There wasn't and there still isn't. Win2k forever.
Pretty much, except that I think with DirectX 10 they finally found a way to move people like me off of 2k. When games actually start using it, and it starts making a difference which DX you use, I guess I'll finally have a reason to "upgrade". Hopefully it will be Vista SP2 by then.
Yeah, one would think so, and yet when there are actual attempts to repeal these ridiculous morality laws, they are vigorously (and more often than not, successfully) defended; the butt sex laws come to mind, especially.
Might seem silly to us, but plenty of people (and lawmakers) genuinely believe that these things are guarding the "moral fabric" of society; even if they are plainly unconstitutional.
(I'm pretty sure we have one of those atheist public office clauses too, and I live in the People's Republic of Massachusetts).
There are many things broken with the current patent system, but how exactly is a first-to-file system better? Seems like this only makes it easier to patent the useless and ridiculously broad crap that the current system is clogged with.
Furthermore, if this cannot export to PDF or PowerPoint, it's pretty much useless.
Yeah, and if it doesn't let you type the letter "e", that will be bad too. Also, it shouldn't give you cancer - I think it would be bad if it gave you cancer.
Humankind has been "coddling the weak" for thousands upon thousands of years now.
Not whole thousands of years, surely? This probably has only had any kind of noticeable effect in the last 50 thousand years or so; and common ancestry of chimps and humans is considered to be what, 6 mya nowadays? Doesn't seem likely that this would have a difference.
It's taken decades and millions (billions?) of dollars to produce the current spectrum of LEDs out of a wide range of chemicals and substrates. All that research didn't "invent" anything?
I'm pretty sure that part is called engineering, it's what generally follows invention and is the means of reducing it to practice.
Interesting (if short on detail), I'll have to check out the book they mention. Of course this goes back to the broader question of whether they are actually learning signs (in the ASL sense) or merely gestures.
I really wish there was more transparency in this area; it's fascinating research, but almost nothing is published in any sort of peer-reviewed manner. I can understand that, given how controversial these things are, the researchers may be put off by more public debate, but they do give off a definite vibe of "non-impartiality" (if not downright zealotry) in their public appearances. Take that AOL "chat" with Koko for example, I'm pretty sure her handler wasn't just playing to the audience and really does interpret everything that Koko does with the assumption of fully human-like sapience.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Fasterfox doesn't prefetch links unless you specifically enable that option (or they are marked for prefetching, and who does that?). It doesn't matter which level you select, the indiscriminate prefetching is a separate option.
Its main benefits are multiple connections and pipelining (oh and the timer - I love the timer). To say that you should throw the whole thing out because they don't like prefetching (which is indeed a poor idea) is just plain silly.
Also, what's with the extremely patronizing tone of the whole article? Who made them the hall monitors of the internet?
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The problem with dogs is finding something they won't be able to smell on themselves. Unawareness is critical to the experiment.
That cuts the other way too, and is a much bigger obstacle there - a mirror image a few feet away might convince humans that there's a person there, but for many animals, if they can't smell it, it's not worth bothering with. So you can't tell if they think the dog in the mirror them or not because there isn't a dog in the mirror as far as they are concerned.
and many of the great apes have shown a decent aptitude for it (the fact they can't speak aloud is a problem in their vocal apparatus, not their intelligence).
Wow, that's sweeping a lot of scientific (and philosophical, I guess) complexity under the rug! There's only been a few cases where apes have shown abilities which could potentially be interpreted as going beyond mere conditioning and expressing rudimentary abstract concepts - that is a far cry from what we call "language" (whether vocalized, signed, or lexigraphic), and even that is heavily disputed (mostly because the researches aren't very forthcoming with their actual data).
I'm not arguing one side or the other, just saying that you can't claim apes have an "ability to communicate in language" based on the evidence so far.
Incidentally, which apes have taught sign language to their young? I'm pretty sure I haven't heard of this happening outside of TV shows.
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Is that like when I dress up in a leather kilt, run around bashing people with a foam bat, and talk about "mead" and "ale" a lot?
There wasn't and there still isn't. Win2k forever.
Pretty much, except that I think with DirectX 10 they finally found a way to move people like me off of 2k. When games actually start using it, and it starts making a difference which DX you use, I guess I'll finally have a reason to "upgrade". Hopefully it will be Vista SP2 by then.
no longer were allowed to install NT on their new systems. (Yes, NT: 2000 wasn't enough of an upgrade either.)
Windows 2000 is NT 5.0, XP is 5.1, and Vista is NT 6.0 - just so you know.
Depending on your habits, you might not be able to log in while sober.
unless it's sponsored by a cosmetics company or MTV?
There's some kind of difference between those two options?
Yeah, one would think so, and yet when there are actual attempts to repeal these ridiculous morality laws, they are vigorously (and more often than not, successfully) defended; the butt sex laws come to mind, especially.
Might seem silly to us, but plenty of people (and lawmakers) genuinely believe that these things are guarding the "moral fabric" of society; even if they are plainly unconstitutional.
(I'm pretty sure we have one of those atheist public office clauses too, and I live in the People's Republic of Massachusetts).
Well wtf, are we wasting too much internet ink for your liking? Don't read it if you don't find it interesting.
Well, I'm not American (I just live here), so yeay for me, I guess.
And I'm sure I won't be the only one to ask this.
There are many things broken with the current patent system, but how exactly is a first-to-file system better? Seems like this only makes it easier to patent the useless and ridiculously broad crap that the current system is clogged with.
Sigh, for the billionth freaking time - there is no such word as "virius".
What they need to do is develop phasers and matching skintight pajamas, so they can go directly to Next Generation tactics.
Furthermore, if this cannot export to PDF or PowerPoint, it's pretty much useless.
Yeah, and if it doesn't let you type the letter "e", that will be bad too. Also, it shouldn't give you cancer - I think it would be bad if it gave you cancer.
Humankind has been "coddling the weak" for thousands upon thousands of years now.
Not whole thousands of years, surely? This probably has only had any kind of noticeable effect in the last 50 thousand years or so; and common ancestry of chimps and humans is considered to be what, 6 mya nowadays? Doesn't seem likely that this would have a difference.
What are we going to do when our robots autonomously decide to kill us???
I will be losing a lot of sleep over this in about 300 years.
Same capitalization rules for class names, methods, and variables? Whatever that language is, I don't think I like it.
Makes you look cool?
It's taken decades and millions (billions?) of dollars to produce the current spectrum of LEDs out of a wide range of chemicals and substrates. All that research didn't "invent" anything?
I'm pretty sure that part is called engineering, it's what generally follows invention and is the means of reducing it to practice.
Freedom of expression is not a relative concept. You either have it or you don't.
Damn straight! Unless you live somewhere where you have limited freedom of expression, in which case the degree of censorship becomes quite relevant.
Crap, you are right. What's more, the FAQ itself makes it sound like it's only controlled by that 'Enable Enhanced Prefetching' checkbox.
Guess the custom settings are the way to go then (really wish I could set these per domain now, so I could really put our internal apps to work).
Interesting (if short on detail), I'll have to check out the book they mention. Of course this goes back to the broader question of whether they are actually learning signs (in the ASL sense) or merely gestures.
I really wish there was more transparency in this area; it's fascinating research, but almost nothing is published in any sort of peer-reviewed manner. I can understand that, given how controversial these things are, the researchers may be put off by more public debate, but they do give off a definite vibe of "non-impartiality" (if not downright zealotry) in their public appearances. Take that AOL "chat" with Koko for example, I'm pretty sure her handler wasn't just playing to the audience and really does interpret everything that Koko does with the assumption of fully human-like sapience.
I'm thinking of writing the NoComputerWorld plugin - think they'd add it to the list?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Fasterfox doesn't prefetch links unless you specifically enable that option (or they are marked for prefetching, and who does that?). It doesn't matter which level you select, the indiscriminate prefetching is a separate option.
Its main benefits are multiple connections and pipelining (oh and the timer - I love the timer). To say that you should throw the whole thing out because they don't like prefetching (which is indeed a poor idea) is just plain silly.
Also, what's with the extremely patronizing tone of the whole article? Who made them the hall monitors of the internet?
Yeah... I meant better for students.
The problem with dogs is finding something they won't be able to smell on themselves. Unawareness is critical to the experiment.
That cuts the other way too, and is a much bigger obstacle there - a mirror image a few feet away might convince humans that there's a person there, but for many animals, if they can't smell it, it's not worth bothering with. So you can't tell if they think the dog in the mirror them or not because there isn't a dog in the mirror as far as they are concerned.
and many of the great apes have shown a decent aptitude for it (the fact they can't speak aloud is a problem in their vocal apparatus, not their intelligence).
Wow, that's sweeping a lot of scientific (and philosophical, I guess) complexity under the rug! There's only been a few cases where apes have shown abilities which could potentially be interpreted as going beyond mere conditioning and expressing rudimentary abstract concepts - that is a far cry from what we call "language" (whether vocalized, signed, or lexigraphic), and even that is heavily disputed (mostly because the researches aren't very forthcoming with their actual data).
I'm not arguing one side or the other, just saying that you can't claim apes have an "ability to communicate in language" based on the evidence so far.
Incidentally, which apes have taught sign language to their young? I'm pretty sure I haven't heard of this happening outside of TV shows.