Ok, assume that the chess tree goes 200 ply (100 moves per player max). Now assume the branching factor, which is the average number of possible moves at any given position, without optimizations like alpha-beta is 20. So for each move in the longest possible game of 200 moves, there are an average of 20 possible moves. The number of moves in the chess tree therefore would be on the scale of 20^200. For a sense of how big this number is, consider that the number of atoms in the universe is about 10^80.
If you are talking about solving a chess position using a distributed network of computers (like seti@home), this would not work incredibly well. The problem would be communication between the nodes of the network. Chess is not a problem that can be solved completely in parallel, the different parts of the problem tree are dependent on other parts...they would need to communicate very efficiently for a system like this to work. On the internet, the response time between nodes is just too high for the system to work efficiently past one or two ply into the tree.
...and the 14th amendment extended the 1st amendment ban of establishing religion to the state governments.
As far as "seperation of church and state," this was a quote from Thomas Jefferson that the Supreme Court used in Everton vs Board of Education in 1947. It is the Supreme Court's job to determine constitutionality, and they decided that this "wall of seperation of church and state" was what was intended in the Establishment clause of the 1st amendment.
Now we are one step closer to giving people the false impression that they can be idiots with their data because this particular magic bullet (QC) will be completely secure.
All the studies I gave you were studies that showed speciation in the populations being studied. I don't know any other way to convince you if you don't actually look at the research.
Sorry, I think this reply may have been repeated...
All the studies I gave you were studies that showed speciation in the populations being studied. I don't know any other way to convince you if you don't actually look at the research.
Ok, once again, there are many theories of evolution. It is impossible to prove a theory correct, only to prove it incorrect. Evolution itself is not a theory, it is an observation, a fact. Evolution has been observed many many times in the laboratory and is roundly accepted by the scientific community as an established process of nature.
You want examples? Ok, do a google search on:
-Housefly experiments by Meffert and Bryant.
-Rhagoletis pomonella (Apple Maggot Fly) experiments by Feder and Bush
-Tribolium castaneum (Flour Beetles) experiments by Halliburton and Gall
Hell, just ask any farmer who watches populations of various insects adapt to the use of pesticides...
Evolution is a fact, you're just going to have to get used to it.
Here's a place to start...
Ok, there is the Fact of Evolution, and there is the Theory of Evolution, two entirely different things. This is analogous to the Fact of Gravity, and the Theory of Gravity. Just because there exists a theory to gravity does not imply that gravity itself does not exist. A theory is used to explained a known phenomenon...like gravity and evolution. We know evolution happens, just not how exactly, but our best guesses are called the "Theories of Evolution."
To not believe in the fact that evolution (change in genetic composition of a population over time) is akin to believing the earth is flat...
Half of the US thinks that Iraq was responsible for 9-11. Three times as many Americans believe in the Virgin Birth as believe in evolution. Do you really want these people making important decisions?
On the other hand, our elected officials took us to war with Iraq as a response to 9-11, so maybe having the right knowledge isn't sufficient...
The value of a typical CD to me is somewhere between $5 and $10. It is simply too easy to download and burn a CD filled with good songs rather than drive to the store and buy the a CD with maybe 1 or 2 good songs. I feel no remorse about doing this because I know most of the money doesn't go to the artist, who I support directly by buying concert tickets. The rest (most) of the money goes to the record company who I do not think is involved in the creation of the art which is copied onto the CD which I think is where the true value lies...not in the medium, but in the content.
I'm a programmer with a degree in computer science and I had a nightmare of a time getting Mandrake 9.1 into a usable configuration. I have an ATI graphics card and I never did get opengl to work properly, even after 2 months of trying. I scoured newsgroups and message boards, recompiled kernels, reinstalled from scratch multiple times...never worked.
I went to Windows XP, and magically everything worked from the basic installation.
Do I like Microsoft? No. Do I find their operating system much easier to use, without having to recompile patches into the kernel in order to get a BASIC FUNCTION like 3d graphics to work? Yes.
I don't care that this is a driver issue, all I know is windows is easier to use.
Just splash some of this stuff on your hands once every couple days and your palms will stop sweating. My understanding is it blocks your sweat glands from releasing perspiration, and doesn't let up for up to 72 hours. Its marketed as an underarm anti-perspirant under the name "Ultra-Dry," and can be found in most major drugs stores.
to bet against things that you know most people would bet on? For example, if one of the questions were "Will New York city fall victim to a terrorist attack in the next 5 years?" I would think that most of the "investors" would vote "Yes" on this. The government would see this, flood New York with FBI agents, and probably prevent an attack from happening. Knowing this would be the sequence of events, I would bet against this happening...easy money.
For the rest of it, we're just trying to finally, after 12 long years, finish the Gulf War. It never ended, because Iraq never accepted the terms of the 1991 cease fire agreement. It's gotten to the point where they either accept the terms-- which Mr. Hussein has indicated that he will not do-- or we bring down the Baath government and install a new regime that will accept the terms.
The gulf war was about removing Hussein's army from Kuwait. That was all that was authorized by the UN.
It all comes down to move ordering. This is how a human plays, if I'm not mistaken. The reason a human can "sense" a good line and follow it so deeply as opposed to examining every possible line is because of a certain "intuition" the human has which affects how he/she orders his searches in his/her head. There is also the issue of strategy over tactics, but I believe this is just heuristics.
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Ok, assume that the chess tree goes 200 ply (100 moves per player max). Now assume the branching factor, which is the average number of possible moves at any given position, without optimizations like alpha-beta is 20. So for each move in the longest possible game of 200 moves, there are an average of 20 possible moves. The number of moves in the chess tree therefore would be on the scale of 20^200. For a sense of how big this number is, consider that the number of atoms in the universe is about 10^80.
If you are talking about solving a chess position using a distributed network of computers (like seti@home), this would not work incredibly well. The problem would be communication between the nodes of the network. Chess is not a problem that can be solved completely in parallel, the different parts of the problem tree are dependent on other parts...they would need to communicate very efficiently for a system like this to work. On the internet, the response time between nodes is just too high for the system to work efficiently past one or two ply into the tree.
How was this offtopic? I was responding to the previous post.
...and the 14th amendment extended the 1st amendment ban of establishing religion to the state governments.
As far as "seperation of church and state," this was a quote from Thomas Jefferson that the Supreme Court used in Everton vs Board of Education in 1947. It is the Supreme Court's job to determine constitutionality, and they decided that this "wall of seperation of church and state" was what was intended in the Establishment clause of the 1st amendment.
whose intent was not to screw the little guy in favor of corporate interests?
W has got to be the worst president in the history of our nation. I'm not kidding.
I think God has prior art with this one...
Now we are one step closer to giving people the false impression that they can be idiots with their data because this particular magic bullet (QC) will be completely secure.
Well if you brute force with all combinations, one will give the plaintext...so in a sense you have cracked the code.
Nevermind, that was just stupid, I'm going back to bed now.
All the studies I gave you were studies that showed speciation in the populations being studied. I don't know any other way to convince you if you don't actually look at the research. Sorry, I think this reply may have been repeated...
All the studies I gave you were studies that showed speciation in the populations being studied. I don't know any other way to convince you if you don't actually look at the research.
Ok, once again, there are many theories of evolution. It is impossible to prove a theory correct, only to prove it incorrect. Evolution itself is not a theory, it is an observation, a fact. Evolution has been observed many many times in the laboratory and is roundly accepted by the scientific community as an established process of nature.
You want examples? Ok, do a google search on:
-Housefly experiments by Meffert and Bryant.
-Rhagoletis pomonella (Apple Maggot Fly) experiments by Feder and Bush
-Tribolium castaneum (Flour Beetles) experiments by Halliburton and Gall
Hell, just ask any farmer who watches populations of various insects adapt to the use of pesticides...
Evolution is a fact, you're just going to have to get used to it. Here's a place to start...
Oh god, here we go again...
Ok, there is the Fact of Evolution, and there is the Theory of Evolution, two entirely different things. This is analogous to the Fact of Gravity, and the Theory of Gravity. Just because there exists a theory to gravity does not imply that gravity itself does not exist. A theory is used to explained a known phenomenon...like gravity and evolution. We know evolution happens, just not how exactly, but our best guesses are called the "Theories of Evolution."
To not believe in the fact that evolution (change in genetic composition of a population over time) is akin to believing the earth is flat...
Half of the US thinks that Iraq was responsible for 9-11. Three times as many Americans believe in the Virgin Birth as believe in evolution. Do you really want these people making important decisions?
On the other hand, our elected officials took us to war with Iraq as a response to 9-11, so maybe having the right knowledge isn't sufficient...
The value of a typical CD to me is somewhere between $5 and $10. It is simply too easy to download and burn a CD filled with good songs rather than drive to the store and buy the a CD with maybe 1 or 2 good songs. I feel no remorse about doing this because I know most of the money doesn't go to the artist, who I support directly by buying concert tickets. The rest (most) of the money goes to the record company who I do not think is involved in the creation of the art which is copied onto the CD which I think is where the true value lies...not in the medium, but in the content.
I'm a programmer with a degree in computer science and I had a nightmare of a time getting Mandrake 9.1 into a usable configuration. I have an ATI graphics card and I never did get opengl to work properly, even after 2 months of trying. I scoured newsgroups and message boards, recompiled kernels, reinstalled from scratch multiple times...never worked.
I went to Windows XP, and magically everything worked from the basic installation.
Do I like Microsoft? No. Do I find their operating system much easier to use, without having to recompile patches into the kernel in order to get a BASIC FUNCTION like 3d graphics to work? Yes.
I don't care that this is a driver issue, all I know is windows is easier to use.
sue God!
Just splash some of this stuff on your hands once every couple days and your palms will stop sweating. My understanding is it blocks your sweat glands from releasing perspiration, and doesn't let up for up to 72 hours. Its marketed as an underarm anti-perspirant under the name "Ultra-Dry," and can be found in most major drugs stores.
to bet against things that you know most people would bet on? For example, if one of the questions were "Will New York city fall victim to a terrorist attack in the next 5 years?" I would think that most of the "investors" would vote "Yes" on this. The government would see this, flood New York with FBI agents, and probably prevent an attack from happening. Knowing this would be the sequence of events, I would bet against this happening...easy money.
We are a democracy. We are just not a direct democracy.
Straight from dictionary.com for "democracy":
Government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
We elect representatives, we are a democracy.
end of story.
Santa Claus DID conquer the martians!
You forgot the 3rd type of "peace-loving people."
People who understand that defense is needed but aggression makes us no different than the power hungry, bad people...in fact it makes us one of them.
60% of Americans believe Saddam Hussein was in cohoots with Osama in the 9-11 attacks.
I'd say most Americans misuse the computer term "memory" to mean hard drive space when it really means something entirely different.
Just because the general public is misinformed and blindly accepts things that aren't true doesn't mean we have to.
The word is "cracker" not "hacker" I'm neither but at least I know the difference. Thanks a bunch.
For the rest of it, we're just trying to finally, after 12 long years, finish the Gulf War. It never ended, because Iraq never accepted the terms of the 1991 cease fire agreement. It's gotten to the point where they either accept the terms-- which Mr. Hussein has indicated that he will not do-- or we bring down the Baath government and install a new regime that will accept the terms. The gulf war was about removing Hussein's army from Kuwait. That was all that was authorized by the UN.
It all comes down to move ordering. This is how a human plays, if I'm not mistaken. The reason a human can "sense" a good line and follow it so deeply as opposed to examining every possible line is because of a certain "intuition" the human has which affects how he/she orders his searches in his/her head. There is also the issue of strategy over tactics, but I believe this is just heuristics.