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Not sure I understand what you mean. I'd be interested if you could expand on your points.
Let me give you an example of what I'm talking about. I'd write a test function
void TestAdd() { int result = Add(1,2); Assert.IsEqual(3, result); }
The genetic algo would evolve the code for the Add function. The fitness function would be to run the TestAdd() function. Thus I don't quite see why this would not work. Granted you still have to code the test functions but that is how I'm developing my current project.
I'm currently doing all my coding using Test Driven Development (TDD). Basically the Test code would be your fitness function and I could imagine a genetic algorithm evolving a solution to my test code. So in fact it would be possible to write a fitness function for a word processor. The genetic program however...?
Gates: What the consumer wants is pretty clear: a single remote control that lets them navigate photos, music, videos, TV in a very rich way.
They want to see that on any screen in the house and then have a great portable device where they can take that stuff wherever they want anytime. The full realization of that dream is still years away, but we've taken a dramatic step in delivering that with Media Center.
I think it'd be great if we could beat Microsoft to the punch by offering all of this and more using Linux and open formats (not WMA Bill!). It seems like there is already a lot of work in the area going on (MythTV, Freevo, Mister House, VLC) but is any of this ready to be easily set up by the average Joe? Is there any work being done to put all the pieces together. Perhaps a modded distribution geared specifically to creating and setting up a Media Center type environment. Not only could a Linux based solution put anything from MS to shame it could also force Movies/TV/Music industries to support open formats if the Linux Media Center becomes the dominant player.
Am I dreaming or can the open source community take the lead here?
What are your thoughts on Veror Vinge's Singularity prediction. Is it inevitable? Will humans become a part of it or be left behind by this new "species"?
I agree 100%. I just got back from Dublin and visited a few Irish Pubs. They all had in-house bands and there was no cover to get in. They played really long sets and everybody in the bar was having a great time.
So the band can't afford gold covered toliets and have to work 4 or 5 nights a week. Welcome back to the real world.
When somebody says "it costs millions" nobody assumes they means opportunity costs which is what you're trying to use as an excuse. Please apply to MS's marketing team.
If they really lost millions cause some developers were taken off some other project then how about they hire some new developers! Millions of dollars gets you what 20 man years of work. That sould be enough to remove a media player from an OS.
Why would you need to test the removal of a product across all platforms? If the removal of WMP breaks some component then shouldn't it break it across all platforms. Also, shouldn't most breaks be evident at compile time? Any other products with WMP dependencies should probably be documented by Microsoft and thus require a simple DB query. Thus, I believe it's far from mind-numbing.
The company had "spent millions" so that it could meet the court's judgment, he added, suggesting that development work has already been done to offer a version of Windows in Europe without the WMP software.
Removing a media player from an OS costs MILLIONS! I feel like making a joke but this is just too ridiculous. The sad thing is probably many non-techies believe these blatant lies. And I don't care what expenses they dream up (testing, lawyers, still more lawyers, cost of diminished monopoly power), this is pure BS.
I think this move has more to do with the XNA vision. MS wants to get out of the business of making XBox hardware and let others make the boxes. They can then just sell the os/sdk software for the boxes. This level system is a way for the different HW vendors to then compare their boxes against one another but more importantly verify that XNA Level X games work. PC's as we know it are secondary to the vision. This is all about closed boxes and MS controlling a new platform.
One thing that stands out about this type of game would be the cooperative play needed to run a starship. This could be very interesting if most/all the crew were PCs as opposed to NPCs.
Seems it would require much more cooperation than is normally required by the typical clan on other games.
It would also be interesting aboard Klingon ships if one could advance in rank simply by beating one's superior officer. Hopefully they will allow this sort of flexibility.
progammers will be forced to change their mindset from "what will make this a good game?" to "how can we maximize the ad space?")
Agreed. I believe this is already happening on TV and in Movies. From what I understand this is why you don't see too many Westerns (or other period types) being made anymore since it's hard to product place a BMW or Nokia out on the Ponderosa.
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Like I said, it really depends on the program. Of course some won't have a lot of flexibility in alternative courses they can offer, but some others certainly can.
If different options are possible why not allow students to tailor their courses to their interests? Why must all students conform to the same program instead of having the program conform to students interests?
Isn't learning about stuff you're interested in and likely to continue to persue as a career the point (again, I'm only talking about programs where this is possible).
Sure if you're forced to take something you wouldn't have taken on your own you might end up discovering a new interest but that argument doesn't seem to be very convincing. Especially in light of the more frequent occurence of people taking courses they hate because they have no choice.
Part of the problem is having required courses in a program that student's might not want to take and thus might not care about learning the material. A solution I like is having a selection of courses to take within a field. Of course some programs can be more flexible than others. On the other hand this also means that grades are no longer really comparable since some courses might be easier than others.
Then all you have to do is read and understand the the paper you bought. Seems like this would be a lot easier than reading the entire book and doing an original paper.
Agreed! I am really surprised there has not yet been a virus that totally wipes a hard drive clean. I'm sure it's only a matter of time. Although it would probably work to make people finally take security (and making backups) seriously, the loss of all that data would be a huge tragedy. Hopefully this will not happen.
As for White Knight viruses. That's stupid. Users need to be trained to upgrade their virus software from appropriate sources on a regular basis and not clik on the damn Outlook attachements, even if they "supposedly" fix security holes.
This is why the laws we have based on physical goods just do not make any sense with digital goods. All this DRM crap is just trying to create an artificial scarcity that naturally occurs with physical goods but does not apply to data.
According to Microsoft's figures, 35 percent of enterprises are still running Windows 9X-based versions of Windows (like Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition) and/or NT Workstation. These users are ripe for upgrades, Poole said.
I find this interesting. They are counting on businesses having to upgrade (probably due to MS dropping support) and assuming they will buy new PCs with a new Windows OS installed. Anybody think some can be convinced to just ditch the OS, hold on to the hardware and run linux with one of the light weight WM? Application support will prob be crucial but this sure sounds like a great opportunity for some scenarios and another avenue for Linux.
I'm glad they've released it. I don't think they've yet fully tapped the 3rd dimension and I myself am not sure how to use it to bring about more than just eye candy and actually improve usabilty but I'm looking forward to seeing what the open source community can come up with to make it more compelling.
Perhaps the people working on the Open Croquet project might have some useful input (check in the download section for the pdf documentation).
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got it! thanks for taking the time to explain it.
Let me give you an example of what I'm talking about. I'd write a test function
The genetic algo would evolve the code for the Add function. The fitness function would be to run the TestAdd() function. Thus I don't quite see why this would not work. Granted you still have to code the test functions but that is how I'm developing my current project.
I'm currently doing all my coding using Test Driven Development (TDD). Basically the Test code would be your fitness function and I could imagine a genetic algorithm evolving a solution to my test code. So in fact it would be possible to write a fitness function for a word processor. The genetic program however...?
Gates: What the consumer wants is pretty clear: a single remote control that lets them navigate photos, music, videos, TV in a very rich way. They want to see that on any screen in the house and then have a great portable device where they can take that stuff wherever they want anytime. The full realization of that dream is still years away, but we've taken a dramatic step in delivering that with Media Center.
I think it'd be great if we could beat Microsoft to the punch by offering all of this and more using Linux and open formats (not WMA Bill!). It seems like there is already a lot of work in the area going on (MythTV, Freevo, Mister House, VLC) but is any of this ready to be easily set up by the average Joe? Is there any work being done to put all the pieces together. Perhaps a modded distribution geared specifically to creating and setting up a Media Center type environment. Not only could a Linux based solution put anything from MS to shame it could also force Movies/TV/Music industries to support open formats if the Linux Media Center becomes the dominant player.
Am I dreaming or can the open source community take the lead here?
What are your thoughts on Veror Vinge's Singularity prediction. Is it inevitable? Will humans become a part of it or be left behind by this new "species"?
I agree 100%. I just got back from Dublin and visited a few Irish Pubs. They all had in-house bands and there was no cover to get in. They played really long sets and everybody in the bar was having a great time.
So the band can't afford gold covered toliets and have to work 4 or 5 nights a week. Welcome back to the real world.
When somebody says "it costs millions" nobody assumes they means opportunity costs which is what you're trying to use as an excuse. Please apply to MS's marketing team.
If they really lost millions cause some developers were taken off some other project then how about they hire some new developers! Millions of dollars gets you what 20 man years of work. That sould be enough to remove a media player from an OS.
Why would you need to test the removal of a product across all platforms? If the removal of WMP breaks some component then shouldn't it break it across all platforms. Also, shouldn't most breaks be evident at compile time? Any other products with WMP dependencies should probably be documented by Microsoft and thus require a simple DB query. Thus, I believe it's far from mind-numbing.
I can see the doggie cam being popular with the alt.erotica.female.upskirt and alt.erotica.dog.butt crowd.
The company had "spent millions" so that it could meet the court's judgment, he added, suggesting that development work has already been done to offer a version of Windows in Europe without the WMP software.
Removing a media player from an OS costs MILLIONS! I feel like making a joke but this is just too ridiculous. The sad thing is probably many non-techies believe these blatant lies. And I don't care what expenses they dream up (testing, lawyers, still more lawyers, cost of diminished monopoly power), this is pure BS.
I think this move has more to do with the XNA vision. MS wants to get out of the business of making XBox hardware and let others make the boxes. They can then just sell the os/sdk software for the boxes. This level system is a way for the different HW vendors to then compare their boxes against one another but more importantly verify that XNA Level X games work. PC's as we know it are secondary to the vision. This is all about closed boxes and MS controlling a new platform.
I think you'll be given missions (quests) with flight plans and this will be how you'll normally encounter new life and civilizations or enemies!
If you fly off on your own, then as you'd expect, you'd probably find a whole lot of empty space.
One thing that stands out about this type of game would be the cooperative play needed to run a starship. This could be very interesting if most/all the crew were PCs as opposed to NPCs.
Seems it would require much more cooperation than is normally required by the typical clan on other games.
It would also be interesting aboard Klingon ships if one could advance in rank simply by beating one's superior officer. Hopefully they will allow this sort of flexibility.
I think this one has potential.
progammers will be forced to change their mindset from "what will make this a good game?" to "how can we maximize the ad space?")
Agreed. I believe this is already happening on TV and in Movies. From what I understand this is why you don't see too many Westerns (or other period types) being made anymore since it's hard to product place a BMW or Nokia out on the Ponderosa.
Like I said, it really depends on the program. Of course some won't have a lot of flexibility in alternative courses they can offer, but some others certainly can.
If different options are possible why not allow students to tailor their courses to their interests? Why must all students conform to the same program instead of having the program conform to students interests?
Isn't learning about stuff you're interested in and likely to continue to persue as a career the point (again, I'm only talking about programs where this is possible).
Sure if you're forced to take something you wouldn't have taken on your own you might end up discovering a new interest but that argument doesn't seem to be very convincing. Especially in light of the more frequent occurence of people taking courses they hate because they have no choice.
Part of the problem is having required courses in a program that student's might not want to take and thus might not care about learning the material.
A solution I like is having a selection of courses to take within a field. Of course some programs can be more flexible than others.
On the other hand this also means that grades are no longer really comparable since some courses might be easier than others.
Then all you have to do is read and understand the the paper you bought. Seems like this would be a lot easier than reading the entire book and doing an original paper.
Agreed! I am really surprised there has not yet been a virus that totally wipes a hard drive clean. I'm sure it's only a matter of time. Although it would probably work to make people finally take security (and making backups) seriously, the loss of all that data would be a huge tragedy. Hopefully this will not happen.
As for White Knight viruses. That's stupid. Users need to be trained to upgrade their virus software from appropriate sources on a regular basis and not clik on the damn Outlook attachements, even if they "supposedly" fix security holes.
This is why the laws we have based on physical goods just do not make any sense with digital goods. All this DRM crap is just trying to create an artificial scarcity that naturally occurs with physical goods but does not apply to data.
RIAA, listen to me. Your world is over!
According to Microsoft's figures, 35 percent of enterprises are still running Windows 9X-based versions of Windows (like Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition) and/or NT Workstation. These users are ripe for upgrades, Poole said.
I find this interesting. They are counting on businesses having to upgrade (probably due to MS dropping support) and assuming they will buy new PCs with a new Windows OS installed. Anybody think some can be convinced to just ditch the OS, hold on to the hardware and run linux with one of the light weight WM? Application support will prob be crucial but this sure sounds like a great opportunity for some scenarios and another avenue for Linux.
Bullshit. You're soaking in it!
There are 600 million Windows PCs today, according to Microsoft. But by 2010, there will be more than 1 billion of them, company officials claim.
They're probably basing this figure on how many Windows PCs will be in landfills. I know many Windows users who want to throw out their computers.
Bullshit. You're soaking in it!
The NW-HD1's primary format is Sony's own ATRAC 3 Plus - other formats are converted to that mode when they're transferred over to the player.
They lost me as soon as I read that line.
I'm glad they've released it. I don't think they've yet fully tapped the 3rd dimension and I myself am not sure how to use it to bring about more than just eye candy and actually improve usabilty but I'm looking forward to seeing what the open source community can come up with to make it more compelling.
Perhaps the people working on the Open Croquet project might have some useful input (check in the download section for the pdf documentation).
-bullshit, you're soaking in it!
They are not "convertible" through the normal currency exchange markets but eBay and Gaming Open Market provide this service.
Also, if more people began to exchange their Platinum pieces for USD$ of course the exchange rate would change which is true for any other commodity.
Bullshit. You're soaking in it!