I have nothing but admiration for Dr. Stephen Hawking and how long he has held on against this horrible scourge. I wonder if he is using something similar
Same here - he has a serious disability and don't loose faith in his work (or life). That he is an excellent scientist isn't that important to me. I admire anyone with such disabilities and still have a hard time figuring out how they can motivate themselves to go on.
To answer your question, yeah, he has been using certain sensors very sensitive to touch on his fingers (perhaps not even all of them and just the thumbs or something like that). But with him possibly approaching the same fate as your friend, this invention could be useful. I don't know if he still communicates with his text-to-speech synthesis connected to very small finger movements.
Keep it quiet. I mentioned Hawking, saying he might have an easier time typing but was reminded of his "wheelchair" (or whatever you should call it) so he might not actually have such a big use for this invention. Was immediately rated as Troll.:~( *sniff* Guess it was from my flawed humorous touch I tried to add.:) Ah well...
Didn't know he *was* actually involved in this. Interesting
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Well, yeah, if you was writing pr0n novels, otherwise I can't see why your eyes should go more red than usual.:)
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Yeah, perhaps we'll soon see Stephen Hawking posting on Slashdot when he's not occupied with figuring out how imaginary time works.:-)
Hm.. Just remembered that he *can* actually type with his odd wheelchair that's hooked up to all sort of things. I wonder if it runs Linux?
Well, it's not too long until AMD starts using their new Clawhammer architecture with the introductory processor being similar to a 3400+. And then it's a whole new ball game when it comes to scaling.
Games? Video compression/editing? You say a Celeron doesn't affect your daily work, even if it could be nicer for gaming. What about the millions whose daily "work" is gaming?
There are still customers who have reasons to continue upgrading their computers.
Heck, if I had to, I'd upgrade my computer to play NWN on. I don't need to, but I *would* have to if I only had a Celeron 600.
I don't see out 55 degree Celsius Athlon XP 1800+ having temperature problems. Not sure what kind of overclocking you've done to it (obviously you have - "liquid cooling isn't the answer":), but if it's not overclocked it's cool enough for any work unless something really weird is going on.
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You can't compare the process of evolution (success through random mutation) to a pre-built machine that is given explicit instructions to overcome a programmed obstacle.
Yes - as usual the tabloids exagerrate the truth. Their mistake this time was to compare it to the entire *evolution*.
However, I still find the achievement quite impressive since it was not given explicit intructions how to overcome the obstacle to start with.
No, of course it would be much more impressive if the robot started exchanging its metal parts with feathery wings, perhaps hunting some birds to get them. But also much more unrealistic.
hardly learning, just a new spin on analysing the effeciency of algorithms
Well, analysing efficiency of algorithms and discarding the bad ones seem pretty much like "learning" to me.
Sure, humans aren't built to work efficiently with algorithms like robots do, but we learn from mistakes which one could call "poor algorithms with an undesired result". Humans don't exactly choose randomly between ways to do things - we perform things the way we suceeded in earlier.
Yes, the major problem that's usually discussed is how to replace the water in our bodies with another fluid and back without making the vital organs stop working. I believe some experiments have been conducted - hopefully only in theory... lol!
I've tried Spamgourmet. Excellent free service where you can do this:
1. Register a username like "foo". 2. Register at the MegaSpam forum. 3. Tell them your e-mail address is megaspam.2.foo@spamgourmet.com. 4. You will be forwarded the next 2 mails from the MegaSpam forum, probably containing password details as such things. 5. Spamgourmet will then eat all mails from the MegaSpam forum.
They also allow you to list trusted senders, which don't advance the message count for your temporary address, reply address masking, and password prefixes so others can't make up new addresses with your username.
Pretty nice, especially as it's free and no ads or other catches. They have around 14,000 accounts as of today and eats about 12,000 spams/day.:-)
And there's also despammed.org where any mails to that address will be filtered from spam before it's sent to your primary address or the web service. Everything on that site is free (and ad free) as well.
A guy is running a contest for most nigerian spam (yeah, only nigerian spam will do!). Here, he explains how he was promised $411.4 million himself. The site doesn't tell if he got the money or not...
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I have nothing but admiration for Dr. Stephen Hawking and how long he has held on against this horrible scourge. I wonder if he is using something similar
Same here - he has a serious disability and don't loose faith in his work (or life). That he is an excellent scientist isn't that important to me. I admire anyone with such disabilities and still have a hard time figuring out how they can motivate themselves to go on.
To answer your question, yeah, he has been using certain sensors very sensitive to touch on his fingers (perhaps not even all of them and just the thumbs or something like that). But with him possibly approaching the same fate as your friend, this invention could be useful. I don't know if he still communicates with his text-to-speech synthesis connected to very small finger movements.
Keep it quiet. I mentioned Hawking, saying he might have an easier time typing but was reminded of his "wheelchair" (or whatever you should call it) so he might not actually have such a big use for this invention. Was immediately rated as Troll. :~( *sniff* Guess it was from my flawed humorous touch I tried to add. :) Ah well...
Didn't know he *was* actually involved in this. Interesting
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Well, yeah, if you was writing pr0n novels, otherwise I can't see why your eyes should go more red than usual.
Yeah, perhaps we'll soon see Stephen Hawking posting on Slashdot when he's not occupied with figuring out how imaginary time works. :-)
Hm.. Just remembered that he *can* actually type with his odd wheelchair that's hooked up to all sort of things. I wonder if it runs Linux?
Well, it's not too long until AMD starts using their new Clawhammer architecture with the introductory processor being similar to a 3400+. And then it's a whole new ball game when it comes to scaling.
Games? Video compression/editing? You say a Celeron doesn't affect your daily work, even if it could be nicer for gaming. What about the millions whose daily "work" is gaming?
There are still customers who have reasons to continue upgrading their computers.
Heck, if I had to, I'd upgrade my computer to play NWN on. I don't need to, but I *would* have to if I only had a Celeron 600.
Most Athlon XP's will run cooler than your Thunderbird. Your processor was more or less the cause of AMD's temperature rumors. :-(
I don't see out 55 degree Celsius Athlon XP 1800+ having temperature problems. Not sure what kind of overclocking you've done to it (obviously you have - "liquid cooling isn't the answer" :), but if it's not overclocked it's cool enough for any work unless something really weird is going on.
I see a long haiku
Looks much like spam over here
Perhaps it is just me
Yeah, personally I'm a fan of 1 bit color :)
Next time I promise to choose a politically correct sig just for you. :)
You can't compare the process of evolution (success through random mutation) to a pre-built machine that is given explicit instructions to overcome a programmed obstacle.
Yes - as usual the tabloids exagerrate the truth. Their mistake this time was to compare it to the entire *evolution*.
However, I still find the achievement quite impressive since it was not given explicit intructions how to overcome the obstacle to start with.
Exactly - birds are born with certain knowledge about such things. Just like they're born with an anatomy they can use to fly with.
Many "lower" animals are born with such knowledge required for their survival.
No, of course it would be much more impressive if the robot started exchanging its metal parts with feathery wings, perhaps hunting some birds to get them. But also much more unrealistic.
hardly learning, just a new spin on analysing the effeciency of algorithms
Well, analysing efficiency of algorithms and discarding the bad ones seem pretty much like "learning" to me.
Sure, humans aren't built to work efficiently with algorithms like robots do, but we learn from mistakes which one could call "poor algorithms with an undesired result". Humans don't exactly choose randomly between ways to do things - we perform things the way we suceeded in earlier.
Whoa... Time to sign... Heey, you almost tricked me into becoming an AOL user!
Yeah, let's just gather and fix Bioware's mistakes. Woo, I'm filled with enthusiasm to get this right!
First, will there be a Linux port of the tools?
I suggest a visit to Neverwinter Wine.
Yes, the major problem that's usually discussed is how to replace the water in our bodies with another fluid and back without making the vital organs stop working. I believe some experiments have been conducted - hopefully only in theory... lol!
Did that quote just contradict itself? :)
Oooh, my head!
"Only the continuous and steady application of the methods for suppressing a doctrine, etc., makes it possible for a plan to succeed."
-- Adolf Hitler
I've tried Spamgourmet. Excellent free service where you can do this:
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1. Register a username like "foo".
2. Register at the MegaSpam forum.
3. Tell them your e-mail address is megaspam.2.foo@spamgourmet.com.
4. You will be forwarded the next 2 mails from the MegaSpam forum, probably containing password details as such things.
5. Spamgourmet will then eat all mails from the MegaSpam forum.
They also allow you to list trusted senders, which don't advance the message count for your temporary address, reply address masking, and password prefixes so others can't make up new addresses with your username.
Pretty nice, especially as it's free and no ads or other catches. They have around 14,000 accounts as of today and eats about 12,000 spams/day.
And there's also despammed.org where any mails to that address will be filtered from spam before it's sent to your primary address or the web service. Everything on that site is free (and ad free) as well.
Hmm... Wildlife fund you say? I suppose that's the guys funding Slashdot.
A guy is running a contest for most nigerian spam (yeah, only nigerian spam will do!). Here, he explains how he was promised $411.4 million himself. The site doesn't tell if he got the money or not...
:)
This "bondage spam" also made my laugh.
Check HTTP referrers and block anything from slashdot.org then?