Haiti, and Bermuda, were both headline news here in the US. As for Middle East countries, we have admittedly not taken care of the true home of the culprits behind the attacks.
Though I believe the evidence of for global warming, this hurricane is not a part of it. Claims such as yours belong with those which claim that people not flying off into space is proof that the world is flat.
I guess all I'm saying is that is time to reserve mathematical computer language to mathematicians, and leave normal computer language to normal people. Seriously, how many people do you know who say "2^3.1459" when ordering a couple of cheese burgers?
Formal definitions can be written in English, and even formal grammar. The point here is to make controlling computers as universal as controlling fire. It should not take a PhD to ask a machine to sum 1 + 1.
In my daily work, which is in health care, I rely on translators quite often. You wouldn't believe my dismay when I tried to explain to a Somali speaker that if he didn't have the fluid drained around his heart he could die from cardiac tamponade. Weird experience. Anyway, you can certainly understand the problems with the lack of a common language that all humans can understand.
I would rather use the language that enables the most users to instruct their computers on what they want done. Stupid battles over curly braces and punctuation does nothing to further this goal. Humans have understood how to interpret human language, it is high time we taught our machines to do the same.
That would be a start. But in the end, and just like speech interpreters such as Siri can be built, so can written interpreters. The only explanation I can find that explains why one has not been developed yet is this silly compulsive shit over curly braces and indentation.
I'm amazed that computers still can not simply take commands spoken by the average speaker of the nearly universal language "English" and perform those instructions to the letter. Curly braces, tabs, spaces, none of that should matter.
Really? What was the average age of death before tobacco, and the average age of death after tobacco being used by Europeans? Seems I recall it being somewhere near a 30 year increase in the average lifespan.
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I thought steel was made before windmills? Somebody fact check me on this.
So your all for increasing NASA's budget in the off chance other new profitable opportunities will arise?
So now that the costs of research and experimentation have been paid for by the public, "entrepreneurs" are willing to step up and reap the profits?
Haiti, and Bermuda, were both headline news here in the US. As for Middle East countries, we have admittedly not taken care of the true home of the culprits behind the attacks.
Okay. But again, once the danger to US citizens has subsided help will be sent to Haiti.
Not sure about your numbers, but you can rest assured that once the danger to US citizens pass all sorts of aid will be sent to Haiti.
Though I believe the evidence of for global warming, this hurricane is not a part of it. Claims such as yours belong with those which claim that people not flying off into space is proof that the world is flat.
Like The Donald, the rich are too smart to pay taxes. Taxes are for the poor.
Anything that doesn't make money for Donald Trump and the rest of the 1% should be against the law.
Interesting. Since normal people are 'touchy-feely" are you saying computers will never understand normal people?
I guess all I'm saying is that is time to reserve mathematical computer language to mathematicians, and leave normal computer language to normal people. Seriously, how many people do you know who say "2^3.1459" when ordering a couple of cheese burgers?
Right, so why not make it as standard as the "ABCs"?
So you want to punish your users for inability to express yourself in universally comprehensible language?
Formal definitions can be written in English, and even formal grammar. The point here is to make controlling computers as universal as controlling fire. It should not take a PhD to ask a machine to sum 1 + 1.
In my daily work, which is in health care, I rely on translators quite often. You wouldn't believe my dismay when I tried to explain to a Somali speaker that if he didn't have the fluid drained around his heart he could die from cardiac tamponade. Weird experience. Anyway, you can certainly understand the problems with the lack of a common language that all humans can understand.
I would rather use the language that enables the most users to instruct their computers on what they want done. Stupid battles over curly braces and punctuation does nothing to further this goal. Humans have understood how to interpret human language, it is high time we taught our machines to do the same.
So all we have to do is make computers smarter then? Even Neanderthals, and possibly Homo Habilis, understood spoken language.
That would be a start. But in the end, and just like speech interpreters such as Siri can be built, so can written interpreters. The only explanation I can find that explains why one has not been developed yet is this silly compulsive shit over curly braces and indentation.
English can, and should be, logically structured. Is its complexity that is holding back from the use by the masses?
I'm amazed that computers still can not simply take commands spoken by the average speaker of the nearly universal language "English" and perform those instructions to the letter. Curly braces, tabs, spaces, none of that should matter.
Free for 60 minutes is not free. Only free is "Free".
Really? What was the average age of death before tobacco, and the average age of death after tobacco being used by Europeans? Seems I recall it being somewhere near a 30 year increase in the average lifespan.
Just like States can impose restrictions on where you pee.
People have been imbibing tobacco products for hundreds of years. It is obvious the vast majority of us have adapted to its use.
Since it doesn't matter to anyone browsing at -1 it is of no import at all then. Seriously, who pays any Slashdot moderation at all?