But...but...if we deny ourselves the opportunity to hit on japanese schoolgirls while fulfilling our irrational urge to achieve the highest speed possible (a product of our inferiority complex to cheethas, no doubt)...then the terrorists have already won!
"the school district purchased additional resources that directly effected the learning experience of our students and brought us into the 21st century"
So maybe they can use all that extra money they're now saving to hire a few more English teachers, eh?
Let's not forget that these are the wonderful people who brought us:
Red Baron
Betrayal At Krondor
Aces over the Pacific
Tribes 1&2
Outpost
The Incredible Machine
The Adventures of Willy Beamish
Stellar 7 (anyone remember that one?)
Red Baron was the first truly engrossing gaming experience that I had as a child. Playing Red Baron on The Sierra Network (later renamed The Imagination Network) was an experience far, far ahead of its time.
In other news today, Adobe announced the existence of the "Rotten" PDF virus.
According to virus expers, the Rotten virus compromises the security of the PDF format by replacing each letter with one thirteen places from it in the alphabet.
We would like to remind you that when reading the secure digital version of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" some precautions need to be taken to ensure the security of your reading experience.
For example: when you see the letter "A" in the encrypted PDF, whatever you do, please don't think about the letter "N". In general, try to avoid roating any letter thirteen places. Doing so could result in a degraded reading experience, and a prison term of no less than 14 months.
The fact that computers play Connect 4 well is hardly impressive. Why? Because Connect 4 is a first-move-win game. L. Victor Allis showed in his thesis that a perfect Connect 4 player will always win if he or she moves first.
It is quite possible that games like Go and Chess are first-move-win games, and perhaps in a hundred years we will be able to prove this fact with the help of quantum computers. In 200 years, when most humans will be indistinguishable from the machines into which they have been integrated, Chess will either become a useless and trivial pursuit (like connect 4 and tic-tac-toe) or will be played on a level beyond the comprehension of today's greatest players.
Either way, we are far past the point of wondering whether computers can compete with humans in chess: the question has been settled. Imagine if Deep Fritz was running on the multimillion dollar clusters used by Square USA or Google. Does anyone honestly think there is a person left in the world who could defeat it?
This is not a flame, but an encouragement for everyone to look at things from a different angle.
This was a kid who was heavily obsessed with "making the grade." Judging by the fact that he had Hindu parents, who are known for their demanding nature, and by his father's statement that "I worked so hard to bring up good children in a good school district", it seems clear that this child was mercilessly pushed by his parents to succeed at any cost.
As someone else on the board mentioned, he was receiving C's and D's. He probably feared that his parents would regard him as a failure, and that he wouldn't be able to measure up to his brother. He took his own life because, as yet another person mentioned, he had a "screwed value system." He believed that reputation and skill were more important than life itself.
Can we really blame the school administrators in this affair? They did what they should have done - they punished a student who had commited what most people would consider a serious crime. His parents, on the other hand, did not do what they should have done. They pushed him harder and harder to succeed, until all they had left was a body in the cemetary and a box of ribbons.
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It's impossible because the M&Ms would obviously melt, reducing the pretty helix to a big chocolate mess.
Astronaut: "No Homer, don't open that bag of chips!"
...then again, you could just line up the FUCKING CROSSHAIR with what you're trying to shoot.
Glad to see our military dollars are going to good use as always.
Good idea, and while we're at it, let's do the same for boxing too.
The judges aren't allowed to look at the boxers, they just count the blood drops in each corner.
You know, something tells me that you're not going to slashdot Google...
But...but...if we deny ourselves the opportunity to hit on japanese schoolgirls while fulfilling our irrational urge to achieve the highest speed possible (a product of our inferiority complex to cheethas, no doubt)...then the terrorists have already won!
Mr. Love,
I notice that your degrees are from BYU, and that you did a lot of your early tech work in Utah.
This begs the question - will you be adopting a door-to-door marketing campaign for United Linux?
This is fantastic news, and a huge boon to the Linux community.
After all, the last time IBM and Germany got together, they really set the world on fire.
Well, there goes my weekend. Leave it to Slashdot to be the bearer of bad news.
...oh wait...no FreeBSD? I thought they said no free LSD.
From the original press release:
"the school district purchased additional resources that directly effected the learning experience of our students and brought us into the 21st century"
So maybe they can use all that extra money they're now saving to hire a few more English teachers, eh?
Amusing indeed.
This is what the slashdot effect actually looks like
When asked to comment on their arrest, and their chances for eventual acquital, the koreans responded:
"Huk! ^_^"
Let's not forget that these are the wonderful people who brought us:
Red Baron
Betrayal At Krondor
Aces over the Pacific
Tribes 1&2
Outpost
The Incredible Machine
The Adventures of Willy Beamish
Stellar 7 (anyone remember that one?)
Red Baron was the first truly engrossing gaming experience that I had as a child. Playing Red Baron on The Sierra Network (later renamed The Imagination Network) was an experience far, far ahead of its time.
Farewell Dynamix, you served us well.
In other news today, Adobe announced the existence of the "Rotten" PDF virus.
According to virus expers, the Rotten virus compromises the security of the PDF format by replacing each letter with one thirteen places from it in the alphabet.
Valued customers:
We would like to remind you that when reading the secure digital version of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" some precautions need to be taken to ensure the security of your reading experience.
For example: when you see the letter "A" in the encrypted PDF, whatever you do, please don't think about the letter "N". In general, try to avoid roating any letter thirteen places. Doing so could result in a degraded reading experience, and a prison term of no less than 14 months.
Thank you,
Adobe Incorporated
The fact that computers play Connect 4 well is hardly impressive. Why? Because Connect 4 is a first-move-win game. L. Victor Allis showed in his thesis that a perfect Connect 4 player will always win if he or she moves first.
It is quite possible that games like Go and Chess are first-move-win games, and perhaps in a hundred years we will be able to prove this fact with the help of quantum computers. In 200 years, when most humans will be indistinguishable from the machines into which they have been integrated, Chess will either become a useless and trivial pursuit (like connect 4 and tic-tac-toe) or will be played on a level beyond the comprehension of today's greatest players.
Either way, we are far past the point of wondering whether computers can compete with humans in chess: the question has been settled. Imagine if Deep Fritz was running on the multimillion dollar clusters used by Square USA or Google. Does anyone honestly think there is a person left in the world who could defeat it?
Terrific...a computer that behaves like Van Gogh.
Next thing you know I'll come home from work to find that my PC has severed its own mouse cord in a fit of psychosis.
Robert DeNiro's mole has got to be ten feet wide...
This is not a flame, but an encouragement for everyone to look at things from a different angle.
This was a kid who was heavily obsessed with "making the grade." Judging by the fact that he had Hindu parents, who are known for their demanding nature, and by his father's statement that "I worked so hard to bring up good children in a good school district", it seems clear that this child was mercilessly pushed by his parents to succeed at any cost.
As someone else on the board mentioned, he was receiving C's and D's. He probably feared that his parents would regard him as a failure, and that he wouldn't be able to measure up to his brother. He took his own life because, as yet another person mentioned, he had a "screwed value system." He believed that reputation and skill were more important than life itself.
Can we really blame the school administrators in this affair? They did what they should have done - they punished a student who had commited what most people would consider a serious crime. His parents, on the other hand, did not do what they should have done. They pushed him harder and harder to succeed, until all they had left was a body in the cemetary and a box of ribbons.