The data does not have to look like a standard normal distribution, the randomizing just has to be done in a way following a certain known distribution (for example, the standard normal).
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class starts at about $60000,
the Brabus kit costs about $10000.
But you don't really want to compare a Corvette with a Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The S400 CDI is a top-of-the-line luxury sedan with an engine that shows sportscar-like performance. But it's by
no means a sports car.
For those who do not already know, Linux is pronounced with a short i like Li-nucks.
Not quite. "Linux" is pronounced more like "leeh-nucks", definitely with a long "i", not the often-heard "linnecks" or even "lie-necks". Also, note there's a "u", don't replace it with an "e".
Yes, the ATI TV tuner guys where the reason I switched to Linux - as soon as they finished their first working player, there was nothing that Linux couldn't do better than Windows.
- You don't see any line numbers. - You can't search & replace - There is no hot key for searching, you always have to go over the menus. - It can't handle unix mode (LF only) files. - TABs are always 8 bytes wide.
I can understand if someone wants to express his l33tness by listing notepad as the favorite editor, but I don't think anyone actually uses it for bigger projects cause it's a pain in the ass.
Emacs runs quite nicely on Windows (although it seems to have some problems with accessing files from the network neighbourhood), XEmacs is unstable as hell on Win32.
but wouldn't transparent IPv6 look more like this:
telnet 127.0.0.1
telnetd takes this IP and asks the appropriate library to connect to this address. The library function would then recognize that an IPv4 address was given and convert it to the corresponding IPv6 address and connect to this address?
If you could make a computer complex enough so it could emulate a human brain with all its neurons and currents, they could be a friend or make your day brighter, because they would be exactly like a real human. Its thinking and feeling would be as artifical as yours - after all, all we think our emotions are is a bunch of electrical currents flowing around our brain. As long as you don't believe in some higher instance (for example, God), it is possible to build a computer that's indistinguishable from a human - in every aspect. In its highest form of complexity, it *would* be a human because it would have the same molecules in the same spot as a naturally-born human would have. Yeah, score this down as "heathen":-)
I think the interesting question here is, how much of the story is created by the computer, how much is part of the poetry program. There are 2 extremes that I can think of:
- On the one hand, there could be only a database of whole sentences and a database describing their content and context. Using this information, the computer puts together a story. The quality of the produced stories could be good, but there's only a limited number of distinct stories and it's a lot of work to create the stories.
- On the other hand, the highest achievment would be to build a computer that only has a dictionary, grammar rules, some knowledge of the real world and some artificial "common sense" to create stories.
I think it's somewhere inbetween, but the article doesn't really give any info how the program works.
I've been thinking about a Palm-type handheld organizer for a while. One thing I haven't been able to find out yet - maybe it's too obvious to be mentioned anywhere -- how do you enter text? By clicking on little letters on the screen? Ugh. By handwriting recognition? Double-Ugh.
...in Germany: Today, there was a 10-page 4-color A3-size flyer in "DIE WELT", one of Germany's biggest newspapers, advertising the RS 6000. That must have been insanely expensive.
Uhm, I don't know, my original posting must have sounded terribly aggressive. I didn't mean to be aggressive, it was an honest question and I'm satisfied by Robin's answer. My understanding was that *every* question that was scored 5 would be included in the questions asked. Obviously, I was wrong. I mean, I didn't post anything like "UH MAN! ROB SUXXX! HE DIDN'T POST MY QUESTIONS! DIE IN HELL ASSHOLE!", so I don't really understand why my post was marked as "Troll". Maybe "redundant", but "Troll"? Well, I hope M2-Moderators take care of this.
Still, the software wouldn't be 100% free anymore. The RSA code would be like a source code comment if it is switched off and I don't think you can put non-open source-licensed commentary into an open-source program. But shouldn't modularizing the thing, leaving only hooks for the RSA module in BIND, work fine?
Hm.."code freeze" sounded like "Nobody touches that code for *any* reason beginning NOW!" to me - which admittedly wouldn't make sense. After all, removing bugs is still changing code.
I don't feel like book price is always justified by low impression numbers. For example, the "JavaScript bible", which status is comparable to "Programming Perl" in the JavaScript area, costs $ 56, despite it obviously selling pretty good.
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The data does not have to look like a standard normal distribution, the randomizing just has to be done in a way following a certain known distribution (for example, the standard normal).
Most GSM cell phones use Li-Ion batteries nowadays; I bought my last cell phone with NiCd batteries in 1996.
The Mercedes-Benz S-Class starts at about $60000,
the Brabus kit costs about $10000.
But you don't really want to compare a Corvette with a Mercedes-Benz S-Class. The S400 CDI is a top-of-the-line luxury sedan with an engine that shows sportscar-like performance. But it's by
no means a sports car.
Try the Brabus-tuned Mercedes-Benz S400 CDI.
330 HP, 0-60 in about 6.2 seconds.
For those who do not already know, Linux is pronounced with a short i like Li-nucks.
Not quite. "Linux" is pronounced more like "leeh-nucks", definitely with a long "i", not the often-heard "linnecks" or even "lie-necks". Also, note there's a "u", don't replace it with an "e".
Linus himself saying it:
http://www2.cybercities.com/~jr ocho/faqs/english.au
Actually, they call this show "Eine schrecklich nette Familie" here. It's stupid, I know.
The Nokia 9110 is out for some time now...
Yes, the ATI TV tuner guys where the reason
I switched to Linux - as soon as they finished
their first working player, there was nothing
that Linux couldn't do better than Windows.
And that's not the only brain dead restriction:
- You don't see any line numbers.
- You can't search & replace
- There is no hot key for searching, you
always have to go over the menus.
- It can't handle unix mode (LF only) files.
- TABs are always 8 bytes wide.
I can understand if someone wants to express
his l33tness by listing notepad as the favorite
editor, but I don't think anyone actually
uses it for bigger projects cause it's a pain
in the ass.
Emacs runs quite nicely on Windows (although
it seems to have some problems with accessing
files from the network neighbourhood), XEmacs
is unstable as hell on Win32.
>schijnheilige jachtgeweer-Amerikanen die zichzelf
;-)
uhm. jachtgeweer, is that a hunting rifle? I don't really understand this, but it doesn't look too nice
but wouldn't transparent IPv6 look more like this:
telnet 127.0.0.1
telnetd takes this IP and asks the appropriate library to connect to this address. The library function would then recognize that an IPv4 address was given and convert it to the corresponding IPv6 address and connect to this address?
If you could make a computer complex enough so it could emulate a human brain with all its neurons and currents, they could be a friend or make your day brighter, because they would be exactly like a real human. Its thinking and feeling would be as artifical as yours - after all, all we think our emotions are is a bunch of electrical currents flowing around our brain. As long as you don't believe in some higher instance (for example, God), it is possible to build a computer that's indistinguishable from a human - in every aspect. In its highest form of complexity, it *would* be a human because it would have the same molecules in the same spot as a naturally-born human would have. :-)
Yeah, score this down as "heathen"
I think the interesting question here is, how much of the story is created by the computer, how much is part of the poetry program. There are 2 extremes that I can think of:
- On the one hand, there could be only a database of whole sentences and a database describing their content and context. Using this information, the computer puts together a story. The quality of the produced stories could be good, but there's only a limited number of distinct stories and it's a lot of work to create the stories.
- On the other hand, the highest achievment would be to build a computer that only has a dictionary, grammar rules, some knowledge of the real world and some artificial "common sense" to create stories.
I think it's somewhere inbetween, but the article doesn't really give any info how the program works.
Do you know where to get further information on this? 3com's website doesn't seem to have anything about it.
I've been thinking about a Palm-type handheld organizer for a while. One thing I haven't been able to find out yet - maybe it's too obvious to be mentioned anywhere -- how do you enter text? By clicking on little letters on the screen? Ugh. By handwriting recognition? Double-Ugh.
...in Germany: Today, there was a 10-page 4-color A3-size flyer in "DIE WELT", one of Germany's biggest newspapers, advertising the RS 6000. That must have been insanely expensive.
Uhm, I don't know, my original posting must have sounded terribly aggressive. I didn't mean to be aggressive, it was an honest question and I'm satisfied by Robin's answer. My understanding was that *every* question that was scored 5 would be included in the questions asked. Obviously, I was wrong.
I mean, I didn't post anything like "UH MAN! ROB SUXXX! HE DIDN'T POST MY QUESTIONS! DIE IN HELL ASSHOLE!", so I don't really understand why my post was marked as "Troll". Maybe "redundant", but "Troll"? Well, I hope M2-Moderators take care of this.
Still, the software wouldn't be 100% free anymore. The RSA code would be like a source code comment if it is switched off and I don't think you can put non-open source-licensed commentary into an open-source program.
But shouldn't modularizing the thing, leaving only hooks for the RSA module in BIND, work fine?
Hm.."code freeze" sounded like "Nobody touches that code for *any* reason beginning NOW!" to me - which admittedly wouldn't make sense. After all, removing bugs is still changing code.
What happens in the time between the code freeze and the release? If there cannot be anything changed inbetween, why wait to release the kernel?
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=99/09/05/13242 46&cid=16
Rob left those out, although they are score 5.
I was talking about computer books in General. After all, Goethes "Faust" is a masterpiece, too, but I can get it for $3 in paperback.
Huh? What happened? I *know* my questions had a 5 score, but there is no remark why it has been marked down either..?!
Additionally, I don't think putting a penguin on the cover of a Linux book could be called very original.
I don't feel like book price is always justified by low impression numbers. For example, the "JavaScript bible", which status is comparable to "Programming Perl" in the JavaScript area, costs $ 56, despite it obviously selling pretty good.