The alpha channel in PNG is absolutely a nice perk, but thanks to the dim people at Microsoft never supporting it right until IE7, there wasn't much benefit over using GIF files.
Except for the fact that GIF only supports 256 (256!) colours? That seems like rather a large advantage for PNG to me!
I do agree that (high-quality) JPG is better for photos though. Horses for courses, really. Lossy for photos, lossless for icons, line-art, etc.
I'm not knocking the MIT research, I think it's amazing. It just seems to me like imitation rather than imagination. Granted, highly evolved and complicated imitation. But does it even have the abilities of a parrot?
That's rather like asking whether the latest version of MS Word has the abilities of a parrot. It doesn't, but it was never supposed to.
I've always felt that the term "Artificial Intelligence" is a bit of a misnomer. Actual AI work is actually more like Imitation Intelligence - programs that do useful/impressive things by way of neural networks or genetic algorithms. It doesn't really make sense to talk about programs that are "smarter" than anything - they're not intelligent, they're just (complicated) algorithms.
Artificial *Consciousness* is an entirely different thing. AFAIK, we are nowhere near creating one at all. IMO the whole field belongs more in the realm of philosophy at this point. We don't have the neuroscience to understand our own minds - we don't know how consciousness *works*, or even really what it is - how can we possibly duplicate it yet? In any case, it has almost *nothing* to do with practical A.I.
In short, don't confuse Imitation Intelligence (clever implementations of certain types of algorithm), and Artificial Consciousness (sentient computers - science-fiction).
"The application FooBar wants permission to create the folder "Beezelbub" in System/Library/YourMom/. The justification it provides for this is: Beezelbub is a video codec needed to play cutscenes in FooBar: The Quest For Metasyntax. Do you wish to allow FooBar to create this item? [Yes] [Yes To All] [No] [No To All]."
That would be nice, but it wouldn't be "real" security so much as a false sense of it - afterall, there's nothing to stop FooBar from lying to you about Beezelbub to get your permission, and then installing XXXToolbar2000 in there instead.
Simplify: to make simpler or reduce in complexity. It's simpler than the original, mr. smarty-pants. Anyway, ruby -e "puts 'Ruby is fun'" wouldn't be very interesting now, would it?
Yeah, but old joke regurgitated mindlessly to whore for karma == not funny and not cool.
Seriously people. Stop up-modding 'obligatory' overlords/beowulf/hotgrits rubbish! It was funny the first time ONLY. Nothing new has been added to make it funny again.
You're asking for an algorithm that automatically generates interesting, unique stories (quests), along with all the associated level design, appropriate monsters and rewards. You're asking for an intelligent, creative, nay *artistic* computer program.
AI is nowhere near that advanced yet, I'm afraid. It's CG cookie-cutter quests, or human programmers.
It seems to me that having a 4-digit numeric password on a bank *website* is a pretty fatal flaw in the first place! Given a relatively large botnet and enough legit account numbers (much easier to come by than passwords), let's say 3 tries per account number, how long till you find someone with '1234', '4321', or '1337' ?
Luckily, both my bank websites are protected by 8+ chr alphanumeric passwords. I would *not* stay with a bank that wanted me to use my card's PIN to log on with.
According to this, the startup sound can now be disabled. If you want a different startup sound, you can disable the "Windows Startup" sound, and specify a custom wav file for the "Windows Logon" event.
Well, neither is cot death. Apparently, faulty genes make it much more likely to happen - but there's no reason a baby with those genes can't survive and lead a happy life. In either case, there's absolutely no reason to just sit back and do nothing when you have the ability to do something about it.
Basically, I don't like the notion that "nature" somehow knows what's best for us, and that we shouldn't try to "mess with the balance". It's a complete non sequitur anyway: babies will die if we don't help them; therefore we should not help them.
I'm also sure the OP's opinion would change if he/she was found to have the offending gene.
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I do agree that (high-quality) JPG is better for photos though. Horses for courses, really. Lossy for photos, lossless for icons, line-art, etc.
In a tank, cops can't touch you if you just keep moving. They pretty much explode on contact - great fun.
Is "could" turning into a word that means its own opposite?
This is Zombo.com and welcome to you, who have come to Zombo.com!
"refrigerator" was/is a brand-name?
Hey, if they declare themselves the winner enough, people might start to believe them - and then they will win!
New configuration of universe differs from previous!
Like, that's why it's NEWS, man.
That's rather like asking whether the latest version of MS Word has the abilities of a parrot. It doesn't, but it was never supposed to.
I've always felt that the term "Artificial Intelligence" is a bit of a misnomer. Actual AI work is actually more like Imitation Intelligence - programs that do useful/impressive things by way of neural networks or genetic algorithms. It doesn't really make sense to talk about programs that are "smarter" than anything - they're not intelligent, they're just (complicated) algorithms.
Artificial *Consciousness* is an entirely different thing. AFAIK, we are nowhere near creating one at all. IMO the whole field belongs more in the realm of philosophy at this point. We don't have the neuroscience to understand our own minds - we don't know how consciousness *works*, or even really what it is - how can we possibly duplicate it yet? In any case, it has almost *nothing* to do with practical A.I.
In short, don't confuse Imitation Intelligence (clever implementations of certain types of algorithm), and Artificial Consciousness (sentient computers - science-fiction).
Simplify: to make simpler or reduce in complexity.
It's simpler than the original, mr. smarty-pants.
Anyway, ruby -e "puts 'Ruby is fun'" wouldn't be very interesting now, would it?
Your sig can be simplified to:
:)
ruby -e "[1383424633,543781664,1718971914].each{|x| print([x].pack('N'))}"
I agree with the output though
You misspelled http://www.adom.de/ ;)
I for one, welcome our new Martian- oops.. Nevermind.
Wow, we need to stamp THAT out quick. Look what happened to "hacker".
Haha - I suppose I should have expected that :P
Yeah, but old joke regurgitated mindlessly to whore for karma == not funny and not cool.
Seriously people. Stop up-modding 'obligatory' overlords/beowulf/hotgrits rubbish!
It was funny the first time ONLY. Nothing new has been added to make it funny again.
Seriously, quit it.
Personally, I say 'geek' - I think it sounds cooler than 'nerd'.
You're asking for an algorithm that automatically generates interesting, unique stories (quests), along with all the associated level design, appropriate monsters and rewards. You're asking for an intelligent, creative, nay *artistic* computer program.
AI is nowhere near that advanced yet, I'm afraid. It's CG cookie-cutter quests, or human programmers.
It seems to me that having a 4-digit numeric password on a bank *website* is a pretty fatal flaw in the first place! Given a relatively large botnet and enough legit account numbers (much easier to come by than passwords), let's say 3 tries per account number, how long till you find someone with '1234', '4321', or '1337' ?
Luckily, both my bank websites are protected by 8+ chr alphanumeric passwords. I would *not* stay with a bank that wanted me to use my card's PIN to log on with.
He obviously *was* referring to the de facto standards.
I think your flamethrower trigger needs tightening.
According to this, the startup sound can now be disabled. If you want a different startup sound, you can disable the "Windows Startup" sound, and specify a custom wav file for the "Windows Logon" event.
That's actually a wrong number of wrongs - which it could be argued, makes a right.
Two wrongs would be -1 + -1 == -2 -> twice as wrong.
Well, Wikipedia stores all edits, so future archaeologists will just have to rollback the Human Society page by a few hundred/thousand years.
Well, neither is cot death. Apparently, faulty genes make it much more likely to happen - but there's no reason a baby with those genes can't survive and lead a happy life. In either case, there's absolutely no reason to just sit back and do nothing when you have the ability to do something about it.
Basically, I don't like the notion that "nature" somehow knows what's best for us, and that we shouldn't try to "mess with the balance". It's a complete non sequitur anyway: babies will die if we don't help them; therefore we should not help them.
I'm also sure the OP's opinion would change if he/she was found to have the offending gene.