His assertion (although I disagree) is more fundamental than Moore's Law. Computational power is irrelevent to his argument. Infinite computer power is not the obstacle he is presenting.
It is like dealing with NP-Complete problems like the Travelling Salesperson Problem. More computer power will make the solution to larger problems more easily attainable, but it does not move the problem from NP (where it is believed to be) to P (where we would like it to be).
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You are assuming that the brain is also a Turing machine
and that by some miracle of "emergent behaviour" intelligence arises. But that's obviously
not true, as Searle showed, because Turing machines cannot be intelligent!
I'm not quite sure I follow you, especially in light of this:
Can the operations of the brain be simulated on a digital computer?... The answer seems to me...
demonstrably `Yes'... That is, naturally interpreted, the question means: Is there some
description of the brain such that under that description you could do a computational simulation
of the operations of the brain. But given Church's thesis that anything that can be given a precise
enough characterization as a set of steps can be simulated on a digital computer, it follows
trivially that the question has an affirmative answer.
Searle - The Rediscovery of the Mind
If you believe a brain and its reactions can be simulated by a computer, why is that not sufficient for intelligence?
Is this belief associated, in any way, to theological beliefs?
Please explain your position, as I am genuinely interested in understanding it.
The CBC Radio One science program Quirks and Quarks has an MP3 audio interview with Dr. Zhe-Xi Luo (the
leader of the team that described this animal) in their archived show listing for May 26, 2001.
[Homer stands outside Mr. Burn's office door. He knocks and peers inside.]
Homer: "Ummmm...Mr. Burns?"
Burns: "Yes?"
Homer: "I read on Slashdot this morning that there these Danishes we can get now that are made of superconductors."
Burns: "Hmmmm....If you read it on Slashdot, it must be true!
[Under his breath] (Or so I've heard.)
I'll look into it."
[Homer leaves.]
Burns: "Smithers, who was that neanderthal?"
Smithers: "Homer Simpson, sir. One of your trolls from Section 7-G."
Burns: "Simpson, eh? He raises a good point. As the local energy concern, I've got maintain my competitive edge. Hire more Danes."
Smithers: "But I think he meant..."
Burns: "Enough chatter! Get me more Danes. We'll rend their superconducting little bodies into superconducting wires. Get me more Danes!"
[Pause]
"And Smithers? No Germans. I'm still trying to fix the damage they did to my plant while trying to bring it up to code."
The fact that the stash is too small is good - it makes you decide what you
really want, and makes collecting a full set of items more difficult (provided you don't
buy from others).
Some of the changes in the game really do benefit from a larger stash. Ethereal items (so I hear) are items that cannot be repaired, but kick butt.
So, sure, you want to keep the kick butt item around, but you don't want to use it all the time, perhaps only against bosses. Keeping it in storage for those special times is nice. A larger stash lets you keep it, instead of just selling it.
So, if the microwave emitter lost the laser "signal"
from earth (which would presumably only be receivable on a perpendicular to the ground)
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the only geosynchronous orbits are above the equator. The further a satellite's orbit moves from the equator the wave pattern we typically see representing its traversal across the earths surface grows in amplitude.
If the reception site must be directly below the satelite, that means it will not be in the United States. I would suspect George W. Bush is loathe to put US funded energy sources outside US borders...(considering how critical energy is to the sustained growth of the US economy...)
However, I don't see why the beam would have to be perpendicular to the ground. If they do not have to be, a satellite in geosynchronous orbit could beam the energy to a facilities 30 degrees north of their position, which would put them within the continental US.
How ironic. You attempt to lambaste another poster and show off your ignorance.
X-Windows was created in 1984 at MIT as part of Project Athena. Its name, X Window System, is because it was based upon an earlier windows systems, "W" for the "V" research project at Stanford. (References: here, here, here, and here.)
If you are going to attempt to be kewl RootAksess, might I suggest, you do some research first?
I'm sorry, I don't understand many of your arguments. (Disclaimer: I never really used either OODBMS or RDBMS.)
These systems are much more difficult to design than RDBMS. The application must be designed first, then the
data structures must accomodate that. This kind of design is very expensive.
Don't system designs using UML or any modelling technique used today translate quite simply to an OODB, since they are OO to start with?
The application must be designed first...of course, on successful projects people don't immediately start coding without knowing what they're coding. I don't see how that differs
depending on an RDB or OODB world...
Since an OO system is designed for a specific application, it's difficult to use that system for
anything else.
Isn't that like saying you can't use the RDB you designed for project A on project B? It seems to me if you can move tables representing objects from project A to project B, you should be able to move the objects from the OODB used in project A to project B. The transportability of the objects OR tables depends on the relationship/similarity between the two projects.
I don't understand what you mean by multiple copies of an multi terabyte OODB....
In a relational system,
some changes can be made with no impact on existing applications.
If changes can be made to the RDB tables without impacting the system, can't correspondingly similar changes be made to the OODB object models?
If code has to change in one, it would seem to me that code would have to change in the other.
Everyone knows SQL; nobody knows OO.
Can't argue with that. Reminds me of a quote from a book that went something like this: "Like it or not, SQL is intergalactic interspeak."
As I said, I'm not very familiar with either, and any clarification of your points would be appreciated.
Exactly my thoughts. So much for the occasional openning and giving it a shot of compressed air...Now I'll have to clean my computer as often as I do my bathroom...(don't ask...you won't like the answer)
You would also need to either encode or otherwise store the fractal function, coordinates and resolution.
But given a bit, and a series of equations, coordinates and expansion resolutions, it should be possible.
I'm in no way thinking this would be easy to calculate the data necessary to do it. Is it possible? Yes. Are we likely to see such a mechanism? No. Unless this is something a quantum computer could do. But I have no idea.
That's in the commericial space - obviously SleepyCat, PostGres and MySQL and others aren't going away.
Ummmm....Sleepycat is a commercial embedded database. Sure, it's Open Source, but it's still commercial. The two adjectives "Open Source" and "Commercial" are not mutually exclusive.
One thought that has always intrigued me is the infinitely large nature of fractals.
Given a set of data to represent, construct a
fractal equation, and a set of coordinates and a resolution that when expanded reproduce the original data.
If you could find them, that would be some mighty cool compression....
Country A is the enemy of country B. Both are nuclear superpowers. Country A diverts asteroid X such that it will strike country B. There is no coherent meteor identification organization. Sensors pick up some atmospheric disturbance. Two and a half seconds later the asteroid impacts. Within a few minutes the shock wave has eliminated country B. Country A has removed it's greatest foe before it could even identify what happenned, let alone realizing that country A was the source. Sure, country A experiences losses and it's going to be awhile before the Earth recovers, but Country A is now the dominant superpower.
If you sincerely doubt the usefulness of this type of weapon, I encourage you to pick up the book Nemesis by Bill Napier. It's a fictional book, but he's an astronomer from Ireland who has done alot of work on the celestial hazard issue, so you know he's got many of his facts straight.
The basic outline is that in some not-too-distant future the CIA has uncovered evidence that Russia diverted a giant asteroid onto a collision course with the USA.
An elite team of astronomers must identify the asteroid - codename Nemesis - and stop it. But the key lies in the
pages of a 17th-century Latin manuscript - which has gone missing.
The book is full of intrigue and was a thrilling read. In fact, the cover has this quote: "The most exciting book I have ever read" - Arthur C. Clarke.
Why is Blizzard only accepting beta test applications from
U.S. & Canadian residents?
It's supposed to be a stress test. So they are going to try to get alot of beta testers in one particular market, across only a few timezones. That way (assuming everyone has a similar lifestyle) all the beta testers will hammer on the stress test servers in unison, giving them the stresses they are looking for.
Slashdot Mirror
It is like dealing with NP-Complete problems like the Travelling Salesperson Problem. More computer power will make the solution to larger problems more easily attainable, but it does not move the problem from NP (where it is believed to be) to P (where we would like it to be).
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I'm not quite sure I follow you, especially in light of this:
If you believe a brain and its reactions can be simulated by a computer, why is that not sufficient for intelligence?
Is this belief associated, in any way, to theological beliefs?
Please explain your position, as I am genuinely interested in understanding it.
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The CBC Radio One science program Quirks and Quarks has an MP3 audio interview with Dr. Zhe-Xi Luo (the leader of the team that described this animal) in their archived show listing for May 26, 2001.
Well....at least I will be able to, twenty minutes into the future...
The 80's....won't they ever go away? :)
[Homer stands outside Mr. Burn's office door. He knocks and peers inside.]
Homer: "Ummmm...Mr. Burns?"
Burns: "Yes?"
Homer: "I read on Slashdot this morning that there these Danishes we can get now that are made of superconductors."
Burns: "Hmmmm....If you read it on Slashdot, it must be true!
[Under his breath] (Or so I've heard.)
I'll look into it."
[Homer leaves.]
Burns: "Smithers, who was that neanderthal?"
Smithers: "Homer Simpson, sir. One of your trolls from Section 7-G."
Burns: "Simpson, eh? He raises a good point. As the local energy concern, I've got maintain my competitive edge. Hire more Danes."
Smithers: "But I think he meant..."
Burns: "Enough chatter! Get me more Danes. We'll rend their superconducting little bodies into superconducting wires. Get me more Danes!"
[Pause]
"And Smithers? No Germans. I'm still trying to fix the damage they did to my plant while trying to bring it up to code."
Using this, you could set up a virtual machine, similar to the way the Openroot Project does.
Some of the changes in the game really do benefit from a larger stash. Ethereal items (so I hear) are items that cannot be repaired, but kick butt.
So, sure, you want to keep the kick butt item around, but you don't want to use it all the time, perhaps only against bosses. Keeping it in storage for those special times is nice. A larger stash lets you keep it, instead of just selling it.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the only geosynchronous orbits are above the equator. The further a satellite's orbit moves from the equator the wave pattern we typically see representing its traversal across the earths surface grows in amplitude.
If the reception site must be directly below the satelite, that means it will not be in the United States. I would suspect George W. Bush is loathe to put US funded energy sources outside US borders...(considering how critical energy is to the sustained growth of the US economy...)
However, I don't see why the beam would have to be perpendicular to the ground. If they do not have to be, a satellite in geosynchronous orbit could beam the energy to a facilities 30 degrees north of their position, which would put them within the continental US.
I'm glad someone knows...I can never remember....
"Hmmmmm....sure, that could be my size. Better only buy one in case...."
How ironic. You attempt to lambaste another poster and show off your ignorance.
X-Windows was created in 1984 at MIT as part of Project Athena. Its name, X Window System, is because it was based upon an earlier windows systems, "W" for the "V" research project at Stanford. (References: here, here, here, and here.)
If you are going to attempt to be kewl RootAksess, might I suggest, you do some research first?
I was assuming we could overload the .org to mean organization and organ....
Of course! Just watch:
Of course, that's Solaris' output for ping...most OS's don't really make it so obvious whether the patient is doing well.
SAL has listings of a bunch of OODBs.
Don't system designs using UML or any modelling technique used today translate quite simply to an OODB, since they are OO to start with?
The application must be designed first...of course, on successful projects people don't immediately start coding without knowing what they're coding. I don't see how that differs depending on an RDB or OODB world...
Isn't that like saying you can't use the RDB you designed for project A on project B? It seems to me if you can move tables representing objects from project A to project B, you should be able to move the objects from the OODB used in project A to project B. The transportability of the objects OR tables depends on the relationship/similarity between the two projects.
I don't understand what you mean by multiple copies of an multi terabyte OODB....
If changes can be made to the RDB tables without impacting the system, can't correspondingly similar changes be made to the OODB object models? If code has to change in one, it would seem to me that code would have to change in the other.
Can't argue with that. Reminds me of a quote from a book that went something like this: "Like it or not, SQL is intergalactic interspeak."
As I said, I'm not very familiar with either, and any clarification of your points would be appreciated.
"Lisa! In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics" -- Homer Simpson
Exactly my thoughts. So much for the occasional openning and giving it a shot of compressed air...Now I'll have to clean my computer as often as I do my bathroom...(don't ask...you won't like the answer)
But given a bit, and a series of equations, coordinates and expansion resolutions, it should be possible.
I'm in no way thinking this would be easy to calculate the data necessary to do it. Is it possible? Yes. Are we likely to see such a mechanism? No. Unless this is something a quantum computer could do. But I have no idea.
Ummmm....Sleepycat is a commercial embedded database. Sure, it's Open Source, but it's still commercial. The two adjectives "Open Source" and "Commercial" are not mutually exclusive.
Given a set of data to represent, construct a fractal equation, and a set of coordinates and a resolution that when expanded reproduce the original data.
If you could find them, that would be some mighty cool compression....
6. Redmond
Country A is the enemy of country B. Both are nuclear superpowers. Country A diverts asteroid X such that it will strike country B. There is no coherent meteor identification organization. Sensors pick up some atmospheric disturbance. Two and a half seconds later the asteroid impacts. Within a few minutes the shock wave has eliminated country B. Country A has removed it's greatest foe before it could even identify what happenned, let alone realizing that country A was the source. Sure, country A experiences losses and it's going to be awhile before the Earth recovers, but Country A is now the dominant superpower.
The basic outline is that in some not-too-distant future the CIA has uncovered evidence that Russia diverted a giant asteroid onto a collision course with the USA. An elite team of astronomers must identify the asteroid - codename Nemesis - and stop it. But the key lies in the pages of a 17th-century Latin manuscript - which has gone missing.
The book is full of intrigue and was a thrilling read. In fact, the cover has this quote: "The most exciting book I have ever read" - Arthur C. Clarke.
It's supposed to be a stress test. So they are going to try to get alot of beta testers in one particular market, across only a few timezones. That way (assuming everyone has a similar lifestyle) all the beta testers will hammer on the stress test servers in unison, giving them the stresses they are looking for.
Tease...