i think that was trying to express the concept that another method of communication might not involve syntax or grammar or sentence structures as such, but instead communicates by using a dictionary of stored cultural memories. Maybe the translator had difficulties because it tried to analyze things into syntax structures first, or...
I didn't think the concept was particularly well-thought-out, but it was sort of entertaining...
It would be simpler (quicker, less stressful, less expensive...) to deal with why terrorists start to want to suicide bomb in the first place.
I know that I feel inequalities and injustice in our society, and I would like society to deal with my complaints in a constructive, how-can-we-best-fix-this manner.
Personally I think the people in charge are more interested in the beating-the-chest, pissing contest aspects of the game of war than in really doing what is best for the greatest number of people.
Of course our leaders' power comes from us, the people.
If we really wanted to deal with terrorism effectively, some leader-type would pick up on it and gain popular support.
Both bandwidth and table-rendering speed cause this sort of thing to really stop scaling for larger datasets. It also uses a TON of memory, because the (w3c) DOM is a bit heavy, and with this method IE retains everything in a DOM, whether you like it or not.
With faster hardware/vendor software optimizations then this would be the way to go? (Assuming ie of course...)
It just seems to me if you use greed as the primary motivator you won't get true progress as fast as if you take greed out of the picture and make true progress your primary motivator.
I think it's his writing sk1llz which allow him to get away with it because it comes across as funny and relevant to the topic, so not a gratuitous (and offensive) leer.
we will see all the poor 40 year old trolls dissapear forever into masturbatory bliss
damn your perspicacity!
something in me is protesting that the true spirit of trolling though is independent of sexual satiety, and there may be a few of us who would remain true to the trolling spirit even into old age, even with more efficient masturbatory technology.
Personally, I'm against the US. But (unfortunately?) I'm a non-violent person. I suppose they could still get me for giving aid and comfort to the enemy, or being a fellow-traveler...
nono, you've got it all wrong. we shouldn't have to adapt to technology, technology should make things easier for us. that was kazcinski's (sp) warning.
it's not that hard to make the computer interface more seamless and natural.
if you have to have greed in it somewhere to make you happy, think of how many more consumers you could sell computers to if the interface requires no training.
so how does the internet fit into this? my theory (ok I just came up with this this second) is that advertising will decrease in effectiveness because word-of-mouth will sell your product more efficiently.
If I want to buy something, I would like to get opinions of others about it. (I'll take my chances on weeding out the honest opinions from the lies and [potentially] company-sponsored posts.)
Advertising probably still would have a place in making me aware of something I might need or might make life more convenient for me. But if the ad lied, word of mouth would expose the lie...
And if content-providers didn't have to spend so much on marketing/advertising, prices would go down...
no, the point is that the globe display is better than images.
why should I have to adapt to technology by doing something fairly unnatural like crossing my eyes?
the original skeptical poster seems to be more concerned with the expense than the benefit of the technology. Very in keeping with the times, and also very short-sighted.
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so...how do we do it? seems like you might need a look-up table of idioms that you check before doing the word-to-word translation...
I think the point is, if the software could learn, it could handle it in the same way you do.
send a black gang member
All research ultimately is done to be applied
...when? babbage's research was applied sort of, but it took a while...does that mean it was worthless because it didn't make money...
how much is a replacement brain? a replacement soul?
i think that was trying to express the concept that another method of communication might not involve syntax or grammar or sentence structures as such, but instead communicates by using a dictionary of stored cultural memories. Maybe the translator had difficulties because it tried to analyze things into syntax structures first, or...
I didn't think the concept was particularly well-thought-out, but it was sort of entertaining...
My theory:
It would be simpler (quicker, less stressful, less expensive...) to deal with why terrorists start to want to suicide bomb in the first place.
I know that I feel inequalities and injustice in our society, and I would like society to deal with my complaints in a constructive, how-can-we-best-fix-this manner.
Personally I think the people in charge are more interested in the beating-the-chest, pissing contest aspects of the game of war than in really doing what is best for the greatest number of people.
Of course our leaders' power comes from us, the people.
If we really wanted to deal with terrorism effectively, some leader-type would pick up on it and gain popular support.
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so the privacy issue of the government reading all our emails is completely superseded by the terrorism threat?
is that a foregone conclusion now?
wait...what's the difference again?
html? don't they have a web service SOAP api now?
Both bandwidth and table-rendering speed cause this sort of thing to really stop scaling for larger datasets. It also uses a TON of memory, because the (w3c) DOM is a bit heavy, and with this method IE retains everything in a DOM, whether you like it or not.
With faster hardware/vendor software optimizations then this would be the way to go? (Assuming ie of course...)
so why doesn't one or more of you open-source hippy types fix it for them
is it really offensive man? to me it's mostly just funny...
It just seems to me if you use greed as the primary motivator you won't get true progress as fast as if you take greed out of the picture and make true progress your primary motivator.
it gets somewhat idiomatic in places, but it's still clear to a native speaker what he means...
I think it's his writing sk1llz which allow him to get away with it because it comes across as funny and relevant to the topic, so not a gratuitous (and offensive) leer.
we will see all the poor 40 year old trolls dissapear forever into masturbatory bliss
damn your perspicacity!
something in me is protesting that the true spirit of trolling though is independent of sexual satiety, and there may be a few of us who would remain true to the trolling spirit even into old age, even with more efficient masturbatory technology.
this is why capitalism/the free market is not the most efficient way to advance technology.
put more GWB on tv
Personally, I'm against the US. But (unfortunately?) I'm a non-violent person. I suppose they could still get me for giving aid and comfort to the enemy, or being a fellow-traveler...
nono, you've got it all wrong. we shouldn't have to adapt to technology, technology should make things easier for us. that was kazcinski's (sp) warning.
it's not that hard to make the computer interface more seamless and natural.
if you have to have greed in it somewhere to make you happy, think of how many more consumers you could sell computers to if the interface requires no training.
so how does the internet fit into this? my theory (ok I just came up with this this second) is that advertising will decrease in effectiveness because word-of-mouth will sell your product more efficiently.
If I want to buy something, I would like to get opinions of others about it. (I'll take my chances on weeding out the honest opinions from the lies and [potentially] company-sponsored posts.)
Advertising probably still would have a place in making me aware of something I might need or might make life more convenient for me. But if the ad lied, word of mouth would expose the lie...
And if content-providers didn't have to spend so much on marketing/advertising, prices would go down...
I would have preferred it if they'd mentioned the porn angle instead of the terrorist angle. I'm sure there's more money in the porn applications.
no, the point is that the globe display is better than images.
why should I have to adapt to technology by doing something fairly unnatural like crossing my eyes?
the original skeptical poster seems to be more concerned with the expense than the benefit of the technology. Very in keeping with the times, and also very short-sighted.
"You're either with the US or against the US"