Good grief, have I given this posting the kiss of death?
Please moderators, do check out this message - it's polite, intelligent and very relevant. I'd like to see Katz answer it. Don't let it stagnate at Score:1.
Note: I am not the author and have no connections with the author. I am just feeling very guilty for having apparently blighted the chances of a very fine question. (Probably made it even worse now, but what can I do?)
Agreed. Pity the parent of your message is rendered invisible by Slash's broken threshold handling.
What could be as nice as seeing the Katz-filterer numbers (and percentages) would be to see the average karma value of the Katz-filterers compared to the slashdot "community" as a whole.
If there wasn't a positive relationship between good slashdot-citizenship and Katz-filtering I'd be moderately surprised.
1. Face recognition mode. I look at someone - mentally hit the "who the fuck are you" button - and I get a head-up-display of name, context, wife/children's names etc. Could also be used to make "advice" on food choices etc.
2. Deja vu mode. Hit another button and a data base of previous frames and situations is searched to tell me if this has actually happened before.
3. "I told you so"/"But you said..." mode. Quick search and replay of what was *really* said way back then.
4. Diplomacy mode. When you can't be bothered or you're too tired to consider what the right thing to say is, then a rolling AI-generated script appears before your eyes. Keep to the script and you stay out of trouble. Having the PDA activate my mouth and vocal chords automatically could also be cool but maybe a step too far.
5. Drive me home mode. PDA takes control of my limbs to let me sleep/read/watch TV on the way.
OK, rediculous impracticality limit reached. Time to go.
Here's a challenge: Who can get their SlashBot to reach 25 Karma points first. Tougher than a Turing Test I'd reckon.
The winner would have to borrow techniques from the finest Karma Whores... maybe set off multiple gangs of SlashBots co-operating with each other to promote their postings.
At this point I was laughing too hard to continue...
Me too.:-)
It's just possible that that online Eliza is a little broken - maybe badly configured by its Slovenian keepers. I'd recommend d ownloading a real version and hacking the conversation database yourself. That's where the real fun starts.
Well, if They hadn't rejected my submission of this story instead of using this one then we'd all know that the last Even Day was 28th August - not December - 888. Stupid darn frigging eejuts.
Very funny - I'd up-moderate you if I could. The wierdest thing is I dug up a copy of Eliza to show someone only yesterday.
There's an online version here for lazy people who want to get a taste of Eliza's conversational "syle". For sources and other resources on Weizenbaum's 1966 classic it's better to look h ere.
The Lego test helps identify initiative, leadership and an ability to work in groups
I don't remember Lego being a team game. I'm the youngest of 3 and I remember mostly playing with Lego alone. OK, sometimes I built something with my sis, but then it was more about cooperation than leadership.
Lego was/is more about creativity and engineering than group interaction. For me, anyhow...
All of the arrogant posturing by Europeans with respect to the American system of Higher Education will become appallingly accurate if this silliness continues.
Well, I don't know, I can see as a potential improvement in the US education system if they start selecting students on how well they use Lego rather than how well they play sport.
Regards, Ralph. (An arrogant posturing European and proud of it (on one leg)).
I've heard it quoted somewhere (where?) that if Moore's Law carries on as it has, then Intel will have a processor on the market as complex as the brain of a bee by 2017.
I leave it to you to extrapolate when they might be ready for the brain of a hattig.:-)
You can also buy yourself a multyregional player but this of course costs _more_ money
Can't speak for the rest of the world, but here in Switzerland, region-free players are routinely available at no extra cost. Region 1 (US) DVDs are also routinely available in the stores.
What's sad is that this means that some uninformed people are going to end up buying US DVDs and not be able to play them on their Region 2 devices when them they get home. The customer is not always right.
What's fun is that I can now order DVDs from the states and see films before they've even opened here (takes time to add the German & French sub-titles I guess.)
What's odd is that I am even allowed to buy DVD from the states. For too many products (PC software, accessories, gadgets, etc.) that I'd like to order off some US-based website I see the smallprint Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.. If The Man can stop us filthy Europeans buying so many products from the US then why not DVDs too?
If Hemos was being bothered by the pesky beating heart of his murder victim under the floorboards he would surely have been better advised to have his house burn down.
Thanks for the mathematical argument. However, IIRC, it only applies during the "useful-life" phase, not the initial "early-life" or final "wear-out" phases. From their "useful-life" behaviour you might calculate a 10 year life expectancy through probability of random failue, but that doesn't mean their "wear-out" phase won't begin next week.
Meanwhile, I'm going to try and get references for my colleague's CD-R life expectancy theory. Watch this space.
I've just been hearing from a colleague that CD-Rs have a life expectancy of less than 10 years... i.e. the data on them degrades due to the physical/chemical nature of the technology. Also heard that CDs sold today are a lot less stable than the earlier ones because the manufacturers are cutting costs.
So what is the half-life of a DVD anyhow? With its higher data density than CD plus the manufacturers corner cutting I wouldn't be surprised if it's only about 5 years at best. Just in time for them to sell you your whole movie collection all over again in whatever the new technology of the moment is.
(The MTBF for the players are only about 2 years anyhow.)
Might be wise to take the Hemos approach and occasionally have your house burn down.
(Anyone got any real figures on DVD life expectancy? Seriously.)
This guy's been on the NY Subway system... you gotta hope he doesn't meet a bag-snatcher... that'd really smart. (Wouldn't like to be nearby either - when the wrenched cable bundle pulls out sizeable lump of brain along with it... yuck.)
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Please moderators, do check out this message - it's polite, intelligent and very relevant. I'd like to see Katz answer it. Don't let it stagnate at Score:1.
Note: I am not the author and have no connections with the author. I am just feeling very guilty for having apparently blighted the chances of a very fine question. (Probably made it even worse now, but what can I do?)
Regards, Ralph.
What could be as nice as seeing the Katz-filterer numbers (and percentages) would be to see the average karma value of the Katz-filterers compared to the slashdot "community" as a whole.
If there wasn't a positive relationship between good slashdot-citizenship and Katz-filtering I'd be moderately surprised.
Regards, Ralph.
(Why does the Parent link still not work for below-threshold postings?)
Regards, Ralph.
Why do I never have moderator points when I need them most?
(Look here if this message is not yet moderated to visibility.)
Regards, Ralph.
That's a pretty lame question, signal11. He does it because posting here => publicity => sales => money.
Why are you pretending you don't know that?
Regards, Ralph.
> Can I come and work for you? Will you pay me $$'s? I am serious.
Yeah, so serious that you posted anonymously.
With your intelligence I reckon he should give you stock options.
Regards, Ralph.
1. Face recognition mode. I look at someone - mentally hit the "who the fuck are you" button - and I get a head-up-display of name, context, wife/children's names etc. Could also be used to make "advice" on food choices etc.
2. Deja vu mode. Hit another button and a data base of previous frames and situations is searched to tell me if this has actually happened before.
3. "I told you so"/"But you said..." mode. Quick search and replay of what was *really* said way back then.
4. Diplomacy mode. When you can't be bothered or you're too tired to consider what the right thing to say is, then a rolling AI-generated script appears before your eyes. Keep to the script and you stay out of trouble. Having the PDA activate my mouth and vocal chords automatically could also be cool but maybe a step too far.
5. Drive me home mode. PDA takes control of my limbs to let me sleep/read/watch TV on the way.
OK, rediculous impracticality limit reached. Time to go.
Regards, Ralph.
The winner would have to borrow techniques from the finest Karma Whores ... maybe set off multiple gangs of SlashBots co-operating with each other to promote their postings.
Or are they here already?
Regards, Ralph.
Me too. :-)
It's just possible that that online Eliza is a little broken - maybe badly configured by its Slovenian keepers. I'd recommend d ownloading a real version and hacking the conversation database yourself. That's where the real fun starts.
Regards, Ralph.
Did I miss its specialist topics or something?
Regards, Ralph.
Having said that, $400 is not a bad price for a DVD player alone.
Regards, Ralph.
(Not that I'm bitter, of course.)
Regards, Ralph.
There's an online version here for lazy people who want to get a taste of Eliza's conversational "syle". For sources and other resources on Weizenbaum's 1966 classic it's better to look h ere.
Regards, Ralph.
Thank you. You were right to hit me with the cluestick. I should have read the link. Thanks for the summary.
Regards, Ralph.
The Lego test helps identify initiative, leadership and an ability to work in groups
I don't remember Lego being a team game. I'm the youngest of 3 and I remember mostly playing with Lego alone. OK, sometimes I built something with my sis, but then it was more about cooperation than leadership.
Lego was/is more about creativity and engineering than group interaction. For me, anyhow ...
Regards, Ralph.
Well, I don't know, I can see as a potential improvement in the US education system if they start selecting students on how well they use Lego rather than how well they play sport.
Regards, Ralph. (An arrogant posturing European and proud of it (on one leg)).
Last I heard, BrainPlatform(tm) is being implemented in Java for portability reasons.
Redo your sums.
Regards, Ralph.
I've heard it quoted somewhere (where?) that if Moore's Law carries on as it has, then Intel will have a processor on the market as complex as the brain of a bee by 2017.
:-)
I leave it to you to extrapolate when they might be ready for the brain of a hattig.
Regards, Ralph.
Why stop at 50? Create an infinity of vitual hattigs and maybe you could come up with the works of Shakespeare. :-)
Regards, Ralph.
Can't speak for the rest of the world, but here in Switzerland, region-free players are routinely available at no extra cost. Region 1 (US) DVDs are also routinely available in the stores.
What's sad is that this means that some uninformed people are going to end up buying US DVDs and not be able to play them on their Region 2 devices when them they get home. The customer is not always right.
What's fun is that I can now order DVDs from the states and see films before they've even opened here (takes time to add the German & French sub-titles I guess.)
What's odd is that I am even allowed to buy DVD from the states. For too many products (PC software, accessories, gadgets, etc.) that I'd like to order off some US-based website I see the smallprint Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.. If The Man can stop us filthy Europeans buying so many products from the US then why not DVDs too?
Not complaining, not requesting, just wondering.
Regards, Ralph.
> If you kill someone, eat their vital organs
If Hemos was being bothered by the pesky beating heart of his murder victim under the floorboards he would surely have been better advised to have his house burn down.
Hmm. Anyone seen Rob recently?
Regards, Ralph.
Thanks for the mathematical argument. However, IIRC, it only applies during the "useful-life" phase, not the initial "early-life" or final "wear-out" phases. From their "useful-life" behaviour you might calculate a 10 year life expectancy through probability of random failue, but that doesn't mean their "wear-out" phase won't begin next week.
Meanwhile, I'm going to try and get references for my colleague's CD-R life expectancy theory. Watch this space.
Regards, Ralph.
I've just been hearing from a colleague that CD-Rs have a life expectancy of less than 10 years ... i.e. the data on them degrades due to the physical/chemical nature of the technology. Also heard that CDs sold today are a lot less stable than the earlier ones because the manufacturers are cutting costs.
So what is the half-life of a DVD anyhow? With its higher data density than CD plus the manufacturers corner cutting I wouldn't be surprised if it's only about 5 years at best. Just in time for them to sell you your whole movie collection all over again in whatever the new technology of the moment is.
(The MTBF for the players are only about 2 years anyhow.)
Might be wise to take the Hemos approach and occasionally have your house burn down.
(Anyone got any real figures on DVD life expectancy? Seriously.)
Regards, Ralph.
This guy's been on the NY Subway system ... you gotta hope he doesn't meet a bag-snatcher ... that'd really smart. (Wouldn't like to be nearby either - when the wrenched cable bundle pulls out sizeable lump of brain along with it ... yuck.)
Regards, Ralph.
That's pretty close to Morpheus's: `Do you believe that's air you are breathing now?' during Neo's training session.
(BTW, while "researching" this post I found The Matrix script here).
Regards, Ralph.