God bless the Can-Do attitude at MIT (and elsewhere, I suppose). I wish they hadn't thrown my application away, and hope that the totally-awesome-just-not-MIT school that I'm going to will support this kind of thing.
imho. once you add an omnipotent, omniscient, etc being into the mix, you give up all hope of a rational explanation.
Such a being could have created the universe two seconds ago, and given us all memories, back stories, and slashdot. If he left signs, evidence, or hints, it was by choice. He is, after all, perfect. So to say that there isn't evidence for evolution, or that there IS evidence for creation, is totally irrelevant. We are interpreting what we see, and people who are better educated than most of us (on that subject) have come to a general consensus. So we chose to agree with them, or someone else, based (usually) on personal preference, not any first hand interpretation of evidence. So god put rocks (and other information) in the ground (and other, more biological places) that lead some (with no implication of majority or minority but myself included) to believe we evolved.
If you believe in god, it makes sense, since you believe he created everything: rocks, fossils, and our penchant for scientific discovery. If you believe the scientists, or were lucky enough to have data and methods to interpret yourself, then it makes sense because it follows a largely unbroken chain of reasoning. So you cannot fault someone for interpreting the evidence before them, because it is there. But the presence of evidence and prevailing theories should NOT BE A THREAT to those who have strong faith. After all, they are part of a perfectly designed creation, right?
Collaboration and education stimulate an active mind, they don't produce one. If you didn't get what you wanted out of a degree, you went to college for the wrong reason. Go sit in the corner until your tizzy is over.
Nope. Its got neural networks. (section 20.5) Try walking into any cog sci / AI faculty office without seeing this book. Don't let anyone tell you it's dry (its got math! gasp!). It's accessible and thorough.
Also:
Statistics!
...learn it, love it. Thats mostly what AI is under all the gloss. That sound is a thousand Cog Sci students screaming in terror, ignore them.
I'd comment but I'm too busy starving to death. The well dried up and my cattle were eaten by lions. Also, my interests were carried away by malnourished natives so I definitely won't be doing anything outside of work, and certainly not for free.
The lasers from previous research didn't burn, so much as pulse, causing small vaporizations on the surface hit at many hertz (times per second, not wavelength). These small explosions had a cumulative effect, fragmenting the structure, or in the case of watery (biological) material, causing a large rupture. Effects are similar to a bullet, except that there is higher accuracy, and less chance of ricochet or other misfire. The drawback has always been : Geneva conventions, Reliablility (glass tube lasers of the 80s-90s were junk), and the huge power requirements. Nowadays, capacitors are getting a lot better, as are batteries, and laser diodes are quite reliable (comparatively). I think there's a future here, and it might be a good improvement. Whatever it takes to get the US Army to stop throwing around depeleted uranium.
Research out of the big U's has (from what I've read, limited, granted) focused on recognizing the flash of brain waves when activity is decided upon. It seems the decision to make even a snap or fleeting choice is determined 20 or so seconds before you know and act. Some people got a robot to decide which ball to pick up based on the "surprise" reaction that people have when a robot expresses interest in the ball they were thinking about. That kind of stuff translates directly to hardware and real-life control. Communication I know less about, but I'm led to believe its a small thing nowadays to match a brain pattern to a past event as its being recalled. There was a study recently that could predict with better than random accuracy a persons choice (1 of a few options) based on certain brain patterns, and they've mapped specific memories as they are being recalled, but not in real time yet.
I guess where I'm going with this is, once you decide to speak, the helmet would probably catch that, match a pattern to words (or ideas) you know from the past (training, for instance) and transmit that. It'd be even easier to match a specific pattern, say "transmit via helmet." So perhaps thats the training they were referring to. After all, my brother, who just got off a stint in Kosovo, was pretty quick to tell me they hammer specific phrases into a soldier. Vocabulary is a big deal, making this pattern matching even easier.
No: They claim to retain most of the personell and promise ongoing support for products (in the actual M$ statement)
from the article:
"Microsoft has decided to close Ensemble Studios following the completion of Halo Wars. After the closure, the Ensemble leadership team will form a new studio and has agreed to provide ongoing support for Halo Wars as well as work on other projects with Microsoft Game Studios. "
I realize the trustworthiness (truthiness?) of that statement is suspect, but it doesn't promise a DOA product, in the least.
Its got to be the slapshot thing. I've been sitting here staring at the screen and nothing else makes sense. Unless I'M the idiot, which, at 4pm (Central) on friday, I'm a good candidate...
However, that doesn't mean they won't be next generation's Microsoft. Remember, MS had the little guy advantage for a while, and was innovative and even generous with the charities. But plenty hate them now.
Not happy with a simple poll, some jokster posted this to make sure we actually find out who has the worst fanboys ( I direct your attention to the first two winners ).
Of course, whenever the seller / developer presents software, the language gets a tad stronger. "Every" might not be "all."
However, given the recent interest in commercialized space travel / exploration, it would be in the USStratCom (US Strategic Command)'s best interest to keep X-Prize's rockets off their damn satellites. So I'm guessing the list is pretty comprehensive.
"This is probably one of the last noticeable sub-atomic discoveries made somewhere else than at CERN since LHC is about to start the hunt for the Higgs particle that remains elusive even for the experiment that just discovered the Omega-sub-b.."
Easy on the sentence structure, fuller, you're gonna wet the bed.
File this under "normal response." The quacks say warmer, and nobody sees it. That might be because we're talking about a 100 year average of +5 degrees. There's no way anyone would ever feel that minute of a change. Except glaciers, tundra lines, permafrost, and ocean temp. Mind you, I'm not saying you should believe, just that belief or even perception isn't required.
Yeah I "Stole" all the admin / management passwords when I quit my last IT job, by virtue of a thing called long-term memory. this "memory" is usually accounted for by the remaining IT pros, and the passwords are often changed anyway. Big deal. My last instruction was to change all the passwords, as was the last instruction of my predecessor. Lay-offs have even more notice than quits, so 88% might steal, but if they can use it for anything, then more layoffs should promptly follow.
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God bless the Can-Do attitude at MIT (and elsewhere, I suppose). I wish they hadn't thrown my application away, and hope that the totally-awesome-just-not-MIT school that I'm going to will support this kind of thing.
The TED video felt like "they paid me to stand up here and entertain you for 10 minutes".
Every single video is like that! TED is waste of time.
Unless you enjoy entertainment.
colloquialism "Birds of a feather.." confirmed empirically. stop the presses.
Such a being could have created the universe two seconds ago, and given us all memories, back stories, and slashdot. If he left signs, evidence, or hints, it was by choice. He is, after all, perfect. So to say that there isn't evidence for evolution, or that there IS evidence for creation, is totally irrelevant. We are interpreting what we see, and people who are better educated than most of us (on that subject) have come to a general consensus. So we chose to agree with them, or someone else, based (usually) on personal preference, not any first hand interpretation of evidence. So god put rocks (and other information) in the ground (and other, more biological places) that lead some (with no implication of majority or minority but myself included) to believe we evolved.
If you believe in god, it makes sense, since you believe he created everything: rocks, fossils, and our penchant for scientific discovery. If you believe the scientists, or were lucky enough to have data and methods to interpret yourself, then it makes sense because it follows a largely unbroken chain of reasoning. So you cannot fault someone for interpreting the evidence before them, because it is there. But the presence of evidence and prevailing theories should NOT BE A THREAT to those who have strong faith. After all, they are part of a perfectly designed creation, right?
I'm glad I got to weigh in on this issue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_at_first_marriage
oops. Lost the meaning in the strong words. Gonna take a karma hit for that one.
Collaboration and education stimulate an active mind, they don't produce one. If you didn't get what you wanted out of a degree, you went to college for the wrong reason. Go sit in the corner until your tizzy is over.
Nope. Its got neural networks. (section 20.5) Try walking into any cog sci / AI faculty office without seeing this book. Don't let anyone tell you it's dry (its got math! gasp!). It's accessible and thorough.
...learn it, love it. Thats mostly what AI is under all the gloss. That sound is a thousand Cog Sci students screaming in terror, ignore them.
Also:
Statistics!
I'd comment but I'm too busy starving to death. The well dried up and my cattle were eaten by lions. Also, my interests were carried away by malnourished natives so I definitely won't be doing anything outside of work, and certainly not for free.
Its a recession, not the feckin apocalypse.
The lasers from previous research didn't burn, so much as pulse, causing small vaporizations on the surface hit at many hertz (times per second, not wavelength). These small explosions had a cumulative effect, fragmenting the structure, or in the case of watery (biological) material, causing a large rupture. Effects are similar to a bullet, except that there is higher accuracy, and less chance of ricochet or other misfire. The drawback has always been : Geneva conventions, Reliablility (glass tube lasers of the 80s-90s were junk), and the huge power requirements. Nowadays, capacitors are getting a lot better, as are batteries, and laser diodes are quite reliable (comparatively). I think there's a future here, and it might be a good improvement. Whatever it takes to get the US Army to stop throwing around depeleted uranium.
Research out of the big U's has (from what I've read, limited, granted) focused on recognizing the flash of brain waves when activity is decided upon. It seems the decision to make even a snap or fleeting choice is determined 20 or so seconds before you know and act. Some people got a robot to decide which ball to pick up based on the "surprise" reaction that people have when a robot expresses interest in the ball they were thinking about. That kind of stuff translates directly to hardware and real-life control. Communication I know less about, but I'm led to believe its a small thing nowadays to match a brain pattern to a past event as its being recalled. There was a study recently that could predict with better than random accuracy a persons choice (1 of a few options) based on certain brain patterns, and they've mapped specific memories as they are being recalled, but not in real time yet.
I guess where I'm going with this is, once you decide to speak, the helmet would probably catch that, match a pattern to words (or ideas) you know from the past (training, for instance) and transmit that. It'd be even easier to match a specific pattern, say "transmit via helmet." So perhaps thats the training they were referring to. After all, my brother, who just got off a stint in Kosovo, was pretty quick to tell me they hammer specific phrases into a soldier. Vocabulary is a big deal, making this pattern matching even easier.
Well, yes and no.
Yes: what you say is probably true in effect.
No: They claim to retain most of the personell and promise ongoing support for products (in the actual M$ statement)
from the article: "Microsoft has decided to close Ensemble Studios following the completion of Halo Wars. After the closure, the Ensemble leadership team will form a new studio and has agreed to provide ongoing support for Halo Wars as well as work on other projects with Microsoft Game Studios. "
I realize the trustworthiness (truthiness?) of that statement is suspect, but it doesn't promise a DOA product, in the least.
I think we need a slashdot-specific Godwin's law... Except for Microsoft. And it lowers your Score by 2.
Godwin's Law
Godwin's Law Humorously
Its got to be the slapshot thing. I've been sitting here staring at the screen and nothing else makes sense. Unless I'M the idiot, which, at 4pm (Central) on friday, I'm a good candidate...
Xprize, Summer of code, etc. Google is definitely a great company. Sure Gmail is Creepy and they've taken heat for their TOS, but they are still a stand-up, innovative company in my mind. And god-by-every-name bless those guys for their green mindedness and showing its possible for a billionaire corp to do some good.
However, that doesn't mean they won't be next generation's Microsoft. Remember, MS had the little guy advantage for a while, and was innovative and even generous with the charities. But plenty hate them now.
Not happy with a simple poll, some jokster posted this to make sure we actually find out who has the worst fanboys ( I direct your attention to the first two winners ).
You are all officially repeats.
Of course, whenever the seller / developer presents software, the language gets a tad stronger. "Every" might not be "all."
However, given the recent interest in commercialized space travel / exploration, it would be in the USStratCom (US Strategic Command)'s best interest to keep X-Prize's rockets off their damn satellites. So I'm guessing the list is pretty comprehensive.
seriously? Lets make everything an MMO.
Just announced! Slashdot MMO! play any one of 5 classes informative, funny, insightful, interesting, troll!
Epic level cap of +1 to +5! Ability to ignore comments I mean players below level 2!
....doubly so
"This is probably one of the last noticeable sub-atomic discoveries made somewhere else than at CERN since LHC is about to start the hunt for the Higgs particle that remains elusive even for the experiment that just discovered the Omega-sub-b.."
Easy on the sentence structure, fuller, you're gonna wet the bed.
Because we can all think of how to spend a million, but the rich ones only think of how to make a million.
File this under "normal response." The quacks say warmer, and nobody sees it. That might be because we're talking about a 100 year average of +5 degrees. There's no way anyone would ever feel that minute of a change. Except glaciers, tundra lines, permafrost, and ocean temp. Mind you, I'm not saying you should believe, just that belief or even perception isn't required.
It happens
Its going to get old quick, and funny slowly, so I'll just do this once: 12%?
Yeah I "Stole" all the admin / management passwords when I quit my last IT job, by virtue of a thing called long-term memory. this "memory" is usually accounted for by the remaining IT pros, and the passwords are often changed anyway. Big deal. My last instruction was to change all the passwords, as was the last instruction of my predecessor. Lay-offs have even more notice than quits, so 88% might steal, but if they can use it for anything, then more layoffs should promptly follow.