I've had the opposite experience. Cingular seems to give much better service nation-wide than Sprint. Sprint seems to give good coverage around big cities and interstates, but lousy coverage anywhere else.
Programming is the only answer, but keep in mind that "programming" is just shorthand for "the intelligence of the programmer". In other words, the AI itself isn't self-contained, as it were. It requires a smart person to set the whole thing up beforehand.
This is simply not so. A trained neural network might "know" things that its programmer doesn't know. This is because a neural network isn't told how to make decisions, it is given a set of facts (the training set) and it comes up with its own rules for deriving correct answers. How well these rules extrapolate outside the training set depends on how well the training set represents the test set (presumably the real world) and the training method used.
Do a little research into artificial neural nets before deciding that AI is impossible.
You are misinformed. While it is true that many people practice Tai Chi as an aid to meditation or relaxation, it is a very powerful martial art.
There are several Tai Chi forms which are very specific sequences of movements, but these forms are primarily instructional tools for practicing moving with Tai Chi principles. Tai Chi itself is much more than just the forms.
I had very little free time when I was working on my degrees. There were classes in the morning, work in the afternoon (scholarships don't cover everything), and homework until the wee hours of the morning.
Now that I'm working full time, I'm done at 5. All my nights are free and most weekends.
I guess the question is: what kind of school did you go to and what kind of student were you?
A photon emitted by an electron changing
energy levels has a random phase and orientation.
Therefore, if what you say is true, then when
a beam of light hits a vat of water, rather than
passing through and coming out the other side,
it should difuse in every direction.
If I remember right, UPS and the union are scheduled for contract negotiation soon. Maybe union members are doing less than exemplary jobs right now in preparation of a strike.
Most of the top notch programmers I've had the pleasure of working with had their original degrees in EE.
In fact, I find that EE types are far more productive than CS types when it comes to implementing software and are more likely to be making an effort to keep current with new stuff.
I think this bodes well for the patent office.
I'm in a similar situation, except...
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Part of the problem is that people don't know who
their elected officials are.
Classes aimed at teaching general tools (like
Perl) tend to be pretty worthless. Things like Usenix seminars, on the other hand, which focus
on very specific topics tend to be very
valuable if the topic is something your
interested in.
I think that most people who are interested in
learning can get more out of an evening or two with
an O'Reilly book than a week of classes.
My understanding is that each dimension is orthogonal to the others. This means that movement along the Y and Z axies has no effect on your position on the X axis.
Now if this is true, then how can people claim that time is a fourth dimension when Einstein has showed us that our rate of movement through space effects our rate of movement through time (I'm referring to how time slows down as we approach relativistic speeds)?
This question has bothered me for some time now...
I'd like to see someone do some serious work with
hydrogen powered vehicles.
Just think about the convenience of pouring water
into your car before you got bed, plugging it in,
and having a fully fueled car in the morning (for those of you who don't get it, the car uses electricity seperate the water to get hydrogen).
I'm curious whether it's true or not that some
of these planets are bigger than Jupiter.
The reason I'm asking is because I was under the
impression that if Jupiter was any more massive
it would actually shrink in size due to it's
own gravitational pull.
--Dan Ost
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I've had the opposite experience. Cingular seems
to give much better service nation-wide than
Sprint. Sprint seems to give good coverage
around big cities and interstates, but lousy
coverage anywhere else.
Just my own experience.
Programming is the only answer, but keep in mind that "programming" is just shorthand for "the intelligence of the programmer". In other words, the AI itself isn't self-contained, as it were. It requires a smart person to set the whole thing up beforehand.
This is simply not so. A trained neural network
might "know" things that its programmer doesn't
know. This is because a neural network isn't
told how to make decisions, it is given a set of
facts (the training set) and it comes up with
its own rules for deriving correct answers.
How well these rules extrapolate outside the
training set depends on how well the training
set represents the test set (presumably the
real world) and the training method used.
Do a little research into artificial neural nets
before deciding that AI is impossible.
--Dan Ost
You are misinformed. While it is true that many
people practice Tai Chi as an aid to meditation
or relaxation, it is a very powerful martial art.
There are several Tai Chi forms which are very
specific sequences of movements, but these forms
are primarily instructional tools for practicing
moving with Tai Chi principles. Tai Chi itself
is much more than just the forms.
My experience is exactly opposite of yours.
I had very little free time when I was working
on my degrees. There were classes in the morning,
work in the afternoon (scholarships don't cover
everything), and homework until the wee hours
of the morning.
Now that I'm working full time, I'm done at 5.
All my nights are free and most weekends.
I guess the question is: what kind of school
did you go to and what kind of student were you?
--Dan
I think, sir, that you are mistaken.
A photon emitted by an electron changing
energy levels has a random phase and orientation.
Therefore, if what you say is true, then when
a beam of light hits a vat of water, rather than
passing through and coming out the other side,
it should difuse in every direction.
This guy has described OO in as clear and
accurate language as I've ever heard.
Moderators, do what you must do.
I wish I had some mod points...
Last release was v2.9 this summer.
--Dan Ost
If I remember right, UPS and the union are scheduled for contract negotiation soon. Maybe union members are doing less than exemplary jobs right now in preparation of a strike.
Just a thought
Most of the top notch programmers I've had the pleasure of working with had their original degrees in EE.
In fact, I find that EE types are far more productive than CS types when it comes to implementing software and are more likely to be making an effort to keep current with new stuff.
I think this bodes well for the patent office.
Part of the problem is that people don't know who
their elected officials are.
A good place to start is www.congress.org.
You can easily search for your representatives
by simply entering your zip-code.
Hope this helps.
The only thing that I use cash for is vending machines.
With any luck, future vending machines will take visa...
I like having a monthly summary of how much I've spent,
where I spent it, and when I spent it. It makes planning
easier and more realistic.
It seems that all the recent viruses require
you to be running outlook or IIS.
When will virus writers turn their efforts
towards open source OS's?
This is exactly my take on it.
Classes aimed at teaching general tools (like
Perl) tend to be pretty worthless. Things like
Usenix seminars, on the other hand, which focus
on very specific topics tend to be very
valuable if the topic is something your
interested in.
I think that most people who are interested in
learning can get more out of an evening or two with
an O'Reilly book than a week of classes.
--Dan Ost
Seems like this should be pretty simple for code that is already 100% portable.
Can it do more than this?
--Dan
We already have this capability. Several years ago the US demonstrated the ability to turn a sattelite to slag using a ground based laser.
Can someone back me up with links?
--Dan
If I remember correctly, the cash award was reduced from 22 million to about 600 thousand when McDonalds appealed.
Can't find a web-site that talks about the appeal...
Maybe you can answer a question for me.
My understanding is that each dimension is orthogonal to the others. This means that movement along the Y and Z axies has no effect on your position on the X axis.
Now if this is true, then how can people claim that time is a fourth dimension when Einstein has showed us that our rate of movement through space effects our rate of movement through time (I'm referring to how time slows down as we approach relativistic speeds)?
This question has bothered me for some time now...
My guess is
"yet another blatant troll"
Has anyone found any information about what this information is and why the government is interested in it?
IANAL, but if this information had any law enforcement value, couldn't the govenment simply get it for free through the court system?
I suspect that if any of you actually saw the information the government is buying, you wouldn't even be interested in it.
When will American society come to the realization that sex is a commodity?
It'll make things so much easier.
I'd like to see someone do some serious work with hydrogen powered vehicles.
Just think about the convenience of pouring water into your car before you got bed, plugging it in, and having a fully fueled car in the morning (for those of you who don't get it, the car uses electricity seperate the water to get hydrogen).
Just a thought.
I'm curious whether it's true or not that some of these planets are bigger than Jupiter. The reason I'm asking is because I was under the impression that if Jupiter was any more massive it would actually shrink in size due to it's own gravitational pull. --Dan Ost