I think that the Great Barrier Reef would be a more appropriate point of comparison.
You can see that from space too.
Oh, you can't just add the word "Fire" to the front of it. Poo.
This is a UK news story, don't call it "math" in the story.
There's no reason to grind flat the subtle differences in dialect, that sort of thing just makes the world a miserable, grey place. I know we may be fighting a losing battle here, as all our youngsters look forward to their high school proms...
I don't need to be taught a "think" or two by them or you nobber. I took the time to log in so that I wouldn't be anonymous.
Seriously though, do you not get sick and tired of the self-righteous Slashdot attitude? Hem-hem;)
OMG!!! Amazing!!! Another anonymous slashdotter has seen through all the hard work of 30 years of real reseachers and has turned up to tell us all what we are doing wrong. Oh thank you, now we can all retire. Cunt.
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Don't mod him up, he's a mentalist. AI4U, Mentifex, Arthur T. Murray. He's a known crackpot who has been bugging genuine AI researchers for years. Oh, but, dear Slashdot reader, you always support the underdog you say, big business and academia always ignore the maverick genius. Alright then, go on and waste your time reading the links and come back to us with a report...
I should say I don't do WoW or Eq, but I was an RPGer and LRPer. (sorry).
Having the same nick for different forums and even games is one thing, but if the game is a role-playing one, then the name is the name of the character surely? If you care about the RP in MMORPG then having some distinction between your character's persona and your regular online persona seems a good thing. Unless in real life you feel that you are a paladin. OMG you do don't you!;)
Other way to think of it is to roleplay with the punches as it were. So the Alliance, the King, the Gods, whatever have made you change your name. Feel free to moan about it, but do it in character. Plus I think Violated is a cool name:)
This was bound to happen sooner or later, as MySpace repeats the history of the internet. Just look at the huge number of practically unreadable webpages with different size fonts and different colours, terribly innappropriate background images.
Oh, and a load of commercial interests trying to stuff things down our throats.
Loads of chicks though...;)
Typical Crichton book. Lots of discussions from people in the field to add colour and realism to the background. Then it all turns into a runaround monster movie.
Oh, with the added subtext that women who go to work are evil harpies hell-bent on destroying Family Values.
When I was young little 8-bit gamer, all the computer magazines were ever about was POKEs for unlimited lives and so on. This cheat-friendly attitude stayed the same right up till online gaming. Suddenly "cheat" was a dirty word again, and I'm only talking about PS2 gaming where the only things at stake are reputations.
This is about the freedom to swing your fists being restricted by the noses of other people innit?
WRT the special effects on the old series, bear in mind that the televisions were much worse then.
Try watching them on an analogue grainy black and white 14-inch telly and the Daemons look pretty darn good...
Right. Of course they can use computers and get PhDs in the US.
"Studying theology (or mythology) requires genuine scholarship (which in turn requires intelligence)."
You'd like to think so wouldn't you. But it's bollocks. You can just make it up! For many years, studying the Word Of God was the only game in town, and questioning and arguing about that is no doubt partly responsible for the many great Jewish Thinkers. ISTM now though that Theology is all too often Philosophy that stops before the hard questions. These days theologians in the west are trying to find ways to reconcile evolution, quantum theory, and God.
But you would not believe the piss-poor muddleheadedness that passes for "scholarship" in a lot of places. Also, I'm really not convinced that blind rote learning and accepting of dogma really equips you to think properly these days. On the one hand look at all the crazy conspiracy theories that the arab world swallow. (sorry tinhats - bad example.)
Okay, how can you list the advantages of genetic algorithms saying that they are fast and robust etc. and then DENY Darwin? A muslim guy actually tried to tell me that evolution couldn't be true - "you don't think that your computer was not designed by someone do you?" N0b.
Actually, I DON'T think my computer was designed by anyONE. I think the design EVOLVED, with lots of tiny improvements by lots of people over a period of a coupla hundred years.
As Jim would say "Argument from design - my arse!"
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I think that the Great Barrier Reef would be a more appropriate point of comparison. You can see that from space too. Oh, you can't just add the word "Fire" to the front of it. Poo.
This is a UK news story, don't call it "math" in the story. There's no reason to grind flat the subtle differences in dialect, that sort of thing just makes the world a miserable, grey place. I know we may be fighting a losing battle here, as all our youngsters look forward to their high school proms...
What a waste of a modpoint. It's not offtopic, it's redundant. And funny. :P
And the tagging beta still says magentic so nyaah.
What's a Magentic when it's at home? Is it related to Magellan?
I don't need to be taught a "think" or two by them or you nobber. I took the time to log in so that I wouldn't be anonymous. Seriously though, do you not get sick and tired of the self-righteous Slashdot attitude? Hem-hem ;)
OMG!!! Amazing!!! Another anonymous slashdotter has seen through all the hard work of 30 years of real reseachers and has turned up to tell us all what we are doing wrong. Oh thank you, now we can all retire. Cunt.
Don't mod him up, he's a mentalist. AI4U, Mentifex, Arthur T. Murray. He's a known crackpot who has been bugging genuine AI researchers for years. Oh, but, dear Slashdot reader, you always support the underdog you say, big business and academia always ignore the maverick genius. Alright then, go on and waste your time reading the links and come back to us with a report...
>>28. The British buy the most compact discs in the world..
So how compact are the discs elsewhere?
Having the same nick for different forums and even games is one thing, but if the game is a role-playing one, then the name is the name of the character surely? If you care about the RP in MMORPG then having some distinction between your character's persona and your regular online persona seems a good thing. Unless in real life you feel that you are a paladin. OMG you do don't you! ;)
Other way to think of it is to roleplay with the punches as it were. So the Alliance, the King, the Gods, whatever have made you change your name. Feel free to moan about it, but do it in character. Plus I think Violated is a cool name :)
This was bound to happen sooner or later, as MySpace repeats the history of the internet. Just look at the huge number of practically unreadable webpages with different size fonts and different colours, terribly innappropriate background images. Oh, and a load of commercial interests trying to stuff things down our throats. Loads of chicks though... ;)
Typical Crichton book. Lots of discussions from people in the field to add colour and realism to the background. Then it all turns into a runaround monster movie. Oh, with the added subtext that women who go to work are evil harpies hell-bent on destroying Family Values.
When I was young little 8-bit gamer, all the computer magazines were ever about was POKEs for unlimited lives and so on. This cheat-friendly attitude stayed the same right up till online gaming. Suddenly "cheat" was a dirty word again, and I'm only talking about PS2 gaming where the only things at stake are reputations. This is about the freedom to swing your fists being restricted by the noses of other people innit?
It's better to say that UAV stands for "Unoccupied Aerial Vehicle." That way you can't just get a woman pilot and pocket the DARPA dollars.
lol. Thanks for your wish of a mod point :D
I should have used a better title I guess....
WRT the special effects on the old series, bear in mind that the televisions were much worse then. Try watching them on an analogue grainy black and white 14-inch telly and the Daemons look pretty darn good...
I think you'll find it's Hadrian's Wall.
How the fuck is this "insightful"?
Right. Of course they can use computers and get PhDs in the US. "Studying theology (or mythology) requires genuine scholarship (which in turn requires intelligence)." You'd like to think so wouldn't you. But it's bollocks. You can just make it up! For many years, studying the Word Of God was the only game in town, and questioning and arguing about that is no doubt partly responsible for the many great Jewish Thinkers. ISTM now though that Theology is all too often Philosophy that stops before the hard questions. These days theologians in the west are trying to find ways to reconcile evolution, quantum theory, and God. But you would not believe the piss-poor muddleheadedness that passes for "scholarship" in a lot of places. Also, I'm really not convinced that blind rote learning and accepting of dogma really equips you to think properly these days. On the one hand look at all the crazy conspiracy theories that the arab world swallow. (sorry tinhats - bad example.) Okay, how can you list the advantages of genetic algorithms saying that they are fast and robust etc. and then DENY Darwin? A muslim guy actually tried to tell me that evolution couldn't be true - "you don't think that your computer was not designed by someone do you?" N0b. Actually, I DON'T think my computer was designed by anyONE. I think the design EVOLVED, with lots of tiny improvements by lots of people over a period of a coupla hundred years. As Jim would say "Argument from design - my arse!"
Prey is one of the worst books I have ever read.
Dont forget the human-interest subplot:
Women who have jobs are evil harpies that will destroy their men.
Never been so disappointed.