This is funny to see because many people do not realize that black and white are basically the same color. (If you don't believe me then think about how we can project black letters onto a white projection screen.)
If you want to use the metaphor that lack of belief is lack of color then where do gray and white fit in?
This made me facepalm. What about it? These physicist used the laws of thermodynamics to establish a fundamental limit to how much usable information can be inserted or extracted from a volume of space. What does parallelism have to do with that at all? What indeed?
I just thought of a simple proof that the halting problem does not apply to Turing Machines with finit e memory (which means it isn't really a Turing Machine, but oh well).
The input of a Turing machine is the initial contents of the tape. Therefore a Turing Machine with finite memory only has a finite number of possible inputs. It is possible for me to simply go through all those possible inputs and mark them as "Accept" or "Reject". Since it is not possible (through diagonalization) to construct an input that is not in my list, I have accounted for every possible input. I can implement HALT by simply consulting my table. All possible finite memory Turing machines and their inputs can be constructed this way, so HALT is implementable for a Turing machine with finite memory.
Given a Turing machine with a finite memory and an input it will either halt (accept or reject), eventually enter a state it has been in before (infinite loop, so reject), or attempt to enter a state that requires more memory than it has (we can take that as a "reject"). Therefore it is possible to know if the machine accepts or rejects in all cases.
This cannot be practically applied because the amount of space and time required even for small machines is still too large but it does make the point that the halting problem depends on the infinite nature of the Turing machine.
The snarky answer is that when one writes a paper one has to make simple things sound as complicated as possible in order to make the paper look like you've discovered something interesting.
More likely it really does have to be this complicated considering that handling security when combining content from multiple sources cannot be made simple unless you make it trivial (no trust or complete trust).
You fail to realize that ultimately both versions of Firefox must eventually go through the same layers of Linux in order to do pretty much the same thing. The story is that the Windows version is still faster even though it has a whole extra layer to go through.
It is not even a comparison of Linux/Windows but of Linux and Linux+Wine.
The Linux build of Firefox is the problem here and has nothing to do with the trade-offs between how Windows does things and how Linux does things.
Besides, how can you say that everybody should fall on one side of the Performance/Reliability trade-off? Such things are case-by-case by definition.
You do not need anybody's permission. If you really believe that smoking has an effect on you that allows you to cope with life better then do it. It was painful to read your post because I kept wondering what could have possibly convinced you to stop smoking if, as you say, it helped you out so much.
Even though I don't believe anybody should smoke because it is harmful, at the same time I hate to see people do things that make them unhappy just because of social pressure.
The GP poster probably did not mean to demean Seuss, but was just looking for an example and missed the mark. Perhaps the Bearinstein Bears would have been a better example.
Seuss's books tackled topics like racism, the tragedy of the commons, and even the nuclear arms race. The Cat in the Hat can be thought of as being fairly subversive but mostly harmless. Most people probably only thing about the more traditional children's topics like accepting people who are different and not being afraid to try new things (like Green Eggs and Ham).
Before his books he created propaganda for the US government during WWII.
I live in a town of 100,000, but I drive through Waldenburg occasionally and all you would really notice if you drove through it is a gas station. It pretty much is just an intersection in the highway.
However, I am offended by the idea that an electronic voting machine is somehow overkill and wasted money for a town of 80 people. I guess when their equipment becomes obsolete by mandate that they will have to drive the 15 miles into a 'real' town or else be disenfranchised.
Is an optical paper scanner too much for 36 votes? I would say that it is by the logic presented here. Perhaps pieces of notebook paper stuffed into a fancy box with the word 'Ballots' written on the side with a fat sharpy.
That fancy computermitized technology is just too good for the small farming community of Waldenburg!
You have GOT to be kidding me. What makes a man attracted to a 16 year old never changes no matter how old you get. If a 16 year old girl is sexually attractive (and they ussually are, being sexually mature and capable of bearing children), then you are going to be attracted to her if you are 26, 46, or 76.
The idea that you should "grow out of" being attracted to young beautiful woman as you get older is a myth.
If some randy single 60 year old is given a choice between some random 20 year old and some random 60 year old woman to have sex with, which do you think he would choose?
The patent that Nintendo holds is for emulating the Gameboy on a low capability target, like a PDA or cellphone or seatback display. The people violating the patent are selling an emulator for, guess what, a low capability target.
Windows also allows you to deny execute permission to entire filesystems. It allows much more fine grained control than unix.
The latest version of Microsoft Outlook can be setup so it doesn't even allow me to save an 'unsafe attachment', much less run it. I have to hack around in the registery to re-enable it, or ask the sender to resend it in a zip file.
It is very likely that the interconnected power grid has prevented far more blackouts than it has caused. The interconnected power grid allows for local failures to be mitigated by non-local resources being brought instantly into play.
The blackout is far more likely the result of aging and inadequate infrastructure in the Northeast, and not the interconnected nature of the grid.
Probably because there were not even 1 billion human beings born until only a few thousand years ago.
Even if it was 10 billion, or 100 billion (highly unlikely) up until that last few millenia, I highly doubt that 1 percent of humans would be preserved like mummies.
Dinosaurs were around for millions of years, its not hard to imagine that one or two was lucky enough to turn into stone.
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This is funny to see because many people do not realize that black and white are basically the same color. (If you don't believe me then think about how we can project black letters onto a white projection screen.)
If you want to use the metaphor that lack of belief is lack of color then where do gray and white fit in?
What about parallelism?
This made me facepalm. What about it? These physicist used the laws of thermodynamics to establish a fundamental limit to how much usable information can be inserted or extracted from a volume of space. What does parallelism have to do with that at all? What indeed?
See how easy it is to ask rhetorical questions?
I'm not sure that I want the same pool of people that believe in faces on Mars, and other hoaxes, interpreting photos of North Korea.
I just thought of a simple proof that the halting problem does not apply to Turing Machines with finit e memory (which means it isn't really a Turing Machine, but oh well).
The input of a Turing machine is the initial contents of the tape. Therefore a Turing Machine with finite memory only has a finite number of possible inputs. It is possible for me to simply go through all those possible inputs and mark them as "Accept" or "Reject". Since it is not possible (through diagonalization) to construct an input that is not in my list, I have accounted for every possible input. I can implement HALT by simply consulting my table. All possible finite memory Turing machines and their inputs can be constructed this way, so HALT is implementable for a Turing machine with finite memory.
QED motherfucker.
But the proof depends on not being able to know if the Turing machine is done or not. A Turing machine with finite memory does not have that problem.
I just gave you a proof. It wasn't formal, but it covered all the cases.
Given a Turing machine with a finite memory and an input it will either halt (accept or reject), eventually enter a state it has been in before (infinite loop, so reject), or attempt to enter a state that requires more memory than it has (we can take that as a "reject"). Therefore it is possible to know if the machine accepts or rejects in all cases.
This cannot be practically applied because the amount of space and time required even for small machines is still too large but it does make the point that the halting problem depends on the infinite nature of the Turing machine.
You will never find a programming language that frees you from the burden of clarifying your thoughts.
http://www.xkcd.com/568/
It is pretty obvious that they intend to send time travelers to the exact point in time and space that the pirate was recording and arrest them.
Either that or open up a wormhole and bring them to the future for justice.
Maybe just sent a telegram back in time to alert the past. But that is not as fun.
I have two answers.
The snarky answer is that when one writes a paper one has to make simple things sound as complicated as possible in order to make the paper look like you've discovered something interesting.
More likely it really does have to be this complicated considering that handling security when combining content from multiple sources cannot be made simple unless you make it trivial (no trust or complete trust).
Can you really claim an exception for FOSS?
Given that FOSS always gets you #1, it should be concluded that you can only get #1 and #2 or #1 and #3.
You fail to realize that ultimately both versions of Firefox must eventually go through the same layers of Linux in order to do pretty much the same thing. The story is that the Windows version is still faster even though it has a whole extra layer to go through.
It is not even a comparison of Linux/Windows but of Linux and Linux+Wine.
The Linux build of Firefox is the problem here and has nothing to do with the trade-offs between how Windows does things and how Linux does things.
Besides, how can you say that everybody should fall on one side of the Performance/Reliability trade-off? Such things are case-by-case by definition.
You do not need anybody's permission. If you really believe that smoking has an effect on you that allows you to cope with life better then do it. It was painful to read your post because I kept wondering what could have possibly convinced you to stop smoking if, as you say, it helped you out so much.
Even though I don't believe anybody should smoke because it is harmful, at the same time I hate to see people do things that make them unhappy just because of social pressure.
The GP poster probably did not mean to demean Seuss, but was just looking for an example and missed the mark. Perhaps the Bearinstein Bears would have been a better example.
Seuss's books tackled topics like racism, the tragedy of the commons, and even the nuclear arms race. The Cat in the Hat can be thought of as being fairly subversive but mostly harmless. Most people probably only thing about the more traditional children's topics like accepting people who are different and not being afraid to try new things (like Green Eggs and Ham).
Before his books he created propaganda for the US government during WWII.
Yes, but the dosage of freight train required is a lot bigger.
I live in a town of 100,000, but I drive through Waldenburg occasionally and all you would really notice if you drove through it is a gas station. It pretty much is just an intersection in the highway.
However, I am offended by the idea that an electronic voting machine is somehow overkill and wasted money for a town of 80 people. I guess when their equipment becomes obsolete by mandate that they will have to drive the 15 miles into a 'real' town or else be disenfranchised.
Is an optical paper scanner too much for 36 votes? I would say that it is by the logic presented here. Perhaps pieces of notebook paper stuffed into a fancy box with the word 'Ballots' written on the side with a fat sharpy.
That fancy computermitized technology is just too good for the small farming community of Waldenburg!
You have GOT to be kidding me. What makes a man attracted to a 16 year old never changes no matter how old you get. If a 16 year old girl is sexually attractive (and they ussually are, being sexually mature and capable of bearing children), then you are going to be attracted to her if you are 26, 46, or 76.
The idea that you should "grow out of" being attracted to young beautiful woman as you get older is a myth.
If some randy single 60 year old is given a choice between some random 20 year old and some random 60 year old woman to have sex with, which do you think he would choose?
The patent that Nintendo holds is for emulating the Gameboy on a low capability target, like a PDA or cellphone or seatback display. The people violating the patent are selling an emulator for, guess what, a low capability target.
So, this patent in no way treatens PC emulators.
Actually, the normal (non FX) Athlon 64 is cheaper than the XP.
Wouldn't your comment be in response to MOORE'S LAW, not MURPHY'S LAW?
I am betting that it will be released either this Christmas or x-mas 2004 for sure.
Windows also allows you to deny execute permission to entire filesystems. It allows much more fine grained control than unix.
The latest version of Microsoft Outlook can be setup so it doesn't even allow me to save an 'unsafe attachment', much less run it. I have to hack around in the registery to re-enable it, or ask the sender to resend it in a zip file.
I agree that she was weak, but I still beat almost everyone who I ever played against.
It is very likely that the interconnected power grid has prevented far more blackouts than it has caused. The interconnected power grid allows for local failures to be mitigated by non-local resources being brought instantly into play.
The blackout is far more likely the result of aging and inadequate infrastructure in the Northeast, and not the interconnected nature of the grid.
Probably because there were not even 1 billion human beings born until only a few thousand years ago.
Even if it was 10 billion, or 100 billion (highly unlikely) up until that last few millenia, I highly doubt that 1 percent of humans would be preserved like mummies.
Dinosaurs were around for millions of years, its not hard to imagine that one or two was lucky enough to turn into stone.
So, computers can read the minds of smart people then?