It doesn't hit quite all your topics, but Flake's The Computational Beauty of Nature is a great book covering many intriguing topics, with source code to boot.
I'm also reading all the best programming and software development books and working out the game bits myself. The game books simply aren't good enough (on many levels: content, presentation, etc.) to do anything with.
My dream was to create my own Linux RTS game and then write a book that takes it from conception to implementation, covering all levels of analysis, design, implmentation, testing, etc. I think that would be useful.
However, I'm not making much progress on it until I settle some other things in my life (getting a house etc.). So don't hold your breath!
I did a four year commerce degree in one of Canada's best Commerce programs, Dean's honour list, blah blah blah.
I decided I didn't want to manage consumer products at P&G (or whatever) and spent another two years getting my Computing and Information Science degree, Dean's honour list, blah blah blah.
Now I work as a hardcore software developer, just over 5 years, 2.5 companies later. It's what I've always wanted to do; it's what I'm really good at.
My Commerce degree gives me a good understanding of what's going on. What does that mean? It means in most cases I have had more formal business training than upper management has. It means I understand why they are screwing up. I'm still powerless to do anything about it.
And I'm still paid horribly.
I should move to the U.S. and quadruple my salary (after taxes etc.).
First, some use the term perceptron not just for Rosenblatt's original classifier, but for any of a class of multilayer feedforward neural networks (which use the perceptron as their basis).
Second, decision trees are another form of classifier used in machine learning. As others have noted, Quinlan's ID3 and C4.5 algorithms are the most popular.
... can also have good ideas for generating code in cases like these - options and ways to proceed that, on one's own (coder or non-coder), would not be so obvious. This is qiute important in negotiation.
Therefore, we should ask coding questions on a law discussion site!
Further, his work on information entropy is fundamental. Entropy is like a dual to the Gaussian (normal, bell-curved) distribution, which I hope everyone has at least heard of. Entropy measures are used in many machine learning algorithms, which makes them useful in AI, data mining, etc.
I'm hoping that a good reading of Christopher Alexander's architecture works (A Pattern Language, which inspired programming Design Patterns) will help me in my architectural/gaming mapping.
George was the driving force, but many talented people contributed to the vision of Star Wars. Consider Ralph McQuarrie's conceptual paintings and robot designs.
I've done about a dozen Slashdot book reviews. I can say that as they are voluntary, they tend to be about books that are well worth reading, otherwise I wouldn't be reading them. Therefore, they do tend to get a higher rating and the review is more about explaining what about the book is good, rather than that it is good. On the other hand, occasionally I've read poor books, and when I have reviewed them, I've given them low ratings. It's just that I've read less poor books.
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As Donald A. Norman states in his classic book "The Psychology/Design of Everyday Things":
...every year some company foists another stupid alphabetical keyboard upon us...
(paraphrased)
It's a Monte Carlo method related to simulated annealing.
Similar to simulated annealing if I recall correctly.
Hasn't the source to the original (Aho Weinberg Kernighan) version of awk been available for quite awhile?
[Although I suppose that may not have been the AT&T Unix version.]
It doesn't hit quite all your topics, but Flake's The Computational Beauty of Nature is a great book covering many intriguing topics, with source code to boot.
I'm also reading all the best programming and software development books and working out the game bits myself. The game books simply aren't good enough (on many levels: content, presentation, etc.) to do anything with.
My dream was to create my own Linux RTS game and then write a book that takes it from conception to implementation, covering all levels of analysis, design, implmentation, testing, etc. I think that would be useful.
However, I'm not making much progress on it until I settle some other things in my life (getting a house etc.). So don't hold your breath!
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I did a four year commerce degree in one of Canada's best Commerce programs, Dean's honour list, blah blah blah.
I decided I didn't want to manage consumer products at P&G (or whatever) and spent another two years getting my Computing and Information Science degree, Dean's honour list, blah blah blah.
Now I work as a hardcore software developer, just over 5 years, 2.5 companies later. It's what I've always wanted to do; it's what I'm really good at.
My Commerce degree gives me a good understanding of what's going on. What does that mean? It means in most cases I have had more formal business training than upper management has. It means I understand why they are screwing up. I'm still powerless to do anything about it.
And I'm still paid horribly.
I should move to the U.S. and quadruple my salary (after taxes etc.).
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
The so-called "computer malfunctions" were just NASA's ploy to delay Tito's launch.
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First, some use the term perceptron not just for Rosenblatt's original classifier, but for any of a class of multilayer feedforward neural networks (which use the perceptron as their basis).
Second, decision trees are another form of classifier used in machine learning. As others have noted, Quinlan's ID3 and C4.5 algorithms are the most popular.
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
Actually, I heard Joseph Campbell attended a private screening of Star Wars at Lucas' ranch just before he died.
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
Asimov's book on Halley's Comet when it came around in the 80s discussed the Nemesis theory.
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
... can also have good ideas for generating code in cases like these - options and ways to proceed that, on one's own (coder or non-coder), would not be so obvious. This is qiute important in negotiation.
Therefore, we should ask coding questions on a law discussion site!
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
Further, his work on information entropy is fundamental. Entropy is like a dual to the Gaussian (normal, bell-curved) distribution, which I hope everyone has at least heard of. Entropy measures are used in many machine learning algorithms, which makes them useful in AI, data mining, etc.
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
The fact that they are studying engineering does not make them engineers.
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
Suspended was wicked.
I remember when I figured out how to make the people do my bidding.
Or when I opened the damn pillar and saw myself... briefly before I died.
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
Get a used CRT projector off ebay.
Get the computer hooked up to it, via RGB.
You'll be using greater than 800x600 progressive that way, much better than S-video.
And who's worried about fan noise when you've got the Dolby 5.1 Digital volume cranked through those Cambridge Soundworks speakers?
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
...not a flock of crows.
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
I'm hoping that a good reading of Christopher Alexander's architecture works (A Pattern Language, which inspired programming Design Patterns) will help me in my architectural/gaming mapping.
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
I think I'm going to die! But then I realize it's mph, not kph.
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
Umm... data mining (my current gig)?
Those combinatorics explode awful fast as your data scales. You can't just wait for a Pentium 4 and hope that solves your algorithmic problems...
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
I can't recall, but it's possible if you dig deep enough into an MFC program, you'll find a main() that calls WinMain().
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
[] brackets
{} braces
() parentheses
We don't call periods commas, do we?
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
George was the driving force, but many talented people contributed to the vision of Star Wars. Consider Ralph McQuarrie's conceptual paintings and robot designs.
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
I've done about a dozen Slashdot book reviews. I can say that as they are voluntary, they tend to be about books that are well worth reading, otherwise I wouldn't be reading them. Therefore, they do tend to get a higher rating and the review is more about explaining what about the book is good, rather than that it is good. On the other hand, occasionally I've read poor books, and when I have reviewed them, I've given them low ratings. It's just that I've read less poor books.
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Marc A. Lepage (aka SEGV)
Robert Patrick was really good in The Cool Surface, also starring Teri Hatcher.
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0109478
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