They've now discovered that at least some bacteria has programmed death. When a cell splits, one half is in some sense 'older'. After a certain number of divisions, the older half stops reproducing and later dies.
There are exceptions, of course. I had a psychology professor who had all 60 of us write a paper every week. I have no idea how many other classes he had, but his comments were very detailed and insightful, and you could talk to him about your paper the next week as if he'd just read it a moment earlier.
That this is sociology is key. Writing doesn't have to be robust, and any "arguments", such as they are, can be about anything and conclude anything and still be valid. The only requirement is to conform to style, which any modern email client could calculate.
Yet we can prove that CH is _unprovable_ in ZFC, and this proof requires a whole new theory (theory of "forcing"). And it's impossible to automate the search for a new theory.
Why do you say that? How did a human come up with the theory?
Also, there is no general agorithm for proof searching: we can't just enumerate all true predicates in a given and we can't (generaly) determine if two predicates are equal.
We don't know of any such algorithm. I think it's likely such an algorithm can't exist, but that doesn't mean that we won't find an algorithm that's general enough to be better than humans.
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Because I knew some brainiac like you would do it for me.
And if *you* didn't have to look it up, so much the better.
The most amazing thing about StarCon2 was they had synthesized speach... for the pc speaker! I'd heard that once before, but with Starcon2 you could actually understand it.
That's just for California. The guy's mentor was a Nazi sympathizer and his dad was an actual, enthusiastic Nazi. BTW, Hitlery also believes in free markets and is liberal on social issues.
TOS famously had the first interracial kiss on TV between Shatner and Nichols. The producers were so paranoid that they filmed an alternate version were Kirk fights off the temptation.
According to Nichols, the network ended up going with the kiss because they discovered in editing that Shatner had crossed his eyes during the filming of the alternate.
Good point. They certainly wouldn't be able to back it with wood, and they'd need a really reflective mirror.
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How about a board of little mirros on motor-controlled pivots. If you point the board directly at the sun, with a single command from a controlling computer you could redirect all of the mirrors to any point in your firing arc at any distance.
Why doesn't he put build a second, tighter, cofocused parabola in front of it? Then he could make a narrow beam with the strength of the wide beam, and he might even be able to swivel it through a small arc to aim it.
SCO was the 'best thing that ever happened' to
Linux
Here's the summary:
SCO's litigation over Linux was hugely unpopular but there was a big upside, says the chief executive of Open Source Development Labs,
Here are the first two paragraphs:
The multitude of law suits brought by SCO against companies selling and using Linux has been beneficial to the open source operating system, according to one of the most influential organisations in the Linux world.
Speaking at Queen Mary, University of London, on Monday night, Open Source Developer Labs chief executive Stuart Cohen said the lawsuits were "the best thing that ever happened to Linux".
Finally, in paragraph three, the writer moves beyond the notion so succintly stated in the title.
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They've now discovered that at least some bacteria has programmed death. When a cell splits, one half is in some sense 'older'. After a certain number of divisions, the older half stops reproducing and later dies.
I hate to break this to you, but people just aren't out there counterfeiting 2 dollar bills.
"How do you counterfeit a two dollar bill? You take a twenty and rub the 0 off."
I'd like to evolve a paper to score well in his system, just to see how it reads.
There are exceptions, of course. I had a psychology professor who had all 60 of us write a paper every week. I have no idea how many other classes he had, but his comments were very detailed and insightful, and you could talk to him about your paper the next week as if he'd just read it a moment earlier.
That this is sociology is key. Writing doesn't have to be robust, and any "arguments", such as they are, can be about anything and conclude anything and still be valid. The only requirement is to conform to style, which any modern email client could calculate.
Yet we can prove that CH is _unprovable_ in ZFC, and this proof requires a whole new theory (theory of "forcing"). And it's impossible to automate the search for a new theory.
Why do you say that? How did a human come up with the theory?
Also, there is no general agorithm for proof searching: we can't just enumerate all true predicates in a given and we can't (generaly) determine if two predicates are equal.
We don't know of any such algorithm. I think it's likely such an algorithm can't exist, but that doesn't mean that we won't find an algorithm that's general enough to be better than humans.
Because I knew some brainiac like you would do it for me.
And if *you* didn't have to look it up, so much the better.
Woah. You don't have to read Chomsky to know that these guys are quite often up to no good.
My favorite AI quote, from I don't know who, is:
"Asking whether a computer can think is like asking whether a submarine can swim."
I always heard that a cool property of electrical cars is that torque is highest at 0 rpm.
The most amazing thing about StarCon2 was they had synthesized speach ... for the pc speaker! I'd heard that once before, but with Starcon2 you could actually understand it.
And this story shows how their legal fiction that the property isn't real matches less and less with reality and will eventually crumble.
And what *do* the Republicans stand for?
Competent, rational, grounded foreign policy?
Sound fiscal policy? Balanced Budgets?
A strong economy?
Personal freedom? Civil Rights?
Honesty and transparency in government?
Or maybe...
"The terrorists are gonna getya if the faggots don't getya first."
That's just for California. The guy's mentor was a Nazi sympathizer and his dad was an actual, enthusiastic Nazi. BTW, Hitlery also believes in free markets and is liberal on social issues.
TOS famously had the first interracial kiss on TV between Shatner and Nichols. The producers were so paranoid that they filmed an alternate version were Kirk fights off the temptation.
According to Nichols, the network ended up going with the kiss because they discovered in editing that Shatner had crossed his eyes during the filming of the alternate.
Good point. They certainly wouldn't be able to back it with wood, and they'd need a really reflective mirror.
How about a board of little mirros on motor-controlled pivots. If you point the board directly at the sun, with a single command from a controlling computer you could redirect all of the mirrors to any point in your firing arc at any distance.
Why doesn't he put build a second, tighter, cofocused parabola in front of it? Then he could make a narrow beam with the strength of the wide beam, and he might even be able to swivel it through a small arc to aim it.
It's called bankruptcy, or was a few days ago.
The rumor is that he's already squealed.
I haven't played with it much, but Chris Crawford's Siboot has an icon language similar to Bluddian that forms the basis of the game.
Here's the summary:
Here are the first two paragraphs:
Finally, in paragraph three, the writer moves beyond the notion so succintly stated in the title.
I, for one, welcome our 17 year old female overlords.
It might make it easier to pressure Saudi Arabia if we didn't have a president who was their bitch.
Finn walks into a bar.
Bartender says: Hey buddy, why the long Winter War?