You're completely incorrect--I don't think you're thinking about the situation rationally.
Encryption is merely a tool that this man used to commit his crimes. Should video cameras the defendant used not be admitted? Should video TAPES? What about any other equipment he used in the filming process? They clearly (I think you'll agree) should be admissible as evidence. Why not the fact that he went to great lengths to hide his creations? Encryption is JUST a TOOL. It's not magically special just because it's on computers.
If the defendant had had other tools he used to create and store the pornography, are THEY relative? video camera? video tapes? etc? If they are admissibile as tools of his actions, why not encryption?
In a law school class, the professor was praising Firefox (for it's ability to do tabbed browsing, as well as it's right to left language support)..a student mentioned a news report that earlier the week new vulnerabilities had been found...everyone cynically laughs--Firefox, just like IE...
kinda sad how inured people have become to bugs--they expect them.
Writing this from a powerbook and I completely agree re: dock. It's a PITA. A pretty, nice gfxed, PITA. Problems--if you miss clicking, you can easily drag, and remove things from the dock. If a new program starts or something while you're trying to click, you can easily click on the wrong icon. Thanks to the magically expanding/shrinking dock, you never know exactly WHERE the trashcan is, where your programs are etc. no muscle memory.
I DO like the bouncing feedback, and expose is far and away the best feature of OSX imho, but I hate the dock.
As a somewhat pedantic point (and not to overly detract from your main point, though I do find it rather histrionic), the USSR did make some strides towards democracy, but Putin seems to be rapidly bring the power of the central autocrat back...Tsar...Communist president..democratic president. It's all the same.
No, this is stupid--the reason they suggest you take off your shoes (and I've been told "no, don't take off your shoes" when wearing sneakers) is that a lot of people forget they have metal in my shoes...I was wearing some shoes that had a tiny metal button on the side--totally forgot about it..set off the scanner twice, so they took me aside for the extended check. Wasted 5 minutes of some guys time, and delayed the line probably 30 seconds,
Wear your sneakers through everytime, no one cares. (FWIW, I did about two weeks ago, most recently, no special anything).
If you had assholes continually setting off (like me when I wasn't thinking) the metal detector all day because they didn't take their shoes off, you'd be pissed too.
I think the key issue for mono is that most open source programmers are not overly concerned with Windows interoperability. Its not that they don't see the value of migrating Windows users to new open code...its that they just don't seem to care.
I would strenusouly disagree with this. Apache, Mysql, Postgresql, gaim--just a few of the opensource apps that are very commonly used on windows and are very actively developed for windows. A lot of projects are very interested in being crossplatform.
Well,what i would say to that is, in the chess example, essentially all we're talking about is a search algorithm. Yes, we can call this intelligence, and it's certaintly impressive that a computer program can beat humans, but there's more to intelligence.
I dont think I can define intelligence, you raise a good point in this area, but I don't think it really helps us to define a computer chess program as intelligent. I think you've actually really hit the nail on the head--we don't really KNOW what intelligence is.. it's one of the age old questions of philosophers and scientists alike. How can we design something we don't understand? IMHO, none of the AI techniques being developed today are anywhere near leading to what we would think of as intelligence.
In the example of a human who can do nothing but play chess--well, this is impossible--human intelligence also has to be able to recognize a chess board, learn the rules of the game, have controlled motor movement to move pieces, control bodily functions at the same time, etc etc. Ches programs are fed input data in a very restricted fashion, and output data in a very restricted fashion.
If you had a "chess robot" that could walk into a room, see a chess board with a waiting opponent, sit down, pick up the pieces, etc, I would be closer to saying that that is intelligence...but we're not there yet.
If you look at the field of artificial intelligence development over the past 50 years, there have been some major developments, but most of the improvement has come from hardware improvements. The chess engine of 25 years ago isn't that different from today's.The field is just not advancing that fast.
I see your point on one level...but on another... AI is so far from anything you talk about happening, it's not even funny. I remember how dissapointed I was when I took my first AI class in undergrad--everything seemed just like hacks to me. don't worry--that world class chess AI is no closer to figuring out, well anything that doesn't involve a chess game than..I can't even come up with an analogy to illustrate my point:-p
Suffice it to say that AI as it stands today is not intelligent. A chess program can play chess, but that's all it can do. A robot designed to get from point a to point b can do that, maybe well, but it can't play chess--it's not like AI has an IQ that can be transferred to having a conversation or thinking about taking over the world.
Likewise, learning systems have a long ways to go too. My Prof. was not a fan of neural networks, so I could be biased, but even HOLLYWOOD neural networks have a rather limited use.
I would worry about any one of about a trillion things before I would worry about AI taking over the world.
Actually I kind of object to the term AI in general, for reasons above..
1) US did not give them chemical weapons. Supporting Saddam Hussein as a catspaw vis-a-vis Iran is completely different that your twisted interpretation of events (and falsification of events).
2) It was a screw up, no doubt. I just thought you'd like to know though, the proper spelling really is Iraq, not Irak. In Arabic it's spelled Alef Lam Ayn Rayn Alef Qaf Ya TaaMarbuta. So if anything it should be al-'Iraqiyyah. There's not reason for the Qaf to ever be transliterated as a K--it just doesn't make sense, the letter Kef is a K, the letter Qaf is close to a q. So it really should be Iraq.
Just so you know--I didn't mean to be insulting to your language skills, I just didn't want to sound like a jerk saying you read the post wrong. cheers!
No, you're wrong, and should read the article. The GRE has only switched back to pencil and paper in a a few cases--China, Taiwan, and Korea--because of cheating concerns. in addition, the test is only given in those countries twice a year anyway.
Apologies if you're not a native english speaker (which I'm guessing is the case) but if you read what the post said, it defined the MAXIMUM punishment that could be issued, not what the kid got. I would be insanely surprised if the kid got either 180 days or a $2000 fine.
That's assuming that your assumptions are correct--that infant Dragonfly is better than FreeBSD (better for whom? for a hobbyist, definitely--for a server? no. For someone running a desktop? no). NetBSD too? SMP? no. Cross-platform? yes.
FreeBSD, otoh, stil lhas far and away the biggest installed base and the biggest ports collection. It is the most known of the BSDs, etc etc. I've been running a 5x server since 5.1, and it's been perfectly stable, and fast. There are a lot of very compelling features in new releases.
The BSDs still have their own advantages. That hasn't changed.
and FWIW I got Mac Office standard for Mac for $100. ~shrug~
I also can't stand WP suite, but that's just me. Well, WordPerfect itself is ok, and it's great for some things that I occasionally need to do. But essentially Word is a modern word processor built around style sheets, etc, while WP has stayed true to it's roots.. But this is off topic:)
Paintshop? Gimp? There are competitors. Just because the competitors might not be anywhere near as good doesn't mean they don't exist. I'll take your word for it on Maya, I had thought it was expensive.
This is nonsense. How much does Apple charge for OSX? How much do traditional UNIX operating systems go for? Novell? Hell, how much does Apple charge for an OSX update? Know how much Wordperfect office suite costs? What about Photoshop, Maya, Autocad etc?
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Why shouldn't the tools he used to commit his crimes be admissible??
You're completely incorrect--I don't think you're thinking about the situation rationally.
Encryption is merely a tool that this man used to commit his crimes. Should video cameras the defendant used not be admitted? Should video TAPES? What about any other equipment he used in the filming process? They clearly (I think you'll agree) should be admissible as evidence. Why not the fact that he went to great lengths to hide his creations? Encryption is JUST a TOOL. It's not magically special just because it's on computers.
If the defendant had had other tools he used to create and store the pornography, are THEY relative? video camera? video tapes? etc? If they are admissibile as tools of his actions, why not encryption?
You're spreading the basest of FUD.
Encryption is a tool, nothing more. If he had had a video studio in his house, etc, should THAT be admitted as evidence?
In a law school class, the professor was praising Firefox (for it's ability to do tabbed browsing, as well as it's right to left language support)..a student mentioned a news report that earlier the week new vulnerabilities had been found...everyone cynically laughs--Firefox, just like IE...
kinda sad how inured people have become to bugs--they expect them.
Writing this from a powerbook and I completely agree re: dock. It's a PITA. A pretty, nice gfxed, PITA. Problems--if you miss clicking, you can easily drag, and remove things from the dock. If a new program starts or something while you're trying to click, you can easily click on the wrong icon. Thanks to the magically expanding/shrinking dock, you never know exactly WHERE the trashcan is, where your programs are etc. no muscle memory.
I DO like the bouncing feedback, and expose is far and away the best feature of OSX imho, but I hate the dock.
a merkin is a pubic wig.
that is all.
there is (was?) a unix cluster in carr too, but nobody liked to use it because of solaris.
hahahahahaha, now that was hilarious!
and well said.
As a somewhat pedantic point (and not to overly detract from your main point, though I do find it rather histrionic), the USSR did make some strides towards democracy, but Putin seems to be rapidly bring the power of the central autocrat back...Tsar...Communist president..democratic president. It's all the same.
Really? Then why not get of IDs entirely if they're so useless?
No, this is stupid--the reason they suggest you take off your shoes (and I've been told "no, don't take off your shoes" when wearing sneakers) is that a lot of people forget they have metal in my shoes...I was wearing some shoes that had a tiny metal button on the side--totally forgot about it..set off the scanner twice, so they took me aside for the extended check. Wasted 5 minutes of some guys time, and delayed the line probably 30 seconds,
Wear your sneakers through everytime, no one cares. (FWIW, I did about two weeks ago, most recently, no special anything).
If you had assholes continually setting off (like me when I wasn't thinking) the metal detector all day because they didn't take their shoes off, you'd be pissed too.
I think the key issue for mono is that most open source programmers are not overly concerned with Windows interoperability. Its not that they don't see the value of migrating Windows users to new open code...its that they just don't seem to care.
I would strenusouly disagree with this. Apache, Mysql, Postgresql, gaim--just a few of the opensource apps that are very commonly used on windows and are very actively developed for windows. A lot of projects are very interested in being crossplatform.
Well ,what i would say to that is, in the chess example, essentially all we're talking about is a search algorithm. Yes, we can call this intelligence, and it's certaintly impressive that a computer program can beat humans, but there's more to intelligence.
I dont think I can define intelligence, you raise a good point in this area, but I don't think it really helps us to define a computer chess program as intelligent. I think you've actually really hit the nail on the head--we don't really KNOW what intelligence is.. it's one of the age old questions of philosophers and scientists alike. How can we design something we don't understand? IMHO, none of the AI techniques being developed today are anywhere near leading to what we would think of as intelligence.
In the example of a human who can do nothing but play chess--well, this is impossible--human intelligence also has to be able to recognize a chess board, learn the rules of the game, have controlled motor movement to move pieces, control bodily functions at the same time, etc etc. Ches programs are fed input data in a very restricted fashion, and output data in a very restricted fashion.
If you had a "chess robot" that could walk into a room, see a chess board with a waiting opponent, sit down, pick up the pieces, etc, I would be closer to saying that that is intelligence...but we're not there yet.
If you look at the field of artificial intelligence development over the past 50 years, there have been some major developments, but most of the improvement has come from hardware improvements. The chess engine of 25 years ago isn't that different from today's.The field is just not advancing that fast.
I see your point on one level...but on another... AI is so far from anything you talk about happening, it's not even funny. I remember how dissapointed I was when I took my first AI class in undergrad--everything seemed just like hacks to me. don't worry--that world class chess AI is no closer to figuring out, well anything that doesn't involve a chess game than..I can't even come up with an analogy to illustrate my point :-p
Suffice it to say that AI as it stands today is not intelligent. A chess program can play chess, but that's all it can do. A robot designed to get from point a to point b can do that, maybe well, but it can't play chess--it's not like AI has an IQ that can be transferred to having a conversation or thinking about taking over the world.
Likewise, learning systems have a long ways to go too. My Prof. was not a fan of neural networks, so I could be biased, but even HOLLYWOOD neural networks have a rather limited use.
I would worry about any one of about a trillion things before I would worry about AI taking over the world.
Actually I kind of object to the term AI in general, for reasons above..
Troll.
1) US did not give them chemical weapons. Supporting Saddam Hussein as a catspaw vis-a-vis Iran is completely different that your twisted interpretation of events (and falsification of events).
2) It was a screw up, no doubt. I just thought you'd like to know though, the proper spelling really is Iraq, not Irak. In Arabic it's spelled Alef Lam Ayn Rayn Alef Qaf Ya TaaMarbuta. So if anything it should be al-'Iraqiyyah. There's not reason for the Qaf to ever be transliterated as a K--it just doesn't make sense, the letter Kef is a K, the letter Qaf is close to a q. So it really should be Iraq.
I know the feeling :)
Just so you know--I didn't mean to be insulting to your language skills, I just didn't want to sound like a jerk saying you read the post wrong. cheers!
No, you're wrong, and should read the article. The GRE has only switched back to pencil and paper in a a few cases--China, Taiwan, and Korea--because of cheating concerns. in addition, the test is only given in those countries twice a year anyway.
Apologies if you're not a native english speaker (which I'm guessing is the case) but if you read what the post said, it defined the MAXIMUM punishment that could be issued, not what the kid got. I would be insanely surprised if the kid got either 180 days or a $2000 fine.
That's assuming that your assumptions are correct--that infant Dragonfly is better than FreeBSD (better for whom? for a hobbyist, definitely--for a server? no. For someone running a desktop? no). NetBSD too? SMP? no. Cross-platform? yes.
FreeBSD, otoh, stil lhas far and away the biggest installed base and the biggest ports collection. It is the most known of the BSDs, etc etc. I've been running a 5x server since 5.1, and it's been perfectly stable, and fast. There are a lot of very compelling features in new releases.
The BSDs still have their own advantages. That hasn't changed.
and FWIW I got Mac Office standard for Mac for $100. ~shrug~
:)
I also can't stand WP suite, but that's just me. Well, WordPerfect itself is ok, and it's great for some things that I occasionally need to do. But essentially Word is a modern word processor built around style sheets, etc, while WP has stayed true to it's roots.. But this is off topic
Paintshop? Gimp? There are competitors. Just because the competitors might not be anywhere near as good doesn't mean they don't exist. I'll take your word for it on Maya, I had thought it was expensive.
This is nonsense. How much does Apple charge for OSX? How much do traditional UNIX operating systems go for? Novell? Hell, how much does Apple charge for an OSX update? Know how much Wordperfect office suite costs? What about Photoshop, Maya, Autocad etc?
Uhhh, you DO know Microsoft released Rotor?