I'm pretty sure we know how walking works and how humans came to walk the way they do- evolution by the process of natural selection. Teaching a computer to "evolve" in the same fashion is nothing new- they've been doing this stuff for decades. Heck, one of my AI class projects involved genetic programming where the most *fit* code was passed on to the necxt generation.
... though i prefer a kde desktop-- but that's what kubuntu is for. The great thing about linux distros is the shear abundance of options you have. If ubuntu starts sucking someday it isn't terribly hard to switch to a different distro. I've taken the path of SuSE -> Ubuntu/Kubuntu -> Gentoo, but Ubuntu isn't inferior to Gentoo- just a little different. SuSE.. well.. its become what it aimed to become- a bloated enterprise distro.
Does it work on Solaris? If so I can run my sparse distributed memory simulator on the comp sci depts main server without waiting hours to get results!
in simple life forms, such as bacteria, the mutations neccesary to change the organism in a useful way can happen in far fewer generations. combined with the speed at which these ateria reproduce it is only a matter of time before they adapt to this new treatment. the trick is staying ahead of them-- which is difficult.
the best way to get this to take off is to get some of these ideas implemented on sites like wikipedia.org and youtube. the true power of the semantic web will show itself in large scale applications such as these.
I have around 70 facebook friends- most of which happen to be real friends. Anyone with 200/300+ facebook friends is most likely just adding anyone they know.
I know there a few situations where they are one of the better input devices... but what i would like to see is a self reconfiguraing keyboard (maybe just a big oled/lcd touch display) that rearrages its layout for the application at hand. For example-- if you were using photoshop it would place a tool menu, a drawing square and a couple other options on the keyboard-- if you switched a word processor it would become a keyboard with some formatting options. no need for menus-- you could hit a "menu button" on the "keyboard" and have the keyboard change into a bunch of menu options... It would be a lot like LCARS.:)
Give me half that much money and I'll design you the most feature rich space toliet you could EVER want-- i think around $9 million ought to pay for R&D and prototyping costs. I would like to see the break down of what costs so fscking much.
amarok 4 supports album art as well as most ipods. they've also thrown in magnatunes-- which is like itunes music store for inde artists. lots of improvements since 4.0 came out and tons of new plugins.
Hm.. It really goes to show its been awhile since i used windows. i didn't even realize people were still using musicmatch! amarok does all of the above- and with kde4 coming out soon and a gpl qt license for windows i see amarok making its way to the windows desktop soon enough.
Is verizon required to lease out the fiber now that they are 'cutting off' the copper? It seems to me that the copper infrustructure should be the failsafe fallback should something happen to the fiber or if power goes out. People should always have the ability to cal 911 in the event of a power outage
while this is unfortunate, nasa expected a failure such as this a long time ago. They have been invaluable source of knowledge-- and i'm sure they won't be the last rovers on mars.
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I'm pretty sure we know how walking works and how humans came to walk the way they do- evolution by the process of natural selection. Teaching a computer to "evolve" in the same fashion is nothing new- they've been doing this stuff for decades. Heck, one of my AI class projects involved genetic programming where the most *fit* code was passed on to the necxt generation.
i'd be surprised if they weren't doing this.
clone it. clone it! clone it!! what good is all this "science" if we don't CLONE IT!!!
its all in the subject line
is this sony's secret weapon to save the ps3?
... though i prefer a kde desktop-- but that's what kubuntu is for. The great thing about linux distros is the shear abundance of options you have. If ubuntu starts sucking someday it isn't terribly hard to switch to a different distro. I've taken the path of SuSE -> Ubuntu/Kubuntu -> Gentoo, but Ubuntu isn't inferior to Gentoo- just a little different. SuSE.. well.. its become what it aimed to become- a bloated enterprise distro.
Does it work on Solaris? If so I can run my sparse distributed memory simulator on the comp sci depts main server without waiting hours to get results!
in simple life forms, such as bacteria, the mutations neccesary to change the organism in a useful way can happen in far fewer generations. combined with the speed at which these ateria reproduce it is only a matter of time before they adapt to this new treatment. the trick is staying ahead of them-- which is difficult.
sorry... you just don't have any friends. would you like to be my friend? I mean-- i'll add you. :)
the best way to get this to take off is to get some of these ideas implemented on sites like wikipedia.org and youtube. the true power of the semantic web will show itself in large scale applications such as these.
I really don't know who stifles innovatino more, the fcc or private industry
I have around 70 facebook friends- most of which happen to be real friends. Anyone with 200/300+ facebook friends is most likely just adding anyone they know.
I realize most people who buy *naked* computers end up installing illegal software-- but microsoft makes it sound illegal.
blogs are essentually peripheral articles that give insight to individual takes on different topics. In that respect many do have historical value.
i wouldn't fly that satellite too close to china. they might shoot it down. :)
yes. that is a great start. :)
shh!! dont *give* google these ideas!! they come up w/ them on their own fast enough! At least charge a consulting fee!
but you can always choose to accept the terms of the gplv3 license for any gplv2 licensed software. there you go. :)
I know there a few situations where they are one of the better input devices... but what i would like to see is a self reconfiguraing keyboard (maybe just a big oled/lcd touch display) that rearrages its layout for the application at hand. For example-- if you were using photoshop it would place a tool menu, a drawing square and a couple other options on the keyboard-- if you switched a word processor it would become a keyboard with some formatting options. no need for menus-- you could hit a "menu button" on the "keyboard" and have the keyboard change into a bunch of menu options... It would be a lot like LCARS. :)
Give me half that much money and I'll design you the most feature rich space toliet you could EVER want-- i think around $9 million ought to pay for R&D and prototyping costs. I would like to see the break down of what costs so fscking much.
amarok 4 supports album art as well as most ipods. they've also thrown in magnatunes-- which is like itunes music store for inde artists. lots of improvements since 4.0 came out and tons of new plugins.
Hm.. It really goes to show its been awhile since i used windows. i didn't even realize people were still using musicmatch! amarok does all of the above- and with kde4 coming out soon and a gpl qt license for windows i see amarok making its way to the windows desktop soon enough.
not compared to coal fire plants. I'd much rather see a wind farm than a coal fire plant.
Is verizon required to lease out the fiber now that they are 'cutting off' the copper? It seems to me that the copper infrustructure should be the failsafe fallback should something happen to the fiber or if power goes out. People should always have the ability to cal 911 in the event of a power outage
while this is unfortunate, nasa expected a failure such as this a long time ago. They have been invaluable source of knowledge-- and i'm sure they won't be the last rovers on mars.