I think the jungle is not targeted to having their own games, if I understand the idea, they aim to get to work on this all the free and freemium games already out there, plug-in dependant browser games that only need the plug-in ported. And that is something very easy to do, if not done yet, for the browser engine this thing will run.
I agree that we are part of nature, but as we can forsee the outcomes of our actions in a long term, we should be able to plan for long term. You have explained a rational agent with no information on long term outcomes for a given situation, that is obviously not our case. If the current situation asks for us to crap our pants running to get natural resources before other get them, then we must agree to change the situation.
I've read a definition of AI as "everything that hasn't been done yet." It was half a joke, half a definition.
I'd say that after the test they ask the computers what they want to do with their lifes, and if they have any interest, let them seek hapiness and enjoy freedom. That was also a joke, passing the Turing test means nothing. Let a machine interact for months with humans and when they start to treat it like if it was people, then we will have succeded.
Being for the legal fund, and that's a thing that they need, I don't see a problem with them offering an exclusive, provided that they publish the information later.
Have they thougth about paying geeks in 'geek points'. How many programmers will work 4h a day of their free time for, say, ten years, to fly to the Moon?
The advantage with space is that while space flights cheapen, the kind of peaple that nowadays pay millions for a space flight may invest millions in a lunar visit, and when moon-flights cheapen, they will want to go to Mars. It's not the same as in Hawaii.
I'd say that 75$ for the multi-track is something very appealing to people that expects to do something with that music other than just listen to it. I haven't read the license, however, so I don't know how free is that music. The blu-ray with the high definition is another plus that you can't usually get.
First things first. I am from Spain. Here we got 40 years of dictatorship supported by the Catholic Church. I'm OK with Jesus Christ teachings, but more as a wise man than as a prophet. It's nice that thing about loving each other, I don't know, however, how can you go from "love thy neighbour" to "kill everyone that doesn't think and believe as we say", but somehow Catholic Church has fallen into that way of promoting their religion too often, even since the early centuries.
I'm not comparing believes, but the actual behaviour of cults and religions involves often murder, lies and all that things Scientology calls "fair game" and Machiavelli called "the end justifies the means". On the other hand, many other organizations, political groups and countries have held the same believes, being for they belief, their ideology or their country. Blame religions and ideologies take their place. I think the problem is with thinking that the thing in what you belief, being it a god, a country, or your greed, is more important that the other people, then it's ok for you to kill, steal, lie or do what it's needed, because you do it for a greater good (even if that's your own selfish good).
Just one thing, Alexander the Great was after the Persians. And I think you forgot Babylon. But yeah, in essence, Iraq is the craddle of civilization, writting was discovered there and probably the first war that deserved that name was also fought there. What a place to invade!
I think Churches, in fact, use to do all that things and more. Scientiology is bad, but do you trully believe that the Christian Church of Rome is any better? The main difference is tradition, christian lies are old enough to sound good, if someone came tomorrow and said that the guy you just executed for treason has in fact resurrected and is the son of God, noone would believe it.
Maybe it is not FUD, it's the kind of measure here in Europe politicians think it can work. In Spain they passed a law that made compulsory for access providers to have a backup of all the traffic in the past don't-remember-how-many months. I think in the French case a similar improbable log should be needed in case the consumer sues the provider over an inadmissible stop of service.
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NASA confirms, there WAS life on Mars.
At least they are pulling the books, I fear that they can easily 'update' them with a revised, acceptable text.
That's a bubble waiting to burst. With that maths in mind, Solitaire would be more valuable to Microsoft than their entire Xbox department.
I think the jungle is not targeted to having their own games, if I understand the idea, they aim to get to work on this all the free and freemium games already out there, plug-in dependant browser games that only need the plug-in ported. And that is something very easy to do, if not done yet, for the browser engine this thing will run.
Maybe because you aren't a network of computers. Internet is nothing more than computers connected sending messages.
I bet it fits in a shoe.
I agree that we are part of nature, but as we can forsee the outcomes of our actions in a long term, we should be able to plan for long term. You have explained a rational agent with no information on long term outcomes for a given situation, that is obviously not our case. If the current situation asks for us to crap our pants running to get natural resources before other get them, then we must agree to change the situation.
You have either passed or failed the Turing test, I'm not sure yet.
I've read a definition of AI as "everything that hasn't been done yet." It was half a joke, half a definition.
I'd say that after the test they ask the computers what they want to do with their lifes, and if they have any interest, let them seek hapiness and enjoy freedom. That was also a joke, passing the Turing test means nothing. Let a machine interact for months with humans and when they start to treat it like if it was people, then we will have succeded.
mod parent +1 informative!
and i'd say it was about time!
People voting for the handsome candidate is the essence of democracy.
Being for the legal fund, and that's a thing that they need, I don't see a problem with them offering an exclusive, provided that they publish the information later.
Maybe a combination of neutrinos and patience ...
Have they thougth about paying geeks in 'geek points'. How many programmers will work 4h a day of their free time for, say, ten years, to fly to the Moon?
I have just seen an episode, and I'm in Spain.
I don't think a laptop 7 years from now will resemble a laptop at all. Maybe the laptops of 2010 will be like those.
The advantage with space is that while space flights cheapen, the kind of peaple that nowadays pay millions for a space flight may invest millions in a lunar visit, and when moon-flights cheapen, they will want to go to Mars. It's not the same as in Hawaii.
I'd say that 75$ for the multi-track is something very appealing to people that expects to do something with that music other than just listen to it. I haven't read the license, however, so I don't know how free is that music. The blu-ray with the high definition is another plus that you can't usually get.
First things first. I am from Spain. Here we got 40 years of dictatorship supported by the Catholic Church. I'm OK with Jesus Christ teachings, but more as a wise man than as a prophet. It's nice that thing about loving each other, I don't know, however, how can you go from "love thy neighbour" to "kill everyone that doesn't think and believe as we say", but somehow Catholic Church has fallen into that way of promoting their religion too often, even since the early centuries.
I'm not comparing believes, but the actual behaviour of cults and religions involves often murder, lies and all that things Scientology calls "fair game" and Machiavelli called "the end justifies the means". On the other hand, many other organizations, political groups and countries have held the same believes, being for they belief, their ideology or their country. Blame religions and ideologies take their place. I think the problem is with thinking that the thing in what you belief, being it a god, a country, or your greed, is more important that the other people, then it's ok for you to kill, steal, lie or do what it's needed, because you do it for a greater good (even if that's your own selfish good).
Just one thing, Alexander the Great was after the Persians. And I think you forgot Babylon. But yeah, in essence, Iraq is the craddle of civilization, writting was discovered there and probably the first war that deserved that name was also fought there. What a place to invade!
I think Churches, in fact, use to do all that things and more. Scientiology is bad, but do you trully believe that the Christian Church of Rome is any better? The main difference is tradition, christian lies are old enough to sound good, if someone came tomorrow and said that the guy you just executed for treason has in fact resurrected and is the son of God, noone would believe it.
I really doubt that the kite survives without manteinance or replacing for 20 to 30 years.
or slashdot? what kind of new was that?
Maybe it is not FUD, it's the kind of measure here in Europe politicians think it can work. In Spain they passed a law that made compulsory for access providers to have a backup of all the traffic in the past don't-remember-how-many months. I think in the French case a similar improbable log should be needed in case the consumer sues the provider over an inadmissible stop of service.