I am not going to present easy answers by hyperlinking you directly to the scientific
works of those who studied what can be learned from link structure on the web. I
believe it would be more educational if you took the trouble to find out this for
yourselves.
Call me a cynic, but that sounds more like a dodge framed as a lesson than an actual refutation. Yes, there are many papers on link structure. The issue is whether anyone else (i.e., other than Page and Brin) had come up with something closely resembling PageRank, complete with a "recursive" ranking formula. I'm not up on the research, and I don't know the answer, and it's hardly reasonable to expect every Slashdot reader to do a literature survey to the point of inspecting the algorithms proposed for similarity with PageRank.
If you know of one or two clear examples, then please link to or otherwise cite them--or at least the names of some relevant researchers. Otherwise, dear AC, please keep your FUD to yourself.
Actually, it says here that it runs on compressed air at speeds under 60km/h (37mph) and on "traditional fuel" at higher speeds. Actually a cool feature, to be able to switch like that...
How much will a "card" cost? This might be ideal for making networked appliances (no not your toaster, but probably all your lights and clocks your A/V), but only if the incremental cost is small. I'll get excited if someone starts producing a cheap (~$1) Electric Plug addressable switch. X10 is still just too expensive.
How about tackling the problem of questionable patents? I can think of two strategies:
Write an agent that will collect evidence of prior art to dispute a given patent. Not really a web improvement per se, but it would certainly be a great use of the web.
Write an agent that will generate prior art in the public domain. Could potentially also be used to dispute patents as having been "obvious" if it generates the same or similar ideas. And it could be a potential source of inspiration, á la Mirsky's "Open Source Business Plans".
So this guy's taken Penrose's half-baked theory of mind (it must be quantum, cause it's too miraculous) and adapted it to evolution. Big surprise.
Maybe when we all have quantum computers on our desks and in our pockets, people will come to understand that quantum computation has limits too, that it does not get around Godel's Theorem, and does not make us the center of the universe again. One can only hope.
Several people have suggested this advice (round out your team with good business and marketing people). Does anyone have any suggestions for how to find such people? Go to the local business school and ask the Dean? Garage.com? Crash some parties? All of the above?
MacOS X will be Un*x, but will it support X? As far as I know, they're still going to be using a proprietary window system, and it won't be X. It looks nice, but I don't think it will solve the interop problem.
Why made you think he was trying to convince "corporate monsters"? Yes, the corporations will do whatever they can get away with, and they'll do it no matter what TBL says, so what would be the point?
Open standards will win if:
Geeks and high-tech entrepreneurs continue to create businesses based on open standards.
Consumers are educated enough, or the benefits of openness are obvious enough, that the open-standards-based businesses begin to win.
So who should rightly be his audience? Obviously, geek entrepreneurs, and maybe some proportion of consumers. And maybe the corporations can read it later, if they want to survive.
Why would you blame the mainstream media when cyber-punk, Star Trek, and Wired are so unabashedly libertarian and atheist? Certainly you're not going to try to tell me they're "mainstream".
I suppose geeks are commonly portrayed that way in mainstream media, but is that really that bad? Would you rather geeks were portayed as closed-minded, intolerant Bible-toters? ; )
Read section 515. The bill stipulates that: The Industrial Welfare Commission may establish exemptions from the requirement that an overtime rate of compensation be paid pursuant to Sections 510 and 511 for executive, administrative, and professional employees...
I serious doubt anything will change for professionals.
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Call me a cynic, but that sounds more like a dodge framed as a lesson than an actual refutation. Yes, there are many papers on link structure. The issue is whether anyone else (i.e., other than Page and Brin) had come up with something closely resembling PageRank, complete with a "recursive" ranking formula. I'm not up on the research, and I don't know the answer, and it's hardly reasonable to expect every Slashdot reader to do a literature survey to the point of inspecting the algorithms proposed for similarity with PageRank.
If you know of one or two clear examples, then please link to or otherwise cite them--or at least the names of some relevant researchers. Otherwise, dear AC, please keep your FUD to yourself.
He did: "The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace". Of course, it is all the way down in the fifth paragraph--you did get that far, didn't you?
Actually, it says here that it runs on compressed air at speeds under 60km/h (37mph) and on "traditional fuel" at higher speeds. Actually a cool feature, to be able to switch like that...
Is it too late to start a write-in campaign for McCain?
What's wrong with using tags? It's in HTML 3.2; doesn't every appropriate browser support this correctly? Am I missing something?
And the ploy's working? Looks like the UK courts are more generous than in the U.S.--c.f. Bully Hill Vineyards.
Both the Yahoo link and the ZDNet link are to copies of the original Inter@ctive Week story.
Maybe when we all have quantum computers on our desks and in our pockets, people will come to understand that quantum computation has limits too, that it does not get around Godel's Theorem, and does not make us the center of the universe again. One can only hope.
Several people have suggested this advice (round out your team with good business and marketing people). Does anyone have any suggestions for how to find such people? Go to the local business school and ask the Dean? Garage.com? Crash some parties? All of the above?
MacOS X will be Un*x, but will it support X? As far as I know, they're still going to be using a proprietary window system, and it won't be X. It looks nice, but I don't think it will solve the interop problem.
Actually, they said he went to Harvard, and only took some unspecified courses at MIT...
Open standards will win if:
So who should rightly be his audience? Obviously, geek entrepreneurs, and maybe some proportion of consumers. And maybe the corporations can read it later, if they want to survive.
I suppose geeks are commonly portrayed that way in mainstream media, but is that really that bad? Would you rather geeks were portayed as closed-minded, intolerant Bible-toters? ; )
Brown still let's you design your own degree. When I went there for a tour, the tour guide was majoring in "Freedom".
The Industrial Welfare Commission may establish exemptions from the requirement that an overtime rate of compensation be paid pursuant to Sections 510 and 511 for executive, administrative, and professional employees...
I serious doubt anything will change for professionals.