Before someone comes along and tells me that chess computers are an example of efficiency rather than "cleverness" at solving problems, I want to point out that the entire underpinning of artificial intelligence is predicated on the notion that intelligence is a subset of computation.
So the same would apply to humans, right? So it would be impossible to write a program that could solve a problem that you, the programmer, could not solve.
Like, for instance, it would be impossible to write a computer program that could beat you at chess.;-)
Fewer people have seen "The Devil's Backbone," but it's another good Del Toro flick for people who would die before seeing Hellboy. That's actually the movie that made me a fan of his; Pan's Labyrinth came out later.
As far as I can tell, Del Toro is actually a fan of cheesy comic books, and did the Hellboy movies for that reason.
The point being, the guy isn't a one-track director. He directs arty foreign magical realist cinema and cheesy American action flicks. It's not "getting lucky", it's working in different modes.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Torvalds and Tanenbaum get in a famous fight over the fact that being a "monolithic kernel operating system" is precisely unlike Minix's microkernel solution?
1) The workers make minimum wage plus commission. 2) They specialize in items with a high profit margin. And then they mark them up. 3) They attach themselves to "hot items" that suddenly everyone needs. Most recent example: digital converter boxes have been huge business. 4) They cut costs like crazy. The CEO famously sold off all their plants to employees to save them money on maintaining them. Et cetera. 5) They're everywhere, they're convenient. If you need something specific and relatively common, chances are the RadioShack is closer to where you live and small enough that, unlike, say, Fry's, you don't have to wander around a big box for 30 minutes.
I think anyone who has a choice has switched away from Comcast by now. Which means they can essentially do whatever the hell they want with their captive consumers.
I don't know, maybe because some of us care about other people, and their rights, no matter where they are in the world. Maybe not everyone's a cynic all the time.
Trivial dispute: I think "normalcy" has changed and this is what is normal now. Demographic shifts and bad policy have played out poorly for the GOP, and as long as they're dealing with their current platform and the trend within the American public, "scare tactics" are pretty much an intrinsic part of the solution.
They'll hopefully get over it, but that will come with a change in policy as well. And that would be "change," not "normalcy."
Yeah, the Kraft cheese is terrible. Their parent company also makes cigarettes; I wonder how much industrial byproduct is in the former.
Try Vermont Cheddar sometime. (Definitely NOT made by Kraft) It compares favorably to English Cheddar, IMHO. One of the few cheeses this country does well.
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My immediate response to that is that you must be fucking half the Board of Directors, because that 2MB/sec? That's more than all of the rest of us (I no longer subscribe) get, in aggregate.
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Before someone comes along and tells me that chess computers are an example of efficiency rather than "cleverness" at solving problems, I want to point out that the entire underpinning of artificial intelligence is predicated on the notion that intelligence is a subset of computation.
So the same would apply to humans, right? So it would be impossible to write a program that could solve a problem that you, the programmer, could not solve.
Like, for instance, it would be impossible to write a computer program that could beat you at chess. ;-)
Fewer people have seen "The Devil's Backbone," but it's another good Del Toro flick for people who would die before seeing Hellboy. That's actually the movie that made me a fan of his; Pan's Labyrinth came out later.
As far as I can tell, Del Toro is actually a fan of cheesy comic books, and did the Hellboy movies for that reason.
The point being, the guy isn't a one-track director. He directs arty foreign magical realist cinema and cheesy American action flicks. It's not "getting lucky", it's working in different modes.
"I'm an Apple fanboy, I was doing whatever it is you're doing before it was cool."
I actually read that article a few days ago, and it was on my mind when I posted.
*cricket noise*
Wow, that's an incredibly lame way to get someone's password.
I'm betting people fall for it, too.
Actually, in Texas, we call that due process.
If you RTFA, you would know that ELF refers to itself as an "international" organization. There must be a couple of Canadians in there or something.
This must mean that this was, in fact, an act of international terrorism, and we must INVADE CANADA for harboring the terrorists.
(Don't worry, Canadians, we'll use high-tech smartbombs that will only kill the bad guys, we promise.)
"Beware the Undead! They lurk up in the trees of Tirisfal, yearning for the flesh of noobs trying to run Scarlet Monastery!"
It will be the 20s. You better be wearing a zoot suit when you ride that pony.
I didn't really get your point, but that's okay, I'm out the door on my way to buy a lottery ticket.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Torvalds and Tanenbaum get in a famous fight over the fact that being a "monolithic kernel operating system" is precisely unlike Minix's microkernel solution?
1) The workers make minimum wage plus commission.
2) They specialize in items with a high profit margin. And then they mark them up.
3) They attach themselves to "hot items" that suddenly everyone needs. Most recent example: digital converter boxes have been huge business.
4) They cut costs like crazy. The CEO famously sold off all their plants to employees to save them money on maintaining them. Et cetera.
5) They're everywhere, they're convenient. If you need something specific and relatively common, chances are the RadioShack is closer to where you live and small enough that, unlike, say, Fry's, you don't have to wander around a big box for 30 minutes.
I think anyone who has a choice has switched away from Comcast by now. Which means they can essentially do whatever the hell they want with their captive consumers.
This sounds like something someone would write under the influence of some serious amphetamines.
I don't know, maybe because some of us care about other people, and their rights, no matter where they are in the world. Maybe not everyone's a cynic all the time.
Trivial dispute: I think "normalcy" has changed and this is what is normal now. Demographic shifts and bad policy have played out poorly for the GOP, and as long as they're dealing with their current platform and the trend within the American public, "scare tactics" are pretty much an intrinsic part of the solution.
They'll hopefully get over it, but that will come with a change in policy as well. And that would be "change," not "normalcy."
Of course, because flies feed on the refuse left behind after the Bush administration.
FTFY
I think they'd be cheesed, even.
Yeah, the Kraft cheese is terrible. Their parent company also makes cigarettes; I wonder how much industrial byproduct is in the former.
Try Vermont Cheddar sometime. (Definitely NOT made by Kraft) It compares favorably to English Cheddar, IMHO. One of the few cheeses this country does well.
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I don't understand. Could you be more explicit?
(Bow-chikka-wow-wow.)
This may come as a shock, but movies and games can also be pirated.
My immediate response to that is that you must be fucking half the Board of Directors, because that 2MB/sec? That's more than all of the rest of us (I no longer subscribe) get, in aggregate.
Shocking! I've never heard such stunning allegations about the United States before! My good sir, who do you think you are? ;-)