China shines. They have been geeks almost ever since. Though admittedly difficult to grasp for a "us/eu-pseudo-(first world-muhaha)-civilized" (myself included) mind.
Yet there are times when Slashdot s members and readers function as one cohesive whole, and it hints at the potential power of such collaborative projects. Occasionally Slashdot will link to a website that is unprepared for the massive flow of traffic from millions of Slashdot users clicking onto the same link. The site s server crashes, leaving the site technically overwhelmed, or Slashdotted. (page 18)
In his study of decentralized mob behavior, Rheingold pursued this line of inquiry further (2002). He also highlighted Slashdot and its 300,000 members as an example of self-organized behavior by smart mobs and swarm systems, which grow to exhibit collective intelligence that is greater than the sum of their parts (Rhengold p179). (page 8)
Now this implies that each traffic jam is an example of boosted collective intelligence. Hmm ?
vir viri m. [a man , male person]; esp. [a grown man; a husband; a man of character or courage, 'he-man']; milit. [a soldier, esp. an infantryman; a single man, individual].
virus -i n. [slimy liquid , slime; poison, esp. of snakes, venom; any harsh taste or smell].
USA CENSORSED IRAQ REPORT
According to the German Press Agency DPA, the Iraq weapons dossier report (from which
the above information came), was reduced from a 12,000 page report to only 3,000 pages.
Computer games in 2034 are likely to offer simulated worlds and interactive storytelling that's more engaging than linear presentations such as those in most movies today
Especially this is pretty old stuff. I recall having read a short-story back 4 decades that centered around a woman being addicted to a totally immersive (way before Gibson) role playing game.
We'll also spend a big percentage of the computer power on defense mechanisms such as self-healing software (to root out bugs and adapt to changing environments) and aggressively defensive virus antibodies. We'll need such software to protect against "social engineering" attacks, such as e-mail that purports to come from your boss and asks you to open an attachment.
Big vision. What about directly being netted into all your communication channels using some improved-portions of the unused parts of the brain ?
Oh, and hell...... However, one thing is certain: The transition from punched tape to the Web and megapixel displays is merely the first and smallest part of the evolution of user interfaces. If we keep human needs in mind and harness the increased computer power appropriately, there will be great and exciting things ahead in our field.
Presumably (best case if at all) it will be more like the wintermutes thinking about how to improve human communication skills than vice versa. Ok, I recall that I was called a moron when I argued that computers would be the better chess players.
Jakob Nielsen is co-founder of the Nielsen Norman Group and a specialist in Web usability. Ah, yes, they give a Checklist of 111 specific recommendations like the 55 new makeover tips advertised on the front pages of the relevant readings.
What a worls. Hopefully silicon-alikes will take over soon.
In her view, Internet service providers will begin to provide add-on services, such as higher speed movie downloads, or enhanced online gaming, for additional fees paid by consumers.
DESKTOP DREADNOUGHT. In just a few months, Intel plans to throw a coming-out party for its next-generation design, a superchip dubbed the 80486 and familiarly known as the 486. It will be a veritable mainframe-on-a-chip. Packing more than 1 million transistors, this thumbtack-size sliver of silicon will deliver the number-crunching wallop of a low-end IBM 3090 mainframe (chart).
from http://www.businessweek.com/1989-94/pre88/b30711.h tm
... hmmm... one might argue that as one can look at therapy as a technology the same or at least similar as for actors in hard-core science scenarios applies: Take the good with the bad !
One has to wonder: Isn't it much easier to social-engineer ones way into a system than the "hacking" approach?
Definitely -- on top, less of a risk and cheaper.
Somehow good social skills and good technical skills are mutually exclusive...
Disagreed - a colleage is a therapist as well as a SAS-programmer currently evaluating mainframe performance (of installed systems) for an insurance company.
As usual, we are impared by our own lack of intelligence.
Only too true, and to give this some scientific backup (to avoid this cynicist-label) -> DÖRNER
Quote from a review: "Wow - a superb analysis of why we fail even when doing things right!", and I totally agree (I here have the original German version published in 1989 - and it is still topical - well).
... and the RH9-box here has turned its desktop background black (after restarting X ) - is it empathy?
I would like to change to gentoo, but after my experiences on an AMD64 (X blocking KDE) I switch to Suse there (9.0 works fine installed over the net) and went for Debian on another (production) machine (box).
I also might add that I do not like the policy of RH which I rate exploitation in disguise (Attention moderators: Pick this as flamebait while missing the big picture).
Slashdot Mirror
More San Some Applications Proken.
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Anyone realized that the Zuse-Logo remarkably resembles that of Zope ?
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Shell and Brent Spar - they still suffer.
Look here or there for a more complete overview.
Presumably these were the last days when those well trained in the late sixties/early seventies were still fit. Hmm.
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It goes back even further -- these LED worked that way. Indeed limited resource computing devices from the 70ies. Sic(k)!
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you can always die
Perhaps you have to in order to be transformed into Soylent Green .
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start a geeks-only nation
China shines. They have been geeks almost ever since. Though admittedly difficult to grasp for a "us/eu-pseudo-(first world-muhaha)-civilized" (myself included) mind.
The rest of the world ? WTF.
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No, he is a diva. Never saw a picture of him before, but this one. My first thought was Narziss & Goldmund (in one person); shrug.
My guess is that he gets payed by the nuclear power industry to mess things up.
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I completely agree. I recall a colleague did a (basic) LISP implementation in logo (in the days when a PDP10 was hype).
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Huh! And as I see, its still there !
Yet there are times when Slashdot s members and readers function as one cohesive whole, and it hints at the potential power of such collaborative projects. Occasionally Slashdot will link to a website that is unprepared for the massive flow of traffic from millions of Slashdot users clicking onto the same link. The site s server crashes, leaving the site technically overwhelmed, or Slashdotted. (page 18)
In his study of decentralized mob behavior, Rheingold pursued this line of inquiry further (2002). He also highlighted Slashdot and its 300,000 members as an example of self-organized behavior by smart mobs and swarm systems, which grow to exhibit collective intelligence that is greater than the sum of their parts (Rhengold p179). (page 8)
Now this implies that each traffic jam is an example of boosted collective intelligence. Hmm ?
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vir viri m. [a man , male person]; esp. [a grown man; a husband; a man of character or courage, 'he-man']; milit. [a soldier, esp. an infantryman; a single man, individual].
:) tend to infer that one might substitute "viri" for a set of slashbots with bad karma.
virus -i n. [slimy liquid , slime; poison, esp. of snakes, venom; any harsh taste or smell].
Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
sic !
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post scriptum: We (pluralis majestatis
USA CENSORSED IRAQ REPORT
According to the German Press Agency DPA, the Iraq weapons dossier report (from which the above information came), was reduced from a 12,000 page report to only 3,000 pages.
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P.S.: -42, flamebait
Well, he is only human.
... ... However, one thing is certain: The transition from punched tape to the Web and megapixel displays is merely the first and smallest part of the evolution of user interfaces. If we keep human needs in mind and harness the increased computer power appropriately, there will be great and exciting things ahead in our field.
Presumably (best case if at all) it will be more like the wintermutes thinking about how to improve human communication skills than vice versa. Ok, I recall that I was called a moron when I argued that computers would be the better chess players.
Computer games in 2034 are likely to offer simulated worlds and interactive storytelling that's more engaging than linear presentations such as those in most movies today
Especially this is pretty old stuff. I recall having read a short-story back 4 decades that centered around a woman being addicted to a totally immersive (way before Gibson) role playing game.
We'll also spend a big percentage of the computer power on defense mechanisms such as self-healing software (to root out bugs and adapt to changing environments) and aggressively defensive virus antibodies. We'll need such software to protect against "social engineering" attacks, such as e-mail that purports to come from your boss and asks you to open an attachment.
Big vision. What about directly being netted into all your communication channels using some improved-portions of the unused parts of the brain ?
Oh, and hell
Jakob Nielsen is co-founder of the Nielsen Norman Group and a specialist in Web usability. Ah, yes, they give a Checklist of 111 specific recommendations like the 55 new makeover tips advertised on the front pages of the relevant readings.
What a worls. Hopefully silicon-alikes will take over soon.
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In her view, Internet service providers will begin to provide add-on services, such as higher speed movie downloads, or enhanced online gaming, for additional fees paid by consumers.
Aha, the expert is talking.
My 'provider' (hansenet) does this already.
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Yes.
h tm
DESKTOP DREADNOUGHT. In just a few months, Intel plans to throw a coming-out party for its next-generation design, a superchip dubbed the 80486 and familiarly known as the 486. It will be a veritable mainframe-on-a-chip. Packing more than 1 million transistors, this thumbtack-size sliver of silicon will deliver the number-crunching wallop of a low-end IBM 3090 mainframe (chart).
from http://www.businessweek.com/1989-94/pre88/b30711.
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"It's really quite simple," he told BBC News Online. "If people are tired during the day then they are not getting enough sleep."
May I please be funded in order to come up with s.th. astounding like that ?
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... hmmm ... one might argue that as one can look at therapy as a technology the same or at least similar as for actors in hard-core science scenarios applies: Take the good with the bad !
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One has to wonder: Isn't it much easier to social-engineer ones way into a system than the "hacking" approach?
Definitely -- on top, less of a risk and cheaper.
Somehow good social skills and good technical skills are mutually exclusive...
Disagreed - a colleage is a therapist as well as a SAS-programmer currently evaluating mainframe performance (of installed systems) for an insurance company.
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As usual, we are impared by our own lack of intelligence.
Only too true, and to give this some scientific backup (to avoid this cynicist-label) -> DÖRNER
Quote from a review: "Wow - a superb analysis of why we fail even when doing things right!", and I totally agree (I here have the original German version published in 1989 - and it is still topical - well).
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... the domestic robot.
:( | :)
All else failed up to now
Only problem now is some cash.
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Yeah, I'm having the same problem.
:)
THNX
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Anyone else having trouble identifiing whether this is artful cynicism or rhetoric ?
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Hmmm ... not quite.
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... and the RH9-box here has turned its desktop background black (after restarting X ) - is it empathy?
I would like to change to gentoo, but after my experiences on an AMD64 (X blocking KDE) I switch to Suse there (9.0 works fine installed over the net) and went for Debian on another (production) machine (box).
I also might add that I do not like the policy of RH which I rate exploitation in disguise (Attention moderators: Pick this as flamebait while missing the big picture).
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Our algorithm seems to give a two-fold reduction in bit rate over MPEG-2 ...
There wasn't even the need to RTFA.
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By 2012, it is estimated that 80% of workers will have the card or a combined driving licence or passport.
The Big Brothers obviously are not supposed to have them ?
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