The simple fact is climate models have not existed long enough for them to be checked with any great statistical significance
Yet you think that even pretend projections can be got with a hundred or so years of weather data?
Car analogy time. What you are trying to do is roughly similar to me standing by the side of a road with blinders on and predicting the eventual destination of the cars that pass by without even turning my head.
There is absolutely no way to check your model, furthermore you are trying to model something that we only understand in the barest of ways. There are so many unknown variables and such a huge amount of time to play with, that you have absolutely no way of knowing if a given climate model is good, and the chances are mind numbingly overwhelming that is isn't even close.
They won't. They will credit the success of their attempts to lower CO2 with the complete lack of any long term extreme climate change whether it would have happened or not.
(i nearly used the wrong whether there but decided that the pun would make it much too hard to live with myself)
But if you *really* valued gaming highly wouldn't you want to use a device that was designed for gaming without having a phone tacked on as a clunky extra feature?
You're point is a good one, and it's why I wouldn't say it's impossible.
However if my understanding of the article is correct we are looking at much higher than 100x the complexity that has been thought up till now, and that's just the hardware, we're even further from understanding the software.
Again, I agree that technology is amazing and rapidly moving, but a working model of a human brain is something that I hope to live to see, rather than something I expect anytime soon. I'm 23, if they can accomplish that in 70 years I will be impressed and excited on my deathbed.:-)
They found that the brain's complexity is beyond anything they'd imagined, almost to the point of being beyond belief, says Stephen Smith, a professor of molecular and cellular physiology and senior author of the paper describing the study: "One synapse, by itself, is more like a microprocessor--with both memory-storage and information-processing elements--than a mere on/off switch. In fact, one synapse may contain on the order of 1,000 molecular-scale switches. A single human brain has more switches than all the computers and routers and Internet connections on Earth.
This is why I am extremely skeptical of claims that we will be able to effectively model the brain, or recreate it artificially, any time soon.
You may be right, but it would be especially ironic since if those companies would have had ninjaSQL, and used it effectively in testing their networks, then they wouldn't have been a victim of SQL exploits in the first place...
but perhaps if they couldn't find the quantity they wanted freely online
Are you ignoring the immense amounts of copyright free and legal porn online or have you just never been outside Google safe-search?
If, all of a sudden, it were absolutely impossible to get copyrighted porn without paying for it, then there would be absolutely zero impact on the amount of porn sold. Anyone who isn't already paying for porn would simply move on to the next free offering, this time noncopyrighted.
I 'm not attempting to negate your entire argument, I was just addressing that part since I'm pretty sure from what the parent said that he's with me in not being bothered nearly as much by 2d blur.
I do agree with you that artificial motion blur has to stop.
That's actually the movie maker's fault not a fault of the technology. You can get this problem with 2D movies too.
The parent mentioned that, the problem is that it's not the same at all. In a 2d movie, the out of focus parts are just a bit blurry, in a 3d movie your eyes get all fucked up trying to focus on a spot that won't focus.
While what you say is factually correct, the (implied) conclusion that this ties VLC somehow to piracy or the 'warez scene' is retarded.
To make a car analogy, you just said that Honda (VLC) was tied to the 'illegal street racing scene' (piracy) because their cars are favored by many illegal street racers (pirates). It's not the responsibility of Honda (VLC) if illegal street racers (pirates) recognize the superiority of their product (media player).
Try a decent dedicated card and you'll be amazed at how much better windows 7 runs...
Certainly the high end cards are not fully utilized unless you are playing games, but a decent mid range card runs circles around integrated graphics in normal everyday applications in my experience.
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I agree, I think that the women of the 60's and 70's were much more attractive than the girls of the new millennium.
I expect it's something that is entirely subjective, and therefore not worth arguing about.
The simple fact is climate models have not existed long enough for them to be checked with any great statistical significance
Yet you think that even pretend projections can be got with a hundred or so years of weather data?
Car analogy time. What you are trying to do is roughly similar to me standing by the side of a road with blinders on and predicting the eventual destination of the cars that pass by without even turning my head.
There is absolutely no way to check your model, furthermore you are trying to model something that we only understand in the barest of ways. There are so many unknown variables and such a huge amount of time to play with, that you have absolutely no way of knowing if a given climate model is good, and the chances are mind numbingly overwhelming that is isn't even close.
They won't. They will credit the success of their attempts to lower CO2 with the complete lack of any long term extreme climate change whether it would have happened or not.
(i nearly used the wrong whether there but decided that the pun would make it much too hard to live with myself)
Not only that, but there is absolutely no evidence for the involvement of CO2 in 'it.'
correlation does not imply causation, it implies connection.
But if you *really* valued gaming highly wouldn't you want to use a device that was designed for gaming without having a phone tacked on as a clunky extra feature?
only if you don't count the cost of a TV, and you insist on running all your PC games at max settings.
You're point is a good one, and it's why I wouldn't say it's impossible.
However if my understanding of the article is correct we are looking at much higher than 100x the complexity that has been thought up till now, and that's just the hardware, we're even further from understanding the software.
Again, I agree that technology is amazing and rapidly moving, but a working model of a human brain is something that I hope to live to see, rather than something I expect anytime soon. I'm 23, if they can accomplish that in 70 years I will be impressed and excited on my deathbed. :-)
From the CNET article:
They found that the brain's complexity is beyond anything they'd imagined, almost to the point of being beyond belief, says Stephen Smith, a professor of molecular and cellular physiology and senior author of the paper describing the study: "One synapse, by itself, is more like a microprocessor--with both memory-storage and information-processing elements--than a mere on/off switch. In fact, one synapse may contain on the order of 1,000 molecular-scale switches. A single human brain has more switches than all the computers and routers and Internet connections on Earth.
This is why I am extremely skeptical of claims that we will be able to effectively model the brain, or recreate it artificially, any time soon.
Mod this up so hard. This is so true it hurts.
You may be right, but it would be especially ironic since if those companies would have had ninjaSQL, and used it effectively in testing their networks, then they wouldn't have been a victim of SQL exploits in the first place...
Being better for business isn't necessarily the opposite of being better for the people.
Being better for an outmoded and artificially supported business model certainly is bad for the people, mind you.
but perhaps if they couldn't find the quantity they wanted freely online
Are you ignoring the immense amounts of copyright free and legal porn online or have you just never been outside Google safe-search?
If, all of a sudden, it were absolutely impossible to get copyrighted porn without paying for it, then there would be absolutely zero impact on the amount of porn sold. Anyone who isn't already paying for porn would simply move on to the next free offering, this time noncopyrighted.
Praise be to Boa Jesus!
Why is this modded troll? This is exactly what I do as well.
Politics has always been this way. Don't kid yourself that it was somehow more honest a hundred years ago.
Interesting, I don't feel strained by 2d blur.
I 'm not attempting to negate your entire argument, I was just addressing that part since I'm pretty sure from what the parent said that he's with me in not being bothered nearly as much by 2d blur.
I do agree with you that artificial motion blur has to stop.
>>Open source gives the USERS the ability to take things in the direction they want if they disagree with the current controlling body.
>Thats such bullshit. 'USERS' don't code. 'USERS' actually USE the software.
And by USING the software fork of their CHOICE, USERS CHOOSE the direction of DEVELOPMENT.
(why are we capitalizing random words anyway?)
That's actually the movie maker's fault not a fault of the technology. You can get this problem with 2D movies too.
The parent mentioned that, the problem is that it's not the same at all. In a 2d movie, the out of focus parts are just a bit blurry, in a 3d movie your eyes get all fucked up trying to focus on a spot that won't focus.
I think that's MPIAA ;-)
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don't forget knives, bats, wrenches, wires, poisons, cars, planes, rocks, candle sticks, lead pipes, pillows, and hands...
While what you say is factually correct, the (implied) conclusion that this ties VLC somehow to piracy or the 'warez scene' is retarded.
To make a car analogy, you just said that Honda (VLC) was tied to the 'illegal street racing scene' (piracy) because their cars are favored by many illegal street racers (pirates). It's not the responsibility of Honda (VLC) if illegal street racers (pirates) recognize the superiority of their product (media player).
Unless it's an EULA...
Hardcore gamers aren't buying these.
Try a decent dedicated card and you'll be amazed at how much better windows 7 runs...
Certainly the high end cards are not fully utilized unless you are playing games, but a decent mid range card runs circles around integrated graphics in normal everyday applications in my experience.
firsthand experience of people donating anonymously and having no direct or indirect return from it
They still gain something. Even if it is illogical and completely immaterial. Value is relative.
We'll see how much those addresses were worth in a short time, I guess.
My understanding is that the addresses can not be legally resold no matter what their value.