The Matrix might be banned for purchase by those under 17, due to the player battling cops, despite EtM only being rated 'Teen' by the ESRB.
my computer's operating system was in total 'shock and horror', ( (c) d.o.d., patent pending ) at this CHILD's game. this game, who's soul purpose is the bloody murder of an operating system.
the sobs, the hurt, the distrust.
i gently said to my operating system, but isn't this how micorsoft feels about linux?
i agree, and i find exception also.
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"Marvin Minsky, co-founder of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Labratories is displeased with the progress in the development of autonomous intelligent machines."
My postgraduate work was in artificial intelligence, don't ask why.;o)
There is no doubt that Dr. Minsky is both very correct, and very wrong. All in the same sentence.
He's very correct about the leaps of understanding in the area A.I., its dismal. There are no "C3PO's"; there is no "Lawn Mower Man". After forty plus years, you'd think there would be a group of people with the mental 'cajones' to pull these projects off. Well, where are they?
But the real world applications of subsets of applied A.I are everywhere today. One only need start their new car, or do their laundry in a new washing machine to see something called fuzzy logic at work. For the great unwashed out there, fuzzy logic is a computers 'guessing' algorithm. A more cruel definition is, 'the mathematical joint probability'. There are plenty of examples of 'learning' by computers; this is done using 'neural nets'. Credit Card Company's can use 'reasoning', or 'truth tables' to determine if something doesn't seem right.
But as Mr. Carl Saigon stated, "take baby steps". And I believe we have no choice, we are taking baby steps.
Re:No, End NASA-controlled Manned Space Flight.
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1 failure in every 62.5 flights
i can not help but wonder if the fine senator's comments couldn't be 'a diamond in the ruff'. for example, the logistics of a manned space flight to the moon are now defined. therefore a manned flight to mars can be calculated. if nasa cannot go to the moon, or mars, should business wait?
maybe its time, maybe there are enough resources in enough hands so that *maybe* people do not have to rely on nasa for answers. and just what new answers has nasa given us this past generation? business can easily coordinate with nasa by launching outside of the u.s., or in the u.s.. as for the 'military secrets' of space flight, well, even the north koreans can launch.
so, lets look at space; what can space offer business, that we can't get on earth already? i think unlimited amounts of energy would be the very least. real estate would no longer be any kind of issue. commute time? how about in minutes. product logistics delivery? just wait within 24 hours and send it down.
could it be that its time to repackage nasa so that those interested would consider nasa as an advisor in future space commerce?
could it be that the fine senator from texas for all the wrong reasons, could be right?
understanding of the brain is a significant project. there will be problems, and the problems will be solved. and in the fullness of time, growth from understanding will occur. but if i were a lawyer, this is the last thing i'd want to have happen to me...;)
couldn't nasa use 'deep' radar to explore the moon like it did to the earth? nasa did a resource study on the earth some 20 years ago. couldn't this be done to the moon?
what IS on the surface of the moon? where IS it? and how much quanity of it IS there?
then when we know this; as a group of beings, we could strip mine the hell out of it.;)
oh show me the crying orphans who have been damaged by this deed! let us see the widows who have no more will to live because of this persons grievous act! my skin is tough, go on and show me the shattered lives of men who have been wronged!
wait, you mean to tell me that the cryers of this dreadful act eat better food than i? have better clothes than i? and live in homes better than i?
it is nice to be able to view what is on the cutting room floor, but as for me, to have the ability to see those extra minutes in context with the movie would be a little nicer. maybe someone over at sony can add an option to the dvd settings that allows for merging those extra minutes? to me that would be getting a better value, and usage of the dvd space.
i looked at scox's web page. from what i see, they've made a wrapper for linux, a mail server, and their own flavor of linux. that's what i see.
i checked out their stock price and noticed a volume of 7,333 shares at 3.10 per share. that's a bad omen. it almost looks like i.b.m. won't be able to get their wallets out fast enough to save the everyday people of 'scox'.
i'm no lawyer, but i think a patent isn't valid if the process is a common industry standard. hell, linux is nothing more than a bunch of simple everyday routines. so just what did scox buy when it bought the rights to unix?
i can't help but wonder if scox bought the brooklyn bridge thinking they could then charge tolls on it...
I have a vision that one day we will rise up and live out the true meaning of: "Do Not Re-Invent The Wheel."
I have a vision that one day in Redmond Washington that the children of older operating systems and the children of Linux will be able to sit down together and not have to worry about rebooting.
I have a vision that one day even the state of Redmond Washington, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and corporate short sightedness, will be transformed into an oasis of creativity and justice.
I have a vision that my children will one-day use a computer where they will not be judged by the work-arounds they know, but by the content of their homework.
But now I have to get back to work fighting not only deadlines, but also the "Blue Screen Of Death".
there is a reason why pilots need to go around the plane, it's to see and check for any physical damage or obstructions, ( not easy to do on a 747... ).
given the above, what has me scratching my head is that:
1. the first 30 minutes of descent is the most dangours, why does it have to be this way? consider having a 'powered' decent, one could have more time to handle excessive heat events.
2. the shuttle is not set up for (a) the crew to bail out, and (b) enough fuel to get back into orbit. there are still billions of volunteers that would happily get on the next shuttle, but when the 3rd one burns and crashes...
yes the above all involve more weight. but are the experts using weight as a cop-out. maybe the 'scram' jet engine should get a harder look at. maybe shuttle crews need more freedom to make 'mid course' corrections.
not to be to zen on this subject. but consider the given senario: 1. you have a terminal illness. 2. the only way to cure the illness is with a replacement body part. 3. there may not be a body part replacement for you, as is most the time. .. 4. you are now faced with the fact that you are going to die, and maybe not painlessly.
now consider this solution: 1. you have the above. 2. you go to an out patient clinic. 3. you order a working replacement part. 4. the next day, the replacement part is implaneted in you. 5. the next day after that, you are now cured.
conclusion: 1. it could have been done with nanotechnology. 2. it could have been done with cloning. 3. it could have been done with mutagens.
my job is what some rational people have defined as a "no-good, low-down, dirt-bag, software contractor". a harsh job title if there ever was one.
my solution to doing the at best, 'questionable', task for a client? i call the f.b.i, and ask if the project is illegal. you'd be amased at the surprise responses one gets from our law inforcement. next, i call the local state d.a.'s office and ask the same question, 'which law am i breaking if i do task X'. once again i am surprized by a government agency that being used as an information source, NOT a 'come in with guns blazing' source. so far, everyone i've called has been more than willing to state the law.
here's the cap stone; i now go and tell my findings to the tasker in question, and offer either a known legal way of doing business, or i say what the laws are that are being broken, and by whom has those laws been stated by. once again the tasker sees how to use the law enforcement community for advancing american business. i've lost several thousands of dollars in tasks that were 'routed' to others more capable. i'm not in jail, and its not my problem at that point.
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i don't know that much about software patenting, but the following is rattling in background mode...
given:
one can patent a process, say a software process.
proposed side step:
consider there are 256 ways to write a for/next loop using goto,if-then,assignment statements.
by writing software differently, one has changed the process in which data is 'handled'.
therefore:
because a patent describes a process(s), one only needs to describe, ( maybe pain stakingly ), a different process for doing the same thing.
i believe there are patents, which implies exceptions, to same processes.
the reason i'm thinking this is because of the problems that ford went through to side step an existing patent on motorized carriages/cars.
(Does this mean only 600,000 XP users trust Windows Update?)
I'm thinking, there are Now 600,00 XP Users that MS-trust Windows.
i am a experienced diver.
i started diving before the goat got bent. in the mid '70's the navy bent the goat at 1 atomosphere, it took about 30 days.
if the suits say their product is not bogus, then let them prove it by 'demoing' it under the conditions that the law suit is about.
The Matrix might be banned for purchase by those under 17, due to the player battling cops, despite EtM only being rated 'Teen' by the ESRB.
my computer's operating system was in total 'shock and horror', ( (c) d.o.d., patent pending ) at this CHILD's game. this game, who's soul purpose is the bloody murder of an operating system.
the sobs, the hurt, the distrust.
i gently said to my operating system, but isn't this how micorsoft feels about linux?
"Marvin Minsky, co-founder of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Labratories is displeased with the progress in the development of autonomous intelligent machines."
My postgraduate work was in artificial intelligence, don't ask why.
There is no doubt that Dr. Minsky is both very correct, and very wrong. All in the same sentence.
He's very correct about the leaps of understanding in the area A.I., its dismal. There are no "C3PO's"; there is no "Lawn Mower Man". After forty plus years, you'd think there would be a group of people with the mental 'cajones' to pull these projects off. Well, where are they?
But the real world applications of subsets of applied A.I are everywhere today. One only need start their new car, or do their laundry in a new washing machine to see something called fuzzy logic at work. For the great unwashed out there, fuzzy logic is a computers 'guessing' algorithm. A more cruel definition is, 'the mathematical joint probability'. There are plenty of examples of 'learning' by computers; this is done using 'neural nets'. Credit Card Company's can use 'reasoning', or 'truth tables' to determine if something doesn't seem right.
But as Mr. Carl Saigon stated, "take baby steps". And I believe we have no choice, we are taking baby steps.
1 failure in every 62.5 flights
i can not help but wonder if the fine senator's comments couldn't be 'a diamond in the ruff'. for example, the logistics of a manned space flight to the moon are now defined. therefore a manned flight to mars can be calculated. if nasa cannot go to the moon, or mars, should business wait?
maybe its time, maybe there are enough resources in enough hands so that *maybe* people do not have to rely on nasa for answers. and just what new answers has nasa given us this past generation? business can easily coordinate with nasa by launching outside of the u.s., or in the u.s.. as for the 'military secrets' of space flight, well, even the north koreans can launch.
so, lets look at space; what can space offer business, that we can't get on earth already? i think unlimited amounts of energy would be the very least. real estate would no longer be any kind of issue. commute time? how about in minutes. product logistics delivery? just wait within 24 hours and send it down.
could it be that its time to repackage nasa so that those interested would consider nasa as an advisor in future space commerce?
could it be that the fine senator from texas for all the wrong reasons, could be right?
'Any' landing you can walk away from, is a good landing.
flying is like sailing; but in 3 dimensions, and in a medium that's alot thinner, and more turbulent.
understanding of the brain is a significant project. there will be problems, and the problems will be solved. and in the fullness of time, growth from understanding will occur. but if i were a lawyer, this is the last thing i'd want to have happen to me... ;)
you hit your hand on something, and if your like me, some words are heard that children should not repeat, let alone hear...
;)
does this generate a 'busy' signal?
SARS virus to infect IIS and SQL Server
;o)
i think that maybe IIS, and SQL Server have both proven to make good 'growth media...'
1.
2. is there an equivalent linux software solution that one can compare
just a thought.
i believe the science fiction story 'colossus, the forbin project' makes use of the computer not only reading lips, but also body movement.
i believe your sig should read, "youth, talent, and skill will always lose to age, cunning, and deception."
:)
i still think its a great sig.
michael 'grandpa' thompson.
couldn't nasa use 'deep' radar to explore the moon like it did to the earth? nasa did a resource study on the earth some 20 years ago. couldn't this be done to the moon?
;)
what IS on the surface of the moon? where IS it? and how much quanity of it IS there?
then when we know this; as a group of beings, we could strip mine the hell out of it.
oh show me the crying orphans who have been damaged by this deed! let us see the widows who have no more will to live because of this persons grievous act! my skin is tough, go on and show me the shattered lives of men who have been wronged!
wait, you mean to tell me that the cryers of this dreadful act eat better food than i? have better clothes than i? and live in homes better than i?
i understand now.
it is nice to be able to view what is on the cutting room floor, but as for me, to have the ability to see those extra minutes in context with the movie would be a little nicer. maybe someone over at sony can add an option to the dvd settings that allows for merging those extra minutes? to me that would be getting a better value, and usage of the dvd space.
i looked at scox's web page. from what i see, they've made a wrapper for linux, a mail server, and their own flavor of linux. that's what i see.
i checked out their stock price and noticed a volume of 7,333 shares at 3.10 per share. that's a bad omen. it almost looks like i.b.m. won't be able to get their wallets out fast enough to save the everyday people of 'scox'.
i'm no lawyer, but i think a patent isn't valid if the process is a common industry standard. hell, linux is nothing more than a bunch of simple everyday routines. so just what did scox buy when it bought the rights to unix?
i can't help but wonder if scox bought the brooklyn bridge thinking they could then charge tolls on it...
I have a vision that one day we will rise up and live out the true meaning of: "Do Not Re-Invent The Wheel."
I have a vision that one day in Redmond Washington that the children of older operating systems and the children of Linux will be able to sit down together and not have to worry about rebooting.
I have a vision that one day even the state of Redmond Washington, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and corporate short sightedness, will be transformed into an oasis of creativity and justice.
I have a vision that my children will one-day use a computer where they will not be judged by the work-arounds they know, but by the content of their homework.
But now I have to get back to work fighting not only deadlines, but also the "Blue Screen Of Death".
given: the rules of the f.a.a. are written blood.
there is a reason why pilots need to go around the plane, it's to see and check for any physical damage or obstructions, ( not easy to do on a 747... ).
given the above, what has me scratching my head is that:
1. the first 30 minutes of descent is the most dangours, why does it have to be this way? consider having a 'powered' decent, one could have more time to handle excessive heat events.
2. the shuttle is not set up for (a) the crew to bail out, and (b) enough fuel to get back into orbit. there are still billions of volunteers that would happily get on the next shuttle, but when the 3rd one burns and crashes...
yes the above all involve more weight. but are the experts using weight as a cop-out. maybe the 'scram' jet engine should get a harder look at. maybe shuttle crews need more freedom to make 'mid course' corrections.
because their spatial abilities are roughly 20% lower than men's abilities.
i don't think this logic would work given a nordstrom's semi annual sale.
why not call the browser 'couger'?
;)
lets face it, cougers feed on billy goats all the time.
not to be to zen on this subject. but consider the given senario: .
1. you have a terminal illness.
2. the only way to cure the illness is with a replacement body part.
3. there may not be a body part replacement for you, as is most the time. .
4. you are now faced with the fact that you are going to die, and maybe not painlessly.
now consider this solution:
1. you have the above.
2. you go to an out patient clinic.
3. you order a working replacement part.
4. the next day, the replacement part is implaneted in you.
5. the next day after that, you are now cured.
conclusion:
1. it could have been done with nanotechnology.
2. it could have been done with cloning.
3. it could have been done with mutagens.
do you care how? i wouldn't think so.
if one is bonded, then trust is a added convience.
"if you are a lawful person, and enjoy eating sauage; then you should never see how both are made."
my job is what some rational people have defined as a "no-good, low-down, dirt-bag, software contractor". a harsh job title if there ever was one.
my solution to doing the at best, 'questionable', task for a client? i call the f.b.i, and ask if the project is illegal. you'd be amased at the surprise responses one gets from our law inforcement. next, i call the local state d.a.'s office and ask the same question, 'which law am i breaking if i do task X'. once again i am surprized by a government agency that being used as an information source, NOT a 'come in with guns blazing' source. so far, everyone i've called has been more than willing to state the law.
here's the cap stone; i now go and tell my findings to the tasker in question, and offer either a known legal way of doing business, or i say what the laws are that are being broken, and by whom has those laws been stated by. once again the tasker sees how to use the law enforcement community for advancing american business. i've lost several thousands of dollars in tasks that were 'routed' to others more capable. i'm not in jail, and its not my problem at that point.