Strong AI is a matter of inevitability. If nothing else, simulations of the human brain accurate down to the individual neuron could easily achieve this, even if it requires substantially more powerful computers than we have now. This would be the brute force method...
Sat word... "easily"... I don't sink it means what you sink it means.
... without the goddamn fucking stupid idiot names.
The name Karmic Koala suggests a toy OS, a hobby OS, or an OS developed by people no motherfucking common sense.
I read much of NKS; skimmed through the rest. My conclusion: If you immerse yourself in the world of cellular automata for an extended period of time, then you will eventually become convinced that the world *is* cellular automata.
The problem is that Geller claims he is not a magician, even though he is one. He claims to have supernatural powers. A professional magician may have some fun and say, "I'm going to read your mind..." and such, but ultimately professional magicians don't make serious claims of supernatural powers.
Geller has made millions from the people who believe in his special powers, and it's not people paying to see a magic show --- it's people paying for an expensive seminar which promises that they, too, can develop their powers of telekinesis. You might say those people deserve to get fleeced, but that is beside the point. The point is that Geller is not a magician. He's a con man.
I was recently watching a google video of an old special featuring Geller moving a compass "with his mind". At 9 min 47 sec you hear a distinct click as he places his fingers below the handrail, which I presume is the sound of two magnets snapping together --- the magnet in his fingers and the magnet attached to underneath the handrail. Even if that isn't the case, there were many cut-aways which provided ample time for him to palm a magnet to and from the waistband of his shorts, for example.
Sometimes I wonder if Geller is not merely a simple con man. There must be at least a few partially insane individuals who deceive people with one part their mind and believe their own words with another part of their mind. (As distinct from professional magicians who do not seriously claim supernatural powers.) The wise sage George Costanza expressed it well: "It's not a lie, if you believe it."
It appears there is no way for Thunderbird to interface with an Exchange server which DOES NOT have IMAP enabled. All the docs about Thunderbird+Exchange assume that IMAP is enabled, which is not the case for my company's server (the IT guys refused to enable it).
Is there really no Thunderbird extension for this? I understand the Exchange protocol is proprietary and thus needs to be reverse-engineered, but Evolution has to a large extent succeeded in doing this. Wouldn't it be possible to make a Thunderbird extension using the Evolution code as a reference? Or maybe the demand just isn't there, as most people just use Outlook or, if they don't, their Exchange server has IMAP enabled. Which means I'm screwed.
Go back and you'll see the exact same comments when Windows 2000 came out, when Windows XP was released, when the first Xbox was released and when the Xbox 360 was released.
The installed base of Windows NT was relatively small compared to the other DOS-ish Windows versions (Win95, Win98, etc). Windows 2000 was a refinement of Windows NT, and it still had a smaller user base (mostly non-Joe Sixpack users). Windows XP was a refinement of Windows 2000, at which point it was pitched to Joe Sixpacks.
I hope I have spelled out how inappropriate your analogy is. Years of refinement for XP verses a one-shot gamble for Vista.
The snapshot given in the article shows the same crappy, retarded default font which KDE has been using for at least five years.
You might say it's a minor issue, but nonetheless it is indicative of something. Why hasn't it been changed? It is those apparently-minor issues which contribute greatly to the initial reaction of new users. Retarded fonts give an unfinished and unprofessional impression, and new users are likely to dismiss the system right of the bat.
No doubt people will respond by saying, "just change the font." Of course, they will have missed my point entirely.
Haven't you just made my point for me? By squandering their time in college playing online games, they will almost certainly have lower salaries and fewer social ties. Thus, they likely won't be the "money-earning young men" they expected to be; they'll have a harder time starting a family and raising children.
Your response is also puzzling. "Last years of freedom"? Failing out of college is one surefire way to limit your freedom. You see, by studying hard and ultimately becoming successful, I earned my freedom: freedom to find a wife, raise children, or travel the world --- or fuck around and play Neverwinter Nights. THAT is freedom.
Several years ago I had a (relatively short) spat of addiction to Neverwinter Nights. During a random conversation with my online mates one night, I was rather shocked to discover that most of them were in college. I myself had graduated college several years ago and had solid high-salary job. My Neverwinter hobby/addiction was just a brief fascination --- something to do in between girlfriends.
There is so much studying and socializing to do while in college, I honestly can't imagine playing any online game during college. That is why I was shocked --- I was like, what the FUCK are you doing playing Neverwinter Nights? We had been playing around 4 hours a day. College is a key time to improve oneself, and they had been squandering that time. While I was squandering my own time as well, the difference was that the impact on my life was one hell of a lot less (negligible, in fact).
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Strong AI is a matter of inevitability. If nothing else, simulations of the human brain accurate down to the individual neuron could easily achieve this, even if it requires substantially more powerful computers than we have now. This would be the brute force method...
Sat word ... "easily" ... I don't sink it means what you sink it means.
By keeping this article up you are rewarding spammers and inviting more of it. When I receive spam, I mark and delete it. Don't you, Slashdot?
... without the goddamn fucking stupid idiot names. The name Karmic Koala suggests a toy OS, a hobby OS, or an OS developed by people no motherfucking common sense.
I read much of NKS; skimmed through the rest. My conclusion: If you immerse yourself in the world of cellular automata for an extended period of time, then you will eventually become convinced that the world *is* cellular automata.
You may have misunderstood my point.
The problem is that Geller claims he is not a magician, even though he is one. He claims to have supernatural powers. A professional magician may have some fun and say, "I'm going to read your mind..." and such, but ultimately professional magicians don't make serious claims of supernatural powers.
Geller has made millions from the people who believe in his special powers, and it's not people paying to see a magic show --- it's people paying for an expensive seminar which promises that they, too, can develop their powers of telekinesis. You might say those people deserve to get fleeced, but that is beside the point. The point is that Geller is not a magician. He's a con man.
I was recently watching a google video of an old special featuring Geller moving a compass "with his mind". At 9 min 47 sec you hear a distinct click as he places his fingers below the handrail, which I presume is the sound of two magnets snapping together --- the magnet in his fingers and the magnet attached to underneath the handrail. Even if that isn't the case, there were many cut-aways which provided ample time for him to palm a magnet to and from the waistband of his shorts, for example.
Sometimes I wonder if Geller is not merely a simple con man. There must be at least a few partially insane individuals who deceive people with one part their mind and believe their own words with another part of their mind. (As distinct from professional magicians who do not seriously claim supernatural powers.) The wise sage George Costanza expressed it well: "It's not a lie, if you believe it."
It appears there is no way for Thunderbird to interface with an Exchange server which DOES NOT have IMAP enabled. All the docs about Thunderbird+Exchange assume that IMAP is enabled, which is not the case for my company's server (the IT guys refused to enable it).
Is there really no Thunderbird extension for this? I understand the Exchange protocol is proprietary and thus needs to be reverse-engineered, but Evolution has to a large extent succeeded in doing this. Wouldn't it be possible to make a Thunderbird extension using the Evolution code as a reference? Or maybe the demand just isn't there, as most people just use Outlook or, if they don't, their Exchange server has IMAP enabled. Which means I'm screwed.
The installed base of Windows NT was relatively small compared to the other DOS-ish Windows versions (Win95, Win98, etc). Windows 2000 was a refinement of Windows NT, and it still had a smaller user base (mostly non-Joe Sixpack users). Windows XP was a refinement of Windows 2000, at which point it was pitched to Joe Sixpacks.
I hope I have spelled out how inappropriate your analogy is. Years of refinement for XP verses a one-shot gamble for Vista.
The snapshot given in the article shows the same crappy, retarded default font which KDE has been using for at least five years.
You might say it's a minor issue, but nonetheless it is indicative of something. Why hasn't it been changed? It is those apparently-minor issues which contribute greatly to the initial reaction of new users. Retarded fonts give an unfinished and unprofessional impression, and new users are likely to dismiss the system right of the bat.
No doubt people will respond by saying, "just change the font." Of course, they will have missed my point entirely.
Why did you respond to my comments as if the phrase "studying and socializing" was replaced with "socializing"?
You missed a crucial sentence in my original post: "We had been playing around 4 hours a day."
What you describe is not addiction. On the other hand, four hours a day is addiction, no matter how you look at it.
Let's not quibble over what is or isn't addiction. We all know it when we see it.
Haven't you just made my point for me? By squandering their time in college playing online games, they will almost certainly have lower salaries and fewer social ties. Thus, they likely won't be the "money-earning young men" they expected to be; they'll have a harder time starting a family and raising children.
Your response is also puzzling. "Last years of freedom"? Failing out of college is one surefire way to limit your freedom. You see, by studying hard and ultimately becoming successful, I earned my freedom: freedom to find a wife, raise children, or travel the world --- or fuck around and play Neverwinter Nights. THAT is freedom.
Several years ago I had a (relatively short) spat of addiction to Neverwinter Nights. During a random conversation with my online mates one night, I was rather shocked to discover that most of them were in college. I myself had graduated college several years ago and had solid high-salary job. My Neverwinter hobby/addiction was just a brief fascination --- something to do in between girlfriends.
There is so much studying and socializing to do while in college, I honestly can't imagine playing any online game during college. That is why I was shocked --- I was like, what the FUCK are you doing playing Neverwinter Nights? We had been playing around 4 hours a day. College is a key time to improve oneself, and they had been squandering that time. While I was squandering my own time as well, the difference was that the impact on my life was one hell of a lot less (negligible, in fact).