"AI represents a new era. Cross-national and cross-discipline cooperation is inevitable." Inevitable AI: someone said something like that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... @1:44
Come to my house. The refr *has* an ice/water dispenser in the door, but it hasn't worked for over a year. I think the tube to the water dispenser is frozen, and if it gets thawed, it just freezes up again. Same with the water dispenser on the refr nearest my office at work.
As for the ice dispenser on our refr, we never used it, so I took it out and got lots more room in the freezer. If we want ice cubes, we make them in trays, like the 1960s.
"Do I need a dishwasher with a screen that I can talk to?" Printers have a screen. You can't talk to it (at least you're not supposed to--when aggravated, I've been know to do so, and not kindly). But try to decipher what's on that screen. I claim that printers are not any easier to use than they were in 1984 (which is when I got my first dot matrix printer). You (ok, I) *still* can't figure out what's wrong with them, despite the screen.
Fueling the hype in the 1980s AI cycle was the Japanese Fifth Generation project, for which a stated goal was to leapfrog the West's computer technology and skills. People like Edward Feigenbaum and Pamela McCorduck used the FUD generated around this project to call for increased funding, claiming in their 1983 book 'The Fifth Generation: Japan’s Computer Challenge to the World' that "America needs a national plan of action, a kind of space shuttle program for the knowledge systems of the future." As you know, the Fifth Generation project was bypassed by other computing technologies, and the kinds of knowledge systems being pushed back then gave way to other machine learning technologies without (afaik) ever having a large impact.
But I have remembered the hype, and particularly the calls for funding in reaction to the hype. Some scientists and engineers will use projections of disaster as a way of increasing funding for themselves and their field, and ride the wave until it fizzles out. (Know anyone like that today?)
I've never tried to use a Chromebook (I use my computer for programming, so Chromebook is probably not what I need), but: I think the point of Chromebook is that most people don't _need_ a desktop, ergo they don't need Windows.
But doesn't your approach--installation, support etc.--presupposes that the free software already exists? Unless the company that wrote the free software, and the company that offers your installation+support services to the customer, are one and the same.
(I'm not trying to troll, I'm trying to understand the business model of whoever it is that writes the free software in the beginning. We have a linux sysadmin where I work, and I think he's well paid, but he didn't write Linux.)
Tides (not all harbors, but many). Besides, I'm not sure that's the best place to put it; it's in the way of ships going in and out, the water is shallow, meaning that if it's in a region that could have tsunamis, the water could rise quickly and dangerously. Off shore, and away from harbor entrances, is probably better. But yes, site selection is important.
I assume you are being sarcastic. (I'm having trouble figuring out who you're replying to...I know there are lines connecting posts, but parens, like in LISP, would be better.)
So in case someone else is wondering: tsunamis are harmless to ships and boats out on the ocean. If you're thinking of boats washing ashore in a tsunami, those were boats that were moored--anchored, likely--in shallow water, where the tsunami starts to "feel" the bottom, and the energy stored in the long wavelength gets converted into wave height.
The volume of the atmosphere vs. the ocean is not the issue; its heat capacity is. And the heat capacity of the oceans is far greater, because the specific heat of water is 4x that of air as measured in mass, and the mass of the oceans is several orders of magnitude greater than the mass of the atmosphere.
So before you opine about other people's facile logic and shortsighted handwaving, you should really check your facts. Hint: GIYF.
One thing that Windows has never had that I would really like: a list of directories where files have recently been opened or saved by any app. Very common situation to work on a file in one app, then need to open it in some other app (often to send it somewhere with ftp or email), or open another file in the same dir. Why can't Windows track the last 10 or so dirs like that, and make the list available to other apps?
"That means no fridge running all day and night." That's why Uncle Owen told Luke he's shutting down the power for the night. Including the refr. Although Aunt Buru does use an electric food processor.
I own a Nokia 950 (yes, Windows10). Some day I'll need to get a new phone; I cracked the screen, and while it continues to work fine, it probably won't forever. When I compare the Nokia's screen and camera (dunno about the CPU) with other phones, I'm astounded to find that at least according to the specs, it beats everything else: 1440x2560 pixel five inch screen, (rear) camera 20MP, f1.9, image stabilization, etc. etc.; even a replaceable battery. And yet I paid ~$200 for a reconditioned phone. I don't see these specs on anything else.
Am I misunderstanding s.t. (and I don't mean the OS + apps)? Are these specs misleading?
Anecdote: I used to have the Verizon network. But I frequently drive from the Baltimore area to the region of Fairmont WV, and Vz faded out a lot of the way (I-70 and I-68). In and around Fairmont (which straddles I-79), I got nothing, nada, zip, despite Vz's maps showing coverage there. I switched to the AT&T network, and no drops between here and there, plus excellent service there.
Sometimes the camels try to tell their riders they're going the wrong way (like Balaam's donkey), and the riders may or may not pay attention. Something like that happened in the Challenger disaster (although those riders were not salesmen).
"linguistics helps us design technology to reach different cultures": I'm a card-carrying (as in PhD) linguist, and in fact one who has worked in computational linguistics, so I'd sure like to believe you're right. But I'm not sure we linguists can claim to do that. Understand and describe another language, yes; inform human translators, yes. These things are relevant to translation into minority languages that haven't been studied before, and in fact have been used by Bible translators working with such languages for a century; but they're not so relevant for "big" languages that have been studied for a long time, where the grammar and sound systems are reasonably well understood.
Slashdot Mirror
"AI represents a new era. Cross-national and cross-discipline cooperation is inevitable." Inevitable AI: someone said something like that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... @1:44
Just what I was thinking (but without the **). Brexit is looking better and better.
And here you (and I) are.
Come to my house. The refr *has* an ice/water dispenser in the door, but it hasn't worked for over a year. I think the tube to the water dispenser is frozen, and if it gets thawed, it just freezes up again. Same with the water dispenser on the refr nearest my office at work.
As for the ice dispenser on our refr, we never used it, so I took it out and got lots more room in the freezer. If we want ice cubes, we make them in trays, like the 1960s.
"Do I need a dishwasher with a screen that I can talk to?" Printers have a screen. You can't talk to it (at least you're not supposed to--when aggravated, I've been know to do so, and not kindly). But try to decipher what's on that screen. I claim that printers are not any easier to use than they were in 1984 (which is when I got my first dot matrix printer). You (ok, I) *still* can't figure out what's wrong with them, despite the screen.
Fueling the hype in the 1980s AI cycle was the Japanese Fifth Generation project, for which a stated goal was to leapfrog the West's computer technology and skills. People like Edward Feigenbaum and Pamela McCorduck used the FUD generated around this project to call for increased funding, claiming in their 1983 book 'The Fifth Generation: Japan’s Computer Challenge to the World' that "America needs a national plan of action, a kind of space shuttle program for the knowledge systems of the future." As you know, the Fifth Generation project was bypassed by other computing technologies, and the kinds of knowledge systems being pushed back then gave way to other machine learning technologies without (afaik) ever having a large impact.
But I have remembered the hype, and particularly the calls for funding in reaction to the hype. Some scientists and engineers will use projections of disaster as a way of increasing funding for themselves and their field, and ride the wave until it fizzles out. (Know anyone like that today?)
I've never tried to use a Chromebook (I use my computer for programming, so Chromebook is probably not what I need), but: I think the point of Chromebook is that most people don't _need_ a desktop, ergo they don't need Windows.
But doesn't your approach--installation, support etc.--presupposes that the free software already exists? Unless the company that wrote the free software, and the company that offers your installation+support services to the customer, are one and the same.
(I'm not trying to troll, I'm trying to understand the business model of whoever it is that writes the free software in the beginning. We have a linux sysadmin where I work, and I think he's well paid, but he didn't write Linux.)
Tides (not all harbors, but many). Besides, I'm not sure that's the best place to put it; it's in the way of ships going in and out, the water is shallow, meaning that if it's in a region that could have tsunamis, the water could rise quickly and dangerously. Off shore, and away from harbor entrances, is probably better. But yes, site selection is important.
Waves, currents
I assume you are being sarcastic. (I'm having trouble figuring out who you're replying to...I know there are lines connecting posts, but parens, like in LISP, would be better.)
So in case someone else is wondering: tsunamis are harmless to ships and boats out on the ocean. If you're thinking of boats washing ashore in a tsunami, those were boats that were moored--anchored, likely--in shallow water, where the tsunami starts to "feel" the bottom, and the energy stored in the long wavelength gets converted into wave height.
The volume of the atmosphere vs. the ocean is not the issue; its heat capacity is. And the heat capacity of the oceans is far greater, because the specific heat of water is 4x that of air as measured in mass, and the mass of the oceans is several orders of magnitude greater than the mass of the atmosphere.
So before you opine about other people's facile logic and shortsighted handwaving, you should really check your facts. Hint: GIYF.
At the end of the Niven - Pournelle book "Escape from Hell", Satan tells the main character to tell God He could have done better if he'd rolled dice.
Better idea: last digit of Year, two digits of Month, and one digit for a Variable in case of name collision. YMMV.
One thing that Windows has never had that I would really like: a list of directories where files have recently been opened or saved by any app. Very common situation to work on a file in one app, then need to open it in some other app (often to send it somewhere with ftp or email), or open another file in the same dir. Why can't Windows track the last 10 or so dirs like that, and make the list available to other apps?
I'm with bn-7bc, I've never seen any of those ads you mention, and I have Win10 on two computers. Sure you don't have a virus on yours?
Magma displacement.
"That means no fridge running all day and night." That's why Uncle Owen told Luke he's shutting down the power for the night. Including the refr. Although Aunt Buru does use an electric food processor.
How can I tell if the battery is new?
I own a Nokia 950 (yes, Windows10). Some day I'll need to get a new phone; I cracked the screen, and while it continues to work fine, it probably won't forever. When I compare the Nokia's screen and camera (dunno about the CPU) with other phones, I'm astounded to find that at least according to the specs, it beats everything else: 1440x2560 pixel five inch screen, (rear) camera 20MP, f1.9, image stabilization, etc. etc.; even a replaceable battery. And yet I paid ~$200 for a reconditioned phone. I don't see these specs on anything else.
Am I misunderstanding s.t. (and I don't mean the OS + apps)? Are these specs misleading?
Anecdote: I used to have the Verizon network. But I frequently drive from the Baltimore area to the region of Fairmont WV, and Vz faded out a lot of the way (I-70 and I-68). In and around Fairmont (which straddles I-79), I got nothing, nada, zip, despite Vz's maps showing coverage there. I switched to the AT&T network, and no drops between here and there, plus excellent service there.
Sometimes the camels try to tell their riders they're going the wrong way (like Balaam's donkey), and the riders may or may not pay attention. Something like that happened in the Challenger disaster (although those riders were not salesmen).
...or a simile.
"Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
"linguistics helps us design technology to reach different cultures": I'm a card-carrying (as in PhD) linguist, and in fact one who has worked in computational linguistics, so I'd sure like to believe you're right. But I'm not sure we linguists can claim to do that. Understand and describe another language, yes; inform human translators, yes. These things are relevant to translation into minority languages that haven't been studied before, and in fact have been used by Bible translators working with such languages for a century; but they're not so relevant for "big" languages that have been studied for a long time, where the grammar and sound systems are reasonably well understood.