You have to remember that what they call "corn" in the US, is called "maize" in the UK. What they call "corn" in the UK is basically all kinds of grain, such as wheat or oats.
So you have to make clear of which kind you speak (or perhaps of both)
I'd say it's not even about voice recognition either. It's about having strong AI. Until computer really understands your questions in some "deeper" way, you wouldn't be able to answer questions like the one given in the article. Or at least you wouldn't be able to do that very well.
C is definitely not the language to build fundamentals in. As far as academia is concerned, C's only merit is that it is popular. It is very confusing to the beginner. Most places nowadays either teach Scheme (very popular in academic circles) or Java. Some places teach C++. Scheme is taught because it is fundamentally simple and beautiful, and therefore instructive.
Most libraries go out of their way to destroy all records. For example, Cambridge Public Library even has a flyer about privacy where it says that it destroys the records of who checked the books out immediately when the books are returned. I imagine many other libraries do that as well.
I see. So you must think progressive taxes are particularly bad. Of course excise taxes and tariffs are actually regressive. Since everyone pays the same, the poor have to give a higher proportion of their taxes to the government. That seems like a completely backward way of funding anything: taxing the poor more than the rich. Somebody has to provide the money and it is better for eveyone if it is Bill Gates who pays more, because his lifestyle wouldn't be affected even by 90% tax. And I think it is ok if I forego the purchase of a new iBook, and let some welfare guy buy more bread instead. While many people privately disagree, I would be hard-pressed to find someone who would say the opposite in public. You'd be called a greedy bastard.
Well, you know, this money the government takes from us is used for something. A significant part is wasted of course, but most of it goes toward something most people would consider useful, even if it does not provide you with any direct monetary benfit. Like supporting the army, or interstate highways, or funding research, or even education (federal loans, for example). Also it is used to provide services to the poor, including paying welfare to those who don't work. And, you know, it provides even those of us who would never need welfare with a useful service. One reason is that otherwise we would have the world revolution that Marx promised us 150 years ago.
So those taxes may be necessary, because if it were left up to you, you would probably not be able to procure these services. Remember, Americans actually pay less taxes than most other people in the developed world.
This is one of the oldest basically solved problems in natural language processing: word-sense disambiguation. Simply look at the words around it: if you see "river", or "park", or "memory", or "money" - you know which one to pick. That works amazingly well, and you can learn which words correspond to each sense, by starting with only a few examples belonging to each sense and then bootstrapping.
You start with a few words that occur with each sense, you now can disambiguate a few example occurences in the text. Each of these occurences has words around it - add them to your list of sense indicators. Then do the whole thing again and again.
Interview with Howard Dean
on
Saving the Net
·
· Score: 5, Interesting
Howard Dean seems to be a very unusual candidate with regard to the use of technology and the tech crowd in general. How about we try to get an interview with him? We can ask him about DMCA, Patriot act and stuff like that. Wouldn't it be nice to have a president who actually heard of Slashdot?:) He appeared on Lessig's blog which has (I would guess) a lot fewer readers than Slashdot, so it seems likely he would agree, if we approached it right. Does anyone know his campaign people, so we can find out?
What you may not know about U of Phoenix is that it is the only (as far as I know) for-profit four-year college/university in the US. Say what you will about looking-down-your-nose who-cares-about-practical-issues Ivy league schools, their main goal is to promote knowledge. And say what you will about your average unknown-outside-of-state small school, they also have at least some standards. Their grade inflation is caused by competition, not by desire of getting you to pay more.
U of Phoenix is accredited (although barely), but they have no other commitment (even on paper) in educating anyone. Their purpose is to make money. So, don't be surprised if you are simply given a passing grade with little work. This is not to say that all their courses are like this, because it depends on the instructor. But if the instructor doesn't care, then neither does the university.
Re:Sounds like your typical govt agency
on
IT at the CIA
·
· Score: 1
Yes, but in the article the author claims that he looked at other government agencies and big companies, and CIA is behind all those. They are more afraid of IT than you would expect based on the stuff you mention, it seems.
What you say is true, generally speaking. It is still possible to get accepted into some CS program, however it is much harder to get into
one of the top ones. Based on what you say,
you got into grad school before 2001 when it
all tumbled down, and so did I. However, go and talk to the first years and undergrad seniors - the competition is huge for the last two years.
And yes, if your college has a grad program,
you probably have a reasonable chance of getting your master's there.
But it looks like you don't have to use generics if you don't want to. Presumably it simply defaults to Collection which is exactly what we are used to in Java now. You can then typecast to the real type if you prefer.
I have always been a geek in high school (though good one and not in the US) and rarely had any issues with the "stupid" variety. Yes, I was stereotyped (and called a "computer") and was considered somewhat crazy by the "normal" people, but I was respected because I was good at something very useful and practical. Also they liked to show me off as a sort of a celebrity:)
And no, I didn't care (and still don't care) for sports or for casual sex (not that I could have gotten any), or social life (especially the high school variety).
Now I am a CS graduate student and happily married to a CS/Math geek. So, my advice is to ignore the parent post and do what you like to do and what you do best. If you like to learn, if you like computers, or science, or whatever, ignore those "normal" people who will end up losers anyway, and do what you like.
Slashdot Mirror
Admittedly, I know nothing about this, so forgive my stupid question:
Isn't there iron in blood as well? Would that cause problems?
You have to remember that what they call "corn" in the US, is called "maize" in the UK. What they call "corn" in the UK is basically all kinds of grain, such as wheat or oats.
So you have to make clear of which kind you speak (or perhaps of both)
Of course they are numbered. It just might be a very big number :)
Natural Language Processing
I'd say it's not even about voice recognition either. It's about having strong AI. Until computer really understands your questions in some "deeper" way, you wouldn't be able to answer questions like the one given in the article. Or at least you wouldn't be able to do that very well.
The proper term is "liberated".
C is definitely not the language to build fundamentals in. As far as academia is concerned, C's only merit is that it is popular. It is very confusing to the beginner. Most places nowadays either teach Scheme (very popular in academic circles) or Java. Some places teach C++. Scheme is taught because it is fundamentally simple and beautiful, and therefore instructive.
Most libraries go out of their way to destroy all records. For example, Cambridge Public Library even has a flyer about privacy where it says that it destroys the records of who checked the books out immediately when the books are returned. I imagine many other libraries do that as well.
I see. So you must think progressive taxes are particularly bad. Of course excise taxes and tariffs are actually regressive. Since everyone pays the same, the poor have to give a higher proportion of their taxes to the government. That seems like a completely backward way of funding anything: taxing the poor more than the rich.
Somebody has to provide the money and it is better for eveyone if it is Bill Gates who pays more, because his lifestyle wouldn't be affected even by 90% tax. And I think it is ok if I forego the purchase of a new iBook, and let some welfare guy buy more bread instead. While many people privately disagree, I would be hard-pressed to find someone who would say the opposite in public. You'd be called a greedy bastard.
> Heck, the US government is now in the sorry
> state of handing out tax rebates to citizens
> WHO HAVE NOT PAID FEDERAL INCOME TAXES!
I haven't heard of that, it would be interesting if true. Could you provide a reference?
Well, you know, this money the government takes from us is used for something. A significant part is wasted of course, but most of it goes toward something most people would consider useful, even if it does not provide you with any direct monetary benfit. Like supporting the army, or interstate highways, or funding research, or even education (federal loans, for example). Also it is used to provide services to the poor, including paying welfare to those who don't work. And, you know, it provides even those of us who would never need welfare with a useful service. One reason is that otherwise we would have the world revolution that Marx promised us 150 years ago.
So those taxes may be necessary, because if it were left up to you, you would probably not be able to procure these services. Remember, Americans actually pay less taxes than most other people in the developed world.
This is one of the oldest basically solved problems in natural language processing: word-sense disambiguation. Simply look at the words around it: if you see "river", or "park", or "memory", or "money" - you know which one to pick. That works amazingly well, and you can learn which words correspond to each sense, by starting with only a few examples belonging to each sense and then bootstrapping.
You start with a few words that occur with each sense, you now can disambiguate a few example occurences in the text. Each of these occurences has words around it - add them to your list of sense indicators. Then do the whole thing again and again.
Howard Dean seems to be a very unusual candidate with regard to the use of technology and the tech crowd in general. How about we try to get an interview with him? We can ask him about DMCA, Patriot act and stuff like that. Wouldn't it be nice to have a president who actually heard of Slashdot?:)
He appeared on Lessig's blog which has (I would guess) a lot fewer readers than Slashdot, so it seems likely he would agree, if we approached it right. Does anyone know his campaign people, so we can find out?
You know, it wouldn't even occur to me warn high school students in case someone might be pregnant...
There's your cultural difference.
Yes, but I think in user mode you can only address up to 2GB, the rest being reserved for the system
Fellowship of the Ring, Extended Edition
Oops. And I thought he meant the "Forever" part to be the false claim...
What you may not know about U of Phoenix is that it is the only (as far as I know) for-profit four-year college/university in the US. Say what you will about looking-down-your-nose who-cares-about-practical-issues Ivy league schools, their main goal is to promote knowledge. And say what you will about your average unknown-outside-of-state small school,
they also have at least some standards. Their grade inflation is caused by competition, not by desire of getting you to pay more.
U of Phoenix is accredited (although barely), but they have no other commitment (even on paper) in educating anyone. Their purpose is to make money. So, don't be surprised if you are simply given a passing grade with little work. This is not to say that all their courses are like this, because it depends on the instructor. But if the instructor doesn't care, then neither does the university.
Yes, but in the article the author claims that he looked at other government agencies and big companies, and CIA is behind all those. They are more afraid of IT than you would expect based on the stuff you mention, it seems.
What you say is true, generally speaking. It is still possible to get accepted into some CS program, however it is much harder to get into one of the top ones. Based on what you say, you got into grad school before 2001 when it all tumbled down, and so did I. However, go and talk to the first years and undergrad seniors - the competition is huge for the last two years.
And yes, if your college has a grad program, you probably have a reasonable chance of getting your master's there.
You have more than 4 coins, though. I suspect this guy's numbers are the best you can have for 4 coins.
I meant to say that Collection means Collection. Should have used preview :(
But it looks like you don't have to use generics if you don't want to. Presumably it
simply defaults to Collection which is
exactly what we are used to in Java now. You
can then typecast to the real type if you prefer.
Read the article, look at examples.
I have always been a geek in high school (though good one and not in the US) and rarely had any issues with the "stupid" variety. Yes, I was stereotyped (and called a "computer") and was considered somewhat crazy by the "normal" people, but I was respected because I was good at something very useful and practical. Also they liked to show me off as a sort of a celebrity:)
And no, I didn't care (and still don't care) for sports or for casual sex (not that I could have gotten any), or social life (especially the high school variety).
Now I am a CS graduate student and happily married to a CS/Math geek. So, my advice is to ignore the parent post and do what you like to do and what you do best. If you like to learn, if you like computers, or science, or whatever, ignore those "normal" people who will end up losers anyway, and do what you like.