Could it instead be that information doesn't really exist on one side or the other - message vs recipient - but can only be defined in terms of both together?
As far as I know, this is how information theory defines information (actually it defines uncertainty, but this is rather a technical detail). The definition of uncertainty relies on a random variable. This random variable represents the knowledge common to the sender and the recipient before sending the message ( they both know whether they will be transmitting symphonies, wikipedia articles, ECG records or whatever). The other part is encoding (they agree how to encode a symphony into a sequence of bits). Only when we have a random variable and an encoding then we can speak about information. So, IMHO your intuition and information theory are similar.
Generally, with Huffman coding you count the frequency of characters in a file and sort the frequency from largest to smallest.
You don't have to limit yourself to characters (although it is practical to do so for texts), or even fixed length bit sequences. If your data happens to contain a lot of "100011"'s and "10111010111010101"'s, you can use them for encoding. Any set of bitstrings works, as long as your file can be expressed as concatenation of the bitstrings from the set.
At your option, so please stop spreading misinformation. Thank you.
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Ok, they might develop thousand times faster than Microsoft. Unfortunately it is and always will be Microsoft leading the way, Mono & Co lagging behind. Nothing will change that.
Release early, release often. Don't end up like Emacs.
+3 Insightful? Is this a moderator meta-joke? C'mon people, early & often is for startups - apps that still lack features and are just gaining the userbase. It might be unconceivable, but some apps actually get past this stage.
Don't end up like Emacs? WTF? You mean don't end up with a large and loyal userbase? People buying books about your software? Naah, don't end up like that, better concentrate on releasing early & often.
I am not a lawyer, so before posting I consulted one. Here's what I have to say:
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Sixty years ago - maybe. The war ended in 1945, and the 40+ years of communist regime that followed has made Poles quite friendly towards Germans. Having a common enemy can do wonders towards friendship and West Germany was the closest non-communist country at this time. Well, that and the fact that most people who remembered the German occupation are now dead. The fact that the communists tried to take advantage of the anti-german sentiment probably helped too.
To sum it all up: 1. In Poland, only old people fear Germans. 2. In Soviet Russia (well, almost) Poles don't dislike Germans. *RIMSHOT!*
The description states that the machine has no halting-state.
I couldn't make out what is to be interpreted as the result of a particular computation of this machine.
Seems like a pretty important detail.
I guess it's up to you to define the result interpretation in your proof. If you can make the machine encode "Finished emulating, and the result is: TRUE" on the tape (in whatever encoding of ascii into colors), then go into an idle loop over some other part of the tape, then it's probably OK with Wolfram, as long as you prove that this happens if and only if the input machine finishes in its accept-state.
Of course, any interpretation that requires solving a universal problem to decode the result will be probably ruled out as cheating:-)
0wn th31r machines and figure out how to make sure the Boss isn't in the room telling the v0t3r how t0 v0t3!!!
Whoever modded this as troll missed an important point: no hacking/counterhacking measures will prevent voters being influenced by their bosses or bribed or forced to vote by abusive spouses, yada, yada, yada, you get the point.
Unless of course the e-voting procedure requires a signoff from a trusted third party who assures that the voter isn't showing their vote to their boss/person who paid them/ abusive spouse, yada, yada, yada, you get the point.
In the real world if a shopkeeper said "Hi, nice to see you again. Did you find that X you were looking for?"
In the unreal world of the internet, it's more like:
"Hi, nice to see you again. I have analyzed your shopping pattern and deducted that you have a furries fetish and a mistress that you visit every friday. By the way, it's friday - wanna buy a pack of condoms, some lube and a furry costume, size 38 (I have deducted that too)? Ah, and I sold this data to some other stores around town. Have a nice day!"
The power convesion ratio is not really that important in itself. The only really important measure is $/watt.
There are some problems with $/watt as the measure for tech.
First, it's more like ( $ + X)/watt where X = inconveniences that aren't easy to price, like pollution generated by manufacture, space occupied, etc. Second, it is less useful for evaluating technologies that aim at being useful in the future, partly because you don't know future prices of resources and partly because you don't know what the competitive $/watt landscape will look like, so you don't know your viability threshold for $/watt.
Solar tech definitely aims at the future, that's why $/watt is not the only important measure.
Ok, Yet Another Visible Organization chooses Ubuntu, joy & bliss. I'm curious whether they plan to contribute - bug reports, patches, new features/apps maybe?
I'm really no expert on this, so can someone explain why ftp doesn't fill these requirements?
1. It's not designed for random file access - how do you change a single byte in a file without downloading the whole file?
2. No locking.
3. User permissions too coarse-grained.
Ok, the previous garage had serious problems, the current is (supposedly) OK.
It would be interesting to know a bit more, specifically what were the main difficulties in building the system? It seems very simple - make sure that the car fits into a (virtual) box ( you can do that by first trying to fit it into a real box:-) ), then put the box into a free space.
Yeah, like the stock market, only for all the people involved, not only the uneducated who decide to buy stock because it has grown 30 percent last month or because their barber told them to.
Here's a link to the AFFSA (the French FDA) report [PDF warning][French warning:-)] on the Lactobacillus Casei yoghurt. They found all of the manufacturer's claims "unverifiable" or "unsupported", except one, which they advised on changing to: "takes part in the process of reinforcing natural defenses".
But what really needs to be looked at is the OVERALL cost. What I mean by this, is: What are the environmental costs of producing the panels? What byproducts does this produce (i.e. another poster mentioned product of hydrogen vehicle... H20 - on a small scale this has negligible effect, on a large scale, what would this do?)? What happens to the panels when they eventually degrade? Is this safe waste?
Doctors can lose their licenses, lawyers can be disbarred, and reporters can be fired for failing to live up to their professional responsibilities.
Smarmy IT professionals get magazine columns.
Let me point out some facts about doctors and lawyers:
Both professions are heavily controlled. Many years practical and theoretical training, interspersed with tough exams. It's not just a good idea, it's the law. In many countries a medicine doctor has to pass an exam every few years just to keep their licence.
Mandatory professional associations membership. Getting kicked out of the association means losing your right to practice the profession.
Personal responsibility for fuckups.
1. and 2. tend to lessen the number of professionals. Guess what it does to the prices of their services?
3. drives the insurance prices up, and again, these increase the service prices.
I said "They're already paying you to do your job."
If you wanted or expected more, you should have asked for it up front.
Agreed and agreed. But given what you have written above - why do companies organize those insultingly shitty parties? My answer is that they try to make their employees think it is not like that - they are a big happy family and should happily work harder (than the contracted minimum) to keep it this way. And if that isn't a good reason to complain, at least it is a good reason to make fun of. And that's what the article does.
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Sounds like quackery to me.
Ok, they might develop thousand times faster than Microsoft. Unfortunately it is and always will be Microsoft leading the way, Mono & Co lagging behind. Nothing will change that.
Don't end up like Emacs? WTF? You mean don't end up with a large and loyal userbase? People buying books about your software? Naah, don't end up like that, better concentrate on releasing early & often.
Mr Crookes [removed to avoid potential liability], however [removed to avoid potential liability] and [removed to avoid potential liability]. So, in fact [removed to avoid potential liability] and to be honest [removed just in case].
Have a nice day. DISCLAIMER: The author of this post does not guarantee that your day will be nice. Moreover, the author of this post is not responsible for any damages resulting in your trying to have a nice day.
To sum it all up: 1. In Poland, only old people fear Germans. 2. In Soviet Russia (well, almost) Poles don't dislike Germans. *RIMSHOT!*
Of course, any interpretation that requires solving a universal problem to decode the result will be probably ruled out as cheating :-)
Unless of course the e-voting procedure requires a signoff from a trusted third party who assures that the voter isn't showing their vote to their boss /person who paid them/ abusive spouse, yada, yada, yada, you get the point.
"Hi, nice to see you again. I have analyzed your shopping pattern and deducted that you have a furries fetish and a mistress that you visit every friday. By the way, it's friday - wanna buy a pack of condoms, some lube and a furry costume, size 38 (I have deducted that too)? Ah, and I sold this data to some other stores around town. Have a nice day!"
First, it's more like ( $ + X)/watt where X = inconveniences that aren't easy to price, like pollution generated by manufacture, space occupied, etc. Second, it is less useful for evaluating technologies that aim at being useful in the future, partly because you don't know future prices of resources and partly because you don't know what the competitive $/watt landscape will look like, so you don't know your viability threshold for $/watt.
Solar tech definitely aims at the future, that's why $/watt is not the only important measure.
Frubuntu anyone? :-)
2. No locking.
3. User permissions too coarse-grained.
It would be interesting to know a bit more, specifically what were the main difficulties in building the system? It seems very simple - make sure that the car fits into a (virtual) box ( you can do that by first trying to fit it into a real box :-) ), then put the box into a free space.
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge...
Here's a link to the AFFSA (the French FDA) report [PDF warning][French warning :-)] on the Lactobacillus Casei yoghurt. They found all of the manufacturer's claims "unverifiable" or "unsupported", except one, which they advised on changing to: "takes part in the process of reinforcing natural defenses".
I'll throw in one more: how much energy does it take to produce and maintain the solar panels, hydrogen tanks, insulation, etc? An interesting read: Can Solar Cells Ever Recapture the Energy Invested in their Manufacture?
What about a study with the false facts?!
- Both professions are heavily controlled. Many years practical and theoretical training, interspersed with tough exams. It's not just a good idea, it's the law. In many countries a medicine doctor has to pass an exam every few years just to keep their licence.
- Mandatory professional associations membership. Getting kicked out of the association means losing your right to practice the profession.
- Personal responsibility for fuckups.
1. and 2. tend to lessen the number of professionals. Guess what it does to the prices of their services?3. drives the insurance prices up, and again, these increase the service prices.
Pay up or shut up.