Maybe I'm off the mark, but this would seem to be interesting for the AI researchers. After all, a sufficiently large matrix of biotransistors would mimic the brain rather closely, in some senses anyway. Could lead to some interesting, and in some cases possibly distrubing, issues.
While none of this seems untterly clueless, it also doesn't seem very new. Katz's article would be a good peice to introduce someone to the issue, but for those who have been following it[i.e./. readers] the article is a tad... stale.
A project is only truly dead when no one is working on it. Last I checked, there were still plenty at work on Mozilla. I can only hope they succeed. [It would be nice to have some option other then IE that is stable AND has the features I crave]
Well, some would argue that people are also just automata who respond in a predictable manner, if you know everything about their life from conception till the moment of the action in question. The issue is that humans are so complex, and have such a complex web of influences and forces, that the human mind cannot reliably predict what another human may do. In some sense humans, it could be argued, are psuedo-random, we are predictable, just not to any intellect we have yet spwaned or encountered.
Where did this idea come from precisely? Maybe i don't read to same books, see the same movies, etc. but I've never seen computer porteyed as all knowing and/or all powerful. From Star Trek to the Matrix, even the most advanced computers seem to need human intervention to function and/or are vulnerable to human sabotage and control. I really don't see where the author, or katz, came up with this idea.
Let's see... Napster is not a 'site' it is software, it is also a protocol [see OpenNap].
Otherwise though, the article is on target, if moderately redundent [the same basic arguement has appeaered repeatedly here on/., though never so well supported with honest to goodness statistics]. Hopefully, the industry at large will learn from these facts, rather than dying [though, honestly, their death would be of great use and joy to many]. I know many a former Metallica fan, as an example, who will never purchase anything attached to them ever again due to their heavy hande3d tactics. You'd think the powers that be would've learned, persecution only leads to the destruction of the persecutor.
Rumor has it that FOX is sniffing around Slayers for TV [I'd prefer CN as there will be MUCH less editing on cable, but...]. There are some 'suggestive situations and language' that may be at issue, plus the whole idea of the heroine getting her powers from demons [refered to as the vague 'monster race' in the dub]. So that explains the reason it hasn't been scooped up as quickly as Pokemon etc. Hopefully someone will pick it up, as it is probably in the top 10 'most agreeable to americans' category, and is pretty entertaining to boot.
[Disclaimer: yup, I'm a Slayers fan, so my opinion is slanted]
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Maybe I'm off the mark, but this would seem to be interesting for the AI researchers. After all, a sufficiently large matrix of biotransistors would mimic the brain rather closely, in some senses anyway. Could lead to some interesting, and in some cases possibly distrubing, issues.
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While none of this seems untterly clueless, it also doesn't seem very new. Katz's article would be a good peice to introduce someone to the issue, but for those who have been following it[i.e. /. readers] the article is a tad... stale.
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A project is only truly dead when no one is working on it. Last I checked, there were still plenty at work on Mozilla. I can only hope they succeed. [It would be nice to have some option other then IE that is stable AND has the features I crave]
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Well, some would argue that people are also just automata who respond in a predictable manner, if you know everything about their life from conception till the moment of the action in question. The issue is that humans are so complex, and have such a complex web of influences and forces, that the human mind cannot reliably predict what another human may do. In some sense humans, it could be argued, are psuedo-random, we are predictable, just not to any intellect we have yet spwaned or encountered.
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Where did this idea come from precisely? Maybe i don't read to same books, see the same movies, etc. but I've never seen computer porteyed as all knowing and/or all powerful. From Star Trek to the Matrix, even the most advanced computers seem to need human intervention to function and/or are vulnerable to human sabotage and control. I really don't see where the author, or katz, came up with this idea.
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Let's see... Napster is not a 'site' it is software, it is also a protocol [see OpenNap].
/., though never so well supported with honest to goodness statistics]. Hopefully, the industry at large will learn from these facts, rather than dying [though, honestly, their death would be of great use and joy to many]. I know many a former Metallica fan, as an example, who will never purchase anything attached to them ever again due to their heavy hande3d tactics. You'd think the powers that be would've learned, persecution only leads to the destruction of the persecutor.
Otherwise though, the article is on target, if moderately redundent [the same basic arguement has appeaered repeatedly here on
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Old thread, no one will see this, oh well...
Rumor has it that FOX is sniffing around Slayers for TV [I'd prefer CN as there will be MUCH less editing on cable, but...]. There are some 'suggestive situations and language' that may be at issue, plus the whole idea of the heroine getting her powers from demons [refered to as the vague 'monster race' in the dub]. So that explains the reason it hasn't been scooped up as quickly as Pokemon etc. Hopefully someone will pick it up, as it is probably in the top 10 'most agreeable to americans' category, and is pretty entertaining to boot.
[Disclaimer: yup, I'm a Slayers fan, so my opinion is slanted]
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