Well you can already install WIN95 on a computer that costs practically nothing to get. Like a P133 for 10 bucks at an auction. The only real thing that pushes the envelope and demands better hardware is the OS and its bloat. As long as they keep doing that they can make sure the hardware costs more.
I would disagcee. Most AI involves simulating a change of states, which tend to form an n dimensional matrix. Adding dimensions will increase the power of the n, but not make it exponential growth (n^dim not dim^x). Calculating a spot on the matrix is also dependent on the dimension, and running this change of states is the product of two. So it seems that these matricies -- be they artificial world, meural net, game of life, etc, seem to be polynomial. But The constants are huge, since the matrix needed for the amount of complexity is huge. So that is why the problem seems near impossible.
I agrre with you. LaTeX is by far the most superior typesetter that exists. Although I have not used LyX for more than 20 minutes, I like the idea, even though I prefer vi/emacs straight input, that way I know what is going on.
But here is my real point. Since *TeX is a powerful format, why can't we write a front end, that is a bit more intuitive than LyX, with good package integration gor the word editor, and establish connectivity with other applications using, say postscript, and embedded TeX. So for example embedding a spreadsheet can be achived using either latex tags in separate file, or just converting to ps, and doing some version checking.
This way we get ease of use, established standard, ready and done backend, and interoperability between programs.
And I am sure the import formats would not be hard to write.
Well, perhaps I will take the challenge myself, but these are just big wishes from a linux n00b (sort of -- 1 year experience, but I do programming). Well anyway, will see.
Well, lets just spin this wheel another half a turn...
That would give tham a reason to tax, what I call garbage. BTW, I do support environmental progress especially one that involves technology. So I participate in recycling for as long as i can, but I still call the stuff garbage.
I am a CS major, and I have similar experience.
Mine is slightly better -- only 8 courses, and one of them includes basic english, in which I very gracefully got a B in. -- Glad to be out of there. But anyway, you would say 8 aint so bad, but then I read the restrictions on the courses. basically anything that includes any possible use of math may not be counted as a humanities course. That right there after checking the list eliminated 80 percent of philosophy, and 75 of psych (which is of heavy cog sci concentration).
Those were the most interesting humanities, I was hoping to take and fill in the requirements, and instead I will be taking the history of civil war or something close to that. Not that it bothers me much, I will get my B, but what bothers me is that I hear Hum. majors setting foot into the sciences hall, saying "Ughhh, never thout I would end up here", and then go into the lecure hall where calculus for humanities is taught.
Why is int there justice, and say a course called English for CS majors.
Get that "I READ YOUR EMAIL" tshirt out of the closet again.
But more seriosly, these guys came up with nothng really new. Basically it presents a challange for an ASP (that is what they are running, mod me down if I am wrong) system to work with full NT accounts. It in much easier to create a single log in to the DB backend and then just spit out an rs of all the things tied to a user id. So essentially to make this secure, the display page (one that displays the complete text) would have to confirm user id every time the page is pulled, istead of just pulling the one with the given guid. That is damn simple to do, but it actually requires more work, and almost all companies would not bother. So check all those email services that use single account with users stored in db, and you will find plenty.
IMHO it is a 5 min bugfix:
If hash(rs!User) != request("user") then 303 Forbidden
Instead of just pulling the email.
Disclaimer: The above is NOT pure ASP even though it is similar. I also do not remember if 303 is forbidden.
An interesting side effect is that some one could write a fully compatible OS, that is non-Microsoft. Perhaps on a linux based-kernel. Something like Wine, but more complete and correct.
I think I am about to write to the government and sugggest it to them.
Even if people keep saying that PPPoE is the most horrible thing ever, it is not. I have Verizon DSL (which I got before it was verizon...good thing considering that I got to choose my own password.), I know, but its the only thing available here. Anyway, My connection is as advertized, running at good 62.5 Kb/s downstream...I know thats slow but that is they said it will be. It takes a total of three seconds to connect, and works great in linux, once i figured out what things to add to kernel. And I am pretty happy.
However I should probably mention that due to some idiocy or maldesign I seem to be able to initiate as many dial sessions as i need. All five computers dial at the same time with no problems., each one getting its own IP I should probably stay silent about this, but if they learn and turn this off, I will leave in a second. But until then I don't even have to bother with masq.
The fact that they are looking for patterns is kinda cool. Anyone else think that they should compare it with pattern's in Chaitin's Omoga. Would be nice, if you could calculate it though. Unfortunately, knowing a single digit of that number without calculating its compononts is a paradox, sigh.
Yeah, but the dealer is not allowed to take the ford label off the car, sort of like that MSN icon. Either way. I do not care, and personally I would rather offer tech support to the person with msn instead of AOL. AOL is slow bugging and just overall a POS. MSN at least uses some standard technology.
Speaking of cars, I always wondered if it were legal to strip all markings that identify the car and put different ones? I mean it would really confuse the police if say, my honda was riding around with ford logo on front saying taurus on the back.
Nope. They would just note that the keyboard is dvorak and make appropriate changes in their monitoring software, or in the worst just look at the picture. Remember they actually saw his keyboard.
The first time I got into linux is because i have heard that it is like unix, just for x86's. So I downloaded A couple distros of linux, that my college dorm neighbor has heard about. (He did not know sh*t about linux either). So I ended up with cd's of Debian and Slackware, which are not the fluffiest purty installs. The next two weeks I have formatted my hard drive maybe 50 or so times, but each time learning a liitle more. Like/etc/fstab is your friend for trying to access that FAT32. But the damned X did not work.
This brings me to the point of this spiel. All my efforts to get x running were all trash because I did not know the name of the driver, and the fact that I should have downloaded the 4.0.0 ver) and how to really edit the conf (non of that fluffy xf86config). That was shown to me by another person who is an intermediate linux user. He also showed me how to get the desktop environment.
The fact that this was now running gave me sme confidence. I learned to edit other configs, and managed to figure out how to compile the kernel (getting my system unbootable only once / wished someone would help me though). Then I figured out how to actually modify networks, etc.
Now At this point I decided to buy the book, with all the fixings. Look ma, I am building a masquarading firewall (well planning to build it tomorrow).
So my final point is that in early stages, don't get a book, get a friend. He has been through the difficult first config, and he will figure out yours. When you feel like you can copy files by yourself, and you are starting to configure that ftpd you just installed from a package, and even compiled gaim, get a good thorough book. I bought the Using Linux, sixth edition by Que publishing, too lazy to check author. And it has lots of goodies, everything except how to configure the x server, which is probably a book in itself. But hey that friend, if at this point knows more than you, he could still help.
Tip for newbies Don't use Debian or Slackware. Sure you will learn a heck of a lot before you will even get X running, but you WILL lose a ton of sleep over it. Follow what my friend did. Get mandrake or Redhat. He had everything including sound and PPPoE running, and he still does not know what the/usr directory is. But you will learn the works quite slower, unless you will get a friend to show you
Like right now I am looking for a friend to tell me how to upgrade glibc on a debian distro, and where to get the iptables utility if the distro does not have it, but if not I will eventually find them myself, I am past the helpless stage.
QoS is of course nice but if I am not mistaken...
Cable internet runs on lines similar to old coax. The bandwith belongs to whoever can put more packets on the wire without causing collision. This is the reason why cable providers restrict their clientelle from running almost any kind of servers...going as low as quake. So these policies will allow them to stop file sharing on bandwith issues...but that can be solved since all file sharing has specific bandwith controls. DSL, however, does not suffer from these things, and this argument against file sharing would be pointless. They can just use QoS.
Unfortunately it does need a server on the outside, and is a pottential security problem since it goes through the firewall.
But at least there is very little chance they can filter it.
In addition, there is a significant body of Constitutional law that gives special protection to journalists and people acting in that role.
Hmm......From now on will let Jon Katz do all decompiling and reverse engineering. He is a journalist, therefore he is protected. Remember, when you are downloading MP3's, you are downloading communism!!!
Hmm those nice tight slim programs that seem to be the trend with palm, would run freaking fast, when compared to ce apps, which have to contend with with old embedded NT.
If the new programs will be as slim, I can just see running even more powerful games. UT anyone. Well I can hope
Remember, when you are downloading MP3's, you are downloading communism!!!
Simply put, you are getting two different handhelds for a single price. 2x apps 1x cost. Too bad this might mean that people would prefer to buy CE devices, which may mean the death of palm.
Remember, when you are downloading MP3's, you are downloading communism!!!
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Vor sowe good examples how NOT to mrite your programs, check this site: IOCCC
they ought to bundle a free computer
Well you can already install WIN95 on a computer that costs practically nothing to get. Like a P133 for 10 bucks at an auction. The only real thing that pushes the envelope and demands better hardware is the OS and its bloat. As long as they keep doing that they can make sure the hardware costs more.
I would disagcee. Most AI involves simulating a change of states, which tend to form an n dimensional matrix. Adding dimensions will increase the power of the n, but not make it exponential growth (n^dim not dim^x). Calculating a spot on the matrix is also dependent on the dimension, and running this change of states is the product of two. So it seems that these matricies -- be they artificial world, meural net, game of life, etc, seem to be polynomial. But The constants are huge, since the matrix needed for the amount of complexity is huge. So that is why the problem seems near impossible.
I agrre with you. LaTeX is by far the most superior typesetter that exists. Although I have not used LyX for more than 20 minutes, I like the idea, even though I prefer vi/emacs straight input, that way I know what is going on.
But here is my real point. Since *TeX is a powerful format, why can't we write a front end, that is a bit more intuitive than LyX, with good package integration gor the word editor, and establish connectivity with other applications using, say postscript, and embedded TeX. So for example embedding a spreadsheet can be achived using either latex tags in separate file, or just converting to ps, and doing some version checking.
This way we get ease of use, established standard, ready and done backend, and interoperability between programs.
And I am sure the import formats would not be hard to write.
Well, perhaps I will take the challenge myself, but these are just big wishes from a linux n00b (sort of -- 1 year experience, but I do programming). Well anyway, will see.
Well, lets just spin this wheel another half a turn...
That would give tham a reason to tax, what I call garbage. BTW, I do support environmental progress especially one that involves technology. So I participate in recycling for as long as i can, but I still call the stuff garbage.
Wow, good read.
Makes sense too, otherwise how would you explain middle school.
I am a CS major, and I have similar experience. Mine is slightly better -- only 8 courses, and one of them includes basic english, in which I very gracefully got a B in. -- Glad to be out of there. But anyway, you would say 8 aint so bad, but then I read the restrictions on the courses. basically anything that includes any possible use of math may not be counted as a humanities course. That right there after checking the list eliminated 80 percent of philosophy, and 75 of psych (which is of heavy cog sci concentration).
Those were the most interesting humanities, I was hoping to take and fill in the requirements, and instead I will be taking the history of civil war or something close to that. Not that it bothers me much, I will get my B, but what bothers me is that I hear Hum. majors setting foot into the sciences hall, saying "Ughhh, never thout I would end up here", and then go into the lecure hall where calculus for humanities is taught.
Why is int there justice, and say a course called English for CS majors.
The practice is illegal, and they still manage to tax it.
I think the war on drugs needs to take lessons from RIAA.
Bad idea!
That would just give them a reason to tax high quality paper and cardboard.
Get that "I READ YOUR EMAIL" tshirt out of the closet again.
But more seriosly, these guys came up with nothng really new. Basically it presents a challange for an ASP (that is what they are running, mod me down if I am wrong) system to work with full NT accounts. It in much easier to create a single log in to the DB backend and then just spit out an rs of all the things tied to a user id. So essentially to make this secure, the display page (one that displays the complete text) would have to confirm user id every time the page is pulled, istead of just pulling the one with the given guid. That is damn simple to do, but it actually requires more work, and almost all companies would not bother. So check all those email services that use single account with users stored in db, and you will find plenty.
IMHO it is a 5 min bugfix:
If hash(rs!User) != request("user") then 303 Forbidden
Instead of just pulling the email.
Disclaimer: The above is NOT pure ASP even though it is similar. I also do not remember if 303 is forbidden.
An interesting side effect is that some one could write a fully compatible OS, that is non-Microsoft. Perhaps on a linux based-kernel. Something like Wine, but more complete and correct.
I think I am about to write to the government and sugggest it to them.
Even if people keep saying that PPPoE is the most horrible thing ever, it is not. I have Verizon DSL (which I got before it was verizon...good thing considering that I got to choose my own password.), I know, but its the only thing available here. Anyway, My connection is as advertized, running at good 62.5 Kb/s downstream...I know thats slow but that is they said it will be. It takes a total of three seconds to connect, and works great in linux, once i figured out what things to add to kernel. And I am pretty happy.
However I should probably mention that due to some idiocy or maldesign I seem to be able to initiate as many dial sessions as i need. All five computers dial at the same time with no problems., each one getting its own IP I should probably stay silent about this, but if they learn and turn this off, I will leave in a second. But until then I don't even have to bother with masq.
Certification is already here. That is what the "designed for Windows xx" logo is. They certify both software and hardware.
The real threat is that now you might HAVE TO certify, or get your software denied.
On a lighter note, kernel32.dll is asways the one to crash, I wonder if they will be turning that off.
The fact that they are looking for patterns is kinda cool. Anyone else think that they should compare it with pattern's in Chaitin's Omoga. Would be nice, if you could calculate it though. Unfortunately, knowing a single digit of that number without calculating its compononts is a paradox, sigh.
Yeah, but the dealer is not allowed to take the ford label off the car, sort of like that MSN icon. Either way. I do not care, and personally I would rather offer tech support to the person with msn instead of AOL. AOL is slow bugging and just overall a POS. MSN at least uses some standard technology.
Speaking of cars, I always wondered if it were legal to strip all markings that identify the car and put different ones? I mean it would really confuse the police if say, my honda was riding around with ford logo on front saying taurus on the back.
I have a better question.
How do you disable the popup sidebar in mozilla?
It is really bugging me, more than x10.
Build a beowulf cluster, what else!
Nope. They would just note that the keyboard is dvorak and make appropriate changes in their monitoring software, or in the worst just look at the picture. Remember they actually saw his keyboard.
I completely agree with what you are saying.
/etc/fstab is your friend for trying to access that FAT32. But the damned X did not work.
/usr directory is. But you will learn the works quite slower, unless you will get a friend to show you
The first time I got into linux is because i have heard that it is like unix, just for x86's. So I downloaded A couple distros of linux, that my college dorm neighbor has heard about. (He did not know sh*t about linux either). So I ended up with cd's of Debian and Slackware, which are not the fluffiest purty installs. The next two weeks I have formatted my hard drive maybe 50 or so times, but each time learning a liitle more. Like
This brings me to the point of this spiel. All my efforts to get x running were all trash because I did not know the name of the driver, and the fact that I should have downloaded the 4.0.0 ver) and how to really edit the conf (non of that fluffy xf86config). That was shown to me by another person who is an intermediate linux user. He also showed me how to get the desktop environment.
The fact that this was now running gave me sme confidence. I learned to edit other configs, and managed to figure out how to compile the kernel (getting my system unbootable only once / wished someone would help me though). Then I figured out how to actually modify networks, etc.
Now At this point I decided to buy the book, with all the fixings. Look ma, I am building a masquarading firewall (well planning to build it tomorrow).
So my final point is that in early stages, don't get a book, get a friend. He has been through the difficult first config, and he will figure out yours. When you feel like you can copy files by yourself, and you are starting to configure that ftpd you just installed from a package, and even compiled gaim, get a good thorough book. I bought the Using Linux, sixth edition by Que publishing, too lazy to check author. And it has lots of goodies, everything except how to configure the x server, which is probably a book in itself. But hey that friend, if at this point knows more than you, he could still help.
Tip for newbies Don't use Debian or Slackware. Sure you will learn a heck of a lot before you will even get X running, but you WILL lose a ton of sleep over it. Follow what my friend did. Get mandrake or Redhat. He had everything including sound and PPPoE running, and he still does not know what the
Like right now I am looking for a friend to tell me how to upgrade glibc on a debian distro, and where to get the iptables utility if the distro does not have it, but if not I will eventually find them myself, I am past the helpless stage.
QoS is of course nice but if I am not mistaken...
Cable internet runs on lines similar to old coax. The bandwith belongs to whoever can put more packets on the wire without causing collision. This is the reason why cable providers restrict their clientelle from running almost any kind of servers...going as low as quake. So these policies will allow them to stop file sharing on bandwith issues...but that can be solved since all file sharing has specific bandwith controls.
DSL, however, does not suffer from these things, and this argument against file sharing would be pointless. They can just use QoS.
This will work through any proxy:
GNU HTTP TUNNEL
Unfortunately it does need a server on the outside, and is a pottential security problem since it goes through the firewall.
But at least there is very little chance they can filter it.
Bounty Hunters?
You mean like a WWW (read: wild wild west) posse?
In addition, there is a significant body of Constitutional law that gives special protection to journalists and people acting in that role.
Hmm......From now on will let Jon Katz do all decompiling and reverse engineering. He is a journalist, therefore he is protected.
Remember, when you are downloading MP3's, you are downloading communism!!!
Hmm those nice tight slim programs that seem to be the trend with palm, would run freaking fast, when compared to ce apps, which have to contend with with old embedded NT.
If the new programs will be as slim, I can just see running even more powerful games. UT anyone. Well I can hope
Remember, when you are downloading MP3's, you are downloading communism!!!
Simply put, you are getting two different handhelds for a single price. 2x apps 1x cost. Too bad this might mean that people would prefer to buy CE devices, which may mean the death of palm.
Remember, when you are downloading MP3's, you are downloading communism!!!