The assumption that programmers don't matter and shouldn't be cattered to ignores how the whole open-source thing works.
Programmers see they have a need, and they write a program to fill that need. Then they share the results with the world.
Under this model, the programmer is not going to say "Hmmmm, I wonder what a 45 year old house wife from Denmark would want this icon to look like." (Unless said programmer is a 45 year old house wife from denmark) They design things the way they want them. There is little motive for them to do otherwise. (Unless you are paying them to write the program with 45 year old house wives from Denmark in mind)
Ah, but that is texas, where the state would just as soon execute you as tax you.
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You forget that Taiwan is not really a country, but a province of china that thinks it is a country. Just like China is a province of Taiwan that thinks it owns taiwan.
I like this claiming to own countries thing. As of now, I own Finland. Submit to me, my finland, or feel the wrath of my empty rhetoric!!!
This product has great practical value for terrorists who want to talk to their american captives without hiring interpreters. (who wants to work for terrorists? We have all seen enough bond movies to know what happens to ex-terrorst employees.)
Quick, put this product on the export restrictions list!!!!!!
Great idea, but I think that genetic algorithms are not really suited to this task.
Reason: The number of generations * the size of population required to create a well-evolved AI would be cost far too much in terms of computer power and processing time.
For a good population you would likely want more than 60 AIs. You would likely want each generation to last till someone has at least 50 kills (or there is a total of more than 400 kills) to allow averages to tell who is really worthy of reproducing. You would also likely need hundreds of generations to zero in on optimal values. Of course you could reduce the number of generations by increasing the population size, or vice versa, but you can't really reduce the processing needed by much.
You would likely have more success using a simulated annealing method and work on each AI individually. This way you wouldn't have to use such a large population. Results would be very simular. But the analogy is as nice.
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A good example would be to chart the progress of ICQ since it was purchased by AOL (last year?)... They haven't started charging for it yet, but they have made some rumblings to that effect.
Even before the sale of ICQ to AOL, there was the constant threat of charging for it. It was never intended to remain free forever.
The thing is that nintendo is using this web page to legally threaten individuals. They are passing off "we believe" quasi-legal statements as real law in an attempt to shut down compitition. This is wrong. This is evil. This should be illegal.
A movie theature near me had public access pcs set up for some kind of demo. My friend got into the bios and enabled bios passwords to boot. He set the password to "evil". I think the computers disapeared soon thereafter.
I tried to stop by the Calgary distro point this morning) to buy my cd and tshirts but no one was there. I guess he must have been off seeing starwars!:)
There is no ISO image for openBSD. I think this is a decission of Theo to encourage people to buy the official cdrom. You can install for free over the net by ftp or http if you have a real network connection.
There was a big conversation on the openBSD mailing list this month or last (I forget exactly when). There was a method posted then for creating a cd image. That was for 2.4, but it might work for 2.5.
The first one that pops into my mind is that maybe it really isn't the fact that Linux is open-sourced that is creating its success, but instead the fact that Linux just isn't a MS product.
I do not use Linux because it is not MS, or because it is open source. I use it because it is a better product. A unix-like operating system that is free and stable. I bet that 90% of the people who use Linux do not hack the code. I have not, and I am a programmer (but I do like the idea that I can). As Linux grows more popular in the main stream, this percentage will rise.
Most people I talk to don't like mircrosoft. But that is not enough of a reason for them to switch to another product. In order for them to switch, the product must be better.
The Linux comunity needs to focus on building the best product possible. When we do that, users will come (If you build it, they will come). I am sure that those who are actually doing the coding already have this mindset.
MOSIX is a software tool for supporting cluster computing. The core of MOSIX are kernel-level, adaptive load-balancing and memory ushering algorithms that are geared for maximal performance, overhead-free scalability and ease-of-use of a scalable computing cluster. These algorithms are designed to respond to variations in the resource usage among the nodes by migrating processes from one node to another, preemptively and transparently. MOSIX provides some SMP/NUMA functionalities in order to allow a cluster of PCs (workstations and servers) to work cooperatively as if part of a single system.
Wow, the CRTC did something good for a change. Now if only the would let me watch those 5 million dollar super bowl commercials, instead of the 25 dollar tire commercials that over-ride the american signal, I would be happy.
Oh, and Degrassi High is the greatest sign that Can-Con laws suck ass. The Tragicaly Hip would be just as big and just as cool without government protection.
but when they started cross-posting propaganda into unrelated newsgroups (like soc.culture.japan!?) they WENT TOO FAR!
Lets kill those bastard pornographers while we are at it. I am sick of not being able to read a technical news group without 30 posts on how to get 10 asian girls a day in my mail box. My mail box is just not that big! I know some asian women are small, but geeze.
Slashdot Mirror
unclefucker.com
fuckbush.com (I bet he missed that one)
All hail the mighty checker of websites!
I used to dream of having stubs. . . . .
The assumption that programmers don't matter and shouldn't be cattered to ignores how the whole open-source thing works.
Programmers see they have a need, and they write a program to fill that need. Then they share the results with the world.
Under this model, the programmer is not going to say "Hmmmm, I wonder what a 45 year old house wife from Denmark would want this icon to look like." (Unless said programmer is a 45 year old house wife from denmark) They design things the way they want them. There is little motive for them to do otherwise. (Unless you are paying them to write the program with 45 year old house wives from Denmark in mind)
Ah, but that is texas, where the state would just as soon execute you as tax you.
You forget that Taiwan is not really a country, but a province of china that thinks it is a country. Just like China is a province of Taiwan that thinks it owns taiwan.
I like this claiming to own countries thing. As of now, I own Finland. Submit to me, my finland, or feel the wrath of my empty rhetoric!!!
This product has great practical value for terrorists who want to talk to their american captives without hiring interpreters. (who wants to work for terrorists? We have all seen enough bond movies to know what happens to ex-terrorst employees.)
Quick, put this product on the export restrictions list!!!!!!
So would these mice be immune to aids?
We just have to find someone to give aids to a mouse to test the theory.
Don't forget the duct tape!
My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.
Great idea, but I think that genetic algorithms are not really suited to this task.
Reason: The number of generations * the size of population required to create a well-evolved AI would be cost far too much in terms of computer power and processing time.
For a good population you would likely want more than 60 AIs. You would likely want each generation to last till someone has at least 50 kills (or there is a total of more than 400 kills) to allow averages to tell who is really worthy of reproducing. You would also likely need hundreds of generations to zero in on optimal values. Of course you could reduce the number of generations by increasing the population size, or vice versa, but you can't really reduce the processing needed by much.
You would likely have more success using a simulated annealing method and work on each AI individually. This way you wouldn't have to use such a large population. Results would be very simular. But the analogy is as nice.
Wheres the source?
you've got that wrong. It's People Eating Tasty Animal Bytes.
This makes much more sense.
Gone to hackers, every one.
If they are true turing machines, you can run anything you want on them. See Church's theorm.
A good example would be to chart the progress of ICQ since it was purchased by AOL (last year?)... They haven't started charging for it yet, but they have made some rumblings to that effect.
Even before the sale of ICQ to AOL, there was the constant threat of charging for it. It was never intended to remain free forever.
The thing is that nintendo is using this web page to legally threaten individuals. They are passing off "we believe" quasi-legal statements as real law in an attempt to shut down compitition. This is wrong. This is evil. This should be illegal.
Can you back this statement up?
The elephant must have felt so left out.
A movie theature near me had public access pcs set up for some kind of demo. My friend got into the bios and enabled bios passwords to boot. He set the password to "evil". I think the computers disapeared soon thereafter.
I tried to stop by the Calgary distro point this morning) to buy my cd and tshirts but no one was there. I guess he must have been off seeing starwars! :)
There is no ISO image for openBSD. I think this is a decission of Theo to encourage people to buy the official cdrom. You can install for free over the net by ftp or http if you have a real network connection.
There was a big conversation on the openBSD mailing list this month or last (I forget exactly when). There was a method posted then for creating a cd image. That was for 2.4, but it might work for 2.5.
The first one that pops into my mind is that maybe it really isn't the fact that Linux is open-sourced that is creating its success, but instead the fact that Linux just isn't a MS product.
I do not use Linux because it is not MS, or because it is open source. I use it because it is a better product. A unix-like operating system that is free and stable. I bet that 90% of the people who use Linux do not hack the code. I have not, and I am a programmer (but I do like the idea that I can). As Linux grows more popular in the main stream, this percentage will rise.
Most people I talk to don't like mircrosoft. But that is not enough of a reason for them to switch to another product. In order for them to switch, the product must be better.
The Linux comunity needs to focus on building the best product possible. When we do that, users will come (If you build it, they will come). I am sure that those who are actually doing the coding already have this mindset.
What is Mosix, you ask? From their web page:
MOSIX is a software tool for supporting cluster computing. The core of MOSIX are
kernel-level, adaptive load-balancing and memory ushering algorithms that are geared
for maximal performance, overhead-free scalability and ease-of-use of a scalable
computing cluster. These algorithms are designed to respond to variations in the
resource usage among the nodes by migrating processes from one node to another,
preemptively and transparently. MOSIX provides some SMP/NUMA functionalities in
order to allow a cluster of PCs (workstations and servers) to work cooperatively as if
part of a single system.
Wow, the CRTC did something good for a change. Now if only the would let me watch those 5 million dollar super bowl commercials, instead of the 25 dollar tire commercials that over-ride the american signal, I would be happy.
Oh, and Degrassi High is the greatest sign that Can-Con laws suck ass. The Tragicaly Hip would be just as big and just as cool without government protection.
but when they started cross-posting propaganda into unrelated newsgroups (like soc.culture.japan!?) they WENT TOO FAR!
Lets kill those bastard pornographers while we are at it. I am sick of not being able to read a technical news group without 30 posts on how to get 10 asian girls a day in my mail box. My mail box is just not that big! I know some asian women are small, but geeze.