The video game industry is already cut-throat. It's already hard enough to make a living using your programming skills. Imagine how difficult it's going to be like to get a job with "Video Game College" on your resume.
Besides, do you really think a Methodist church is going to teach you how to create First Person Shooters?!
Yes, but remember that the current methods aren't much better. I mean, right now there's lots of complaints about how the USA is racially profiling Middle Eastern men. Whether or not this profiling is justified could be based on a report of such a filter.
The issue isn't whether or not we should use data mining to profile individuals or groups. Profilling will occur no matter what. What these methods do are help find parameters that more accurately identify candidates rather than just assume all Middle Easterners are automatically guilty until proven otherwise.
Let's see... The article states that Linux/Unix admins USUALLY do cost more, but now they don't due to the tech slump. In other words, the TCO is lower because of all the out of work admins drove down salaries. Therefore, more sophisticated Linux/Unix admins are getting screwed.
Now answer the question, "Aren't you happy to hear Linux is now cheaper?"
...how the Bayesian spam filters operate (on a much smaller scale). They find predictors of "spam" like these guys find predictors of "terrorists."
If the false positives of this system finding terrorists are as low as the ones that identify spam, is it really unreasonable to consider that probable cause for an investigation? At least, until the 0.000001% slips by and causes a lawsuit for wrongful arrest.
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"But see my previous answer about Stephen Hawking and his consultation with the pope."
Yeah. That was the meeting when the Catholic church said that studying the nature of the universe was okay...as long as it didn't disprove the "unmoved mover." You know...God. Little did they know Mr. Hawking was coming up with a theory that time breaks down at the beginning of the universe and thus doesn't require an unmoved mover...or "God" as some like to refer to him.
You mean those people? Yeah. They're called creationists.
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"Now let me start by saying that I'm not really an expert on evolution, since I'm european I've never had to be. There are no creationists here to speak of, and hence I'm not well versed in their way of thinking. I am a "scientist" however, so I'm somewhat qualified to speak about that."
You might want to look around Italy in a place called "the Vatican." I hear there's a bunch of creationists living there and are...*gasp*...European!
If would have read the article, it stated that the TDMA technology was part of the problem, not the solution. If the USA had forced cell phone companies to use a particular technology, we'd be in the same boat as the euros.
The lesson here is that standards are not always helpful. They are restrictive, sometimes too restrictive.
The government needs to find the answer to #2 if they want to prosecute him
under that law. Now, they could wait until modified chips start be sold assuming
the information he took actually helps such a device to be created. Even if it
could, how could they have enough proof to say that the circumvention device
actually benefited from his leaked information? Innocent until proven
guilty. At least, that's the way it's supposed to work.
Yes, you are. You see, the draw of open source was supposed to be a better model for software and for business. No one should want to do business with a closed source vendor like MS since you can't look under the hood yourself.
Unless the Open Source advocates have lost faith in their "superior" software model, this really shouldn't be a problem.
"The digital FireWire connection will allow program providers to
restrict the number of times that a program can be recorded. Under the
agreement, HDTV programs from network broadcasters sent through cable or
satellite companies will be completely unrestricted and recordable. Subscribers
to pay services like HBO could be restricted from making more than one copy of
programs from those services."
What's makes even less sense is that bad professors get tenure and don't get fired for their lack of teaching abilities. Too bad universities don't have a moderation system for teachers.
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Apparently, you've never attended a technical college...or your own accent is so thick, I'd need a chainsaw to cut it.
Topics such as gun control, abortion, capital punishment, etc. are too emotionally entangled with people's perception of the issues. Most people don't own guns, nor have they ever fired one in their lives, but they sure do have an opinion on gun safety. I'm not discounting their opinions. For example, I've never owned a nuclear weapon, but that doesn't mean my concerns over them aren't valid. However, just about anyone can learn how to operate a firearm safely. Therefore, I do believe gun owners have an edge over most other individuals as far as having an opinion that counts.
I think he's the guy that lost like 400 pounds eating nothing but sandwiches. Apparently that has something to do with the DMCA in Norway. I'd give you a more accurate answer, but then I'd have to actually read the article and I think we BOTH know how terrible that would be.
Why don't you get a steady and secure job like making horse and buggy whips? Oh that's right... Those damned horseless
carriages are putting you out of business! Let's go burn down their factories!
Why is everyone concerned about these companies being profitable? Let's get Wifi into as many hands as possible. The faster wireless networks can grow, the faster we can shit-can cable and phone companies and their arbitrary caps.
WOW. That's a blast from the past indeed! The system had giant yellow cartridges and the games were pretty mediocre. I do remember one cool aspect about them were the joysticks. They were designed to not only go up, down, left, and right, but they could also be pulled up and down and be twisted left and right. The biggest problem with the fairchild controllers were that they didn't have a fire button and were not unpluggable from the unit! A later design of the controllers did include a fire button and joystick ports.
I'd love to get my hands on a working version of those controllers. Maybe they could be used for modern day 3D shooters, etc.
It's the other, most overlooked piece of hardware used in speech recognition, the microphone. The junky headset given away with ViaVoice or the el cheapo unit sold in Radio Shack for under $10 makes most people's experiences with voice recognition software less than favorable. Invest in a $50-$60 professional headset and the ability of the software to accurately detect your speech patterns improves dramatically. How are they going to shoe horn a high fidelity audio sound processor in there? Maybe a USB headset might be the answer assuming the device can accept USB devices.
I'm also going to assume that the current line of speech recognition products are MUCH better than what ran on your old 386.
We already have that. It's called Java. Trouble is, Sun won't give up Java's pledge of "compile once, run anywhere" feature and create a native compiler. So we're stuck with C++ and all of its inherent insecurities for any kind of "performance" application.
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The video game industry is already cut-throat. It's already hard enough to make a living using your programming skills. Imagine how difficult it's going to be like to get a job with "Video Game College" on your resume.
Besides, do you really think a Methodist church is going to teach you how to create First Person Shooters?!
Yes, but remember that the current methods aren't much better. I mean, right now there's lots of complaints about how the USA is racially profiling Middle Eastern men. Whether or not this profiling is justified could be based on a report of such a filter.
The issue isn't whether or not we should use data mining to profile individuals or groups. Profilling will occur no matter what. What these methods do are help find parameters that more accurately identify candidates rather than just assume all Middle Easterners are automatically guilty until proven otherwise.
Let's see... The article states that Linux/Unix admins USUALLY do cost more, but now they don't due to the tech slump. In other words, the TCO is lower because of all the out of work admins drove down salaries. Therefore, more sophisticated Linux/Unix admins are getting screwed.
Now answer the question, "Aren't you happy to hear Linux is now cheaper?"
...how the Bayesian spam filters operate (on a much smaller scale). They find predictors of "spam" like these guys find predictors of "terrorists."
If the false positives of this system finding terrorists are as low as the ones that identify spam, is it really unreasonable to consider that probable cause for an investigation? At least, until the 0.000001% slips by and causes a lawsuit for wrongful arrest.
"But see my previous answer about Stephen Hawking and his consultation with the pope."
Yeah. That was the meeting when the Catholic church said that studying the nature of the universe was okay...as long as it didn't disprove the "unmoved mover." You know...God. Little did they know Mr. Hawking was coming up with a theory that time breaks down at the beginning of the universe and thus doesn't require an unmoved mover...or "God" as some like to refer to him.
You mean those people? Yeah. They're called creationists.
"Now let me start by saying that I'm not really an expert on evolution, since I'm european I've never had to be. There are no creationists here to speak of, and hence I'm not well versed in their way of thinking. I am a "scientist" however, so I'm somewhat qualified to speak about that."
You might want to look around Italy in a place called "the Vatican." I hear there's a bunch of creationists living there and are...*gasp*...European!
If would have read the article, it stated that the TDMA technology was part of the problem, not the solution. If the USA had forced cell phone companies to use a particular technology, we'd be in the same boat as the euros.
The lesson here is that standards are not always helpful. They are restrictive, sometimes too restrictive.
The government needs to find the answer to #2 if they want to prosecute him under that law. Now, they could wait until modified chips start be sold assuming the information he took actually helps such a device to be created. Even if it could, how could they have enough proof to say that the circumvention device actually benefited from his leaked information? Innocent until proven guilty. At least, that's the way it's supposed to work.
Mitnick finally gets out of jail, Skylov gets amnesty, and now I gotta endure all the "FREE SEREBRYANY" sigs on Slashdot. When will the madness stop?!
Yes, you are. You see, the draw of open source was supposed to be a better model for software and for business. No one should want to do business with a closed source vendor like MS since you can't look under the hood yourself.
Unless the Open Source advocates have lost faith in their "superior" software model, this really shouldn't be a problem.
Cell phones, eh? Seems the USA had the right idea all along...
"The digital FireWire connection will allow program providers to restrict the number of times that a program can be recorded. Under the agreement, HDTV programs from network broadcasters sent through cable or satellite companies will be completely unrestricted and recordable. Subscribers to pay services like HBO could be restricted from making more than one copy of programs from those services."
Yeah, REAL consumer friendly.
What's makes even less sense is that bad professors get tenure and don't get fired for their lack of teaching abilities. Too bad universities don't have a moderation system for teachers.
Apparently, you've never attended a technical college...or your own accent is so thick, I'd need a chainsaw to cut it.
Perhaps you are the racist.
Nice try putting this in the "It's Funny, Laugh" section! Salon uncovers your scheme and you guys try to play it off as a farce!
But what is the question?
A power source for my flux capacitor!
Topics such as gun control, abortion, capital punishment, etc. are too emotionally entangled with people's perception of the issues. Most people don't own guns, nor have they ever fired one in their lives, but they sure do have an opinion on gun safety. I'm not discounting their opinions. For example, I've never owned a nuclear weapon, but that doesn't mean my concerns over them aren't valid. However, just about anyone can learn how to operate a firearm safely. Therefore, I do believe gun owners have an edge over most other individuals as far as having an opinion that counts.
I think he's the guy that lost like 400 pounds eating nothing but sandwiches. Apparently that has something to do with the DMCA in Norway. I'd give you a more accurate answer, but then I'd have to actually read the article and I think we BOTH know how terrible that would be.
Why don't you get a steady and secure job like making horse and buggy whips? Oh that's right... Those damned horseless carriages are putting you out of business! Let's go burn down their factories!
Why is everyone concerned about these companies being profitable? Let's get Wifi into as many hands as possible. The faster wireless networks can grow, the faster we can shit-can cable and phone companies and their arbitrary caps.
The title of the course reminds me of the term "Alternative Lifestyles." In that case, give 'em macs.
WOW. That's a blast from the past indeed! The system had giant yellow cartridges and the games were pretty mediocre. I do remember one cool aspect about them were the joysticks. They were designed to not only go up, down, left, and right, but they could also be pulled up and down and be twisted left and right. The biggest problem with the fairchild controllers were that they didn't have a fire button and were not unpluggable from the unit! A later design of the controllers did include a fire button and joystick ports.
I'd love to get my hands on a working version of those controllers. Maybe they could be used for modern day 3D shooters, etc.
It's the other, most overlooked piece of hardware used in speech recognition, the microphone. The junky headset given away with ViaVoice or the el cheapo unit sold in Radio Shack for under $10 makes most people's experiences with voice recognition software less than favorable. Invest in a $50-$60 professional headset and the ability of the software to accurately detect your speech patterns improves dramatically. How are they going to shoe horn a high fidelity audio sound processor in there? Maybe a USB headset might be the answer assuming the device can accept USB devices.
I'm also going to assume that the current line of speech recognition products are MUCH better than what ran on your old 386.
We already have that. It's called Java. Trouble is, Sun won't give up Java's pledge of "compile once, run anywhere" feature and create a native compiler. So we're stuck with C++ and all of its inherent insecurities for any kind of "performance" application.