I agree with you completely. I'm just surprised the modnazi's haven't dropped the "Troll" hammer on you yet. They do it to me everytime I just so much as mention our chimp overlord. Watch, it'll probably happen again...
It's like when you notice some strange sound coming from the engine in your car for the first time. It doesn't sound good, you know it's bad. But you just keep driving it day after day... You hope the sound will just go away - and you almost forget about it, when, it get's a little worse. And worse.
The question is, how long can we go until this bitch seizes up?
"And I am here to tell you that there is not going to be any other nation on Earth that's going to accept the U.S. developing something they see as the death star. It's not going to happen. And people are going to find ways to target it and it's going to create a huge problem. I don't think the United States would find it very comforting if China were to develop a death star, a 24/7 on-orbit weapon that could strike at targets on the ground anywhere in 90 minutes."
If that isn't the biggest oxymoron too! I mean, if Nerds that like stuff isn't...no wait,...Nerds matter and that's stuffy news...mmmm no...damn it! These PR lines are friggin' confusing me...
I thought at first that it said "Robots to Help Fix the Blind"
I LOL'd at the thought of some Short Circuit type robot saying "Number 5 will repair your eyeballz. Sit back and reeeelax" while his shaky uncontrollable limbs bounce about....yikes.
Makes you wonder if the "Extortionists" are really just Religious Conservatives that view gambling as a sin, and this extortion scheme is their Master Plan to:
1) Stop the online gambling industry (stop the sinners!)
2) Help fund the Republican National Committee at the same time!
We know what Bush would say in response to such an email threat:
"Bring it on!"
Of course this would be followed by years of destructive cyber bombings, slowly wittling away at a few of his Servers every day. But would Bush care? Of course not, because he's got UPGRADES he must justify. Kind of hard for a SysAdmin to ask for appropriations to replace Servers that are still functioning, isn't it? Nothing like a good, old fashioned DDOS to serve your greater goals...
(IOW, why send the money to the Extortionists, when you can GET that money to get new toys to replace the ones "they" will destroy?)
"And I'd rather see people "spending" their lives willingly on something the truly believe in for the betterment of all mankind, than for any squabble over territory or natural resources."
I agree 100% with your entire comment.
To go one further, I think it's about time this nation drops all the "Wars" on drugs, terrorism, etc., and start a new, single, all encompassing "War on Ignorance". The stated goal of such a war could be to educate the entire global population. To root out Ignorance and replace it with Truthful Knowledge would be the ongoing battle. As a side note, it would also help fight drug abuse and terrorism (religious fundamentalism) as well, since Ignorance lies at the root of those nasty human behaviors.
If we threaten to stop space exploration everytime one of our scientific soldiers goes down in a blazing rocket accident in search of knowledge, then Ignorance wins!
We must show resolve in our fight against Ignorance. To do otherwise only encourages the perpetuators of Ignorance.
I will call it the "Yes, you." bug. All you have to do is keep saying "Yes, you." and ALICE will take her last statement, add some random statement to the front of it, and add the question, "Me, unknown person?" to the end. It just keeps growing and growing.
I wonder how long that could go on until it would cause system failure. (Have fun!)
Here is a snippet:
Human: Yes, you.
ALICE: That's alright." Gee." That's cool." Hmm." I don't judge people." Are you kidding?" Whoa." Excuse me!"" See you later. What was bad?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?
Human: Yes, you.
ALICE: Dude!" That's alright." Gee." That's cool." Hmm." I don't judge people." Are you kidding?" Whoa." Excuse me!"" See you later. What was bad?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?
"You would have to know what keywords he's using and their weight to make a program to write the essay for you."
That wouldn't be impossible. You run pattern recognition algorithms on transcripts of his lectures, handouts, readings, and on his own work on the subject (disertations, research, publications). Then it's a simple matter of identifying the phrases, keywords, and assigning the appropriate weight to them. You could add some variability to the distributions and churn out papers for the entire class. Then drink beer.
If this professor's analysis can be "simulated" by a computer program, then he was obviously not doing a thorough enough analysis to begin with. I know plenty of professors that would laugh at the idea that a computer program would be able to "calculate" emotion, nuance, subtle sarcasm, humor, insightfulness, etc...
Okay Slashdot Editors, time to fork out the $$$ to get some auto-moderating going on in these threads! Wait, can this grading program test for humor? No? Fuck it then.
Dude, I lived in Japan for a 1.5 years. Among other nationalities, I hooked up with 2 Japanese girls, one of them was my girlfriend. They were both very sexual, so WTF are you talking about?
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I agree with you completely. I'm just surprised the modnazi's haven't dropped the "Troll" hammer on you yet. They do it to me everytime I just so much as mention our chimp overlord. Watch, it'll probably happen again...
Excellent point.
It's like when you notice some strange sound coming from the engine in your car for the first time. It doesn't sound good, you know it's bad. But you just keep driving it day after day... You hope the sound will just go away - and you almost forget about it, when, it get's a little worse. And worse.
The question is, how long can we go until this bitch seizes up?
Here's a sample:
Enjoy.
This is what's going on: Space Defense Notice how advanced they are? Their "last update" was January 1, 2006!! They are already time travelling.
Slashdot: "News for Nerds. Stuff that matters."
If that isn't the biggest oxymoron too! I mean, if Nerds that like stuff isn't...no wait,...Nerds matter and that's stuffy news...mmmm no...damn it! These PR lines are friggin' confusing me...
+5 Funny pleeez - Excellent punch line man! er, or woman.
Let's see here, should the blind allow robots to lead them around.?...Hmmm....let me think about that one. MMMmmm... No.
I thought at first that it said "Robots to Help Fix the Blind"
I LOL'd at the thought of some Short Circuit type robot saying "Number 5 will repair your eyeballz. Sit back and reeeelax" while his shaky uncontrollable limbs bounce about....yikes.
Some I'm pointing my Taser at your main Switch, you've got your Glock-19 drawn...
"I SWEAR I'll do it man! I'll fry this bitch right now if you don't put your gun down! I crazzzzzy - don't you know I'm loco!?!"
What are you going to do then, mister rent-an-adminCop?
We know what Bush would say in response to such an email threat:
"Bring it on!"
Of course this would be followed by years of destructive cyber bombings, slowly wittling away at a few of his Servers every day. But would Bush care? Of course not, because he's got UPGRADES he must justify. Kind of hard for a SysAdmin to ask for appropriations to replace Servers that are still functioning, isn't it? Nothing like a good, old fashioned DDOS to serve your greater goals...
(IOW, why send the money to the Extortionists, when you can GET that money to get new toys to replace the ones "they" will destroy?)
To go one further, I think it's about time this nation drops all the "Wars" on drugs, terrorism, etc., and start a new, single, all encompassing "War on Ignorance". The stated goal of such a war could be to educate the entire global population. To root out Ignorance and replace it with Truthful Knowledge would be the ongoing battle. As a side note, it would also help fight drug abuse and terrorism (religious fundamentalism) as well, since Ignorance lies at the root of those nasty human behaviors.
If we threaten to stop space exploration everytime one of our scientific soldiers goes down in a blazing rocket accident in search of knowledge, then Ignorance wins!
We must show resolve in our fight against Ignorance. To do otherwise only encourages the perpetuators of Ignorance.
I will call it the "Yes, you." bug. All you have to do is keep saying "Yes, you." and ALICE will take her last statement, add some random statement to the front of it, and add the question, "Me, unknown person?" to the end. It just keeps growing and growing.
I wonder how long that could go on until it would cause system failure. (Have fun!)
Here is a snippet:
Human: Yes, you.
ALICE: That's alright." Gee." That's cool." Hmm." I don't judge people." Are you kidding?" Whoa." Excuse me!"" See you later. What was bad?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?
Human: Yes, you.
ALICE: Dude!" That's alright." Gee." That's cool." Hmm." I don't judge people." Are you kidding?" Whoa." Excuse me!"" See you later. What was bad?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?"? Me, unknown person?
I cracked their Human Resources db and got their list of employees (yes, this is all of them):
- 1) David Lightman
I don't think we have much to worry about.2) Tron
3) Jobe Smith (aka.Lawnmower Man)
4) Cosmo (don't ask)
5) Austin Millbarge
6) Emmett Fitz-Hume
How the fnck can you patent a fncking recipe? Why are they treating a recipe as an patentable invention? IT'S FOOD for fnck sake!!!
So you do something unique and it now becomes intellectual property?
*(God, I'm ready for Armageddon when ever you are)*
LMAO.
Oooo, you touch my Perpen-dic-ular,
Mmmm, my superparamagnetisms...
If this professor's analysis can be "simulated" by a computer program, then he was obviously not doing a thorough enough analysis to begin with. I know plenty of professors that would laugh at the idea that a computer program would be able to "calculate" emotion, nuance, subtle sarcasm, humor, insightfulness, etc...
This professor should be fired.
Okay Slashdot Editors, time to fork out the $$$ to get some auto-moderating going on in these threads! Wait, can this grading program test for humor? No? Fuck it then.
So since the professor's time is worth about $36.00/hour and he spends 200 less hours on reading papers...
200 hours * $32.00 = $7200
He teaches about 84 students...
$7200 / 84 = $85.71 refund for each student. It's party time!
Moderators +Funny the parent, please!!!
Dude, I lived in Japan for a 1.5 years. Among other nationalities, I hooked up with 2 Japanese girls, one of them was my girlfriend. They were both very sexual, so WTF are you talking about?
You are wierd.