You could name them after the seven dwarfs, but then I'm not sure what you'd do with the other 3997?
No easy answers...
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Patent Nonsense
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This is such a tough call because both sides have merit. If you invent something, you don't want someone in a 3rd world country (or anyone else for that matter) taking it from you and marketing it at cut-rate prices. On the other hand, if you're in a 3rd world country how can you ever expect to get your foot in the door when you're competing with big business?
Sorry, no cool links an no easy answers on this one.
Re:What a terrible approach to build game interest
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Stupid me! It is Valve, not Sierra that makes Half-life (which is what CounterStrike is based on). Sierra makes my wife's board games software!
What a terrible approach to build game interest!
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Yikes!
It is these gaming communities that build interest in the games, add features, etc. These enthusiasts dump untold hours into improving games and this is how the software companies reward them?
I have some ties to N.E.R.D., the worlds 3rd largest CounterStrike server and would venture to guess that 90+% of the gamers happily paid for their software. The community only gets better when Sierra Games backs the gaming centers.
And I was always told that masters thesi (OK, I know theses is correct by thesi sounds cooler) were only ever used to balance wobbly table legs in professors offices. Live and learn.
My thesis project involved building a visualization system for sensor fusion - how boring! Did have an applet though.
Thought a link to the actual GPL might be helpful. Here it is. My (limited) understanding is that NuSphere released a product statically linked to MySQL, but did not release the software under GPL and therefore violated GPL.
I've been doing the same basic thing for about 12 years now - writing software to administer retirement plans. Sounds boring, but it is my system and I ultimately have the say about what it does and how it works. If I choose poorly, then we lose clients (so I try not to choose poorly).
For the first six years, the work was somewhat freelance, but in 1996 my father and I started a company around the using the software to serve as a backoffice for others. We now have about 15 people and service the entire country - all from a small town in Louisiana. I work with great people and look forward every day to going to work.
It does take a lot of sweat equity to get things going, but the end result is entirely worth it. I would recommend trying to borrow as little as possible because it is better to grow slowly than to have a bunch of investors to answer to. Also the general rule of thumb is three years before you will make any sort of profit (if you are doing well).
Along the same lines as the Chinese Room argument, I believe that the key to human-like A.I. is grounding. If we can build a system that can acquire a core of knowledge in a bottom-up fashion based in sensory perception then, in theory, a computer and a person could relate to one another based on some set of common experiences.
My dissertation research (see my web site) is hopefully a small stepping-stone in this direction. It involves building a software system that can acquire a basic lexicon based on visual experiences.
This, of course, does not touch on such ideas as emotion and motivation that would be crucial to the popular concepts of A.I., but in my mind, the grounding must come first. Note that some interesting work on emotion and motivation has been done by Steve Allen.
Having said that, top-down A.I. has made some incredible accomplishments considering that it has only been around for a short while (relatively speaking). However to paraphrase Steve Grand in his book Creation, Life and How to Make It, just because something exhibits intelligent behavior does not make it intelligent.
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I suspect that U.S.A. today has been using a similar technology for years now to generate their "McNews".
Big brother is watching!
I tried a few times, but the PocketNow link was /.ed.
14 hours is pretty impressive. Thanks!
I didn't see any mention of battery life. I would imagine that the color display will reduce it significantly.
The "From the Editor" section of the Feb. 2002 Java Developers Journal was just addressing the lack of Java-enabled Nokia phones in the U.S.
Bad Yoda! Bad Yoda!
You could name them after the seven dwarfs, but then I'm not sure what you'd do with the other 3997?
Sorry, no cool links an no easy answers on this one.
Stupid me! It is Valve, not Sierra that makes Half-life (which is what CounterStrike is based on). Sierra makes my wife's board games software!
It is these gaming communities that build interest in the games, add features, etc. These enthusiasts dump untold hours into improving games and this is how the software companies reward them?
I have some ties to N.E.R.D., the worlds 3rd largest CounterStrike server and would venture to guess that 90+% of the gamers happily paid for their software. The community only gets better when Sierra Games backs the gaming centers.
Good luck booking a suborbital on Thanksgiving though!
Bet the teacher would get mad if you wrote on one of those with a Marks-A-Lot!
My thesis project involved building a visualization system for sensor fusion - how boring! Did have an applet though.
Thought a link to the actual GPL might be helpful. Here it is. My (limited) understanding is that NuSphere released a product statically linked to MySQL, but did not release the software under GPL and therefore violated GPL.
Ultimately got a degree in Mechanical Engineering so I guess things worked out for the best.
I thought I had traped some antiprotons once. Turned out to be Cheerios. Oh well, live an learn.
I've been doing the same basic thing for about 12 years now - writing software to administer retirement plans. Sounds boring, but it is my system and I ultimately have the say about what it does and how it works. If I choose poorly, then we lose clients (so I try not to choose poorly). For the first six years, the work was somewhat freelance, but in 1996 my father and I started a company around the using the software to serve as a backoffice for others. We now have about 15 people and service the entire country - all from a small town in Louisiana. I work with great people and look forward every day to going to work. It does take a lot of sweat equity to get things going, but the end result is entirely worth it. I would recommend trying to borrow as little as possible because it is better to grow slowly than to have a bunch of investors to answer to. Also the general rule of thumb is three years before you will make any sort of profit (if you are doing well).
I'll keep this short - everything in moderation.
Anyone know if you can drop a column in 7.2 without creating a new table with (n-1) columns and renaming?
So here it goes...
What is your favorite revision system and why?
What is the URL?
Is it open source or proprietary?
My dissertation research (see my web site) is hopefully a small stepping-stone in this direction. It involves building a software system that can acquire a basic lexicon based on visual experiences.
This, of course, does not touch on such ideas as emotion and motivation that would be crucial to the popular concepts of A.I., but in my mind, the grounding must come first. Note that some interesting work on emotion and motivation has been done by Steve Allen.
Having said that, top-down A.I. has made some incredible accomplishments considering that it has only been around for a short while (relatively speaking). However to paraphrase Steve Grand in his book Creation, Life and How to Make It, just because something exhibits intelligent behavior does not make it intelligent.
Amen!
AOL and most of their user base are just a hindrance to society and the advancement of technology. Here is a perfect example...
Point taken... Now even more people can annoy you no matter where you are.
"You've got mail" and Instant Messaging!? Great, now people can annoy you no matter where you are.