My question is... Will it support wavelet compression, i.e. an image will look different based on how much of the file you've download, or and/or how much you need to render. FYI. This is NOT the same as Progressive-encoding (.gif)
Of course not seconds, you could have nanoseconds. and the number of possibilities resulting would be PERFECTLY FINE for _catalyzing_ a radioactive process.
You dont need radioactive decay to cause a truly random number. Just increase the dimension. hear me out:
anyone remember QBASIC programs that were started with the RANDOMIZE TIMER statement. This means that the RNGenerator was based on the # of seconds past midnight, adding the element of timing to the equation.
No cracker/hacker would EVER want to get into the element of time when trying to crack a random code.
Maybe a good, secure compromise would be a radioactive decay that catalyzed a Time based RNGenerator.
I suppose, but you rate code based on efficiency? Different people learn different styles... And someone has the gaul to give a rating? It is a challenge, but for what merit?
You can compare the corporate onslaught of entire computer systems to that of any other industry.
Think about it:: 99% of the people driving cars have no idea what's going on inside.
Companies can develop hardware that's proprietary, totally abusing the actual manufacturer. If a product line fails, then the producer recieves the hit.
Corporations are allowed to totally modify the entire process of building the entire machine, with no ethic regard to the end user or manufacturer. .sig:
Skins look nice, but when they are non-proprietary (i.e. sonique) they can get damn annoying.
WinAmp skins are nice because you always know where things are... The only problem is it's too damn small, the transparency sucks, and the file format is WAY too hard to do from scratch. .sig:
My socket7 motherboard had merely a heat sink, but it didn't have screws. So I got a CPU fan and put it on sideways. This allows the center of the chip (the place where it gets hottest) to be cooled.
Then, one of the arms of the fan came off so I used oscillating fan from ma kitchen... =)
for a while, back a few years ago, the general paradigm was that a planet existed between mars and earth. anyone remember this? how could this happen? .sig:
I have a respect for well maintained things. People who maintain their guns deserve respect.
If guns were legalized, why would there be more respect for them? Guns kill people. A person will buy a gun, and kill someone with it. That's not respect, it's misuse. .sig:
No matter how immoral, if theres science to be done, eventually it will be studied. The only problem is when scientists push just for funding and are blind to their research's effect of society.
Think about it, humans brains grow from experiencing instances, reacting to these, and formulating.
Why would it be wrong to apply the same practice to a machine? .sig:
In Quake, there are two main solo deathmatch mods: reaperbot and frogbot
AFAIK frogbot uses a pre defined set of nodes and paths that reaper generates as it learns.
The result? Thousands of quakers play the frogbot prebuilt levels and limit their overall skills.
A reaperbot experience is one of true learning. By playing two or less bots, you are able to get to know the bots individually. Reaper bot uses an advanced fuzzy logic technique that allows for great overall play.
I would like to hear peoples opinions of these AI bots and the end result.
Slashdot Mirror
Sheesh!
Why don't they create a video compression format that only reencodes the portion of the image that changes (5% +/- for sensitivity)?
My question is... Will it support wavelet compression, i.e. an image will look different based on how much of the file you've download, or and/or how much you need to render. FYI. This is NOT the same as Progressive-encoding (.gif)
Anyone remember LegoLogo? My 1st console-based language!
Then there was good old QBASIC, then VBasic, the comes C++, then Java. Now Assembly...
I wish I had learned a scripting language before Vbasic, and Assembly before C++
Slashdot is in definate requisite of having a modified light mode in comments... The HTML is really hard to read.
Of course not seconds, you could have nanoseconds. and the number of possibilities resulting would be PERFECTLY FINE for _catalyzing_ a radioactive process.
You dont need radioactive decay to cause a truly random number. Just increase the dimension. hear me out:
anyone remember QBASIC programs that were started with the RANDOMIZE TIMER statement. This means that the RNGenerator was based on the # of seconds past midnight, adding the element of timing to the equation.
No cracker/hacker would EVER want to get into the element of time when trying to crack a random code.
Maybe a good, secure compromise would be a radioactive decay that catalyzed a Time based RNGenerator.
forty six and two... we wont find it, it'll find us "just ahead of me"
- An Internet connection capable of running 32-bit Windows Socket applications (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer)
because it needed to check the servers to see how many alpha users had signed up. I certianly hope blizzard doesn't get used to this practice!hehehe now anyone can hack with a mousepad! You have to try this.
I wonder if you could take the n64 RDRAM chip out and rewire it to work it an x86 RDRAM.
And what's this i hear about the Athlons not having RDRAM? The preview on cpu-central said it would like 6 months ago...
People overuse beta as a term. ICQ2000a Beta 263? how can you have a beta alpha?!?! v1.06a v1.06b v1.061a v1.07 It's all greek to me!
I suppose, but you rate code based on efficiency? Different people learn different styles... And someone has the gaul to give a rating? It is a challenge, but for what merit?
how can one rate a programmer?
i program in many a language
i program so i can use my computer
in different.ways
programming is an art
You can compare the corporate onslaught of entire computer systems to that of any other industry.
Think about it:: 99% of the people driving cars have no idea what's going on inside.
Companies can develop hardware that's proprietary, totally abusing the actual manufacturer. If a product line fails, then the producer recieves the hit.
Corporations are allowed to totally modify the entire process of building the entire machine, with no ethic regard to the end user or manufacturer.
.sig:
Skins look nice, but when they are non-proprietary (i.e. sonique) they can get damn annoying.
WinAmp skins are nice because you always know where things are... The only problem is it's too damn small, the transparency sucks, and the file format is WAY too hard to do from scratch.
.sig:
My socket7 motherboard had merely a heat sink, but it didn't have screws. So I got a CPU fan and put it on sideways. This allows the center of the chip (the place where it gets hottest) to be cooled.
Then, one of the arms of the fan came off so I used oscillating fan from ma kitchen... =)
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a parigigm is something of popular belief
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for a while, back a few years ago, the general paradigm was that a planet existed between mars and earth. anyone remember this? how could this happen?
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a) Chuck D and other tools of record companies have Nothing to do with innovation at all.
b) Since he owns his own record company, he has even less to do with MPEG development.
c) So what if he supports mp3? Good for him.
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I have a respect for well maintained things.
People who maintain their guns deserve respect.
If guns were legalized, why would there be more respect for them? Guns kill people. A person will buy a gun, and kill someone with it. That's not respect, it's misuse.
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couldnt you reroute power through the PCI bus to the modem to make your fone ring?
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I said that democracy thrives on capitalism.
new democracy(united states)
has a capitalism as an instance variable
I'm sorry it does.
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Why let "moral" ethics bring down science?
No matter how immoral, if theres science to be done, eventually it will be studied. The only problem is when scientists push just for funding and are blind to their research's effect of society.
Think about it, humans brains grow from experiencing instances, reacting to these, and formulating.
Why would it be wrong to apply the same practice to a machine?
.sig:
In Quake, there are two main solo deathmatch mods:
reaperbot and frogbot
AFAIK frogbot uses a pre defined set of nodes and paths that reaper generates as it learns.
The result? Thousands of quakers play the frogbot prebuilt levels and limit their overall skills.
A reaperbot experience is one of true learning. By playing two or less bots, you are able to get to know the bots individually. Reaper bot uses an advanced fuzzy logic technique that allows for great overall play.
I would like to hear peoples opinions of these AI bots and the end result.
.sig: