:
What many people attribute to Intelligent Design in the order of the universe is actually a simple process that will not be discernable by the reductionist approach to scientific discovery.
Sorry for any confusion on the previous title. I dont beleive in god, but I do beleive there is a lot more going on in this universe of ours than is given credit in biology/physics/ etc...
We are tainted by our traditional reductionist approach to science. This leads us to ignore the more complex, (currently) unexplainable phenomenon as irrelevant exceptions, rather than very important clues to the things we are overlooking or brushing aside.
Re:Umm mind providing a reference for that claim?
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mind providing us a reference as to why one need invoke subatomic particles to explain dissapative structures in biological cells (or in hot liquids for that matter)
You dont need to, because they cant explain it. The point is that there are extended effects, of an indirect nature, which cannot be accounted for in a reductionist approach because of their very nature.
It is these types of issues that require a diffrent approach, and an acceptance of the fact that in some areas the reductionist approach to scienitific discovery will fail.
Slashdot Mirror
State of mind is your god
If you can jump in that mental zone of pure abstract creativity, then your battle is won.
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General Tips:
-------------
- Drink plenty of fluids.
- Drink caffinated soda, DIET so your teeth dont rot
- Eat often, smaller meals, snacks. Coding drains the brain
- Get some tunes!
your mileage may vary...
We work vendors for a large variety of products, from databases to CORBA OBR's, etc.
;)
The key to resolving these conflicts, as far as we have determined, is knowing EXACTLY what the problem is, what is causing it, and then contacting the appropriate vendor.
Every vendor product has a well defined (at least, in theory) interface and functionality for their product. For example, an Oracle database will have an API for the embedded SQL library, and an ORB vendor will state their CORBA compliance.
If something is not working correctly between components, it is either user error, or a flaw in the component. (or unsupported functionality, but you should have verified this before purchase right?
At this point, you know exactly where the problem lies, and which vendor owns the problem.
Yeah. The government can suck your dick. Cause one fucking box is no way, no how gonna suck down multiple OC48
Ahaha.. uncle sam you dumbfucker.
Large scale distributed computing over heterogenous networks are only suitable for computation that can be broken into discrete computational work pakets.
This is exactly what Distributed.net and Seti are doing, as far as sending a discrete block of data, having the client crunch it, and then return the result.
Some computations require a network of interdependencies int he data set. Such as large scale simulations, which is what this computer will be doing. In such scenarios, there is no way to 'break up' the computational tasks into neat little discrete packets, since they are interdependant.
This requires lot of very fast networking (ccNUMA, very large SMP, etc) on hardware designed specifcally for this type of task.
efficiency.
More kill for the buck.
"In other words, it's a "smartness personality test", rather than some kind of scientific genome test. It is specifically constructed to agree with what society views as "smart" behavior, rather than having any scientific validity as a measure of genetic capability"
You have been reading some interesting fiction.
The purpose of the IQ test is to quantify reasoning ability for various levels of abstract, often counter intuitive thought operations.
This type of mental activity is nearly directly proportional to the pattern matching ability, aka intelligence, of the individual.
While the 'VALUES' of the IQ test are relative, and subject to human error (a small degree I might add), what they MEASURE is a proven, scientifically sound, characteristic of intelligent behavior.
Now, this is just 'RAW' intelligence. People with high IQ's can be quite stupid in other areas, such as emotional intelligence, social intelligence, etc..
I can only hope.
Besides, up until now it has been the blind watch maker designing our hardware.
I like to think that a large body of intelligent minds directing enhancements is a much better option.
autoconf automake aclocal gcc beowulf/clustering portable tools (for unix) CORBA - ACE+TAO, ORBit, MICO DB's - PostgreSQL, mySQL, Oracle, ... Apache Modules + LibGimp bash make i could go on.. but its time to go back to work..
Throw in C++, advanced data structures and templates (what, you mean the STL hash map is a blazing beast of speed??)
Then ass a little CORBA. With POA's and dynamic factories...
Then add pluggable protocols for an ATM layer and QoS.
Tasty.. wrap your brain around that one..
LOL
Fermat's Enigma
;)
The hardest fucking math problem in centuries, that fried many a young buck's brain was solved by an old 40+ geezer
Is your only hope to escape any censorship with impunity.
Join freenet and host a freenet server. Then, your information will be distributed via many hosts in a dynamic way.
Use your static server as an index into the freenet content. Let people know what is out there, but dont provide it explicitly on your server(s).
Otherwise, no matter where you are, or what you do, you piss off the wrong people and your site is history. If your lucky that would be the end of it, if not, welcome to big fines and jail time.
Amen brother! I cant beleive microsoft would censor their 'extensions' to kerberos and encroach on such a standard protocol and attempt to censor with legal abuses.
Uh.. That is what you meant, right?
Richard Stallman had some good things to say about copyrights in general in the May issue of Technogloy Reveiw.
The article is on page 32 title Freedom - or Copyright?
Some good quotes:
"Once upon a time, in the age of the printing press, an industrial regulation was established for the business of writing and publishing. It was called copyright. Copyright's purpose was to encourage the publication of a diversity of written works. Copyrights method was to make publishers get permission from authors to reprint recent writings."
Times have changed, and now copyright is the bludgening tool used by large corporations to control information in a way most profitable and advantageous to them. Microsoft has taken this to an art.
With new powers to enforce and further restrict users of copyrioghted works and not the intedned publishers of copyright we are now entering a new era of repression and control by these large greedy entities.
Take a deep breath and look at the changes over the last 100 years or so.. Microsoft is undeniably abusing the DMCA and copyright to prevent the dissemination of information they would prefer to keep secret for technical advantage over competitors.
Period.
This should not be tolerated, and the DMCA should be challenged, perhaps even to the supreme court, as it has proven to be the most powerful threat to freedom in recent years...
just my 0.02$
Do you relaize that only a very few of allll of the comments posted have anything to do with the full code for the specification?? eveything else is simply in regards to it, or how to get it...
And that is the scary part, because to even think of forcing the removal of content like that is a broad overinterpretation fo the DMCA and a blatant attack on free speach.
Read the comments they listed.. then see if you feel the same.
Slashdot has also been the recipient of multiple DDoS attacks in the last few days. THis is the main reason for the problems.
that slashdot got hit with a DoS shortly after all this occurred..
8 2,00.html
see http://www.wirednews.com/news/politics/0,1283,362
Hmm.. i may be a conspiracy buff, but id love to see it traced back to the empire... ehehe..
"First, this issue is *not* one of "freedom of speech", it is a copyright issue, plain and simple"
You bastard.. its a copyright issue for the poster. Get a clue.
"Selective publication by a *private* organization is *not* "censorship" -- censorship is *government* restriction of expression *by use of force* (i.e., law or ordinance.) "
wake up. pull your head out of your ass and put the VB script manual down..
"there is a categorical difference between expressing an idea, and reproducing, verbatim, clearly copyrighted work in violation of the holder's copyright."
True, all of the above Microshaft is attempting to censor. Even the msot remote idea pertaining to the kerberos cracp they intend to censor. Read you fucking idiot, read what they hell they are asking, and the posts they mentioned. Then you *may* get a clue you fucking microshaft lemming..
"Slashdot's anarchistic, intellectually irresponsible response does nothing to bolster individual rights, but actually does the opposite, by obfuscating the real issues"
Riiight,.. thank god for microshithole to save us with their strong moral integrity from the degenerative copryright infridngers.. fuck you..
You dumbass, you miss the point. Go back to your visual basic...
/. That in itself is illegal."
"This isn't about freedom of speech or anything else. It is plain and simple, a posting of content not belonging to the poster or to
Yes, but ONLY for the poster, NOT slashdot.
"The person who uploaded it or the person who owns the BBS? Believe it or not, the person who owns the BBS is the one that gets the lawsuit."
Yeah, this is DIFFERENT, dumbass. BBS operators control their content.. perhaps not all of it, but the fact that they control some of it makes them responsible. Slashdot does JACK SHIT with poster comments, no filters, no censors, it is RAW STORAGE of poster comments. Which the poster owns. There is a big difference here. Unfortunately your VB code has dulled your brain.
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Exercise your freedom
ROTFL..
ehehe.. if you dont get it..
-X doctor
The intelligence of machines is gradually increasing with the power and complexity of our computing systems. A large part of this is the type of dynamic, evolutionary systems that you are working on, and the inherent flexibility and robustness of these systems.
How far to do you see these systems reaching into the traditionally human domains of design/analysis/construction? Such as software and hardware systems capable of business management, chemical engineering, etc. in a fully autonomous manner.
There are two distinct forms of thought (IMHO) one is the technical/analytical type of thought used when you are calculating, designing, etc. This kind of thought process has been shown within the realm of AI possibility. What about the distictly human types of thought such as emotions? Do you see the need or possibility of computer systems capable of this type of thought processing?
What about the symbiotic relationship between thinking machines and humans? Do you have any thoughts on what type of relationship we will have with intelligent systems in the future? Will it be competitive? purely nuetral and benificial? etc..
I often think about designing systems that are 'grown' and 'adapted' to a given problem space. You have a small set of very flexible components, and meta information / architecture for the evolutionary processes, and entire distributed, parallel computational system is tailored exactly to the needs at hand. How do you envision future evolutionary/adaptive systems being organized and devloped? How much human interaction would be required to guide and administer the growth and adaptation of these systems? Do you ever see the creation of a 'seed' type software system that can handle almost any task with no/minimal human intervention and grows a much larger, differentiated system from its small beginnings?
..and I don't know of a reproducible experiment which would cause someone to fall in love with me.
Its called money. bIIIIIIg fucking heaping piles of that green shit.. enough to wipe your ass with $100's and never let it cross your mind...
Morris has done quite a few experiments with simple bernard cells, however, he and the otheres are quick to admit they have no explanation for the power laws governing parts of these systems, as well as the fact that at best they have general statistical models for general behavior.
;)
This is a LONG way from understanding as I meant it. However, its still incredibly fascinating. And, bernard cells are probably the simplest of disspative structures. When you begin to deal with biological structures complexity begins to melt the brain..
A better title:
What many people attribute to Intelligent Design in the order of the universe is actually a simple process that will not be discernable by the reductionist approach to scientific discovery.
Sorry for any confusion on the previous title. I dont beleive in god, but I do beleive there is a lot more going on in this universe of ours than is given credit in biology/physics/ etc...
We are tainted by our traditional reductionist approach to science. This leads us to ignore the more complex, (currently) unexplainable phenomenon as irrelevant exceptions, rather than very important clues to the things we are overlooking or brushing aside.
mind providing us a reference as to why one need invoke subatomic particles to explain dissapative structures in biological cells (or in hot liquids for that matter)
You dont need to, because they cant explain it. The point is that there are extended effects, of an indirect nature, which cannot be accounted for in a reductionist approach because of their very nature.
It is these types of issues that require a diffrent approach, and an acceptance of the fact that in some areas the reductionist approach to scienitific discovery will fail.