The recent spate of government bailouts (airline, steel, etc.) reminds me of the S&L scandal in the 80's. I believe Japan had a similar problem as well. Instead of letting some 'creative destruction' take place, as our govt. did, the Japanese bailed the incompetent banks out.
Result: their economy has been stagnant for a decade.
Let's hope the govt. has learned from their mistakes.
Good Lord, I hope they're not contagious. People need to deal with the modernization of society. If they're unhappy with the power of corporations, there are appropriate forums to express their angst.
Sounds like a stroke of genius. A profitable 3G service, and a cheaper way to connect remote areas. Consumers also benefit. It just has to be technically sound. Any info on this?
There's a vast difference between the arts and searching. Machines are already good at searching (google). Although I vaguely remember reading something about a machine that composed classical music, machines have no aesthetic sense.
Finally, we will adapt to the machines faster than they adapt to us. Searching will become (and is rapidly becoming) a skill, while natural language processing is still a joke. Specialized searching is also more precise, so I believe it will become more common, then perhaps fade as computer become smarter.
If these people are so serious about verclocking and cooling the board, why didn't they devise some sort of automated liquid N2 delivery mechanism. The guy is pouring the N2 with his bare hands!
Any info on the cost per minute?
Librarians can access information more efficiently since they know how to search. As these special searching mechanisms are made into algorithms, I think librarians will become tenders of technology and book shelvers (unless that's automated as well), not the guides that they were years ago and, to some extent, are today. This situation kinda resembles the Kramnik/Fritz thing...
A chess master playing a computer is like a black belt facing Rambo. Both are lethal, but one is infinitely more skillful.
The smartest person, though, is the desgner of the guns. These chess matches are only tests of efficient algorithms.
Doesn't this situation parallel intrusive marketing when fax machines were first inroduced?
I believe federal legislation was passed to deal with fax machines that constantly spit out ads. Perhaps the same is need now, although it would be tough to enforce.
In urban India (where I'm unfortunately banished), the internet has become just another method of communication. Access is taken for granted. his despite the average computer here is a pentium1 with hardware sold under false pretenses. Broadband is unheard of.
Most people access the internet at cybercafés
How does pervasive broadband access measurably improve on this situation? Sure, flashy content is enabled, but I don't think anything fundamentally changes.
PC Games, perhaps, but look at the more vibrant console scene. Especially Nintendo. Shigeru Miyamoto never fails to innovate to some degree(Pikmin, Zelda (a franchise, but an innovative one), Mario (established 3d platforming), etc.)
PS2 and XBOX also have innovative games. And in the game industry, excecution matters more than innovation.
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The recent spate of government bailouts (airline, steel, etc.) reminds me of the S&L scandal in the 80's. I believe Japan had a similar problem as well. Instead of letting some 'creative destruction' take place, as our govt. did, the Japanese bailed the incompetent banks out.
Result: their economy has been stagnant for a decade.
Let's hope the govt. has learned from their mistakes.
Good Lord, I hope they're not contagious. People need to deal with the modernization of society. If they're unhappy with the power of corporations, there are appropriate forums to express their angst.
It seems like they want to become like Quebec..
Sounds like a stroke of genius. A profitable 3G service, and a cheaper way to connect remote areas. Consumers also benefit. It just has to be technically sound. Any info on this?
There's a vast difference between the arts and searching. Machines are already good at searching (google). Although I vaguely remember reading something about a machine that composed classical music, machines have no aesthetic sense. Finally, we will adapt to the machines faster than they adapt to us. Searching will become (and is rapidly becoming) a skill, while natural language processing is still a joke. Specialized searching is also more precise, so I believe it will become more common, then perhaps fade as computer become smarter.
If these people are so serious about verclocking and cooling the board, why didn't they devise some sort of automated liquid N2 delivery mechanism. The guy is pouring the N2 with his bare hands! Any info on the cost per minute?
Librarians can access information more efficiently since they know how to search.
As these special searching mechanisms are made into algorithms, I think librarians will become tenders of technology and book shelvers (unless that's automated as well), not the guides that they were years ago and, to some extent, are today. This situation kinda resembles the Kramnik/Fritz thing...
A chess master playing a computer is like a black belt facing Rambo. Both are lethal, but one is infinitely more skillful. The smartest person, though, is the desgner of the guns. These chess matches are only tests of efficient algorithms.
Doesn't this situation parallel intrusive marketing when fax machines were first inroduced? I believe federal legislation was passed to deal with fax machines that constantly spit out ads. Perhaps the same is need now, although it would be tough to enforce.
In urban India (where I'm unfortunately banished), the internet has become just another method of communication. Access is taken for granted. his despite the average computer here is a pentium1 with hardware sold under false pretenses. Broadband is unheard of. Most people access the internet at cybercafés How does pervasive broadband access measurably improve on this situation? Sure, flashy content is enabled, but I don't think anything fundamentally changes.
PC Games, perhaps, but look at the more vibrant console scene. Especially Nintendo. Shigeru Miyamoto never fails to innovate to some degree(Pikmin, Zelda (a franchise, but an innovative one), Mario (established 3d platforming), etc.) PS2 and XBOX also have innovative games. And in the game industry, excecution matters more than innovation.