... Carl Jung (see his little-known theories of "uncanniness", can't find a link) and by a robot designer in Japan...
I am not so sure about Jung, but the Japanese roboticist is Mashiro Mori. Insofar as I know, he was the first to put forth the "Uncanny Valley" theory. The idea is that people exhibit a positive reaction to a robot that is somewhat human. This is one side of the valley. However, people respond with disgust if the robot is very realistic but, for whatever reason, not quite right. The arch of the scale is based upon movement and appearance.
My only guess is that someone at MS really messed up their own DNS systems, which of course would take it all "down" (by name at least). Does anyone know what actually happened?
It looked like an infrastructure issue, to me. Possibly a downed router (or three?). I could tracert Hotmail from a couple remote sites, but not others. It looked like a dead route.
it would make more sense when Microsoft would claim it was an attack. Internal problems can be blaimed on the company...
With Win2000, Microsoft was working hard to get away from their reputation for instability. Some of this they fixed with software changes, and some with marketing propaganda.
With Longhorn, Microsoft is working twice as hard to get away from their rep for insecurity. At least for the moment, it is better to have their systems appear a tad unstable than insecure.
Personally, I still have reservations about using a relational database to keep track of files. Unless they can keep the overhead to a minimum, I can't see it being as efficient as a file system should be.
Microsoft already has a file system that is integrated within a relational database. If you install Exchange 2000, you will see an M: volume on your local drive. You can flip thru this using Explorer as if it were an actual drive. In fact, it is a representation of a back-end relational database. The speed seems adequate to me so long as you have less than 8 GB in your mailboxes and public folders.
"Machines took over but kept humans for our value as energy? Wow, so we produce more energy than nuclear reactions?"
The one item everyone tends to forget is that it was Morpheus that said humans were kept for energy. Given that Morpheus was lied to, we can assume that this was a lie as well. In fact, he contradicts himself in the first Matrix when he points to the fact that humans are used along with fusion.
Possible alternatives are that the first people plugged into the Matrix voluntarily, that people are being used as parallel computers, or that it is only a movie.
Evolution. I see this "Tumbleweed Earth Demonstrator" as a one-cell precursor to Theo Jansen's Strandbeests. This critters literally walked using nothing but wind power.
I have seen the IT industry compared repeatedly to the railroad industry. For instance, see the Business 2.0 article "Is the Information Revolution Dead?" Why the railroad? I think it is because the railroad did go and quadruple after the stock crash. We could just as easily compare IT to the Telegraph. Why don't we?
Laying the development of the telegraph against the development of the information technology, year by year, Western Unions monopoly entry in 1871 would correlate to 2018 in the information technology industry. From that point on, the telegraph operator had been reduced to a minimum paying, button pushing job. The crest of the operator field, when they were considered owners of high tech knowledge and skill, was probably around 1856 or so, when Western Union began buying up smaller outfits and standardizing the technology. This would correspond to 2003.
If we want to look at the railroad, and predict 400% increase in the "golden period," then I think we also must be prepared to look at the telegraph, and predict stagnation under monopolies such as IBM or Microsoft
> As a former Saturday morning TV addict, this
> doesn't seem like a bad thing to me.
One part of the article struck me first as interesting and then, after thinking about it, as sad. hen a child sees the color orange, the first word the child associates with that color is "Nickelodeon." Today's children are being raised as brand loyal to Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network's signature checkerboard. These brand loyalties form as early as two years of age.
As a kid, I recall playing all week. Then spending a couple of hours on Saturday morning watching TV. As soon as the Loony Toons came on, the TV went off, and I went back outside
From reading the article, it looked to me like there has been a net increase in TV watching. I mean, two years old, and you see orange and think Nickelodeon? WTF?
I first heard about that interview on Engelbart's mailing list. There is a lot more information, maybe 30-40 hours worth, over at Stanford.
Engelbart Colloquium at Stanford
An In-Depth Look at "The Unfinished Revolution"
This colloquium will offer professionals and executives a rare opportunity to listen to and learn from visionary Doug Engelbart as he talks about his life's work, creative process, and his concerns and vision for the future.
http://scpd.stanford.edu/sol/courses/proEd/EC/
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I am not so sure about Jung, but the Japanese roboticist is Mashiro Mori. Insofar as I know, he was the first to put forth the "Uncanny Valley" theory. The idea is that people exhibit a positive reaction to a robot that is somewhat human. This is one side of the valley. However, people respond with disgust if the robot is very realistic but, for whatever reason, not quite right. The arch of the scale is based upon movement and appearance.
http://www.arclight.net/~pdb/glimpses/valley.html
My only guess is that someone at MS really messed up their own DNS systems, which of course would take it all "down" (by name at least). Does anyone know what actually happened?
It looked like an infrastructure issue, to me. Possibly a downed router (or three?). I could tracert Hotmail from a couple remote sites, but not others. It looked like a dead route.
it would make more sense when Microsoft would claim it was an attack. Internal problems can be blaimed on the company ...
With Win2000, Microsoft was working hard to get away from their reputation for instability. Some of this they fixed with software changes, and some with marketing propaganda.
With Longhorn, Microsoft is working twice as hard to get away from their rep for insecurity. At least for the moment, it is better to have their systems appear a tad unstable than insecure.
jwg
That's an old photograph. Wowwee changed up the head.
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000161RFA.01.PT 02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Personally, I still have reservations about using a relational database to keep track of files. Unless they can keep the overhead to a minimum, I can't see it being as efficient as a file system should be.
Microsoft already has a file system that is integrated within a relational database. If you install Exchange 2000, you will see an M: volume on your local drive. You can flip thru this using Explorer as if it were an actual drive. In fact, it is a representation of a back-end relational database. The speed seems adequate to me so long as you have less than 8 GB in your mailboxes and public folders.
jwg
> If your info is correct, then Linux clusters are really superior
Here is a Microsoft Technet article for reference. Yes, it looks IBM's Linux cluster kicks Microsoft's tail.
> And how much can a MS cluster scale anyway?
Windows 2000/2003 WLBS can scale theoretically scale to 32 nodes, but I have seen performance decreases after 16 or so.
Windows 2000 MCS can scale up to two nodes with Advanced Server, and four nodes with Datacenter.
Windows 2003 MCS can scale up to four nodes with the Server, and eight nodes with Enterprise.
jwg
"Machines took over but kept humans for our value as energy? Wow, so we produce more energy than nuclear reactions?"
The one item everyone tends to forget is that it was Morpheus that said humans were kept for energy. Given that Morpheus was lied to, we can assume that this was a lie as well. In fact, he contradicts himself in the first Matrix when he points to the fact that humans are used along with fusion.
Possible alternatives are that the first people plugged into the Matrix voluntarily, that people are being used as parallel computers, or that it is only a movie.
Evolution. I see this "Tumbleweed Earth Demonstrator" as a one-cell precursor to Theo Jansen's Strandbeests. This critters literally walked using nothing but wind power.
I have seen the IT industry compared repeatedly to the railroad industry. For instance, see the Business 2.0 article "Is the Information Revolution Dead?" Why the railroad? I think it is because the railroad did go and quadruple after the stock crash. We could just as easily compare IT to the Telegraph. Why don't we?
Laying the development of the telegraph against the development of the information technology, year by year, Western Unions monopoly entry in 1871 would correlate to 2018 in the information technology industry. From that point on, the telegraph operator had been reduced to a minimum paying, button pushing job. The crest of the operator field, when they were considered owners of high tech knowledge and skill, was probably around 1856 or so, when Western Union began buying up smaller outfits and standardizing the technology. This would correspond to 2003.
If we want to look at the railroad, and predict 400% increase in the "golden period," then I think we also must be prepared to look at the telegraph, and predict stagnation under monopolies such as IBM or Microsoft
> doesn't seem like a bad thing to me.
One part of the article struck me first as interesting and then, after thinking about it, as sad. hen a child sees the color orange, the first word the child associates with that color is "Nickelodeon." Today's children are being raised as brand loyal to Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network's signature checkerboard. These brand loyalties form as early as two years of age.
As a kid, I recall playing all week. Then spending a couple of hours on Saturday morning watching TV. As soon as the Loony Toons came on, the TV went off, and I went back outside
From reading the article, it looked to me like there has been a net increase in TV watching. I mean, two years old, and you see orange and think Nickelodeon? WTF?
Let us see here, CMU has a robotics department that thus far has produced a mini-van that can drive itself around, a winning Robocup team, and a sun-synchronous navigation. Oh, and they are competing in the Grand Challenge with the Red Team.
To me, that is like the Detroit Red Wings launching a hockey hall of fame.
I first heard about that interview on Engelbart's mailing list. There is a lot more information, maybe 30-40 hours worth, over at Stanford. Engelbart Colloquium at Stanford An In-Depth Look at "The Unfinished Revolution" This colloquium will offer professionals and executives a rare opportunity to listen to and learn from visionary Doug Engelbart as he talks about his life's work, creative process, and his concerns and vision for the future. http://scpd.stanford.edu/sol/courses/proEd/EC/