Someone who attends an honours course and is awarded an ordinary degree: i.e. you didn't fail spectacularly and you showed up to lectures so we'll give you a piece of paper.
It's obvious that as the entitlement generation grows up we'll see more of this: "I should get a job even though I'm mediocre at what I do and if I don't then I should be able to sue someone".
Sounds to me more like he's suddenly realised everyone is noticing the AI Emperor has no clothes and is panicking about future funding.
Professor Penrose is right: Artificial Intelligence is impossible because we are fundamentally incapable of understanding human intelligence. Our brains are not predictable, clockwork, mechanical devices they are at a fundamental depend on chaos.
Did you happen to see the episode where Jeremy Clarkson's Ford GT turned up? Brand new. It broke down so many times when he tried to drive it home he had to get it towed.
The E46 M3's 3.2L engine produces 343 horse power. That car came out in 2000. The newer E90/92/93 produce over 400 bhp from a 4L engine.
Source: wikipedia.
In the 1950's there were Porsches being produced with over 100bhp/litre, variants of the 356's flat-four: so you could say the US motor industry is still at least 40 years behind the European;)
Actually, and I don't understand this myself, one of the most popular colour for Porsches is 'Speed Yellow' which is a similar garish yellow to the one on the car in the article.
Unfortunately it requires you to buy an American car.
Has the American car industry actually managed to get a whole 100bhp/litre out of a normally aspirated car yet? Or install suspension that wouldn't feel more at home in a super-soft bed?
Top Gear regularly make the joke that American car engines are made out of pig iron. And that was certainly true when I considered, for a whole 5 minutes, buying a Ford Mustang. A modern performance car with a *solid* rear axle and a lump of volcanic rock for an engine? No wonder I went out and bought European instead.
Putting this 'appearance pack' on a Chevrolet is like putting lipstick on a pig.
Actually no. That's not the point of a *role-playing* game. The point of a *role-playing* game is to act as your character one might even say to *role-play* it.
Which is why 'computer role-playing game' is a contradiction in terms.
You're right that this is the thin end of the wedge but you've got the wedge wrong.
The "logical" next step is for so-called "pro-choice" advocates to use the argument that they should be able to chose the colour of their unborn child's hair and eyes as justification for murdering unborn children with the wrong colour hair or eyes.
They shouldn't have been attacking the use by TurnItIn instead they should have attacked the school's requirement to post their essays on TurnItIn.
I assume the US has a legal requirement for children to be educated (in the UK it's until age 16 at the moment) so what they should have done was attacked the requirement that the co-erced them into uploading essays to TurnItIn and specifically that this resulted in them having to sign over certain rights allowing TurnItIn to use their work. If they didn't agree then they wouldn't get the education to which they are legally entitled.
They should have refused to sign up to TurnItIn's site and then sued the school for not providing an education.
I assume they didn't bother hiring lawyers because these seems such an obvious route of attack any half-way competent lawyer should have seen it.
So can someone explain to me why it is that India can afford nuclear weapons and spy satellites but I regularly see begging tv adverts telling me I need to give generously because Indians can't afford proper eye care or to provide themselves with clean water?
"under-clocked-as-standard graphics card" oh really? First clue you didn't rally buy a MBP. "over a thousand pounds" for a MBP? And there's the second: MBPs cost closer to two thousand.
Perhaps you bought a Dell without realising because you strike me as being stupid enough.
public class Finder { public static int find(String[] keys, String target) { int high = keys.length; int low = -1; while (high - low > 1) { int probe = (low + high) >>> 1; if (keys[probe].compareTo(target) > 0) high = probe; else low = probe; } if (low == -1 || keys[low].compareTo(target) != 0) return -1; else return low; } }
This example from Beautiful Code published by O'Reilly is complicated (not really but it does require some basic comp sci knowledge you wouldn't expect a 10 year old to have).
Or how about:
I'd argue that in both the cases the "simple" and "readable by a ten year old" versions would be much more bug prone, complex and inefficient.
Programming does require skill and some education and it is perfectly reasonable to expect that someone who is trying to understand some code is capable of spotting a binary tree search and is capable of interpreting some regex. If somone doesn't have that capacity then they should go work for HR and not expect the rest of us to dumb down to their level.
Kiddy porn sites should be blocked (the ludicrous comparison someone made to the war on drugs is just sickened me)
So should sites on making bombs etc. But should racist sites? Should sites the promote nationalism? Sites that promote racial integration? Pro and anti- abortion sites. I have personal opinions on all of those cases but it is a matter of personal opinion.
The real problem is who exactly decides that site X is kiddy porn or not because I certainly don't trust my government not to abuse that power (nor any quango they might create to avoid FIA requests).
I'm an adult I should be able to chose. I should also be accountable for my choices.
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Someone who attends an honours course and is awarded an ordinary degree: i.e. you didn't fail spectacularly and you showed up to lectures so we'll give you a piece of paper.
It's obvious that as the entitlement generation grows up we'll see more of this: "I should get a job even though I'm mediocre at what I do and if I don't then I should be able to sue someone".
Let's hope she gets laughed out of court.
I don't think that's true at all.
I think it's to do with people riding them on pavements: they take up more room than a walker and if you collide with them they hurt.
People would (and do) react the same way to cyclists trying to ride on a crowded pavement.
Sounds to me more like he's suddenly realised everyone is noticing the AI Emperor has no clothes and is panicking about future funding.
Professor Penrose is right: Artificial Intelligence is impossible because we are fundamentally incapable of understanding human intelligence. Our brains are not predictable, clockwork, mechanical devices they are at a fundamental depend on chaos.
Did you happen to see the episode where Jeremy Clarkson's Ford GT turned up? Brand new. It broke down so many times when he tried to drive it home he had to get it towed.
Is this the quality you are talking about?
The E46 M3's 3.2L engine produces 343 horse power. That car came out in 2000. The newer E90/92/93 produce over 400 bhp from a 4L engine.
;)
Source: wikipedia.
In the 1950's there were Porsches being produced with over 100bhp/litre, variants of the 356's flat-four: so you could say the US motor industry is still at least 40 years behind the European
Actually, and I don't understand this myself, one of the most popular colour for Porsches is 'Speed Yellow' which is a similar garish yellow to the one on the car in the article.
Unfortunately it requires you to buy an American car.
Has the American car industry actually managed to get a whole 100bhp/litre out of a normally aspirated car yet? Or install suspension that wouldn't feel more at home in a super-soft bed?
Top Gear regularly make the joke that American car engines are made out of pig iron. And that was certainly true when I considered, for a whole 5 minutes, buying a Ford Mustang. A modern performance car with a *solid* rear axle and a lump of volcanic rock for an engine? No wonder I went out and bought European instead.
Putting this 'appearance pack' on a Chevrolet is like putting lipstick on a pig.
Actually no. That's not the point of a *role-playing* game. The point of a *role-playing* game is to act as your character one might even say to *role-play* it.
Which is why 'computer role-playing game' is a contradiction in terms.
It's main selling points are speed, simplicity, security and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.
The square root of -1.92 million dollars is the product of the square root of -1 (i) and the square root of 1.92 million dollars or ~1385.5i
Mind explaining the relevance of the 5th and 8th amendments to those of us without a written constitution?
You're right that this is the thin end of the wedge but you've got the wedge wrong.
The "logical" next step is for so-called "pro-choice" advocates to use the argument that they should be able to chose the colour of their unborn child's hair and eyes as justification for murdering unborn children with the wrong colour hair or eyes.
You read it here first.
I can understand why you were upset.
You bought a Ford Mustang! What were you thinking!
You seem to have missed the step where you convert this "harassment" into AT&T cancelling your contract for free.
Or is this the usual step in such processes where "a miracle happens" and fixes everything?
OSX is only available "new" when you get it with a new Mac so i'd be interested to know where you pulled "$129 new" from.
Google e-ink.
I have an iphone and a Kindle 2. The Kindle 2 is *much* better for reading. PITA it doesnt support pdfs. Conversion sucks.
The third Kindle and still no sign of Amazon selling it outside the US. Getting fed up with being lied to.
They shouldn't have been attacking the use by TurnItIn instead they should have attacked the school's requirement to post their essays on TurnItIn.
I assume the US has a legal requirement for children to be educated (in the UK it's until age 16 at the moment) so what they should have done was attacked the requirement that the co-erced them into uploading essays to TurnItIn and specifically that this resulted in them having to sign over certain rights allowing TurnItIn to use their work. If they didn't agree then they wouldn't get the education to which they are legally entitled.
They should have refused to sign up to TurnItIn's site and then sued the school for not providing an education.
I assume they didn't bother hiring lawyers because these seems such an obvious route of attack any half-way competent lawyer should have seen it.
So can someone explain to me why it is that India can afford nuclear weapons and spy satellites but I regularly see begging tv adverts telling me I need to give generously because Indians can't afford proper eye care or to provide themselves with clean water?
"under-clocked-as-standard graphics card" oh really? First clue you didn't rally buy a MBP. "over a thousand pounds" for a MBP? And there's the second: MBPs cost closer to two thousand.
Perhaps you bought a Dell without realising because you strike me as being stupid enough.
Wow I am so glad that Obama is so completely different from George Bush II.... oh wait...
She is literally above the law.
This example from Beautiful Code published by O'Reilly is complicated (not really but it does require some basic comp sci knowledge you wouldn't expect a 10 year old to have). Or how about:
(example from http://www.regular-expressions.info/ which removes duplicate lines from text)
I'd argue that in both the cases the "simple" and "readable by a ten year old" versions would be much more bug prone, complex and inefficient.
Programming does require skill and some education and it is perfectly reasonable to expect that someone who is trying to understand some code is capable of spotting a binary tree search and is capable of interpreting some regex. If somone doesn't have that capacity then they should go work for HR and not expect the rest of us to dumb down to their level.
Kiddy porn sites should be blocked (the ludicrous comparison someone made to the war on drugs is just sickened me)
So should sites on making bombs etc. But should racist sites? Should sites the promote nationalism? Sites that promote racial integration? Pro and anti- abortion sites. I have personal opinions on all of those cases but it is a matter of personal opinion.
The real problem is who exactly decides that site X is kiddy porn or not because I certainly don't trust my government not to abuse that power (nor any quango they might create to avoid FIA requests).
I'm an adult I should be able to chose. I should also be accountable for my choices.