You're coming at it from the wrong direction. Human laws and languages aren't based on the direct manipulation of electrochemical signals. Why would you approach an equally complex machine any differently?
If anything, low level languages would be completely worthless for programming AI. Intelligence is an emergent property, so the complexity involved in trying to alter high-level behavior from the lowest level of programming would be a nearly impossible task.
So long as they don't become emotional, logic will dictate their interactions. The reasons humans need laws don't apply to computers.
I do see the potential for problems if they start using each other for spare parts, but that's more of AI inconveniencing humans (you took the TV apart to fix the vacuum cleaner???) than AI on AI crime.
you can loudly proclaim "This sucks!" with no fears of reprisal from MS or the community. But god forbid you ask why you can't remove useless built-in iOS apps.
Wouldn't it make sense to the quantum/classical crossover to be when the number of particles is high enough for them to constrain each other's wacky quantum behavior? I bet that's also the point when the total gravitational field overwhelms the stronger forces.
I don't, but high entirely understand it either, but swappable op-amps are common on high end cards. And I know, if it's so high-end, why would you want to swap components?
I've never had a top of the line system myself, but I think that's why the CPU hit was so noticeable. I was doing everything imaginable to free up resources for Oblivion - upping it's priority, stopping services, even closing explorer! In the end I was left with a dilemma, deal with the bugs in the new audio stack that hit my framerate, or deal with the audio glitches from ALchemy and it's trial-and-error method of configuration.
Well, swappable op-amps is something audiophiles love. And although the theoretical cpu overhead of software audio seems negligible, the actual impact was not. Especially considering that the change occurred when single core cpus still dominated. Much of that is probably due to bugs in implementation (I still see audiodg rape my resources on occasion), but even if something isn't generally necessary, that doesn't mean it should be eliminated. In fact, MS has restored some degree of direct access, but only for certain Win 8 apps.
And in Vista, I saw a definite impact on performance with software processing. CPU intensive games saw a real hit, since audiodg would routinely consume over 10% my CPU and well over 100 megs of RAM. .
Okay, not you so much as the hardware. A dehumidifier is going to blow hot air on it, and may run constantly so you'd need a hose and a lot of electricity.
The best way around that is not putting it on the concrete. Instead, cut a hole your floor down into the crawlspace. Then mount a solid metal box to the underside of the floor covering the hole and put the computer inside. Cover the hole with an easily removed vent (you'll need to get at it), but be sure to stick a filter under it, because dirt and dust is going to pour down onto your hardware. Cut what you need from an air filter.
If you're running your cables through the crawlspace, you'll need to cut a hole or three in the box. Be sure to put a tight seal around the cables.
The only other option I see is to build an airtight case with everything water cooled via an external radiator.
Not so far as I've found. Creative bet big on hardware audio, but in Vista Microsoft re-wrote the audio stack, eliminating direct access to audio hardware so DirectSound and DirectSound3D weren't direct anymore.
I've never seen any explanation from MS for why they did it, just rumors that it had something to do with DRM. No matter their reasons, it was devastating for Creative. They differentiated their products by focusing on positional audio acceleration and effect extensions which no longer worked. They released a program called ALchemy that intercepted DirectSound calls and translated them into the still accelerated OpenAL (which, sadly, is pretty much dead now), but it was hardly perfect, and Creative has never recovered. And it's kind of sad. Creative was the driving force behind PC audio for decades.
It was something of a dick move by Creative, especially since first gen EAX didn't compare to A3D. Later iterations were amazing though. Until MS killed hardware audio.
Creative had great hardware accelerated 3D audio (EAX) which they licensed out to other manufactures, but Microsoft killed any such thing when they deprecated DirectSound in Vista. I'm still kind of ticked off that I have this great DSP that goes completely unused while audiodg eats up my CPU.
I've heard it was for DRM reasons, which just upsets me further.
Depends what language you start with. English is tricky because the rules are terribly inconsistent, but if you're coming from (or going to) another Germanic language it's not so bad. European languages in general are fairly similar, making learning another relatively easy. The real trouble rises when crossing (linguistic) family borders. Mandarin has more native speakers than any other language, but it's radically different from all others (tonal, analytic), and if you're tone deaf you can forget about even trying to learn it.
I disagree. First, this simply allows a federal judge within whose jurisdiction a crime was committed to issue the warrants necessary for the investigation. It hardly changes the entire system, its just the law playing catch-up with technology.
Second, our legal system is based on a blend of statutory and common law. And statute usually wins.
Finally, I think we can all agree that virtual and physical locations are two very different things. I have no idea where Slashdot's servers are, but here we are. How do you issue a warrant for a specific place, when that place could be spread across hundreds of servers in multiple physical locations which change several times a second? This forum could be thought of as being anywhere in the world, or at yro.slashdot.org. Which makes more sense for a warrant?
Doesn't it just mean the Judge where a crime was committed can issue all the necessary subpoenas and warrants needed instead of having to go to multiple judges for each geographical area? Considering the increasing irrelevance of physical location, isn't this just the Law catching up with technology?
The Constitution only requires that a judge issue a warrant, not that the issuing judge be nearby. That's a procedural leftover from the pre-telecoms era.
When I was a kid, Czechoslovakia was a Soviet satellite hidden behind the Iron Curtain and a fog of evil. Now, one of our government's top research labs is building a big-ass laser (death ray) there.
The future really is a much nicer place than the past.
If noisy and bulky are things you want to avoid, take a look at the wireless K800. Of all the keyboards I've ever had, it's my hands down favorite. Light, great battery life and range, plus it's backlit! It doesn't have the cool LCD the gaming focused G series keyboards have, but it's a great all-rounder that I find works great for gaming, coding, and emailing my parents.
MSRP is $99.99, but you can find it in the $80-$85 range. And if there are build-quality issues with Logitech in general, mine is not affected. It has survived more desk-height drops than I would like to admit, and it has never so much as popped a key.
Linguistic shift is a bit more complex then what you seem to be suggesting. Old English (aka Old Anglo-Saxon) was a Germanic language beginning to take on Brythonic (Romano-Celtic) elements because the Angles and Saxons invaded and colonized Britain. It became Middle-English after the Norman invasion brought vulgar romance (that's a linguistics joke) to the Isle.
Pronunciation changes in predictable ways over time (see Grimm's Law), but major shifts like changes to grammar and syntax require deep interactions with other languages. The printing press complicated things further, giving rise to new normative pressures that have only increased as communication technology has improved.
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If anything, low level languages would be completely worthless for programming AI. Intelligence is an emergent property, so the complexity involved in trying to alter high-level behavior from the lowest level of programming would be a nearly impossible task.
I do see the potential for problems if they start using each other for spare parts, but that's more of AI inconveniencing humans (you took the TV apart to fix the vacuum cleaner???) than AI on AI crime.
So... You're trying to prove the article's point with clever satire?
you can loudly proclaim "This sucks!" with no fears of reprisal from MS or the community. But god forbid you ask why you can't remove useless built-in iOS apps.
Wouldn't it make sense to the quantum/classical crossover to be when the number of particles is high enough for them to constrain each other's wacky quantum behavior? I bet that's also the point when the total gravitational field overwhelms the stronger forces.
just work with them. They'll steal it before long.
I've never had a top of the line system myself, but I think that's why the CPU hit was so noticeable. I was doing everything imaginable to free up resources for Oblivion - upping it's priority, stopping services, even closing explorer! In the end I was left with a dilemma, deal with the bugs in the new audio stack that hit my framerate, or deal with the audio glitches from ALchemy and it's trial-and-error method of configuration.
What are you talking about? Creative writes he best drivers ever! I can't think of a single problem they ever causIRQ_NOT_LESS_OR _EQUAL
Well, swappable op-amps is something audiophiles love. And although the theoretical cpu overhead of software audio seems negligible, the actual impact was not. Especially considering that the change occurred when single core cpus still dominated. Much of that is probably due to bugs in implementation (I still see audiodg rape my resources on occasion), but even if something isn't generally necessary, that doesn't mean it should be eliminated. In fact, MS has restored some degree of direct access, but only for certain Win 8 apps. And in Vista, I saw a definite impact on performance with software processing. CPU intensive games saw a real hit, since audiodg would routinely consume over 10% my CPU and well over 100 megs of RAM. .
The best way around that is not putting it on the concrete. Instead, cut a hole your floor down into the crawlspace. Then mount a solid metal box to the underside of the floor covering the hole and put the computer inside. Cover the hole with an easily removed vent (you'll need to get at it), but be sure to stick a filter under it, because dirt and dust is going to pour down onto your hardware. Cut what you need from an air filter.
If you're running your cables through the crawlspace, you'll need to cut a hole or three in the box. Be sure to put a tight seal around the cables.
The only other option I see is to build an airtight case with everything water cooled via an external radiator.
Bet you anything at least two are going in Bergen. Ridgewood, Paramus, maybe Fort Lee for the convenience of Manhattanites.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectSound#Windows_Vista.2FWindows_7)
I've never seen any explanation from MS for why they did it, just rumors that it had something to do with DRM. No matter their reasons, it was devastating for Creative. They differentiated their products by focusing on positional audio acceleration and effect extensions which no longer worked. They released a program called ALchemy that intercepted DirectSound calls and translated them into the still accelerated OpenAL (which, sadly, is pretty much dead now), but it was hardly perfect, and Creative has never recovered. And it's kind of sad. Creative was the driving force behind PC audio for decades.
It was something of a dick move by Creative, especially since first gen EAX didn't compare to A3D. Later iterations were amazing though. Until MS killed hardware audio.
I've heard it was for DRM reasons, which just upsets me further.
I just miss hardware accelerated audio. I still don't understand why MS killed it.
That's got to be the longest time it's ever taken for EA to demolish a beloved studio!
Depends what language you start with. English is tricky because the rules are terribly inconsistent, but if you're coming from (or going to) another Germanic language it's not so bad. European languages in general are fairly similar, making learning another relatively easy. The real trouble rises when crossing (linguistic) family borders. Mandarin has more native speakers than any other language, but it's radically different from all others (tonal, analytic), and if you're tone deaf you can forget about even trying to learn it.
"On the Way to Language" anyone?
It protects low-income violators from a Ferguson-like nightmare, and holds the wealthy accountable. The opposite of how we currently do things.
Go to hell.
Second, our legal system is based on a blend of statutory and common law. And statute usually wins.
Finally, I think we can all agree that virtual and physical locations are two very different things. I have no idea where Slashdot's servers are, but here we are. How do you issue a warrant for a specific place, when that place could be spread across hundreds of servers in multiple physical locations which change several times a second? This forum could be thought of as being anywhere in the world, or at yro.slashdot.org. Which makes more sense for a warrant?
The Constitution only requires that a judge issue a warrant, not that the issuing judge be nearby. That's a procedural leftover from the pre-telecoms era.
The future really is a much nicer place than the past.
MSRP is $99.99, but you can find it in the $80-$85 range. And if there are build-quality issues with Logitech in general, mine is not affected. It has survived more desk-height drops than I would like to admit, and it has never so much as popped a key.
Pronunciation changes in predictable ways over time (see Grimm's Law), but major shifts like changes to grammar and syntax require deep interactions with other languages. The printing press complicated things further, giving rise to new normative pressures that have only increased as communication technology has improved.