Methods: We studied 20 healthy volunteers (50±16 yrs) in a randomized, double-blind, crossover fashion (250 mg of caffeine orally -equivalent to 2-3 cups of coffee- and placebo
Results: Caffeine led to an acute increase in pulse wave velocity... denoting increase of aortic stiffness
The European Society of Cardiology (referenced in the Times' article) are having their conference this week.
No mention of coffee - except for the generously long breaks that they're getting...
According to these links, between 20% and 25% of American homes have neither cable or satellite.
Of course of fair few of them are not going to watch over-the-air TV either.
Good!
I'm tired of every single show on TV having the same outline.
Characters get into situation
Main (usually) character has difficult moral choice
Character resolves moral conflict in mutually benificial way.
They all live happily every after (ie. until next week) and viewer has been taught the difference between right and wrong
Life isn't like that, or to put it another way, shit happens. Not every situation has a moral, and not every situation can be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.
What is the obsession with fighting wildfires?
They're usually in the middle of nowhere with few if any homes threatened. They're good for the environment - many plant species have evolved to require fire for germination, for example.
See, for example, this article
And on a related subject, what are the rules for the 'Dramatic Presentation' presentation prize - because I can't see how Chicken Run qualifies as either Science Fiction or Fantasy (well... it has talking chickens, but still....)
Of the other nominees I liked 'calculating god.'
And HP wasn't the only Fantasy novel nominated, 'A Storm of Swords' is the umpteenth installment of a fantasy series.
Well the problem is that how do you measure intelligence... but assume there is a scale (IQ, for want of a better term).
If humans have an IQ of X, but are able to conceive what is required to have an IQ of Y, then they could be able to build a machine with an IQ of Y.
We can conceive of a machine which can lift 100 tonnes and, even though we can't lift 100 tonnes ourselves, we can image and create the mechanics to do it for us.
Depending on what the IQ scale really is, I don't see that there is any barrier to us making a machine that scores higher on that scale than us.
Cars can travel faster than humans.
Cranes can lift heavier weights than humans.
Boxes of electronics can 'see' in lower light levels than humans, or detect chemicals in lower concentrations than the human nose can.
Why shouldn't something constructed by humans be smarter than its creators?
Site is dying fast - here's the only thing anyone cares about...
The Infamous Hello World Program.
Romeo, a young man with a remarkable patience.
Juliet, a likewise young woman of remarkable grace.
Ophelia, a remarkable woman much in dispute with Hamlet.
Hamlet, the flatterer of Andersen Insulting A/S.
Act I: Hamlet's insults and flattery.
Scene I: The insulting of Romeo.
[Enter Hamlet and Romeo]
Hamlet:
You lying stupid fatherless big smelly half-witted coward!
You are as stupid as the difference between a handsome rich brave
hero and thyself! Speak your mind!
You are as brave as the sum of your fat little stuffed misused dusty
old rotten codpiece and a beautiful fair warm peaceful sunny summer's
day. You are as healthy as the difference between the sum of the
sweetest reddest rose and my father and yourself! Speak your mind!
You are as cowardly as the sum of yourself and the difference
between a big mighty proud kingdom and a horse. Speak your mind.
Speak your mind!
[Exit Romeo]
Scene II: The praising of Juliet.
[Enter Juliet]
Hamlet:
Thou art as sweet as the sum of the sum of Romeo and his horse and his
black cat! Speak thy mind!
[Exit Juliet]
Scene III: The praising of Ophelia.
[Enter Ophelia]
Hamlet:
Thou art as lovely as the product of a large rural town and my amazing
bottomless embroidered purse. Speak thy mind!
Thou art as loving as the product of the bluest clearest sweetest sky
and the sum of a squirrel and a white horse. Thou art as beautiful as
the difference between Juliet and thyself. Speak thy mind!
[Exeunt Ophelia and Hamlet]
Act II: Behind Hamlet's back.
Scene I: Romeo and Juliet's conversation.
[Enter Romeo and Juliet]
Romeo:
Speak your mind. You are as worried as the sum of yourself and the
difference between my small smooth hamster and my nose. Speak your
mind!
Juliet:
Speak YOUR mind! You are as bad as Hamlet! You are as small as the
difference between the square of the difference between my little pony
and your big hairy hound and the cube of your sorry little
codpiece. Speak your mind!
[Exit Romeo]
Scene II: Juliet and Ophelia's conversation.
[Enter Ophelia]
Juliet:
Thou art as good as the quotient between Romeo and the sum of a small
furry animal and a leech. Speak your mind!
Ophelia:
Thou art as disgusting as the quotient between Romeo and twice the
difference between a mistletoe and an oozing infected blister! Speak
your mind!
Slashdot Mirror
I own the patent to URLs
I think you'll find that BT does.
(Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah )
Charalambos Vlachopoulos presented this (or related) information earlier this year
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... denoting increase of aortic stiffness
http://www.congressreview.com/cardio/orlando/11
http://www.congressreview.com/2525v.htm
Methods: We studied 20 healthy volunteers (50±16 yrs) in a randomized, double-blind, crossover fashion (250 mg of caffeine orally -equivalent to 2-3 cups of coffee- and placebo
Results: Caffeine led to an acute increase in pulse wave velocity
Bollocks. Link should have been http://www.escardio.org/VPO/scheduleconference.htm
The European Society of Cardiology (referenced in the Times' article) are having their conference this week.
No mention of coffee - except for the generously long breaks that they're getting...
According to these links, between 20% and 25% of American homes have neither cable or satellite.
Of course of fair few of them are not going to watch over-the-air TV either.
I'm tired of every single show on TV having the same outline.
- Characters get into situation
- Main (usually) character has difficult moral choice
- Character resolves moral conflict in mutually benificial way.
- They all live happily every after (ie. until next week) and viewer has been taught the difference between right and wrong
Life isn't like that, or to put it another way, shit happens. Not every situation has a moral, and not every situation can be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.that's what I said.
Note for the confused; In England, a public school is private and a private school is public.
Sorry.
Not me.
I'm not selling anything on ebay at the moment and certainly don't need the extra customers
There's plenty of competition for it that you can pick up on ebay at the same time.
You might want some first aid supplies as well.
that should be
void main(void)
What is the obsession with fighting wildfires?
They're usually in the middle of nowhere with few if any homes threatened. They're good for the environment - many plant species have evolved to require fire for germination, for example.
See, for example, this article
How fast can you really blast IR anyway
299,792,458 meters per second.
Nancy Stouffer was the author claiming Harry Potter was based off her work.
And on a related subject, what are the rules for the 'Dramatic Presentation' presentation prize - because I can't see how Chicken Run qualifies as either Science Fiction or Fantasy (well ... it has talking chickens, but still ....)
Of the other nominees I liked 'calculating god.'
And HP wasn't the only Fantasy novel nominated, 'A Storm of Swords' is the umpteenth installment of a fantasy series.
I hang my head in shame.
Much like the men here and here
has a interviewed, now that napster battle is over
Both these would pass a spellcheck. (Except for the word napster which is still spelt correctly)
Another technical and practical article at Intel - Ultra-Wideband Technology for Short- or Medium-Range Wireless Communications
There's plenty of information at upcomingmovies. How much you choose to believe is up to you, since it's mainly unoffical rumours.
Well the problem is that how do you measure intelligence ... but assume there is a scale (IQ, for want of a better term).
If humans have an IQ of X, but are able to conceive what is required to have an IQ of Y, then they could be able to build a machine with an IQ of Y.
We can conceive of a machine which can lift 100 tonnes and, even though we can't lift 100 tonnes ourselves, we can image and create the mechanics to do it for us.
Depending on what the IQ scale really is, I don't see that there is any barrier to us making a machine that scores higher on that scale than us.
Isn't the U.S. supposed to be the only place where one can express an opinion without being jailed for it?
... the US didn't invent freedom you know!
No. There are plenty of places where there is freedom of speech
Cars can travel faster than humans.
Cranes can lift heavier weights than humans.
Boxes of electronics can 'see' in lower light levels than humans, or detect chemicals in lower concentrations than the human nose can.
Why shouldn't something constructed by humans be smarter than its creators?
Gracious
1 a obsolete : GODLY b archaic : PLEASING, ACCEPTABLE
Perhaps the author is learning English, and starting at the beginning.
Site is dying fast - here's the only thing anyone cares about ...
The Infamous Hello World Program.
Romeo, a young man with a remarkable patience.
Juliet, a likewise young woman of remarkable grace.
Ophelia, a remarkable woman much in dispute with Hamlet.
Hamlet, the flatterer of Andersen Insulting A/S.
Act I: Hamlet's insults and flattery.
Scene I: The insulting of Romeo.
[Enter Hamlet and Romeo]
Hamlet:
You lying stupid fatherless big smelly half-witted coward!
You are as stupid as the difference between a handsome rich brave
hero and thyself! Speak your mind!
You are as brave as the sum of your fat little stuffed misused dusty
old rotten codpiece and a beautiful fair warm peaceful sunny summer's
day. You are as healthy as the difference between the sum of the
sweetest reddest rose and my father and yourself! Speak your mind!
You are as cowardly as the sum of yourself and the difference
between a big mighty proud kingdom and a horse. Speak your mind.
Speak your mind!
[Exit Romeo]
Scene II: The praising of Juliet.
[Enter Juliet]
Hamlet:
Thou art as sweet as the sum of the sum of Romeo and his horse and his
black cat! Speak thy mind!
[Exit Juliet]
Scene III: The praising of Ophelia.
[Enter Ophelia]
Hamlet:
Thou art as lovely as the product of a large rural town and my amazing
bottomless embroidered purse. Speak thy mind!
Thou art as loving as the product of the bluest clearest sweetest sky
and the sum of a squirrel and a white horse. Thou art as beautiful as
the difference between Juliet and thyself. Speak thy mind!
[Exeunt Ophelia and Hamlet]
Act II: Behind Hamlet's back.
Scene I: Romeo and Juliet's conversation.
[Enter Romeo and Juliet]
Romeo:
Speak your mind. You are as worried as the sum of yourself and the
difference between my small smooth hamster and my nose. Speak your
mind!
Juliet:
Speak YOUR mind! You are as bad as Hamlet! You are as small as the
difference between the square of the difference between my little pony
and your big hairy hound and the cube of your sorry little
codpiece. Speak your mind!
[Exit Romeo]
Scene II: Juliet and Ophelia's conversation.
[Enter Ophelia]
Juliet:
Thou art as good as the quotient between Romeo and the sum of a small
furry animal and a leech. Speak your mind!
Ophelia:
Thou art as disgusting as the quotient between Romeo and twice the
difference between a mistletoe and an oozing infected blister! Speak
your mind!
[Exeunt]