This is the problem with "sentience" in an AI Someone had to program in the bits and bytes. A *PERSON* or group of people came up with formulas and algorythms to describe the AI.
Aside from the obvious religous matters ("only god can create life", etc) we have to belive that a "Dumb" AI would diserve the same rights as a "Smart" AI.
What extent of intelect is required to be "Alive" and how could your "test" be devised to get around a little smart programing? If you only ask it questions and compare results, why should that be a valid test??? We don't hold any of our pets to those standards, yet they are most certainly sentient beings...
I would argue that there is really no way for an AI to be come truely sentient...even if it were programed to "mimic" sentience, that would only be part of its programming...not much different than a spam filter actually...
to do a push (reverse the order of the last 2 options for a pull).
rsync should be faster than any other protocol (lower overhead), the -z option will compress data, and you can always set up an authorized key via ssh on the remote system to allow for password-less access...
While everyone should have already heard of google, it's kinda dumb to use one search engine when you can use a meta-engine like Turbo10 that uses all of the main search engines and some lesser known...
Of course, AllTheWeb is giving Google a run for its money...in the race to make it to 4 billion pages indexed, so Google may fall back down for a while...
However, I don't think many ppl will switch because of a few thousand pages...
You know what...I actually have no problems with this move.
What has the/. crowd been telling the RIAA??? "change your business model"...which isn't much more than "learn to deal with it"...well, they ARE doing something...and it's not pissing off/suing their customers.
The way I see it, they've decided that the release of the early screener is hurting DeeVeeDee sales.
So, they've went to the source...they are taking a hit in potential ratings/awards.
I would personally rather see this than to see the MPAA start going after file sharing/end users like the RIAA has been.
As for my movie purchasing, I'll still go see movies at the theater and I'll still buy DVDs.
DVDs can generally be found for $10-$15 on the week of release (about the same price as new albums)...which have tons of extra content. And not only that, they are gradually putting all of their back catalog onto DVD (for cheap prices).
Check out this article on CD-R quality done in 1999.
To sum up the article, price is directly proportional to quality. The company that has the most quality CD-Rs is not surprisingly Taiyo Yuden...the creator of the CD-R dye process.
The overall finding is that the cheapest CD-Rs suck. Pretty much anything made by Ritek, CMC, or Princo will suck. This does wipe out ~90% of all CD-Rs out there. Imation, Memorex, and all of the silver CD-Rs are made by these cheaper companies.
Some of this information is dated, but I have found that Fuji CD-Rs in the blue spindles are now the best source in the states for CD-Rs by Taiyo Yuden. The article I linked to states that Fujis are made by Ritek. This is wrong. I am reading one of the Fuji CD-Rs right now that's over 3 years old and there's not one error.
If I remember correctly, I think that RedHat was working on something similar to this a while back.
I think they actually decided that very few ppl would be willing to pay for a full ditro for their laptop and decided to drop the idea.
The reason why selecting a make + model is worthless is that the autodetect routines like Redhat's anaconda already do this without user intervention. The other problem with this is that laptops change throughout their lifecycle. Some get video upgrades (Radeon 9000 to 9600), different wireless cards, etc.
Lets clarify...Intel might not be releasing drivers for their 2100 Pro 802.11b cards, but many Centrino laptops already work 100% (minus the wireless).
The other thing is, Intel only specifies an 802.11b card, if the manufacturer decides on an integrated dual a/g or a/b card, they are then free to choose their own manufacturer.
The other point to all of this is that, the actual chipset used in the 2100 Pro is the Symbol Spectrum24 chipset. Which already has PCMCIA Drivers...no mention of Mini-PCI support, only that it isn't there yet.
However, Intel origonaly stated they would not support Centrino on Linux and then quickly back-peddled and said they would.
If you really want to know when Centrino support shows up, check this page on TuxMobil...
Speculation from vendors is that Intel probably has beta drivers in house and is waiting for Broadcom to release their wireless drivers.
Actually what I found interesting was that I belive it was on Connections that they said according to the power companies effected, it couldn't happen again because of the design of the new circuits and the new distribution method...
If this proves to be the case, then a quote seems in order...
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." -George Santayana
I just don't get how game studios can just throw away good work and just cancel games. It doesn't make much sense buisness wise... they should just get some new people working on it.
How do we know that production was stopped because of coding/story quality? Maybe they were threatened with a law suit or rights were tied up. Maybe they just decided there wasn't enough of a market for the game. Maybe they implimented features for hardware that was canceled. You can bet it probably wasn't quality alone that made them cancel the game.
Umh, that's a little vauge. The reason that the license was not stated as "Open Source" was to maintain a high standard of quality. The page you pointed to was not as useful as this page.
Unlike most copyrighted works, you can include the code in non-commercial products, Linux Distros can include the game without paying, and there's pretty much no fear of you ever having to pay for the game.
Next thing you know they'll be telling about this "new thing" called the GPL... It's Shareware, and it's been around a lot longer than the internet.
See there used to be this thing called Mail (No E at the beginning) and when ppl used floppies (that's the slot in your PeeCee that you never use) they had Public Domain collections (Like Fred Fish for the Amiga). And some were freeware and others were shareware...like, oh Castle Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, etc (ID Software distributed via shareware for a long time)...
And why this game? There 's a much better Open Sourced game called Racer...and unlike this game, it's available for Linux...
My guess is this KrackHouse guy probably has a stake in the company...
The thing you have to do is understand why IBM and Apple are at the top of their markets.
One reason...they build their own Notebooks...take a look at this page and then you'll understand why...
The short answer is Alienware, Toshiba, Dell, Compaq, etc are all made by the same companies...chances are they are all the same laptop.
Sony, IBM, and Apple all used to design their own notebooks...Apple kind of has to (yet they still use ODMs to assemble their boxen), and Sony and IBM have started to slip recently (using some of Quanta's ODM systems).
But if you want to find out how good the notebook is, find out who really made it.
Of course, you can always buy from the site that I linked to. They will sell notebooks without an OS and even have a Linux Forum. Not to mention they have unmatched customer service.
It seems to me that a PDA would fill the same need. I have a Palm IIIxe and have no problem reading eBooks with it. Not to mention that I can also read PDFs with it...something dedicated readers can't.
The low-end model is/was? ~$79...
Palm sells a refurbished IIIxe for ~$89...
And acording to this link, the Gemstar has 8MB of memory...the same as the IIIxe...less if you count the extra memory available from the Flash ROM through an app like JackFlash...
Keeping in mind that the screen on the IIIxe is very legible and features many functions not available through the Gemstar and that battery life can be increased on the palm by underclocking the CPU with one of the apps available for hackmaster...why would anyone want to buy a single function handheld over a PDA???
Not to mention that the PDA market itself has weakened signifigantly in recent years...
Well, I think we should add to the list, Shadow of the Beast, Stunt Car Racer, Racing Destruction Set, Marble Madness, Impossible Mission, and Frontier/Elite...
Space Racer - Update of Stunt Car Racer Trophy - looks real close to Racing Destruction Set GLTron - one of many clones of the old tron cycles games Vega Strike - Clone of Elite (I know there's an Elite 4 listed on Frontier Development's page, but judging from the copyright notice at the bottom, it hasn't been updated since some time in 2001) TrackBalls - Clone of Marble Madness
I was thinking about the whole buyout theory today.
And it occurred to me that if SCO is looking for a buyout, IBM is the wrong place to be looking. IBM was split up in the 80's (internally) because of anti-trust hearings. If IBM were to buyout SCO, it would be percieved as an attempt to gain a monopoly on the proprietary UNIX market (something Sun wouldn't be too happy with).
What seems more likely to happen is that IBM will begin to move its customers away from AIX... It would certainly be good for the current job market if IBM were to begin focusing all of its attention on AIX customers porting their internal apps to Linux....not to mention the overnight increase in Linux support from hardware and software developers. If it were to play out this way, then it may very well be the driving force that brings the IT sector back on its feet.
Exactly. However, the critical point will be when M$ is just entering the "race". If their distro is not immediately identified as the "best distro", there will be a possibility for competition. The idea of M$ Linux could come back to bite them. This is what might keep it from happening, because as a monopoly, they want to do anything and everything to keep any competion out of their market.
Could M$ be secretly developing their own Linux distro? All they would have to do is close any software that would interact with Windoze and they would wrap up the whole Linux business market...
Could this be far from the truth? This would certainly seem to lend some credibility to the theory...
All US made bills from $20 and up have a plastic strip in them as well. The kewl thing is (and this is supposed to be one of the most difficult to reproduce)...is that they all have flourescent writing on the strip, each type of bill a different color. And this shows up instantly under a black light.
This is why the whole bar thing confuses me. Most bars have black lights somewhere. Why can't they just put one of these beside of the cash register???
Here's what I do when I'm looking for a good game. The first thing to do is to figure out what you think you'll like (you seem to have a grasp on this)... And then go to a site like GameFAQs and figure out what the top games and most active boards are...
The games in the top 10s are the games people are actually playing. They have played the game long enough and enjoy it enough to read a FAQ or post a message related to it.
Another idea to find good games is the PS2 "Greatest Hits" line. These games are a little older, but they sold alot of copies and they are highly rated titles. Sony isn't going to "taint" the line by releasing a POS under the "Greatest Hits" line.
Don't let anyone tell you what you'll like, just make an educated guess...if you're really hurting for titles to pick, you can try some games like...
For PS2:
- RPGs from SquareSoft (i.e. Final Fantasy X)
While these games aren't really from the D&D line, you will probably find the plot lines much more compelling... - Grand Theft Auto games (but I'm sure you will hear too much of this) - The Getaway for a little more story in a GTA-style game - Gran Tourismo 3 or Midnight Club - Metal Gear Solid 2 for a good spy game - the new Spy Hunter...yes, same name from the 80's, but it's 3D now - Devil May Cry (Kinda fun...run around killing the undead with magical swords and guns)...don't get Devil May Cry 2 - Crazy Taxi
XBox:
- Halo
From most of the suggestions here, ppl are only listing the most recent games...most of the games I listed should be available without too much difficulty... Some games like Metal Gear Solid and Crazy Taxi are available on the XBox as well, but for most ppl, the PS2 is the only way to go...there's just more games for it...
If you're interested in a game, go to GameFAQs and figure out how active the boards have been in the past (don't have to read posts and FAQs, just get an idea how many ppl are there)...if you see alot of posts, you can be pretty sure that the game is fairly popular and therefore probably a good game.
If there are no FAQS for a game or no posts in a board, noone's playing it right now and noone liked it enough to make a FAQ or it's too easy to need a FAQ...for instance, Gran Turismo 2, a good game from the PS-One has a ton of FAQs and still has a fairly active message board...
It's well known that the reason nVidia has closed portions of their drivers is that there is specific intellectual property contained in the closed portions. nVidia prefers to make their Linux drivers as good as/better than their Windoze drivers by including all of their improvements rather than removing closed portions of the drivers...
Some of this is to protect their own IP, but most of it is to uphold deals with other companies regarding their IP...
I own a RioVolt... not made by Sonicblue, but made by iRiver...
It's actually not that bad in my case, because iRiver also makes the firmware (Sonicblue is real slow even though all they have to do is change the device ID)... which is the same source code for all of the MP3/CD Players they make...
So, I still get new features on my RioVolt... and faster than Sonicblue released firmwares in the past...
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Simple...
The US uses their WMD as defense only...the US protects many smaller countries and we will not use anything unless there is due cause.
On the other hand, Sadam is a mad man and he has killed many of his own ppl...he is most likely to use his WMDs as an offensive weapon...probably against a mostly helpless nation (like Kuwait)...
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This is the problem with "sentience" in an AI Someone had to program in the bits and bytes. A *PERSON* or group of people came up with formulas and algorythms to describe the AI.
Aside from the obvious religous matters ("only god can create life", etc) we have to belive that a "Dumb" AI would diserve the same rights as a "Smart" AI.
What extent of intelect is required to be "Alive" and how could your "test" be devised to get around a little smart programing? If you only ask it questions and compare results, why should that be a valid test??? We don't hold any of our pets to those standards, yet they are most certainly sentient beings...
I would argue that there is really no way for an AI to be come truely sentient...even if it were programed to "mimic" sentience, that would only be part of its programming...not much different than a spam filter actually...
This method can also be used as a push or pull.
/localpath remote.site:/remotepath
rsync -azve 'ssh'
to do a push (reverse the order of the last 2 options for a pull).
rsync should be faster than any other protocol (lower overhead), the -z option will compress data, and you can always set up an authorized key via ssh on the remote system to allow for password-less access...
stupid tag filter...that should have been...
The thing actually had an [Any] key...it was just an extra Enter key.
The kewl thing would be to find one of the keyboards that Compaq shipped with their systems...
The thing actually had an key...it was just an extra Enter key.
I did a search, and noone seems to be selling them anymore as this was back in the days of DOS...
Anyhow, it was specificaly to keep the cost of tech support calls down.
While everyone should have already heard of google, it's kinda dumb to use one search engine when you can use a meta-engine like Turbo10 that uses all of the main search engines and some lesser known...
Of course, AllTheWeb is giving Google a run for its money...in the race to make it to 4 billion pages indexed, so Google may fall back down for a while...
However, I don't think many ppl will switch because of a few thousand pages...
You know what...I actually have no problems with this move.
/. crowd been telling the RIAA??? "change your business model"...which isn't much more than "learn to deal with it"...well, they ARE doing something...and it's not pissing off/suing their customers.
What has the
The way I see it, they've decided that the release of the early screener is hurting DeeVeeDee sales.
So, they've went to the source...they are taking a hit in potential ratings/awards.
I would personally rather see this than to see the MPAA start going after file sharing/end users like the RIAA has been.
As for my movie purchasing, I'll still go see movies at the theater and I'll still buy DVDs.
DVDs can generally be found for $10-$15 on the week of release (about the same price as new albums)...which have tons of extra content. And not only that, they are gradually putting all of their back catalog onto DVD (for cheap prices).
Check out this article on CD-R quality done in 1999.
To sum up the article, price is directly proportional to quality. The company that has the most quality CD-Rs is not surprisingly Taiyo Yuden...the creator of the CD-R dye process.
The overall finding is that the cheapest CD-Rs suck. Pretty much anything made by Ritek, CMC, or Princo will suck. This does wipe out ~90% of all CD-Rs out there. Imation, Memorex, and all of the silver CD-Rs are made by these cheaper companies.
Some of this information is dated, but I have found that Fuji CD-Rs in the blue spindles are now the best source in the states for CD-Rs by Taiyo Yuden. The article I linked to states that Fujis are made by Ritek. This is wrong. I am reading one of the Fuji CD-Rs right now that's over 3 years old and there's not one error.
If I remember correctly, I think that RedHat was working on something similar to this a while back.
I think they actually decided that very few ppl would be willing to pay for a full ditro for their laptop and decided to drop the idea.
The reason why selecting a make + model is worthless is that the autodetect routines like Redhat's anaconda already do this without user intervention. The other problem with this is that laptops change throughout their lifecycle. Some get video upgrades (Radeon 9000 to 9600), different wireless cards, etc.
Lets clarify...Intel might not be releasing drivers for their 2100 Pro 802.11b cards, but many Centrino laptops already work 100% (minus the wireless).
The other thing is, Intel only specifies an 802.11b card, if the manufacturer decides on an integrated dual a/g or a/b card, they are then free to choose their own manufacturer.
The other point to all of this is that, the actual chipset used in the 2100 Pro is the Symbol Spectrum24 chipset. Which already has PCMCIA Drivers...no mention of Mini-PCI support, only that it isn't there yet.
However, Intel origonaly stated they would not support Centrino on Linux and then quickly back-peddled and said they would.
If you really want to know when Centrino support shows up, check this page on TuxMobil...
Speculation from vendors is that Intel probably has beta drivers in house and is waiting for Broadcom to release their wireless drivers.
Actually what I found interesting was that I belive it was on Connections that they said according to the power companies effected, it couldn't happen again because of the design of the new circuits and the new distribution method...
If this proves to be the case, then a quote seems in order...
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." -George Santayana
I just don't get how game studios can just throw away good work and just cancel games. It doesn't make much sense buisness wise... they should just get some new people working on it.
How do we know that production was stopped because of coding/story quality? Maybe they were threatened with a law suit or rights were tied up. Maybe they just decided there wasn't enough of a market for the game. Maybe they implimented features for hardware that was canceled. You can bet it probably wasn't quality alone that made them cancel the game.
Umh, that's a little vauge. The reason that the license was not stated as "Open Source" was to maintain a high standard of quality. The page you pointed to was not as useful as this page.
Unlike most copyrighted works, you can include the code in non-commercial products, Linux Distros can include the game without paying, and there's pretty much no fear of you ever having to pay for the game.
Next thing you know they'll be telling about this "new thing" called the GPL... It's Shareware, and it's been around a lot longer than the internet.
See there used to be this thing called Mail (No E at the beginning) and when ppl used floppies (that's the slot in your PeeCee that you never use) they had Public Domain collections (Like Fred Fish for the Amiga). And some were freeware and others were shareware...like, oh Castle Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, etc (ID Software distributed via shareware for a long time)...
And why this game? There 's a much better Open Sourced game called Racer...and unlike this game, it's available for Linux...
My guess is this KrackHouse guy probably has a stake in the company...
Honestly, Racer just looks better than this...
The thing you have to do is understand why IBM and Apple are at the top of their markets.
One reason...they build their own Notebooks...take a look at this page and then you'll understand why...
The short answer is Alienware, Toshiba, Dell, Compaq, etc are all made by the same companies...chances are they are all the same laptop.
Sony, IBM, and Apple all used to design their own notebooks...Apple kind of has to (yet they still use ODMs to assemble their boxen), and Sony and IBM have started to slip recently (using some of Quanta's ODM systems).
But if you want to find out how good the notebook is, find out who really made it.
Of course, you can always buy from the site that I linked to. They will sell notebooks without an OS and even have a Linux Forum. Not to mention they have unmatched customer service.
It seems to me that a PDA would fill the same need. I have a Palm IIIxe and have no problem reading eBooks with it. Not to mention that I can also read PDFs with it...something dedicated readers can't.
The low-end model is/was? ~$79...
Palm sells a refurbished IIIxe for ~$89...
And acording to this link, the Gemstar has 8MB of memory...the same as the IIIxe...less if you count the extra memory available from the Flash ROM through an app like JackFlash...
Keeping in mind that the screen on the IIIxe is very legible and features many functions not available through the Gemstar and that battery life can be increased on the palm by underclocking the CPU with one of the apps available for hackmaster...why would anyone want to buy a single function handheld over a PDA???
Not to mention that the PDA market itself has weakened signifigantly in recent years...
Well, I think we should add to the list, Shadow of the Beast, Stunt Car Racer, Racing Destruction Set, Marble Madness, Impossible Mission, and Frontier/Elite...
Now, there is work being done on a Shadow of the Beast 3D.
There is also work being done on...
Space Racer - Update of Stunt Car Racer
Trophy - looks real close to Racing Destruction Set
GLTron - one of many clones of the old tron cycles games
Vega Strike - Clone of Elite (I know there's an Elite 4 listed on Frontier Development's page, but judging from the copyright notice at the bottom, it hasn't been updated since some time in 2001)
TrackBalls - Clone of Marble Madness
and...
XArchon - Update of Archon
And they're all open source...which means that you can play current beta versions in most cases...
I was thinking about the whole buyout theory today.
And it occurred to me that if SCO is looking for a buyout, IBM is the wrong place to be looking. IBM was split up in the 80's (internally) because of anti-trust hearings. If IBM were to buyout SCO, it would be percieved as an attempt to gain a monopoly on the proprietary UNIX market (something Sun wouldn't be too happy with).
What seems more likely to happen is that IBM will begin to move its customers away from AIX... It would certainly be good for the current job market if IBM were to begin focusing all of its attention on AIX customers porting their internal apps to Linux....not to mention the overnight increase in Linux support from hardware and software developers. If it were to play out this way, then it may very well be the driving force that brings the IT sector back on its feet.
Umh, I know that Western Digital lets you upgrade to the 3 year warranty on all of their 1 year harddrives for $14.95.
I don't know about you, but I think the only reason they lowered the warranty period is to lower the cost of the drives by ~$15...
Exactly. However, the critical point will be when M$ is just entering the "race". If their distro is not immediately identified as the "best distro", there will be a possibility for competition. The idea of M$ Linux could come back to bite them. This is what might keep it from happening, because as a monopoly, they want to do anything and everything to keep any competion out of their market.
You might laugh, but what's even more obvious?
Could M$ be secretly developing their own Linux distro? All they would have to do is close any software that would interact with Windoze and they would wrap up the whole Linux business market...
Could this be far from the truth? This would certainly seem to lend some credibility to the theory...
All US made bills from $20 and up have a plastic strip in them as well. The kewl thing is (and this is supposed to be one of the most difficult to reproduce)...is that they all have flourescent writing on the strip, each type of bill a different color. And this shows up instantly under a black light.
This is why the whole bar thing confuses me. Most bars have black lights somewhere. Why can't they just put one of these beside of the cash register???
Here's what I do when I'm looking for a good game. The first thing to do is to figure out what you think you'll like (you seem to have a grasp on this)... And then go to a site like GameFAQs and figure out what the top games and most active boards are...
The games in the top 10s are the games people are actually playing. They have played the game long enough and enjoy it enough to read a FAQ or post a message related to it.
Another idea to find good games is the PS2 "Greatest Hits" line. These games are a little older, but they sold alot of copies and they are highly rated titles. Sony isn't going to "taint" the line by releasing a POS under the "Greatest Hits" line.
Don't let anyone tell you what you'll like, just make an educated guess...if you're really hurting for titles to pick, you can try some games like...
For PS2:
- RPGs from SquareSoft (i.e. Final Fantasy X)
While these games aren't really from the D&D line, you will probably find the plot lines much more compelling...
- Grand Theft Auto games (but I'm sure you will hear too much of this)
- The Getaway for a little more story in a GTA-style game
- Gran Tourismo 3 or Midnight Club
- Metal Gear Solid 2 for a good spy game
- the new Spy Hunter...yes, same name from the 80's, but it's 3D now
- Devil May Cry (Kinda fun...run around killing the undead with magical swords and guns)...don't get Devil May Cry 2
- Crazy Taxi
XBox:
- Halo
From most of the suggestions here, ppl are only listing the most recent games...most of the games I listed should be available without too much difficulty... Some games like Metal Gear Solid and Crazy Taxi are available on the XBox as well, but for most ppl, the PS2 is the only way to go...there's just more games for it...
If you're interested in a game, go to GameFAQs and figure out how active the boards have been in the past (don't have to read posts and FAQs, just get an idea how many ppl are there)...if you see alot of posts, you can be pretty sure that the game is fairly popular and therefore probably a good game.
If there are no FAQS for a game or no posts in a board, noone's playing it right now and noone liked it enough to make a FAQ or it's too easy to need a FAQ...for instance, Gran Turismo 2, a good game from the PS-One has a ton of FAQs and still has a fairly active message board...
It's well known that the reason nVidia has closed portions of their drivers is that there is specific intellectual property contained in the closed portions. nVidia prefers to make their Linux drivers as good as/better than their Windoze drivers by including all of their improvements rather than removing closed portions of the drivers...
Some of this is to protect their own IP, but most of it is to uphold deals with other companies regarding their IP...
I'm glad I did my homework before I bought ...
... not made by Sonicblue, but made by iRiver ...
... which is the same source code for all of the MP3/CD Players they make ...
... and faster than Sonicblue released firmwares in the past ...
I own a RioVolt
It's actually not that bad in my case, because iRiver also makes the firmware (Sonicblue is real slow even though all they have to do is change the device ID)
So, I still get new features on my RioVolt
Simple...
The US uses their WMD as defense only...the US protects many smaller countries and we will not use anything unless there is due cause.
On the other hand, Sadam is a mad man and he has killed many of his own ppl...he is most likely to use his WMDs as an offensive weapon...probably against a mostly helpless nation (like Kuwait)...