Over the last 6 years (Semel's tenure), Yahoo's stock moved down all in all. Of course, that is mostly because 6 years ago was almost the height of the bubble, but still. It doesn't say much for his leadership. Nonetheless, I predict some other corporation gives him a fat deal now.
In their experiments, did they consider that the characters in Star Wars are not human beings, but members of an alien race with unspecified physiologies?
Yes, it is a great career. I have been a corporate mathematician doing various things like the article talks about, for the last 10 years. My job is always interesting enough to make me want to go. Not too many other people can do my job, so I have security. And, there's sufficient demand for my services that if my employer upsets me, I can go elsewhere. And it pays a lot. The whole point of my jobs is that I am expected to be provably correct, and that my suggestions will be followed without much room for debate. The problems only come when people feel threatened, and there is politics and so forth. But if the organization is capable of acting in its best interests, that is exactly what the mathematician is figuring out. S/he says "this is the path of our best interest. I can prove it." Eventually, the business has to do what we say, or go out of business.
To the extent that we're often modeling something, there's wiggle room in the models. Models could be built well or poorly. And the above paragraph is only true if you do a sufficiently good job modeling.
These are all fine if you don't like music very much. I need a portable 2TB WAV player to store my music collection in a listenable format. Wake me when they get there.
I currently have 40 or 50 gigs of mp3s on my computer, and about 700 CDs in my living room.
Whenever someone makes a portable mp3 player with 200GB (giving me room to expand for the few years I expect to use it) I will buy it, even if it's ugly and somewhat larger, and $400, and has a clunky interface.
It should be possible to come up with a scheme that would work more often than 1 in 50, which is all you need to make money at this game, pretending the backer would actually let you play over and over again.
You can use netZero, or most of the other free ISP's in Linux perfectly well. Here's how: 1) Use them in windows somewhere long enough to set up an account and get the list of access numbers. 2) Dial in as you normally would, ignoring software given to you be freeISP. The username and password you are supposed to tell the software will probably work. Some have a secret password that the software actaully sends when you type in what you think is the password, but this is usually not hard to figure out. Juno for example, even gives you a helpful utility to tell you what the secret password is!
Computers understand this exactly the way we (I) do. There exists a callable function the computer/ I could put in an infinite loop that would generate the matrix. The algorithm to make the matrix is finite (in fact, pretty small) The computer does not have to actually call the function and spend the rest of eternity (assuming it has no physical limitations) computing it to understand that it is possible.
I think to the extent that you can speak of computers "understanding" anything, you have to give them credit for understanding code.
Nethack should be celebrated as one of the greatest open source projects in history. Certainly it is the one people have spent the most time directly interacting with.
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In fact Hollywood went ahead and made a big-budget remake/sequel of El Mariachi, with lots of big stars and impressive explosions. Can't wait to see the Hollywoodized BWP.
You come across these items in the forest that you suspect are witchery. Do you a) knock over the rockpiles, take down and dismantle the stick figures, untie the bundle,... b) treat them as some boundary to stay on the other side of c) other counteractive witchcraft?
They have already bought huge plots of land in Vancouver, and I think Canada will welcome their half trillion USD company without any silly old restrictions on business practices.
Actually, it is known that a team of diverse approaches will come to more innovative solutions than a team of experts, who may all think the same way. The diverse team does want some experts, a team of total idiots is not the point here. The experts cannot beat Kasparov thinking as they normally do. So perhaps some unexpected moves by the non-experts will put them in positions they are unused to but that they can then actually leverage to beat Kasparov.
Exactly how each move is decided, and how much planning and discussion goes on, will have a huge impact on whether the team can actually win. But if done properly, I think they have a chance.
Yeah, but will they let their friends at slashdot get in at IPO price (say $15) instead of trying to buy at market price (say $50 at 9:30:01 that day). Pattern of super hot IPOs lately is for it to hit the market at triple pricw and trickle downward. Nobody makes money short-term.
I don't own a TV, and don't plan to, but fast internet service appeals. If I tried to get cable modem without cable, I think any American jury would probably send me to jail for not owning a TV. I am probably a communist, they would figure, or perhaps another unabomber. (His lack of a TV was actually used as evidence in his criminal case)
You shouldn't have to know Linux to install it. Otherwise nobody besides those that know it now could ever use it.
They are not taking away the CLI. They are only putting a wizard on top of the installation. I'm sure you can change settings by typing at the prompt later on. I see this as a purely good thing. There is some scary shit in the Linux installation. Like the line that says something about permanently destroying your monitor if you input the improper parameters. If this Caldera program can query for that sort of information itself, fewer people will turn and run screaming.
See, if you read v0.9 of Bill Gates brilliant new $700 book, he will tell you
"The Middle Man Must Add Value."
While the response of most would be, "well, yeah.. I mean like duh, Bill," The music industry is one glaring area where ruthless capitalism has yet to work its efficiency magic.
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Over the last 6 years (Semel's tenure), Yahoo's stock moved down all in all. Of course, that is mostly because 6 years ago was almost the height of the bubble, but still. It doesn't say much for his leadership. Nonetheless, I predict some other corporation gives him a fat deal now.
In their experiments, did they consider that the characters in Star Wars are not human beings, but members of an alien race with unspecified physiologies?
Yes, it is a great career. I have been a corporate mathematician doing various things like the article talks about, for the last 10 years. My job is always interesting enough to make me want to go. Not too many other people can do my job, so I have security. And, there's sufficient demand for my services that if my employer upsets me, I can go elsewhere. And it pays a lot. The whole point of my jobs is that I am expected to be provably correct, and that my suggestions will be followed without much room for debate. The problems only come when people feel threatened, and there is politics and so forth. But if the organization is capable of acting in its best interests, that is exactly what the mathematician is figuring out. S/he says "this is the path of our best interest. I can prove it." Eventually, the business has to do what we say, or go out of business.
To the extent that we're often modeling something, there's wiggle room in the models. Models could be built well or poorly. And the above paragraph is only true if you do a sufficiently good job modeling.
These are all fine if you don't like music very much. I need a portable 2TB WAV player to store my music collection in a listenable format. Wake me when they get there.
I currently have 40 or 50 gigs of mp3s on my computer, and about 700 CDs in my living room.
Whenever someone makes a portable mp3 player with 200GB (giving me room to expand for the few years I expect to use it) I will buy it, even if it's ugly and somewhat larger, and $400, and has a clunky interface.
It should be possible to come up with a scheme that would work more often than 1 in 50, which is all you need to make money at this game, pretending the backer would actually let you play over and over again.
Something like 10,000 mathematics theorems get proved and published each year, IIRC.
Actually, Mozart never had a patron. He always sold or licensed his works.
"the ability to withstand a 1500-G shock. That is equivalent to a drop from a normal office desk onto a medium-thickness carpet"
What planet is IBM labs on, that this kind of acceleration happens in 3 feet? Would the surface of the sun even provide this much G force?
My band is currently seeking patronage. Mail me if interested. I expect to be swamped, so get your bid in early.
Anyone wishing to comission a work from us should also reply quickly, since response will no doubt be overwhelming.
You can use netZero, or most of the other free ISP's in Linux perfectly well. Here's how:
1) Use them in windows somewhere long enough to set up an account and get the list of access numbers.
2) Dial in as you normally would, ignoring software given to you be freeISP. The username and password you are supposed to tell the software will probably work. Some have a secret password that the software actaully sends when you type in what you think is the password, but this is usually not hard to figure out. Juno for example, even gives you a helpful utility to tell you what the secret password is!
A little search and replace yields a much more useful set of links. These are direct links to the .mov files
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7UP Big Win 342x237 1.3 MB
Giant Laser 342x237 963 KB
High Traffic Areas 342x237 2.1 MB
Shelf Space 342x237 2.4 MB
Show Us Your Can 342x237 2.4 MB
Arizona Department of Health Services Puking Habit 342x237 4.0 MB
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Budweiser Cry, Rex 333x233 4.5 MB
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Fred 333x233 2.5 MB
Gretzky Zamboni 333x233 1.5 MB
The Cat 333x233 2.0 MB
Wazzzzup! The Woman 333x233 1.6 MB
Charles Schwab Ringo Starr 333x233 2.2 MB
Computer.com Please Check It Out 333x233 1.6 MB
Corona Field Goal 333x233 2.1 MB
E-Trade Blow'd Up 342x237 1.5 MB
Wasting $2 Million 333x233 2.1 MB
EDS Cat Herders 333x233 3.0 MB
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FedEx Delivery For Oz 333x233 4.3 MB
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Hershey's Real Fast 333x233 854 KB
Jaguar History Repeating 342x237 2.2 MB
M&M's Pretty In Green 333x233 1.3 MB
Michelob Fragile 333x233 2.1 MB
Micro Strategy Credit Fraud 333x233 2.4 MB
Merger 333x233 2.2 MB
Mountain Dew Bad Cheeta 333x233 4.7 MB
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Bohemian Rhapsody 333x233 3.4 MB
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Nuveen Investments Reeves Walks 333x233 3.0 MB
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Pets.com Please Don't Go 333x233 2.5 MB
Sheetz Salvation 342x237 1.8 MB
Tostitos Floor Crew 342x236 1.6 MB
WebEx.com Real Drag 342x237 2.2 MB
WWF Babies 333x233 2.0 MB
Computers understand this exactly the way we (I) do. There exists a callable function the computer/ I could put in an infinite loop that would generate the matrix. The algorithm to make the matrix is finite (in fact, pretty small) The computer does not have to actually call the function and spend the rest of eternity (assuming it has no physical limitations) computing it to understand that it is possible.
I think to the extent that you can speak of computers "understanding" anything, you have to give them credit for understanding code.
When is it? What will it be?
Nethack should be celebrated as one of the greatest open source projects in history. Certainly it is the one people have spent the most time directly interacting with.
In fact Hollywood went ahead and made a big-budget remake/sequel of El Mariachi, with lots of big stars and impressive explosions. Can't wait to see the Hollywoodized BWP.
You come across these items in the forest that you suspect are witchery. Do you
a) knock over the rockpiles, take down and dismantle the stick figures, untie the bundle,...
b) treat them as some boundary to stay on the other side of
c) other counteractive witchcraft?
They have already bought huge plots of land in Vancouver, and I think Canada will welcome their half trillion USD company without any silly old restrictions on business practices.
Actually, it is known that a team of diverse approaches will come to more innovative solutions than a team of experts, who may all think the same way. The diverse team does want some experts, a team of total idiots is not the point here. The experts cannot beat Kasparov thinking as they normally do. So perhaps some unexpected moves by the non-experts will put them in positions they are unused to but that they can then actually leverage to beat Kasparov.
Exactly how each move is decided, and how much planning and discussion goes on, will have a huge impact on whether the team can actually win. But if done properly, I think they have a chance.
Yeah, but will they let their friends at slashdot get in at IPO price (say $15) instead of trying to buy at market price (say $50 at 9:30:01 that day).
Pattern of super hot IPOs lately is for it to hit the market at triple pricw and trickle downward. Nobody makes money short-term.
I don't own a TV, and don't plan to, but fast internet service appeals. If I tried to get cable modem without cable, I think any American jury would probably send me to jail for not owning a TV. I am probably a communist, they would figure, or perhaps another unabomber. (His lack of a TV was actually used as evidence in his criminal case)
You shouldn't have to know Linux to install it. Otherwise nobody besides those that know it now could ever use it.
They are not taking away the CLI. They are only putting a wizard on top of the installation. I'm sure you can change settings by typing at the prompt later on.
I see this as a purely good thing. There is some scary shit in the Linux installation. Like the line that says something about permanently destroying your monitor if you input the improper parameters. If this Caldera program can query for that sort of information itself, fewer people will turn and run screaming.
See, if you read v0.9 of Bill Gates brilliant new $700 book, he will tell you
"The Middle Man Must Add Value."
While the response of most would be, "well, yeah.. I mean like duh, Bill," The music industry is one glaring area where ruthless capitalism has yet to work its efficiency magic.
So...has anybody captured the webcast and made a file of the entire movie available?