Well it is news. The Swartz case has been a discussion topic here in previous articles and this provides a bit more insight into what drove it into becoming a criminal case in the first place; JSTOR pressure on MIT was probably the trigger for MIT's later actions.
Chemistry is among the easiest of the physical sciences. I say this as the physicist
That just created the image in my mind from an episode of The Big Bang Theory of Dr. Sheldon Cooper at the inter-departmental paintball tournament shouting "Geology isn't a real science!"
Generally true, but I believe there's a significant incidence (about 10% is a figure I recall from somewhere) where the passed surname and Y-chromosone don't match.
Presumably because people are taught from birth that communism is evil but it's okay to invite monarchist totalitarians to the barbeque? And if they're rich and likely to bring plenty booze, so much the better.
I have read, or seen in a documentary, that we humans are equipped by evolution to know about 150 other individuals and truly comprehend a maximum time duration of about twice a normal human lifetime. My memory leaves me unable to cite a source for that.
I've never played either but the comments suggest that SimCity is for a model of autocratic rule without dissension and Minecraft (at least on a server) requires negotiation with other players. Opinion seems to be very polarized between the two, other than a couple of people who prefer Dwarf Fortress.
Hmm... can't quite put my finger on what that's making me think of...
Presumably AC is referencing the film but the vanity of people is such that if some fibre allowed permanently enduring clothes they would still want new ones; there will always be a desirable new ironic slogan for a t-shirt.
Now indestructible clothes with a programmable visual component... one would probably do me.
The analysis could probably be tailored to fit any assertion you wanted to make. A breakdown by state in the US probably reveals significant discrepancies.
And if the UK were split into constituent parts, no US state is likely to be worse than Scotland for general health and life expectancy.
I didn't know that. I really thought that Watson was doing first-order logic based upon the factual databases in its collection
Well I can't actually claim any subject matter expertise on the topic, but the things I have read about Watson conform more to concepts covered during a university degree module on real-time knowledge base systems (admittedly quarter of a century ago) than anything else I have encountered since.
It might be possible for it to get positive moderation for "informative" but even if it added something absolutely correct to a discussion there would still be responses claiming it was wrong.
Maybe one day an AI could work a/. account but Watson isn't really an AI, more a real-time knowledge based system with nifty natural language parsing.
Wasn't this idea explored in Odyssey 5, an excellent TV show cancelled before it's time.
Ted Raimi played a sentient who inadvertently ended up in a synthetic body, but he was a sentient who had learned everything from various fan sites and the less salubrious corners of the internet. I recall the description "bottom feeder" being applied. It was a sympathetic character when the motives of other sentients appeared malevolent.
$1 per initial message might seem like a deterrent but with a good result set from data mining various sources a company could establish a viable subset of facebook users likely to be swayed by subsequent promotional offers. Just takes a hook to gather a response from the first message so that additional messages can be sent free, like - respond to this so that your name is entered into a free draw to win Product X. If it's well targeted it'll pay for itself in the long term.
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Well it is news. The Swartz case has been a discussion topic here in previous articles and this provides a bit more insight into what drove it into becoming a criminal case in the first place; JSTOR pressure on MIT was probably the trigger for MIT's later actions.
Didn't you pay attention in statistics class?
There is absolutely no reason that two once-in-a-million-years events couldn't happen on consecutive days. It's improbable but not impossible.
Chemistry is among the easiest of the physical sciences. I say this as the physicist
That just created the image in my mind from an episode of The Big Bang Theory of Dr. Sheldon Cooper at the inter-departmental paintball tournament shouting "Geology isn't a real science!"
horzebergur, shoorelay?
Generally true, but I believe there's a significant incidence (about 10% is a figure I recall from somewhere) where the passed surname and Y-chromosone don't match.
Anyone got the accurate figure for that?
Presumably because people are taught from birth that communism is evil but it's okay to invite monarchist totalitarians to the barbeque? And if they're rich and likely to bring plenty booze, so much the better.
I think that statement requires additional qualification.
The colloquial extremes I have heard are "well hung" and "hung like a budgie".
The last line of the article I read was...
Meanwhile, Java is the clear winner here.
...or did I miss a link?
I have seen it often said that when a slashdot headline ends in a question mark then the answer is no.
I have read, or seen in a documentary, that we humans are equipped by evolution to know about 150 other individuals and truly comprehend a maximum time duration of about twice a normal human lifetime. My memory leaves me unable to cite a source for that.
I've never played either but the comments suggest that SimCity is for a model of autocratic rule without dissension and Minecraft (at least on a server) requires negotiation with other players. Opinion seems to be very polarized between the two, other than a couple of people who prefer Dwarf Fortress.
Hmm... can't quite put my finger on what that's making me think of...
Presumably AC is referencing the film but the vanity of people is such that if some fibre allowed permanently enduring clothes they would still want new ones; there will always be a desirable new ironic slogan for a t-shirt.
Now indestructible clothes with a programmable visual component... one would probably do me.
The analysis could probably be tailored to fit any assertion you wanted to make. A breakdown by state in the US probably reveals significant discrepancies.
And if the UK were split into constituent parts, no US state is likely to be worse than Scotland for general health and life expectancy.
I didn't know that. I really thought that Watson was doing first-order logic based upon the factual databases in its collection
Well I can't actually claim any subject matter expertise on the topic, but the things I have read about Watson conform more to concepts covered during a university degree module on real-time knowledge base systems (admittedly quarter of a century ago) than anything else I have encountered since.
It might be possible for it to get positive moderation for "informative" but even if it added something absolutely correct to a discussion there would still be responses claiming it was wrong.
Maybe one day an AI could work a /. account but Watson isn't really an AI, more a real-time knowledge based system with nifty natural language parsing.
If the aim of Watson is to find a role in the marketplace then it will be responding to the questions put by CEOs and other executives.
Seems to me, "That's bullshit!" would be a very useful response.
It will also need a *lot* more profanity if it is ever to respond to questions from politicians.
Wasn't this idea explored in Odyssey 5, an excellent TV show cancelled before it's time.
Ted Raimi played a sentient who inadvertently ended up in a synthetic body, but he was a sentient who had learned everything from various fan sites and the less salubrious corners of the internet. I recall the description "bottom feeder" being applied. It was a sympathetic character when the motives of other sentients appeared malevolent.
In Britain I've heard it described in terms of the £20 note test...
If you see a £20 note at the other end of the room and can go and pick it up then you don't have flu. If you have flu then you couldn't manage.
Only had it once myself. In 2003 or 2004, I think, and would agree with that assessment.
Stargate fans who knew nothing about nominative determinism. Just sayin'.
That's a quiet life.
Everyone I know was awake for the rollover from 2012 to 2013. Most were consuming some sort of alcohol too.
Greetings, time traveler from the early 21st century. It's only 2013 now, maybe you should have gone for a longer journey than coming from 2012.
I thought so too but then at 55 degrees north I probably see temperature gradient maps of sub-zero temperatures more often than an Australian does.
Invent a new colour?
Is this some new mix of visible wavelengths that had never been encountered before?
Seems to me they just used an existing colour that had not previously been used on the temperature gradient maps.
Europe is socialism!!!!!"
Oh, I thought we were all regarded as communists by the US.
Or is it that half the US regard us as communists and the other half regard us as socialists?
$1 per initial message might seem like a deterrent but with a good result set from data mining various sources a company could establish a viable subset of facebook users likely to be swayed by subsequent promotional offers. Just takes a hook to gather a response from the first message so that additional messages can be sent free, like - respond to this so that your name is entered into a free draw to win Product X. If it's well targeted it'll pay for itself in the long term.