(1)"Of course, no one, Dr. Liebman included, is arguing that these products are actually reading anything. What they are engaged in is "text mining,'' "
Dijkstra once said "The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim."... Just a thought.
(2)As noted in the article sarcasm is very hard to detect. If you think about it even many people have a hard time recognizing it. How are we supposed to develop an intelligent system when we "intelligent" humans don't even "get" it?
(3)"There is a need to make these technologies available for publicly available information," he wrote at his site.
Yes of course. Anyone who has done research knows how frustrating it is to read through abstract after abstract, let alone the entire publication, to find what you are looking for. In research when you are looking for facts or raw information text mining seems highly promising. Yet, for interpretive processes it grows increasingly difficult to envision a correct system. As noted nuances are difficult to detect. In addition to sarcasm, words like "still" allow for multiple meanings for the bigrams, trigrams, etc. to which they belong. Natural language ambiguity is the most important problem to overcome in NLP. After all, how would you like to write a printf statement and not know whether you would get the intended output or some other arbitrary call.
The 16 months that he served constitutes the entire term of his sentence.
"During his trial, prosecutors argued McDanel intentionally caused damage to Tornado's computer server by overloading it with too many messages and impaired the system's security by exposing its vulnerability to the public. A judge found him guilty of unauthorized access and sentenced him to 16 months in federal prison."
It's sad that there is not better review of cases in this country. Federal prosecuters should be held to the highest standards. (cough, ashcroft) This is why my friends that many (myself included) do not agree with the current implementation of the death penalty.
I am actually in a similar situation at work, learning COBOL and JCL to write for IBM mainframes. I graduated in May (BS CS) and was lucky to land this job. But, I seem to have found an interesting niche in the computing industry. Note many COBOL programmers are older and are very close to retirement. Where I work, there will be at least 3 of the 19 in our group retire in the next 5 years. 4 more within 10. Note also that these people (viz. those who have worked in generally the same position for 20 years) are moderately resistant to change. I have been told that I fill a critical need as someone who can easily learn these silly languages but knows something about software engineering, as opposed to coding. This is something many of these older folks know little or nothing about. They work off a "hero" mentality. And why not; some who wrote these original programs still work there. If that program poops out or the job abends, guess who gets the call. The problem is, without standard documentation and standard processes when this person leaves for whatever reason, the company is royally screwed.
My instant off switch is on the back of the power supply. I have labeled the wires running under the desk to the wall for the PSs that don't have a switch.
Terrestrial Radio broadcasters would probably be pretty upset if they had to pay 0.07 cents for every listener listening to each given song through out the day.
how all the older coders say: "Companies don't want us, in this market they want all you kids who will work for peanuts"
while we kids all say: "Companies don't want us, in this market they want people with experience."
Bah. You know, as I finish undergrad (graduation tomorrow - woot!) I see SO many just BAD programmers. It seems like any idiot can get through a CS degree. I only have a 3.2 (*sigh*) and I don't see myself finding a decent job. So, I did this 'fast track' thing and did 6 grad hours this semester. While I don't see many jobs with BSCS + 0yrs exp, I do see a few jobs for BSCS + 2yrs or MSCS + 0yrs.
This is media hype. Critical apps have ALWAYS had to be reliable. If reliability becomes what consumers what then it will creep into non-critical apps. Unfortunately (someone already said this), the trend is toward "flashy products" not reliable ones. In the end the free market will make all products *reliable enough*. Software that makes my refrigerator explode? No. Software that makes my refrigerator more snazzy but spoils the milk every week. Still, No. Software that makes my refrigerator link to my PDA with a shopping list so I know what I'm out of, but spoils the milk one every two years? Eh, ok.
Maybe instead of investing in that camera, you could invest in a faster computer.:-)
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Now there will be even more area codes. Seriously does EVERY camera need a phone number? Can't each organization buy a few numbers and have extensions for each camera?
And another thing. Talk about a security flaw. Send it a blank text message and it sends you what it sees? I just found a new use for my AT-5000 Auto-Dialer!
more than your everyday slashdotter will be upset over these implications. Businesses all over the country rely on VPNs. So what happens when a business is based in one state not banning them and does business in one that does?
As for NAT... NAT is an ugly, dirty and frighteningly simple fix to IPv4's shortcomings. Someone already said it, adopt IPv6 and NATs will fade away.
in the country who works in a warehouse or stockroom can look at pr0n while they take inventory. You know, I don't think I'll every look at the Best Buy and WalMart employees the same again.
Imagine cars that, before changing lanes, signal to the surrounding cars' navigation systems and they work out for themselves how to let the car into the lane. A computer can be told to slow down, rather than speed up, when someone wants to change lanes.
Can we not do this now? All planes have systems that direct them away from other planes when they get too close. If you mean that this will be done without a connection between said objects, then there must be some set of rules that are followed. Very similar to those that we "intelligent" beings use when we drive. For instance: -I signal to change lanes -Person in lane over decides whether to let me in -If I see them back off a bit then I proceed, if the speed up then I get behind them
Everything is logic based. In addition, today we do deal with logic in meaningful ways. What's worth remembering is that all logic is based on AND OR NOT. You can derive any logical expression from these operators. For instance:
R - S = R AND (NOT S).
Essentially "Give email from mom a higher priority" would boil down to the same logic as "if subject ~=/*mom*/" in the same way that printf("Hello World\n"); is just a bunch of instructions and addresses is just a bunch of 0s and 1s.
for a new computer. I am debating whether to shell out the extra cash for a dual CPU system. How much will 2 CPUs extend the usable life of my computer? Any comments?
I bought a Samsung ML1430 for $180 after rebate. On the toner shipped in box I'm at 3000+ pages. Toners are about $50-60 for this printer. On my crappy old Lexmark I was buying a $30 cartridge every 900 pages.
"The plethora of Free Software applications available tday, none working perfectly, is a problem..."
What about all the proprietary software that doesn't work perfectly (you know what I'm talking about). It hasn't prevented a certain software company from dominating the desktop market.
find the community of ants analogy just a bit amusing?
In any event, this blog seems a bit lofty. Ok fine, there is no government like NO government, yada yada, whatever. The best democracy is unanimous and direct (i.e. what everyone would vote on is what everyone would have done anyway). Since this is unlikely to manifest itself anytime soon the only alternative is a pluralistic democracy in which people disagree. I'm in college too, but I get sick and tired of people talking about "the revolution" and what not. Look, you don't like the way things are? Write your representative a letter, not an email, a letter. If he or she doesn't listen, vote them out of office. People often say they don't vote because there is no one that they feel they can vote FOR. Some of these people vote anyway just to vote AGAINST someone (e.g. you hate A? vote for B, because you hate them less). Well, here's an idea, don't vote for a candidate, just vote out the incumbent, whoever it is, until you get someone good. No rational politician wants to get voted out after one term.
We've got a good system here, people should use it. And be glad you can vote freely.
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It's called software testing. I don't feel sorry for them.
(1)"Of course, no one, Dr. Liebman included, is arguing that these products are actually reading anything. What they are engaged in is "text mining,'' "
... Just a thought.
Dijkstra once said "The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim."
(2)As noted in the article sarcasm is very hard to detect. If you think about it even many people have a hard time recognizing it. How are we supposed to develop an intelligent system when we "intelligent" humans don't even "get" it?
(3)"There is a need to make these technologies available for publicly available information," he wrote at his site.
Yes of course. Anyone who has done research knows how frustrating it is to read through abstract after abstract, let alone the entire publication, to find what you are looking for. In research when you are looking for facts or raw information text mining seems highly promising. Yet, for interpretive processes it grows increasingly difficult to envision a correct system. As noted nuances are difficult to detect. In addition to sarcasm, words like "still" allow for multiple meanings for the bigrams, trigrams, etc. to which they belong. Natural language ambiguity is the most important problem to overcome in NLP. After all, how would you like to write a printf statement and not know whether you would get the intended output or some other arbitrary call.
are NOT, I repeat, NOT aesthetically pleasing.
The 16 months that he served constitutes the entire term of his sentence.
"During his trial, prosecutors argued McDanel intentionally caused damage to Tornado's computer server by overloading it with too many messages and impaired the system's security by exposing its vulnerability to the public. A judge found him guilty of unauthorized access and sentenced him to 16 months in federal prison."
It's sad that there is not better review of cases in this country. Federal prosecuters should be held to the highest standards. (cough, ashcroft) This is why my friends that many (myself included) do not agree with the current implementation of the death penalty.
A side note to this:
I am actually in a similar situation at work, learning COBOL and JCL to write for IBM mainframes. I graduated in May (BS CS) and was lucky to land this job. But, I seem to have found an interesting niche in the computing industry. Note many COBOL programmers are older and are very close to retirement. Where I work, there will be at least 3 of the 19 in our group retire in the next 5 years. 4 more within 10. Note also that these people (viz. those who have worked in generally the same position for 20 years) are moderately resistant to change. I have been told that I fill a critical need as someone who can easily learn these silly languages but knows something about software engineering, as opposed to coding. This is something many of these older folks know little or nothing about. They work off a "hero" mentality. And why not; some who wrote these original programs still work there. If that program poops out or the job abends, guess who gets the call. The problem is, without standard documentation and standard processes when this person leaves for whatever reason, the company is royally screwed.
My instant off switch is on the back of the power supply. I have labeled the wires running under the desk to the wall for the PSs that don't have a switch.
Terrestrial Radio broadcasters would probably be pretty upset if they had to pay 0.07 cents for every listener listening to each given song through out the day.
how all the older coders say: "Companies don't want us, in this market they want all you kids who will work for peanuts"
while we kids all say: "Companies don't want us, in this market they want people with experience."
Bah. You know, as I finish undergrad (graduation tomorrow - woot!) I see SO many just BAD programmers. It seems like any idiot can get through a CS degree. I only have a 3.2 (*sigh*) and I don't see myself finding a decent job. So, I did this 'fast track' thing and did 6 grad hours this semester. While I don't see many jobs with BSCS + 0yrs exp, I do see a few jobs for BSCS + 2yrs or MSCS + 0yrs.
This is media hype. Critical apps have ALWAYS had to be reliable. If reliability becomes what consumers what then it will creep into non-critical apps. Unfortunately (someone already said this), the trend is toward "flashy products" not reliable ones. In the end the free market will make all products *reliable enough*. Software that makes my refrigerator explode? No. Software that makes my refrigerator more snazzy but spoils the milk every week. Still, No. Software that makes my refrigerator link to my PDA with a shopping list so I know what I'm out of, but spoils the milk one every two years? Eh, ok.
is one that meets it requirements.
Maybe instead of investing in that camera, you could invest in a faster computer. :-)
Now there will be even more area codes. Seriously does EVERY camera need a phone number? Can't each organization buy a few numbers and have extensions for each camera?
And another thing. Talk about a security flaw. Send it a blank text message and it sends you what it sees? I just found a new use for my AT-5000 Auto-Dialer!
more than your everyday slashdotter will be upset over these implications. Businesses all over the country rely on VPNs. So what happens when a business is based in one state not banning them and does business in one that does?
As for NAT... NAT is an ugly, dirty and frighteningly simple fix to IPv4's shortcomings. Someone already said it, adopt IPv6 and NATs will fade away.
in the country who works in a warehouse or stockroom can look at pr0n while they take inventory. You know, I don't think I'll every look at the Best Buy and WalMart employees the same again.
"Apparentlysss" - DAMMIT!
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Scientists still haven't found the gene for bad spelling...
no longer have a need for traditional telephones
the floppy disk...
Imagine cars that, before changing lanes, signal to the surrounding cars' navigation systems and they work out for themselves how to let the car into the lane. A computer can be told to slow down, rather than speed up, when someone wants to change lanes.
/*mom*/" in the same way that printf("Hello World\n"); is just a bunch of instructions and addresses is just a bunch of 0s and 1s.
Can we not do this now? All planes have systems that direct them away from other planes when they get too close. If you mean that this will be done without a connection between said objects, then there must be some set of rules that are followed. Very similar to those that we "intelligent" beings use when we drive. For instance:
-I signal to change lanes
-Person in lane over decides whether to let me in
-If I see them back off a bit then I proceed, if the speed up then I get behind them
Everything is logic based. In addition, today we do deal with logic in meaningful ways. What's worth remembering is that all logic is based on AND OR NOT. You can derive any logical expression from these operators. For instance:
R - S = R AND (NOT S).
Essentially "Give email from mom a higher priority" would boil down to the same logic as "if subject ~=
for a new computer. I am debating whether to shell out the extra cash for a dual CPU system. How much will 2 CPUs extend the usable life of my computer? Any comments?
I bought a Samsung ML1430 for $180 after rebate. On the toner shipped in box I'm at 3000+ pages. Toners are about $50-60 for this printer. On my crappy old Lexmark I was buying a $30 cartridge every 900 pages.
If you don't need color, go with laser.
"The plethora of Free Software applications available tday, none working perfectly, is a problem..."
What about all the proprietary software that doesn't work perfectly (you know what I'm talking about). It hasn't prevented a certain software company from dominating the desktop market.
find the community of ants analogy just a bit amusing?
In any event, this blog seems a bit lofty. Ok fine, there is no government like NO government, yada yada, whatever. The best democracy is unanimous and direct (i.e. what everyone would vote on is what everyone would have done anyway). Since this is unlikely to manifest itself anytime soon the only alternative is a pluralistic democracy in which people disagree. I'm in college too, but I get sick and tired of people talking about "the revolution" and what not. Look, you don't like the way things are? Write your representative a letter, not an email, a letter. If he or she doesn't listen, vote them out of office. People often say they don't vote because there is no one that they feel they can vote FOR. Some of these people vote anyway just to vote AGAINST someone (e.g. you hate A? vote for B, because you hate them less). Well, here's an idea, don't vote for a candidate, just vote out the incumbent, whoever it is, until you get someone good. No rational politician wants to get voted out after one term.
We've got a good system here, people should use it. And be glad you can vote freely.
If they are standing right in front of them, just run them over.
I'm surprised someone hasn't mentioned Red Dawn.
More or less, yes.
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