I have spoken (chatted) with jkh of freebsd and as witness to this little thingy (q&a?) this is what MS lacks. One on one, knowing who is behind the magic availibility. Hell, most of the opensource os's seem to be this way. With BSD/OS and Windows XX, I haven't the least clue how to find the guy who wrote XXX in the os, how to find it, edit it, fix it or much less support it.
Right on opensource os's! FreeBSD, Linux and others!
I won't say it is useless, I just think that the wording is completely wrong and gives people false impressions that hey, now you'll be smarter. There are things such as reasoning that doesn't get improved upon in this case. Reasoning may seem to be improved due to recall, but that little bit, that je ne sais quoi that says "I know something and can answer correnctly" because I can actually understand is not necessarily there.
From my understanding of neuron chemistry of firing, there are two steps, the bringing in of one element and the release of another. It's like a heart beat. I am not sure that the quality of the spark will matter much more than its presence.
Damnit.. as I write this, someone posts a link regarding my point exactly.
From the Boston Globe link above...
However, specialists pointed out, creating improved memory and learning ability is not the same as boosting intelligence, the hard-to-define property that many measure with IQ tests.
Anyway, how accurate are they with this gene manipulation. I would also imagine that intelligence, like skin colour isn't specific to one gene but of several genes. This would increase the possibilty for error. Its no longer a slip of the knife but now a drug which isn't as well targeted.
Another problem I have with this experiment is that intelligence isn't rated solely on what they provided. They showed that these new super mice have better retention amd quicker ability for a trained operation to be forgotten.
In psychological terms, the curve for training and extinction has grown taller (graph-wise). Let's wait for the cognitive psychologists to have a field day with this one.
Hell, just take all the 1st posts from the past, regardless if they are first, and use that. And keep adding to the database as life goes on.. or until Author Dent gets beamed into space by his alien friend...
You know.. the point of this isn't to be a whiney little cry baby. Its to give insight. Imagine if no one ever gave you insight on anything, even without asking for it. You know how many times you will do 'dumb things'? C'mmon people...
It really depends on where you work. I've worked in general web development and databasing... it can go either way. Hell, it can apply anywhere where creativity is involved in any way.
I've worked where I've chunked out code constantly and administered machines. If I did anything creative, no one cared. I was constantly asked to proof text as some people couldn't use their fingers to open Word (sic) and spell check.
But then again, my first job was cool though. Boss and I would go for coffee, people there were mostly nice. We'd discuss what are better methods of doing things.. actually discuss.. not dictate..
I wish I had better examples, but it isn't only salient to the game industry.
I wouldn't be too worried. We'lve lived through going from a new Linux kernel to the next and from FreeBSD a.out to elf.. i'm quite sure something so non critical as a window manager will be improved over time to work in a similar fassion. But it will be a bumpy road...
After reading the GNOME and KDE interviews, its good to see them both moving forward. Not to say that one way is more important than the other, but with the resources they have (programmers) is good.
I am not in total agreement with the KDE style of windowmangler, but it looks very intuitive. New users will certainly have fun using *nix if they try this out.
As for the GNOME project, it looks like they are moving over to better support for the power users, like me. Too bad I haven't found usage in GNOME just yet, but I'm quite sure I will. I wish that GNOME followed KDE's path in using CORBA. Wouldn't this mean that their parts would be interchangable? Just a thought
Um, I think they meant that it can range. You can buy a tv for $150 or as you point out.. 1 grand. Heck, you can find TV's over $2k. Not quite there yet, but the prices of computers might encompass (s?) the prices of tv's on both ends.
"You can't take your Excel spreadsheet with you home." FUD. "
I hate it when people say things like this is FUD. This is mostly fact. Mostly, you can't take the newest app versioned data home. Quite a few people don't know they can save alternative to the native app's format. But people who generally don't know their software well don't know they can do this and require someone to mention it. This isn't fud, its just plain ignorance.
As for PC prices, anyone remember when CD Players were $300.. and 300meg hd's were $300? Now you can get enough storage for $150. It's just the way of the economic world. I'm quite sure that a crash in the stock market will bring things back to earth unfortunately...
um can't processes and designs be patented? much like car design and what not? the point is if the process is patnentable, wouldn't it be extractable via the software?
Wouldn't that be like eliminating the entire concept of patneting an idea? Think of it. What if say a chemical engineer of a company develops a process that makes steel 20 times faster than before. He patents the process. Fine. Now what if they hire someone, for the same company, develops software to handle the process and sells it. Now what do they do if someone steals the concept out of the software?
With the entire opensource movement and the popularity of TrueType I wouldn't see a reason for apple to not make it distributable under some sort of lisence, even if it requires downloading an extra lib or something directly from them.
This would also boost their popularity a bit if they did do such a thing.
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MS is already doing that. Didn't you know that MS used to be in Waco, Texas? Its only recently did they move all their resources to Redmond.
Right on opensource os's! FreeBSD, Linux and others!
I won't say it is useless, I just think that the wording is completely wrong and gives people false impressions that hey, now you'll be smarter. There are things such as reasoning that doesn't get improved upon in this case. Reasoning may seem to be improved due to recall, but that little bit, that je ne sais quoi that says "I know something and can answer correnctly" because I can actually understand is not necessarily there.
From my understanding of neuron chemistry of firing, there are two steps, the bringing in of one element and the release of another. It's like a heart beat. I am not sure that the quality of the spark will matter much more than its presence.
Heh.. it was a quote from southpark, a joke =)
But more nerves doesn't mean much at all. Heck, the more money you have doesn't intrinsicly mean that you will earn more. Its how you use it.
From a psychological point of view, is learning = retention and training ability?
From the Boston Globe link above...
I hope I quoted that right.
Anyway, how accurate are they with this gene manipulation. I would also imagine that intelligence, like skin colour isn't specific to one gene but of several genes. This would increase the possibilty for error. Its no longer a slip of the knife but now a drug which isn't as well targeted.
Another problem I have with this experiment is that intelligence isn't rated solely on what they provided. They showed that these new super mice have better retention amd quicker ability for a trained operation to be forgotten.
In psychological terms, the curve for training and extinction has grown taller (graph-wise). Let's wait for the cognitive psychologists to have a field day with this one.
At least we can compile it to our liking with the optimal compiling flags. With pgcc or what-not, it might run faster...
Hell, just take all the 1st posts from the past, regardless if they are first, and use that. And keep adding to the database as life goes on.. or until Author Dent gets beamed into space by his alien friend...
They aren't being resold. I got this from the prior summary of the article, and felt like clearing the ignorance to come about what was said....
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You know.. the point of this isn't to be a whiney little cry baby. Its to give insight. Imagine if no one ever gave you insight on anything, even without asking for it. You know how many times you will do 'dumb things'? C'mmon people...
You got the content, you didn't get the point though.. it's to give insight on the game industry.. at least in his pov...
Sorry.. couldn't resist..
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I've worked where I've chunked out code constantly and administered machines. If I did anything creative, no one cared. I was constantly asked to proof text as some people couldn't use their fingers to open Word (sic) and spell check.
But then again, my first job was cool though. Boss and I would go for coffee, people there were mostly nice. We'd discuss what are better methods of doing things.. actually discuss.. not dictate..
I wish I had better examples, but it isn't only salient to the game industry.
I wouldn't be too worried. We'lve lived through going from a new Linux kernel to the next and from FreeBSD a.out to elf.. i'm quite sure something so non critical as a window manager will be improved over time to work in a similar fassion. But it will be a bumpy road...
I am not in total agreement with the KDE style of windowmangler, but it looks very intuitive. New users will certainly have fun using *nix if they try this out.
As for the GNOME project, it looks like they are moving over to better support for the power users, like me. Too bad I haven't found usage in GNOME just yet, but I'm quite sure I will. I wish that GNOME followed KDE's path in using CORBA. Wouldn't this mean that their parts would be interchangable? Just a thought
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Um, I think they meant that it can range. You can buy a tv for $150 or as you point out.. 1 grand. Heck, you can find TV's over $2k. Not quite there yet, but the prices of computers might encompass (s?) the prices of tv's on both ends.
As for PC prices, anyone remember when CD Players were $300.. and 300meg hd's were $300? Now you can get enough storage for $150. It's just the way of the economic world. I'm quite sure that a crash in the stock market will bring things back to earth unfortunately...
um can't processes and designs be patented? much like car design and what not? the point is if the process is patnentable, wouldn't it be extractable via the software?
Yeah.. you missed it ;>
This would also boost their popularity a bit if they did do such a thing.
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Get new glasses damnit and stop being so whiney.. not like they can't afford it ;> .
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