What exactly about what they describe is a NEW APPROACH to ai? This is an auto-complete gone out of control. To assume that a software program can understand what a human is thinking, isn't that the same as saying the software program can think like a human.
Most viruses however do not attempt to do anything damaging to a computer directly, meaning they create an immunity to another virus which could have been a lot worse. Its the same attitude that "elephants won't fall from the sky" that keeps people from applying fixes to vulnerabilities. And, in many cases, it may be better off to wait for a specific attack and fix it than to prepare for every possible attack.
The Hulk
The Hulk
(2003)
[NR]
Starring:
Eric Bana , Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam
Elliott, Josh Lucas, Paul Kersey
Directed by:
Ang Lee
Written by:
John Turman and
Michael France and James Schamus
There's hardly a nerd who wouldn't like, at least once, to morph into a huge
green guy and panic his tormentors. So, how is it that Hollywood can take this
delicious daydream and puree it into pure broccoli juice? Let's start with a
simple principle that Hollywood has failed to grasp. Bigger is not always
better.
Consider the scene where the evil father genetically engineers a group of
dogs into vicious behemoths and sets them on the scent of a victim to
assassinate. Ironically, one of the dogs appears to be an American pit bull
terrier (hence forth referred to as a pit bull). Even cat lovers will recognize
this as one tough puppy. Why is this ironic? Making the dog larger would most
likely make it a less effective assassin.
According to pit bull lore, they have been matched against virtually every
other dog breed not to mention lions, tigers, and bears. More often than not the
pit bull wins. Yes, this has a lot to do with the breed's strength and stamina
but it's also because, at around 60 pounds, pit bulls are exactly the right
size.
Dog breeders have produced huge fighting dogs such as the Japanese Tosa Inu
which can reach 200 lbs but it typically doesn't make them better fighters than
the pit bull. If a dog is scaled up, its strength will increase with the square
of the scale up factor while its mass will increase with the cube of the scale
up factor. For example double the size of the dog and its strength will increase
by a factor of 4 but its weight will increase by a factor of 8. At some point
the shear mass of the dog will begin to limit its stamina as well as its ability
to move quickly.
The best way to convert a pit bull into an assassin's tool would be to make
it super smart rather than super large. A truly intelligent dog would not have
to rely on the vagaries of following a scent. It could read maps, plan its
attack for the best possible situation, sneak up, and quietly dispatch its
victim with a quick bite to the throat. The dog already has all the jaw strength,
agility, and jumping ability required to do so.
If anything, converting a pit bull into a snarling slobbering monster and
sending it out with two other similar beasts would have made it a less effective
assassin. How are a group of vicious dogs the size of cars going to detect and
follow the scent of a person driving dozens of miles, let alone do so without
alerting the community, police, and national news media. Keep in mind that
the targeted victim probably drove home, filled up with gas, and stopped at the
supermarket before eventually ending up at a remote cabin in the woods.
As depicted in the movie, morphing also had serious problems. For one, it
disobeyed the first law of thermodynamics. This is the most firmly established
principle in all of physics and says that one cannot create mass out of nothing.
No amount of mumbo jumbo about sea cucumbers and star fish can compensate for
this shortcoming. If the Hulk is going to bulk up in a few seconds he's going to
have to either acquire more mass, lower his density or some combination of the
two. Unfortunately, gulping air is about the only choice for gaining mass and
this will almost certainly lower density in the process.
By inhaling and standing in a more upright posture, a creature could appear
perhaps 25% larger. A good snort of adrenalin or some other drug could
conceivably increase short term strength by a factor of ten. An increase beyond
this would probably cause injuries such as broken bones or torn tendons and
ligaments. Combining these transformations with a color change along with growling and
snarling would create a very imposing presence.
By contrast the movie has a scene in which the Hulk holds his love interest
King-Cong-like in his fist. The Hulk would have to be at least ten t
What exactly are you complaining about? If there is a good way to do things, why should Microsoft do things another way just because it's the way Apple is doing it?
I'm on the RIAA's side on this one. Today its text messaging, and tomorrow, who knows, people may be communicating on a futuristic device where they actually can hear other persons voice IN REALTIME, and sooner a new technology will emerge which allows people to talk to one another WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE WHATSOEVER!!! Then just imagine, if you will, if there were a network of "movie critics" posting reviews all over the internet. Imagine if people KNEW HOW BAD THE MOVIE WAS BEFORE THEY EVEN SAW IT? Who would see see the movies!!! NOBODY!!! We would ALL LOOSE OUR JOBS!!!
1. You purchase the song for.99 euros.
2. You get access to download the song for 3 days.
3. At the 3rd day, a team of Microsoft employees comes to your house to remove all the songs from your computer and electronic devices. They destroy all cdrs, Pen drives, flash cards or anything else you could have used to pirate music.
4. The microsoft team reformats your hard drive, and reinstalls windows at a discounted cost of $129.
5. A private detective who has been following you over the past 3 days, visits everyone you've come in contact with and performs the same process on them.
* This process is repeated once for each additional song purchased.
Am i mistaking, or wouldn't playing Ogg Vorbis files instead of MP3 files result in decreased battery time since it may take more processor time to decode these files. Is this an issue to anyone?
So who will benifit from the funding other than open source developers? This will not provide any new software to the public. The same software will be availiable, only more developers will get paid for it.
Steve Oualline joins the crew of MTV's Jackass, writes several skits for Tom Green and TRUTH, and curses president Bush on live television while receiving an accademy award.
He dropped down into commiseration mode: the corners of his mouth drooped, his head ducked, he took a Hapsburg stance--his feet angled, his left foot perpendicular to his right, heel against arch, his torso yawed a few degrees off center, his hands lightly on his hips--
...A crowd gathered around him. The music starts. He starts dancing his infamous Geek Ramba. The crowd goes wild. In mid stride, he slings off his leather Lord of the Rings jacket revealing a homemade Bittorrent t-shirt, a fresh nametag from the latest Star Trek convention, and a platinum necklace with a giant emblem in the shape of a penguin...
Tiger Direct charged $40 and Wal-Mart $80 for shipping
What? I ordered an 1ghz p4 emachine several months ago for $299 at overstock.com, and the shipping was $3.95. And it came with Windows XP preinstalled.
I think another reason younger programmers are sometimes desirable is that they are seen to be more enthusiastic with what they are doing than older programmers. Someone really enjoying what they are doing can possibly be more likely to innovate. At least theoretically.
1.5" monitors. As Japanese teens are so used to reading messages on their cellphones, they are now more comfortable with monitors closer to the size of their cellphone screen which...
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here is the wired article about it. It's basically 2 pages of "This technology is nothing like Clippy."
What exactly about what they describe is a NEW APPROACH to ai? This is an auto-complete gone out of control. To assume that a software program can understand what a human is thinking, isn't that the same as saying the software program can think like a human.
Do you feel the same way about burglars, rapists and murderers?
"I dont care about catching rapists, so long as they rape your mother/sister/wife and dont come in my house."
So your saying it is just as bad for someone to infect your computer with a virus, as it is to for someone to rape your mother/sister/wife?
Most viruses however do not attempt to do anything damaging to a computer directly, meaning they create an immunity to another virus which could have been a lot worse. Its the same attitude that "elephants won't fall from the sky" that keeps people from applying fixes to vulnerabilities. And, in many cases, it may be better off to wait for a specific attack and fix it than to prepare for every possible attack.
There's hardly a nerd who wouldn't like, at least once, to morph into a huge green guy and panic his tormentors. So, how is it that Hollywood can take this delicious daydream and puree it into pure broccoli juice? Let's start with a simple principle that Hollywood has failed to grasp. Bigger is not always better.
Consider the scene where the evil father genetically engineers a group of dogs into vicious behemoths and sets them on the scent of a victim to assassinate. Ironically, one of the dogs appears to be an American pit bull terrier (hence forth referred to as a pit bull). Even cat lovers will recognize this as one tough puppy. Why is this ironic? Making the dog larger would most likely make it a less effective assassin.
According to pit bull lore, they have been matched against virtually every other dog breed not to mention lions, tigers, and bears. More often than not the pit bull wins. Yes, this has a lot to do with the breed's strength and stamina but it's also because, at around 60 pounds, pit bulls are exactly the right size.
Dog breeders have produced huge fighting dogs such as the Japanese Tosa Inu which can reach 200 lbs but it typically doesn't make them better fighters than the pit bull. If a dog is scaled up, its strength will increase with the square of the scale up factor while its mass will increase with the cube of the scale up factor. For example double the size of the dog and its strength will increase by a factor of 4 but its weight will increase by a factor of 8. At some point the shear mass of the dog will begin to limit its stamina as well as its ability to move quickly.
The best way to convert a pit bull into an assassin's tool would be to make it super smart rather than super large. A truly intelligent dog would not have to rely on the vagaries of following a scent. It could read maps, plan its attack for the best possible situation, sneak up, and quietly dispatch its victim with a quick bite to the throat. The dog already has all the jaw strength, agility, and jumping ability required to do so.
If anything, converting a pit bull into a snarling slobbering monster and sending it out with two other similar beasts would have made it a less effective assassin. How are a group of vicious dogs the size of cars going to detect and follow the scent of a person driving dozens of miles, let alone do so without alerting the community, police, and national news media. Keep in mind that the targeted victim probably drove home, filled up with gas, and stopped at the supermarket before eventually ending up at a remote cabin in the woods.
As depicted in the movie, morphing also had serious problems. For one, it disobeyed the first law of thermodynamics. This is the most firmly established principle in all of physics and says that one cannot create mass out of nothing. No amount of mumbo jumbo about sea cucumbers and star fish can compensate for this shortcoming. If the Hulk is going to bulk up in a few seconds he's going to have to either acquire more mass, lower his density or some combination of the two. Unfortunately, gulping air is about the only choice for gaining mass and this will almost certainly lower density in the process.
By inhaling and standing in a more upright posture, a creature could appear perhaps 25% larger. A good snort of adrenalin or some other drug could conceivably increase short term strength by a factor of ten. An increase beyond this would probably cause injuries such as broken bones or torn tendons and ligaments. Combining these transformations with a color change along with growling and snarling would create a very imposing presence.
By contrast the movie has a scene in which the Hulk holds his love interest King-Cong-like in his fist. The Hulk would have to be at least ten t
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What exactly are you complaining about? If there is a good way to do things, why should Microsoft do things another way just because it's the way Apple is doing it?
What team is he playing for?
I'm on the RIAA's side on this one. Today its text messaging, and tomorrow, who knows, people may be communicating on a futuristic device where they actually can hear other persons voice IN REALTIME, and sooner a new technology will emerge which allows people to talk to one another WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE WHATSOEVER!!! Then just imagine, if you will, if there were a network of "movie critics" posting reviews all over the internet. Imagine if people KNEW HOW BAD THE MOVIE WAS BEFORE THEY EVEN SAW IT? Who would see see the movies!!! NOBODY!!! We would ALL LOOSE OUR JOBS!!!
1. You purchase the song for
2. You get access to download the song for 3 days.
3. At the 3rd day, a team of Microsoft employees comes to your house to remove all the songs from your computer and electronic devices. They destroy all cdrs, Pen drives, flash cards or anything else you could have used to pirate music.
4. The microsoft team reformats your hard drive, and reinstalls windows at a discounted cost of $129.
5. A private detective who has been following you over the past 3 days, visits everyone you've come in contact with and performs the same process on them.
* This process is repeated once for each additional song purchased.
Am i mistaking, or wouldn't playing Ogg Vorbis files instead of MP3 files result in decreased battery time since it may take more processor time to decode these files. Is this an issue to anyone?
So who will benifit from the funding other than open source developers? This will not provide any new software to the public. The same software will be availiable, only more developers will get paid for it.
Steve Oualline joins the crew of MTV's Jackass, writes several skits for Tom Green and TRUTH, and curses president Bush on live television while receiving an accademy award.
Shirt tucking, and dress shoes. I never had to wear a tie anyway, except for a long time ago at a grocery store.
He dropped down into commiseration mode: the corners of his mouth drooped, his head ducked, he took a Hapsburg stance--his feet angled, his left foot perpendicular to his right, heel against arch, his torso yawed a few degrees off center, his hands lightly on his hips--
...A crowd gathered around him. The music starts. He starts dancing his infamous Geek Ramba. The crowd goes wild. In mid stride, he slings off his leather Lord of the Rings jacket revealing a homemade Bittorrent t-shirt, a fresh nametag from the latest Star Trek convention, and a platinum necklace with a giant emblem in the shape of a penguin...
They are also considering trying to persuade computer sellers in developing countries to install the program on machines.
They are going to develop countries to install the program on people's machines?
What meaning does the word "geek" have when just about anybody uses computers these days?
Why exactly does one need to run Windows at all? It seems Linux offers everything the average user would need.
Except for Windows applications.
Wow, now aol users can close aol without using ctrl+alt+delete.
Tiger Direct charged $40 and Wal-Mart $80 for shipping
What? I ordered an 1ghz p4 emachine several months ago for $299 at overstock.com, and the shipping was $3.95. And it came with Windows XP preinstalled.
I think another reason younger programmers are sometimes desirable is that they are seen to be more enthusiastic with what they are doing than older programmers. Someone really enjoying what they are doing can possibly be more likely to innovate. At least theoretically.
...Wait, before you go any further, "Loser" is actually You right? Or am I misreading this?
Even when they want to pick their noses, more and more boys and girls are tending to use a thumb, instead of a finger.
This is all cool until they use their thumb to fire a gun and shoot themselves in the face.
1.5" monitors. As Japanese teens are so used to reading messages on their cellphones, they are now more comfortable with monitors closer to the size of their cellphone screen which...
'It's hard to know where it will all end. Is there a country were people will work for free?'
It all ends when USA employees begin paying to work at companies based in India.