You're right! This is one of the most life changing quotes I've ever read on Slashdot, or at least I feel that way now. Hopefully I will act on those feelings the next time I hear about an injustice. I can't just consider this as something terrible that happened to someone; if I let it happen I'm saying I'm willing to let it happen to myself as well.
But I have a question for you: what should I do? In this case I am not British or American, so I'm not sure there is anything to be done; maybe I'm wrong.
What about if it happens in Canada? Should I write to a member of parliment? Tell all my friends? And at the same time I have a life of my own to deal with, and as terrible as something like this is, it isn't that likely to happen to me specifically. I can't stage a protest every time something like this happens; people will just get annoyed at me. On the other hand, we need people who are willing to be hated if it's for an important cause.
The definitions are almost the same, but they're philosophically different. Free software is about freedom; open source software only suggests that it is a practically better model. That's what Stallman says, anyway.
He also addresses the idea of free microwaves or microwave dinners (tables actually). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNBMdDaYhZA Supposedly, you can modify a table or a dinner without their blue prints, but it's less feasible with programs. I can see a couple holes in that argument, but they're not gaping. Trying to modify a compiled program isn't impossible, but it's somewhat insane. On the other hand, I modifying a microwave would be easier with the schematics.
I got to 8 wins without losses. I got to 12 wins with 2 losses. My final score was 14 wins with 5 losses. I accidentally deviated from my strategy for 2 moves. Maybe the computer learned something. If you see what the computer thinks, you can read about it's exact algorithm and in theory beat it every time until its database of statistics updates.
The idea is that, you either pick the opponent's last move, what beat's the opponent's last move, or what the opponent's last move beats, and assumes that the computer assumes you are using one of those 3 strategies. If you win a game, keep going. If you lose a game, assume the computer knows your strategy and switch to a new one which will beat the computer. If you tie, assume the computer guessed the strategy you are using incorrectly, and switch to a new one which will beat the computer.
Step 1:
Choose the first 4 moves randomly using a pseudo random number generator.
i.e. paper, rock, scissors, scissors
Step 2:
Choose the opponent's last move until you don't win.
If you lose, goto step 3.
If you tie, goto step 4.
Step 3:
Choose what the opponent's last move beats until you don't win.
If you lose, goto step 4.
If you tie, goto step 2.
Step 4:
Choose what beats the opponent's last move until you don't win.
If you lose, goto step 2.
If you tie, goto step 3.
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You're right! This is one of the most life changing quotes I've ever read on Slashdot, or at least I feel that way now. Hopefully I will act on those feelings the next time I hear about an injustice. I can't just consider this as something terrible that happened to someone; if I let it happen I'm saying I'm willing to let it happen to myself as well.
But I have a question for you: what should I do? In this case I am not British or American, so I'm not sure there is anything to be done; maybe I'm wrong.
What about if it happens in Canada? Should I write to a member of parliment? Tell all my friends? And at the same time I have a life of my own to deal with, and as terrible as something like this is, it isn't that likely to happen to me specifically. I can't stage a protest every time something like this happens; people will just get annoyed at me. On the other hand, we need people who are willing to be hated if it's for an important cause.
What about you? Will you stage a riot?
I don't know if he's ever slipped up and accidentally said open source, but he's pretty adamant that he supports free software and *not* open source software.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
The definitions are almost the same, but they're philosophically different. Free software is about freedom; open source software only suggests that it is a practically better model. That's what Stallman says, anyway.
He also addresses the idea of free microwaves or microwave dinners (tables actually).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNBMdDaYhZA
Supposedly, you can modify a table or a dinner without their blue prints, but it's less feasible with programs. I can see a couple holes in that argument, but they're not gaping. Trying to modify a compiled program isn't impossible, but it's somewhat insane. On the other hand, I modifying a microwave would be easier with the schematics.
I got to 8 wins without losses. I got to 12 wins with 2 losses. My final score was 14 wins with 5 losses. I accidentally deviated from my strategy for 2 moves. Maybe the computer learned something. If you see what the computer thinks, you can read about it's exact algorithm and in theory beat it every time until its database of statistics updates.
The idea is that, you either pick the opponent's last move, what beat's the opponent's last move, or what the opponent's last move beats, and assumes that the computer assumes you are using one of those 3 strategies. If you win a game, keep going. If you lose a game, assume the computer knows your strategy and switch to a new one which will beat the computer. If you tie, assume the computer guessed the strategy you are using incorrectly, and switch to a new one which will beat the computer.
Step 1:
Choose the first 4 moves randomly using a pseudo random number generator.
i.e. paper, rock, scissors, scissors
Step 2:
Choose the opponent's last move until you don't win.
If you lose, goto step 3.
If you tie, goto step 4.
Step 3:
Choose what the opponent's last move beats until you don't win.
If you lose, goto step 4.
If you tie, goto step 2.
Step 4:
Choose what beats the opponent's last move until you don't win.
If you lose, goto step 2.
If you tie, goto step 3.
Step 5:
???
Step 5:
Profit!!!