I'm wondering if for this one an evolving algorithm will end up getting it figured out and the original human programmers won't understand how the final product works. If the mechanics of play can be programmed and the mechanics of deciding who won can be programmed then let the algorithms mutate a hundred/thousand generations and see what progress has been made. Can the final product play better than the original, if so, keep going, if not, tweek the mutations and try again. Some of the creative ways the genetic algorithms end up making the decisions can be quite baffling when looking at the code, something as complex as playing GO may end up with code that is nearly undecipherable.
I say this like its an easy thing but it would be an interesting process I'd think. There's probably a PHd. dissertation or three in there somewhere.
Also, there's Brane Cosmology where essentially the universe was created when two Branes collided. You may not have an initial point or center but a vast area where the collision occurred. This area of impact could, potentially, be the entire universe.
At what point are you NOT publishing something? If I record a video of my wife lip-syncing to Green Day and post it on my family website, am I "publishing" their song?
Why would you think that anything that you put up on a web page is not being "published"?
This is why you should put "in my opinion" in front of opinion based statements. Even if you put a general declaratory statement of "this is opinion not fact" at the bottom of of the page it is, in my experience, it's good practice to preface such statements just to be clear.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16826141001&Tpk=evoluent
I started using a vertical mouse and its helped a lot.
I've had inflammation in my mouse arm for several years now.
Since I've started using this mouse my symptoms have started to subside.
I also take more breaks, do stretches, etc to help alleviate the symptoms.
The vertical mouse helps by keeping the arm from being twisted when using the mouse.
It does take some getting used to, but its worth the effort.
Also look closely at your work environment from an ergonomic point of view. Most IT professionals I've met don't pay any attention to the ergonomics of their work station, at work or at home. I didn't for years and I've now had bilateral carpal tunnel releases, repeated tendinitis and other problems related to poor ergonomics and repetitive stress issues. I'm only 39.
If you can be taxed on it you can write off the costs of making that money: for example: monthly cost of the game account(s)& possibly the value (or part there of) of the computer(s) used can be depreciated or written off as well. Heck you could even write off the floor space you use for your "small business" that you're running out of your house. Travel expenses related to the business, advertising, need a special piece of software to ease the job of leveling a character and it costs $1000, write it off. Talk to an accountant about all the things a small business can write off. A little planning & meticulous record keeping will go a long way to reducing / eliminating the tax burden.
Just merge C, Ruby, & COBOL syntax into one compiler. Now coders can start migrating away from Cobol without the hassle of rewriting entire programs. They can do it one line at a time, as they get to it.
Now if we could just merge Java, & Perl in there you'd really have something.
From the CIA Fact Book:
Russia's GDP 2005 (Est.)$1.58 trillion if you compare purchasing power...
$740 billion if you go with the exchange rate: CIA Fact Book
danicamckellar.com
Winnie Cooper from the Wonder Years.
From WikiPedia: She coauthored a scientific paper which appeared in a peer-reviewed physics journal. The paper proves a theorem that has come to be known as the Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem.
She has an Erdos-Bacon number of 6, the lowest of any working actor.
Very geeky, very hot.
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Let's see here: Ada Byron: Worlds first programmer on Charles Babbage's computer. Val Tereshkova: Cosmonaut, Hero of Russia, Crater named for her on the moon. Grace Hopper: Inventor of the Mark 1 Calculator; COBOL; really found the first computer "bug" Rosalind Franklin: Expert in DNA and crystallography; probably should have receive a Nobel prize. Marie Curie: Won TWO Nobel Prizes discovered Radium & Polonium. Mary Shelley: Author of Frankenstein the archetypal geek gone mad story.
A fairly impressive list. Next Up Daryl Hanna: Acted in Blade Runner & Attack of the 50 foot woman, designed two board games. Lisa Simpson: Fictitious, doesn't count. get it off the list. Aleks Krotoski:Expert in the social psychology of virtual worlds, writer for the Guardian Paris Hilton:Huh?
Aleks might be able to stay, on the list but the rest gotta go. DAryl might be a geek but come on top ten?
Here are some suggestions for additions to the list: Maria Mayer: Nobel Prize in Physics. Determined the "shell" structure of the atom. Jewel Cobb:Studied the effects of chemotherapy non-cancerous cells. Received 41 honorary doctorates. Evelyn Granville:Second woman in the USA to receive a PhD in mathematics. Worked for IBM on the team that developed the formulation of orbit computations and computer procedures for NASA.
Or to go OLD school: Theano: Wife of Pythagoras. Worked on the formula to derive Golden Rectangle.
GoogleOS, Kinda like Spaghetti O's ....
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People in general and doctors too are too worried about weather or not a drug can be additive. As if being addicted is necessarily a bad thing. It's the other effects that are the problem not the addiction itself. Does taking the drug on a regular basis impair your life? That is the question. If it's the only thing that allows you to live with any sort of meaningful existence who gives a shit if you're addicted to it. What I want to know are what are the other side effects of this new drug. If they're minimal then it doesn't matter if it's particularly addictive or not. If you have a psychotic episode every time you take it that may be a problem.
Stronger pain killers without the addictive properties may be what some people want, but stronger pain killers without the other side effects are what the patients with chronic pain & their doctors want. The addictive properties are secondary.
From the article I highly doubt this 'time capsule' will reach anyone, but it is a neat idea.
Why not sell copies of the "capsule" for a few bucks. It would be kind of neat. Copyrighted material might be a problem I guess, but I'm sure there'd be ways to work with that.
There are lots of ways to encourage class attendance if that's an issue: Make attendance part of their grade. Many "pop" quizes, just 5 or 10 points each,
but enough of them to swing you a full letter grade. Points for class participation. Homework can only be turned in during class time.
etc.
Could you log who downloads the podcasts and count those that download the pod cast as having attended that class? It's no different than if they'd been there and not asked any questions. Do you have to have been a physical body in a set to have "attended" a class session? I don't know. Since this is exactly how many distance learning classes are taught I don't see the problem.
A few things:
1) How many cells can you harvest before harming the embryo?
a. What's the margin of error?
b. Risk of overharvesting.
c. Likelyhood that all harvestors will use the most conservative approach.
The possibilty of risking even one embryo is cause to abort the whole thing.
2) Getting tools close enough to an embyro to harvest stem cells sounds inherently dangerous.
3) No amount of safety will satisfy some as they're just against the whole concept.
4)..... many others.
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Not that entirely correct.
The strain Ebola-Reston is airborne, fortunately, it appears, the air-borne mutation also makes it non-lethal to humans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_Reston/
Sounds like its right out of Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628
I'm wondering if for this one an evolving algorithm will end up getting it figured out and the original human programmers won't understand how the final product works. If the mechanics of play can be programmed and the mechanics of deciding who won can be programmed then let the algorithms mutate a hundred/thousand generations and see what progress has been made. Can the final product play better than the original, if so, keep going, if not, tweek the mutations and try again. Some of the creative ways the genetic algorithms end up making the decisions can be quite baffling when looking at the code, something as complex as playing GO may end up with code that is nearly undecipherable.
I say this like its an easy thing but it would be an interesting process I'd think.
There's probably a PHd. dissertation or three in there somewhere.
Would that be Vista with or without the SP1 update still to be released?
Also, there's Brane Cosmology where essentially the universe was created when two Branes collided. You may not have an initial point or center but a vast area where the collision occurred. This area of impact could, potentially, be the entire universe.
At what point are you NOT publishing something? If I record a video of my wife lip-syncing to Green Day and post it on my family website, am I "publishing" their song?
Why would you think that anything that you put up on a web page is not being "published"?
This is why you should put "in my opinion" in front of opinion based statements. Even if you put a general declaratory statement of "this is opinion not fact" at the bottom of of the page it is, in my experience, it's good practice to preface such statements just to be clear.
And when they escape they'll change the planet into oil.
Repent, the "gray-goo" scenario of nanotechnology is at hand.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 2E16826141001&Tpk=evoluent
I started using a vertical mouse and its helped a lot.
I've had inflammation in my mouse arm for several years now.
Since I've started using this mouse my symptoms have started to subside.
I also take more breaks, do stretches, etc to help alleviate the symptoms.
The vertical mouse helps by keeping the arm from being twisted when using the mouse.
It does take some getting used to, but its worth the effort.
Also look closely at your work environment from an ergonomic point of view. Most IT professionals I've met don't pay any attention to the ergonomics of their work station, at work or at home. I didn't for years and I've now had bilateral carpal tunnel releases, repeated tendinitis and other problems related to poor ergonomics and repetitive stress issues. I'm only 39.
splash $0.02 worth of bleach in your eyes. you'll be more than happy with the old ntsc standard after that.
If you can be taxed on it you can write off the costs of making that money: for example: monthly cost of the game account(s)& possibly the value (or part there of) of the computer(s) used can be depreciated or written off as well. Heck you could even write off the floor space you use for your "small business" that you're running out of your house. Travel expenses related to the business, advertising, need a special piece of software to ease the job of leveling a character and it costs $1000, write it off. Talk to an accountant about all the things a small business can write off. A little planning & meticulous record keeping will go a long way to reducing / eliminating the tax burden.
The same kind of thing as the "face". I think they're jumping way ahead by calling these cave entrances.
Just merge C, Ruby, & COBOL syntax into one compiler.
Now coders can start migrating away from Cobol without the hassle of rewriting entire programs. They can do it one line at a time, as they get to it.
Now if we could just merge Java, & Perl in there you'd really have something.
From the CIA Fact Book:
Russia's GDP 2005 (Est.)$1.58 trillion if you compare purchasing power...
$740 billion if you go with the exchange rate:
CIA Fact Book
Eggs were around a long time before chickens.
danicamckellar.com Winnie Cooper from the Wonder Years. From WikiPedia: She coauthored a scientific paper which appeared in a peer-reviewed physics journal. The paper proves a theorem that has come to be known as the Chayes-McKellar-Winn Theorem. She has an Erdos-Bacon number of 6, the lowest of any working actor. Very geeky, very hot.
Let's see here:
Ada Byron: Worlds first programmer on Charles Babbage's computer.
Val Tereshkova: Cosmonaut, Hero of Russia, Crater named for her on the moon.
Grace Hopper: Inventor of the Mark 1 Calculator; COBOL; really found the first computer "bug"
Rosalind Franklin: Expert in DNA and crystallography; probably should have receive a Nobel prize.
Marie Curie: Won TWO Nobel Prizes discovered Radium & Polonium.
Mary Shelley: Author of Frankenstein the archetypal geek gone mad story.
A fairly impressive list.
Next Up
Daryl Hanna: Acted in Blade Runner & Attack of the 50 foot woman, designed two board games.
Lisa Simpson: Fictitious, doesn't count. get it off the list.
Aleks Krotoski:Expert in the social psychology of virtual worlds, writer for the Guardian
Paris Hilton:Huh?
Aleks might be able to stay, on the list but the rest gotta go. DAryl might be a geek but come on top ten?
Here are some suggestions for additions to the list:
Maria Mayer: Nobel Prize in Physics. Determined the "shell" structure of the atom.
Jewel Cobb:Studied the effects of chemotherapy non-cancerous cells. Received 41 honorary doctorates.
Evelyn Granville:Second woman in the USA to receive a PhD in mathematics. Worked for IBM on the team that developed the formulation of orbit computations and computer procedures for NASA.
Or to go OLD school:
Theano: Wife of Pythagoras. Worked on the formula to derive Golden Rectangle.
but tastier and better for you.
People in general and doctors too are too worried about weather or not a drug can be additive. As if being addicted is necessarily a bad thing. It's the other effects that are the problem not the addiction itself. Does taking the drug on a regular basis impair your life? That is the question. If it's the only thing that allows you to live with any sort of meaningful existence who gives a shit if you're addicted to it. What I want to know are what are the other side effects of this new drug. If they're minimal then it doesn't matter if it's particularly addictive or not. If you have a psychotic episode every time you take it that may be a problem.
Stronger pain killers without the addictive properties may be what some people want, but stronger pain killers without the other side effects are what the patients with chronic pain & their doctors want. The addictive properties are secondary.
Sounds like your talking about a software engineering degree
rather than a computer science degree. They are different after all.
From the article I highly doubt this 'time capsule' will reach anyone, but it is a neat idea.
Why not sell copies of the "capsule" for a few bucks. It would be kind of neat. Copyrighted material might be a problem I guess, but I'm sure there'd be ways to work with that.
There are lots of ways to encourage class attendance if that's an issue:
Make attendance part of their grade.
Many "pop" quizes, just 5 or 10 points each,
but enough of them to swing you a full letter grade.
Points for class participation.
Homework can only be turned in during class time.
etc.
Could you log who downloads the podcasts and count those that download the pod cast as having attended that class? It's no different than if they'd been there and not asked any questions.
Do you have to have been a physical body in a set to have "attended" a class session? I don't know. Since this is exactly how many distance learning classes are taught I don't see the problem.
But this is for use on the internet. That makes it a new and patentable idea.
A few things: ..... many others.
1) How many cells can you harvest before harming the embryo?
a. What's the margin of error?
b. Risk of overharvesting.
c. Likelyhood that all harvestors will use the most conservative approach.
The possibilty of risking even one embryo is cause to abort the whole thing.
2) Getting tools close enough to an embyro to harvest stem cells sounds inherently dangerous.
3) No amount of safety will satisfy some as they're just against the whole concept.
4)
I agree, there are a lot of advantages. I love the RPN way of doing things.