I see this as very interesting commentary on the human persona. We consume energy which is of extreme importance and complain of its excessive cost whilst we abuse it. We then expend more precious energy to figure out ways to use more energy in an inefficient manner to trick our bodies into no longer storing the energy for later dire straights.
The fundamental basis of this idea is flawed. I personally don't get it.
However, it is certainly marketable and will cause someone to be filthy rich if they can really force humans to expend more energy without doing anything that actually requires the energy (such as exercise).
But I digress, all that aside, the pure discovery is interesting.
Luis von Ahn has an interesting obsession with games and their possible beneficial effects on humanity - both on an individual basis and in the greater sense. If you want some more information about his methodology or ideas, you can watch his lecture on human computation:
As for von Ahn, I am currently studying computer science at Carnegie Mellon and I was lucky enough to have him as a professor (along with Godel prize winner Steven Rudich) for one of the most difficult classes at the school, Great Theoretical Ideas of Computer Science (15-251). He is very interesting and entertaining, and was able to teach much of the course material through games - though they are in no way the same types of games as the ones in the article.
At one point, I wanted to help him with the CAPTCHAs and their future direction (since they are becoming increasingly easy to crack and increasingly harder for humans to pass), but I was rebuffed. He is a cool guy with an aura of arrogance/confidence which does him well. I am glad to see he is making some progress.
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But KITT always talked on the human audible range... Can you reserve that? Talk about road noise...
What's the credit limit on a trout's account? How about a whale?
It's their Jobs.
Only on Slashdot would this be considered "Informative". If anything, it's "Insightful". :-p
D'OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHME!
Haha. Anyone interested in following the trail should look here: http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Springfield's_State
I'll need your state to actually send the dollar to you. :)
A wife AND a girlfriend? You, my friend, are a slashdot hero!
Hackers have money. The children do not.
with your 100G of pornographic digital video and pornographic photos?!?!
Slashdot now doubles as a dictionary. Sweet!
What idiot compiles a cake? You sir, need to take a cooking class. ;)
You must be new here. :-)
However, getting inaccurate information earlier to more people can cause everyone a lot of trouble... It's not so clear cut and dry...
Boy do I wish I had modpoints for that one. I seriously laughed out loud to that one. :-)
I see this as very interesting commentary on the human persona. We consume energy which is of extreme importance and complain of its excessive cost whilst we abuse it. We then expend more precious energy to figure out ways to use more energy in an inefficient manner to trick our bodies into no longer storing the energy for later dire straights.
The fundamental basis of this idea is flawed. I personally don't get it.
However, it is certainly marketable and will cause someone to be filthy rich if they can really force humans to expend more energy without doing anything that actually requires the energy (such as exercise).
But I digress, all that aside, the pure discovery is interesting.
Luis von Ahn has an interesting obsession with games and their possible beneficial effects on humanity - both on an individual basis and in the greater sense. If you want some more information about his methodology or ideas, you can watch his lecture on human computation:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8246463980976635143
As for von Ahn, I am currently studying computer science at Carnegie Mellon and I was lucky enough to have him as a professor (along with Godel prize winner Steven Rudich) for one of the most difficult classes at the school, Great Theoretical Ideas of Computer Science (15-251). He is very interesting and entertaining, and was able to teach much of the course material through games - though they are in no way the same types of games as the ones in the article.
At one point, I wanted to help him with the CAPTCHAs and their future direction (since they are becoming increasingly easy to crack and increasingly harder for humans to pass), but I was rebuffed. He is a cool guy with an aura of arrogance/confidence which does him well. I am glad to see he is making some progress.
Meaning you'd most likely be using it to grab your mouse instead. :-)
When IPv4 addresses run out and IPv6 still hasn't been rolled out.
Disclaimer for /.: You can't impregnate your left hand.
Did you know that 6 to any power other than zero produces a 6 in the resulting number?! It's just as arbitrary as this...
But does it really matter? In the end, Linux will run on both.