If that isn't achievement enough, XP also made testing sexy again.
Erhm, no, it didn't. Nothing's sexy about XP. IMHO, XP took much of the fun out of programming. The chaos that is open source development brought it back.
People seem to think that pretending programming is always as complicated as particle physics is going to somehow produce better code on time. I don't. Sometimes coding 9-5 in pairs and creating ten AbstractFactoryContainerXYZYourMom objects each time there's a need for a one line getter method just isn't the way to do it. It might be necessary when working on safety critical systems, but I doubt even that, as formal methods is probably what will dominate in those cases anyway, and for your average off the mill app there's just no need. But, as I've already said, what's worse is that it's no fun.
And don't give me that "statistics has proven XP is not only more reliable, but also much faster"-bullshit. I've seen it in action. It just ain't true.
Yeah, or maybe like... uhmm... sending spam to people about spam removal software? I fail to see how your analogy helps to enlighten anyone about anything.
Dude, are you trying to compare the American revolution with pirating Harry Potter movies off KaZaa? If not, I have no idea what you're trying to say. If so, then Gawd help you.
Also note that it will make millions and millions of dollars anyway. I'll probably be there opening night.
As always Taco, you are right on the mark. They'll get a lot of cash anyway, and this clearly justifies piracy. That it's their product and that they should have the right to choose whether or not to share it with the world prior to its release, even if it was proven that it could boost revenue, is of no importance. Nevermind the tenets of capitalism. Who needs basic IP property right when you can have movies for free?
The preferences of a fair number of my friends disproves your statement. They think having watch it on a grainly telesync with poor sound is worth it, if the alternative is cashing up $8 to see it in a theater.
What you're saying sounds reasonable. But it isn't true.
Yeah, I do call you paranoid, if you don't mind. This is nothing but speculation. And poor speculation it is.
Sigh. That a movie has been leaked is bad. The MPAA is responsible for everything that is bad. Therefore, the MPAA must be responsible for the movie being leaked. That's the logic, right?
I can see why you would like to feel like you're standing on high moral ground when watching this movie on your box for exactly $0, and saying that the MPAA leaked it intentionally provides that ground. But merely wanting something to be true doesn't make it so. This is +4? Slashdot these days...
In twenty years they will be about 4000 times as powerful as today? Ants can already lift 20 times their own bodyweight, so this is gonna get nasty. I don't know about you, but I welcome our new Insect Overlords!
... because realizing that Moores law applies to ant strength was the reason they named it after him, right? Right?
Now let's just hope nobody reads the article as usual.
What do you mean it's your favorite anti-hoax site so far? Do you know so many you actually have to rank them and pick favorites? Do you spend much of your time looking for new ones?
Don't pretend to be someone you're not. Nobody's impressed anyway (in this case, all it goes to show is that you have some weird priorities).
This isn't exactly the first bayesian mail filter out there.
But the FAQ of bogofilter, which the poster uses as an example of an earlier filter, clearly explains that it is actually built according to the principles laid out in the very article it is claimed to have preceeded.
Why is it that you always have to spell things out for your fellow slashdotters? What on earth is so difficult about just reading a post carefully before you reply? Sorry for the harsh tone, but I'm just so tired of this.
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Do they think they can eventually build a super-robot to keep Godzilla from whopping their asses every time he comes around?
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This is much simpler, and you have lots of more oftions, but one way immediately comes to mind:
Post a guide to +5:Funny posting
And I'm pretty certain posting a guide to -1:Offtopic posting is a pretty sure way too, but we'll have to wait and see about that. At least that would be self-referental, which is somehow almost always magically on topic on Slashdot. Though skateboarding Aibos might be stretching it.
The Achilles heel of the spammers is their message. They can circumvent any other barrier you set up. They have so far, at least. But they have to deliver their message, whatever it is. If we can write software that recognizes their messages, there is no way they can get around that.
And I think that in this he is correct, almost even provably correct. That's theory, however. In practice no system, short of "real" AI, will be good enough to always recognize spam with a zero false positive rate. It may eventually be good enough, but it won't be perfect. Natural language is just too hard to parse in this way.
But don't despair. If it flunks, there's always spammotel and their likes.
Anyone who has even a minimum grasp of basic voting theory knows that Kenneth Arrow proved in 1952 that there is no consistent method of making a fair choice among three or more candidates. Thus all voting systems are, in some respect, flawed.
Short intro here. Couldn't find a link to the proof itself, unfortunately.
This is actually extremely cheap for a robot having this kind of functionality. The only equivalent product on the market (or soon on the market) is Sony's SDR-4X, which costs about 20x the price of this one. The SDR-4X can, however, sing in harmony, shake its hips and wave its arms in tempo. That's got to count for something.
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If that isn't achievement enough, XP also made testing sexy again.
Erhm, no, it didn't. Nothing's sexy about XP. IMHO, XP took much of the fun out of programming. The chaos that is open source development brought it back.
People seem to think that pretending programming is always as complicated as particle physics is going to somehow produce better code on time. I don't. Sometimes coding 9-5 in pairs and creating ten AbstractFactoryContainerXYZYourMom objects each time there's a need for a one line getter method just isn't the way to do it. It might be necessary when working on safety critical systems, but I doubt even that, as formal methods is probably what will dominate in those cases anyway, and for your average off the mill app there's just no need. But, as I've already said, what's worse is that it's no fun.
And don't give me that "statistics has proven XP is not only more reliable, but also much faster"-bullshit. I've seen it in action. It just ain't true.
Yeah, or maybe like... uhmm... sending spam to people about spam removal software? I fail to see how your analogy helps to enlighten anyone about anything.
If you're making millions already, then you don't need protection, you're already making millions.
Can I use this quote when I explain to people why I try to avoid any non-technical discussion on Slashdot? Thanks.
Dude, are you trying to compare the American revolution with pirating Harry Potter movies off KaZaa? If not, I have no idea what you're trying to say. If so, then Gawd help you.
Also note that it will make millions and millions of dollars anyway. I'll probably be there opening night.
As always Taco, you are right on the mark. They'll get a lot of cash anyway, and this clearly justifies piracy. That it's their product and that they should have the right to choose whether or not to share it with the world prior to its release, even if it was proven that it could boost revenue, is of no importance. Nevermind the tenets of capitalism. Who needs basic IP property right when you can have movies for free?
The preferences of a fair number of my friends disproves your statement. They think having watch it on a grainly telesync with poor sound is worth it, if the alternative is cashing up $8 to see it in a theater.
What you're saying sounds reasonable. But it isn't true.
Yeah, I do call you paranoid, if you don't mind. This is nothing but speculation. And poor speculation it is.
Sigh. That a movie has been leaked is bad. The MPAA is responsible for everything that is bad. Therefore, the MPAA must be responsible for the movie being leaked. That's the logic, right?
I can see why you would like to feel like you're standing on high moral ground when watching this movie on your box for exactly $0, and saying that the MPAA leaked it intentionally provides that ground. But merely wanting something to be true doesn't make it so. This is +4? Slashdot these days...
Now let's just hope nobody reads the article as usual.
What do you mean it's your favorite anti-hoax site so far? Do you know so many you actually have to rank them and pick favorites? Do you spend much of your time looking for new ones?
Don't pretend to be someone you're not. Nobody's impressed anyway (in this case, all it goes to show is that you have some weird priorities).
Actually, it's GROENING. Not that I didn't get your sick joke, but it really was spelled incorrectly.
- This isn't exactly the first bayesian mail filter out there.
But the FAQ of bogofilter, which the poster uses as an example of an earlier filter, clearly explains that it is actually built according to the principles laid out in the very article it is claimed to have preceeded.Why is it that you always have to spell things out for your fellow slashdotters? What on earth is so difficult about just reading a post carefully before you reply? Sorry for the harsh tone, but I'm just so tired of this.
Do they think they can eventually build a super-robot to keep Godzilla from whopping their asses every time he comes around?
Actually, they already have.
This is much simpler, and you have lots of more oftions, but one way immediately comes to mind:
Post a guide to +5:Funny posting
And I'm pretty certain posting a guide to -1:Offtopic posting is a pretty sure way too, but we'll have to wait and see about that. At least that would be self-referental, which is somehow almost always magically on topic on Slashdot. Though skateboarding Aibos might be stretching it.
Why on earth you'd actually want your AIBO to zoom around on a skateboard is another question.
If there was ever a question to which "because you can" is the answer, this is it.
I agree. I was only being clever.
- This package implements a fast Bayesian spam filter along the lines suggested
'Nuff said.by Paul Graham in his article "A Plan For Spam".
Well, as the man says in the article:
The Achilles heel of the spammers is their message. They can circumvent any other barrier you set up. They have so far, at least. But they have to deliver their message, whatever it is. If we can write software that recognizes their messages, there is no way they can get around that.
And I think that in this he is correct, almost even provably correct. That's theory, however. In practice no system, short of "real" AI, will be good enough to always recognize spam with a zero false positive rate. It may eventually be good enough, but it won't be perfect. Natural language is just too hard to parse in this way.
But don't despair. If it flunks, there's always spammotel and their likes.
Here. It's pdf. Google's html transcription behaves weirdly, but it should be located here.
Anyone who has even a minimum grasp of basic voting theory knows that Kenneth Arrow proved in 1952 that there is no consistent method of making a fair choice among three or more candidates. Thus all voting systems are, in some respect, flawed.
Short intro here. Couldn't find a link to the proof itself, unfortunately.
Yeah, foor legs good two legs bad!
Why not? It works for Slashdot trolls.
Btw, There's usually a 2 and a 3 in there.
If not, it isn't worth the price tag.
This is actually extremely cheap for a robot having this kind of functionality. The only equivalent product on the market (or soon on the market) is Sony's SDR-4X, which costs about 20x the price of this one. The SDR-4X can, however, sing in harmony, shake its hips and wave its arms in tempo. That's got to count for something.
Or maybe Sony's CEO just had a joint too much.
Isn't this what women are for?
Talk about hitting the nail on the head! Why do you think this is on Slashdot?
Isn't this what women are for?
It's called Trillian. Though it's not open source (sorry purists)
Well, Gaim is. It supports AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, IRC, Jabber, Napster, Zephyr, and Gadu-Gadu.
Have a look at Gaim.
I don't use it myself, but it's sourceforge's most active so I'm sure someone finds it valuable.