The problem with 40+ years old studies on computer aided learning is the computing lanscape has changed so much since then they are mostly irrelevant. Even the University of Illinois at Urbana is making the shift offering on-line education.
This Sunday, Supreme court of China has just released a report to tell they found 1 232 000 out of 1 233 039 people they had charges against were found guilty. That's about 99,92%, in summary, if you are charged in China, you have almost no chance to be found innocent.In 2014, it was 99,93%. Yes, they are trying to improve the situation, but the courts are corrupted and in the hands of the Communist party.
Now, imagine in North Korea where no one wants to improve anything on this side.
Given two thirds of deaths by firearms are suicides. I don't believe any of these will reduce the rate as much as it is claimed. In fact, even if you reduce the suicides by firearms, which is the bulk of the deaths, you will probably still have see an increase of suicides by other means. I still believe the whole discussion about firearms control is just not well defined from the very beginning.
What do you want to achieve exactly? You want to reduce mass murders? The are spectacular, however they are marginal in the stats. You want to reduce the homicids? Target criminal groups, they are not very likely to respect any legislation about firearms in first place. And to simplify, two thirds of the deaths are suicide and the other is homicids. Accidents and mass murders are marginals.
We know now that we don't need any big new breakthroughs to get to true AI.
Grossly exaggerated claim. The following article worth reading on this subject by no one else than two of authorities in the field, one did work on the backgammon game in the 90s and the other one on the IBM Deep Blue program that win over the world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997.
http://www.ibm.com/blogs/think...
In particular:
"However, research in such “clean” game domains didn’t really address most real-life tasks that have a “messy” nature. By “messy,” we mean that, unlike board games, it may be infeasible to write down an exact specification of what happens when actions are taken, or indeed what exactly is the objective of the task. Real-world tasks typically pose additional challenges, such as ambiguous, hidden or missing data, and “non-stationarity,” meaning that the task can change unexpectedly over time. Moreover, they generally require human-level cognitive faculties, such as fluency in natural languages, common-sense reasoning and knowledge understanding, and developing a theory of the motives and thought processes of other humans."
There is also this story about a guy who splitted the Red Sea into two parts which is still running for over 3000 years and that other guy which has been crucified and ressurected three days after and 50 days later started flying in the sky toward someone called his father.
If I agree that in the San Bernardino's case Apple should give the FBI what they are asking for. I totally disagree with what Obama is saying now. He is asking for a backdoor and weakened security to allow future investigators to access what they want despite the fact future devices could and should be designed to prevent access to anyone but the owner.
The San Bernardino's case is different since in that particular case, it is feasible due to the particular iPhone model and the fact the security is such Apple can actually flash the firmware. However, it is not like asking any future smartphone should be designed in such a way the manufacturer should be able to help the FBI or whoever wants.
This is not about attracting talent to UK - we are pretty good at doing that already, thanks to top level scientists like Stephen Hawking, just to mention one at random.
At random? Seriously? There is 150 signees of this warning, including three Nobel Prizes, which Hawking isn't, and you say you name Hawking at random? He is the only one named in the summary.
Who hasn't been an invader at anytime of his history anyway? All the people still alive today are from communities which at some point in time did invade a neighbor. Some were just more successful at that than others. If it weren't the Brits it would have been someone else anyway. As soon as resources are available due to some weakness of the owner the table is set for an invasion. We are just a bit more sophisticated at that today and are trying to secure them without too much war and without actual occupation of the territory.
Well, Snowden's statement is bullshit. The firmware code is signed and without the private key to sign the firmware, it won't run on the iPhone even if you can perfectly write another one. Unless he means the FBI is having Apple's signing private key. If he believes so, he should prove it.
Trump can run as independant. There is no need for him to run as a Republican, it is just convenient for him. If the Republicans are throwing him through the window, they may pay the price if he decides to run for the presidency as an independant. The Republican candidate will lose a large chunk of votes.
Not that insightful, It may not be illegal to hack an email account in France, Germany or Japan. It may not be illegal to hack an account in France, Germany or Japan from the USA. It may not be illegal under certain consideration to even hack an account in USA, if you have a warrant, for example.
Well, you are better to believe you are qualified for the presidency if you are running for it rather than the reverse. I don't know how someone could convince anyone else to vote for him if he thinks himself he is not qualified. Pretty much stupid reasoning. This is not enough to qualify someone as megalomaniac. And the same applies to yourself. You don't apply on jobs you do not believe you are qualified for. Are you megalomaniac when you show up at an interview trying to sell yourself as the best candidate for the job?
Yep, but public key encryption is the method needed to exchange keys to setup symmetric encryption between two parties. So, if you can decrypt the initial exchange, you can grab the private keys for the symmetric encryption.
Factorization of the number 15 won't render modern encryption obsolete at all. To rendre encryption obsolete, they will need much more than 5 atoms and be able to factorize much more larger numbers.
Obviously you haven't follow that case very carefully. The iPhone isn't locked using fingerprints, it uses a 4 digit password. And before you ask why they just don't try all the combination, after 10 trials the iPhone may have been setup to delete the data. In addition, there is a delay between each trial which render this method unpractical unless you remove the delay and the 10 trials limit, which is exactly what the FBI is asking Apple to do for this iPhone by flashing a new firmware on it remotely. Yes, this model doesn't require the user to authorize the firmware to be flashed. So, that is totally possible to do. And why do they ask Apple and aren't just do it themselves? Because the firmware must be signed with Apple's private key otherwise the security chip in the iPhone will block the firmware execution.
Well, if you read the fine article, you are certainly aware that the iPhone and iOS are having a loophole in first place and it isn't the fault of the FBI. That's what Apple is struggling to avoid people knowing their iPhone are not what they claim they are regarding the security. The Apple performance is mainly a smoke screen in this case.
What is irresponsible, is building a fucking dam on gypsum soil in first place that need constantly repairs. Frankly, whatever anyone says you will track down until you can get Americans responsible for it. Go back to hell.
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The problem with 40+ years old studies on computer aided learning is the computing lanscape has changed so much since then they are mostly irrelevant. Even the University of Illinois at Urbana is making the shift offering on-line education.
Simply because I love my job. If I wouldn't being paid at work to do it, I would do it has a hobby anyway. So, better be paid, than not.
Now, imagine in North Korea where no one wants to improve anything on this side.
What do you want to achieve exactly? You want to reduce mass murders? The are spectacular, however they are marginal in the stats. You want to reduce the homicids? Target criminal groups, they are not very likely to respect any legislation about firearms in first place. And to simplify, two thirds of the deaths are suicide and the other is homicids. Accidents and mass murders are marginals.
We know now that we don't need any big new breakthroughs to get to true AI.
Grossly exaggerated claim. The following article worth reading on this subject by no one else than two of authorities in the field, one did work on the backgammon game in the 90s and the other one on the IBM Deep Blue program that win over the world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. http://www.ibm.com/blogs/think... In particular:
"However, research in such “clean” game domains didn’t really address most real-life tasks that have a “messy” nature. By “messy,” we mean that, unlike board games, it may be infeasible to write down an exact specification of what happens when actions are taken, or indeed what exactly is the objective of the task. Real-world tasks typically pose additional challenges, such as ambiguous, hidden or missing data, and “non-stationarity,” meaning that the task can change unexpectedly over time. Moreover, they generally require human-level cognitive faculties, such as fluency in natural languages, common-sense reasoning and knowledge understanding, and developing a theory of the motives and thought processes of other humans."
There is also this story about a guy who splitted the Red Sea into two parts which is still running for over 3000 years and that other guy which has been crucified and ressurected three days after and 50 days later started flying in the sky toward someone called his father.
The San Bernardino's case is different since in that particular case, it is feasible due to the particular iPhone model and the fact the security is such Apple can actually flash the firmware. However, it is not like asking any future smartphone should be designed in such a way the manufacturer should be able to help the FBI or whoever wants.
This is not about attracting talent to UK - we are pretty good at doing that already, thanks to top level scientists like Stephen Hawking, just to mention one at random.
At random? Seriously? There is 150 signees of this warning, including three Nobel Prizes, which Hawking isn't, and you say you name Hawking at random? He is the only one named in the summary.
Who hasn't been an invader at anytime of his history anyway? All the people still alive today are from communities which at some point in time did invade a neighbor. Some were just more successful at that than others. If it weren't the Brits it would have been someone else anyway. As soon as resources are available due to some weakness of the owner the table is set for an invasion. We are just a bit more sophisticated at that today and are trying to secure them without too much war and without actual occupation of the territory.
That's not the point anyway.
No, not a copy, just an article on the same subject.
Stainless steel will make them affordable, which is everything at the end of the day.
Well, Snowden's statement is bullshit. The firmware code is signed and without the private key to sign the firmware, it won't run on the iPhone even if you can perfectly write another one. Unless he means the FBI is having Apple's signing private key. If he believes so, he should prove it.
Almost every smart phone does. The browser thing is just irrelevant, you obviously do not understand anything about this ecosystem.
Talking Mexico, Joaquín Guzmán aka El Chapo himself would like to be jailed in USA rather than Mexico.
Trump can run as independant. There is no need for him to run as a Republican, it is just convenient for him. If the Republicans are throwing him through the window, they may pay the price if he decides to run for the presidency as an independant. The Republican candidate will lose a large chunk of votes.
Not that insightful, It may not be illegal to hack an email account in France, Germany or Japan. It may not be illegal to hack an account in France, Germany or Japan from the USA. It may not be illegal under certain consideration to even hack an account in USA, if you have a warrant, for example.
Well, you are better to believe you are qualified for the presidency if you are running for it rather than the reverse. I don't know how someone could convince anyone else to vote for him if he thinks himself he is not qualified. Pretty much stupid reasoning. This is not enough to qualify someone as megalomaniac. And the same applies to yourself. You don't apply on jobs you do not believe you are qualified for. Are you megalomaniac when you show up at an interview trying to sell yourself as the best candidate for the job?
Yep, but public key encryption is the method needed to exchange keys to setup symmetric encryption between two parties. So, if you can decrypt the initial exchange, you can grab the private keys for the symmetric encryption.
Seriously /., you are insulting to the community.
Who f... cares? This bill has 1% chance to be enacted. It shouldn't even discussed on /. for what it worth.
Obviously you haven't follow that case very carefully. The iPhone isn't locked using fingerprints, it uses a 4 digit password. And before you ask why they just don't try all the combination, after 10 trials the iPhone may have been setup to delete the data. In addition, there is a delay between each trial which render this method unpractical unless you remove the delay and the 10 trials limit, which is exactly what the FBI is asking Apple to do for this iPhone by flashing a new firmware on it remotely. Yes, this model doesn't require the user to authorize the firmware to be flashed. So, that is totally possible to do. And why do they ask Apple and aren't just do it themselves? Because the firmware must be signed with Apple's private key otherwise the security chip in the iPhone will block the firmware execution.
Well, if you read the fine article, you are certainly aware that the iPhone and iOS are having a loophole in first place and it isn't the fault of the FBI. That's what Apple is struggling to avoid people knowing their iPhone are not what they claim they are regarding the security. The Apple performance is mainly a smoke screen in this case.
Because you are nuts, that's why.
What is irresponsible, is building a fucking dam on gypsum soil in first place that need constantly repairs. Frankly, whatever anyone says you will track down until you can get Americans responsible for it. Go back to hell.