And neither is expecting the 4 states to signify absolute quantities.
Perhaps the schema is something like:-
0 = Firm No 1 = Probably Not 2 = Probably Yes 3 = Firm Yes
And the inputs from millions of other neurons with this kind of basis form a decision making process that more closely emulates our own. WE don't make fixed decisions, we weight all the inputs and outcomes and work out the one that is probably best for us. The world is not binary, we should not expect AI to behave like that either.
And while it has made steady progress, it hasn't proven terribly successful; since the advent of the computer age, these AIs have evolved from being equivalent to a flatworm to being equivalent to a guppy (and I'm being optimistic here).
And how many millenia did it take for the biological process to create a guppy from a flatworm ?
Considering everything we've achieved in the last 50 years, I think the next 50 will be even more revolutionary for the AI overlords using us as 9 volt batteries.
Open source software is free, retraining staff to use it is not. Neither is hiring uber-expensive consultants when something goes wrong (which in the case of OSS can actually mean the ONE person still involved who wrote some of the original source).
Don't believe me ? I worked for a travel company for about 10 years, and when we had some database optimization issues, one of the actual lead coders from the project came and spent 2 days in our office. Nice guy though, optimized our queries and indexes like you wouldn't believe. But the point is still valid.
For certain values of "forever", but long enough that the human race will be long gone from the Earth before it's a problem.
But what never ceases to amaze me is the mentality that an energy source that is only good for 200 years (of which about 150 we've already used) is somehow better than an energy source that is good for 1 billion years or so.
Which matters because ? All we are talking about is water and algae, none of that messy Carbon stuff.
If your only practical objection is "oh, but we'll need a bigger tank", then maybe you need to rethink your priorities (or perhaps those of your grandchildren once there's no oil left).
why not display what you have the instant it comes in
Because some dumbass decided that it was far better to take the M(arkup) out of HTML and bung it in some damn.css file, which at best loads parallel to the main document, but in reality usually a few seconds afterward.
NO, DON'T PUT POSITIONAL INFORMATION IN THE HTML, THAT'S VERBOTEN.
Much better to have a page full of div tags that don't know where the hell they should actually BE on the page until some separate file has loaded containing X,Y,Width & Height information.
And if the.css fails to load at least you have a page of left aligned text in 12 point Times New Roman, which means the content is still usable, right ? I bet you feel so much better that content and presentation are not mixed ?
It's called AJAX mate, which is basically completely invisible to the user until the request response cycle has completed and the page has been updated.
So a lot of times, the poor user doesn't even know if he clicked on the right thing... hence the animated gif.
Mice pointers have been doing the same thing for about 25 years, are you going to rip on those next ?
Gerald Broflovski already has prior art, in the sexual harassment suit Everybody vs Everybody.
And now, something to "bear" in mind...
"Hello, cubs. I'm "Don't Sue People" Panda, with an important message for you! Lawsuits damage our society. I know it's tempting to make money, but just remember: that money has to come from somewhere. And usually, it ends up hurting a lot of innocent people."
Pity the **AA missed that episode, never mind, I'm sure it's on YouTube.
Facebook, of all places, panders to the lowest common denominator. It's the Fox News of social networks. Most of these people don't even know what right-click means till you show them a diagram. Why the fuck would THEY be interested in the underlying protocol (probably XML, they throw it at everything else) ?
They don't CARE, how many times can I say this, all they want is somewhere to spout their inane drivel about how they are "hanging out at the coffee shop", and how they "hate Justin Beiber" (whoever the fuck he is).
It can also be carried out only when an attacker already has the ability to run a binary on the targeted PC
Anyone who already has the ability to run a binary on your box can p0wn it... well, no shit Sherlock. As that applies to every O/S, I wonder why Windows has been targeted as the "guilty party". Ah, Soulskill, say no more...
One viable application will probably be the Quantum Bomb. Just drop on one Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Iran turns into a Bowl of Petunias or a Sperm Whale.
A species of plant that can survive in the Martian atmosphere could probably in fact feed millions. But as those millions are mostly in Africa, they'd probably just fuck it, give it AIDS, then go back to shooting their neighbours because they come from a different tribe.
Just saying... most of the problems in Africa stem from the fact it's full of Africans.
In particular, all the pop-up ads that circumvent the "Block Pop-Ups" button are using Flash now, so they'll all go away right?
No, because the advertisers will just use canvas tags, just like they used/abused frames, and then iframes, and then Flash.
And before you think of CanvasBlocker, it's my understanding that the canvas is the primary drawing surface for the page. Block that and you'll display no content whatsoever.
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And neither is expecting the 4 states to signify absolute quantities.
Perhaps the schema is something like :-
0 = Firm No
1 = Probably Not
2 = Probably Yes
3 = Firm Yes
And the inputs from millions of other neurons with this kind of basis form a decision making process that more closely emulates our own. WE don't make fixed decisions, we weight all the inputs and outcomes and work out the one that is probably best for us. The world is not binary, we should not expect AI to behave like that either.
And while it has made steady progress, it hasn't proven terribly successful; since the advent of the computer age, these AIs have evolved from being equivalent to a flatworm to being equivalent to a guppy (and I'm being optimistic here).
And how many millenia did it take for the biological process to create a guppy from a flatworm ?
Considering everything we've achieved in the last 50 years, I think the next 50 will be even more revolutionary for the AI overlords using us as 9 volt batteries.
Open source software is free, retraining staff to use it is not. Neither is hiring uber-expensive consultants when something goes wrong (which in the case of OSS can actually mean the ONE person still involved who wrote some of the original source).
Don't believe me ? I worked for a travel company for about 10 years, and when we had some database optimization issues, one of the actual lead coders from the project came and spent 2 days in our office. Nice guy though, optimized our queries and indexes like you wouldn't believe. But the point is still valid.
For certain values of "forever", but long enough that the human race will be long gone from the Earth before it's a problem.
But what never ceases to amaze me is the mentality that an energy source that is only good for 200 years (of which about 150 we've already used) is somehow better than an energy source that is good for 1 billion years or so.
Negative population growths from births ??? So once a baby is born, both parents commit hari-kari ?
That's the only way I could envisage a negative population growth.
Which matters because ? All we are talking about is water and algae, none of that messy Carbon stuff.
If your only practical objection is "oh, but we'll need a bigger tank", then maybe you need to rethink your priorities (or perhaps those of your grandchildren once there's no oil left).
So would I, but I can't be sure they'd give me my $4.99 change.
why not display what you have the instant it comes in
Because some dumbass decided that it was far better to take the M(arkup) out of HTML and bung it in some damn .css file, which at best loads parallel to the main document, but in reality usually a few seconds afterward.
NO, DON'T PUT POSITIONAL INFORMATION IN THE HTML, THAT'S VERBOTEN.
Much better to have a page full of div tags that don't know where the hell they should actually BE on the page until some separate file has loaded containing X,Y,Width & Height information.
And if the .css fails to load at least you have a page of left aligned text in 12 point Times New Roman, which means the content is still usable, right ? I bet you feel so much better that content and presentation are not mixed ?
Where was that F5 key again ?
It's called AJAX mate, which is basically completely invisible to the user until the request response cycle has completed and the page has been updated.
So a lot of times, the poor user doesn't even know if he clicked on the right thing ... hence the animated gif.
Mice pointers have been doing the same thing for about 25 years, are you going to rip on those next ?
You're the kind of person who phones the police every time a kid skateboards near his drive, aren't you ?
Gerald Broflovski already has prior art, in the sexual harassment suit Everybody vs Everybody.
And now, something to "bear" in mind ...
"Hello, cubs. I'm "Don't Sue People" Panda, with an important message for you! Lawsuits damage our society. I know it's tempting to make money, but just remember: that money has to come from somewhere. And usually, it ends up hurting a lot of innocent people."
Pity the **AA missed that episode, never mind, I'm sure it's on YouTube.
And they'd HAVE to be parodies, seeing as any film of the original will be under copyright until 2015 (death + 70 years). See, they system DOES work !
It's not clear why Scroogle has such a hard on for screen scraping.
Perhaps because the API will probably block them after the first 10,000 hits and Google will ask them to contribute something back ?
When are you people going to realise ?
Facebook, of all places, panders to the lowest common denominator. It's the Fox News of social networks. Most of these people don't even know what right-click means till you show them a diagram. Why the fuck would THEY be interested in the underlying protocol (probably XML, they throw it at everything else) ?
They don't CARE, how many times can I say this, all they want is somewhere to spout their inane drivel about how they are "hanging out at the coffee shop", and how they "hate Justin Beiber" (whoever the fuck he is).
So basically ...
It can also be carried out only when an attacker already has the ability to run a binary on the targeted PC
Anyone who already has the ability to run a binary on your box can p0wn it ... well, no shit Sherlock. As that applies to every O/S, I wonder why Windows has been targeted as the "guilty party". Ah, Soulskill, say no more ...
Yes, a probability of 1 means it IS certain ... it might take an infinite amount of time before it actually happens though.
As opposed to outlanders who can't see the difference because their TV is full of corn.
Unless your Microsoft(tm) white noise generator generates the key 00000000.......
One viable application will probably be the Quantum Bomb. Just drop on one Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Iran turns into a Bowl of Petunias or a Sperm Whale.
It's an infinite improbability drive, so the actual probability of it existing must be 1 ... erm, eventually.
A species of plant that can survive in the Martian atmosphere could probably in fact feed millions. But as those millions are mostly in Africa, they'd probably just fuck it, give it AIDS, then go back to shooting their neighbours because they come from a different tribe.
Just saying ... most of the problems in Africa stem from the fact it's full of Africans.
It's a recommendation to use the "Morose Martian" distro ... no wait, they've already used "M" haven't they ?
My Top 1000 Advertisements and Sponsored Links, conveniently spread over 15 pages of actual (poor) content and user comments.
There's only an estimated 10^82 atoms in the universe. Just to put your 10^999 in perspective.
In particular, all the pop-up ads that circumvent the "Block Pop-Ups" button are using Flash now, so they'll all go away right?
No, because the advertisers will just use canvas tags, just like they used/abused frames, and then iframes, and then Flash.
And before you think of CanvasBlocker, it's my understanding that the canvas is the primary drawing surface for the page. Block that and you'll display no content whatsoever.