Except that bars go on the inside of the window, and if you set up the blinds or any covers properly, thieves won't be able to see them.
Most thieves won't have the means to get past barred windows and well locked doors - the two entry points every thief chooses.
Yes - someone could bring a chainsaw and work their way through your front door or even your side wall - there is no stopping that. I have never heard of this happening. I've heard of countless thieves either A) Breaking in the window B) Breaking in the door
So if you secure those 2 entry points will good locks and bars, you have next to nothing to worry about, and the best part is that those 2 systems are not visible attractors for thieves.
Exactly. Putting up theif deterrants in the form of monitoring systems only attract thieves.
If you want DIY home security - put bars on windows where your firecode allows, make sure you've got deadbolts on every door - the kind that need a key from both the inside and outside (so they don't break the window and reach in) - and make sure the blinds are closed, so people can't go inside.
A camera doesn't make your house any more secure. Surveilance is not truly a form of security, it's a form of prosecution.
Which is part of your strategy - which would reflect on how well you play chess, no? If you are actively trying to seem more random - and it works, that will make your chess rating go up.
You know that you can set up these email clients to work with your web email, right?
That's why they're called email clients and not email servers. Thunderbird can access your hotmail, gmail, and exchange account. Makes it easier than having to log in to each item.
For the longest time the richest man in the world was the owner of the worlds largest computer company, who admittingly was a business man when that fortune came to him but definately was into computers himself.
As far as jobs go - it's sometimes not as exciting as say NBA allstar or Famous Rock Musician - but thats the same as any job.
What - you think someone who takes a course in business management is going to skyrocket with money? You think the accountants are living the high life? Computing is just as dead-end as any other job right now, and even if you don't get into the field the skills go a long way - like being able to program Excel spreadsheets well.
At least with computing - EVERYwhere needs it. Your oil and gas companies need programmers. Your banking institutes need DBA's. Your telecomm needs a network admin. If you mastered the Culinary arts, or construction, or whatever - those are very focussed skills that leave you with only a handful of places to apply.
In fact - one of the most amazing programmers I've ever seen had only 3 fingers on his left hand and his thumb, which he used for hotkeys while he used the mouse on the right to cut - paste - move code, etc.
Very rarely did he have to type anything out - most things are already written.
Between me and my 2 room mates, we had a Civ4 Marathon game against us and 3 other computers that lasted about 4 hours a week for 10 months. Roughly speaking that game took up 160 hours of our lives, or 480 man-hours.
Think of all the starving children we could have saved instead.
You clearly don't understand the point I'm trying to make then.
A mistake is an element in my performance and can happen at any time - and it will affect my ranking.
What Elo does it put me up against everyone else who is JUST as affected by these events as I am - There is nothing to say its an unfair battle. I do not have less pieces, I do not have a weaker position to start. Now there will be stronger players, and they will have higher rankings, weaker players will have lower rankings.
What the GP was saying was that it's difficult to predict on ELO alone - Someone with a higher ranking by a mere 3 points is not definately going to win the match.
And he is correct - in that ELO isn't perfect, but you can't just assume that this "noise" that would be generated, ie, someone with a lower ranking beating someone with a higher ranking - is due to any form of random chance - it is by skill and skill alone, and whether your skill is dependant on your intuition, your opponents condition, etc - either way there is nothing in or on the chess board that is random to change that.
That's not random though, and that kind of intuition is what makes the rankings.
What I mean is - if you were to take something like WoW, put 2 identical players against each other, have them preform the exact same moves at the exact same time - one will likely lose before the other. Because there is too much random generation in the game, like crit chances and things like that.
Chess does not have any of those elements. Yes, you may have tons of moves available to you with far reaching implications but ultimately the decision is yours and that will accurately reflect your rating. Something the new algorithm won't have to adjust for, as my original point. A random choice of moves will only go so far once you reach a certain level in chess.
No you see, I was afraid this would happen. You Mods clearly didn't get it.
See I waved goodbye, like "Bye Bye" - and the product was called Wave. I used the product name to form a sentence relevant to what happened to the product. It's like a play on words.
I hope that all the confusion is cleared up and I immediately get the +5OMGCLEVER I deserve.
Perhaps there is enough inherent randomness in Chess that even simple predictive models can extract most of the systematics so that what remains after Elo is mostly noise?
No. Chess has no random elements to it. You play against an opponent, with a very strict set of rules.
Now sometimes the rules differ from game to game (such as timing, whether they use something like 3/5 fischer or 20 moves an hour sort of thing), which can have drastic changes to the outcome. For example if you do something like 20 moves an hour, sometimes Chess players will be running short on time, and they'll deliberately try to speed up their 18th 19th and 20th move to get that extra hour of time.
The only other thing that could be considered random is who plays black and who plays white (some players are stronger at one than the other). But in most tournaments, it's round robin with even playing both sides anyways.
Aside from that - it's not random at all. You play against an opponent, with the same setup every game, and the only things left to chance are your strategies.
Well you actually made a good analogy - it being more like a Swiss Army Knife and that specialized tools being better.
But if that were always the case - there'd be no market for Swiss Army Knives and they probably wouldn't exist.
So I guess its just a little more surprising that a product like this didn't work, being that jack of all trades that some of the market might have liked.
Give Taco a break. After all he's been sitting at his computer since you went home from work last, night sifting through terribly written articles. He took a micro nap around 2 last night. He also sent Cowboy Neal on a Coffee run, but... well... I'm sure we all know how that story goes.
If you don't consider a WORM a virus - than there isn't much in lines for Windows Viruses either these days. Almost everything else could be classified as trojan, worm, spyware, or other non-virus malware. I haven't had to clean a virus in a LONG time.
I don't think we need that much faster write speeds - once your installation and setup is done, you're dealing with peanuts in size of writes, kilobytes, maybe a few megs.
SSD's do exactly what PC's need - a much faster read, at a much smaller volume, with decent enough capacity. Lifetime is something that they aim to mature with development.
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Except that bars go on the inside of the window, and if you set up the blinds or any covers properly, thieves won't be able to see them.
Most thieves won't have the means to get past barred windows and well locked doors - the two entry points every thief chooses.
Yes - someone could bring a chainsaw and work their way through your front door or even your side wall - there is no stopping that. I have never heard of this happening. I've heard of countless thieves either
A) Breaking in the window
B) Breaking in the door
So if you secure those 2 entry points will good locks and bars, you have next to nothing to worry about, and the best part is that those 2 systems are not visible attractors for thieves.
He's going to have a kickass security system that he doesn't want thieves to break in and steal.
Anybody that pays attention to 4chan
What, all 200 of them?
Exactly. Putting up theif deterrants in the form of monitoring systems only attract thieves.
If you want DIY home security - put bars on windows where your firecode allows, make sure you've got deadbolts on every door - the kind that need a key from both the inside and outside (so they don't break the window and reach in) - and make sure the blinds are closed, so people can't go inside.
A camera doesn't make your house any more secure. Surveilance is not truly a form of security, it's a form of prosecution.
Now we can't answer this question, because "Is my home secure?", well, that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of 'philosophy'.
We engineers solve practical problems.
I'm glad YOUR common sense kicked in before hundreds of others.
But that just means more spambots, right?
Which is part of your strategy - which would reflect on how well you play chess, no? If you are actively trying to seem more random - and it works, that will make your chess rating go up.
You know that you can set up these email clients to work with your web email, right?
That's why they're called email clients and not email servers. Thunderbird can access your hotmail, gmail, and exchange account. Makes it easier than having to log in to each item.
How did this get modded up all the way?
For the longest time the richest man in the world was the owner of the worlds largest computer company, who admittingly was a business man when that fortune came to him but definately was into computers himself.
As far as jobs go - it's sometimes not as exciting as say NBA allstar or Famous Rock Musician - but thats the same as any job.
What - you think someone who takes a course in business management is going to skyrocket with money? You think the accountants are living the high life? Computing is just as dead-end as any other job right now, and even if you don't get into the field the skills go a long way - like being able to program Excel spreadsheets well.
At least with computing - EVERYwhere needs it. Your oil and gas companies need programmers. Your banking institutes need DBA's. Your telecomm needs a network admin. If you mastered the Culinary arts, or construction, or whatever - those are very focussed skills that leave you with only a handful of places to apply.
This is true.
In fact - one of the most amazing programmers I've ever seen had only 3 fingers on his left hand and his thumb, which he used for hotkeys while he used the mouse on the right to cut - paste - move code, etc.
Very rarely did he have to type anything out - most things are already written.
I know!
Between me and my 2 room mates, we had a Civ4 Marathon game against us and 3 other computers that lasted about 4 hours a week for 10 months. Roughly speaking that game took up 160 hours of our lives, or 480 man-hours.
Think of all the starving children we could have saved instead.
You clearly don't understand the point I'm trying to make then.
A mistake is an element in my performance and can happen at any time - and it will affect my ranking.
What Elo does it put me up against everyone else who is JUST as affected by these events as I am - There is nothing to say its an unfair battle. I do not have less pieces, I do not have a weaker position to start. Now there will be stronger players, and they will have higher rankings, weaker players will have lower rankings.
What the GP was saying was that it's difficult to predict on ELO alone - Someone with a higher ranking by a mere 3 points is not definately going to win the match.
And he is correct - in that ELO isn't perfect, but you can't just assume that this "noise" that would be generated, ie, someone with a lower ranking beating someone with a higher ranking - is due to any form of random chance - it is by skill and skill alone, and whether your skill is dependant on your intuition, your opponents condition, etc - either way there is nothing in or on the chess board that is random to change that.
That's not random though, and that kind of intuition is what makes the rankings.
What I mean is - if you were to take something like WoW, put 2 identical players against each other, have them preform the exact same moves at the exact same time - one will likely lose before the other. Because there is too much random generation in the game, like crit chances and things like that.
Chess does not have any of those elements. Yes, you may have tons of moves available to you with far reaching implications but ultimately the decision is yours and that will accurately reflect your rating. Something the new algorithm won't have to adjust for, as my original point. A random choice of moves will only go so far once you reach a certain level in chess.
No you see, I was afraid this would happen. You Mods clearly didn't get it.
See I waved goodbye, like "Bye Bye" - and the product was called Wave. I used the product name to form a sentence relevant to what happened to the product. It's like a play on words.
I hope that all the confusion is cleared up and I immediately get the +5OMGCLEVER I deserve.
Perhaps there is enough inherent randomness in Chess that even simple predictive models can extract most of the systematics so that what remains after Elo is mostly noise?
No. Chess has no random elements to it. You play against an opponent, with a very strict set of rules.
Now sometimes the rules differ from game to game (such as timing, whether they use something like 3/5 fischer or 20 moves an hour sort of thing), which can have drastic changes to the outcome. For example if you do something like 20 moves an hour, sometimes Chess players will be running short on time, and they'll deliberately try to speed up their 18th 19th and 20th move to get that extra hour of time.
The only other thing that could be considered random is who plays black and who plays white (some players are stronger at one than the other). But in most tournaments, it's round robin with even playing both sides anyways.
Aside from that - it's not random at all. You play against an opponent, with the same setup every game, and the only things left to chance are your strategies.
Well you actually made a good analogy - it being more like a Swiss Army Knife and that specialized tools being better.
But if that were always the case - there'd be no market for Swiss Army Knives and they probably wouldn't exist.
So I guess its just a little more surprising that a product like this didn't work, being that jack of all trades that some of the market might have liked.
To Wave Goodbye.
Get it?
There needs to be a better way.
Multiple interfaces?
Eyes, Mouse, Keyboard, Speech to Text recognition, sophisticated Brain scanning, all at once - nothing gets overworked?
Just needs necessary algorithms to detect when people are switching off tasks
There is a time and a place.
And it's usually Friday Night at the bar, not 2:45 Tuesday afternoon on Slashdot.
Give Taco a break. After all he's been sitting at his computer since you went home from work last, night sifting through terribly written articles. He took a micro nap around 2 last night. He also sent Cowboy Neal on a Coffee run, but... well... I'm sure we all know how that story goes.
If you don't consider a WORM a virus - than there isn't much in lines for Windows Viruses either these days. Almost everything else could be classified as trojan, worm, spyware, or other non-virus malware. I haven't had to clean a virus in a LONG time.
Thats what Hard drives are for!
No the REAL LOL is the advertisement on this page.
Vulnerability Management for Dummies
Whatever Slashdot uses for it's adserver, I applaud.
I don't think we need that much faster write speeds - once your installation and setup is done, you're dealing with peanuts in size of writes, kilobytes, maybe a few megs.
SSD's do exactly what PC's need - a much faster read, at a much smaller volume, with decent enough capacity. Lifetime is something that they aim to mature with development.