What worries me most is that people seem to lose their common sense when it comes to computers. I can just imagine a scenario where the human intelligence gathering pointing to an event is dismissed because the "computer" didn't predict it.
When I read stuff like this it always amazes me that people actually think such things can be predicted for any degree of usefulness. Pick up a book on chaos theory and complex systems and you will see that for large interconnected systems a small change in the starting conditions results in a completely different result. No computer could have predicted 9/11 and yet it has had a massive change in how the world works - same thing if some crazy tomorrow assassinates the president.
Even if we assume these random events not to occur you would need *all* the data to get a result approaching reality.
You cant pretend like you need massive infrastructure to get a legit music market to develop - this band did exactly what the computer community wanted and unfortunately the doubters where right - more people downloaded it from illegal sources then pay the measly minimum of $1 (or pound I forget which) to get it legally.
The problem in my opinion is that people fail to understand there are people who download not because they are unwilling to pay for stuff they want but because they only slightly want what they download - not enough to pay for it if that was the only way to obtain it. Hence if tomorrow all the illegal sources where silenced - what we would see is not so much of a rise in sales as a drop in total consumption of a product (illegal + legal).
Actually chief - what happened was that the surge detector got wanged by the condensation and so sent a "oh noes switch off now" to all three computers. Hence why the bypass cable worked. The problem in the design was that there was a way to kill all three at once which should have been impossible.
Except of course for the tiny contribution that is of all of human technology and knowledge that scientists have contributed. A small matter I know, but I felt the need to add it.
Actually in proper hospitals where they rotate the antibacterial agent used to clean the floors - by the time (about a month) when the old agent is used again the resistance has almost completely disappeared from the population. When you are talking about a 20 minute per division life form that is a lot of generations in a month for the resistance to be out competed by more efficient variants.
That is totally a web 1.0 solution. What we are looking for is a web 2.0 solution - we need to harness the dynamics of social groups to create solutions for the 21 century. Either that or just waste time.
Well how about breaking with tradition and reading the article for once.:(
I am no astronomer but from the article it looks like the problem was that it was a very short burst (5ms) and you needed to be looking at the right place to see it. I presume that current telescopes don't sample at that low rate so they might have missed it or there were looking at different parts of the sky.
Also it was totally Baba Gunusha.
The UN is not not a coherent entity. So the UN doesn't want anything - its member states do. In this case China is holding up proceedings for tougher action whereas the US is pushing for more action. However given that UN resolutions have no power to bind nations to do its will all that can happen is the issuing of a statement or sanctions (again only if all relevant states actively participate in them).
When the UN was set up it was filled with idealistic people and if the UN had real power then something might have become of it - but by now most good people within the UN would have been dissolutioned by their impotence to actually make the world a better place.
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What worries me most is that people seem to lose their common sense when it comes to computers. I can just imagine a scenario where the human intelligence gathering pointing to an event is dismissed because the "computer" didn't predict it.
When I read stuff like this it always amazes me that people actually think such things can be predicted for any degree of usefulness. Pick up a book on chaos theory and complex systems and you will see that for large interconnected systems a small change in the starting conditions results in a completely different result. No computer could have predicted 9/11 and yet it has had a massive change in how the world works - same thing if some crazy tomorrow assassinates the president.
Even if we assume these random events not to occur you would need *all* the data to get a result approaching reality.
You cant pretend like you need massive infrastructure to get a legit music market to develop - this band did exactly what the computer community wanted and unfortunately the doubters where right - more people downloaded it from illegal sources then pay the measly minimum of $1 (or pound I forget which) to get it legally.
The problem in my opinion is that people fail to understand there are people who download not because they are unwilling to pay for stuff they want but because they only slightly want what they download - not enough to pay for it if that was the only way to obtain it. Hence if tomorrow all the illegal sources where silenced - what we would see is not so much of a rise in sales as a drop in total consumption of a product (illegal + legal).
Actually chief - what happened was that the surge detector got wanged by the condensation and so sent a "oh noes switch off now" to all three computers. Hence why the bypass cable worked. The problem in the design was that there was a way to kill all three at once which should have been impossible.
Proletarian electricity refused to mix with bourgeoisie electricity.
You should be writing games. That is gold!
Me. I'm gonna get a week's vacation docked.
All you have done is replaced the "evil rich man keeping the honest man poor" bs with the "evil govt bureaucrat keeping the honest man poor" bs.
I think its possible that the mafia is expanding into spam business - or that they were demanding a cut of the action and where rebuked.
At first I thought he was joking but then I read the article. How curious.
They will need new headquarters for it.
If they wanted that they could just build a giant magnifying glass in space. Watch the ants pop!
Except of course for the tiny contribution that is of all of human technology and knowledge that scientists have contributed. A small matter I know, but I felt the need to add it.
Mayhaps you can go to this spiritual realm and search for some common sense?
Actually in proper hospitals where they rotate the antibacterial agent used to clean the floors - by the time (about a month) when the old agent is used again the resistance has almost completely disappeared from the population. When you are talking about a 20 minute per division life form that is a lot of generations in a month for the resistance to be out competed by more efficient variants.
Prolly coz you were reading sensationalistic journalism rather than scientific reports.
i.e. Scientists find gene for obesity = We found a gene that contributes to obesity cases in rats.
That is totally a web 1.0 solution. What we are looking for is a web 2.0 solution - we need to harness the dynamics of social groups to create solutions for the 21 century. Either that or just waste time.
If you are working with koalas keep an eye out for drop bears...
Worked for me.. Stupid grizzly bears..
Well how about breaking with tradition and reading the article for once. :(
I am no astronomer but from the article it looks like the problem was that it was a very short burst (5ms) and you needed to be looking at the right place to see it. I presume that current telescopes don't sample at that low rate so they might have missed it or there were looking at different parts of the sky. Also it was totally Baba Gunusha.
The UN is not not a coherent entity. So the UN doesn't want anything - its member states do. In this case China is holding up proceedings for tougher action whereas the US is pushing for more action. However given that UN resolutions have no power to bind nations to do its will all that can happen is the issuing of a statement or sanctions (again only if all relevant states actively participate in them). When the UN was set up it was filled with idealistic people and if the UN had real power then something might have become of it - but by now most good people within the UN would have been dissolutioned by their impotence to actually make the world a better place.
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by incompetence.
Can I pay by credit card?
Coz he is a prophet - so money and other peoples' time are not of concern.
How dare you! My mother was a saint!