You so funny! Too bad you so stupid! A one time CC is only one use, so if the DB is compromised there is nothing to lose - you have already used up the CC account.
You can think of a NN as a non-linear function which is modelled after nueral connections. The inputs are weight vectors determining the strength of the connections between nodes, and a test vector with length equal to the number of nodes in the first layer. The output is a vector of length equal to the number of nodes in the final layer. Backpropagation is a technique that will optimize the link weights in order to minimize the error function - usually one half the sum of the square of the difference between network output and intended output (makes the derivative look nicer).
I don't think you can call a NN any dumber than a curve you fit to a graph, since you are just optimizing a function to minimize the error between the observed output and the output of the fit function. A traditional function may give you slightly more insight into a problem, but they can also easily mislead you (eg every function looks like a parabola around a min or max).
My point is that NNs are tools, sometimes effective, sometimes not. They aren't anything close to the AI you read about in scifi books, but nothing is. More interesting actually are support vector machines (svms). There are several papers on the web about them, they were devloped at bell labs by some russian dude whose name escapes me at the moment. They can be more effective than NNs, but the math is a bit harder to understand.
Actually it is not exactly clear that non-commercial sharing of copyrighted works is legal or not. The concept of fair use and several updates to copyright law seem to grant this right, but the exact definition of fair use has always been left up to judges themselves rather than a firm definition in the lawbooks. Sorry, no citations offhand, if anyone has any backing me up or proving me wrong please post them.
You can hear the episode of This American Life which talks about dial a song and other interesting TMBG stuff here. Don't bother clicking unless you have Realaudio or steambox ripper. The TMBG segment is in act two, about 37 minutes into it. The original referring page is here. Enjoy.
Is tacking a Copyleft (GPL) in the header of your code a real way to protect it?
As soon as the work is created it is copyrighted by the author. By tacking the GPL to ALL of your source files grant additional rights (along with some responsibilites) to the user of the code. This provides no more or less protection than any other license. The real protection would be in the enforcement of the license. This is why many have transferred copyright of there GPL code to the FSF. Only the owner of a copyright is able to enforce it and the FSF probably has more legal resources than you or I.
So we shouldn't brag about our accomplishments that are purely the product of our genes and external environment? That still leaves a lot of ground - I guess I can still brag about all my accomplishments that are due to my rich uncle. Good way to think it through, Socrates.
Ripping at 32x is easy...doing it well is not. Most good rippers (like cdparanoia or eac) use secure copying, which reads data several times to make sure you are getting the intended data.
If you want a recommendation on a CDRW, I've heard nothing but raves about the plextor 12x burner. Personally I've had good luck with my HP 10x burner, not one coaster yet at 10x, that's a full CD in about 8 minutes.
I just have to figure out a clean way to parse it all
Dude, Scheme (or LISP) are the easiest to parse languages on the planet. Just write a function to read in a list and your done with parsing. Eval/Apply are pretty straightforward also - take a look at Structure & Interpretation of Computer Programs (by Sussman et al) if you haven't already.
Although I have more experience with Perl, Python is another fun interpreted language with some functional elements. Exercise for the student - write a Scheme interpreter in Perl, then write a Python interpreter in Scheme. Then write a Perl interpreter in Python.
I hope you're only a freshman at MIT...the point of the watermark is to add analog encoded watermark information to the signals without compromising audio quality. The watermark is designed to hold up even after analog recording - such as through the output of your soundcard. Think of it as the opposite of mp3 encoding - mp3 uses a psycho-acoustical model to remove sounds that we won't perceive, SDMI uses a psycho-acoustical model to add sounds we won't perceive.
Amen brother! I couldn't have said it better myself. One qualm however - Chewbacca is obviously not from Endor! If you read Star Wars Saga part IV, in chapter 17 it is clearly stated that Chewbacca is a large accumulation of pubic hair brought to life by Technomages from Alderon. Please do research before posting to the forums.
Get one of those Sony Vaio "Picture books" with the camera on them. Buy a ricochet or cellular modem, install linux. Now you never have to go into work again. Waterproof it and you can work from a jacuzzi. In brazil. Naked.
This most likely will be my last post to/. Anyone interested in having this slashdot account number can email me
Pulling away from society (or a culture) will not improve it. You can only change things if you are involved. So stay and post your opinion. Someone might just hear you.
Um, no. Copyright was always meant to protect a specific expression of an idea, rather than the idea itself ( that would be what patents are for ). There was a famous case around the turn of the century (1900) in which an accountant's claim of exclusive rights to an accounting system based on copyright was rejected. It was ruled that copyright only covered the particular expression of the idea, not the idea itself.
I'm glad someone on/. is thinking of the children. There's too many cynical, sarcastic types around here that we need someone like you with a balanced viewpoint.
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You so funny! Too bad you so stupid! A one time CC is only one use, so if the DB is compromised there is nothing to lose - you have already used up the CC account.
And no, the current cards suck in 2-D speed
Are you running a 300dpi monitor or something? Jesus, the current cards are fast enough in 2d, quality is much more important.
You can think of a NN as a non-linear function which is modelled after nueral connections. The inputs are weight vectors determining the strength of the connections between nodes, and a test vector with length equal to the number of nodes in the first layer. The output is a vector of length equal to the number of nodes in the final layer. Backpropagation is a technique that will optimize the link weights in order to minimize the error function - usually one half the sum of the square of the difference between network output and intended output (makes the derivative look nicer).
I don't think you can call a NN any dumber than a curve you fit to a graph, since you are just optimizing a function to minimize the error between the observed output and the output of the fit function. A traditional function may give you slightly more insight into a problem, but they can also easily mislead you (eg every function looks like a parabola around a min or max).
My point is that NNs are tools, sometimes effective, sometimes not. They aren't anything close to the AI you read about in scifi books, but nothing is. More interesting actually are support vector machines (svms). There are several papers on the web about them, they were devloped at bell labs by some russian dude whose name escapes me at the moment. They can be more effective than NNs, but the math is a bit harder to understand.
Actually it is not exactly clear that non-commercial sharing of copyrighted works is legal or not. The concept of fair use and several updates to copyright law seem to grant this right, but the exact definition of fair use has always been left up to judges themselves rather than a firm definition in the lawbooks. Sorry, no citations offhand, if anyone has any backing me up or proving me wrong please post them.
You can hear the episode of This American Life which talks about dial a song and other interesting TMBG stuff here. Don't bother clicking unless you have Realaudio or steambox ripper. The TMBG segment is in act two, about 37 minutes into it. The original referring page is here. Enjoy.
Too bad software patents don't require the release of source code, which is the true equivalent to releasing design diagrams for machines.
Have you ever thought of using Integer, Float, etc. and just not using static methods/variables. A little awkward but it works.
just write your code so that the compiled result creates a distinctive pattern easily found by grepping the output of strings
I've been doing for a while without even realizing it. Half my comments are curse words.
Is tacking a Copyleft (GPL) in the header of your code a real way to protect it?
As soon as the work is created it is copyrighted by the author. By tacking the GPL to ALL of your source files grant additional rights (along with some responsibilites) to the user of the code. This provides no more or less protection than any other license. The real protection would be in the enforcement of the license. This is why many have transferred copyright of there GPL code to the FSF. Only the owner of a copyright is able to enforce it and the FSF probably has more legal resources than you or I.
So we shouldn't brag about our accomplishments that are purely the product of our genes and external environment? That still leaves a lot of ground - I guess I can still brag about all my accomplishments that are due to my rich uncle. Good way to think it through, Socrates.
Sigh...try looking up "B+ Tree" & "Database"
Kids these days...
Ripping at 32x is easy...doing it well is not. Most good rippers (like cdparanoia or eac) use secure copying, which reads data several times to make sure you are getting the intended data.
If you want a recommendation on a CDRW, I've heard nothing but raves about the plextor 12x burner. Personally I've had good luck with my HP 10x burner, not one coaster yet at 10x, that's a full CD in about 8 minutes.
I just have to figure out a clean way to parse it all
Dude, Scheme (or LISP) are the easiest to parse languages on the planet. Just write a function to read in a list and your done with parsing. Eval/Apply are pretty straightforward also - take a look at Structure & Interpretation of Computer Programs (by Sussman et al) if you haven't already.
Although I have more experience with Perl, Python is another fun interpreted language with some functional elements. Exercise for the student - write a Scheme interpreter in Perl, then write a Python interpreter in Scheme. Then write a Perl interpreter in Python.
Deus Ex is another cool sneak around type game. Also has lots of role playing elements and a really great storyline.
If they spent more time on design & programming, they would spend less time on debugging.
I hope you're only a freshman at MIT...the point of the watermark is to add analog encoded watermark information to the signals without compromising audio quality. The watermark is designed to hold up even after analog recording - such as through the output of your soundcard. Think of it as the opposite of mp3 encoding - mp3 uses a psycho-acoustical model to remove sounds that we won't perceive, SDMI uses a psycho-acoustical model to add sounds we won't perceive.
Amen brother! I couldn't have said it better myself. One qualm however - Chewbacca is obviously not from Endor! If you read Star Wars Saga part IV, in chapter 17 it is clearly stated that Chewbacca is a large accumulation of pubic hair brought to life by Technomages from Alderon. Please do research before posting to the forums.
Calm down people, just use Lynx! I remember the days of gopher, nothing incredibly special about it. I'm much more nostalgic for the local BBS scene.
Get one of those Sony Vaio "Picture books" with the camera on them. Buy a ricochet or cellular modem, install linux. Now you never have to go into work again. Waterproof it and you can work from a jacuzzi. In brazil. Naked.
This most likely will be my last post to /. Anyone interested in having this slashdot account number can email me
Pulling away from society (or a culture) will not improve it. You can only change things if you are involved. So stay and post your opinion. Someone might just hear you.
Wouldnt it make more sense to implement umlauts like ö/ü/ä first?
I have dibs on släshdot.org!!
I would prefer SpecInt / Watt. MIPS is a fairly meaningless benchmark.
Is the Algore programming language compatible with the W Windowing system?
Um, no. Copyright was always meant to protect a specific expression of an idea, rather than the idea itself ( that would be what patents are for ). There was a famous case around the turn of the century (1900) in which an accountant's claim of exclusive rights to an accounting system based on copyright was rejected. It was ruled that copyright only covered the particular expression of the idea, not the idea itself.
I'm glad someone on /. is thinking of the children. There's too many cynical, sarcastic types around here that we need someone like you with a balanced viewpoint.