Surely a chess computer is only as good as the person who programmed it?
That's a rather short sighted view. By your equation, Kasparov could have played the programmer, rather than the computer, and the outcome would have been similar. And who is to say that the computer doesn't have the ability to play mind games...if there are 10 ways to win the match based on the current layout, who is to say the computer will take the path with the least amount of moves? Who is to say it will always take Kasparov's bait.
That's a great post, but I fail to see what it has to do with the thread it is on. What does this have to do with Freeman Dyson writing good books, or Dawkings popularising other people's works for his own benefit?
Dawkins is just a tactless popularizer of other people's theories.
I tend agree with you on that point, but I also have to admit that if it wasn't for him I wouldn't even know about other people's theories. And let us not forget his articulation on the concept of the meme, a worthy epiphany in its own right.
I beg to differ, I think resolution is most important. My current laptop is a measly 12.1" but since it's 1024 x 786 it really doesn't bother me at all. Of course, if your eyesight is weak that might be a different story, but I've got 20/10 (better than 20/20) so it's not a concern for me.
Of course, my notebook (or should I say subnotebook) weighs in at a measly 4lbs, so even the arm of my sofa is ample workspace for writing code. All this to say that bigger isn't always better.
I don't smoke, but while I was in the army a lot of my friends smoked. I often commented on the same reflex they all had of looking for their cigarettes in their breast pocket, kind of like a baseball coach sending a signal to a pitcher.
More than one friend admitted that they realized they were more than just casual smokers when they caught themselves reaching for their breast pocket even when wearing a T-shirt (one admitted to doing it a few times while not wearing any shirt at all!). Sadly, it only becomes an addiction after has become a habit.
And just like Bust a Move is a rip off of Puzzle Bobble. Anybody try Puzzle Bobble 4 on MAME? It's like smoking crack and watching saturday morning cartoons!
It's not gonna happen (sadly enough) until there a free, open and viable competitor to Exchange. Maybe three years down the road, but who knows what MS has cooked up for then.
I thought of this a long time ago...
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Except that I wanted to use actual ping-pong balls. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I don't know about other countries, but the Canadian Forces released its 'The Warrior' combat readiness standards using the plastic resin paper. I've had it since 1994 and it has been through both hell and high water. On the inside cover it even says:
This book is printed on high-tech, waterproof stock and is designed for both field and garrison use.
Certainly one of the coolest books I've ever owned, and I appreciated it right away. Too bad they haven't done this for anything else since.
As for the rifle log books alluded to in this post, I've got one, but it is paper stock that seems to have a plastic or wax lamination on it.
I once spent thirty minutes helping a user drag the start bar to the bottom of the screen after he accidentaly dragged it to the right side of the screen. He wasn't able to figure it out, so after 30 min I shouted at him:
"This isn't an issue, this is a matter of cosmetics, the damn start bar works just as well on the right side of the screen as on the bottom so enjoy your new layout!"
I agree with you, but another contributing factor is that so many people in the last 3-4 years went to school to learn how to be a sys admin...and the fact is there is no real demand for them, heck, with every passing day things in the sys admin world are getting easier, most of their days are numbered, soon to be replaced by some whiz-bang chip instead. Okay so I exaggerate a bit, but you understand what I'm saying right?
I could see this coming a few years ago when I was in school, and its what drove me to do development, which was harder academically, but has payed of since then. All my networking pals are doing joe jobs, while myself and most of my developer friends (at least those that saw beyond graphic design) may not be doing as well as at the height of the dot-com craze, but are still doing just fine.
And its McDonalds fault that she didnt know it was hot???
No, it is McDonald's fault for heating the coffee to an excessive temperature. It was the preparation that was at fault and not the lack of warning.
At the time McD's coffee was heated to 190 degrees farenheit, just short of boiling and a full 50 degrees over what people usually heat their coffee at home (something to do with flavour lasting longer when super heated). Even the hot water tap on your kitchen sink doesn't heat water that much! Your bridge maker analogy is wrong, it would be corrrect if the bridge maker got sued for not letting the concrete dry before letting people onto the bridge.
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Surely a chess computer is only as good as the person who programmed it?
That's a rather short sighted view. By your equation, Kasparov could have played the programmer, rather than the computer, and the outcome would have been similar. And who is to say that the computer doesn't have the ability to play mind games...if there are 10 ways to win the match based on the current layout, who is to say the computer will take the path with the least amount of moves? Who is to say it will always take Kasparov's bait.
That's a great post, but I fail to see what it has to do with the thread it is on. What does this have to do with Freeman Dyson writing good books, or Dawkings popularising other people's works for his own benefit?
I tend agree with you on that point, but I also have to admit that if it wasn't for him I wouldn't even know about other people's theories. And let us not forget his articulation on the concept of the meme, a worthy epiphany in its own right.
I've read a few of his books over the years, and would put him up there with Richard Dawkings. Great read, even for the non-scientific.
I beg to differ, I think resolution is most important. My current laptop is a measly 12.1" but since it's 1024 x 786 it really doesn't bother me at all. Of course, if your eyesight is weak that might be a different story, but I've got 20/10 (better than 20/20) so it's not a concern for me.
Of course, my notebook (or should I say subnotebook) weighs in at a measly 4lbs, so even the arm of my sofa is ample workspace for writing code. All this to say that bigger isn't always better.
I don't smoke, but while I was in the army a lot of my friends smoked. I often commented on the same reflex they all had of looking for their cigarettes in their breast pocket, kind of like a baseball coach sending a signal to a pitcher.
More than one friend admitted that they realized they were more than just casual smokers when they caught themselves reaching for their breast pocket even when wearing a T-shirt (one admitted to doing it a few times while not wearing any shirt at all!). Sadly, it only becomes an addiction after has become a habit.
Remember how 3Com split Palm into it's own company, I can't think of any other examples, but this one fits perfectly.
And so Pho(e) Bang means soup room? It's all starting to make sense now!
Commodore 64's operating system was also BASIC. Too bad we couldn't boot up into GEOS....you all remember GEOS, right?a>
Hahaha! Too funny!
And just like Bust a Move is a rip off of Puzzle Bobble. Anybody try Puzzle Bobble 4 on MAME? It's like smoking crack and watching saturday morning cartoons!
Damn that's crazy! Hehe, thanks for posting, never seen that one yet.
And get this, the fuckers bread like crazy.
Who's fucker? Who's the crazy racist fucker? YOU!
Dude, you have some serious issues. And when was the last time payphones accepted incoming calls? That's old school shit.
Great, first we had users who posted replies without reading the articles.
Then we had editors who posted articles without checking if they had already been posted.
Now we have users who submit articles that are neither read by the user nor the editor before being posted.
What's next? The person who writes the article doesn't read it before a user sees the link, submits it for an editor to post twice in the same day?
The old Canadian Forces 5/4 ton was a Chevy.
Careful, the truck might hear you!
Why would you say its gonna need to handle much more right after admitting you don't know how much it can handle in the first place?
It's not gonna happen (sadly enough) until there a free, open and viable competitor to Exchange. Maybe three years down the road, but who knows what MS has cooked up for then.
Except that I wanted to use actual ping-pong balls. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I think it was Pac-Land. And yeah, Mutant League Hockey did suck!
I don't know about other countries, but the Canadian Forces released its 'The Warrior' combat readiness standards using the plastic resin paper. I've had it since 1994 and it has been through both hell and high water. On the inside cover it even says:
This book is printed on high-tech, waterproof stock and is designed for both field and garrison use.
Certainly one of the coolest books I've ever owned, and I appreciated it right away. Too bad they haven't done this for anything else since.
As for the rifle log books alluded to in this post, I've got one, but it is paper stock that seems to have a plastic or wax lamination on it.
This guy is obviously a troll... GTA 3? Warcraft 3? Quake 3? geeze! Somebody mod him down.
I once spent thirty minutes helping a user drag the start bar to the bottom of the screen after he accidentaly dragged it to the right side of the screen. He wasn't able to figure it out, so after 30 min I shouted at him: "This isn't an issue, this is a matter of cosmetics, the damn start bar works just as well on the right side of the screen as on the bottom so enjoy your new layout!"
I agree with you, but another contributing factor is that so many people in the last 3-4 years went to school to learn how to be a sys admin...and the fact is there is no real demand for them, heck, with every passing day things in the sys admin world are getting easier, most of their days are numbered, soon to be replaced by some whiz-bang chip instead. Okay so I exaggerate a bit, but you understand what I'm saying right?
I could see this coming a few years ago when I was in school, and its what drove me to do development, which was harder academically, but has payed of since then. All my networking pals are doing joe jobs, while myself and most of my developer friends (at least those that saw beyond graphic design) may not be doing as well as at the height of the dot-com craze, but are still doing just fine.
And its McDonalds fault that she didnt know it was hot???
No, it is McDonald's fault for heating the coffee to an excessive temperature. It was the preparation that was at fault and not the lack of warning.
At the time McD's coffee was heated to 190 degrees farenheit, just short of boiling and a full 50 degrees over what people usually heat their coffee at home (something to do with flavour lasting longer when super heated). Even the hot water tap on your kitchen sink doesn't heat water that much! Your bridge maker analogy is wrong, it would be corrrect if the bridge maker got sued for not letting the concrete dry before letting people onto the bridge.