The monkey analogy is true, but in the real world, the monkey might get pretty close to the top of the pole and then quit the game to reach the top because it can. Maybe the issue is not is "artificial intelligence possible", but rather how close do we need to get before the difference between machine intelligence and human intelligence is negligible.
I started working on this track, but the phone rang at the beginning of chapter 23. I was expecting a call, so I shouldn't have started. I'll finish the movie soon.
From this report from the EPA(PDF file) : Baker (1995) found 80 species of nickel-accumulating plants in the Buxaceae (including boxwood) and Euphoribiaceae (including cactus-like succulents) families. Some euphorbs can accumulate up to 5% of their dry weight in nickel.
That's close enough to rebar for me - I stand corrected, next time I'll keep my yap shut.
From the review of the book:
In Plant's view, drugs provided these writers with new insights into the working of the mind, newly discovered fragments of the self, and a new awareness of the limits of conventional ideas. Drugs granted them access to the twilight zones between dreamworld and reality, between the conscious and subconscious minds.
So maybe it WAS evolution, except that it was in... The Twilight Zone
STS-49 lifted off flawlessly from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, May 7, 1992. INTELSAT controllers began to maneuver the errant satellite into a lower orbit and reduce its rate of spin from 9 rotations per second to 0.6 rotations per second.
It can't be easy to catch a satellite that is rotating in a low-G environment - even 1/2 a rotation/second is pretty freaking fast.
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Hey, this one has a four nut payload. Increase to include four bolts and a crescent wrench and I can see some clear military applications.
Not really, they just made a bunch of random mutations and then sequenced the DNA of the bacteria that survived. So you do not need to worry about irrelevant mutations to the DNA - which reduces the sample size. The bacteria that do survive will do so to varying degrees - some will barely make it, while others do very well. Take 25-50 of the really good survivors, sequence the gene required for survival (which is automated and cheap to do) - then compare to naturally occurring mutations that confer the same level of resistance.
The key point here is the selection pressure will tend to result in the same types of mutations regardless of how the genes are mutated - you don't get a whole host of weird mutations to enable the bacteria to survive, only a few key protein changes are beneficial.
Went back and double checked.... one set of shares.... all of the paperwork had the same CUSIP code. I think that the color coding system can be confusing, since you could easily think that you need to send in both the white and green ballots if you don't read the material....
I own a small amount of HP stock and the proxy mailings for this vote were obscene. I received at least eight proxys - half from HP and half from the Packard family group. Only proxys by mail were accepted - online and telephone options were not available. The most recent proxy mailed in was the one that actually counted. All designed for maximum confusion. Messiest merger vote I've seen in a while.
But don't tell the grandchildren to head to the hills just yet. The odds of a collision are currently 1 in 10 million and could become even more remote with more refined calculations.
If we could just get the calculations more refined, then the asteroids will never hit us.
From the article: "It turns out that if you're shining light on something, the light will scatter," said Ulmer. "With cells, the way it scatters depends on whether the cells are large, as in cancer cells, or smaller, as in normal cells."
I find this a little oversimplified - there are normal skin cells that are 10x larger than cancer cells. Besides, there are more specific high throughput methods for screening cells already in development, such as "gene chip" style arrays that can determine whethercancer related genes are turned on or not.
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I find it a lot easier to pay the neighbor's kid to mow my lawn.
The monkey analogy is true, but in the real world, the monkey might get pretty close to the top of the pole and then quit the game to reach the top because it can. Maybe the issue is not is "artificial intelligence possible", but rather how close do we need to get before the difference between machine intelligence and human intelligence is negligible.
N'ayez pas une vache, homme!
You weren't that far off!
That's close enough to rebar for me - I stand corrected, next time I'll keep my yap shut.
From the review of the book: In Plant's view, drugs provided these writers with new insights into the working of the mind, newly discovered fragments of the self, and a new awareness of the limits of conventional ideas. Drugs granted them access to the twilight zones between dreamworld and reality, between the conscious and subconscious minds.
So maybe it WAS evolution, except that it was in ... The Twilight Zone
Lamarckian inheritance lives!
Maybe they wanted to simulate polygamy ... best way to establish a remote colony.
It can't be easy to catch a satellite that is rotating in a low-G environment - even 1/2 a rotation/second is pretty freaking fast.
Hey, this one has a four nut payload. Increase to include four bolts and a crescent wrench and I can see some clear military applications.
I find it hard to believe that you can recover any metal from plants effectively. It's not like the wheat is going to turn into rebar.
Yeah, I think that one comes from Acme!
On the other hand, this could also be used to make fake ids, if all they're looking for is a green or red light after swiping.
... I think.
The key point here is the selection pressure will tend to result in the same types of mutations regardless of how the genes are mutated - you don't get a whole host of weird mutations to enable the bacteria to survive, only a few key protein changes are beneficial.
Went back and double checked .... one set of shares .... all of the paperwork had the same CUSIP code. I think that the color coding system can be confusing, since you could easily think that you need to send in both the white and green ballots if you don't read the material ....
The only decent thing about the Compaq laptops are the JBL speakers. Makes a good MP3 player and that's about it.
I own a small amount of HP stock and the proxy mailings for this vote were obscene. I received at least eight proxys - half from HP and half from the Packard family group. Only proxys by mail were accepted - online and telephone options were not available. The most recent proxy mailed in was the one that actually counted. All designed for maximum confusion. Messiest merger vote I've seen in a while.
If we could just get the calculations more refined, then the asteroids will never hit us.
Kirk? Wait a minute, you aren't Roykirk? Too much IMPERFECTION
Nomad .... wait .... ZZZZZap
Is this a record for earliest use on an off topic term?
I find this a little oversimplified - there are normal skin cells that are 10x larger than cancer cells. Besides, there are more specific high throughput methods for screening cells already in development, such as "gene chip" style arrays that can determine whethercancer related genes are turned on or not.
Sorry ... this might be a little more convenient: For the love of PI.
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Well ... a 50 year time frame must leave a little wiggle room.