Kid, this is America. Take some risks or you're not going to last very long.
A CMU CS degree and a port of Mozilla under your belt would likely be a Good Thing. No more of those "always end up getting shafted like that" excuses, just get out there and do it.
Nope, it's only assuming that they have a lifespan at all.
If there is a true time span in which you *must* render the simulation, then it's real-time. Truly, you may be able to distort (i.e. affect) it, but you've still got time constraints that you have no ability to stop. Expanding their lifetimes by a factor of a thousand doesn't change that you've got real-time constraints, it just buys you some processor breathing room.
Now, if the humans are immortal, and you can distort their perception of time, then you've got full control of your timetable and can process as slowly as you must. But why evem bother creating a simulation at all if the humans can be controlled so well?
and remember folks, the simulation does not have to run in real time!
Well, this is true for purely simulated selves, but in an actual 'Matrix-movie-like' world, the simulation may need to run in near real-time. Without real-time response, it is likely hard to fool a plugged-in meatspace human. She's likely running and processing in real-(human)-time.
Though the simulators may find a way to distort time for the human, they do have time constraints (i.e. at worst, a human lifetime).
Well, it should be modded up, but it's not actually important. Humans will invent cause and effect, even if it doesn't exist. This thread is mostly about humans inability to see outside, and why that negates 'problems' like these.
The scientists are going to try to deduce what-caused-what even if the only actual 'cause' is some Matrix-generating heuristic that doesn't actually always tie to a simple law or rule. It could even be tied totally to something outside the 'Matrix'. For instance, if every other Tuesday in the world housing the simulating processors (regardless of the time being represented in the Matrix), the 'sun' servers go down for maintenance, there is no way for them to figure out the true cause. Now they may notice that it happens more frequently when the sun starts acting up (bugs) or that soon after it appears brighter (after-patch bugs), but they're going to have to choose some "cause" in their science that can never actually be 100% accurate. (Kinda interesting that this sounds familiar to the equations in our own world, even though those equations do seem to get better and better.)
The point is that cause-and-effect will be generated by the humans in any environment they exist in. It's not necessary to code cause-and-effect in to a great degree, but I'll agree that it is helpful. Yet, the 'virtual' science they invent could very well be completely foreign to ours even if the simulation is based on very good heuristics simulating our world. That doesn't mean that humans wouldn't lead happy, normal, and productive virtual lives.
Additionally, the AI has plenty of control. If the AI wants to invalidate a discovery, a simple upgrade/patch can make the experiment irreproducible. Humans will not fully accept science that can't stand-up to experimental/imperical refutations.
Want to invalidate cold fusion? Oh, that's been fixed in the latest patch (thanks, auto-update). Is the AI unhappy that humans found that dangerous atom-splitting exploit? I'm sorry, in this version, you're going to have to try much harder to split the next atom. Or it's only possible for very rare materials.
But, don't despair, in this new update, all orgasms last a tenth of a second longer and (Hurry-This-Week-Only!) we're decreasing the chances your ball will land on 0 or 00. Enjoy!
As they say on the site, you're now officially pirating if you're using WASTE. You have no license to it or its source code. Since a 'rogue' group of employees have no right to release Nullsoft's software under that or any license. For those expecting a 404, the page now says:
NOTICE OF UNAUTHORIZED SOFTWARE
An unauthorized copy of Nullsoft's copyrighted software was briefly
posted on this website on or about Wednesday May 28, 2003. The
software was identified as "WASTE" (the "Software") and includes
the files "waste-setup.exe", "waste-source.zip",
"waste-source.tar.gz" and any additional files contained in these
files.
Nullsoft is the exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in
the Software. The posting of the Software on this website was not
authorized by Nullsoft.
If you downloaded or otherwise obtained a copy of the Software, you
acquired no lawful rights to the Software and must destroy any and
all copies of the Software, including by deleting it from your
computer. Any license that you may believe you acquired with the
Software is void, revoked and terminated.
Any reproduction, distribution, display or other use of the
Software by you is unauthorized and an infringement of Nullsoft's
copyright in the Software as well as a potential violation of other
laws.
Thank you.
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So, anyway, it's probably not different from the scores of things you pirate these days. Hell, the illegality will probably just increase the quanitity of downloads (and, perhaps, the cease and desist letters).
It's getting to the point where you can't voice an objection to things like this. I mean, if I did, some cop may likely decide that my dissent means I'm a prime target to eavesdrop on. The next law will allow them even broader and more vague situations where they're allowed "search & seizure".
Along with this, life in America is getting sillier every moment.
An important note: this is *not* the recipe for "OpenCola" -- that is, the canned beverage from OpenCola that you may have received at a trade show, or other venue or outlet. Making canned cola requires millions of dollars in abstruse gear and manufacturing gizmos. It's easier to make nerve gas than manufacture cola. This is a kitchen-sink recipe that you can make all on your own. It is *our* kitchen-sink recipe. We figured it out somewhere between coding the COLA SDK and debugging the Linux build of the clerver.
So what does that date think when you ask her to come over to your place for dinner, and bring her to a hotel? Are you gonna break out the foreman grill and cook up some burgers for her?
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Not only are you a troll, but you're a murderous troll.
That's really not funny.
Umm, only $13? Good thing 'we' 3.5 million people settled this case.
The real winners here, of course, are the lawyers. A large portion of the remaining $23.3 million goes to them.
Just a hunch, but I imagine it comes out to a tad more than $13 for each for them.
IANAL, but right now I wish I was.
Kid, this is America. Take some risks or you're not going to last very long.
A CMU CS degree and a port of Mozilla under your belt would likely be a Good Thing. No more of those "always end up getting shafted like that" excuses, just get out there and do it.
Nope, it's only assuming that they have a lifespan at all.
If there is a true time span in which you *must* render the simulation, then it's real-time. Truly, you may be able to distort (i.e. affect) it, but you've still got time constraints that you have no ability to stop. Expanding their lifetimes by a factor of a thousand doesn't change that you've got real-time constraints, it just buys you some processor breathing room.
Now, if the humans are immortal, and you can distort their perception of time, then you've got full control of your timetable and can process as slowly as you must. But why evem bother creating a simulation at all if the humans can be controlled so well?
and remember folks, the simulation does not have to run in real time!
Well, this is true for purely simulated selves, but in an actual 'Matrix-movie-like' world, the simulation may need to run in near real-time. Without real-time response, it is likely hard to fool a plugged-in meatspace human. She's likely running and processing in real-(human)-time.
Though the simulators may find a way to distort time for the human, they do have time constraints (i.e. at worst, a human lifetime).
Well, it should be modded up, but it's not actually important. Humans will invent cause and effect, even if it doesn't exist. This thread is mostly about humans inability to see outside, and why that negates 'problems' like these.
The scientists are going to try to deduce what-caused-what even if the only actual 'cause' is some Matrix-generating heuristic that doesn't actually always tie to a simple law or rule. It could even be tied totally to something outside the 'Matrix'. For instance, if every other Tuesday in the world housing the simulating processors (regardless of the time being represented in the Matrix), the 'sun' servers go down for maintenance, there is no way for them to figure out the true cause. Now they may notice that it happens more frequently when the sun starts acting up (bugs) or that soon after it appears brighter (after-patch bugs), but they're going to have to choose some "cause" in their science that can never actually be 100% accurate. (Kinda interesting that this sounds familiar to the equations in our own world, even though those equations do seem to get better and better.)
The point is that cause-and-effect will be generated by the humans in any environment they exist in. It's not necessary to code cause-and-effect in to a great degree, but I'll agree that it is helpful. Yet, the 'virtual' science they invent could very well be completely foreign to ours even if the simulation is based on very good heuristics simulating our world. That doesn't mean that humans wouldn't lead happy, normal, and productive virtual lives.
Additionally, the AI has plenty of control. If the AI wants to invalidate a discovery, a simple upgrade/patch can make the experiment irreproducible. Humans will not fully accept science that can't stand-up to experimental/imperical refutations.
Want to invalidate cold fusion? Oh, that's been fixed in the latest patch (thanks, auto-update). Is the AI unhappy that humans found that dangerous atom-splitting exploit? I'm sorry, in this version, you're going to have to try much harder to split the next atom. Or it's only possible for very rare materials.
But, don't despair, in this new update, all orgasms last a tenth of a second longer and (Hurry-This-Week-Only!) we're decreasing the chances your ball will land on 0 or 00. Enjoy!
No, they have at least i + 1 computers.
You're always welcome to use robots.txt or the robots metatag. Easy!
His whole point is that things like Photoshop (and the graphics created by it) should go away.
It should all be text (or maybe ascii art-- he's not as clear on his stance here).
But have you seen 2001's 'Best of Show' entry?
Sorry, you misunderstood. It's cubit zirconium.
Stop trolling. Boies helped prosecute Microsoft. He's not going to be getting any money in backing from them.
(Parent provides a LOTR spoiler without any warning. Mod it down, please.)
Here's a short story about my first memory.
Heavens, no-- if you find a girl who likes computers and it doesn't work out, guess what she'll want custody of. The kid? Ha!
Say good bye to that beautiful new P4 3.0Ghz, 2.0GB RAM, Radeon 9700 Pro machine.
There's only one greater pain than to have 'truly loved and truly lost'. And that's to have 'truly fragged and truly lost'.
Deep Blue was a specially-built chess computer. It would have a hard time running a spell checker, my friend.
...which is currently scheduled for NET (no earlier than) Sept 28th...
Is Microsoft taking over our acronyms now, too? Where will it stop?
What's the difference between free/open source software and shareware, again?
It's getting to the point where you can't voice an objection to things like this. I mean, if I did, some cop may likely decide that my dissent means I'm a prime target to eavesdrop on. The next law will allow them even broader and more vague situations where they're allowed "search & seizure".
Along with this, life in America is getting sillier every moment.
April First Post. ;)
If you ever get the chance, do a search on google for javascript string manipulation.
Good luck to the both of you.
From opencola's formula page
An important note: this is *not* the recipe for "OpenCola" -- that is, the canned beverage from OpenCola that you may have received at a trade show, or other venue or outlet. Making canned cola requires millions of dollars in abstruse gear and manufacturing gizmos. It's easier to make nerve gas than manufacture cola. This is a kitchen-sink recipe that you can make all on your own. It is *our* kitchen-sink recipe. We figured it out somewhere between coding the COLA SDK and debugging the Linux build of the clerver.
So what does that date think when you ask her to come over to your place for dinner, and bring her to a hotel? Are you gonna break out the foreman grill and cook up some burgers for her?
Date? Huh?