The trademarked GloFish...is first genetically engineered pet[sic]
The methods used may be different but just about every breed of dog known to Man has been 'genetically engineered.' For example, I have a Boston Terrier. The Boston was created in 1857 as a dog fighter by breeding English Bulldogs and English Terriers. Therefore, the Boston was engineered. Take any dog and you'll find that someone wanted a dog that could do this or that or was such a size so they went about selecting different existing species and breeding them to create their perfect dog. So many people think that genetic engineering is done with test tubes but any time two species are brought together artificially you are engineering genetics. Mendel was a genetic engineer and he lived in the 1100s.
They cheat. They check every possible move and then assign a value. That's not playing chess. That's adding 2+2. There is no planning, no strategy, no psychology. They don't emulate their favorite players, they don't try the high risk maneuver. They can't deviate from their bloody opening book which extends well into the middle game these days. Imagine if matches between GMs were open book. Pretty funny right? Well, computers are allowed open books. They've got their endgame book too. Give me MCO and Practical Chess Endings and put me up against some dude and I'll win too. When a machine is built that can be taught nothing more than just the rules of chess and then proceed to beat the reigning World Champion I'll be impressed. Until then, forget it.
No joke, people were tampering with the machine during that match. IBM even altered its opening book after the game had already started. Some even accuse IBM of allowing on of the programming team--a GM--to enter moves during one game. Why would IBM cheat? Gee I dunno, but its stock price soared the day they announced that Deeper Blue won.
Interestingly, in this May 2003 analysis piece about Apple's iTunes Microsoft denied any plans to launch a music download service.
Why exactly is that interesting to you? The denial was in May. That's six months ago. I'm guessing they weren't ready to announce it at that time. Even if they were out and out lying and they had plans to launch a service but they told CNET they weren't, that's still not that interesting. Stop trying to nitpick and find a scandal in everything MS does.
I play a lot of chess and I can tell you I've never once in my life 'pruned a search tree.' Humans just don't play that way. When a human rejects the vast majority of possible moves he's not even considering them. Pruning a search tree--what a computer is doing--entails actually exploring each move on the tree as far as it can. Then it assigns it a numerical value and orders the moves. Humans, on the other hand, have the ability to instantly spot whether a move is worth exploring or not. Whereas I would be able to eliminate a move like moving my knight back to its original square within the first three moves, a computer would actually have to examine the tree that a move like that would generate (barring an opening book which in my opinion is not an example of chess playing at all.) At any rate, programmers love to think that since a computer does something one way, and computers are 'electronic brains' then the human mind must work the same way. Newsflash: brains are not digital computers.
For US$100, you can get a brand new Palm Pilot with infrared, so all you need to make it an nTag is an oversize clear pocket protector and some software. Alternatively, for under $100, you can get a Bluetooth-equipped Java-capable phone, and somebody could easily enough program one of those to do the job.
Why is this insightful? It says $40 to $100 a day. This guy gives one $100 solution and one solution 'under $100'. How is that cheaper exactly? You just offered the same damn prices.
This message should be posted on the main page of Slashdot and should become the mission statement of all the Linux geeks who visit here. +5 Insightful.
A common misquote. It should read: "...eat my cake and have it too." Anyone can have their cake and eat it. But it's wishful thinking to be able to eat it and yet still have it. What you have written is meaningless. The word ordering is essential.
Funny but fair. By funding both sides, they're leaving the decision to the judges where it belongs. If a company was pouring money to buy the best lawyers money could buy to ensure a victory one way or another, you'd probably complain about that too right?
If being a simple-to-use-game-box is your definition of "better", then I'd agree with you. Unfortunately, I doubt many people use that defnition.
And that is why you fail. I'd say 90% of 18-45 year olds are interested in computer gaming. I'm not sure what you think they're using them for but I can tell you that isn't for predicting the weather or compiling code; it's more like Counterstrike.
That's got to be the vaguest definition of a robot ever. If a robot is something that automates a process or performs labor then a thermostat is a robot. So is a lawnmower, a dog, a midget, a car, the redial button on my phone and a deep fat fryer. I guess I'm a robot too.
I'm so sick of hearing about Mozilla. Mozilla didn't invent the pop-up blocker either. I use IE with the Google Toolbar and before that I used Norton's pop-up blocker. I haven't seen a pop-up in two years. So what's the problem? I will agree that no matter what browser you use, if you don't know how to stop pop-ups then you're pretty much useless anyway.
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The methods used may be different but just about every breed of dog known to Man has been 'genetically engineered.' For example, I have a Boston Terrier. The Boston was created in 1857 as a dog fighter by breeding English Bulldogs and English Terriers. Therefore, the Boston was engineered. Take any dog and you'll find that someone wanted a dog that could do this or that or was such a size so they went about selecting different existing species and breeding them to create their perfect dog. So many people think that genetic engineering is done with test tubes but any time two species are brought together artificially you are engineering genetics. Mendel was a genetic engineer and he lived in the 1100s.
Ever head of Google? Find it yourself tough guy. Try searching for Kasparov, Cheating, Deep Blue, Match.
What kind of caveman doesn't have Flash? Sorry, but I'm genuinely curious. It's a free download you know.
They cheat. They check every possible move and then assign a value. That's not playing chess. That's adding 2+2. There is no planning, no strategy, no psychology. They don't emulate their favorite players, they don't try the high risk maneuver. They can't deviate from their bloody opening book which extends well into the middle game these days. Imagine if matches between GMs were open book. Pretty funny right? Well, computers are allowed open books. They've got their endgame book too. Give me MCO and Practical Chess Endings and put me up against some dude and I'll win too. When a machine is built that can be taught nothing more than just the rules of chess and then proceed to beat the reigning World Champion I'll be impressed. Until then, forget it.
An intuitive interface.
It should look like Windows.
No joke, people were tampering with the machine during that match. IBM even altered its opening book after the game had already started. Some even accuse IBM of allowing on of the programming team--a GM--to enter moves during one game. Why would IBM cheat? Gee I dunno, but its stock price soared the day they announced that Deeper Blue won.
There are humans in the Star Wars universe? You know humans are from Earth right? Maybe you meant humanoids.
Why exactly is that interesting to you? The denial was in May. That's six months ago. I'm guessing they weren't ready to announce it at that time. Even if they were out and out lying and they had plans to launch a service but they told CNET they weren't, that's still not that interesting. Stop trying to nitpick and find a scandal in everything MS does.
He was using Apple's Keynote instead of Powerpoint? Crazy.
I play a lot of chess and I can tell you I've never once in my life 'pruned a search tree.' Humans just don't play that way. When a human rejects the vast majority of possible moves he's not even considering them. Pruning a search tree--what a computer is doing--entails actually exploring each move on the tree as far as it can. Then it assigns it a numerical value and orders the moves. Humans, on the other hand, have the ability to instantly spot whether a move is worth exploring or not. Whereas I would be able to eliminate a move like moving my knight back to its original square within the first three moves, a computer would actually have to examine the tree that a move like that would generate (barring an opening book which in my opinion is not an example of chess playing at all.) At any rate, programmers love to think that since a computer does something one way, and computers are 'electronic brains' then the human mind must work the same way. Newsflash: brains are not digital computers.
Why is this insightful? It says $40 to $100 a day. This guy gives one $100 solution and one solution 'under $100'. How is that cheaper exactly? You just offered the same damn prices.
This message should be posted on the main page of Slashdot and should become the mission statement of all the Linux geeks who visit here. +5 Insightful.
A common misquote. It should read: "...eat my cake and have it too." Anyone can have their cake and eat it. But it's wishful thinking to be able to eat it and yet still have it. What you have written is meaningless. The word ordering is essential.
Well after reading your carefully worded rant...you fail it.
Funny but fair. By funding both sides, they're leaving the decision to the judges where it belongs. If a company was pouring money to buy the best lawyers money could buy to ensure a victory one way or another, you'd probably complain about that too right?
I don't know what you're smoking but IE is a free download for anyone who wants it. That is all.
And that is why you fail. I'd say 90% of 18-45 year olds are interested in computer gaming. I'm not sure what you think they're using them for but I can tell you that isn't for predicting the weather or compiling code; it's more like Counterstrike.
That service has been available for awhile. Bell Canada markets it as JustOne.
That's got to be the vaguest definition of a robot ever. If a robot is something that automates a process or performs labor then a thermostat is a robot. So is a lawnmower, a dog, a midget, a car, the redial button on my phone and a deep fat fryer. I guess I'm a robot too.
Well 90% of the population is wrong then because Steve Jobs coined the term Personal Computer.
I'm so sick of hearing about Mozilla. Mozilla didn't invent the pop-up blocker either. I use IE with the Google Toolbar and before that I used Norton's pop-up blocker. I haven't seen a pop-up in two years. So what's the problem? I will agree that no matter what browser you use, if you don't know how to stop pop-ups then you're pretty much useless anyway.
It's ugly.
But they were radio shows before they were books. So this is really from radio to books to radio. Or from radio to radio.
Control-click brings up the context menu on a Mac.