Actually I took the monitors more to be the possibilities of Neo's action as the matrix sees them. If you will notice, the camera always seems to focus on one and then go through it, as neo's mind chooses that path out of the many possibilities.
And this is how modern design of AI works.. a dumbed down example is chess AI evaluates all the moves and applies heuristics to determine the best move. This monitors on the wall could mean that the Matrix is evaluating what Neo's next choice would be OR the Matrix knows what Neo's choices should be. Now the Oracle knows what choices will be made supposedly and understanding why those choices are made, that is, why the heuristics evaluated that choice thereby possibly improving the intelligence of Neo is the challenge that she presents Neo. So is Neo AI or not AI? Is the Matrix one big AI training program? What would that say about our world and evolution?
I'd recommend seeing Waking Life in which life is examined from a more humanistic perspective.
if you convert the password of Z1ON0101 to decimal, you get Zion5..which could refer to the 5th version of Zion or the prior version, Zion 5.0, as implied by the Architect. Neo 5.0 took the other door and reset the Matrix and created Zion 6.0 populated by people Neo 5.0's choosing (which might include Trinity). So, the initial inhabitants of Zion 6.0, taught by Neo 5.0, frees the minds of the people who question the reality of Matrix 6.0 thereby saving the programs (people/minds) from deletion by the agents. The actions of Neo 5.0 can be attributed to Neo 5.0's want to save Zion 5.0's inhabitants from deletion. The saving of Zion 5.0 is deemed as a noble cause by the inhabitants of Zion for the reason of the survival of self. Since Zion 6.0 faced imminent destruction and the password of Zion5 allows Neo 6.0 to meet the architect and possibly "save" Zion 6.0 and since the prior versions of the Matrix probably have the same event timelines (Oracle->Keymaster->Architect), a programming loop, if you will, it would seem to me that the actions of Zion 6.0 rebels would also be similar to prior versions of Zion rebels (this goes along with the thought that Zion is a Matrix and the inhabitants, Morpheus, Trinity, et al, are programs), that the password is a hint that it's all a loop and that the Zion rebels are in fact programs. I expect that Revolutions is where Neo becomes enlightened of the fact that the "real world" is not real at all.
.coop: The most ridiculous TLD of the bunch...some ICANN folks flew the coop when they chose to approve this one...coop is a totally useless TLD.
aren't you ignorant?
I live in a housing cooperative in Chicago and I've found it very rewarding.
Plus there was a story about spindletop, the open-source hardware thingie, earlier this week that runs on coop principles
A cooperative is a business controlled by the people who use it. It is a democratic organization whose earnings and assets belong to its members. By patronizing and becoming an active member of a co-op, you invest yourself with the power to shape that business. You control the politics and economics of what is truly your organization.
This localized member control allows co-ops to be as varied as the people they serve. Thus, there are different types of co-ops including: food co-ops, housing co-ops, arts and crafts co-ops, book co-ops, bakery co-ops, bike co-ops, farm co-ops, rural electric co-ops, financial co-ops (credit unions), and insurance co-ops. And each of these has a flavor of its own, reflective of the desires of its individual memberships. Despite the diversity in type and tradition of co-ops, most have several things in common, particularly the ideals and principles from which they emerge.
So this is not for you, if A) you live outside the States B) you aren't among those 1% of Americans why live in a city with Metricom coverage (yes, one percent.)
You don't need the Metricom service in your city to use this. You just need two of their wireless modems. They can dial each other if within about half a mile.
C) you want to use this with your box running Linux/BSD/Mac/Place_your_favourite_non-Windows_OS_ here. There's only driver for Windows 9x.
It plugs into your serial port just like an external modem. Communicating to the modem in linux should be a snap. The zip file has DOS programs though, yes. They shouldn't be too hard to write according to the descriptions.
Here's the deal with the modems that are specified as needed in order to get the TI's to network. I just talked to the Metricom folks. They are discontinuing the 28.8 Ricochet wireless modem and releasing a 128 wireless model. The original modem was available for $160 to $350 (the last number doesn't seem right to me either) and was capable of peer-to-peer communication. This is the model you will need if you want to accomplish this.
The 128 kbps modem is available from Metricom for $250 to $300 this summer and is not capable of peer-to-peer communication. The 128 Ricochet is going to be used in the wireless service provided by UUnet this summer in certain cities. (See related story)
I do how ever agree that computer technology workers should start unionizing, now.
Absolutely. I think unions could be beneficial in the following areas:
Privacy issues. ex: You telecommute. The company you are working for wants to search your computer. Shouldn't all non-work related areas of your computer be kept out of the search?
Guaranteeing working conditions. ex: Carpal tunnel syndrome.
Overtime & holiday pay. Personally, I fail to see the benefit of working long hours for someone else away from one's home besides personal satisfaction of getting the job done.
I'd like to see some more thoughts on what unions could protect and perhaps harmful aspects or if they are really necessary.
Side note: My father is in a union for steel workers and the benefits of being in the union were considerable. When the plant wanted him to work on a holiday for an urgent task, he had the option of going in and if he did, he received triple pay as a result of negotiations.
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And this is how modern design of AI works.. a dumbed down example is chess AI evaluates all the moves and applies heuristics to determine the best move. This monitors on the wall could mean that the Matrix is evaluating what Neo's next choice would be OR the Matrix knows what Neo's choices should be.
Now the Oracle knows what choices will be made supposedly and understanding why those choices are made, that is, why the heuristics evaluated that choice thereby possibly improving the intelligence of Neo is the challenge that she presents Neo.
So is Neo AI or not AI? Is the Matrix one big AI training program? What would that say about our world and evolution?
I'd recommend seeing Waking Life in which life is examined from a more humanistic perspective.
if you convert the password of Z1ON0101 to decimal, you get Zion5..which could refer to the 5th version of Zion or the prior version, Zion 5.0, as implied by the Architect.
Neo 5.0 took the other door and reset the Matrix and created Zion 6.0 populated by people Neo 5.0's choosing (which might include Trinity). So, the initial inhabitants of Zion 6.0, taught by Neo 5.0, frees the minds of the people who question the reality of Matrix 6.0 thereby saving the programs (people/minds) from deletion by the agents.
The actions of Neo 5.0 can be attributed to Neo 5.0's want to save Zion 5.0's inhabitants from deletion. The saving of Zion 5.0 is deemed as a noble cause by the inhabitants of Zion for the reason of the survival of self.
Since Zion 6.0 faced imminent destruction and the password of Zion5 allows Neo 6.0 to meet the architect and possibly "save" Zion 6.0 and since the prior versions of the Matrix probably have the same event timelines (Oracle->Keymaster->Architect), a programming loop, if you will, it would seem to me that the actions of Zion 6.0 rebels would also be similar to prior versions of Zion rebels (this goes along with the thought that Zion is a Matrix and the inhabitants, Morpheus, Trinity, et al, are programs), that the password is a hint that it's all a loop and that the Zion rebels are in fact programs. I expect that Revolutions is where Neo becomes enlightened of the fact that the "real world" is not real at all.
aren't you ignorant?
I live in a housing cooperative in Chicago and I've found it very rewarding.
Plus there was a story about spindletop, the open-source hardware thingie, earlier this week that runs on coop principles
from http://www.umich.edu/~nasco/main_coop.h tml :
What is a Co-op?
A cooperative is a business controlled by the people who use it. It is a democratic organization whose earnings and assets belong to its members. By patronizing and becoming an active member of a co-op, you invest yourself with the power to shape that business. You control the politics and economics of what is truly your organization.
This localized member control allows co-ops to be as varied as the people they serve. Thus, there are different types of co-ops including: food co-ops, housing co-ops, arts and crafts co-ops, book co-ops, bakery co-ops, bike co-ops, farm co-ops, rural electric co-ops, financial co-ops (credit unions), and insurance co-ops. And each of these has a flavor of its own, reflective of the desires of its individual memberships. Despite the diversity in type and tradition of co-ops, most have several things in common, particularly the ideals and principles from which they emerge.
not "totally useless" at all
I just talked to the Metricom folks. They are discontinuing the 28.8 Ricochet wireless modem and releasing a 128 wireless model. The original modem was available for $160 to $350 (the last number doesn't seem right to me either) and was capable of peer-to-peer communication. This is the model you will need if you want to accomplish this.
The 128 kbps modem is available from Metricom for $250 to $300 this summer and is not capable of peer-to-peer communication. The 128 Ricochet is going to be used in the wireless service provided by UUnet this summer in certain cities. (See related story)
Here's your speakers. Do the TI's really have enough processing power for decoding MP3's?
One could almost make an analogy of Amiga->PC --> TI-85->PalmPilot. Maybe.
Absolutely. I think unions could be beneficial in the following areas:
Privacy issues. ex: You telecommute. The company you are working for wants to search your computer. Shouldn't all non-work related areas of your computer be kept out of the search?
Guaranteeing working conditions. ex: Carpal tunnel syndrome.
Overtime & holiday pay. Personally, I fail to see the benefit of working long hours for someone else away from one's home besides personal satisfaction of getting the job done.
I'd like to see some more thoughts on what unions could protect and perhaps harmful aspects or if they are really necessary.
Side note: My father is in a union for steel workers and the benefits of being in the union were considerable. When the plant wanted him to work on a holiday for an urgent task, he had the option of going in and if he did, he received triple pay as a result of negotiations.